steering MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS CABRIOLET 2021 Manual PDF

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WARNING
ARNING Risk of an accident due toinsu1cient tyre pressure
R The tyres can burst.
R The tyres can wearexcessively and/or une venly.
R The driving characteristics as well as the steering and braking may be greatly impaired.
Yo u could then lose control of theve hicle. #
Obser vethere commended tyre pressures. #
Adjust the tyre pressure if necessar y. #
Stop theve hicle in accordance with the tra1c conditions. #
Check the tyre pressure (/ page 337) andthe tyres. #
When the tyre pressure is cor rect, restart the tyre pressure loss warning system (/ page 340).
Check tyre pressures then
restart Run Flat Indicator *T
he tyre pressure loss warning system generated a display messa geand has not been restar ted since. #
When the tyre pressure is cor rect, restart the tyre pressure loss warning system (/ page 340).
Run Flat Indicator inopera-
tive *T
he tyre pressure loss warning system is malfunctioning. #
Consult a quali/ed specialist workshop. Displ
aymessages and warning/indicator lamps
423 423

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trument displ ay
ument display Depending on
the display setting, the positions of
th e indicator lamps on the inst rument display may
di.er from theex ample shown.
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arning lam
ning lam ps:
ps:
6 Restraint system (/ page 431)
ü Seat belt (/ page 431)
ï Trailer hitch (/ page 432)
Ù Powe r steering (/ page 432)
ÿ Coolanttemp erature (/ page 433)
; Engine diagnostics (/ page 433)
% V
V ehicles wit
ehicles wit h a diesel engine:
h a diesel engine: preglow#
Electricalfault (/ page 433)
8 Reser vefuel wi thfuel /ller 0ap loca-
tion indicator (/ page 433)
! Electric parking brake (red)
(/page 437)
! Electric parking brake (yellow)
(/page 437)
J Brakes (yellow) (/ page 437)
J Brakes (red) (/ page 437)
L Distancewarning (/ page 439)
Ó Active Brake Assist (/ page 439)
ê Active Brake Assist (/ page 439)
ä AIR BODYCONTROL (/ page 439)
ä DYNAMIC BODY CONTROL
(/ page 439)
! ABS (/page 440)
÷ ESP®
(/ page 440)
å ESP®
OFF (/ page 440)
h Tyre pressure monitoring system
(/ page 443) T
Standing lights (/ page 125)
L Low beam (/ page 125)
K High beam (/ page 127)
#! Turn signal lights (/ page 127)
R Rear fog light (/ page 125) 430 430
Display message
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Seat belt warning lamp
lights up *T
he red seat belt warning lamp lights up once theve hicle has star ted.
In addition, an intermittent warning tone may sound.
The red seat belt warning lamp reminds the driver and front passenger tofasten their seat belts. #
Fasten your seat belt (/ page 44).
If yo u ha veplaced objects on the front passenger seat, there d seat belt warning lamp may remain lit. V
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Po we r steering warning
lamp (red) *T
he red po wer steering warning lamp is lit while theve hicle is running.
The po wer assistance or the steering itself is malfunctioning. &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of accident if steering capability is impaired
If th e steering does not function as intended, theve hicle's operating saf ety is jeopardised. #
Pull over and stop theve hicle safely as soon as possible, paying attention toroad and tra1c conditions. Do not
continue driving under any circums tances. #
Consult a quali/ed speciali stwo rkshop. #
Notethe messages on the instrument displa y.432
432
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Ty re pressure monitoring
system warning lamp 0ashes *The
yellow tyre pressure monitor warning lamp (pressure loss/malfunction) 0ashes for appr oximately one minute and
th en remains lit.
The tyre pressure monitor is malfunctioning. &
W
WARNING
ARNING There is a risk of an accident if the tyre pressure monitoring system is malfunctioning
The tyre pressure monitoring system cannot issue a warning if there is pressure loss in one or more of the tyres.
Ty res with insu1cient tyre pressure may impair the driving characteristics as well as steering and braking. #
Have the tyre pressure monitoring system checked at a quali/ed specialist workshop. h
Ty re pressure monitoring
system warning lamp lights
up *T
he yellow tyre pressure monitoring system warning lamp (pressure loss/malfunction) is lit.
The tyre pressure monitoring system has de tected tyre pressure loss in at least one of the tyres. &
W
W ARNING
ARNING Risk of an accident due toinsu1cient tyre pressure
R The tyres can burst.
R The tyres can wearexcessively and/or une venly.
R The driving characteristics as well as the steering and braking may be greatly impaired.
Yo u could then lose control of theve hicle. #
Obser vethere commended tyre pressures. #
Adjust the tyre pressure if necessar y. Display messages and
warning/indicator lamps
443
443

ç
O................................................ .401
ë O.................................................3 98
K Open/close soT top comple tely.... 378
! Parking brake See Owner's
Manual..................................................3 94
É Please reduce speed .................... .410
Ý Please wait 48 V battery charg-
ing......................................................... 418
h Rectify tyre pressure ..................... 421
Ø Re/ll AdBlue See Owner ’sMan-
ual ......................................................... 424
! Release parking brake ...................397
¸ Replace air cleaner ....................... 391
Á Replace key.................................. 375
8 Reser vefuel le vel.......................... 390
6 Restraint sys. malfunction Con-
sult workshop ....................................... .372
# See Owner's Manual..................... 416
K SoTtop lo wering........................... 377 K
SoTtop Operation only up to
60 km/h................................................ 377
Ù Steering malfunction Increased
ph ysical e.ort See Owner's Manual....... 385
Ù Steering malfunction Stop
immediately See Owner's Manual ........... 386
# Stop vehicle Lea veengine run-
ning ....................................................... 417
# Stop vehicle See Owner's Man-
ual......................................................... 417
É Stop vehicle Vehicle too low .......... 409
ç suspended .................................... 400
: Switch o. lights............................ 380
: Switch on headlamps .................... 380
á temp orarily una vailable Camera
view restric ted....................................... 408
¸ temp orarily una vailable Sensors
dirty....................................................... 407
Ø Top up AdBlue Emer gency op. in
XXX miles See Owner's Manual.............. 424 +
Top up coolant See Owner ’s
Manual.................................................. 389
¥ Top up washer 0uid...................... .388
! Turn on the ignition torelease
th e parking brake ................................... 397
d Vehicle is operational Switch o.
ignition before exiting............................. 383
É Vehicle rising Please wait.............. 410
É Vehicle rising ................................ 410
h Warning tyre defect....................... 421
h Wheel sensor(s) missing ................ 420
K While stationar y,apply the
brake before operating the soT top........ 377
Ø XX,X l Top up AdBlue Swit chon
ignition, wait 60 sec. or eng. start not
poss...................................................... 425
Ac tive Blind Spot Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 405
Ac tive Blind Spot Assist inoperative........ 406 454 454
Index

Ac
tive Blind Spot Assist not available
when towing a trailer See Owner's
Manual................................................. .406
Ac tive bonnet malfunction See Own-
er's Manual............................................ 386
Ac tive Brake Assist Functions cur-
re ntly limi ted See Owner's Manual .........414
Ac tive Brake Assist Functions limi ted
See Owner's Manual.............................. 415
Ac tive Distance Assist available again ..... 402
Ac tive Distance Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 401
Ac tive Distance Assist inoperative.......... 401
Ac tive Lane Keeping Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 406
Ac tive Lane Keeping Assist inoperative... 406
Ac tive Steering Assist cur rently
una vailable due tomultiple emer-
ge ncy stops........................................... 403 Ac
tive Steering Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 402
Ac tive Steering Assist inoperative...........4 02
Ac tive Stop-and-Go Assist cur rently
una vailable see Owner's Manual .............403
Ac tive Stop-and-Go Assist inoperative
See Owner's Manual.............................. 404
Ad aptive Highbeam Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 381
Ad aptive Highbeam Assist inoperative ....3 81
Ad aptive Highbeam Assist Plus cur-
re ntly una vailable See Owner's Manual ... 381
Ad aptive Highbeam Assist Plus inop-
erative.................................................. .382
Apply brake todeselect Park (P) posi-
tion....................................................... .391
Apply brake toselect D or R ...................392
Apply brake toselect R .......................... 392
Au xiliary battery malfunction (red dis-
play message) ....................................... .394 Au
xiliary battery malfunction (white
displ aymessage) .................................... 393
Beginning emer gency stop..................... 403
Blind Spot Assist cur rently una vailable
See Owner's Manual.............................. 404
Blind Spot Assist inoperative.................. 405
Blind Spot Assist not available when
to wing a trailer See Owner's Manual ...... 405
Cann otstart engine See Owner's
Manual.......................................... 388, 418
Check brake pads See Owner's Man-
ual......................................................... 398
Check ty repressures then restart Run
Flat Indicator......................................... 423
Cruise control and Limiter inoperative.... 399
Cruise control inoperative...................... 399
Cruise control o....................................4 00
Device de tected at diagnostics con-
nection See Owner's Manual................. .416 Index
455 455

Dr
Dr
aught st
aught st op
op
Care...................................................... 310
Dra
Dra wbar
wbar
see Tow- bar system
Dr
Dr iv
ive Awa
e Away Assi st
y Assi st........................................ .235
Dr
Dr iv
ive position
e position
Engaging................................................ 169
Dr
Dr iv
ive pr
e pr ogr
ogram display
am display .................................. 166
Dr
Dr iv
ive pr
e pr ogr
ograms
ams
see DYNAMIC SELECT
Dr
Dr iv
iver's seat
er's seat
see Seat
Dr
Dr iving abr
iving abr oad
oad
Light adjustment (l owbeam).................. 125
Dr
Dr iving safe
iving safe ty syst
ty system
em
ABS (Anti-lock Braking System)............. .185
Ac tive Brake Assist................................. 205
Ad aptive brake lights.............................. 190
BAS (Brake Assist System).................... .186
Cameras................................................1 83
EBD (Electronic Brake forc e Distribu-
tion).......................................................1 88
ESP ®
Crosswind Assist.......................... 187 ESP
®
trailer stabilisation........................ 187
Overview................................................ 184
Ra dar and ultrasonic sensor s................. 183
Re sponsibility......................................... 183
ST EER CONTROL................................... 188
Dr
Dr iving syst
iving syst em
em
DY NAMIC BODY CONTROL.................... 217
Dr
Dr iving syst
iving syst em
em
see 360° Camera
see Active Blind Spot Assist
see Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC
see Active Emer gency Stop Assist
see Active Lane Keeping Assist
see Active Parking Assist
see Active Speed Limit Assist
see Active Steering Assist
see AIR BODY CONTROL
see ATTENTION ASSIST
see Blind Spot Assist
see Cruise cont rol
see Driving saf ety sy stem
see HOLD function
see Limi ter
see Parking Assist PARKTRONIC
see Reversing camera see
Tra1c Sign Assist
Dr
Dr iving tips iving tips
Driving abroad (low beam light adjust-
ment)..................................................... 125
Gene ral driving tips................................1 58
optimised acceleration........................... 157
Ru nning-in no tes.................................... 156
Dr ow
Dr ow siness det siness det ection
ection
see ATTENTION ASSIST
D
D YN
YNAMIC BOD AMIC BOD Y C
Y CONTR
ONTR OL
OL
Chassis.................................................. 217
Dynamic handling contr
Dynamic handling contr ol syst
ol system
em
see ESP ®
(Electronic Stability Prog ram)
D
D YN
YNAMIC SELECT AMIC SELECT
Calling up the fuel consum ption indi-
cator...................................................... 167
Con/guring drive prog ram I................... .166
Displaying engine data........................... 166
Displaying vehicle dat a........................... 166
Drive prog ram displa y............................ 166
Drive prog rams..................................... .165
Fu nction................................................ 165
Ope rating (DYNAMIC SELECT switch)..... 166
Selecting the drive prog ram.................. .166 Index
457 457

Mer
Mer
cedes-Benz ser
cedes-Benz ser vice centre
vice centre
see Quali/ed specialist workshop
Messag
Messag e (ins
e (instr
trument displa
ument displa y)
y)
see Displ aymessage
Messag
Messag e memory
e memory ......................................... 371
Mirr
Mirr ors
ors
see Outside mir rors
Mobile phone
Mobile phone Frequencies........................................... 354
Tr ansmission output (maximum )............. 354
Mobile phone
Mobile phone
see Smartphone integ ration
see Telephone
Model type
Model type see Vehicle identi/cation plate
MOExt
MOExt ended tyr
ended tyr es
es....................................... .317
Mot
Mot orwa
or wa y mode
y mode .......................................... .129
Mo
Mo ving away
ving away
see Driving tips
MUL
MUL TIBEAM LED
TIBEAM LED.......................................... 128
Multifunction st
Multifunction st eer
eering wheel
ing wheel
Overview of buttons............................... 249 Multifunction st
Multifunction st eer
eering wheel
ing wheel
see Steering wheel
Multimedia syst
Multimedia syst em
em
see MBUX multimedia system N
N
N
N a
avig
vig ation
ation
No tes..................................................... 266
Overview................................................ 267
Sh ow ing/hiding the menu...................... 266
Switching on.......................................... 266
Na Na vig vigation
ation
see Destination entry
see Map
see Route
N N eutr
eutr al
al
Engaging................................................ 168
N
Noise oise
Wheels and tyres................................... 336
Wheels/tyres......................................... 336 O O
Occupant safe
Occupant safe ty
ty
see Airbag see
Automatic co-driver airbag shuto.
see Child seat
see Pets in theve hicle
see PRE-SAFE ®
(anticipatory occu-
pant pr otection)
see PRE-SAFE ®
PLUS (anticipatory
occupant pr otection plus)
see Restraint system
see Seat belt
Oil Oil see Engine oil
On-boar
On-boar d com
d comput
puter
er
Displa yingthe service due dat e.............. 298
Head-up display menu............................ 252
Instrument display................................. 251
Menu overview.......................................2 49
Operating.............................................. 249
On-boar On-boar d diagnos
d diagnostics int tics interf
erface
ace
see Diagnostics connection
On-boar
On-boar d electr
d electrical syst
ical syst em batt
em batter
ery (12 V)
y (12 V)
Charging................................................ 326
Re placing.............................................. .327
St arting assis tance............................... .326 Index
465
465

Select
Select
or lev
or lever
er
see DIRECT SELECT le ver
Self-t
Self-t est
est
Au tomatic front passenger airbag shut
o............................................................. 50
Sensor
Sensor s (car
s (care)
e)............................................. 311
Ser
Ser vice
vice
see ASSY STPLUS
Ser
Ser vice cent re
vice centre
see Quali/ed specialist workshop
Ser
Ser vice int
vice int erv
erval display
al display
see AS SYST PLUS
Se
Se tting a speed
tting a speed
see Cruise control
Se
Se tting t
tting t he map scale
he map scale
see Map
ShiT
ShiT paddles
paddles
see Steering wheel gearshiT paddles
ShiTing
ShiTing g
gears
ears
GearshiT recommendation..................... 170
Side airbag
Side airbag ..................................................... 46 Side windo
ws
Side windo ws
Au tomatic function.................................. .93
Child saf ety lock in there ar..................... .72
Closing using theke y............................... 94
Co nve nience closing............................... .94
Con venience opening.............................. .93
Opening with theke y................................ 93
Opening/closing...................................... 91
Opening/closing (all)............................... 91
Problem................................................... 95
Ra in closing function................................ 93
Smar
Smar tphone tphone
see Smartphone integ ration
see Telephone
Smar
Smar tphone int
tphone int egr
egration
ation
Overview................................................ 285
Sno
Sno w c
w chains
hains................................................3 36
Soc ke
Soc ket (12 V)
t (12 V)
Fr ont centre console.............................. 121
SoT
SoT t
top
op
Care...................................................... 308
Closing (soT-top switch)........................... 85
Closing using theke y............................... 94
Opening (soT -top switch)........................ .85Opening with
theke y................................ 93
Problem................................................... 89
Re locking................................................. 87
SoT-t
SoT-t op opswitch
switch............................................... 85
SoTw
SoTw are
areupdate
update
System updates..................................... 262
Sound
Sound PRE-SAFE ®
Sound................................... 54
Sound menu
Sound menu
Functions overview................................ 296
Spar
Spar e wheel
e wheel
see Emer gency spa rewheel
Specialis
Specialis t w
t work
ork shop
shop
see Quali/ed specialist workshop
Speci/c
Speci/c absorp
absorption r
tion rate
ate................................. 24
Speed limit f
Speed limit f or wint
or wint er tyr
er tyres
es
Setting.................................................. .195
St
St andb
andb y mode
y mode
Ac tivating/deactivating.......................... 183
Fu nction................................................ 182
St
St anding lights
anding lights............................................ .125 470
470
Index

W
W
ar
ar ning syst
ning syst em
em
see ATA (anti-theT alarm system)
W
W ar
ar ning tr
ning tr iangle
iangle
Re moving............................................... 315
Setting up.............................................. 316
W
W ar
ar ning/indicat
ning/indicat or lamp
or lamp
! ABSwarning lamp......................... 440
Ó Active Brake Assist warning lam p..4 39
J Brake system warning lamp (red)... 438
J Brake system warning lamp (yel-
low)....................................................... 437
ÿ Coolant warning lamp (red)........... 433
ÿ Coolant warning lamp (yellow).......4 35
! Electric parking brake indicator
lamp (red).............................................. 437
# Electrical fault warning lam p......... 436
; Engine diagnosis warning lamp...... 435
å ESP®
OFF warning lam p................ 442
÷ ESP®
wa rning lamp 0ashes........... 441
÷ ESP®
wa rning lamp lights up......... 441 8
Fuelreser vewarning lamp lights
up.......................................................... 436
Ù Powe r steering warning lamp
(red)...................................................... 432
6 Restraint system warning lam p...... 431
ü Seat belt warning lamp 0ashes...... 431
ü Seat belt warning lamp lights up.... 432
ä Suspension warning lamp (yel-
low)....................................................... 440
! The electric parking brake (yel-
low) indicator lam p................................. 437
ï Trailer tow hitch warning lam p....... 433
h Tyre pressure monitoring sys-
te m wa rning lamp 0ashes....................... 443
h Tyre pressure monitoring sys-
te m wa rning lamp lights up.................... 443
L Warning lamp for distance
wa rning function.................................... 439
Overview................................................ 429
PA SSENGER AIR BA G............................... 50 W
W arr arr anty
anty........................................................ 34
W
W asher
asher 0uid
0uid
see Windsc reen washer 0uid
W
W ashing b
ashing b y hand (car
y hand (car e)
e)................................ 307
W
W at
at er t
er t ank
ank
see Air-water duct
W
W eat
eat her inf
her inf or
ormation
mation..................................... 271
W
W eb br ow
eb br owsers
sers
Overview................................................ 284
Wheel c
Wheel c hange
hange
Fi tting a new wheel................................ 349
Lo we ring theve hicle.............................. 350
Preparation............................................ 346
Ra ising theve hicle................................. 347
Re moving a wheel................................. .349
Re moving//tting hub caps..................... 346
Wheel c
Wheel c hange hange
see Emer gency spa rewheel
Wheel rot
Wheel rotation
ation ............................................. 344
Wheels
Wheels Care..................................................... .311
Checking............................................... 336 476
476
Index