load capacity MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS ESTATE 2015 Owners Manual

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Open the boot lid or the tailgate.
X Press release catch :.
Flap ;folds down.
X Press catch =inwards and pull out
frame ?containing the skibag. Through-loading facility in the rear
compartment The through-loading facility is opened from
the boot.
X Fold down the rear seat armrest.
X Press release catch :.
The flap opens downwards.
Observe the loading guidelines (Y page 342).Through-loading facility in the rear
benchs eat (Saloon)
Important safety notes G
WARNING
If the rear bench seat/rear seat and seat
backrest are not engaged they could fold for- wards, e.g. when braking suddenly or in the
event of an accident.
R The vehicle occupant wouldt hereby be
pushed into the seat belt by the rear bench
seat/rear seat or by the seat backrest. The
seat belt cannot protect as intended and
could result in additional injury.
R Objects or loads in the boot cannot be
restrained by the seat backrest.
This poses an increased risk of injury. Before every trip, make sure that the seat
backrests and the rear bench seat/rear seat
are engaged before every trip.
Observe the loading guidelines (Y page 342).
The left-hand and right-hand rear seat backr- ests can be folded down separately to
increase the boot capacity.
Folding the seat backrest forwards !
Before you fold down the rear seat back-
rest, remove the side head restraints for
the integrated child seat; see the "Side
head restraints for integrated child seat"
section. The side head restraints could oth-
erwise be damaged. i
Vehicles with memory function: when you
fold one or both parts of the rear seat back- rest forwards, the respective front seat
moves forward slightly, when necessary, inorder to avoid contact.
X Vehicles without memory function: if nec-
essary, move the driver's or front-
passenger seat forwards.
X Open the boot.
X Pull right-hand or left-hand rear seat back-
rest release handle :.
The corresponding rear seat backrest is
released.
The seat backrest head restraints in the
rear compartment lower. 348
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The left-hand and right-hand rear seat backr-
ests can be folded forwards separately to
increase the luggage compartment capacity.
The combined luggage cover and net can
remain installed.
i When you fold one or both parts of the
rear seat backrest sforwards, the headr-
ests are also lowered if necessary. In the
case of vehicles with memory function, the respective fronts eat is moved forwards
slightly to avoid contact with the seat
behind it.
X Vehicles without memory function: if nec-
essary, move the driver's or front-
passenger seat forwards.
X Pull the left-hand or right-hand release han-
dle at the rear in load compartment :or at
the side beside backrests ;.
The corresponding backrest folds for-
wards.
X Move the driver's or front-passenger seat
back if necessary. Folding the rear seat backrest back !
Make sure that the seat belt does not
become trapped when folding the rear seat backrest back. Otherwise, it could be dam- aged. X
Move the driver's or front-passenger seat
forward if necessary.
X Fold seat backrest :back until it engages.
If the rear seat backrest is not engaged and locked, this will be shown in the multifunc-
tion display in the instrument cluster. A
warning tonea lso sounds.
X Adjust the head restraints if necessary
(Y page 126).
X Move the driver's or front-passenger seat
back if necessary. Securing
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Plastic hooks (Saloon) On vehicles without
athrough-loading feature
in the rear bench seat, six plastic hooks are
fitted to the boot floor. You can use these to 350
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jack could tip ove
rwitht he vehicl eraised.
There is ariskofi njury.
Onl yposit iont he jack at the appropriate jack-
ing point of the vehicle. The base of the jack
must be positioned vertically, directl yunder
the jacking point of the vehicle.
Observe the following when raising the vehi-
cle:
R to rais ethe vehicle, onl yusethe vehicle-
specific jack tha thas been teste dand
approved by Mercedes-Benz. If the jack is
used incorrectly ,itcould tip ove rwhile the
vehicl eisraised.
R the jack is designe donlytor aiseand hold
the vehicl efor as hort time whil eawheel
is being changed. It is not suitabl efor per-
formin gmaintenance work under the vehi-
cle.
R avoi dchanging the whee lonuphilland
downhil lslope s.
R befor eraisi ng the vehicle, safeguard it from
rolling away by applying the parking brake
and positioning whee lchocks. Never
release the parking brake whil ethe vehicle
is raised.
R the jack must be place donafirm, flatand
non-sli psurface. On aloo se surface, a
large ,flatl oad- bearing underlay must be
used .Ona slippery surface, anon-slip
underlay must be used ,e.g.r ubbe rmats.
R do not us ewoode nblocks or similar
objects as ajack underlay .Otherwise, the
jack will not be able to achieve its load-
bearing capacity du etothe restricted
height.
R make sure tha tthe distance between the
undersid eofthe tyres and the ground does
not exceed 3cm.
R neve rplace your hands or fee tunder the
raised vehicle.
R do not li eunder the vehicle.
R do not start the engine when the vehicl eis
raised. R
do not open or close adoorort he boot lid/
tailgate when the vehicl eisraised.
R make sure tha tnopersons ar epresent in
the vehicl ewhent he vehicl eisraised.
AM Gvehicle swithP erformanc eStudio
equipment: the wheelbolts ar ecovered by a
hu bc ap.B efore yo ucan unscrew the wheel
bolts ,you must remove the hu bcap. X
To remove: turnthe centre cove rofhub
cap :anti-clockwise and remove.
X To fit: beforefitting, ensur etha thub cap :
is in the open position. To do this, tur nthe
centre cove ranti-clockwise.
X Positio nhub cap :and tur nthe centre
cove rclockwise unti lhub cap :engages
physicall yand audibly.
X Make sure tha thub cap :is fitted
securely. X
Using whee lwrench ;,l oosent he bolts on
the whee lyou wish to change by abou tone
full turn. Do not unscrew the bolts com-
pletely. 428
Changin
gawheelWheels an dtyres