ABS MERCEDES-BENZ C CLASS 2021 Owners Manual

1
L Distance warning →
435
2 00CC Powe rst eer ing →
428
3 003E003D Turn signal lights →
115
4 00B9 CheckEn gin e →
429
5 Electric pa rking brak e(red) →
432
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
6 Brak es(red) →
432
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
7 ÿ Coolant temp eratur e →
429
8 Coolant temp eratur edispla y →
207
9 00C6 Recup erati ve Brak eSy stem, USAonl y →
432
004D Brak es (yello w), Canada only →
432 A
0024 Electric pa rking brak e(yello w) →
432
B 0025 ABS →
436
C 0075 Restra int system →
427
D 00E9 Seatbelt →
427
E 0057 Highbeam →
115
F 0058 Lowbeam →
114
G 00B6 Reser vefuel withfuel filler flap locatio n
ind icat or →
429
H Fuelleve l →
207
I 0060 Parking lam ps →
114
J 005E Rear foglam p →
115
K 0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system →
438
L 00BB ESP®
OFF →
436
M 00E5 ESP®
→
436 At
aglanc e– Indicat orand warning lam ps(sta nda rd) 11

1
003E003D Turn signal lights →
115
2 005E Rear foglam p →
115
3 0057 Highbeam →
115
0058 Lowbeam →
114
0060 Parking lam ps →
114
4 ÿ Coolan tte mp eratur e →
429
5 Coolant temp eratur edispla y →
207
6 L Distance warning →
435
7 00E9 Seatbelt →
427
8 0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system →
438
9 Ù Powe rst eer ing →
428
A 0024 Electric pa rking brak e(yello w) →
432
B Elec tric par kingbr ak e(red) →
432
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only C
0075 Restra int system →
427
D Brak es (red) →
432
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
E 00B6 Reser vefuel withfuel filler flap locatio n
ind icat or →
429
F Fuelleve l →
207
G 00C6 Recup erati ve Brak eSy stem, USAonl y →
432
004D Brak es (yello w), Canada only →
432
H ä Suspension →
435
I 003D Electrical mal functi on →
429
J 00B9 CheckEngine →
429
K 0025 ABS →
436
L 00BB ESP®
OFF →
436
00E5 ESP®
→
436 At
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NO
TEDama getotheve hicle duetodriv‐
ing toofast and due toimpact sto the
ve hicle underbody orsuspension compo‐
nent s In
thefo llo wing situat ions,in par ticular ,th er e
is arisk ofdamag eto theve hicle:
R The vehicle becomes grounded, e.g.ona
high curb oran unpavedro ad
R The vehicle isdriven toofa st over an
obs tacle ,e.g. acurb ,spe edbump orpot‐
hole
R Ahea vyobject strike sth eunderbody or
suspension componen ts
In situation ssuc has these, damag eto the
body ,underbody ,suspension componen ts,
wheels ortires ma yno tbe visible. Compo‐
nen tsdamag edinthis wa ycan unexpec tedly
fa ilor ,in thecase ofan acciden t,ma yno lon‐
ge rabso rbthere sulting forc eas intended.
If th eunderbody panelingisdamag ed,flam‐
mable materials suchas lea ves, grass or
twigs cancollect between theunderbody and th
eunderbody paneling.Thesematerials may
ignit eif th ey come intocont actwith hot
par tsof theex haus tsy stem. #
Have theve hicle checkedand repair ed
immediat elyat aqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop.
or #
Ifdr iving safetyis im pair edwhile con‐
ti nui ng your jour ne y,pull over and stop
th eve hicle immediat ely, while paying
att ent ion toroad and traffic condi tions,
and cont actaqu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop. Dec
laration ofconf ormity forwi reless vehi‐
cle comp onent s
US A:"Radio based devic es ofthis vehicle com‐
ply withPa rt15 oftheFCC Rules. Opera tionis
subje ctto thefo llo wing twocon dition s:1) These
de vice sma yno tcause harmful interfere nce, and
2) The sedevice smu stacc eptan yint erfere nce
re cei ved, includin gint erfere nce that ma ycaus e
unde sired oper ation.Chan gesor modif ications no
tex pressl yappr ovedby thepar tyresponsible
fo rcom pliance could void theuser's author ityto
oper ateth eeq uipment. "
Canada :"This vehicle contains license-e xemp t
tr ans mitter( s)/r ece iver( s)that com plywit hInno ‐
va tio n,Scie nceand Econo micDe velopmen tCan‐
ada ’sRSS (s).Operatio nis subj ectto thefo llo w‐
ing twocon dition s:(1) These device sma yno t
cause interfere nce, and(2)The sedevice smu st
acc eptan yint erfere nce, including interfere nce
th at ma ycaus eunde sired oper ationof the
de vice. "
US A:"W ireless chargin gsy stem formobil ede vi‐
ces (mode l:WMI2 Wireless Mobile Inte rface) :
th is de vice complies withPa rt18 oftheFCC
Ru les."
The name andaddr essofthepar tyresponsible
is:
peik eracus ticGmbH
Max-Planc k-St r.28-32
61 38 1Fr iedr ichsdor f
Ger man y Gener
alno tes 25

&
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
re strict ed detection perform anc eof vehi‐
cle sensor sand camer as
If th ear ea around vehicle sensor sor cam‐
er as isco vered, damag edordir ty,cer tain
dr ivin gand safetysy stems cann otfunction
cor rectly .The reisarisk ofan accident. #
Keep thear ea around vehicle sensor s
or camer asclear ofanyobs tructions
and clean. #
Have damag eto thebum per,ra diat or
gr ille orstone chipping inthear ea of
th efront and rear wind owsrepair edat
a qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Pa
rticular ly,ke ep thear eas around thesensor s
and camer asfree ofdir t,ice orslush
(/ page31 1).The sens orsand came rasmus t
no tbe coveredand thede tection rang es arou nd
th em mus tbe kept free. Donotatt achadd itiona l
lice nse platebrac kets, advertisemen ts,sticke rs,
fo ils orfoils toprotect agains tst one chipping sin
th ede tection rang eof thesensor sand camer as. Mak
esur eth at ther ear eno ove rhang ingloads
pr otru ding intoth ede tection rang e.
If th er eis damag eto abum perorthera diat or
gr ille, orafte ran impact, have thefunc tion of
th esensor sch eckedat aqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop. Have damag eor stone chipping inthe
ar ea ofthecamer ason thewindshield andrear
wind owrepair edataqu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop. Ov
ervie wof driving systems anddriving
saf etysy stems R
ABS(Ant i-lockBra king System)
(/ page16 0)
R BAS(Bra keAssis tSys tem) (/ page16 0)
R ESP ®
(Electr onicStability Program)
(/ page16 0)
R ESP ®
Cr oss wind Assi st(/ pag e16 1)
R EBD (El ectr onicBra keforc eDis tribution)
(/ page16 2)
R STEER CONTR OL(/ page 162)
R HOLD functio n(/ page 162) R
HillSt artAs sis t(/ page16 3)
R ATTENTION ASSIST(/ page16 4)
R Cruise contr ol(/ page16 5)
R DYNA MIC BODY CONTR OL(/ page18 8)
R AIRMATIC (/ page 188)
Dr ivin gAss ista nce package
The follo wing functionsar epar tof theDr iving
Assis tance Packag e. Cer tain func tionsar eonl y
av ailable insom ecoun tries. Som efun ction sar e
also available without theDr iving Assistance
Pa ckag e, albeit withre strict ed functi onality.
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page 167)
R ActiveSpe edLimi tAssi st(coun try- depend‐
ent )(/ page17 1)
R Route-based speedadap tatio n(co untr y-
dependen t)(/ page17 2)
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st(/ pag e17 8)
R ActiveSt eer ing Assis t(count ry-de pende nt)
(/ page 174)
R ActiveEmerg encyStop Assis t(countr y-
dependen t)(/ page17 6) Dr
iving and parking 15
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R
ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi st(coun try- depend‐
ent )(/ page17 7)
R Blind Spo tAssi stand ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
wit hex itwa rning (/ page18 3)
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist(/ page18 5)
Pa rking Packag e
R Rear vie wcam era(/ page19 0)
R Surround viewcam era(/ page19 3)
R Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C(/ page19 6)
R ActivePa rking Assist(/ page19 9) Fu
nction ofABS The
Anti-loc kBr ak eSy stem (ABS )re gulat esthe
br ak epr essur ein critical driving situation s:
R Dur ing braking, e.g.atfull brak eapplication
or insuf ficie nttiretracti on, thewheels are
pr ev ent edfrom locking .
R Vehicle steer ability whilebraking isensur ed.
If ABS interve nes when braki ng, youwill feel a
pulsing inthebr ak epedal. Thepulsating brak e
pedal canbeanindicat ionofhazar dous road con
dition sand canserveas are minder totake
ex tra car ewh ile dr ivi ng. Fu
nction ofBA S The
Brak eAssis tSy stem (BAS )suppor tsyour
eme rgency braking situation withadditional
br ak efo rc e.
If yo udepr essthebr ak epedal quickl y, BA Sis
acti vated:
R BASau tomatical lyboos tsthebr ak epr es‐
sur e.
R BAScan shorten thebr aking distance.
R ABS preve nts thewheels from locking .
The brak es will func tion asusual onceyo u
re lease thebr ak epedal. BASis dea ctivated. Fu
nction ofESP ®
(Electr onicStabil ityPro‐
gr am) &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
dea ctivated
If yo udeac tivateES P®
,ES P®
can notcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation. #
ESP®
shoul don lybe deactiv ated inthe
fo llo wing situat ions. *
NO
TEMercede s-AMG vehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement .
Yo uco uld other wise failto recogni ze
da ngers. ESP
®
can moni torand improve driving stabilit y
and tract ion inthefo llo wing situat ions,wit hin
ph ysical limit s:
R When pulling away on awe tor slip pe ry road.
R When brakin g. 16
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Driving and parking

Matt
efinish
R Onlyuse carepr oducts approvedfo r
Mer cedes-Ben z.
R Donotpolish theve hicle andalloywheels.
R Onlyuse carwashes that cor respond tothe
lat estengin eering standar ds.
R Donotuse carwash progr ams withafinal
ho twa xtrea tment.
R Donotus epa int cleane rs,buf fing orpolish‐
ing prod ucts ,gl oss preser vers,e.g. wax.
R Alw aysha ve paintw orkre pair scar ried out at
a qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. No
teson cleaning decorativefo ils Obser
vetheno teson matt efinis hcar ein the
ch ap ter"No teson paintw ork/matt efinis hpa int‐
wo rkcar e"(/ page 309) .The yal so app lyto
matt edecor ativefo ils.
Obser vetheno teson cleaning decorativefo ils to
av oid vehicle damag e. Cleaning
R Forclea ning, useplenty ofwa terand amild
clea ning agent without additivesorabr asive
subs tances, e.g.a car shampooappr oved for
Mer cedes-Ben z.
R Remo vedirtimmediat ely, wher eposs ible,
whils tavo iding rubbing toohar d.Ther eis
ot her wise arisk ofdamagi ngthedecor ative
fo ilirre par ably.
R Ifth er eis dir ton thefinis hor ifth edecor a‐
tiv efo ilis dull: usethePa int Cleaner recom‐
mend edand approv ed forMer cedes-Benz.
R Insect remains: soakwithinsect remo verand
ri nse offth etreat edareas afte rw ards.
R Birddr oppin gs:soak withwa terand rinse off
af te rw ards.
R Topreve ntwa terst ains ,dr ya fo il-wr apped
ve hicle withasof t,absorbent clothafte r
eve rycar wash.
Av oiding dama getothedecor ative fo il
R The service life and color ofdecor ativefo ils
ar eim pair edby:
- Sunl ight -
Temp eratur e,e.g. hotair blower
- Weather condition s
- Stone chipping sand dirt
- Chemic alclean ingagent s
- Oilypr oduct s
R Donotuse polish onmatt edecorativ efo il.
Po lishin gwill have theef fect of shi ning the
fo il-wr apped surface.
R Donottr ea tmatt eor stru ctur eddeco rativ e
fo ils wit hwa x.Pe rm anen tst ains mayocc ur.
Sc ratche s,cor rosiv edeposits, areas affect ed by
cor rosion anddamag ecaused byinc orrect car e
canno tal wa ys be com pletely repair ed.Insuc h
cases, visitaqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Yo ucan obtain mor einf ormat iononcar eand
cle anin gpr oduc tsfrom themanuf acturer.
In thecase offoil-wrapped surfaces, optica ldi f‐
fe re nces mayoccu rbe twee nth esur faces that
we renotpr otect edbyadec orativ efo ilaf te r
re mo ving adecor ativefo il. 31
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Maint enance andcare

on
thedr iver's side orthetir epr essur eta ble
in thefuel filler flap forva lues. #
Toincr ease thetir epr essur e:swit chon
th etir einf lation compressor . #
Toreduce thetirepr es sur e:press press ure
re lease button1 next to manome ter2. #
When thetir epr essur eis cor rect, unscr ew
th efilling hose from theva lve of thesealed
tir e. #
Screw theva lve cap ontoth eva lve of the
sealed tire. #
Pull thetir esealant bottle out ofthetir e
inf lation compressor .Pr ess theloc king tabs
on theye llo wcap toget her todo this.
The filling hose stay son thetir esealant bot‐
tle. #
Drive to thenear estqu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop andhave thetir e, tiresealant bottle
and filling hose replaced ther e. Bat
tery (vehicle) No
teson the12 Vbatt ery &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent dueto
wo rkcar ried out incor rectly onthebat‐
te ry
Wo rkcar ried out incor rectl yon thebatt ery
can, forex am ple, lead toashor tcir cuit .This
can restrict functi onsreleva nt forsaf etysy s‐
te ms and impai rth eoper ating safetyof your
ve hicle.
Yo uco uld lose contro lof theve hicle inthe
fo llo wing situat ionsinpar ticular :
R When brakin g
R Intheeve ntofabrupt steer ing maneuv ers
and/or whentheve hicle's speedisno t
adap tedto thero ad con dition s #
Intheeve ntofasho rtcir cui tor asim i‐
la rinci dent, contactaqu alif ied spec ial‐
is two rkshop immediat ely. #
Donotdr ive on. Br
eakdo wnassis tance 32
1

#
Alw aysha ve wo rkon thebatt erycar ried
out ataqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. R
Further information onABS (/page16 0)
R Further information onESP ®
(/ page16 0)
Fo rsaf etyre ason s,Mer cedes-Ben zre comme nds
th at youon lyuse batteries whic hha ve been tes‐
te dand appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle byMer cedes-
Benz .
All vehicl esexc eptve hicl eswith alithium-
ion batt ery &
WARNIN GRisk ofexplosion duetoelec‐
tr os tatic charge
Ele ctrostatic charge can ignitethehighly
ex plosiv ega smixtur ein thebatt ery. #
Todisc hargeanyelec tros tatic charge
th at ma yha ve built up,touc hth eme tal
ve hicle body beforehandling thebat‐
te ry. The
highly flammab legasmixtur eis creat ed
while thebatt eryis ch argin gand during star tin g
assis tance. &
WARNIN GDang erofchemical burns
fr om thebatt eryacid
Batt eryacid iscaus tic. #
Avoid cont actwithth eskin ,ey es or
clo thing. #
Donotlean overth ebatt ery. #
Donotinh ale ba tter yga ses. #
Keep childr enaway from thebatt ery. #
Immedia tely rinse batter yaci dof fth or‐
oughl ywit hplenty ofclean waterand
seek medica latt ention immediately . All
vehicl es
+ ENVIR
ONMENT ALNOTEEnvironme ntal
da ma gecau sed byimproper disposal of
batt eries Bat
teries con tain polluta nts. Itis
illeg alto dispose ofthem withth ehousehold
ru bbish. #
Dispose
ofbatt eries inan
en vironmen tally re sponsible manner.
Ta ke disc hargedbatt eries toaqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop ortoacol lection
poin tfo rused batteries. If
yo uha ve todiscon nectth e12 Vbatt ery, con‐
ta ct aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Com plywit hsaf etyno tesand take protect ive
measur eswhen handling batteries. 322
Breakdo wnassis tance

Cha
nging awheel No
teson selecting, installing andreplac ing
tir es *
NO
TEMercede s-AMG vehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement .
Yo uco uld other wise failto recogni ze
da ngers. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto inc or‐
re ct dimensi onsofwhe elsand tires
If whe elsand tires ofthewr ong size are
ins talled, thewheel brak es orwheel suspen‐
sion componen tsma ybe damag ed. #
Alw aysre place wheels andtires wit h
th ose that fulf illthespecif ication sof
th eor iginal part.
When replacing wheels, makesur eto fit th e
cor rect:
R Desi gnati on
R Mod el Whe
nre placing tires, mak esur eto ins tallth e
cor rect:
R Desi gnati on
R Manuf actu rer
R Model &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rythro ugh exceed‐
ing thespecif iedtireload-bear ingcapa‐
city ortheper missible speedrating
Ex cee ding thespecif iedtireload rating or
th eper missible speedrating mayle ad totire
da ma geand tothetir es bur sting. #
Ther efor e, onl yuse tiretypes andsizes
appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle model. #
Obser vethetir eload rating andspee d
ra ting requ ired foryo ur vehicle. *
NO
TEVehicle andtiredamag eth ro ugh
tir etyp esand sizes that have notbe en
ap prove d Fo
rsaf etyre ason s,on lyuse tires, wheel s
and accessories whic hha ve been speciall y
appr ovedby Mer cedes-Ben zfo ryo ur vehicle.
These tires arespecially adaptedto thecon ‐
tr ol systems, suchas ABS ,ES P®
and
4MA TIC,andmarkedas follo ws :
R MO =Mer cedes-Ben zOr iginal
R MOE =Mer cedes-Ben zOr iginal Extended
(r un-f lattireonl yfo rcer tain wheels)
R MO1 =Mer cedes -Benz Original (onlycer ‐
ta in AMG tires)
Cer tain charact eristic s,suc has han dling,
ve hicle noise emissions, consumption, etc.
ma yot her wise beadv ersely affect ed. Fur‐
th er mor e,other tiresizes could result inthe
tir es rubbing agains tth ebody andaxle com‐
ponen tswhen loaded. Thiscould result in
damag eto thetir eor theve hicle. Wheels
andtires 355

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NO
TEEngi nedama gecau sed byan
inc orrect oil filt er ,inc orrect oil oraddi‐
tiv es #
Donotus eengi neoilsor oil filt er sot her
th an those whic hmee tth especif ica‐
tion sneces saryfo rth epr escr ibed
ser vice interva ls. #
Donotalt er theengine oiloroil filt er in
or der toachie velong erchang eint erva ls
th an presc ribed. #
Donotuse additiv es. #
Have theengine oilchang edafte rth e
pr escr ibed interva ls. Mer
cedes -Benz recomme ndsthat youha ve the
oil chang ecar ried out ataqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop.
Quality andcapacity ofengine oil
MB-F reigabe orMB- Appr oval Gasol
ineeng inesE ngineoilspecif ica‐
tions
All models 229.51,229 .52,
229 .61
229 .71* *
Re comme ndedforlo we stpossible fuelcon‐
sum ption (lowe stSA Evis cos ityclassineach
case ;obs erve possible restrictions ofthe
appr ovedSA Evis cos ityclasse s).
To achie vethelowe stpossible fuelconsum ption,
it is recomme ndedtouse theengine oilspecif i‐
cation smar kedin theta ble forth elowe stSA E
viscosi tyclass .Po ssible restrictions ofthe
appr ovedSA Evis cos ityclasse smu stbe
obser ved.
The follo wing values referto an oilchang e,
inc ludin gth eoil filt er . Re
plac eme ntamoun t Mode
lR eplacement
am ount
C 30 07 .0US qt(6.6 lite rs)
C 30 04MA TIC 6.3US qt(6.0liter s) No
teson brak efluid Obser
vetheno teson oper ating fluids
(/ page36 9). &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent dueto
va por pockets form ing inthebr ak esy s‐
te m
The brak efluid constantly absor bsmoi stur e
fr om theair .This lowe rstheboiling pointof
th ebr ak efluid. Ifth eboiling pointistoolow,
va por pockets ma yfo rm inthebr ak esy stem
when thebr ak es areapplied hard.
This causes thebr aking effect to be
im pair ed. Te
ch nica lda ta 37
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