MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS COUPE 2009 Repair Manual

The braking action of PRE-SAFE
®
Brake is
ended automatically if:
R you manoeuvre to avoid the obstacle.
R you drive slower than approximately
15 km/h.
R there is no longer an obstacle detected in
frontofy our vehicle.
R there is no longer any danger of acollision.
Following acollision or crash-related damage
to the fronte nd of the vehicle, have the con-
figuration and operation of the radar sensors
checked. Choose aqualified specialist work-
shop for this which has the necessary spe-
cialist knowledge and tools for the work
required. Mercedes-Benz recommends that
you use aMercedes-Benz Servic eCentre for
this purpose. Anti-theft systems
Immobiliser
The immobiliser prevent syour vehicle from
being started without the correc tkey.
Activating the immobiliser X
With the key: remove the key from the
ignition lock.
X With KEYLESS GO*: press the start/stop
button on the dashboard.
The engine switches off.
Deactivating the immobiliser X
With the key: turn the key to position 2in
the ignition lock.
X With KEYLESS GO*: press the start/stop
button on the dashboard twice without
depressing the brake.
i The immobiliser is alway sdeactivated
when you start the engine. ATA* (anti-theft alarms
ystem)
Av isual and audibl ealarm is triggered when
the alarm system is primed and you open:
R ad oor
R ad oor or the boot lid with the emergency
key element
R the boot lid
R the bonnet
The alarm is not switched off even if you close
ad oor again. X
To prime: lock the vehicle using the key.
Vehicles with KEYLESS GO* can also be
locked by touchin gthe door handle on the
outside.
Indicator lamp 0046flashes. The alarm sys-
tem is primed after approximately 15 sec-
onds.
X To deactivate: unlock the vehicle using the
key. On vehicles with KEYLESS GO* ,you
can also unlock the vehicle by opening the
door/boot lid.
Deactivating the alarm X
With the key: insert the key into the igni-
tion lock.
The alarm is deactivated.
or
X Press the 0036or0037 button on the key.
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X
With KEYLESS GO*: grasp the outside
door handle. The key must be outside the
vehicle.
The alarm is deactivated.
or
X Press the Start/Stop button on the dash-
board. The key must be insid ethe vehicle.
The alarm is deactivated. Tow-away protection*
An audible and visual alarm is triggere difthe
vehicle's angle of inclination is altered while
tow-away protection is primed. For example,
this occurs if the vehicl eisjacked up on one
side.
Priming tow-away protection X
Lock the vehicl eusing the key. Vehicles
with KEYLESS GO* can alsobel ocked by
touching the door handl eonthe outside.
Tow-awayp rotection is prime dafter
approximately 30 seconds.
Deactivatin gtow-away protection When you unlock yourv
ehicleusing the key
or KEYLESS GO* ,tow-away protection is
automatically deactivated.
Deactivate tow-away protection manually to
prevent afalsea larm if yourv ehicle:
R is being transported
R is being loaded, e.g. onto aferry or car
transporter
R is parked on amovable surface, e.g. split-
leve lgarages X
Remove the key from the ignition lock.
X Press button 0046.
Indicator lamp 0047lights up briefly.
X Lock the vehicl eusing the key. Vehicles
with KEYLESS GO* can alsobel ocked by
touching the door handl eonthe outside.
Tow-awayp rotection remains deactivated
until:
R the vehicl eisunlocked again.
R ad oor is opened and close dagain.
R the vehicl eislocked again. Interior motion sensor*
If the interior motion sensor is primed, avis-
uala nd audible alarm is triggere dwhenm ove-
ment is detected in the vehicl einterior while
the vehicl eislocked. This occurs if someone
reache sinto the vehicl einterior, for example.
Priming the interior motion sensor X
Make sure that: Anti-theft systems
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R
the side windows ar eclosed
R Coupé: the panorama sliding sunroof* is
closed
R there ar enoobjects ,e.g.m ascots, hang-
ing on the rear-view mirro roronthe roof
gra bhandles
This will prevent fals ealarm s.
X Cabriolet: make sure tha tthe roo fis
closed.
X All: lock the vehicl eusing the key .Onvehi-
cle sw ithK EYLESS-GO* ,you can also lock
the vehicles by touching the door handl eon
the outside.
Th einterior motion senso risprimed after
approximately 30 seconds.
i Cabriolet: in some countries the interior
motion senso risprimed eve nifthe soft top
is open. Th evehicl eshoul donlybep arked
with the soft top closed, however ,topre-
vent insects or falling leaves ,for example,
fro mc ausing fals ealarm s.
Deactivatin gthe interior motion sensor When yo
uunlock your vehicl ewitht he key or
KEYLESS-GO* ,the interior motion senso ris
automaticall ydeactivated.
To prevent afalse alarm, deactivate the inte-
rior motion senso rifyoulock your vehicle
and:
R people or animals remai ninthe vehicle
R the side windows remai nopen
R Coupé: the panorama sliding sunroof*
remains opened. X
Remov ethe key fro mthe ignition lock.
X Press button 0046.
Indicator lamp 0047flashe sbriefly.
X Loc kthe vehicl eusing the key .Onvehicles
with KEYLESS-GO* ,you can also lock the
vehicles by touching the door handl eonthe
outside.
Th einterior motion senso rremains deacti-
vated until:
R the vehicl eisunlocke dagain
R ad ooriso peneda nd close dagain
R the vehicl eislocked again 60
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Opening and closing
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Boot ...................................................... 64
Key positions ....................................... 65
Seats .................................................... 66
Steering wheel .................................... 71
Mirrors ................................................. 73
Memor yfunctions* ............................. 75
Seat belts ............................................. 76
Lights ................................................... 80
Windscreen wipers .............................94
Side windows ...................................... 94
Driving and parking ............................98
Transmission ..................................... 101
Instrument cluster ............................106
On-boar dcomputer .......................... 107
Driving systems ................................ 122
Air conditioning ................................. 147
Sliding sunroof (Coupé) ....................158
Soft top (Cabriolet) ...........................160
Loading and stowing ........................165
Features ............................................. 172 61Controls
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Opening and closing
Key
The key centrally locks/unlocks:
R the doors
R the boot lid
R the fuel filler flap G
Risk of accident
If children are left unsupervised in the vehicle,
they could:
R open adoor from the inside at any time,
even if it has been locked
R start the vehicle using akey which has been
left in the vehicle
R release the parking brake
They could thereby endanger themselves and
others. Never leave children unsupervised in
the vehicle. Always take the key with you
when leaving the vehicle, even if you are only
leaving it for ashort time. 0046
0037 Locksthe vehicle
0047 0054 Unlocks the boot lid
008A 0036 Unlocks the vehicle
0088 Battery chec klamp
When unlocking, the turn signals flash once.
When locking, they flash three times.
The vehicle relock sautomatically if you do not
open adoor or the boot lid within 40 seconds
of unlocking the vehicle. The time until it locks
is approximately 40 seconds. KEYLESS GO* You can start
,lock or unlock the vehicle using
the KEYLESS GO key. To do this, you only
need carry the key with you. When you touch
the surface of the sensor sonthe vehicle's
door handles, KEYLESS GO establishes a
radio connection between the vehicle and the
key.
The distanc etothe door handle from which
you wish to lock or unlock the vehicle must
not be greater than 1m.
When starting the engin eand whilst driving,
KEYLESS GO also checks whether avalid key
is in the vehicle by periodically establishing
radio contact. X
To unlock the vehicle: touch the inner
surface of the door handle.
X To lock the vehicle: touch sensor sur-
face 0046.
If you pull the boot lid handle, only the boot
of the vehicle is unlocked.
i If the vehicle has been parked for along
time, you must pull the door handle to acti-
vate KEYLESS GO.
Individua lsettings You can change the setting of the locking
system in such
away that only the driver's
door and the fuel filler flap are unlocked. This
could be useful if you frequently travel on your
own.
X To change the setting: press the0036
and 0037 button ssimultaneously for 62
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approximately six seconds until th
ebattery
check lamp flashes twice.
The ke ynow function sasfollows:
X To unlock th edriver's door: pressthe
0036 buttononce.
X To unlock centrally: pressthe 0036 but-
to nt wice.
X To lock centrally: pressthe 0037 button.
The KEYLESS GO* function is changed as fol-
lows:
X To unlock th edriver's door: touch the
inner surface of th edoor handle on the
driver' sdoor.
X To unlock centrally: touch theinner sur-
fac eoft hefront-passenger door handle.
X To lock centrally: touch sensor sur-
face 0046on on eofthedoor handles.
Restoring th efactor ysettings X
Press the 0036and0037 buttons simulta-
neously for approximately six seconds until
th eb attery check lamp flashes twice.
Additional information R
Convenience opening (Y page 96)
R Convenience closin g(Ypage 97)
R Opening and closin ginanemergency
(Y page 249) Opening th
edoor sfromt heinside
You can open adoor from th einside eve nifit
has been locked. X
Pull door handle 0047.
If th edoor is locked, lockin gknob 0046pops
up. The door is unlocked and can be
opened.
i When adoor is opened, th eside window
on that side open sslightly. When th edoor
is closed, th eside window closes again.
! The side windows will no topen/close if
th eb attery is discharged or if th eside win-
dows have ice dup. It will then no tbepos-
sible to close th edoor .Don otattempt to
force th edoor to close. You could other-
wise damag ethe door or th eside window. Automatic lockin
gfeature
The vehicle will loc kautomaticall yoncey ou
have pulled away.
You can also switch th eautomatic locking
function on and off usin gthe on-board com-
puter (Y page 120).
i The vehicle is locke dautomaticall ywhen
th ei gnition is switched on and th ewheels
begin to turn. Ther eisariskofb einglocked
out when th evehicle is bein gpushe dor
tested on adynamometer. Opening and closing
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X
To switc hoff:press and hol dbutton 0046for
abou t5second suntilyou hea rat one.
X To switc hon:press and hol dbutton 0047for
abou t5second suntilyou hea rat one. Locking/unlockin
gthe vehicle from
the inside
Yo uc an centrall yloc koru nlock the vehicle
from the inside. Thi sfeatur emaybe usefu lif,
for example, yo uwishtou nlock the front-
passenge rdoorfrom the insid eorlockt he
vehicl ebefore yo upulla way. G
Ris
kofa ccident
Do not leav echildren unsupervised in the
vehicle. The ycould open adoorfrom the
insid e–e venifiti sloc ked –and thereby
endanger themselves and others. X
To unlock: press button 0046.
X To lock: press button 0047. Boot
Points to remember
G
Ris
kofp oisoning
Exhaus tfum es could ente rthe vehicl einterior
if the engine is running and the boot li dis
open. Thi scould poison you. Therefore ,you
shoul dmakes uret hatthe boot li disalways
closed when the engine is running.
! The boot li dswing su pwar ds when
opened. Therefore ,makes uret hatther eis
sufficient clearance above the boot lid.
Do not leav ethe key in the boot. Yo ucould
otherwise lock yoursel fout.
The boot li dcan be:
R opene dand closed manually
(Y page 64)
R opene dautomaticall yfrom outside
(Y page 65)
R opene dautomaticall yfrom inside
(Y page 65) Opening/closing manually
X To open: press the 0036button on the key. X
Pull handle 0046. G
Ris
kofi njury
Make sure tha tnobod ycan become trapped
when closing the boot lid. 64
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X
To close: pull the boot li ddownfirmly using
recess 0047or008A.
X Lock the vehicle, if necessary ,with
the 0037 button on the key or with KEY-
LESS-GO* (Y page 62).
i If yo uleave aKEYLESS-GO key *inthe
boot, the boot li dwilln ot lock.
Lockin gthe boot separately Yo
uc an lock the boot separately 17
.Ify outhen
unlock the vehicl ecentrally, the boot remains
locked and canno tbeo pened.
X Close the boot lid.
X Remov ethe emergency key element from
the key (Y page 249). X
Insert the emergency key element into the
boot li dlocka sfar as the stop.
X Turn the emergency key element clockwise
from position 004Ato position 004B.
X Remov ethe emergency key element. Opening automaticall
yfrom outside
Yo uc an unlock and open the boot li dsimul-
taneousl ywitht he key.
X To unloc kand open: press and hold
the 0054 button on the key unti lthe boot
li do pens. Opening automaticall
yfrom inside
Yo uc an open the tailgate from the driver's
sea twhent he vehicl eisstationary. X
To open: pull remote operating switch for
boot lid 0046unti lthe boot li dopens. Ke
yp ositions Key
005D
To remove the key
004A Power supply for som econsumers, such
as the windscree nwipers
17 Not availabl einallcountries. Ke
yp ositions
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004B
Ignition (power supply for all consumers)
and drive position
004C To start the engine
i Even if the key is not for the vehicle in
question, it wills till turn in the ignition lock.
The ignition is not switched on. The engine
cannot be started. KEYLESS-GO*
Pressing the Start/Stop button repeatedly
corresponds to the different key positions in
the ignition lock. This requires that you do not
depres sthe brake pedal.
If you depres sthe brake pedala nd press the
Start/Stop button, the engine starts immedi-
ately. X
Position 0:ifStart/Stop button 0046has not
yet been pressed ,this corresponds to "key
removed".
X Position 1:press Start/Stop button 0046
once.
It is now possible to switch on the wind-
screen wipers, for example.
i If you open the driver's door in this posi-
tion, the powers upply is disconnected
again.
X Position 2(ignition): press Start/Stop but-
ton 0046twice. i
If you press Start/Stop button 0046in this
positio nonce and the driver's door is open,
the powers upply is disconnected again.
Removing the Start/Stop button You can remove the Start/Stop button from
the ignition lock and start the vehicle with a
key as usual.
i
You do not need to remove the Start/
Stop button from the ignition lock when you
leave the vehicle. X
Remove Start/Stop button 0046from ignition
lock 0047.
i When you insert the Start/Stop button
into the ignition lock, the system requires
2s econds recognition time before the
Start/Stop button can be used. Seats
Points to remember
You willf ind information aboutf olding the
rear bench seat forward sinthe "Through-
loading feature in the rear bench seat" sec-
tion (Coupé) (Y page 169).
Depending on the vehicle's equipment, the
seats can adjusted either manually/electri-
cally or electrically*. G
Risk of injury
The seats can still be adjusted when there is
no key in the ignition lock. For this reason, 66
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childre
nshoul dnever be left unsupervised in
the vehicle .The yc ould become trapped when
adjusting aseat G
Risk of accident
Only adjust the driver' sseatw hent he vehicle
is stationary. You will otherwise be distracted
from the roa dand traffi cconditions and you
could los econtrol of the vehicle as aresult of
the sea tmoving. Thi scould cause an acci-
dent. G
Risk of injury
Make sure that nobody can become trapped
whe nyou adjust the seat.
Observe the notes concerning the airba gsys-
tem.
Secure childre nasrecommended; see the
"Childre ninthe vehicle "section. G
Risk of injury
Make sure that the centra lareaoft he head
restraint supports the back of your hea dat
abou teye level .You could seriously injure
your neck if your hea disnot correctly sup-
ported by the hea drestraint in the event of an
accident. Neve rtrave lwithou tac orrectly
adjuste dand engaged hea drestraint.
! Whe nyou move the seats, make sure that
there are no objects in the footwel lor
behind the seats. Otherwise, yo ucould
damag ethe seats and the objects.
i The hea drestraints in the front seats are
fitted with the NECK-PR Osystem
(Y page 41). For this reason, it is not pos-
sible to remove the hea drestraints from
the front seats.
Pleas econtact aMercedes-Benz Service
Centre for more information. Adjusting the seats manually and
electrically
Seat fore-and-aft adjustment
X
Lift handle 0088and slide the sea tforwards
or backwards.
Backrest angle X
Slide the button forward sorbackint he
direction of arrow 0046.
Seat height X
Slide the button up or dow ninthe direction
of arrow 0047.
Seat cushio nangle Adjus
tthe angl esothat your thighs are gently
supported.
X Turn thumbwheel 008Ain the desire ddirec-
tion. Seats
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