MERCEDES-BENZ E CLASS 2022 Owners Manual

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.
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hplug -inh h
plug -inhybr ybr
id: id:
If yo ur vehicle hasbeen star tedwit hstar ting
assist ance, itma yno tbe possible touse theelec-
tr ic drive fo rappr oximat ely30 minut es.
St artin gassis tance isno tcons ideredtobe anor -
mal oper ating condition .
All v All
vehicles ehicles
* 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.
R Alwaysmak esur eth at nei ther younor thebat-
te ry iselectr ostaticall ych arge d.
R Keep awa yfrom /reand open 0ames.
R Donotlean overth ebatt ery.
Obser vetheadditional follo wing points when
ch argin gth ebatt ery:
R Onlyuse batterych arge rs tested and
ap pro vedfo rMer cedes-Benz.
R Read thebatt erych arge r's oper ating instruc-
tion sbef orech argin gth ebatt ery. Obser
vetheadditional follo wing points during
st ar ting assist ance:
R Startin gassis tance mayonl ybe prov ided
using vehicles, batteries orother jump star t
de vice swit hanomi nalvoltag eof 12 V.
R The vehicles mustno tto uc h.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withag h
agasoline engine: asoline
engine: Jump-st artth e
ve hicle onlywhen theengine andexhaus tsy s-
te m arecold. SS
t t
ar ar
ting assist ting
assist anceandc ance
andchar har
ging t ging
the 12 Vbatt he
12 Vbatt ery er
y RR
eq eq
uir uir
ement s: ement
s:
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k-
ing brak e.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmiss ion: ansmiss
ion:The
tr ansmiss ionisin position 005D.
R The vehicle andallelect rical consume rsare
switc hedo..
R The hood isopen . Br
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Ex
am ple: enginecom partment #
Slid eco ver1 ofpositiv econt act2onthe
jum p-st arting connec tionpoi ntinthedir ection
of thear ro w. #
Connect positivecont act2onyour vehicle
to thepositiv ete rm inal ofthedonor battery
using thejum per cable/c harging cable. Alw
aysbegi nwit hposit ive cont act2onyour
ow nve hicle /rst. #
Dur Dur
ingst ing
star ar
tin gassis t tin
gassis tance: ance:
star tth eengine of
th edonor vehicle andrunat idle speed. #
Conne cttheneg ativete rm inal ofthedonor
batt eryand ground point 3ofyour ow nve hi-
cle byusing thejum per cable/c harging cable.
Begin withth edonor battery/r st. #
Dur Dur
ingst ing
star ar
ting assist ting
assist ance: ance:
star tth eengine of
yo ur ow nve hicle. #
Dur Dur
ingt ing
the c he
char har
gingpr gin
gpr ocess: ocess:
star tth ech arg-
ing process. #
Dur Dur
ingst ing
star ar
tin gassis t tin
gassis tance: ance:
letth eengines run
fo rse veralminut es. #
Dur Dur
ingst ing
star ar
ting assist ting
assist ance: ance:
beforedisconnect-
ing thejum per cable, switchon anelectr ical
consumer onyour ow nve hicle, e.g.th ere ar
wind owheat eror lightin g.
When thestar ting assist ance/c harging process is
com plete,per form thefo llo wing steps: #
Firs t, re mo vethejum per cable/c harging cable
fr om ground point 3and theneg ativete rm i- nal
ofthedonor battery, then from positiv e
cont act2and thepositiv ete rm inal ofthe
donor battery. Begin each time withth econ-
ta cts onyour ow nve hicle /rst. #
ATe rre mo vingth ejum per cable/c harging
cable, closecover1 ofpositiv econt act2.
Fu rther informatio ncan beobt aine dat aquali/ed
special istwo rkshop. RR
eplaci ngt eplaci
ngthe 12 Vbatt he
12 Vbatt ery er
y #
Obser vetheno teson the12 Vbatt ery
(/ page296).
Mer cedes-Benz recommen dsthat youha ve the
12 Vbatt eryre placed ataqu ali/ed special ist
wo rkshop, e.g.at an aut hor izedMer cedes- Benz
Cen ter.
Obser vethefo llo wing notesif yo uwa nttoreplace
th ebatt eryyo urself:
R Alwaysre place afa ulty batterywit habatt ery
whic hmee tsthespeci/c vehicle requ ire-
ments. 300300
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The
vehicle iseq uipp edwithan AGMtech nol-
ogy battery (Absor bentGlass Mat)or alith-
ium -ionbatt ery. Fu llve hicle funct ionalityis
onl yguar anteed withan AGMbat tery or lith-
ium-ion battery. Fo rsaf etyre asons, Mercedes-
Ben zre commen dsthat youonl yuse batteries
whic hha ve been tested andap pro vedfo ryo ur
ve hicle byMer cedes-Be nz.
R Carryove rde tach able parts,suc has vent
hos es,elbo w/tting sor term inal covers from
th ebatt erybeing replaced.
R Mak esur eth at theve nt hos eis alw ayscon-
nect edtotheor iginal opening ontheside of
th ebatt ery.
Ins tallan yex istin gor supplied cellcaps.
Ot her wise, gases orbatt eryacid could
escape.
R Mak esur eth at detach able partsarere con-
nect edinthesame way. TT
o o
w st w
star ar
tin gor to ting
ortowing away wing
away PP
er er
mitt mitt
edto ed
towing met wing
methods (nonplug-inh hods
(nonplug-inhybr ybr
id) id)
*
N NO O
TE TE
Damag efrom automati cbr aking If
one ofthefo llo wing functions isswitc hed
on, theve hicle brak es aut omati callyin cer tain
situations:
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R HOLD function
R ActivePa rking Assist
To avoid damag eto theve hicle, deactivat e
th ese systems inthefo llo wing orsimilar situa-
tions: #
Duringtowing #
Inacar wash Mer
cedes- Benzre commen dstranspor tingyo ur
ve hicle inthecase ofabr eakdo wn,rather than
to wing itawa y.
Fo rto wing ,use ato w rope ortow bar withbo th
axles onthegr ound. Donotuse tow bar systems. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle duetotow-
ing awa yin cor rectl y #
Obser vetheinst ruction sand noteson
to wing away. VV
ehicles wit ehicles
withr h
rear wheel dr ear
wheel drive iv
e PP
er er
mitt mitt
edto ed
towing met wing
methods hods
Bo th axles on
th egr ound Ye
s,maximum 31mile s
(50 km) at31 mph(5 0km /h)
Fr ont axle
ra ised No
Re ar axle
ra ised Ye
s,ifth esteer ing wheel is
/x ed inthecent erposition
wit hasteer ing wheel lock Br
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4MA4MA
TICv TIC
vehicles ehicles
PP
er er
mitt mitt
edto ed
towing met wing
methods hods
Bo th axles on
th egr ound Ye
s,maximum 31miles
(50 km) at31 mph(5 0km /h)
Fr ont axle
ra ised No
Re ar axle
ra ised NoTT
o to o
to w wit w
wit har h
araised axle: aised
axle:towing should beper -
fo rm ed byato wing company. TT
o o
wing t wing
the v he
vehicle wit ehicle
withbo t h
bo th axles ont h
axles onthe gr he
ground ound
#
Obser vetheno teson theper mitt edtowing
me thods (/page301). #
Mak esur eth at thebatt eryis connect edand
ch arge d.
Obser vethefo llo wing points whenthebatt eryis
disc harged:
R The engin ecanno tbe star ted R
The electric par king brak eca nno tbe released
or applied
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmiss ion: ansmiss
ion:The
aut omatic transmiss ioncanno tbe shiTed to
position 005Cor005D
% V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
Ifth e
aut omati ctransmi ssioncannotbe shiTed to
position 005Corifth edispla ydoes notsho w
an ything, transpor tth eve hicle (/page303) .
A towing vehicle withliTi ng equipme ntis
re qu ired forve hicle transpo rtatio n.
* NO NO
TE TE
Damag edue totowing awayat
ex cessiv elyhigh speeds orove rlong dis-
ta nces The
drivet ra in could bedamag edwhen towing
at excessiv elyhigh speeds orove rlong distan-
ces. #
Atowing speed of30 mph(5 0km /h)
mu stno tbe exceeded. #
Atowing distance of30 mile s(50 km)
must notbe exceeded. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden twhen towing a
ve hicle whichis toohea vy
If th eve hicle tobe tow- star tedor towe dawa y
is hea vier than theper missible gross mass of
yo ur vehicle, thefo llo wing situations can
occur :
R The towing eyema ybecome detach ed.
R The vehicle/ trailer combin ationmay
sw erve orrollo ver. #
Beforeto w- star ting ortowing away,
ch eckif th eve hicle tobe tow- star tedor
to we dawa yex ceeds theper missible
gr oss mass. If
ave hicle mustbe tow- star tedor towe dawa y,its
per missible gross mass mustnotex ceed theper -
missible gross mass oftheto wing vehicle. #
Informatio non theper missible gross mass of
th eve hicle canbefound ontheve hicle identi-
/cation plate(/ page343) . #
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ehicle swit ehicle
swit haut h
aut omati ctr omati
ctransmi ssion: ansmi
ssion:Do not
open thedr iver's door orfront passeng er 302302
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door
;th eaut omatic transmission other wise
aut omati callyshiTs toposition 005D. #
Inst alltheto wing eye(/ page305). #
Fasten theto wing device .
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue toincor rect conn ec-
tion oftheto w bar #
Onlyconn ecttheto w rope ortow bar to
th eto wing eyes. #
Deactiv ateth eaut omatic locking mechanism
(/ page70). #
Donotactiv ateth eHOLD function . #
Deactiv ateth eto w- awa yalar m(/ page87). #
Deact ivat eAc tiveBr ak eAssi st(/ page194). #
V V
ehic leswit ehic
leswithaut h
aut oma tictr oma
tictransm ission: ansm
ission: ShiT
th eaut omatic transmission toposition 005C. #
Release theelectr icpar king brak e. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetolimit ed
saf ety-re lat ed functions during theto wing
pr ocess
Saf ety-re lat ed functions arelimit edorno lon-
ge rav ailabl ein thefo llo wing situations:
R The vehicle isswitc hedo..
R The brak esy stem orpowe rst eer ing sys-
te m ismalfun ctioning.
R The ener gysuppl yor theon-boar delectr i-
cal system ismalfunctionin g.
When your vehicle istowe daw ay,signi/cantl y
mor ee.or tma ybe requ ired tosteer and
br ak eth an isnor mall yre qu ired. #
Use ato w bar . #
Mak esur eth at thesteer ing wheel can
mo vefreel ybe fore towing theve hicle
awa y. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam agedue toexcessiv etractiv e
po we r If
yo upull awayshar ply, thetractiv epo we r
ma ybe toohigh andtheve hicles couldbe
damag ed. #
Pullawa yslo wly and smoo thly. Loading
t Loading
the v he
vehic lef ehic
lefor tr or
transpo rt anspo
rt #
Obser vetheno teson towing away
( / pag e302). #
Connect theto wing device totheto wing eye
in order toload theve hicle. #
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit haut h
aut omati ctr omati
ctransmi ssion: ansmi
ssion:ShiT
th eaut omatic transmission toposition 005C.
% V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
The
aut omatic transmission maybe lockedin posi-
tion 005Dintheev ent ofdamag eto theelectr i-
cal system. ToshiT to005C ,pr ov ide theon-
boar delectr icalsystem withpo we r
( / pag e299). #
Load theve hicle ontoth etranspor ter. Br
ea kd ow nas sist anc e
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#
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
ShiT
th eaut omatic transmission toposition 005D. #
Use theelectr icpar king brak eto secur eth e
ve hicle agains tro lling away. #
Onlysecur eth eve hicle bythewheels.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withADS PL h
ADS PLUS (A US
(Adap dap
tiv tiv
eDam e
Dam ping Sy ping
Sys- s-
t t
em PL em
PLUS) US)
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident whentrans-
por ting vehicles withAd aptiveDam ping
Sy stem PLUS
When transpo rting vehicles withAdaptive
Dam pingSy stem PLUS, theve hicle/ trailer
combin ationmaybeg into rock and star tto
skid. #
Load theve hicle correctl yont oth e
tr ansp orter. #
Sec ureth eve hicle onallfour wheels
wit hsuit able tensio ning straps . #
Donotex ceed themaximum permissible
speed of35 mph(6 0km /h)wh en tran s-
po rting. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle from secur -
ing itinco rrectl y #
ATer loading, theve hicle mustbe
secur edon allfour wheels. Other wise,
th eve hicle could bedamag ed. #
Amin imum distance of8in (20 cm)
upw ards and 4in (10 cm) down wards
must bekept tothetranspor tplatf orm. #
Secur eth eve hicle onallfour wheels aTer
loading.
4MA 4MA
TICv TIC
vehicles/v ehicles/v
ehicleswit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
trans- ans-
mission mission #
Mak esur eth at thefront and rear axles come
to rest on thesame transpor tation vehicle.
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto thedr ive train due to
incor rect positi oningof theve hicle #
Donotposit iontheve hicle abovethe
conn ectionpoin tof thetranspor tve hi-
cle. TT
o o
wing ey wing
eyest e
stor or
ag ag
elocation e
location The
towing eyeis locat edinthestow agespace
und erthetrunk 0oor . 304304
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Ins
t Ins
talli ng and r alli
ng and remo emo
vingt vin
gthe to he
towing eye wing
eye #
Press themar kon cover1 inwa rdsand
re mo ve. #
Screw intheto wing eyecloc kwise asfaras it
will goand tight en. #
Mak esur eth at cover1 engages inthe
bum perwhen youre mo vetheto wing eye. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle duetoincor -
re ct use oftheto wing eyeor trailer hitch When
ato wing eyeor trailer hitchis used to
re co vera ve hicle, theve hicle maybe damag ed
in thepr ocess. #
Onlyuse theto wing eyeor trailer hitchto
to w awa yor tow star tth eve hicle. #
Donotuse theto wing eyeor trailer hitch
to tow theve hicle during reco very. TT
o o
w w
-st -st
ar ar
ting t ting
the v he
vehic le ehic
le VV
ehic leswit ehic
leswithaut h
aut oma tictr oma
tictransm ission ansm
ission
* NO NO
TE TE
Dam ageto theaut omatic transmis-
sion duetotow star tin g The
automati ctransmissi onmaybe damag ed
in thepr ocess oftow star tin gve hicles with
aut omati ctransmi ssion. #
Vehicles withaut omati ctransmi ssion
mus tno tbe tow star ted. #
Vehicles withan aut omati ctransmi ssionmust
no tbe tow- star ted. ElectrElectr
icalfuses ical
fuses NNo o
t t
es on electr es
on electr icalfuses ical
fuses &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjurydue
to ove rloaded lines
If yo umanipulat eor bridg eafa ulty fuse orif
yo ure place itwit hafuse withahigher amper -
ag e, theelectr icline could beove rloaded.
This could result ina/r e. #
Alwaysre place faulty fuses withspeci-
/ed newfuses containing thecor rect
am per age. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue toincor rect fuse s Electr
icalcom pone ntsorsystems maybe
damag edbyincor rect fuse s,or their function -
ality maybe sign i/can tly im pair ed. Br
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#
Onlyuse fuses that have been approved
by Mer cedes-Be nzand which ha ve the
cor rect fuse rating. Blo
wn fuses mustbereplaced withfuses ofthe
same rating, whichyoucan recogn izebythecolor
and thelabel. Thefuse ratings andfurther infor-
mation tobe obser vedcan befound inthefuse
assignment diagram.
F F
use assignmen tdiag r use
assignmen tdiag ram: am:
onthefuse boxin the
tr unk (/page308).
* NO NO
TE TE
Dam ageor mal functions caused by
moist ure Mois
turema ycause damag eto theelectr ical
sy stem orcause itto malfun ction. #
When thefuse boxis open, makesur e
th at no mois turecan enterthefuse box. #
When closing thefuse box,mak esur e
th at theseal ofthelid ispositioned cor-
re ctl yon thefuse box. If
th ene wly inser tedfuse alsoblows,ha ve the
cause traced andrecti/ed ataqu ali/ed special ist
wo rkshop.
Ensur eth efo llo wing beforere placing afuse:
R The vehicle issecur edagains tro lling away.
R Allelec trica lcons umersareswitc hedo..
R The vehicle isswitc hedo..
The elect rical fuse sar elocat edinvarious fuse
bo xes:
R Fuse boxin theengine compartment onthe
dr iver's side (/page306)
R Fuse boxon thedr iver's side ofthecoc kpit
(/ page307)
R Fuse boxin thefront passeng erfoot we ll
(/ page307)
R Fuse boxin thetrunk ontheright-h andsideof
th eve hicle, when viewe din thedir ection of
tr ave l(/ page308) Opening
andclosing t Opening
andclosing the fuse bo he
fuse boxin t x
in the engine he
engine
com com
par par
tment tment
RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Adr yclo thand ascr ewdriver areav ailabl e.
Obser vetheno teson elect rical fuse s
(/ page305).
Openi ng Openi
ng &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryfrom using the
wind shield wiperswhen thehood isopen
If th ewindshield wipersst ar tmo ving when the
hood isopen ,yo ucould betrapped bythe
wiper linkage . #
Alwaysswitc ho. thewindshield wipers
and theve hicle /rst ifyo uneed toopen
th ehood. 306306
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#
Turn clips 2oncover1 aqu arter-tur nto
count er-cloc kwise. #
Pullco ver1 upw ards inthedir ection ofthe
ar ro w. #
Remo veanyex istin gmoistur efrom thefuse
bo xusing adr yclo th. #
Loosen screws4 and remo vefus ebo xlid 3
fr om theto p.
Closing Closing
#
Chec kwhe ther theseal ispositioned correctl y
in cap 3. #
Inser tlid 3 intoth ebr ac ketat there ar ofthe
fus ebo x. #
Folddo wn lid3 ofthefuse boxand tight en
scr ews4. #
Inser tco ver1 onboth sides. #
Turn clips 2oncover1 aqu arter-tur n
cloc kwise. #
Clos eth ehood. Opening
andclosing t Opening
andclosing the fuse bo he
fuse boxin t x
in the coc he
coc kpit kpit
R
Obser vetheno teson elect rical fuse s
(/ page305) .
The fuse boxis on thedr iver's side ontheside of
th ecoc kpit under aco ver. #
Toopen andclose it,consult anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Ben zCent er. Opening
andclosing t Opening
andclosing the fuse bo he
fuse boxin t x
in the fr he
front ont
passeng passeng
erf er
foo oo
tw tw
ell ell
Obser
vetheno teson elect rical fuse s
(/ page305). Br
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#
T T
o open: o
open: opencover1 inthedir ection ofthe
ar ro w and remo veit. #
T T
o close: o
close: reinser tco ver1. Opening
andclosing t Opening
andclosing the fuse bo he
fuse boxin t x
in the tr he
trunk unk
Obser
vetheno teson elect rical fuse s
(/ page305). #
Foldcover1 down inthedir ection ofthe
ar ro w.
The fuse assignm entdiagram isin are cess onthe
side ofthefuse box. 308308
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