light MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS CABRIOLET 2021 Owner's Manual

Symbols
........................................................ 5 At
agl ance ....................................................6
Coc kpit ....... ..................... ..................... ..........6
Indica torand warning lam ps.........................1 0
Ov erhead controlpanel ................................ 12
Doo rop erati ng unitand seatad jus tment .....14
Emerg enciesand brea kdo wns ............ .......... 16 Digita
lOp erator' sMa nua l......................... 18
Callin gup theDigit alOper ator's Manual ...... 18 Gene
ralno tes... .......................................... 20
Pr otect ion oftheen vironmen t... ...................2 0
Genui neMer cedes-Ben zpar ts...................... 20
Operat or'sMan ual.......................... .............. 21
Ser vice andvehicle operation ......................2 2
Oper ating safety.......... .................................2 3
Decl arati on ofconf ormity forwireless
ve hicle component s... ..................................2 5
Dia gno stics con nection ................................ 25
Qualif iedspec ialistwo rkshop ....................... 27
Cor rect useof theve hicle ............................. 27 No
tesfo rper sons withelectr onicmedi‐
cal aids..... ........................................ ............ 27
Pr oblems withyo ur vehicle ............... ............ 28
Re por tingsaf etydef ects ...............................2 8
Limit edWarrant y.......................................... 29
QR cod efo rre scue card... ............... .............2 9
Dat ast or ag e... ..............................................2 9
Cop yright ...................................................... 34 Occup
antsafety.... .....................................35
Re stra int system .............................. .............3 5
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Ro llbar .........................................................5 0
PRE-S AFE®
sy stem ....................................... 50
Saf elytranspor tingchildr enintheve hi‐
cle ...... ........................................................... 51
No teson pets intheve hicle ............ .............6 4 Opening
andclosing .................................. 65
Smar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Tr unk ................................................ ............ 73
Sof tto p............................................ .............7 6 Sid
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Anti-t heftpr otect ion .....................................8 6 Seats
andstowing ..................................... 89
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tion <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Sea ts<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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St eer ing wheel ............................................ 100
Eas yentr yand exitfeatur e.........................1 01
Memor yfunct ion........................................1 03
St ow agear eas ............................................ 104
Soc kets ........... ............................................ 109
Wi reless chargin gof themobile phone
and connect ionwithth eex terior ant enna ...110
Ins talling andremo ving thefloor mats ........ 112 Light
andvisibili ty.................................... 113
Ext eriorlighti ng............. ..............................113
Int erior ligh ting ........................................... 121
Wi ndsh ield wipe rand windsh ield wa sher
sy stem ........................................................ 123
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Contents

1
Steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles →
153
2 Comb inationswit ch →
114
3 Instrument Display →
219
4 DIRECT SELEC Tleve r →
151
5 Media display →
225
6 Start/ stop butt on →
138
7 Calls upMB UX mult imed iasystem applica‐
tion s →
227
8 Climat econ trol systems →
131
9 Glovebox →
106
A 002F Hazardwa rning light system →
115
B Stor ag ecom partmen t →
106
C Touc hpad →
227
D 0063 Controller forvo lume andswitc hing
sound on/off →
225
E 00D0 Switches theMBUX multimedia system
on/ off →
225
F õ Extends/ retracts theseat beltextende r →
40 G
ù Opens/cl osesth esof tto p →
76
H ô Activates /de activatesAIR CAP →
79
I Opens thestor ag ecom partmen t →
106
J ö Opens/closes theside windo ws →
82
K 00D6 ECOstar t/ stop funct ion →
146
L c ActivePa rking Assist →
213
M 00CC Setstheve hicle leve l →
200
N DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
150
O PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam ps →
47
P Control pan elforth eMBUX multimedia sys‐
te m →
220
Q Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel mechanicall y →
100
R Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel electrically →
100
ý Switches thesteer ing wheel heater
on/ off →
101
S Control pan el:
On -bo ardco mp uter →
220 At
aglanc e– Coc kpit 7

Cr
uise contro l →
172
I ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C →
176
T Diagno stics con nection →
25 U
Open sth ehood →
265
V 0024 Electric pa rking brak e →
161
W Light switch →
113 8
Ataglanc e– Coc kpit

1
003E003D Turn signal lights →
114
2 0075 Restra int system →
394
3 00BB ESP®
OFF →
403
00E5 ESP®
→
403
4 005E Rear foglam p →
114
5 0057 Highbeam →
114
0058 Lowbeam →
113
0060 Parking lam ps →
113
6 ÿ Coolan tte mp eratur e →
396
7 Coolant temp eratur edispla y →
219
8 0024 Electricpa rking brak e(yello w) →
399
9 00C6 Recup erati ve Brak eSy stem, USAonl y →
399
004D Brak es (yello w), Canada only →
399
A 003D Electrical mal functi on →
396
B L Distance warning →
402 C
0025 ABS →
403
D Ù Electric po we rst eer ing →
395
E 0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system →
405
F 00B6 Reser vefuel withfuel filler flap locatio n
ind icat or →
396
G Fuelleve l →
219
H Electricpa rking brak e(red) →
399
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
I Brak es(red) →
399
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
J 00E9 Seatbelt →
394
K 00B9 CheckEn gine →
396
L ä Suspen sion →
402 At
aglanc e– Indicat orand warning lam ps 11

1
003D Switches thelef t-hand readin glam p
on /of f →
121
2 004A Switches thefront interior lighting
on/ off →
121
3 0042 Switches there ar interior light ing
on /of f →
121
4 0033 Switches automatic interior ligh ting con‐
tr ol on/of f →
121 5
003D Switches theright-h andreadin glam p
on /of f →
121
6 Sun visors
7 Eyeg lasse scom partment
8 ; mebutt on →
246
9 Inside rear vie wmir ror →
127
A 0053 SOSbutton →
246 At
aglanc e– Ov erhead control pane l13

1
B-pil larwi th:
QR code foraccessi ngthere scue card →
29
2 Safetyve sts →
279
3 ; mebutt on →
246
0053 SOSbutton →
246
4 Chec kingand refilling operatingfluids →
334
5 Tow- star tin gor towing away →
292
6 Flat tire →
280
7 Startin gassis tance →
290 8
002F Hazardwa rning light system →
115
9 Fuelfiller flap with:
inf ormat ionlabel onfuel type →
155
Inf ormation labelon tirepr essur e →
302
QR code foraccessi ngthere scue card →
29
A Tow- star tin gor towing away →
292
B TIREFIT kit →
282
C First-ai dkit (softsided) →
280
D Warning triang le →
279 At
aglanc e– Em erge ncie sand brea kdo wns 17

tio
nin their respectiv eoper ating instructions.
This information isalso available online and,
depen dingon theve hicle equipment, digitally.
Pe rsonal data
Ev eryve hicle isidentif iedbyauniq uevehicle
identif ication number .Depending onthecoun‐
tr y, this vehicle identif ication number canbe
used by,fo rex am ple, government alau thor ities
to determ ine theidentit yof theow ner .The reare
ot her possibili tiestouse dataco llec tedfrom the
ve hicle toident ifytheow ner ordriver ,su ch as
th elicense platenumber .
Ther efor e, dat age ner ated orproce ssedby con‐
tr ol uni tsma ybe attr ibut ab leto aper son or,
unde rcer tain con dition s,becom eatt ribut able to
a per son .De pen dingon whic hve hicle dataar e
av ailable, itma ybe poss ibletomak einf erences
abou t,forex am ple, your drivin gbeha vior,yo ur
loc atio n,your routeor your use pattern s.
Leg alrequ irement sre ga rding thedisclos ure
of data
If leg allyre qu ired todo so, manuf acturersar e, in
individual cases,legallyoblig edtoprov ide gov‐
er nm ent alent ities ,upon requ estand tothe ex
tent requ ired, datast or ed bythemanuf ac‐
tur er.Fo rex am ple, this ma ybe thecase during
th einve stigation ofacr imin aloffense.
Go vernment alentities areth emselv es,inindivid‐
ual cases andwithin theapplicable legalframe‐
wo rk,aut hor ized toread out datafrom theve hi‐
cle. Inthecase ofan acciden t,inf ormation that
can help withan inve stigation can,th er efor e, be
ta ke nfrom theairbag control unit, forex am ple.
Oper ational data intheve hicl e
This isdat are ga rding theoper ation oftheve hi‐
cle, whic hha ve been processed bycontr oluni ts.
Thi sincl udes thefo llo wing data,forex am ple:
R Vehicle status informat ionsuchas thespeed,
longitudin alacceler ation,lateral accelera ‐
tion ,number ofwheel revo lution sor thefa s‐
te ned seatbe lts displ ay
R Ambi entcond itions, such astemp eratur e,
ra in sen sor ordis tance sens or
Ge ner ally,th euse ofthese datais temp orar y;
th ey will notbe stor ed beyond theper iod of
oper ation andwillonlybe processed within the
ve hicle itself. Controlunits oftencont ain da ta memor
iesforve hicle keys,fo rex am ple. Their
use permitsth ete mp orar yor per manent docu‐
ment ation oftech nica linf orma tionab ou tth e
ve hicle's operating stat e, com ponent loads,
main tenance requ iremen tsand tech nica leve nts
or ma lfunctio ns.
Dep endingontheve hicle equipment, thefo llo w‐
ing dataar estor ed:
R Oper ating status ofsystem com ponen ts,
suc has fill le ve ls, tirepr essur eor batt ery
st atus
R Malfun ction sor faults inim por tant system
com ponen ts,suc has lights orbrak es
R System react ionsin spec ialdrivin gsit ua‐
tio ns,suc has airbag deploymentor theint er‐
ve ntio nof stabilit ycon trol systems
R Information oneve nts lead ing tovehicle
damag e
In cer taincas es, itma ybe requ ired tostor edat a
th at wo uld have other wise been usedonlyte m‐
por arily. This maybe thecase ifth eve hicle has
de tected amal functi on,forex am ple. 30
Generalno tes

If
yo uuse services, suchas repair services and
maint enanc ewo rk,st or ed oper ational dataas
we llas theve hicle identif ication number canbe
re ad out and used. Theycan beread out by
ser vice networkem ployees, suchas workshops
and manuf acturersor third par ties ,suc has
br eakdo wnservice s.The same istrue inthe
case ofwa rrant yclaim sand qualit yassur ance
meas ures.
In gener al,th ere ad out isper form ed via the
leg allypr escr ibed portfo rth ediagnos ticscon‐
nect ionintheve hicle. Theoper ational datath at
ar ere ad out documen tte ch nica lst at es ofthe
ve hicle orofindividua lcom ponent sand assis tin
th ediagnosis ofmalfunct ions,compliance with
wa rrant yoblig ationsand qualit yim prove ment.
To that end ,th ese data,in par ticular information
about componen tloads, tech nica leve nts, mal‐
func tions and other faults maybe trans mitted
alon gwit hth eve hicle identif ication number to
th emanuf acturer.Fu rther mor e,themanuf ac‐
tur erissubject toproduct liability .Fo rth is rea‐
son themanuf actureralso uses operational data
fr om theve hicle, forex am ple, forre cal ls. The se da
ta can also be used toexamin eth ecus tom‐
er's warrant yand guar anteeclaim s.
Fa ult mem ories intheve hicle canberese tby a
ser vice outle tor atyour requ estas par tof repair
or maint enanc ewo rk.
Con venience andinfotainme ntfuncti ons
Yo ucan stor econ venie nce settings andindivid‐
ua lse ttings intheve hicle andchang eor rese t
th em atanytime.
Depen dingontheve hicle equipment, this
inc ludes thefo llo wing settings ,fo rex am ple:
R Seat andsteer ing wheel position s
R Suspension andclimat econ trol settings
R Individual settings, suchas interior lighting
Depen dingontheselect edequipment, youcan
im por tdata intove hicle infotainm entfunction s
yo urself .
De pen dingon theve hicle equipment, this
inc ludes thefo llo wing data,forex am ple:
R Mult imed iadat a,suc has music ,fi lms orpho‐
to sfo rpla yba ckinan integr ated multim edia
sy stem R
Address book datafo ruse inconnection with
an integr ated hands-fr eesystem oran inte‐
gr ated navig ation system
R Entere dna vig ation destinations
R Dat aabout theuse ofInt erne tser vices
These datafo rcon venie nce and infotainm ent
fun ction sma ybe save dlocally intheve hicle or
th ey ma ybe locat edon ade vice whichyo uha ve
connect edtotheve hicle, suchas asmar tphone,
USB flash drive or MP3 player.If yo uha ve
ent ered these datayo urself ,yo ucan deletethem
at anytime.
This datais tra nsmit tedfrom theve hicle tothird
par ties onlyat your requ est.This applies, inpar‐
ticular ,when youuse onlineser vices inacc ord‐
anc ewit hth ese ttings that youha ve select ed.
Smar tphone integratio n(e .g. Android Au toor
App leCar Play)
If yo ur vehicle isaccor dinglyeq uipped, youcan
co nn ect your smar tphon eor ano ther mobile end
de vice totheve hicle. Youcan then con trol them
by means ofthecon trol element sint egr ated in
th eve hicle. Imagesand audiofrom thesmar t‐
phone canbeoutput viathemultimedia system. Gener
alno tes 31

te
m wa rning lam plight sup. Itgoes outnolater
th an afe w sec ond saf te rth eve hicle isstar ted.
The com ponen tsof there stra int system areth en
func tional. Malfu
nctioning restra int system A
malfun ction has occurredin there stra int sys‐
te m if:
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam p
does notlight upwhen theignition is
switc hedon
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam p
light sup con tinuousl yor repeat edly during a
jour ney &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomalfu nc‐
tions inthere stra int system
Com ponen tsinthere stra int system maybe
activ ated unint entionall yor notdeplo yas
planned inan acciden t. #
Have there stra int system checkedand
re pair edimmediat elyat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. Fu
nction ofthere stra int system inan acci‐
dent Ho
wthere stra int system worksis de term ined by
th ese verity of theim pact detected and thetype
of acciden tantic ipated:
R Front alim pact
R Rear impact
R Sideim pact
R Rollover
The activ ation thre sholds forth ecom ponen tsof
th ere stra int system arede term ined based on
th eev aluatio nof thesensor values measur edat
va rious points intheve hicle. Thisprocess ispre-
em ptive in nat ure. The trigg ering/ deplo yment of
th ecom ponen tsof there stra int system mus t
ta ke place ingood timeatthest ar tof thecolli‐
sion.
Fa ctor swhi chcan only besee nand measured
af te ra colli sion hasoccur reddo notpla ya deci‐
siv ero le in thedeplo yment ofan airbag. Nordo
th ey prov ide anindic ation ofairbag deployment .
The vehicle maybe def ormed signif icantl ywit h‐
out anairbag beingdeployed. This isthecase if onl
ypar tswhic har ere lativ elyeasil ydef ormed
ar eaf fect ed and thera te ofvehicle deceler ation
is no thigh. Conversely ,an airbag maybe
deplo yedev en though theve hicle suffers onl y
minor deformation. Ifve ry rigid vehicle parts
suc has longitudinal membersar ehit, this ma y
re sult insuf ficie ntly highleve ls of vehicle decel‐
er ation.
Depending onthede tected dep loyme ntsitu a‐
tion, thecom ponen tsof there stra int system can
be activ ated ordeplo yedindepen dentlyof eac h
ot her :
R Emer gency Tensi oni ng Device :fr ont al
im pa ct, rear impact ,side impact ,ro llo ver
R Driver' sai rba g,front passe nger airba g:fron‐
ta lim pact
R Knee airbag: front alim pact
R Side airbag: sideimpact
R Head airbag: sideimpact ,ro llo ver,front al
im 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 36
Occupant safety

Re
leasing seatbelts #
Press there lease buttonintheseat belt
buc kleand guide theseat beltbackwit hth e
seat belttongu e. Se
at beltwa rning funct ionforthe driver and
fr on tpass enger The
00E9 seatbeltwarning lam pin theins tru‐
ment displa yis are minder that all vehicle occu‐
pants mustwe artheir seat belts correctly .
The 00E9 seatbel twa rning lam plight sup forsix
seconds everytim eth eve hicle isstar ted.
In addition, awa rning tone maysou nd.
Whe nth edr iver's andfront passeng er'sdoor s
ar eclosed andthedr iver and front passeng er
ha ve fastened their seat belts, theseat belt
wa rning goes out.
In thefo llo wing cases ,th eseat beltwarning
light sup dur ing ajour neyif:
R The vehicle speed exceeds 15mp h
(25 km/ h)and thedr iver's orfront
passeng erseat beltisno tfa stened. R
The driver or front passeng erunf astens their
seat beltwhile theve hicle isin mo tion. Airbags
Ov
ervie wof airbags 1
Driver's knee airbag
2 Driver's airbag
3 Front passeng erairbag
4 Front passeng erknee airbag
5 Head airbag
6 Side airbag The
installation locationofan airbag isident ified
by theAIRB AGsymbol.
When enabled, anairbag canprov ide addition al
pr otect ion forth ere spectiv eve hicle occupant.
Pot entialprotect ion prov ided byeac hairbag:
R Knee airbag: thigh, knee and lowe rleg
R Driver's airbag,front pass engerairb ag:head
and ribcag e
R Head airbag: head
R Side airbag: ribcag e,also pelvis forfr ont seat
occupa nts &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hif th e
co-dr iver airba gis ena bled
If th eco- driver airbag isenabled, ach ild on
th eco- driver seat maybe stru ck bytheco-
dr iver airbag during anacciden t.
NEVE Ruse are ar wa rd-faci ng child restra int
sy stem onaseat withan ENABL EDFRONT
AIRB AG;DE ATHor SERIOU SINJU RYtothe
CH ILD can occur . 42
Occupant safety