belt MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS CABRIOLET 2020 Owner's Manual

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Steer ing wheel paddle shifters →
153
2 Comb inationswit ch →
118
3 DIRECT SELEC Tleve r →
150
4 Media display →
253
5 Start/ stop butt on →
140
6 Control pan elforth emultimedia system →
253
7 Climat econ trol systems →
131
8 Glovebox →
106
9 Haza rdwa rning lam ps →
119
A Stow agecom partment →
106
B Touc hpad →
253
C Extends/ retracts theseat beltextende r →
38
D Ope nsand closes thesof tto p →
77
E Activates and deacti vatesAIR CAP →
80
F Opens thestow agecom partment →
106
G Opens andcloses theside windo ws →
85
H ECOstar t/ stop funct ion →
147 I
ActivePa rking Assist →
208
J Setstheve hicle leve l →
194
K DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
150
L PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam p →
46
M Control pane lfo rth emultimedia system
(s te er ing wheel) →
224
N Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel →
101
O Control pan elfor:
On-boar dcom puter →
224
Cr uise control →
177
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C →
180
P Diagno stics con nection →
26
Q Unlocks thehood →
353
R Elect ric pa rking brak e →
163
S Light switch →
117
T Control pan elfor:
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assis t →
186 At
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Spee dometer →
223
2 00E5 ESP®
→
491
3 003E003D Turn signal lights →
118
4 00CC Electricpo we rst eer ing malfunct ion →
503
5 Multifunc tiondispla y →
227
6 0025 ABSmalfunct ion →
491
7 00B9 CheckEn gine →
499
8 Tach ome ter →
223
9 0028 Thisindicatorlamp has nofunct ion
A Electr icpar king brak eappli ed(red) →
491
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
B Brak es (red) →
491
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
C 003D Electricalmalfunction →
499 D
L Distance warning →
498
E 00AC Coolant tooho t/c old →
499
F Coolant temp eratur edispla y →
223
G 0024 Electric pa rking brak e(yello w) →
491
H 0075 Restra int system →
491
I 00E9 Seatbeltnotfa stened →
497
J 0060 Parking light s →
117
K Fuelleve lindic ator
00B6 Fuelreser vewit hfuel filler cap locat ion
indic ator →
499
L 0057 Highbeam →
118
M 0058 Lowbeam →
117
N 005E Rear foglight →
118
O ä Suspens ion mal functi on →
498
P 0077 Tire pressur emonit or →
502
Q 00BB ESP®
OFF →
491 At
aglanc e– Wa rning and indic ator lam ps 11

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Spee dometer →
223
2 ä Suspension malfunction →
498
3 003E003D Turn signal lights →
118
4 Multifunction display →
227
5 Tach ome ter →
223
6 00BB ESP®
OFF →
491
00E5 ESP®
→
491
7 0057 Highbeam →
118
0058 Lowbeam →
117
0060 Parking light s →
117
8 00AC Coolan tto oho t/c old →
499
9 Coolant temp eratur edispla y →
223
A 00CC Electric po we rst eer ing malfunct ion →
503
B L Distance warning →
498
C 003D Electrical malfun ction →
499
D Brak es(red) →
491 0027
USAonl y
004D Canada only
E 00E9 Seatbeltnotfa stened →
497
F Fuelleve lindic ator
G 00B6 Fuelreser vewit hfuel filler cap locat ion
indic ator →
499
H 005E Rear foglight →
118
I 0075 Restra int system →
491
J 00B9 CheckEn gine →
499
K Elect ric pa rking brak eapplied (red) →
491
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
L 0077 Tire pressur emonit or →
502
M 0025 ABSmalfunc tion →
491
N 0024 Electric pa rking brak e(yello w) →
491 At
aglanc e– Wa rning and indic ator lam ps 13

sonal
datama ybe used forth epr ov ision of
onlin eser vice s.Dat ais exch ang edvia asec ure
con nection,e.g .th emanuf acturer'sdesignat ed
IT systems. Personal datais collect ed,pro‐
cessed andused viathepr ov ision ofser vice s
exc lusiv elyon thebasis ofleg alper missions or
wit hpr ior con sent .
The services andfunc tions(some times subject
to afe e) can usually beactiv ated ordeactiv ated.
In some cases, this also applies totheent ire
ve hicle's dataconn ection. Thisexcludes, inpar‐
tic ular ,leg allypr escr ibed functionsand service s.
Th ird pa rty ser vice s
If it is possibl eto use onlineser vices from other
pr ov ider s,these services aresubject tothedat a
pr otect ion and term sof use ofthere sponsible
pr ov ider .The manuf acturer has noinfluenc eon
th econ tent exc hang ed.
Please inquire,ther efor e, about thetype, scope
and purpose ofthecollect ionand useofper‐
sonal dataas par tof third par tyser vice sfrom
th eir respectiv epr ov ider . Mult
imed iasystem/M ercedes meconnect If
th eve hicle iseq uipped withth emultimedia
sy stem orMer cedes meconnect ,additional data
about theve hicle's operation, theuse ofthe
ve hicle incer tain situat ions,and thelocation of
th eve hicle maybe com piled bythemultimedia
sy stem orMer cedes meconnect .
Fo radd itional information pleasereferto the
ch ap ter"Mu ltimed iasystem" and/or the
Mer cedes meconn ectTerm sand Conditions. Ev
ent data recor der s US
Aonl y:
This vehicle iseq uipped withan event data
re cor der (EDR ).The mainpu rpose ofan EDRis
to recor d,incer tain crash ornear crash-lik esit‐
uation s,suc has an airbag deployment orhitt ing
a ro ad obs tacle ,da ta that will assis tin unde r‐
st andi nghowave hicle's systems perform ed.
The EDRis designed torecor dda ta relat ed to
ve hicle dynamics andsafetysy stems fora shor t
per iod oftime, typica lly30 seconds orless. The
EDR inthis vehicle isdesigned torecor d
su ch dat aas:
R Howvarious systems inyour vehicle were
oper ating
R Whe ther or notth edr iver and front
passeng erseat belts werebuc kled/f astened
R Howfar(if at all)th edr iver wa sdepr essing
th eaccelera torand/or brak epeda land
R Howfast theve hicle wastrav eling
This datacan help prov ide abe tter under stand‐
ing ofthecir cums tances inwh ich acci dents and
inju ries occur .NO TE: EDRdat ais recor ded by
yo ur vehicle onlyif anon- trivial crash situation
occur s;no dat ais recor ded bytheED Runder
nor mal driving conditions andnoper sonal data
(e.g. name, gende r,ag eand acciden tloc atio n)is
re cor ded .Ho wever,ot her parties, suchas law
enf orcement ,could combine EDRdatawit hth e
typ eof personall yidentifying dataro utin ely
acq uired dur ing acrash inve stigation .
Ac cess totheve hicle and/or theED Ris needed
to read dat ath at isrecor ded bytheED R,and
special equipment isrequ ired. Inaddition tothe
ve hicle manuf acturer,ot her parties that have the Gene
ralno tes 31

Re
stra int system Pr
otection bythere stra int system The
restra int system includes thefo llo wing com‐
pone nts:
R Seat beltsystem
R Airbags
R Child restra int system
R Child seatsecur ingsystems
The restra int system can help preve nttheve hi‐
cle occupants from coming intocont actwith
par tsof theve hicle interior intheev ent ofan
acciden t.In theev ent ofan acciden t,th e
re stra int system can also reduce thefo rc es to
whic hth eve hicle occupants aresubject ed.
A seat beltcanonlypr ov ide thebes tle ve lof pro‐
te ction ifit is wo rncor rectl y.Dep endingonthe
de tected acci dent situation, Emerg encyTensi on‐
ing Device sand /or airba gssupp lement thepr o‐
te ction offere dby acor rectl ywo rnseat belt.
Emer gency Tensi oni ng Device sand /or airba gs
ar eno tde ploy ed ineve ryacc iden t. In
order forth ere stra int system toprov ide the
int ended leve lof protect ion, eachve hicle occu‐
pant mustobser vethefo llo wing informatio n:
R Fasten seat belts correctl y.
R Sitinan almos tup right seat position with
th eir bac kag ains tth eseat backres t.
R Sitwithth eir feet resting onthefloor ,if pos‐
sible.
R Alw ayssecur eper sons under 5ft (1.50 m)
ta llin an addition alrestra int system suitable
fo rMer cedes-Benz vehicles.
Ho wever,no system available toda ycan com‐
ple tely elim inat einj uries and fata lities ineve ry
acc iden tsit uatio n.Inpar ticular ,th eseat belt
and airbag gener ally do notpr otect agains t
objec tspene trating theve hicle from theoutside.
It is also notpossible tocom plet elyru le out the
ri sk ofinjur ycaused bytheairbag deploying. Re
duce dre stra int system protection &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hfrom
modif ications tothere stra int system
The restra int system can nolong erfunc tion
cor rectly afte ralt erations have been made.
The restra int system mayth en notpr otect
th eve hicle occupants asintended byfailing
in an acc ident ortrigg ering une xpec tedly ,fo r
ex am ple #
Neveralt er thepar tsof there stra int
sy stem. #
Neverta mp erwit hth ewir ing orany
electr oniccomponen tpar tsor their
sof tware. If
it is neces saryto modify theve hicle toacc om‐
modat eaper son withdisabil ities, con tact an
au thor ized Mercedes-B enzCent erforde tails.
US Aonl y:forde tails, con tact ourCu stomer
Assis tance Center on 1-800-F OR-MER Cedes
(1‑80 0‑367‑63 72). Occ
upant safety 33

The
comp onent sof there stra int system can
be act ivat ed ordep loye dinde pendently of
eac hot her : Com
pone nt Detected dep loy‐
men tsit uation
Em erge ncy Tensi on‐
ing Device s Fr
ont alim pact, rear
im pact ,side impact ,
ro llo ver
Dr iver' sai rba g,front
pa sse nger airba g Fr
ont alim pact Knee
airbag Front alim pact Side
airbag Sideimpact
Head airbag Sideimpact, rollo ver,
fr ont alim pact The
front passeng erairb agcan onlybe depl oyed
in an acciden tif th ePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF F
ind icat orlam pis off.Ifth efront passeng erseat
is occupied, makesur e,bo th bef oreand during
th ejour ney,that thest atus ofthefront
passeng erairbag iscor rect (/ page 46). &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsfrom hotair bag
com ponents
The airbag partsareho taf te ran air bag has
been deployed. #
Donotto uc hth eair bag parts. #
Have adeplo yedair bag replaced ata
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop assoon
as possible . Mer
cedes-Benz recomme ndsthat youha ve the
ve hicle towe dto aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop
af te ran accide nt.Take this int oacc ount ,par tic‐
ular lyifan Em erge ncy Tensi oni ng Device istrig ‐
ge redor an airbag deployed.
If th eEmer gency Tensi oni ng Device sar etrig ‐
ge redor an airbag isdeplo yed, youwill hear a
ban g,and asmal lamoun tof powder mayalso be
re leased:
R The bang willnotge ner ally affect your hear ‐
ing .
R Ingener al,th epo wder released isno thaz‐
ar dous tohealt hbut maycause short-term br
eat hing difficul ties toper sons suffering
fr om asthma orother pulmonar yconditions .
Pr ov ided itis saf eto do so, leavetheve hicle
immediat elyoropen thewindo win order to
pr eve ntbrea thing difficul ties .
Airb agsand pyrotech nic Emerg encyTensi oni ng
De vice scont ain pe rchlor atemat erial, whic hma y
re qu ire spec ialhandlin gor environm entalpro‐
te ction measures. Na tional guideline sre ga rding
wa ste disposal mustbe obser ved. InCalif ornia,
see http:// www .dtsc. ca.go v/Hazar dousW aste/
Pe rchlor ate/inde x.cfm. Seat
belts Pr
otection prov ided bytheseat belt Alw
aysfa sten your seat beltcorrect lybef ore
st ar tin gajo ur ne y.Asea tbe ltcan only prov ide
th ebes tle ve lof protect ion ifit is wo rncor rectl y. Occupant
safety 35

&
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
inc orrectl yfa stened seatbelt
If th eseat beltisno two rncor rectly ,it can‐
no tper form itsintended protect ive func tion.
In addition, anincor rectly fastened seatbelt
can also cause injuries,forex am ple, inthe
ev ent ofan acciden tor when braking or
ch ang ingdirect ion sudden ly. #
Alw aysensur eth at all vehicle occu‐
pants have their seat belts fastened
cor rectl yand aresitti ngprope rly. Alw
aysobser vetheins truction sabout thecor‐
re ct driver's seatpos ition and adjus ting the
seats (/page91 ).
In order forth ecor rectly wornseat belttopro‐
vide theint ended leve lof protect ion, eachve hi‐
cle occupant mustobser vethefo llo wing infor‐
matio n:
R The seat beltmustno tbe twis tedand must
fi t tig htly and snuglyacr oss thebody . R
The seat beltmustbe routed acr oss thecen‐
te rof theshoulder andaslow do wn across
th ehips aspossible.
R The shoulder sectionoftheseat beltshould
no tto uc hyo ur neck nor berouted und er
yo ur arm or behin dyo ur bac k.
R Avoid wearing bulk yclo thing, e.g. awint er
coat .
R Push thelap belt down asfaras possi ble
acr oss your hips andpulltight wit hth eshoul‐
der sect ionofthebelt. Neverro uteth elap
belt across your abdom en.
Pr egn ant women mustals ota ke par ticular
car ewit hth is.
R Neverro uteth eseat beltacross shar p,poin‐
te d, abr asiv eor fragile objec ts.
R Onlyone person mayuse eachseat beltat
an yone time. Infants andchildr enmus t
ne vertr ave lsitt ing onthelap ofave hicle
occupant.
R Neversecur eobjects withaseat beltifth e
seat beltisbeing usedbyone oftheve hi‐
cle's occupants. Alwaysobser vetheins truc‐ tion
sfo rloa ding theve hicle when securing
object s,lugg ageor loads (/page10 5).
Als oensu rethat no obj ect s,e.g .a cus hion ,
ar eeve rpla ced between aper son and the
seat.
The seat belts onthefo llo wing seats areeq uip‐
ped withaspec ialseatb eltretract or:
R Co-dr iver seat
R Rear seat s
Ac tivateor deacti vate thespecial seatbelt
re tract oroftheseat belt(/page56).
If ch ildr enaretrav eling intheve hicle, besur eto
obser vetheins truction sand safetyno teson
"Chi ldren intheve hicle" (/page51 ). Re
duce dse at beltpr otection &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
inc orrect sea tpos ition
The seatbel tdoe sno tof ferth eint ended
le ve lof protect ion ifyo uha ve notmo vedth e
seat backres tto an almos tve rtical posit ion. 36
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When
braking orintheeve ntofan acci dent,
yo uco uld slide underne athth eseat beltand
sus tain abdomin alor nec kinj uries, forex am‐
ple. #
Adjus tth eseat proper lybef orebegin‐
ning your jour ne y. #
Alw aysensur eth at theseat backres tis
in an almos tve rtical posit ionand that
th eshoulder sectionofyour seat beltis
ro uted acr oss thecent erofyour sho ul‐
der . &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
an extende dsea tbe ltex tende rwh ile th e
ve hicle isin mo tion
If th eseat beltextende ris ex tende dwh ile
th eve hicle isin mo tion, theseat beltwillnot
fi t cor rectl yto thebody .
The seat beltmayno tth en prov ide the
pr oper protect ion. #
Alw aysensur eth at theseat belt
ex tende ris retract edwhile th eve hicle
is in mo tion. If
th eseat beltextende rdo es notre tract auto‐
matical ly,it can beretract edmanua lly.To do so,
pr ess theseat beltextende rba ck asfaras itwil l
go bef orest ar tin gth eve hicle. Pressing theseat
belt extende rba ck intoplace requ ires forc e. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hwhen
additional restra int systems areno tused
fo rper sons withasmal lerbuild
Pe rsons under 5ft (1.50 m)tallcan notwe ar
th eseat beltcorrectly without asuit able
additional restra int system.
If th eseat beltisno two rncor rectly ,it can‐
no tper form itsintended protect ive func tion.
In addition, anincor rectly fastened seatbelt
can also cause injuries,forex am ple, inthe
ev ent ofan acciden tor when braking or
ch ang ingdirect ion sudden ly. #
Alw ayssecur eper sons under 5ft
(1 .50 m)tallin asuit able restra int sys‐
te m. &
WARNIN GDang erofinju ryor deat h
fr om bloc kedseat beltbuckles
If seat beltbuckles arebloc kedand cann ot
be mo veddo wn wards, thefunc tion ofthe
Emerg encyTensi oni ng Device sis impai red.
The Emer gency Tensi oni ng Device scan no
lo ng er func tionas intend edand theseat
belts cannolong erprov ide theint ended pro‐
te ction. #
Alw aysensur eth at theseat beltbuck‐
les areno tbloc ked. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
damag edormodif iedseat belts
Seat belts cannotprov ide protect ion inthe
fo llo wing situat ions:
R The seat beltisdamag ed,has been modi‐
fi ed, isex treme lydirty, bleac hedordyed
R The seat beltbuckleisdamag edor
ex treme lydir ty Occ
upant safety 37

R
Modif ications have been made tothe
Emerg encyTensi oni ng Device ,sea tbe lt
anc horageor sea tbe ltre tract or
Sea tbe lts ma ysu stain non-visi ble damag ein
an acc iden t,e.g .due toglass splin ters.
Modif iedordamag edseat belts could tear or
fa ilin theev ent ofan acciden t,forex am ple.
Modif iedEmerge ncy Tensi oni ng Device sma y
be deploy ed unint entionall yor notfunc tion
as intended. #
Nevermodify theseat belts, Emergency
Te nsi oni ng Device s,sea tbe ltanc ho‐
ra ge sor seat beltretract ors. #
Makesur eth at theseat belts areno t
damag ed,areno two rnand arecle an. #
Alw aysha ve theseat belts checked
immed iatelyaf te ran accide ntata
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Onl
yuse seat belts whichha ve been approved
fo ryo ur vehicle byMer cedes-Ben z. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hfrom
deplo yedpy rotech nic Emerg encyTen‐
si oni ng Device s
Py rotech nic Emerg encyTensi oni ng Device s
th at have been deployedar eno long eroper a‐
tion aland areunable toper form their inten‐
ded protect ive func tion. #
Ther efor e, have deplo yedpy rotech nic
Emerg encyTensi oni ng Device simm edi‐
at ely replaced ataqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop. Mer
cedes-Benz recomme ndsthat youha ve the
ve hicle towe dto aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop
af te ran accide nt.
* NO
TEDama gecau sed bytrap ping the
seat belt If
an unused seatbeltisno tfully retract ed,it
ma ybe come trap pe din thedoor orinthe
seat mechanism. #
Alw aysensur eth at an unus edseat belt
is full yre tract ed. Ex
tending/r etra ctin gth eseat beltextender The
seat beltextende rfo rth efront seat helps
yo ufa sten your seat belt.When thedoor is
closed, theseat beltextende rex tends.
Mer cedes -AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers. The seatbel tex tende rbu tton is
no tav ailable inMer cedes-AM Gve hicles.
Yo ucan also extend theseat beltextende rus ing
th eseat beltextende rbu tton. 38
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#
Swi tchon theignition . #
Press seat beltextende rbu tton 1.
The seatbe ltex tende rex tends.
The seatbe ltex tende rre tracts again in thefo l‐
lo wing cases :
R The seat belttongu eis eng aged intheseat
belt buckle R
The seat belttongu eis no teng aged inthe
seat beltbucklewithin 60seconds
If yo upr ess seat beltextende rbu tton 1
ag ain in this case, theseat beltextende rwi ll
ex tend again.
R The respectiv edoor isopened
R Youfo ld theseat backres tfo rw ards
R Nobody issitt ing inthefront passeng erseat
If yo upr ess seat beltextende rbu tton 1
ag ain in this case, theseat beltextende rwi ll
no long er extend.
The seatbe ltex tende rmu stalw aysbe retract ed
wh ile th eve hicle isin mo tion. Fa
stening seatbelts If
th eseat beltispulled quickl yor shar ply, the
seat beltretract orlock s. The seat beltstra pcan‐
no tbe pulled outanyfur ther. #
Alw ayseng ageseat belttongu e2 ofthe
seat beltintoseat beltbuckle1 ofthecor‐
re sponding seat.
Ve hicl eswith automatic front passen gerair‐
bag shutoff: Occu
pant safety 39