engine MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS ESTATE 2020 Owners Manual

Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and M MSolutions #
Consult a qualified specialist workshop.
# See Owner's Manual *T
he12 V battery is not being charge d.
* NO
TEPossible engine damage if you continue driving #
Do not continue driving under any circum stances. #
Consult a qualified specialist workshop. #
Stop theve hicle immediately in accordance with the traf fic conditions and switch off the engine. #
Consult a qualified specialist workshop.
# Stop vehicle See Owner's
Manual *T
he12 V battery is no longer being charge d and thech arge leve l is too lo w.
* NO
TEPossible engine damage if you continue driving #
Do not continue driving under any circum stances. #
Consult a qualified specialist workshop. #
Stop theve hicle immediately in accordance with the traf fic conditions. Do not continue driving. #
Switch off the engine. #
Consult a qualified specialist workshop. Display messages and
warning/indicator lamps 493

Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and M MSolutions
# Stop vehicle Leave engine
running *T
he12 V battery charge leve l is too lo w. #
Stop theve hicle immediately in accordance with the traf fic conditions. Do not continue driving. #
Lea vethe engine running. #
Ifth e display message disappears: drive on. #
Ifth e display message does not disappear: consult a qualified specialist workshop.
Û 48 V battery See Owner's
Manual *T
he 48 V on-board electrical sy stem has function restrictions. Comfort functions may be restricted. #
Consult a qualified specialist workshop immediatel y.
Ý
Please wait 48 V battery
charging *T
he 48 V battery is dischar ged. You ha veswitched on the ignition while the12 V battery was being charge d with a
suitable charge r or while ano ther vehicle was pr oviding starting assis tance.
The discha rged 48 V battery is charge d automatically via thevo ltage con verter. Af ter a few minutes, theMotor can
be started again display message will be shown on the multifunction displa y. #
Start the engine. #
Drive theve hicle for a while tocharge the12 V battery and the 48 V battery af ter disconnecting thech arger
from theve hicle.
If th eMotor can be started again display message does not appear af ter a few minutes: 494
Display messages and warning/indicator lamps

Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and M MSolutions #
Tryto start the engine again. #
Ifth e engine does not start, consult a qualified specialist workshop.
Cannot start engine See
Owner's Manual *T
hecharge leve l of the 48 V battery is too lo w.You can no lon gerst art the engine. #
Switch off electrical consumers that are not required. #
Connect a suitable charge r appro vedfo r Mercedes-Benz with suf ficient charge output tothe jump-s tart connec‐
tion point of the12 V battery (/ page 406).
The 48 V battery is charge d via thevo ltage con verter in theve hicle.
Motor can be started again *T
he 48 V battery has been charge d automatically via thevo ltage con verter. #
Start the engine and drive theve hicle for a while tocharge the12 V battery and the 48 V batter y. Ty
re pressure moni tor Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and M MSolutions
Tyre press. monitor cur-
rently unavailable *T
here is inter fere nce from a po werful radio signal source. As a result, no signals from the tyre pressure sensors are
being recei ved. The tyre pressure monitoring sy stem is temp orarily una vailable.
The tyre pressure monitoring sy stem will restart automatically as soon as the cause has been rectified. #
Drive on.
Tyre press. monitor inoper-
ative *T
he tyre pressure monitoring sy stem is malfunctioning. Display messages and
warning/indicator lamps 495

Exhaust
gas af tertre atment Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and M MSolutions
Ø Refill AdBlue See Owner’s
Manual *
The AdBlue ®
leve l has fallen into there ser verange. #
Top up AdBlue ®
immediately (/ page 183).
Ø
Top up AdBlue Emergency
op. in XXX miles See Own-
er's Manual *
The low AdBlue ®
leve l will lead tolimited per form ance af terth ere maining dis tance displ ayed has been co vered. #
Top up AdBlue ®
immediately (/ page 183).
Ø
XX,X l Top up AdBlue Emer.
op.: max. XXX km/h Start
not poss. in XXX km *
The low AdBlue ®
leve l will lead tolimited per form ance from the speed displa yed.
Af terth ere maining dis tance displ ayed has been co vered, it will no longer be possible tostart the engine. #
Add at least the amount of AdBlue ®
displ ayed (/ page183). Displ
aymessa ges and warning/indicator lamps 499

Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and M MSolutions
Ø XX,X l Top up AdBlue
Switch on ignition, wait 60
sec. or eng. start not poss. *
The AdBlue ®
tank is em pty. Yo u can no lon gerst art the engine. #
Add at least the amount of AdBlue ®
displ ayed (/ page183). #
Switch on the ignition and waitfor appro ximately 60 seconds. #
Start the engine.
¯
AdBlue system fault See
Owner's Manual *
The AdBlue ®
sy stem is malfunctioning. #
Consult a qualified specialist workshop immediatel y.
¯
AdBlue system fault Emer-
gency op. in XXX km See
Owner's Manual *
The AdBlue ®
sy stem is malfunctioning. Performance will be reduced once there maining dis tance displ ayed has
been co vered. #
Consult a qualified specialist workshop immediatel y.500
Display messages and warning/indicator lamps

Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and M MSolutions
¯ AdBlue system fault Emer.
op.: max. XXX mph Start
not poss. in XXX miles *
Po we rre striction due totheAd Blue ®
sy stem fault. Af terth e dis tance displ ayed has been co vered, it will no longer
be possible tostart the engine. #
Consult a qualified specialist workshop immediatel y.
¯
AdBlue system fault Engine
start not possible *
The AdBlue ®
sy stem is malfunctioning. You can no lon gerst art the engine. #
Consult a qualified specialist workshop immediatel y. Displ
aymessa ges and warning/indicator lamps 501

Engine oil
Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and M MSolutions
5 Check engine oil level
when next refuelling *T
he engine oil le vel has dropped tothe minimum le vel.
* NO
TEEngine damage causedbydriving with insuf ficient engine oil #
Avoid long journe yswith insuf ficient engine oil. #
Check the engine oil le vel when next refuelling.
To p up the engine oil (/ page 384).
No tes on engine oil (/ page443).
5
Add 1 litre engine oil when
next refuelling *D
isplay message only for cer tain engines:
The engine oil le vel has dropped tothe minimum le vel.
* NO
TEEngine damage causedbydriving with insuf ficient engine oil #
Avoid long journe yswith insuf ficient engine oil. #
When next refuelling, add 1 litre of engine oil (/ page 384).
No tes on engine oil (/ page443). 502
Displaymessa ges and warning/indicator lamps

Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and M MSolutions
5 Engine oil level Reduce oil
level *D
isplay message only for cer tain engines:
The engine oil le vel is too high.
* NO
TEEngine damage causedbydriving with excess engine oil #
Avoid long journe yswith excess engine oil. #
Consult a qualified specialist workshop immediately and ha vethe engine oil le velre duced.
5 Engine oil level Stop vehi-
cle Switch engine off *D
isplay message only for cer tain engines:
The engine oil le vel is too lo w.
* NO
TEEngine damage causedbydriving with insuf ficient engine oil #
Avoid long journe yswith insuf ficient engine oil. #
Stop theve hicle immediately in accordance with the traf fic conditions. Do not continue driving. #
Switch off the engine. #
Add 1 l of engine oil (/ page 384). #
Check the engine oil le vel.
No tes on engine oil (/ page443). Displ
aymessa ges and warning/indicator lamps 503

Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and M MSolutions
5 Engine oil pressure Stop
Switch off engine *D
isplay message only for cer tain engines:
The oil pressure is too lo w.
* NO
TEEngine damage causedbydriving with insuf ficient oil pressure #
Avoid driving with insuf ficient oil pressure. #
Stop theve hicle immediately in accordance with the traf fic conditions. Do not continue driving. #
Consult a qualified specialist workshop.
5 Engine oil level cannot be
measured *T
he electrical connection tothe oil le vel sensor has been inter rupte d or the oil le vel sensor is faulty. #
Consult a qualified specialist workshop. Wa
rning and indicator lamps Overview of indicator and
warning lamps Some sy
stems will per form a self-test when the
ignition is switched on. Some indicator and
wa rning lamps may briefly light up or flash. This
behaviour is non-critical. These indicator and wa
rning lamps indicate a malfunction only if they
light up or flash af terth e engine has been star‐
te d or during a journe y.504
Display messages and warning/indicator lamps

Instrument display (standard)
Wi
descreen cock pit instrument displ ay Depending on
the display setting, the positions
of the indicator lamps on the instrument display
may dif fer from theex ample shown.
Indicator and warning lamps:
6 Re
stra int sy stem (/ page 506)
ü Seat belt (/
page 506)
ï Trailer hit ch (/page 507)
Ù Powe rst eering (/ page 507)
ÿ Coolanttemp erature (/ page 508)
; Engine diagnostics (/
page 508)
% Preglow
# Elect
rical fault (/ page 508)
8 Re
ser vefuel with fuel filler flap loca‐
tion indicator (/ page 508)
! Elect
ric pa rking brake (red)
(/ page 511)
! Electric pa
rking brake (yellow)
(/ page 511)
J Brakes (yellow
) (/page 511)
J Brakes (red) (/
page 511)
L Distance warning (/ page513) ä
AIRMATIC (/ page513)
ä DYNA MIC BODY CONTROL
(/ page 513)
! ABS (/
page514)
÷ ESP®
(/ page 514)
å ESP®
OFF (/ page 514)
h Ty
re pressure monitoring sy stem
(/ page 517)
T St
anding lights (/ page128)
L Low beam (/
page128)
K High beam (/
page130)
#! Tu
rn signal lights (/ page130)
R Re
ar fog light (/ page128) Displ
aymessa ges and warning/indicator lamps 505