display MERCEDES-BENZ E CLASS 2021 User Guide

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Ifth eve hicle still does notst ar tand the
Place theKey inthe Marked SpaceSee
Operator's Manualdisplaymessag ealso
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y:star t
th eve hicle withth eSmar tKey inthemar ked
space (emergency operati on mod e)
(/ page 146).
% Youcan switchoffth eengine whiledriving
by pressing button1 forabo utthre esec‐
onds orby pressing button1 thre etimes
wit hin thre esecon ds.Besureto obser vethe
saf etyno tesunder "Driving tips"
(/ page14 9).
St arting theve hicl ewith theSm artK ey inthe
ma rked spa ce(emer gency oper ation mode)
If th eve hicle does notst ar tand thePlace the
Key inthe Marked SpaceSeeOperator 'sManual
messag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y,
yo ucan star tth eve hicle inemer gency operati on
mod e. #
Makesur eth at mar kedspace 2isem pty. #
Remo veSmar tKey 1 from theke yring. #
Place Sma rtKe y1 inmar kedspace 2.
The vehicle willstar taf te ra shor ttime.
If yo ure mo veSmar tKey 1 from mar ked
space 2theengine continues running .Fo r
fur ther vehicle star ts howe ver,Smar tKey 1
mus tbe locat edinmar kedspace 2during
th eent ire jour ney. #
Have Smar tKey 1 checkedat aqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop. If
th eve hicl edoes notst ar t: #
Place SmartKey 1 inmar kedspace 2and
lea veitth er e. #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andstar tth eve hi‐
cle using thest ar t/ stop butt on.
% Youcan also switchon thepo we rsupp lyor
th eignition withth est ar t/ stop butt on. St
arting theve hicl evia Remo teOnline serv‐
ices Cooling
orheating theve hicl eint erior before
co mmenci ngyour jour ney
Ensur eth efo llo wing beforest ar tin gth eengine:
R The legalstipulation sin thear ea wher eyo ur
ve hicle ispar kedallo wengin est ar tin gvia
smar tphon e.
R Itis saf eto star tand runth eengine where
yo ur vehicle ispar ked.
R The fuel tank issu fficien tly full.
R The star terbatt eryis suf ficie ntly charge d. 14
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No
teson driving through wateron the road
sur face
Wa terwhi chhas entered intoth eve hicle can
damag eth eengine, electricsand transmiss ion.
Wa tercan alsoent ertheair intakeof theengine
and cause engine damage.
Obser vethefo llo wing ifyo umus tdr ive th ro ugh
wa ter:
R The water,when calm,ma yonl yre ac hth e
lo we redg eof theve hicle body.
R Drive at amaximum speedof6mp h
(1 0 km/ h);watercan other wise enterthe
ve hicle interior orengine compartment .
R Vehicles trave ling infront ,or onc omin gve hi‐
cles, cancreat ewa veswhic hma yex ceed the
maximu mper missi bledep thofthewa ter.
The braking effect of thebr ak es isreduced afte r
fo rd ing. Brak ecar efull ywhile paying attent ion to
th etraf fic condi tions untilbr aki ng powe rhas
been fullyrestor ed. ECO
star t/s topfunc tion Ope
ratio nof the ECOstar t/s topfunc tion
% The ECOstar t/ stop funct ionisno tav ailable
in all drive pr og rams, depe nding onthe
engine. Observethest atus displa yin the
multifu nctiondisplay fo rth is.
The engin eis switc hedoffaut omat icallyin the
fo llo wing situat ionsifall vehicle conditions for
an aut omat iceng inestop areme t:
R Youbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands tillin trans ‐
miss ionposit ion005Bor005C.
R Vehicl eswith a48 Von-b oard electrical
sy stem: youdepr essthebr ak epedal when
tra veling atalow speed.
If th esy stem has detected one ofthefo llo wing
situat ions,th eengine willnotst op:
R Youstop atast op sign andther eis no vehi‐
cle infront ofyou.
R The vehicle that stopped infront ofyou
st ar ts up again.
R Youman euver,tur nth esteer ing wheel
shar plyor eng agere ve rsege ar. %
Ifth esy stem detects anintellige nt stop
inhibit or,e.g. ast op sign, theengine willnot
st op.
If yo uact ivat eth eHOLD function oreng age
th epar kposition 005D,theengine canbe
switc hedoffin spit eof an intellig entstop
inhibit or.
The engine isrestar tedaut omatic allyif:
R Youen gage trans missi on positio n005B or005E.
R Youdepr esstheacceler ator pedal.
R Anautomatic enginestar tis requ ired bythe
ve hicle.
R Youre lease thebr ak epedal.
R Vehicl eswith a48 Von-b oardele ctrical
sy stem:
- Youre lease thebr ak epedal onado wnhill
gr adient andtheve hicle does notro ll.
- The vehicle rolls on ado wnhill gradien t
and does notaut omat icallyent erglide
mode at15 mp h(2 0km/h). 15
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The
segment sof dis tance displ ay2 showthe
dis tance totheeve ntaheadas follo ws :
R Afew segm entslight up:theeve ntaheadis
nea r.
R Man ysegments lightup:theeve ntaheadis
fur ther aw ay.
When theve hicle nearsth eeve nt,ECOAssi st
will calc ulateth eop timal speed formaximu m
fuel econom yand recup erati ve ener gybased on
th edis tan ce, speedand grad ient. The Foot off
the Accele ratormess age3 appea rson the
multifu nctiondisplay. The firs tse gme ntsinfront
of theve hicle willturngr een. Theremaini ngseg‐
ments willinitia llystay whit e.Ifth edr iver take s
th eir foot offth eaccelera torpeda lin good time,
th ere maini ngsegments onthedispla ywill suc‐
cessiv elytur ngr een until theeve ntsho wnis
re ac hed. Thedrivet ra in will besetfo rmaximu m
fuel econom y.Re cup erati on willch arge thebat‐
te ry.Re cup erati on willbe adaptedto theselec‐
te ddr ive pr og ram.
The eventwillbe sho wnfora shor ttime afte rit
has been passed.Ifth er eis no response tothe Foot
offthe Accele ratorprom pt,th esegment s
will remain white.
If th eeve ntinvo lves ave hicle infront, allseg‐
ments willimmediat elytur ngr een once ther eis
a re sponse totheFoot offthe Accelerator
pr om pt.
Fo ractiv eEC OAssis tin drive pr ogr am ;,
symb ol3 willapp ear onthemultifunc tiondis‐
pla yand ontheHead-up Displaybeside trans‐
mission position 005B.Symbol 3will also appear
when theassis tant displ ayisno tselec ted.
If th esy stem does notint erve ne during the
eve ntahead, nothing will bedispla yed. The sys‐
te m wil lbe pass ive.
EC OAssis tis activ eonl yin drive pr ogr ams ;
and A.
Sy stem limit s
EC OAs sis tcan function evenmor epr eci sely if
th ero uteis adher edtowhen routeguidan ceis
act ive. The basic function isalso available with‐
out active ro uteguidan ce.Notall informat ion
and traffic situ ations canbefore seen. Thequal‐
ity depen dson themap data. EC
OAssis tis onl yan aid. Thedriver isresponsi‐
ble forke eping asaf edis tance from theve hicle
in front, forve hicle speed andforbr aking in
good time. Thedriver mus tbe ready tobrak eat
all times irre spectiv eof whe ther thesy stem
int erve nes.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifvisibilit yis poor ,e.g. due toinsuf ficie ntillu ‐
mina tionofthero ad, high lyvariable shade
con dition s,rain, sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions.
R Ifth er eis dir ton thewindshield inthear ea
of themultifunc tioncamer aor thecamer ais
fo gg ed up, damag edorobscur ed.
R Iftraf fic sig ns areha rd todiscer n,e.g. due to
dir t,sno wor insuf ficie ntlighti ng,orbeca use
th ey areobsc ured.
R Ifth einf ormation onthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or outof date.
R Ifsigns areambi guou s,e.g. traf fic sig ns in
ro adw orks orinadjacent lanes. Dr
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Selec
tingthedr ive pr og ram #
Press DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h1 forw ards
or bac kwards.
The drive pr og ram sele cted app earsin the
multifu nctiondisplay. Conf
iguringDYNA MIC SELECT (multimedia
sy stem) Multi
media system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Vehicle
5 DYNA MICSELECT
Se tting drive pr og ram I #
Select IndividualCo nfiguratio n. #
Select and seta cat egory.
Switc hingthere stor ation disp layon oroff #
Swit chReques tat Start onoroff.
Fu nction on:thene xt time theve hicle isstar ted
a pr om ptappear sask ing whe ther thelas tactiv e
dr ive pr og ram shou ldbe restor ed. Ifth eEC O
st ar t/ stop funct ionwasdeactiv ated, anaddi‐
tional prom ptappear sask ing ifth efunc tion
should remain deactivated.
% The prom ptappear son lyifth epr ev iousl y
act ive se ttings deviat efrom thest andar d
se tting s.
Fu nction off:thene xt time theve hicle isstar‐
te dth eA drive pr ogr am issetaut omaticall y.The
ECOstar t/ stop funct ionisactiv ated aut o‐
matically .
% This funct ionmus tbe activ ated foreac huser
pr ofile sepa rately.Only when this func tion is
act ivat ed will thedr ive pr og ram and Eco
st ar t/ stop setting forth epr ev ious journey
be save dfo rth ere spectiv euser profile. Displa
yingvehicl edata Mul
timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Info #
Select Vehicle.
The vehicle datais displa yed. Displa
yingengine data Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Info #
Select Engine.
The engine datais displa yed. Dr
iving andparking 15
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%
The actual (maximum) values that can be
ac hie vedfo rengine outputand engine tor‐
qu ema yde viat efrom thecer tified values
wit hin thecount ry-spe cificgu ideline sfo r
per missible toler anc es(basis: UN-ECE No.
85 orcount ry-spe cificgu ideline s).
Fa ctor sth at can influen cethis are, forex am‐
ple:
R Sea leve l
R Fuelgrade
R Outside temp eratur e
R Oper ating temp eratur eof theengine
% The values displa yedser veonl yas orient a‐
tion. Thevalues forengine outputand
engine torq ue show nin themedia display
ma yde viat efrom theactual values. Calling
uptheconsum ption indicat or Multime
diasystem:
4 © 5
Info #
Select Consumpt ion.
The current and average consu mptionis dis‐
pl ay ed. Au
tomatic trans mis sion DI
REC TSE LECT leve r Fu
nction oftheDIRECT SELECT leve r &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto inc or‐
re ct gearshif ting
If th eengine speedishigher than theidle
speed andyouen gage thetransmission posi‐
tion 005Bor005E, theve hicle mayacceler ate
shar ply. #
Ifyo uen gage thetransmission position
005B or005E when theve hicle isat a
st ands till,alw aysdepr essthebr ak e
pedal firm lyand donotacc eler ateat
th esame time. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enleftunat tende din the
ve hicle
If ch ildr enarelef tunsuper visedintheve hi‐
cle, they cou ld,in pa rticular :
R Open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R Getout and bestru ck byoncom ingtraf‐
fi c.
R Ope rate vehicle equipment andbecome
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion, forex am ple by:
R Releasing thepar king brak e.
R Changing thetra nsmiss ionposition .
R Startin gth eve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. #
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. 15
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#
Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. Use
theDIRE CTSELECT leve rto switc hth e
tr ans missi on positio n.The current trans mis sion
po sitio nis displ ayed inthemultifunc tiondispla y. 005D
Park position
005E Reversege ar 005C
Neut ral
005B Drive po sitio n
En gaging reve rsege ar R #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpush the
DIR ECT SELEC Tleve rupw ards pas tth efirs t
point ofresis tance.
En gaging neutr alN #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpush the
DIR ECT SELEC Tleve rup ordown tothefirs t
point ofresis tance.
% Toshif tint oneutr al005C withth eignition on,
push theselect orleve rup ordown forse v‐
er al seconds tothefirs tpo int ofresis tance.
Sub sequently releasing thebr ak epedal will
allo wyo uto mo vetheve hicle freel y,e.g. topush
it or tow itaw ay.
Pr ocee das follo ws ifyo uwa nttheaut oma tic
tr ansm ission toremain inne utr al005C 005C,
evenif
th eignit ionisswitc hedoffor thedr iver' s
door isopened : #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal andengageneutral
005C when theve hicle isat ast ands till. #
Release thebr ak epedal. #
Switc hth eignition off.
% Ifyo uth en exitth eve hicle leaving the
Smar tKey intheve hicle, theaut omatic trans‐
mission remains inneutr al005C.
Eng aging parkpositio nP #
Obser vetheno teson par king theve hicle
(/ page16 4). #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal untiltheve hicle is
at ast ands till. #
When theve hicle isat ast ands till,pr ess but‐
to n005D.
Whe nth etransmission positiondisplay
sho ws005D,th epar kposition iseng aged. Ifno
tra nsmiss ionposition display005D appear s,
secur eth eve hicle topreve ntitfrom rolling
aw ay.
% Dep endingonthesituation ,it ma yta ke a
shor ttime until005Diseng aged. Ther efor e,
alw ayspa yatt ention tothetra nsmiss ion
position display. Dr
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Pa
rk position 005Diseng aged aut omatic allyif one
of thefo llo wing condition sis me t:
R Youswit choffth eignition whentheve hicle
is statio naryand thetransmission positionis
005B or005E.
R Youopen thedr iver's door when theve hicle
is at ast ands tillor when drivin gat ave ry low
speed andthetransmission positionis005B or
005E.
% Tomaneu verwit han open driver's door ,
open thedr iver's door while atast ands till
and engagetrans miss ionposit ion005Bor005E
ag ain.
Eng agin gdr ive posi tion D #
Depress thebr ak epedal andpush the
DIR ECT SELEC Tleve rdo wn pas tth efirs t
point ofresis tance.
Whe nth eaut omatic transmiss ionisin transmis‐
sion position 005B,itshif tsthege arsaut omat i‐
call y.This depends, amongother things ,on the
fo llo wing fact or s:
R The select eddrive pr ogr am
R The position oftheaccelera torpeda l R
The driving speed Manual
gearshif ting *
NO
TEPlug -in hybrid #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement .
Yo uco uld other wise failto recogni ze
da ngers. Whe
nth eaut omatic transmiss ionisshif tedto
position 005B,youcan man uallyshif tit wit hth e
st eer ing wheel gearshif tpaddle. Ifper mitted, the
aut omat ictransm issionshif tsto ahigh eror lo
we rge ar depen dingon thesteer ing wheel
ge arshif tpaddle beingpulled.
Yo uha ve twoop tio ns tomanua lly shif tth eaut o‐
matic transmiss ion:
R Temp orar yse tting
R Perm anen tse tting
The gearsshif taut omat icallywhen manualgear‐
shif tingis deac tivated.
Te mp oraryse tting: #
Toactiv ate: pul lst eer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 1or2.
Man ualgearshif tingis act ivat ed fora shor t
time. Thetransmiss ionposi tion display
sho ws0063 and thecur rent gear.
% Howlon gth emanual gearshif tingst ay sacti‐
va tedis dependen ton various fact or s.
Ma nua lge arshif tingcan beaut omat ically
deac tivated inthefo llo wing cases :
R Changin gth edr ive pr ogr am
R Restar tin gth eve hicle
R When thetra nsmiss ionposition 005Bis
eng aged again 16
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R
Driving style #
Toshif tup: pull steer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 2. #
Toshif tdo wn: pullsteer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 1. #
Todeac tivate: pullst eer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 2and hold itin place .
The transm issionposit iondispla ysho ws005B.
Pe rm anen tse tting: #
Cha ngeto drive pr og ram =(/ page15 7). #
Select drive se tting 0063(/ page15 7). Ge
arsh ift re comm endation The
gearshif tre comme ndation assists youin
adop tingan eco nomic aldrivin gst yle. #
Ifge arshif tre comme ndation 1appea rs
ne xt to thetra nsmiss ionposition display,
shif tto there comme ndedgear. Using
kickdow n #
Maximum acceleration: depress theaccel‐
er ator pedal beyond thepr essur epoint .
To protect agains tengine overrev ,th eaut omatic
tra nsmiss ionshiftsup tothene xt gear when
max imum enginespee dhas been reac hed. Glid
emod efu ncti on *
NO
TEMercede s-AMG vehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement .
Yo uco uld other wise failto recogni ze
da ngers. *
NO
TEPlug -in hybrid #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement .
Yo uco uld other wise failto recogni ze
da ngers. Wi
th an ant icip ator ydr ivin gst yle, glide mode
helps youto reduce fuelconsum ption.
Glide mode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R The com bustion engin eis disco nnect edfrom
th edr ivet ra in and continues torunin neu tral .
R The trans mis sion positio ndispl ay005B is
sho wningreen.
R Vehicl eswith 48Von-b oardele ctrical
sy stem (EQ-B oostte ch nology): thecom‐
bus tion engine canbeswitc hedoff.All ofthe
ve hicle functionsremain active. Dr
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Inf
orma tion oncollision detection ona
pa rked vehicl e If
acolli sion isde tected whe nth eto w- aw ay
alar misarmed onaloc kedve hicle, youwill
re cei veano tificat ion inthemultimedia system
when youswit chon theignition .
Yo uwill recei veinformatio nabout thefo llo wing
point s:
R The area oftheve hicle that ma yha ve been
damag ed.
R The forc eof theim pact.
The follo wing situat ionscanlead toinadv ertent
acti vatio n:
R The parked vehicle ismo ved, e.g. inatw o-
st or yga rage .
% Dea ctivateth eto w- aw ay alar minorder to
pr eve ntina dvertent acti vatio n.Ifyo udeac ti‐
va te theto w- aw ay alar m,collision detection
wi llal so be dea ctivated.
% Ifth ebatt eryis se verely disc ha rged ,th e
function forde tecting acoll ision on apa rked ve
hicle isaut omaticall ydeactiv ated tofacil i‐
ta te thene xt engine star t.
Sy stem limit s
De tection maybe restrict ed inthefo llo wing sit‐
uation s:
R The vehicle isdamag edwithout impact, e.g.
if an outside mirroris torn offor thepaint is
damag edbyaSm artK ey
R Animpa ct occu rsat low spee d
R The electric par kingbr ak eis no tapplied No
teson par king theve hicl efo ran extended
per iod If
yo ulea vetheve hicle parkedfo rlong erthan six
we eks,itma ysuf ferdama gethro ugh disus e.
The 12Vbatt eryma yalso beimpair edordam‐
ag ed byhea vydisc harging.
% Further information canbeobt ained ata
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. *
NO
TEPlug -in hybrid #
Obser vetheno tesabout thehigh-v olt‐
ag ebatt eryin theSupplement .Yo u
cou ldother wise failto recogni zedan‐
ge rs. St
andb ymode (ext ens ion ofthe star terbat‐
te ry 's per iod out ofuse) St
andb ymode function
% This function isno tav ailable forall model s.
If standb ymode isact ivat ed, energyloss willbe
min imis eddur ing ex tende dpe riods ofnon- oper‐
ation.
St andb ymode isch aract erised bythefo llo wing:
R The star terbatt eryis preser ved.
R The maximum non-opera tionaltime appear s
in themedia display.
R The conn ection toonline services isint erru p‐
te d.
R The ATA(anti-t heftal ar m system) isno tav ail‐
able. Dr
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R
The interior motion sensor andtow- aw ay
alar mfun ction sar eno tav ailable.
R The function forde tecting collisions ona
pa rked vehicle isno tav ailable.
If th efo llo wing condition sar efulf illed, standb y
mode canbeact ivat ed ordeac tivated usin gth e
multime diasystem:
R The engine isswitc hedoff.
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
Ex ceeding theve hicle's displayednon -opera ‐
tion altime maycause inconvenie nce, i.e.it can‐
no tbe guarant eedth at thest ar terbatt erywil l
re liabl yst ar tth eengine.
The star terbatt erymus tbe charge dfirs tin the
fo llo wing situat ions:
R The vehicle's non-oper ational timemustbe
ex tende d.
R The Batte ryCh arg eInsu fficie ntfor Stand by
Mod emes sage appear sin themedia display.
% Standb ymode isaut omat icallydeac tivated
when theignition isswitc hedon. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gst andb ymode (park‐
ing theve hicl efo ran extended period)
Re quirement s:
R The engin eis switc hedoff.
Multime diasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Vehicle #
Activateor deacti vate Stand byMod e. #
Select Yes. Dr
ivi ng and drivi ng safetysy stems Dr
iving systems andyour responsibility Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipped withdr iving systems
whic hassis tyo uin drivin g,par kingand man eu‐
ve ring theve hicle. Thedriving systems areonl y
aids. Theyar eno ta subs titutefo ryo ur att entio n
to thesur round ingsand donotre lie ve youof
yo ur responsibili typer tainin gto road traf fic law.
The driver isalw aysre sponsible formaint aining
a saf edis tance totheve hicle infront, forve hicle
speed, forbr aking ingood timeandforst ay ing
in lane. Payatt ention tothetra ffic con dition sat
all tim esand interve ne when nece ssary.Be aw
areof thelimit ations rega rding thesaf euse of
th ese systems.
Dr iving systems canneither reduce therisk of
accident ifyo ufa ilto adap tyo ur drivin gst yle nor
ove rride thelaws ofphysics. Theycan notalw ays
ta ke intoacc ount road, weather ortraf fic condi ‐
tions . In
fo rm ation onvehicl esen sorsand camer as Some
driving anddriving safetysy stems use
camer asaswellas radar orultr asonic sensors
to monit orthear ea infront of,behind ornext to
th eve hicle. 17
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