belt MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS ESTATE 2017 Owner's Guide

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Toswitc hoff/reduce thel evel: press but‐
ton 1repeatedly until thed esired ventila‐
tio nleve liss et.
If all indicator lamps ar eoff,t he seat ventila‐
tio niss witched off. Fo
lding benc hseat in thel oad compa rtment Note
sont hefolding benc hseat &
WARNING Risk of inju rywhen thes eat
backres tisnotupright and loc kedin
position
If th es eat backrests of ther ear benc hseat
ar en otloc kedint he upright position, the
seat backres tofthefolding benc hseat may
fo ld down while driving.
In this case, thes eat belts ma ynotper form
th eir intended pr otectiv efunction. #
Mak esuret hat thes eat backrests of
th er ear benc hseat ar eloc kedint he
uprigh tposition. Obser
vethen otes on "Seat belts" (→ page37),
"Head restra ints" (→ page98) and "Children in
th ev ehicle" (→ page46).
The folding benc hseat is onl yappr ove dfor use
wit hc hild seats designe dfor children up tosix
ye arso ld (→ page60).Informa tionons uitable
ch ild restra int sy stems on thef olding benc hseat
can be obtained at an yMercedes-Benz Service
Cent re.
The folding benc hseat ma yonlybeu sed when
th ec ombined luggag ecove rand ne tisinstalled.
The tailgat ecan be opened from thef olding
benc hseat. The switc hislocated on thew heel
ar ch on ther ight-hand side when vie wedint he
direction of tra vel.
Fo lding out thef olding benc hseat
Requ irements:
R The seat backrests of ther ear benc hseat are
loc kedint he upright position.
R The handle fort he combined luggag ecover
and ne thas been mo vedu p.To impr ovet he
re ar vie w,theu pper par tofthe plat ehas
been folded down. 104
Seats and stowing

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Pull release handle 1and fold thes eat
backres tofthefolding benc hseat upwards. #
Hook thes eat belts int oretainers 3. #
Secur ethe seat belt buckles in theb ackof
th es eat backrest. #
Pull release 2and fold thes eat cushion of
th ef olding benc hseat int othe seat position. #
Push down thes eat cushion until thes eat
backres tengages full y. #
Foldtheh ead restra int su pwards.
Re moving or fittin gthe seat cushion
If yo uw ant toopen thel oad compartmen tfloor
while thef olding benc hseat is folded bac k,you
mus tfirst of al lremo vethes eat cushion. #
Toremo ve: fold seat cushion 2vertically
upwards and remo veit from seat cushion
guide 1.
Fi tting #
Push sea tcushion 2intos eatc ushion
guide 1atas light angle from ther ear 3. #
Fold seat cushion 2bac kintoi ts starting
position 4until it engages. Seat
sand stow ing 105

Fo
lding bac kthe folding benc hseat #
Pull thes eat cushion upwards bytab 1and
fo ld it bac kintoi ts startin gposition until it
engages. *
NO
TEDama getothef olding benc hseat
when folding back The
folding benc hseat ma ybedamaged
when it is folded bac k. #
Fullyi nse rttheh ead restra int sintot he
guides. #
Mak esuret hat thes eat belt buckles
engages in their guides. #
Press ther elease knob 3and fold theh ead
re stra int sd own. #
Press ther elease knob 4and push the
head restra int sa llth ew ayin. #
Fold bac kseat backrest 2ofthef olding
benc hseat int oits startin gposition.
Opening/closing thel oad compa rtmen tfloor &
WARNING Risk of inju rydue toan open
load compartment floor
If yo ud rive when thel oad compartmen tfloor
is open, object scould be thro wn around and
th ereb ystrik evehicle occupants. Ther eisa
ri sk of injur y,particular lyin thee vent of sud‐
de nb raking or asudde nchang eind irection. #
Alw aysc lose thel oad compartment
fl oor befor eajourne y. Opening
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Press ther elease knob in them iddle of the
load compartment floor and tur ntothe
OPEN position. 106
Seats and stowing

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Pull thel oop on thel oad compartmen tfloor
and fold thel oad compartmen tfloor up.
% Ifth es eat cushions ar enotfitted
(→ page 105), thel oad compartmen tfloor
can be comple tely remo ved.
Closing #
Refitt he load compartment floor ,ifn eces‐
sar y,and fold down. #
Press ther elease knob and tur ntothe
CLOSE position. Ste
ering wheel Ad
justin gthe steering wheel manually &
WARNING Risk of inju rythro ugh adjust‐
ing vehicle settings while thev ehicle is in
motion
Yo uc ould lose cont roloft hevehicle in the
fo llowing situations:
R ifyo ua djus tthe driver's seat, theh ead
re stra ints, thes teering wheel or them ir‐
ro rw hile thev ehicle is in motion
R ifyo uf asteny our seat belt whilet hevehi‐
cle is in motion #
Befor estarti ngthee ngine: adjus tthe
driver's seat, theh ead restra ints, the
st eering wheel or them irro ra nd fasten
yo ur seat belt. &
WARNING Risk of entrapment forc hil‐
dren when adjusting thes teering wheel
Children could injur ethemselves if they
adjus tthe steering wheel. #
Neverlea ve children unat tende dint he
ve hicle. #
When leaving thev ehicle, alw ayst ake
th ek eywit hyou and loc kthe vehicle.
This also applies tomobil ephones if the
"Digital Car Keyint he smartphone"
function is activated via theM ercedes
connect me weba pp. Seats and
stowing 107

Opening
thes pectacles compa rtment #
Pres sbutton 1. Opening the
stowage compa rtmen tint he
re ar armrest #
Press release cat ch1 and swin gthe co ver
of thea rmrest upwards. Through-loading
featur eint herear ben ch
seat Fo
lding ther ear seat ba ckrestforw ards &
WARNING Risk of inju ryifth er ear
benc hseat/rear seat and seat backrest
ar en otengaged
If th er ear benc hseat/rear seat and seat
backres tare note ngaged they could fold for‐
wa rds, e.g. when braking suddenly or in the
ev ent of an accident.
R Ifth is is thec ase, thev ehicle occupant
wo uld be forc ed int othe seat belt bythe
re ar ben chseat/rear seat or bythes eat
backrest. The seat belt cann otprotect as
intended and could result in additional
injur y.
R Objects or loads in theb oot/load com‐
partmen tcann otbe restra ined bythe
seat backrest. #
Mak esuret hat thes eat backres tand
th er ear benc hseat/rear seat are
engaged befor eevery trip. Seats and
stowing 11 3

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Centr eseat backres t:pull release 3of
seat backrest 2forw ards. #
Fold seat backrest 2forw ards. Fo
lding ther ear seat ba ckrestback
* NO
TEDama getothes eat belt The seat belt could become trapped and
thus
damaged when folding bac kthe seat back‐
re st. #
Mak esuret hat thes eat belt is no ttrap‐
ped when folding bac kthe seat back‐
re st. #
Movethed rive r's or front passenger seat for‐
wa rds, if necessar y. #
Fold cor responding seat backrest 1back
until it engages.
Lef tand right seat backrests: ifth es eat
backres tisnotengaged and loc ked, this will
be shown in them ultifunction displa yinthe
instrument clus ter.
Centr eseat backres t:ifth es eat backres tis
no te ngaged and loc ked, redl ockv erification
ind icator 2will be visible. Seats and
stowing 11 5

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The duration of thec olour chang evaries
depending on theu sag econditions. Re
placing the rear windo wwiper blades Re
moving the wiper blade #
Switc hthe ignition off. #
Fold wiper arm 4away from ther ear win‐
do w. #
Press bo threlease clips 2. #
Fold wiper blade 1inthed irection of ar row
3 away from wiper arm 4. #
Remo vewiper blade 1inthed irection of
ar row 5.
Fi ttin gthe wiper blades #
Position ne wwiper blade 1withrecess 6
on lug 5. #
Fold wiper blade 1inthed irection of ar row
3 ontothe wiper ar muntilretainin gclips
2 engag einbrack et 4 . #
Makesur ethat wiperb lade1sitsc orrectl y. #
Foldthew iper ar mbacko ntot he rear win‐
do w. Mir
rors Operating
theo utside mir rors &
WARNING Risk of inju rythro ugh adjust‐
ing vehicle settings while thev ehicle is in
motion
Yo uc ould lose cont roloft hevehicle in the
fo llowing situations:
R ifyo ua djus tthe driver's seat, theh ead
re stra ints, thes teering wheel or them ir‐
ro rw hile thev ehicle is in motion
R ifyo uf asteny our seat belt whilet hevehi‐
cle is in motion Light and sight
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Befor estarti ngthee ngine: adjus tthe
driver's seat, theh ead restra ints, the
st eering wheel or them irro ra nd fasten
yo ur seat belt. &
WARNING Risk of accident du etomis‐
judgement of dis tances whe nusing the
outside mir ror
The outside mir rors reflect objects on a
smaller scale. The objects in vie wareinfact
closer than they appear.
As aresult, youm aymisjud gethed ista nce
betwee nyou and ther oad user driving
behi ndyou, e.g .when changing lanes. #
Therefore, alw aysl ook over your shoul‐
der in order toensur ethat youa re
aw areoft he actual dis tance between
yo ua nd ther oad user sdrivin gb ehind
yo u. Fo
lding theo utside mir rors in/out #
Brief lypress switch 1.
% Ifth eb atter yhas been disconnected or com‐
ple tely discharged ,the outside mir rors must
be reset. Onl ythen will thea utomatic mir ror
fo lding function workproperly. Ad
justin gthe outside mir rors #
Press the3or4 buttons toselect theo ut‐
side mir rortobes et. #
Press the2button tosetthe position of the
mir rorg lass.
Engaging theo utside mir rors #
Vehicles without electricall yfolding outside
mir rors:m anually mo vetheo utside mir ror
int ot he cor rect position. #
Vehicles wit helectricall yfolding outside mir‐
ro rs:p ress and hol dbutton 1.
Yo uw ill hear aclicka nd them irro ra udibly
engag einposition .The outside mir roriss et
in thec orrect position. Au
tomatic anti-dazzl emirro rs function &
WARNING Risk of bu rnsa nd poisoning
due tothea nti-dazzle mir rore lectrolyte
Electrolyt emayescap eiftheglass in an
automatic anti-dazzle mir rorb reaks. 15 0
Light and sight

function is activated via
theM ercedes
me connect weba pp. The elect
ricp arkin gb rake is applied if thet rans‐
mission is in position jand one of thef ollow‐
ing condition sisfulfilled:
R The engin eisswitched off.
R The seat belt tongu eisn otinser tedint he
seat belt buckle of thed rive r's seat and the
driver's door is opened.
% Toprev ent application: pull theh andle of the
electric parking brake.
In thef ollowing situations, thee lectric parking
brak eisa lso engaged:
R ActiveD ista nce Assi stant DI STRO NIC is
bringing thev ehicle toas tandstill.
R The HOL Dfunction is keeping thev ehicle sta‐
tionar y.
R ActiveP arking Assis tiskeeping thev ehicle
st ationar y. This is onl
ythe case if one of thef ollowing con‐
ditions is also fulfilled:
R The engine is switched off.
R The seat belt tongu eisn otinser tedint he
seat belt buckle of thed rive r's seat and the
driver's door is opened.
R Ther eisas ystemm alfunction.
R The po wersupply is insuf ficient.
R The vehicle is stationar yfor alengt hyperiod.
When thee lectric parking brak eisapplied,
the ! indicator lam plights up in thei nstru‐
ment clus ter.
The electric parking brak eisnotautomatically
applied if thee ngine is switched of fbythe ECO
st art/ stop function.
Electric parking brak efunction (releasing
automatically)
The electric parking brak eisreleased when the
fo llowing condition sarefulfilled:
R The engin eisrunning.
R Thes eatb eltt ongue is inser tedi ntot he seat
belt buckle of thed rive r's seat. R
The transmission is in position hork and
yo ud epress thea ccelera torp eda lory ou
shif tfromt ransmission position jtoh or
k.
R Ifth et ransmission is in position k,thetail‐
ga te mus tbec losed.
If th es eat belt tongu eisn otinser tedi ntot he
seat belt buckle of thed rive r's seat, thef ollow‐
ing condition smustbef ulfilled:
R The driver's door is closed.
R Youm ovet he transmission out of transmis‐
sion position joryouh ave prev iously
driven fasterthan 3k m/ h.
R Ifth et ransmission is in position k,thetail‐
ga te mus tbec losed.
If th ee lectric parking brak eisreleased,
the ! indicator lam pinthe instrument clus‐
te rg oes out. 19 2
Driving and pa rking

Re
quirements:
R The vehicle is stationar y.
R The driver's door is closed or thes eat belt on
th ed rive r's side is fastened.
R The engine is running or ha sbeena utomati‐
cally switched of fbythe EC Ostart/s top
function.
R The electric parking brak eisreleased.
R ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cisnotacti‐
va ted.
R The transmission is in position h,kori.
Ac tivatin gthe HOL Dfunction #
Dep ress theb rake pedal and af teras hort
time depress fur ther until theë display
appear sinthe multifunction displa y.#
Release theb rake pedal.
Deactivating the HOLD function #
Depress thea ccelerator pedal topull away.
or #
Depress theb rake pedal until theë dis‐
pla yd isappear sfromt he multifunction dis‐
pla y. The HOLD function is deactivated in
thef ollow‐
ing situations:
R When ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cis
acti vated.
R The transmission is switched toposition j.
R When thev ehicle is secured wit hthe electric
parking brake.
In thef ollowing situations, thev ehicle is held by
th et ransmission position jorby thee lectric
parking brake:
R When thes eat belt is unfas tened and the
driver's door is opened.
R When thee ngine is switched off.
R When ther eisam alfunction in thes ystemor
if th ep ower suppl yisinsufficient. DY
NA MIC BODY CONT ROL DY
NA MIC BODY CONTROL has thef ollowing
ch aracteristics:
R Variable dampin gcharacteristics
R Continual adju stme nt of thed amping forc es The damping
characteristic sadap ttot he cur rent
operating and driving situation.
The da mping is tuned individuall yfor eac hwheel
and is af fected bythef ollowing factors:
R The road sur face conditions
R Vehicle load
R The driv eprogram selected
The driv eprogram can be adjus tedu sing the
DY NA MIC SELECT switch. AIR
BODY CONT ROL AIR
BODY CONT ROLfunction
AI RB ODYC ONTROL is an air suspension sy stem
wit hvariable dampin gfor impr oveddriving com‐
fo rt.T he all-round le velc ontrol sy stem ensures
th eb estp ossible suspension and const ant
groun dclearance, even wit haladen vehicle.
When driving at speed, thev ehicle is lo wered
automaticall ytoimprove driving saf etya nd to
re duce fuel consum ption. The option of manually
adjustin gthe vehicle le velisa lsoavailable. Drivin
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