2023 MERCEDES-BENZ EQB ESP

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Maint ainadist anceof atlea st11.8 in(30 cm)
to theve hicle.
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ehicle swit ehicle
swit hdecor h
decor ativ ativ
ef e
foil: oil:
Parts of your
ve hicle areco veredwit hadecor ativefo il.
Maint ainadist ance ofatleast 27.6in(70 cm)
be tween thefo il-co veredpar tsof theve hicle
and thenozzl eof thepo we rwa sher .Mo vethe
po we rwa sher nozzlearoun dwhils tclean ing.
The waterte mp eratur eof thepo we rwa sher
mus tno tex ceed 140°F(60° C).
R Obser vetheinf ormation onthecor rect dis-
ta nce intheeq uipment manufacturer'soper -
ating instruction s.
R Donotdir ect thenozzl eof thepo we rwa sher
dir ectl yat sensi tivepar ts,suc has tires, gaps,
electr icalcom ponent s,batt eries, light sources
and ventila tion slits. WW
as hing t as
hing the v he
vehi cle b ehi
cle by ha nd y
ha nd Obs
erve theleg alrequ irements, e.g.inanumber
of countr ies,washing byhand isonl yper mitt edin
special lydesignat edwash bays. #
Use amild clean ingagent ,e.g .car sham poo. #
Washtheve hicle withluk ewarm wa terusing a
soT carspong e.When doingso,donot
ex pose theve hicle todirect sunlight. #
Carefull yhose theve hicle o.withwa terand
dr yusing ach amois.
% Obser vetheno teson thecar eof vehicle
par ts(/ page289). NNo o
t t
es on pain tw es
on pain twor or
k/mat t k/mat
te e
/nish /nish
paintw pain
twor or
kcar e k
car e To
avo iddamaging thepaintw orkand interfering
wit hth edr iving assist ancesystems, please
obser vethefo llo wing notes:
P P
aint aint
R Insect remains: soakwithinsect remo verand
ri nse o.thetreat edareas aTer wards.
R Birddr oppin gs:soak withwa terand rinse o.
aT erwa rds.
R Tree resin, oils, fuels and greases: remo veby
ru bbing gentl ywit haclo thsoak edinpe tro-
leum ether orlighter 0uid.
R Coolan tand brak e0uid: remo vewit hadam p
clo thand clean water. R
Tarst ains: usetarre mo ver.
R Wax:use silicone remo ver.
R Donotatt achsti ckers, /lms orsimilar materi-
als. Onlyha ve /lm attached tothebum perat
a qua li/ed specialist workshop.
R Remo vedirtimmediat ely, wher epossibl e.
Mat t Mat
te e
/nish /nish
R Onlyuse carepr oduct sappr oved for
Mer cedes-Be nz.
R Donotatt achstic kers,/lms orsimil armat eri-
als. Onlyha ve /lm attached tothebum perat
a qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
R Donotpolish theve hicle andalloywheels.
R Onlyuse carwashes that cor respond tothe
lat est engineer ingstandar ds.
R Donotuse carwash prog ram wit ha/nal hot
wa xtreatme nt.
R Donotuse pain tclean ers, bu1ng orpoli shing
pr oduct s,glo sspreser vers,e.g .wa x.
In theev ent ofpaintw orkdamag e:
R Alwaysha ve paintw orkre pair scar ried out ata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. 288288
Main
tenanc eand care

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rs t-aid kit(soT side d)1 isunder thecar go
com partment 0oor. Flat
tire Flat
tire NNo o
t t
es on es
on 0at 0at
tir tir
es es
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoa0at
tir e
A 0at tirese verely a.ects thedr iving charac-
te risti cs aswellas thesteer ing and braking of
th eve hicle.
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ir ir
es wit es
without hout
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un-0at un-0at
c c
har har
act act
er er
is is
tics: tics:
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Donotdr ive wit ha0at tire. #
Chang eth e0at tireimmediat elywit han
emer gency sparewheel orspar ewheel.
Alt ernat ivel y, consul ta qu ali/ed special -
is two rkshop.
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ir ir
es wit es
with h
r r
un-0at un-0at
c c
har har
act act
er er
is is
tics: tics:
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Obser vetheinf ormation andwarning
no teson MOExt endedtires (run-0at
tir es). In
theev ent ofa0at tire, thefo llo wing options are
av ailabl edepen dingon your vehicle' seq uipme nt:
R V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swith MOExt h
MOExt endedtir end
edtires: es:
itis possibl e
to cont inueth ejour neyfo ra shor tper iod of
time. Makesur eyo uobser vetheno teson
MOExt endedtires (run-0at tires)
(/ page295) .
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ehicle swit ehicle
swit haTIR EFIT kit: h
aTIR EFIT kit:youcan repair the
tir eso that itis possibl eto cont inueth ejour -
ne yfo ra shor tper iod oftime. Todo this, use
th eTIREFIT kit(/ page297).
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ehicles wit ehicles
withMer h
Mer cedes meconnect: cedes
meconnect: youcan
mak eacall forbr eakdo wnassist anceviathe
ove rhead contr olpanel inthecase ofabr eak -
do wn (/ page263).
R Allv All
vehicles: ehicles:
chang eth ewheel (/page337).
% The emer gency sparewheel isonl yav ailabl e
in cer tain countr ies. NNo o
t t
es on MOExt es
on MOExt ended tir ended
tires es
(r (r
un- 0at un-
0at tir tir
es) es)
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident whendriving in
lim p-home mode
When driving inemer gency mod eth ehandling
ch aract eristics areim pair ed. #
Donotex ceed thespeci/ed maximum
speed oftheMOExt ended tires. #
Avoid anyabr uptst eer ing and drivin g
maneuv ersas wellas driving over obst a-
cles (curbs, potholes, o.-road). This
appli es,inpar ticu lar,to aloaded vehicle. #
Stop drivin gin theemer gency mod eif
yo uno tice:
R Banging noise
R Vehicle vibration
R Smok ewhi chsmell slik eru bber
R Contin uousESP®
int erve ntion
R Crac ks inthetir eside walls #
ATer driving inemer gency mod e,have
th erims checkedby aquali/ed specialist Br
eakdo wnassis tance
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hicles withth re ero ws ofseats
1 Tire sealan tbo ttle
2 Tire in0 ation com pressor
Depending onthemodel, theTIREFIT kitmayalso
be locat edinother places underthetrunk 0oor . Using
t Using
the TIREFIT kit he
TIREFIT kit RR
eq eq
uir uir
ed t ed
tools: ools:
R Tire sealan tbo ttle
R TIREFIT sticke r
R Sticke rwit hde tails ofthemaximum permissi-
ble speed R
Tire in0 ation com pressor
R Gloves
TIRE FITkitstor ag eloc ation: (/ page296)
Yo ucan useTIREFIT tiresealant toseal perfora -
tion damageof up to0.16 in(4 mm) ,par ticular ly
th ose inthetir econt actsurface. Youcan use
TIREFIT inoutside temp eratur esdown to-4°F
(-20° C). &
W W
ARNING ARNING
Riskofacc ident whenusing
tir esea lant
The tiresea lant maybe unabl eto seal thetir e
pr oper ly,especi allyin thefo llo wing cases :
R Ther ear elar ge cuts orpunct ures inthe
tir e(la rger than damag epr ev iousl ymen-
tioned)
R The wheel rims have been damag ed
R ATer journeys wit hve ry low tirepr essur e
or wit h0at tires #
Donotcontinue driving. #
Consult aqua li/ed specia listworkshop. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryand poison ing
fr om tiresealan t
The tiresealan tis har mfu land causes irrita -
tion. Donotallo witto come intocont actwith
th eskin, eyes orclo thing, and donotsw allo w
it. Do notinhale tiresealant fumes.Keep the
tir esea lant awayfrom childr en.
If yo ucome intocont actwithth etir esealant,
obser vethefo llo wing: #
Rinse o.thetir esealant from your skin
immediat elyusing water. #
Iftir esealan tget sint oyo ur eyes, thor -
oughl yrinse outtheey es using clean
wa ter. #
Iftir esealan thas been swallo wed,imme-
diat elyrinse outthemout hth or oughl y
and drink plenty ofwa ter. Do notinduce
vo mitin gand seek medical attenti on
immediat ely. #
Chang eout ofanyclo thes cont aminat ed
wit htir esealant immediat ely. #
Ifalle rgic reactio nsoccur ,seek medic al
att ent ion immed iately. Br
ea kd ow nas sist anc e
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#
Turn tiresea lant bottle 9aqu artertur n
cloc kwise. #
Inser tth eplug of/ller hose 3insoc ket5
of tiresea lant bottle 9. #
Turn /lle rhose 3aqu artertur ncloc kwise. #
Remo vetheva lve cap from valve A onthe
fa ulty tire. #
Screw union nut4of/ller hose 3onto
va lve A. #
Inser tplug 7intoa12 Vsoc ketin your vehi-
cle. #
Turn theke yto position 0047intheignition lock. #
Press onand o.switch8 onthetir ein0 ation
com pressor .
The tirein0 ation compressor isswitc hedon.
The tireis in0 ated. Firs t, tir esea lant ispum-
ped intoth etir e. The pressur ema ybr ie0y rise
to appr oximat ely500 kPa(5 bar/73 psi).
Do no Do
notswitc t
switc h h
o. o.
t t
he tir he
tire e
in0 ation in0
ation com com
pr pr
essor essor
dur dur
ing t ing
this phas e! his
phas e! #
Letth etir ein0 ation compressor runfo ra max-
imum oftenminut es.
The tiresh ould then have attaine datir epr es-
sur eof atleas t200 kPa(2.0 bar/ 29psi).
If tir esealan tleak sout ,mak esur eyo uclean the
a.ect edarea asquickl yas possible. Itis prefer a-
ble touse clean water.
If yo uget tiresea lant onyour clo thing, have it
cleaned assoon aspossible withper chlor oethy-
lene.
If, If,
aTer aTer
t t
en minut en
minut es,atir es,
atir epr e
pr essur essur
eof 200 kPa e
of 200 kPa
(2.0 bar/29 psi)hasno (2.0
bar/29 psi)hasnotbeen att t
been attained: ained:
#
Switc ho. thetir ein0 ation compressor . #
Unscr ewthe/lling hosefrom theva lve of the
fa ulty tire.
Please note that tiresealan tma yleak outwhen
unscr ewing the/lling hose. #
Drive fo rw ards orinreve rseve ry slo wly for
appr oximat ely33 T(10 m). #
Pum pup thetir eag ain.
ATer amaximum oftenminut esthetir epr es-
sur emust beatleast 200kPa(2.0 bar/
29 psi). &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetothe
speci/ed tirepr essur eno tbein gac hie ved
If th especi/ed tirepr essur eis no tac hie ved
aTer thespeci/ed time,thetir eis toobadl y
damag ed.The tiresealant cannotre pair the
tir ein this inst ance.
The braking charact eristics aswellas thedr iv-
ing charact eristics maybe gre atlyim pair ed. #
Donotcont inuedr ivi ng . #
Con sult aquali/ed specialistwo rkshop. Br
eakdo wnassis tance
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N N
O O
TE TE
Staini ngcaused byleaking tireseal-
ant ATer
use,excess tiresealant mayleak out
fr om the/lling hose. #
Ther efor e, place the/lling hoseinthe
plastic bagthat cont ainedth eTIREFIT
kit. If,If,
aTer aTer
t t
en minut en
minut es,atir es,
atir epr e
pr essur essur
eof 200 kPa e
of 200 kPa
(2.0 bar/29 psi)hasbeen att (2.0
bar/29 psi)hasbeen attained: ained:
#
Switc ho. thetir ein0 ation compressor . #
Unscr ewthe/lling hosefrom theva lve of the
fa ulty tire.
Please note that tiresealan tma yleak outwhen
unscr ewing the/lling hose. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident from driving
wit hsealed tires
A tir ete mp orarily sealed withtir esealant
im pair sth ehandling charact eristics and isno t
suit able forhigher speeds. #
Adaptyo ur driving styleaccor dinglyand
dr ive car efull y. #
Donotex ceed themaximum speedlimit
wit hatir eth at has been repair edusing
tir esealant. #
Obser vethemaximum permissible speedfora
tir esealed withtir esealant 50mph
(80 km/h ). #
The stickerwit hde tails ofthemaximum per-
missible speedmustbea1x edtotheinst ru-
ment clusterwher eit can beeasil yseen by
th edr iver .
* N NO O
TE TE
Staini ngcaused byleaking tireseal-
ant ATer
use,excess tiresealant mayleak out
fr om the/lling hose. #
Ther efor e, place the/lling hoseinthe
plastic bagthat cont ainedth eTIREFIT
kit. +
ENVI
R ENVI
RONMENT ONMENT
ALNO AL
NOTE TE
Environment al
pollution causedbyenvironment allyirre -
sponsi bledisposal Ti
re sealan tcont ains pollu tants. #
Have thetir esealant bottle disposed of
pr ofessionall y,e.g. atan aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center. #
Storeth etir esealant bottle and thetir ein0 a-
tion compressor . #
Pull awa Pull
awayimme diat y
imme diately. el
y. #
Stop drivin gaTer approximat elyte nminut es
and checkth etir epr essur eusing thetir e
in0 ation compressor .
The tirepr essur emust nowbe atleast
130 kPa(1.3 bar/19 psi). &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetothe
speci/ed tirepr essur eno tbein gatt aine d
If th especi/ed tirepr essur eis no tre ac hed,
th etir eis toobadl ydamag ed.The tiresealant
canno tre pair thetir ein this inst ance. 300300
Br
eakdo wnassist ance

#
Alwaysta ke car eto conn ectonlybatt ery
te rm inals ofidentical polaritywhen jump
st ar ting ave hicle. #
Duringstar tin gassis tance, itis ess entia l
to obser vetheseq uence describedfor
conn ectingand discon nectingthe
jum per cable s. #
Donotco nnec tor dis connec tth ebat-
te ry term inals while theengine isrun-
ning. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofexplosion duetoamix-
tur eof explosiv ega ses
A mixtu reofexplosiv ega ses can escape from
th ebatt erydur ing chargin gand jump star tin g. #
Fire ,open 0ames, smokingand creati ng
spar ksmust beavo ided. #
Mak esur eth at ther eis su1cien tve ntila -
tion. #
Donotst and overth ebatt ery. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofexplosion from afrozen
batt ery
A disc hargedbatt eryma yfreeze attemp era-
tur es slightl yabo veorbelo wfreezin gpoint.
Dur ingstar ting assist anceorbatt erych argin g,
batt eryga scan bereleased. #
Alwaysallo wabatt eryto thaw before
ch argin git or per form ing star ting assis -
ta nce. If
th eindicat or/warning lampsintheins trument
clust erdo notlight upatlow temp eratur es,itis
ve ry likelyth at thedisc hargedbatt eryhas frozen.
In this case youma yneit her jump-st artth eve hi-
cle nor charge thebatt ery.
The service life of abat tery that has been thawe d
ma ybe dramaticall yshor tened. Thestar ting char-
act eristics maybe impair ed,especi allyat low
te mp eratur es.
It is recommen dedthat youha ve ath awe dbatt ery
ch eckedat aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. All
v All
vehicle s ehicle
s
* NO NO
TE TE
Damag ecaused bynume rous or
ex tended attem ptsto star tth eengine Numer
ousorextended attem ptsto star tth e
engine maydamag eth ecat alytic converter
due tonon-c ombusted fuel. #
Avoid numer ousand extended attem pts
to star tth eengine. Obser
vethefo llo wing points during star ting assis -
ta nce and when chargin gth ebatt ery:
R Onlyuse undamag edjum per cables/c harging
cables withasu1cient cross-section and
insulat edterm inal clam ps.
R Non-in sulatedpar tsof thete rm inal clam ps
must notcome intocont actwithot her metal
par tswhile thejum per cable/c harging cable
is connect edtothebatt ery/jum p-startcon-
nection point.
R The jumper cable/c harging cable mustnot
come intocont actwithan ypar tswhic hma y
mo vewhen theengine isrunning. 304304
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eak down assist anc e

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o o
t t
es on noise orunusual handling c es
on noise orunusual handling char har
act act
er er
is- is-
tics tics
Mak esur eth er ear eno vibr ations, noisesor
unusual handling charact eristics when theve hicle
is in mo tion .This mayind icat eth at thewheels or
tir es aredamag ed.Hidden tiredamag ecould also
be causing theunusual handling charact eristics.
If yo ususpec tth at atir eis malf unct ioning,re duce
yo ur speed immediat elyand have thetir es and
wheels checkedat aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. NNo o
t t
es on r es
on regu larl egu
larly insp ectingwheels andtir y
insp ectingwheels andtires es
&
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryth ro ugh damag ed
tir es
Damag edtires can cause tirepr essur eloss. #
Chec kth etir es regula rly fo rsigns of
damag eand replace anydamag edtires
immediat ely. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofhydroplaning dueto
insu1c ienttiretread
Ins u1cient tiretread willresult inreduced tire
gr ip.
In hea vyrain or slush therisk ofhydroplaning
is incr eased, inpar ticular wherespeed isno t
adap tedto suit theconditions. #
Thus, youshould regula rly ch eckth e
tr ead depthand thecondition ofthe
tr ead across theentir ewidt hof all tires.
Minimum tread depthfor:
R Sum mertir es :00CE in(3 mm )
R M+S tires :00CFin (4mm ) #
Forsaf etyre asons, replace thetir es
bef oreth eleg ally-pr escr ibed limitforth e
minimum tread depthisreac hed. Car
ryout thefo llo wing checks on allwheels regu-
lar ly,at leas tonce amonth oras requ ired ,fo r
ex am ple, prior toalon gjou rney ordrivin go.-
ro ad:
R Chec kth etir epr essur e(/ page315). R
Visuall yinsp ectwheels andtires fordamag e.
R Chec kth eva lve caps.
R Visual checkof thetir etread depthand the
tir econt actsurface acr oss theentir ewidt h.
The minimum tread depthforsummer tires is
00CE in(3 mm) andforwint ertires 00CF in(4 mm). Six
mar ks1 showwher eth ebar indicat ors
(ar row) areint egratedint oth etir etread. Theyar e
visible onceatir etread depthofappr oximat ely
00CD in(1.6 mm) hasbeen reac hed. 314314
Wheel
sand tires

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o o
t t
es on sno es
on sno wc w
chains hains
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoincor -
re ct sno wch ain /tting
If yo u/t sno wch ains tothere ar wheels, the
sno wch ains maygr ind against theve hicle
body orchassis components.
This could cause damag eto theve hicle orthe
tir es. #
Never/t sno wch ains tothere ar wheels. #
Always/t sno wch ains tothefront
wheels inpair s. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto vehicle body orsuspen -
sion compone ntscaused byinst alled
sno wch ains On
4MA TICvehicles, ifyo uinst allsno wch ains
on there ar wheels, youcan damag eve hicle
body orsuspen sioncompone nts. #
On4MA TICvehicles, onlyins tallsno w
ch ains onthefront wheels. Obser
vethefo llo wing noteswhen usingsno w
ch ains:
R Snow chains areonl yper missib leforcer tain
wheel/tir ecombinations. Youcan obtain infor-
mation aboutthis from anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center.
R Forsaf etyre asons, onlyuse snowch ains that
ha ve been speci/call yappr ovedfo ryo ur vehi-
cle byMer cedes-Be nz,orsno wch ains with
th esame qualit yst andar d.
R Ifsno wch ains areins talled, themaximum per-
missible speedis30 mph(5 0km /h).
R V V
eh icle swi t eh
icle swi th A h
Act iv ct
ive P e
Par ar
king Assist ki
ng Assist : :
Do not
us eAc tivePa rking Assist whensnowch ains
ar eins talled.
% Youcan deactiv ateESP ®
to pull away
( / pag e184). Thisallowsthewheels tospin ,
ac hie vingan incr eased drivi ng forc e. TT
ir ir
e pr e
pr essur e essur
e NNo o
t t
es on tir es
on tirepr e
pr essur e essur
e &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoinsu1-
cient orexcessiv etir epr essur e
Un der in0a tedor ove rin0at edtire spose inpar -
ticu larthefo llo wing risk s:
R The tires can burst.
R The tires can wearexcessiv elyand/ or
une venly.
R The driving charact eristics aswellas the
st ee ring and brak ing charact eristics may
be greatl yim pair ed. #
Com plywit hth ere commen dedtirepr es-
sur esand checkth etir epr essur eof all
tir es, including thespar ewheel, regu-
lar ly:
R Mont hly
R Whe nth eload chang es
R Beforeembar kingonalon gerjour ney Wheels
andtires
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