warning MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SALOON 2015 Owners Manual

Problems with the auxiliary heating or auxiliary ventilation
Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and
M
MSolutions FAIL¨ The signal transmission between the transmitter and the vehicle is
faulty.
X Change your position in relation to the vehicle, moving closer if
necessary.
X Make another attempt to switch the auxiliary heating on or off
using the remote control. FAIL The auxiliary heating cannot be switched on or has switched itself
off.
The starter battery is not sufficiently charged.
X Charge the starter battery.
X Make another attempt to switch on the auxiliary heating using
the remote control. The auxiliary heating cannot be switched on or has switched itself
off.
The fuel tank content is below the reserve fuel level.
X Refuel at the nearest filling station.
X Make another attempt to switch on the auxiliary heating using
the remote control. The auxiliary heating or auxiliary ventilation cannot be switched on
or has switched itself off.
The auxiliary heating or auxiliary ventilation is faulty.
X Have the auxiliary heating or auxiliary ventilation checked at a
qualified specialist workshop. Adjusting the air vents
Important safety notes
G
WARNING
Very hot or very cold air can flow from the air vents. This could result in burns or frostbit ein
the immediate vicinity of the air vents. There
is ar isk of injury.
Make sure that all vehicle occupants always
maintain asufficient distance to the air out-
lets. If necessary, redirect the airflow to
another area of the vehicle interior. In order to ensure the direct flow of fresh air
through the air ventsi
nto the vehicle interior,
please observe the following notes:
R keep the air inlet between the windscreen
and the bonnet free of blockages, such as
ice, snow or leaves.
R never cover the ventsorv entilation grilles
in the vehicle interior. Adjusting the air vents
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Useful information
i This Owner's Manual describes all mod-
els, series and optional equipment for your
vehicle that were available at the time of
going to press. National variation sare pos-
sible. Not ethat your vehicle may not be
equipped with all of the function sdescri-
bed. This is also the case for system sand
function srelevan ttosafety.
i Read the information on qualified special-
ist workshops: (Y page 27). Running-in notes
Important safet
ynotes
In certain drivin gand drivin gsafet ysystems,
the sensors adjust automatically while acer-
tain distance is being driven after the vehicle has been delivered or after repairs. Full sys-
tem effectiveness is not reached until the end
of this teach-in process.
Brak epads/linings and discs that are either
new or have been replaced only achieve opti- mum brakin geffec tafter several hundred kil-
ometres of driving. Compensate for the
reduced brakin geffec tbya pplying greater
forc etot he brake pedal. The first 1,500 km
If you treat the engin ewith sufficient care
from the very start ,you will be rewarded with
excellent performanc efor the remainder of
the engine's life.
R Driv eatv arying road speeds and engine
speeds for the first 1,50 0km.
R Avoid overstraining the vehicle during this
period, e.g. drivin gatfull throttle.
R Change gear in good time, before the rev
counter needle is Ôof the way to the red
area of the rev counter. R
Do not shift down agear manually in order
to brake.
R Vehicles with automatic transmission:
try to avoid depressin gthe accelerator
pedal beyond the point of resistance (kick-
down).
Additional running-in notes for AMG vehicles:
R Do not drive at speeds above 140 km/ hfor
the first 1,500 km.
R Only allow the engine to reach amaximum
engine speed of 4,500 rpm briefly.
After 1,500 km, you may graduall yaccelerate
the vehicle to full road and engine speeds.
i You should also observe these notes on
running-in if the engine or parts of the drive
train on your vehicle have been replaced. AMG vehicles with self-locking rear
axle differential
Your vehicle is equipped with aself-locking
differential on the rear axle.
Change the oil to improve protection of the
rear axle differential:
R after arunning-in period of 3,000 km
R every 50,000 km or 3years
These oil changes prolong the service life of
the differential. Have the oil change carried
out at aqualified specialist workshop. Driving
Important safety notes
G
WARNING
Object sinthe driver's footwell may restrict
the clearance around the pedals or block a
depressed pedal. This jeopardises the oper-
ating and road safety of the vehicle. There is a risk of an accident.
Stow all object ssecurely in the vehicle so that
they do not get into the driver's footwell.
Always fit the floormats securely and as pre-
scribed in order to ensure that there is always 178
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sufficient room for the pedals. Do not use
loose floormats and do not place several floor- mats on top of one another. G
WARNING
Unsuitable footwear can hinder correct usage of the pedals, e.g.:
R shoes with thick soles
R shoes with high heels
R slippers
There is arisk of an accident.
Wear suitable footwear to ensure correct
usage of the pedals. G
WARNING
If you switch off the ignition while driving,
safety-relevant functions are only available
with limitations, or not at all. This could affect, for example, the power steering and the brake
boosting effect. You will require considerably
more effort to steer and brake. There is arisk
of an accident.
Do not switch off the ignition while driving. G
WARNING
If the parking brake has not been fully
released when driving, the parking brake can:
R overheat and cause afire
R lose its hold function.
There is arisk of fire and an accident. Release
the parking brake fully before driving off.
! Do not warm up the engine when the vehi-
cle is stationary. Drive off immediately.
Avoid high engine speeds and driving at full throttle until the engine has reached its
operating temperature.
Only shift the automatic transmission to
the desired drive position when the vehicle is stationary.
Where possible,a void spinning the drive
wheels when pulling awayons lippery
roads. You could otherwise damage the
drive train. !
AMG vehicles:
at low engine oil temper-
atures (below +20 †), the maximum
engine speed is restricted in order to pro-
tect the engine. To protect the engine and
maintain smooth engine operation, avoid
driving at full throttle when the engine is
cold.
HYBRID vehicles :make sure that you read
the "HYBRID" Supplement included in the
vehicle literature. Otherwise, you may not
recognise dangers. Key positions
Key g
To remove the key
1 Power supplyf or some consumers, such
as the windscreen wipers
2 Ignition (power supplyf or all consumers)
and drive position
3 To start the vehicle
i If the key does not belong to the vehicle, it
can still be turned in the ignition lock. How-
ever, the ignition will not be switched on.
The engine cannot be started.
KEYLESS-GO General notes
Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO are equipped with
keys featuring an integrated KEYLESS-GO
function and adetachable Start/Stop button. Driving
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X
To switc honthe ignition: press Start/
Stop button :twice.
The ignition is switched on.
The ignition is switched off if:
R the driver's door is opene dand
R yo up ress Start/Stop button :twice when
in thi sposit ion
Removing the Start/Sto pbutton
Yo uc an remove the Start/Stop button from
the ignition lock and start the vehicl easnor-
ma lusing the key.
It is onl ypossibl etos witch between Start/
Stop button mod eand key operatio nwhen
the transmission is in position P.
X Remov eStart/Stop button :from ignition
lock ;.
Yo udon ot have to remove the Start/Stop
button from the ignition lock when yo uleave
the vehicle. Yo ushould, however, always take
the key with yo uwhenleavi ng the vehicle. As
long as the key is in the vehicle:
R the vehicl ecan be started using the Start/
Stop button
R the electrically powered equipment can be
operated Starting the vehicle
Important safety notes G
WARNING
If children ar eleftu nsupervised in the vehicle,
they could:
R open doors ,thereb yendangering othe rper-
sons or roa dusers
R ge to utand be struck by oncoming traffic
R operate vehicl eequipment and become
trapped ,for example In addition, the children could also set the
vehicl
einm otion, for example, if they:
R release the parking brake
R shift the automatic transmission ou tofpark
positio nPors hift manua ltransmission into
neutral
R start the engine
There is ariskofana ccident and injury.
Whe nleavi ng the vehicle, always take the key
with yo uand lock the vehicle. Never leave
children and animals unattended in the vehi-
cle .Keept he key soutof the reach of children. G
WARNING
Combustion engine semitp oiso nousexhaust
gases such as carbo nmonoxide. Inhaling
thes eexhaust gases lead stopoisoning. There
is ar iskoff atal injury .Therefore neve rleave
the engine running in enclose dspaces with-
ou tsufficient ventilation. G
WARNING
Flammabl ematerial sintroduced through
environmenta linfluence or by animals can
ignite if in contact with the exhaust system or parts of the engine tha theatu p.There is arisk
of fire.
Carry ou tregular checks to make sure that
ther eareno flammabl eforeig nmaterial sin
the engine compartment or in the exhaust
system.
! Do not depress the accelerator when
starting the engine.
General notes i
Vehicles with
apetro lengine: the cat-
alyti cconverter is preheated for up to
30 second safter acold start. The sound of
the engine may change during this time. Driving
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Manual transmission
X
Depress the brake peda land keep it
depressed.
X Full ydepress the clutch pedal.
X Shift to neutral N.
Automatic transmission X
Shift the transmission to position P.
The transmission position indicator in the
multifunction display shows P.
i You can start the engine in transmission
position Pand N.
Starting procedure with the key i
To start the engine using the key instead
of KEYLESS-GO, pullt he Start/Stop button
out of the ignitio nlock.
X Vehicles with diese lengine: turn the key
to position 2in the ignitio nlock
(Y page1 79).
The % preglow indicator lampint he
instrument cluster lights up.
X Turn the key to position 3in the ignition
lock and release it as soon as the engine is running (Y page179).
i Vehicles with
adiesele ngine: you can
start the engine without preglow if the
engine is warm.
Using KEYLESS-GO to start the engine i
The Start/Stop button can be usedto
start the vehicl emanually without inserting
the key into the ignitio nlock. The key must
be in the vehicl eand the Start/Stop button
must be inserted in the ignitio nlock. This
mode for starting the engine operates inde- pendently of the ECO start/stop automatic engine start function. X
Depress the brake peda land keep it
depressed.
X Press the Start/Stop button once
(Y page1 79).
Vehicles with apetrol engine: the engine
starts.
Vehicles with adiesele ngine: preglow is
activated and the engine starts. Pulling away
General notes G
WARNING
Vehicles with automatic transmission:
If the engine spee disabove the engine idling
spee dand you then engag etransmission
position Dor R,t he vehicl emay accelerate
suddenly .There is arisk of an accident.
When engaging transmission position Dor R,
alwaysk eep the brake peda lfirmly depressed
and do not depress the accelerator peda lat
the same time.
! Vehicles with manual transmission:
change gearing ood time and avoi dspin-
ning the wheels. You coul dotherwise dam-
age the vehicle.
! If
aw arning tone sound sand the
Release park. brake Release park. brake message appears
in the multifunction display,t he parking
brake is still applied. Releaset he parking
brake.
Depress the accelerator carefully when pull-
ing away.
The vehicl elocks centrall yonce you have
pulled away.T he locking knobs in the doors
drop down.
You can open the doors from the insid eatany
time.
You can alsod eactivate the automatic locking
feature (Y page293).
Vehicles with automatic transmission: it
is only possible to shift the transmission from 182
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position
Pto the desired position if you
depress the brake pedal. If you do not
depress the brake pedal, the DIRECT SELECT
lever can still be moved but the parkin glock
remains engaged.
i Vehicles with automatic transmis-
sion: upshifts tak eplace at higher engine
speeds after acold start .This helps the
catalytic converter to reach its operating
temperature more quickly.
Hill start assist Hill start assist helps you when pulling away
forwards or in reverse on an uphill gradient .It
holds the vehicle for ashort time after you
have removed your foot from the brake pedal.
This gives you enough time to move your foot from the brake pedal to the accelerator pedal and depress it before the vehicle begins to
roll. G
WARNING
After ashort time, hill start assist will no lon-
ger brake your vehicle and it could roll away.
There is arisk of an acciden tand injury.
Therefore, quickly move your foot from the
brake pedal to the accelerator pedal. Never
leave the vehicle when it is held by hill start
assist.
Hill start assist is not activ eif:
R you are pulling away on alevel road or a
downhill gradient
R on vehicles with automatic transmission,
the transmission is in position N
R the parkin gbrake is applied
R ESP ®
is malfunctioning ECO start/stop function
Introduction The ECO start/stop function switches the
engin eoff automatically if the vehicle is stop-
ped under certain conditions. When pulling away again, the engin
estarts
automatically. The ECO start/stop function
thereby helps you to reduce the fuel con-
sumption and emission sofyour vehicle.
Importan tsafet ynotes G
WARNING
If the engin eisswitched off automatically and
you exit the vehicle, the engin eisrestarted
automatically. The vehicle may begin moving. There is arisk of acciden tand injury.
If you wish to exit the vehicle, always turn off
the ignition and secure the vehicle against
rolling away.
General notes :
ECO start/stop display
Hybrid vehicles: observe the notes on the
ECO start/stop function in the "HYBRID "Sup-
plement.
The ECO start/stop function is activated
whenever you start the engin eusing the key
or the Start/Stop button.
If the ¤ symbol is shown in green in the
multifunction display, the ECO start/stop
function switches the engin eoff automati-
cally if the vehicle stops moving.
If the ECO start/stop function has been man- ually deactivated (Y page 185) oramalfunc-
tion has caused the system to be deactivated, the ¤ symbol is not displayed.
AMG vehicles: theStop/Start active Stop/Start active or
Stop/Start inactive
Stop/Start inactive message in the AMG
menu in the multifunction display goes out.
AMG vehicles: the ECO start/stop function
is only available in drive program C. Driving
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Problems with the engine
Problem
Possible causes/consequences and
M
MSolutions The engine does not
start. The HOLD function or DISTRONIC PLUS is activated.
X Deactivat ethe HOLD function (Y page 228) or DISTRONIC
PLUS (Y page 224).
X Try to start the engine again. The engine does not
start. The starter motor
can be heard. R
There is amalfunction in the engine electronics.
R There is amalfunction in the fuel supply.
Before attempting to start the engine again:
X Turn the key back to position 0in the ignition lock.
or
X Press the Start/Stop button repeatedly until all indicator lamps
in the instrumen tcluster go out.
X Try to start the engine again (Y page 181). Avoid excessively
long and frequent attemptstos tart the engine, as this will drain
the battery.
If the engine does not start after several attempts: X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. The engine does not
start. The starter motor
can be heard. The
reserve fuel warning
lamp is lit and the fuel
gauge display shows 0. The fuel tank is empty.
X Refuel the vehicle. The engine does not
start. You cannot hear
the starter motor. The on-board voltage is too low because the battery is too weak or
discharged.
X Jump-start the vehicle (Y page 405).
If the engine does not start despite attemptstoj ump-start it:
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. The starter motor was exposed to
athermal load that was too high.
X Allow the starter motor to cool down for approximately two
minutes.
X Try to start the engine again.
If the engine still does not start:
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. Driving
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Problem
Possible causes/consequences and
M
MSolutions Vehicles with
apetrol
engine:
The engine is not run-
ning smoothly and is
misfiring. There is
amalfunction in the engine electronics or in amechanical
componentoft he engine management system.
X Only depress the accelerator pedal slightly.
Otherwise, non-combusted fuel may get into the catalytic con-
verter and damage it.
X Have the cause rectified immediately at aqualified specialist
workshop. The coolant tempera-
ture display is showing
more than 120 †. The
coolant warning lamp
may also be on and a
warning tone may
sound. The coolant level is too low. The coolant is too hot and the engine
is no longer being cooled sufficiently.
X Stop as soon as possible and allow the engine and the coolant to
cool down.
X Check the coolant level (Y page 382). Observe the warning
notes as you do so and top up the coolant if necessary. If the coolant level is correct,t
he engine radiator fan may be faulty.
The coolant is too hot and the engine is no longer being cooled
sufficiently.
X If the coolant temperature is below 120 †, you can continue
driving to the nearest qualified specialist workshop.
X Avoid heavy loads on the engine as you do so, e.g. driving in
mountainous terrain and stop-start traffic. Manual transmission
Gear lever
! Only engage gear when the clutch pedal is
depressed.
! When shifting between
5thand 6thgear,
you should always push the gear lever all
the way to the right. Otherwise, you could
shift unintentionally into 3rdor4th gear
and damage the transmission.
If you shift down at too high aspeed (trans-
mission braking), this can cause the engine to overrev, leading to engine damage.
Do not use the clutch bite point to keep the
vehicle stationary on uphill gradients.
There is otherwise arisk of damaging the
clutch.
! On long and steep downhill gradients,
especially if the vehicle is laden or towing a trailer, you must shift into gear
1, 2or3in
good time. This uses the engine's braking
effect.T his relieves the load on the brake
system and preventst he brakes from over-
heating and wearing too quickly. k
Reverse gear
1 -6
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Shifting to neutralN
X
Depress the clutch pedal fully.
X Shift the gear lever to position N:. Engaging reverse gear
! Only shift into reverse gear
Rwhen the
vehicle is stationary. Otherwise, you could
damage the transmission.
X Move the gear lever firmly to the left,
beyond the point of resistance, then for-
wards.
The ECO start/stop function is not available
when reverse gear is engaged. For further
information on the ECO start/stop function;
see (Y page 183). Gearshift recommendation
X
Shift gear according to gearshift recom-
mendation :when shown in the multi-
function display of the instrumen tcluster.
The gearshift recommendations assist you in adopting an economical driving style. The rec- ommended gear is shown in the multifunctiondisplay. Automatic transmission
Important safety notes
G
WARNING
If the engine speed is above the idling speed
and you engage transmission position Dor R,
the vehicle could pull away suddenly. There is ar isk of an accident.
When engaging transmission position Dor R,
always firmly depress the brake pedal and do not simultaneously accelerate. G
WARNING
The automatic transmission switches to neu-
tral position Nwhen you switch off the engine.
The vehicle may roll away.T here isarisk of an
accident.
After switching off the engine, always switch
to parking position P.Prevent the parked vehi-
cle from rolling away by applying the parking
brake.
HYBRID vehicles :make sure that you read
the "HYBRID" supplement included in the
vehicle literature. Otherwise, you may not
recognise dangers. Selector lever (AMG vehicles)
Overview of transmission positions j
Park position with parking lock
k Reverse gear
i Neutral
h Drive Automatic transmission
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:
Transmission position display
; Drive program display
Engaging parkp osition P !
If the engine speed is too high, do not shift
the automatic transmission directly from D
to R,f rom Rto Dor directly to P.Otherwise,
the automatic transmission could be dam-
aged. j
Park position with parking lock
k Reverse gear
i Neutral
h Drive
X Push the DIRECT SELECT lever in the direc-
tion of arrow P.
Transmission position display Pis shown in
the multifunction display.
Depressin gthe brake and pushing the
DIRECT SELECT lever up or down disengages the parking lock. The transmission is in neu-
tral N.
In order to shift from park position Pdirectly
into Ror D:
R depress the brake pedal and
R push the DIRECT SELECT lever up or down
past the first point of resistance Engaging parkp
ositionPautomatically Park position
Pis automatically engaged if:
R you switch off the engine using the key and
remove the key
R you switch off the engine using the key or
using the Start/Stop button and open the
driver's door or front-passenger door
R you open the driver's door when the vehicle
is stationary or driving at very low speed
and the transmission is in position Dor R
Under certain conditions, the automatic
transmission shifts automatically to transmis-
sion position Pif the HOLD function or
DISTRONIC PLUS is activated. Observe the
information on the HOLD function
(Y page 229) and on DISTRONIC PLUS
(Y page 222).
Engaging reverse gear R !
Only shift the automatic transmission to
R
when the vehicle is stationary.
X If the transmission is in position Dor N:
push the DIRECT SELECT lever up past the first point of resistance.
X If the transmission is in position P:depress
the brake pedal and push the DIRECT
SELECT lever up past the first point of
resistance.
The ECO start/stop function is not available
when reverse gear is engaged. For further
information on the ECO start/stop function;
see (Y page 183).
Shifting to neutral N G
WARNING
If children are left unsupervised in the vehicle, they can:
R open doors and endanger other persons or
road users
R climb out and be injured by the traffic
R operate vehicle equipment and, for exam-
ple, trap themselves. Automatic transmission
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