light MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS COUPE 2021 User Guide

If
th efront passeng erseat isoccupied, theclas‐
sif ication oftheper son orchild restra int system
on thefront passeng erseat take splace afte rth e
fr ont passeng erairb agshut offself-t est.The
PA SSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam psdispla yth e
st atus ofthefront passeng erairbag.
Alw aysobser vetheno teson thefunc tion ofthe
PA SSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam ps
(/ page47 ). Fu
nction ofthePA SSEN GERAIRBAGindic a‐
to rlam ps Se
lf-te st of aut oma ticfront passeng erair bag
shu toff
When theignition isswitc hedon,aself-t estis
per form ed dur ing whic hth etw oPA SSENGER
AIR BAGON and OFFind icat orlam pslight up
simul taneou sly. The
status ofthefront passeng erairbag isdis‐
pla yedvia thePA SSENGER AIRBAGind icat or
lam psafte rth eself-t est:
R ON islit:th efront passeng erairbag may
deplo ydur ing anacciden t.
The indicat orlam pgoes outafte rapp rox‐
ima tely 60 seco nd s.
R ON andOF Far eno tlit :th efront passeng er
airbag maydeplo ydur ing anacciden t.
R OFF islit:th efront passeng erairbag isdisa‐
bled. Itwill then notbe deplo yedin theev ent
of an acciden t.
If th ePA SSENGER AIRBAGON indicat orlam pis
of f,on lythePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Find icat or
lam psho wsthest atus ofthefront passeng er
airbag. ThePASSENGER AIRBAGOF Find icat or
lam pma ybe litcon tinuousl yor be off.
If th ePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Find icat orlam p
and the0075 restra int system warning lam p
light upsimult aneousl y,thefront passeng erseat
ma yno tbe used. Alsointhis case, donotins tall
a ch ild restra int system onthefront passeng er
seat. Have theaut omatic front passeng erairbag Occ
upant safety 47

nece
ssary,adjus tth efront passeng er
seat accor dingly. #
Alw ayscom plywit hth ech ild restra int
sy stem manuf acturer'sinstallation
ins truct ions . When
installing ach ild restra int system onthe
fr ont passeng ersea t,obse rveth eve hicle-spe‐
cif icinf ormation (/page60).
If aper son issitting onthefront passeng er
seat :PA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Fma ybe litcon ‐
tin uousl yor be off,depen dingon theper son's
st atur e.
A per son onthefront passeng erseat must
alw aysobser vethefo llo wing informatio n:
R Ifth efront passeng erseat isoccupied byan
adult oraper son withast atur ecor respond‐
ing tothat ofan adult ,th ePA SSENGER AIR
BA GOF Find icat orlam pmus tbe off.This
ind icat esthat thefront passeng erairbag is
enabled.
If th ePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Find icat or
lam pis lit con tinuousl y,an adult orper son wit
habuild corresponding tothat ofan adult
shoul dno tuse thefront passeng erseat.
Ins tead, they should useare ar seat .
R Ifth efront passeng erseat isoccupied bya
per son ofsmaller statur e(e. g.ate enag eror
small adult), thePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF F
ind icat orlam peit her light sup con tinuousl y
or remains off,depe nding ontheclassif ica‐
tion .
- Ifth ePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Find icat or
lam pis off:mo vethefront passeng er
seat asfarbac kas possi ble,ortheper‐
son ofsmaller statur eshoul duse are ar
seat .
- Ifth ePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Find icat or
lam pis lit con tinuousl y:theper son of
smaller statur eshoul dno tuse thefront
passeng erseat. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hwhen
th ePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Find icat or
lam pis lit
If th ePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Find icat or
lam pre mains litafte rth eself-t est,th efront
passeng erairbag isdisabled.
If th efront passeng erseat isoccupied,
alw aysensur eth at:
R The classificat ion oftheper son inthe
fr ont passeng ersea tis cor rect and the
fr ont passeng erairb agisenabl edordisa ‐
ble din accor dance withth eper son inthe
fr ont passeng ersea t.
R The person issea tedpr oper lywit hacor ‐
re ctly fastened seatbelt. Be
sureto also obse rveth efo llo wing further
re lat ed subje cts:
R Child restra int system onthefront passeng er
seat (/page60) Occ
upant safety 49

PRE-S
AFE®
sy stem PRE-
SAFE®
(ant icipa tory occupa ntprotec‐
tion) PRE-
SAFE®
is ab leto detect cer tain critic aldriv‐
ing situat ionsandimplemen tpr e-em ptive meas‐
ur es toprotect theve hicle occupants.
PRE-S AFE®
can implement thefo llo wing meas‐
ur es indepe ndently of eac hot her :
R Tight ening theseat belts onthedr iver's seat
and front passeng erseat.
R Closing theside windo ws.
R Vehicl eswith sliding sunroof:Clo sethe
sliding sunroof.
R Vehicl eswith memor yfuncti on:Movethe
fr ont passeng ersea tto amor efa vo rable
seat position .
R Vehicl eswith multico ntour seat :Incr ease
th eair pressur ein theseat sidebolsters of
th eseat backres t.
R PRE-S AFE®
Sound: prov ided that themulti‐
media system isswitc hedon,gener ates a br
iefnoi sesigna lto stimulat eth einnat epr o‐
te ctiv emec hanism ofaper son's hearing.
* NO
TEDama gecau sed byobject sin the
fo ot we llor behin dth eseat The
automatic adjustmentof theseat posi‐
tion mayre sult indamag eto theseat and/or
th eobjec t. #
Stow object sin asuit able place. Re
versing thePRE- SAFE®
sy stem mea sures If
an acc iden tdid notocc ur,th epr e-em ptive
measur esthat we retak en arere ve rsed.
Yo uwill need toper form certain settings your‐
self . #
Ifth eseat beltpre-t ension ingisno tre duced,
mo vetheseat backres tbac kslightl y.
The locking mechanism releases. Fu
nction ofPRE-S AFE®
PL US (anticipat ory
occupant protection plus) PRE-
SAFE®
PL US can detect cer tain im pact s,
par ticular lyan imm inentrear impact ,and take
pr e-em ptive measur estoprotect theve hicle
occupants. Thesemeasur escanno tnecessar ily
pr eve ntan imm inentimpact.
PR E-S AFE ®
PL US can implem entthefo llo wing
measur esindepe ndently of eac hot her :
R Tight ening theseat belts onthedr iver's seat
and front passeng erseat.
R Increasin gbr ak epr essur ewhen theve hicle
is statio nary.This brak eapplication iscan‐
celed automaticall ywhen theve hicle pulls
aw ay.
If an accident didnotoccur ,th epr e-em ptive
measur esthat we retake nar ere ve rsed.
Sy stem limit s
The system will notinitiat ean yaction inthefo l‐
lo wing situat ions:
R When backingup 50
Occupant safety

Av
oid direct sunli ght &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnswhen thech ild
seat isex posed todirect sunlight
If th ech ild restra int system isex posed to
dir ect sunlight orheat, partscould heatup.
Childr encould sufferbur nsfrom these parts,
par ticular lyon theme tallic partsof thech ild
re stra int system. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at thech ild
re stra int system isno tex posed to
dir ect sunlight . #
Protect thech ild restra int system, e.g.
wit hablank et. #
Ifth ech ild restra int system has been
ex posed todirect sunlight ,allo witto
cool beforesecu ring ach ild init. #
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. Obser
vewhen stopping orpar king &
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. #
Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. &
WARNIN GDang ertolife due toexpo‐
sur eto extreme heat or col din theve hi‐
cle
If people, particular lych ildr en, areex posed
to extreme temp eratur esove ran extende d
pe riod oftime, ther eis arisk ofser ious
injur yor dang ertolife. #
Neverlea veper sons, childr eninpar tic‐
ular ,unat tende din theve hicle. Ov
ervie wof suitable seatsintheve hicl efo r
ins talling ach ild restra int system Lef
t/right rear seat
Pr efer redsecur ingsystem:
® LATC H-type (ISOFIX )ch ild seat anchor 54
Occupant safety

0073
Mak
esur eth at thech ild's feet do notto uc h
th efront seat. Ifneces sary,mo vethefront
seat slightl yfo rw ards.
® When installing aLA TC H-type (ISOFIX )
ch ild restra int system, also obser vethefo llo w‐
ing:
0073 When
usingabab ycar seat inwe ight
gr oup 0/0+ andare ar wa rd-faci ng child
re stra int system inwe ight group Ion a
re ar seat :adju stthefront seat sothat the
seat does notto uc hth ech ild restra int sys‐
te m.
0073 When
usingafo rw ard-f acin gch ild
re stra int system inwe ight group I:th e
bac kres tof thech ild restra int system mus t
lie asflat as poss ibleagains tth ebac kres tof
th eve hicle seat.
0073 Yo
ucan have thehead restra int sof there ar
seat sre mo vedand installed ataqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop. Thismaybe necessar y
fo rth euse ofcer tain child restra int sys‐
te ms.
0073 If
th ehead restra int ofthech ild seat cannot
be fullyex tende dwh en itis ins talled inthe ve
hicle, this will result inrestrictions onthe
maximu msize setting forch ild restra int sys‐
te ms inwe ight categor yII or III.
Cont actwithth ero of when thehead
re stra int isfull yex tende dand lock ed in
place willnotre sult inanyre strictions on
us e.
0073 The
child restra int system mus tno tbe put
under stra in be tween thero of and theseat
cushion and/orbeinstalled facing the
wr ong direct ion. Wher eposs ible, adjus tth e
seat cushion inclination accordingly.
0073 The
child restra int system mus tno tbe put
under stra in by thehead restra int .Ad jus t
th ehead restra int sas appr opriate. 1
LATC H-type (ISOFIX )mou nting brac ket
Bef oreev eryjour ney,mak esur eth at theLA TC H-
type (ISOFIX )ch ild restra int system iseng aged
cor rectl yin bo th mounting brac kets intheve hi‐
cle. #
Remo veand stor eaw ay covers 1 . Occupant
safety 57

speciali
stwo rkshop. Thismaybe necessar y
fo rth euse ofcer tain child restra int sys‐
te ms.
0073 The
backres tof thefo rw ard-f acin gch ild
re stra int system mus t,as faras possi ble,be
re sting ontheseat backres tof there ar
seat .
0073 If
th ehead restra int ofthech ild seat cannot
be fullyex tende dwh en itis ins talled inthe
ve hicle, this will result inrestrictions onthe
maximu msize setting forch ild restra int sys‐
te ms inwe ight categor yII or III.
Cont actwithth ero of when thehead
re stra int isfull yex tende dand lock ed in
place willnotre sult inanyre strictions on
us e.
0073 The
child restra int system mus tno tbe put
under stra in be tween thero of and theseat
cushion and/orbeinstalled facing the
wr ong direct ion. Wher eposs ible, adjus tth e
seat cushion inclination accordingly.
0073 The
child restra int system mus tno tbe put
under stra in by thehead restra int .Ad jus t
th ehead restra int sas appr opriate. 0073
Mak
esur eth at thech ild's feet do notto uc h
th efront seat. Ifneces sary,mo vethefront
seat slightl yfo rw ards.
The seat beltson thefo llo wing seats areeq uip‐
ped withaspec ialseat beltretract or:
R Front passeng erseat
R Rear seat s
When enabled,thespecial seatbeltretract or
ens ures that theseat belts ofthefront
passeng erseat andrear seat sdo notslac ken
once thech ild restra int system issecur ed
(/ page55). #
Installth ech ild restra int system.
The entire base ofthech ild restra int system
mus talw aysre st on thesitt ing surface ofthe
re ar seat . #
Alw aysmak esur eth at theshoulder belt
st ra pis cor rectly routed from theseat belt
outle tof theve hicle totheshoulder belt
guide onthech ild restra int system.
The shoulder beltstra pmus tbe routed for‐
wa rdsand down wardsfrom theseat beltout‐
le t. No
teson rear wa rd-faci ng and forw ard-f acin g
ch ild restra int systems onthefront
pa sseng erseat &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hwhen
using are ar wa rd-faci ng child restra int
sy stem while thefront passeng erairbag
is enabled
If yo usec ureach ild inare ar wa rd-faci ng
ch ild restra int system onthefront passeng er
seat andthePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Find i‐
cat orlam pis off,th efront passeng erairbag
can deplo yin theev ent ofan acciden t.
The child could bestru ck bytheairbag.
Alw aysensur eth at thefront passeng erair‐
bag isdisabled. ThePASSENGER AIRBAG
OFF indicat orlam pmus tbe lit.
NEVER useare 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 . 60
Occupant safety

The
Smar tKey loc ksand unlocksth efo llo wing
com pone nts:
R thedoor s
R fuel filler flap
R trunk lid
If th eve hicle isno topened within appr oximat ely
40 seco ndsafte runloc king,itloc ksagain. Anti-
th eftpr otect ion isarmed again.
Do notke ep theSmar tKey toget her withelec‐
tr onic devices orme talobje cts. This canaffect
th eSmar tKey 's functionality . Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe acoustic lock ing
ve rificat ion signa l Mult
imed iasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Vehicle #
Activateor deacti vate Acou sticLock . Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe pani calar m Re
quirement s:
R The ignit ionisswitc hedoff. #
Toactiv ate: press butt on1 forapp rox‐
ima tely one second.
A visual andaudibl ealar mistrigg ered. #
Todeac tivate: briefly pr ess button1 again.
or #
Press thest ar t/ stop butt ononthecoc kpit,
wit hth eSmar tKey insid eth eve hicle. Changing
theunloc kingsettings Po
ssible unlockingfunctions oftheSmar tKey :
R Cen tralunlo cking
R Unloc kin gth edr iver's door andfuel filler flap #
Toswitc hbe tw een settings: press the
Ü andß buttonssimul taneousl yfo r
appr oximat elysix seco ndsuntilth eindicat or
lam pflashes twice.
Op tions ifth eunloc kingfunction forth edr iver's
door andfuel filler flap has been selected:
R Tounlo cktheve hicl ece ntr ally:press the
Ü buttontwice.
R Vehicl eswith KEYLESS-GO :if yo uto uc h
th einner surface ofthedoor handle onthe
dr iver's door ,onl yth edr iver's door andfuel
fi ller flap areunlo cked. Deactiv
atingtheSm artK ey functio ns If
yo udo notuse theve hicle oraSmar tKey for
an extende dpe riod oftime, youcan reduce the
ener gycon sum ption ofthere spectiv eSmar tKey .
To do so, deactiv ateth eSmar tKey functions. #
Todeac tivate: press theß buttononthe
Smar tKey twi ce inqu ick succ ession .
The Smar tKey indic ator lam pflashes twice
br ief lyand light sup once. 66
Openingand closing

#
Toactiv ate: press anybutt onontheSmar t‐
Ke y.
% When theve hicle isstar tedwit hth eSmar t‐
Ke yin thestor ag ecom partmen tof thecen‐
te rconsole, theSmar tKey functions are
au tomatical lyact ivat ed (/ page14 2). Re
mo ving /ins ertin gthe eme rgency key Re
mo ving the eme rgency key #
Press release knob 1.
Em erge ncy key2 ispush edout slightly. #
Pull outemer gency key2 untilit en gage sin
th eint ermediat eposition . #
Press release knob 1 again and fully
re mo veemer gency key2.
Inser ting theemer gency key #
Press release knob 1. #
Insertemer gency key2 totheint ermediat e
position orfull yuntil iteng ages.
% Youcan usetheint ermediat eposition of
emer gency key2 toatt achth eSmar tKey to
a ke yring. Re
plac ingthe Smar tKey batt ery &
DANG ER Serious damag eto healt h
caused byswallo wing batteries
Batt eries cont aintoxic and corrosiv esub‐
st anc es.Swallo wing batteries ma ycause
ser ious damag eto healt h.
Ther eis arisk offata linj ury. #
Keep batt eries out ofthere ac hof chil‐
dr en. #
Ifbatt eries aresw allo wed,seek medical
att ent ion immediat ely. +
ENVIR
ONMEN TALNO TEEnvironme ntal
da ma gedue toimproper disposal ofbat‐
te ries Batt
eries con tain polluta nts. Itis
illeg alto dispose ofthem withth ehousehold
ru bbish. #
Dispose
ofbatt eries inan
en vironmen tally re sponsible manner.
Ta ke disc hargedbatt eries toaqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop ortoacol lection
poin tfo rused batteries. Opening
andclosi ng 67

Smar
tKey mus tbe inthevicinit yof theve hi‐
cle.
Ve hicl eswith HANDS -FREEACCESS #
With thetrunk lidcom pletely op ened ,ma kea
kic king movement withyo ur foot belo wthe
bum per(/ page75 ).
Tr unk lidaut omatic reve rsing funct ion
The trunk lidiseq uipped withaut omat icbloc k‐
ag ede tection with are ve rsing func tion.If an
obs tacle stops thetrunk liddur ing theaut omatic
closing procedur e,itwill automaticall yopen
ag ain. Theautomatic reve rsing func tion isonl y
an aid and isno ta subs titutefo ryo ur att entive‐
ne ss. #
Dur ing theclosing process, makesur eth at
no body partsarein theclosing area. &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
des pite reve rsing func tion
The reve rsing func tion willnotre act :
R tosof t,light andthin obje cts, e.g. fing ers
R towa rdsth eend oftheclosing procedur e In
these situation sin par ticular ,th ere ve rsing
func tion cannotpr eve ntsom eone being trap ‐
pe d. #
Ensu rethat no body partsarein the
clos ingarea . #
Ifsome oneistrap ped ,us eone ofthe
fo llo wing option s:
R Press the008B buttononthe
Smar tKey .
R Press there mo teoper ating switch
on thedr iver's door .
R Press theclosing orloc king button
on thetrunk lid.
R Press theto pof theMer cedes star
on thetrunk lid. HANDS-FREE
ACCESS function Wi
th HANDS-FREE ACCES Syo ucan open ,clo se
or interru pt trunk lid mo vement byper form ing a
kic kin gmo vement under there ar bum per.
The kickin gmo vement trigg ersth eopening or
closing process alternat ely.
Obser vetheno teswhen opening (/page72 )
and closing(/ page73 )th etrunk lid. Openin
gand closing 75

#
Tointerru pt aut omatic operation :pr ess or
pul lth e0062 buttonagain.
When theve hicle isswitc hedoff,yo ucan con‐
tin ue tooper ateth eside windo ws.
This funct ionisavailable forar ound four min utes
or unt ila door isopen ed.
Au tomatic reve rsing funct ionoftheside win‐
do ws
If an obs tacle imped esasid ewi ndo wdu ring the
clos ingproces s,theside windo wwill open again
aut omaticall y.The automatic reve rsing func tion
is onl yan aid and isno ta subs titutefo ryo ur
att entiven ess . #
Dur ing theclosing process, makesur eth at
no body partsarein theclosing area. &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
des pite ther ebeing reve rsing protect ion
on theside windo w
The reve rsing func tion does notre act :
R Tosof t,light andthin obje cts, e.g. fin‐
ge rs. R
Dur ing rese ttin g.
The reve rsing func tion cannotpr eve ntsom e‐
one from becomi ngtrap pe din these situa‐
tion s. #
Dur ing theclosing process, makesur e
th at no body partsarein theclosing
ar ea. #
Ifsomeon ebecomes trapped, press the
0062 buttontoopen theside windo w
ag ain. Con
venience opening (ventilating theve hicl e
bef orest ar ting ajour ney) &
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment when
ope ning asid ewi ndo w
Whe nope ning asid ewi ndo w,par tsof the
body could bedraw nin or become trap pe d
be twee nth eside windo wand windo wframe. #
When opening ,mak esur eth at nobody
is touc hin gth eside windo w. #
Release thebutt onimmediat elyif
somebody becomestrapped. #
Press and hold theÜ buttononthe
Smar tKey .
The follo wing functionsar eper form ed:
R The vehicle isunloc ked.
R The side windo wsareopen ed.
R The pano ramic sliding roof isopened.
R The seat ventil ation ofthedr iver's seat is
switc hedon.
% Ifth ero ller sunblin dof thepanor amicsliding
sunr oofisclosed, thero ller sunblin dis
open edfirs t. #
Tointerru pt con venience opening: release
th eÜ button. #
Tocont inue convenience opening: press
and hold theÜ buttonagain. Openin
gand closing 79