MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS ESTATE 2017 Owners Manual

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A *T
hetailgat eiso pen. &
WARNING Risk ofexhaus tgas poisoning
Combustio nengines emit poisonous exhaus tgases suc hascarbon monoxide. Exhaus tgases can enter the
ve hicle interior if thet ailgat eisopen when thee ngine is running ,especially if thev ehicle is in motion. #
Alw ayss witc hoffthee ngine befor eopening thet ailgate. #
Neverd rive wit hthe tailgat eopen. #
Close thet ailgate.
_ Rear left seat backrest not
locked (exa mp le) *T
he cor responding seat backres toftherear ben chseat is no tengaged. #
Foldthec orresponding seat backres tbacku ntil it engages.
¥
Top up washer fluid *T
hewasher fluid le velint hewasher fluid reser voir has dropped belo wthe minimum. #
Topupt hewasher fluid . 518
Displaymessa gesa nd warning/indicator lamps

Lights
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b Left dipped beam (exa mp le) *T
he cor responding light source is defective. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop.
or #
Chec kwhether youa repermit tedtor eplace thel ight source yourself .
% LEDl ight bulbs: thed ispla ymessag efor thec orresponding lam pappears onlyw hen all thel ight-emitting diodes
in thel am ph avef ailed.
b Activ eLight System inoper-
ative *T
he activ eheadlamp sarefaulty. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop.
b Intelligent Light System
inoperative *T
he Intelligent Light Sy stem is faulty .The lighting sy stem continues tofunction properly withou tthe functionsof
th eI ntelligent Light Sy stem. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop. Displa
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b Malfunction See Owner's
Manual *T
heexterior lighting is faulty. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop.
Ve hicles with atrailerh itch:afuse ma yhave blown. #
Pull overand stop thev ehicle safely as soon as possible, paying attention toroad and traf ficc onditions. #
Chec kthe fuses and replace them if necessar y.
b AUTO lights inoperative *T
he light sensor is faulty. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop.
b Switch off lights *Y
ou ar eleaving thev ehicle and thel ights ar estills witched on. #
Turn thel ight switc htotheà position.
b Switch on headlamps *Y
ou ar edriving without dipped-beam headlamps. #
Turn thel ight switc htotheL orà position.
Adaptive Highbeam Assist
Plus inoperative *A
daptiv eHighbeam Assis tPlus is faulty. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop. 520
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Adaptive Highbeam Assist
Plus currently unavailable
See Owner's Manual *A
daptiv eHighbeam Assis tPlus is temp oraril yunavailable.
The sy stem border shave been reached (→ page141). #
Driv eon.
Once thec ause of thep roblem is no longer present ,the sy stem will be available again. The AdaptiveHighbeam
Assist Plus availabl eagain displa ymessag eappears.
Adaptiv eHighbeam Assist
Plus Camer aview restric-
te dS ee Owner' sManual *T
he camer aviewisr estricted. Possible causes:
R dirtont he windscreen in thec amera's field of vision
R heavy rain, sno worfog
Driv ings ystems and driving saf etys yst ems ma ybemalfunctioning or temp orarily una vailable.
Onc ethe cause of thep roblem is no longer present ,driving sy stems and driving saf etys yst ems will become availa‐
ble again.
If th ed ispla ymessag edoes no tdisappear: #
Pull overand stop thev ehicle safely as soon as possible, paying attention toroad and traf ficc onditions. #
Clea nthe windscreen.
Adaptive Highbeam Assist
inoperative *A
daptiv eHighbeam Assis tismalfunctioning. #
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Adaptive Highbeam Assist
currently unavailable See
Owner's Manual *A
daptiv eHighbeam Assis tistemporaril yunavailable.
The sy stem border shave been reached (→ page139). #
Driv eon.
Once thec ause of thep roblem is no longer present ,the sy stem will be available again. The AdaptiveHighbeam
Assist availabl eagain displa ymessag eappears.
Adaptiv eHighbeam Assist
Camer aview restricted
See Owner' sManual *T
he camer aviewisr estricted. Possible causes:
R dirtont he windscreen in thec amera's field of vision
R heavy rain, sno worfog
Driv ings ystems and driving saf etys yst ems ma ybemalfunctioning or temp orarily una vailable.
Onc ethe cause of thep roblem is no longer present ,driving sy stems and driving saf etys yst ems will become availa‐
ble again.
If th ed ispla ymessag edoes no tdisappear: #
Pull overand stop thev ehicle safely as soon as possible, paying attention toroad and traf ficc onditions. #
Clea nthe windscreen. Wa
rning and indicator lamps Overvie
wofwarningand indicator lamps Som
esystems per form aself-tes twhen thei gni‐
tion is switched on. Some warning and indicator lamps ma
ybriefly light up or flash. This behav‐
iour is non-critical. Thes ewarning and indicator
lamps indicat eamalfunction onl yiftheylight up
or flash af tert he engine is star tedord uring a
journe y. 522
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Instrument displa
y(standard) Instrument displa
yinthe widesc reen cockpit Prog
ressiv esetting in thew idescreen cock‐
pit If
yo us elect thep rogressiv edispla ysetting in
ve hicles wit hawidescreen cockpit, thep ositions
of thei ndicator lamps on thei nstrument display
ch ange.
Wa rning and indicator lamps:
L Dipped beam (→
page134)
T St
anding light s(→pag e134)
K Mai
nbeam( →pag e136)
#! Tu
rn signal light (→ page136)
R Re
ar fogl ights (→ page134) ü
Seat bel
tisnotfast ened
(→ pag e530)
J Brakes (red) (→
page524 )
J Brakes (yellow) (→
page524 )
! ABS malfunction (→
page524 )
à AIR
BODY CONTROL malfunction
(→ pag e531 )
à DY
NA MIC BODY CONTROL malfunc‐
tion (→ page531 )
÷ ESP®
(→ pag e524 )
å ESP®
OFF (→ page524 )
! Electric parking brak
e(→pag e524 )
Ð St
eering assis tance malfunction
(→ page 533)
# Electrical
fault (→ page535)
6 Re
stra int sy stem (→ page524 )
; Engine diagnostics (→
page535)
8 Fu
elreser vewit hfuel filler flap loca‐
tio nindicator (→ page535)
? Coolan
ttoo hot/cold (→ page535)
· Dis
tance warning (→ page531 ) Displa
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%
Preglow
h Ty
re pressur emonitoring sy stem
(→ pag e538) j
Tr
ailer hit chis no toperational or is
swivelling (→ page533) Saf
etys ystems Wa
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J Brak esystemw arning lamp
(yellow) The
yello wb rake system warning lam pislit while thee ngine is running. &
WARNING Risk of an accident du etoabrake system malfunction
If th eb rake system is malfunctioning, braking characteristic smaybe impaired. #
Driv eonc arefull y. #
Have theb rake system checkedi mmediatel yataqualified specialis tworks hop. #
Adjus tyour speed and continue todriv ecarefull y,leavin gasuitable dis tance tothev ehicle in front. #
Ifth em ultifunction displa yshows adispla ymessage, please obse rvet his. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop. 524
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J Brak esystemw arning lamp
(red) The
redb rake system warning lam pislit while thee ngine is running.
Po ssible causes:
R The brak eforce boosting is malfunctioning and theb raking characteristic smaybe af fected.
R The reis insuf ficient brak efluid in theb rake fluid reser voir. &
WARNING Thereisar isk of an accident if brak eforce boosting is malfunctioning
If brak eforce boosting is malfunctioning, increased brak epedal forc em aybe necessar yfor braking .Braking char‐
acteristic smaybe impaired. The brakin gdista nce ma yincrease in an eme rgency braking situation. #
Pull overand stop thev ehicle safely as soon as possible, paying attention toroad and traf ficc onditions .Do
no tc ontinu edriving under an ycircums tances. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop. &
WARNING Risk of an accident du etolowbrak efluid le vel
If th eb rake fluid le velist oo lo w,theb raking ef fect and theb raking characteristic smaybe impaired. #
Pull overand stop thev ehicle safely as soon as possible, paying attention toroad and traf ficc onditions .Do
no tc ontinu edriving under an ycircums tances. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop.
Do no ttop up theb rake fluid. Displa
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Pull overand stop thev ehicle safely as soon as possible, paying attention toroad and traf ficc onditions .Donot
continu edriving under an ycircums tances. #
Obser vethem essages on them ultifunction displa y. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop.
! ABS warning lamp The
yello wA BSwarning lam pislit while thee ngine is running.
ABS is malfunctioning.
If th er eisana dditional acoustic warning signal, EB Dismalfunctioning.
Other drivin gsystems and driving saf etys ystems ma yalso be faulty. &
WARNING Thereisrisk of skidding if EBD or ABS is malfunctioning
If EBD or ABS is malfunctioning, thew heels could loc kwhen braking
The steering capability and braking characteristic sarethus se verely impaired. The brakin gdista nce ma yincrease in
an emergency braking situation. In addition, other driving saf etys ystems ar eswitched off. #
Driv eonc arefull y. #
Have theb rake system checkedi mmediatel yataqualified specialis tworks hop. #
Driv eonc arefully. #
Obser vethem essages in them ultifunction displa y. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop. 526
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Wa
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÷ ESP ®
wa rning lam pflashes The
yello wE SP®
wa rning lam pflashes while thev ehicle is in motion.
ESP ®
is inter vening . #
Adapty our driving styletos uitther oad and weather conditions.
÷ ESP ®
wa rning lam plights
up The
yello wE SP®
wa rning lam pislit while thee ngine is running.
ESP ®
is malfunctioning.
Other driving and driving sa fety sy stems ma yalso be faulty. &
WARNING Risk of skidding if ESP ®
is malfunctioning
If ESP ®
is malfunctioning ,ESP ®
canno tcarry out vehicle stabilisation .Inaddition ,other driving saf etys ystems are
switched off. #
Driv eonc arefull y. #
Have ESP ®
ch eckedataq ualified specialis tworks hop. #
Driv eonc arefully. #
Obser vethem essages in them ultifunction displa y. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop. Displa
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