MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SALOON 2017 Owners Manual

Changing
the front bulbs (vehicles with halo‐
ge n headla mps) Fi
tting/ removing the co ver on the front
wheel ar ch
Re quirements:
R The lighting sy stem is switched off.
R The appropriate front wheel is turned
in wa rds. #
Remo val (left-hand side of theve hicle):
using a scr ewdriver, turn rotating catches 1
clo ckwise as far as they will go.
Co ver2 isreleased. #
Remo val (right-hand side of theve hicle):
using a scr ewdriver, turn rotating catches 1
anti-clo ckwise as far as they will go.
Co ver2 isreleased. #
Remo vecover2. #
Tofit: inse rtco ver2 into the wheel ar ch
liner.
R Left-hand side of theve hicle: using a
scr ewdriver, turn rotating catches 1
anti-clo ckwise as far as they will go.
R Right-hand side of theve hicle: using a
scr ewdriver, turn rotating catches 1
clo ckwise as far as they will go.
Co ver2 is loc ked.
Re placing bulbs in the halo gen headla mp
Requ irements:
R Main beam/dipped beam: bulb, type
H7 55 W. R
Turn signal light: bulb, type PY 21W.
R The lighting sy stem is switched off.
R The co ver in the front wheel ar chhas been
re mo ved.
R The engine bonn etis open. 1
Dipped beam
2 Main beam/turn signal light 13 8
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#
Turn there leva nt housing co ver anti-clock‐
wise and remo veit. #
Main beam/dipped beam: turnthe soc ket
anti-clockwise and remo veit. #
Turn signal light: turnthe soc ket anti-clo ck‐
wise, unlock and remo veit. #
Pull the bulb out of the soc ket. #
Inse rtthe new bulb into the soc ket so that
th e entire base of the bulb is resting on the
bottom of the soc ket. #
Inse rtsoc ket and turn it clo ckwise. #
Press on the housing co ver and turn it clock‐
wise. #
Replace the co ver in the front wheel ar ch. Changing
there ar bulbs (vehicles with halo‐
ge n headla mps) Opening and closing
the side trim panels in
th e boot #
Toopen: release right-hand or left-hand side
trim panels 1atthe side and remo ve. #
Toclose: reinse rtside trim panel 1.
Re placing the tail lamp bulbs
Re quirements:
R Turn signal light: bulb, type PY 21W.
R Reversing light: bulb, type W 16W.
R The lighting sy stem is switched off. R
The side trim panel in the boot is open. #
Press the upper and lo wer catch on the plug
to ge ther and remo vethe plug. #
Press tab1 outwards and remo vethe bulb
mount. Light and sight
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#
Turn signal light: press bulb2gently into
th e bulb mount, turn it anti-clockwise and
re mo veit from the bulb mount. #
Insert the new bulb into the bulb mount and
turn it clockwise. #
Reversing light: pull bulb3out of the bulb
mount. #
Insert the new bulb into the bulb mount. #
Insert the bulb mount again. #
Insert the plug until the catch hooks engage
audibl y. #
Close the side trim panel. Wi
ndscreen wipers and windscreen washer
sy stem Switching
the windscreen wipers on/off 1
gWindsc reen wipers off
2 Ä Intermittent wiping, normal
3 Å Intermittent wiping, frequent 4
° Continuous wiping, slow
5 ¯ Continuous wiping, fast #
Turn the combination switch tothe cor rect
position 1-5. #
Single wipe / washing: pushthe button on
th e combination switch in the direction of
ar row 1.
R í Single wipe
R î Wiping with washer fluid Re
placing the windsc reen wiper blades &
WARNING Risk of becoming trapped if
th e windscreen wipers are switched on
while wiper blades are being replaced
If th e windscreen wipers begin tomo vewhile
yo u are changing the wiper blades, you can
be trapped bythe wiper arm. #
Alw ays switch off the windscreen wip‐
ers and ignition before changing the
wiper blades. 14 0
Light and sight

Moving
the wiper arms toave rtical position #
Set the windscreen wipers tothe° slow
continuous wiping position on the combina‐
tion switch. #
As soon as the wiper arms are vertical rela‐
tive tothe engine bonn et, switch off the igni‐
tion.
Re moving the wiper blades #
Foldthe wiper arms away from the wind‐
shield. #
Hold the wiper arm with one hand. With the
ot her hand, turn the wiper blade in the direc‐
tion of ar row1away from the wiper arm to
th estop. #
Slide catch 2inthe direction of ar row 3
until it engages in there mo val position. #
Remo vethe wiper blade in the direction of
ar row 4away from the wiper arm. Fi
tting the wiper blades #
Inse rtthe new wiper blade into the wiper
arm in the direction of ar row1. #
Slide catch 2inthe direction of ar row 3
until it engages in the locking position. #
Make sure that the wiper blade sits cor rectly. #
Foldthe wiper arms back onto the wind‐
screen. Light and sight
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Maintenance display
#
Remo veprotective film 1 ofthe mainte‐
nance display on the tip of the newly fitted
wiper blades.
If th e colour of the maintenance display changes
from black to yellow, the wiper blades should be
re placed. %
The duration of the colour change varies
depending on the usage conditions. Mir
rors Operating
the outside mir rors &
WARNING Risk of inju rythro ugh adjust‐
ing vehicle settings while theve hicle is in
motion
Yo u could lose cont rol of theve hicle in the
fo llowing situations:
R ifyo u adjust the driver's seat, the head
re stra ints, thesteering wheel or the mir‐
ro r while theve hicle is in motion
R ifyo ufast enyour seat belt while theve hi‐
cle is in motion #
Before starting the engine: adjust the
driver's seat, the head restra ints, the
st eering wheel or the mir ror and fasten
yo ur seat belt. &
WARNING Risk of accident due tomis‐
judgement of dis tances when using the
outside mir ror
The outside mir rors reflect objects on a
smaller scale. The objects in view are in fact
closer than they appear.
As a result, you may misjud gethe dis tance
between you and thero ad user driving
behind you, e.g. when changing lanes. #
Therefore, alw ays look over your shoul‐
der in order toensure that you are
aw are of the actual dis tance between
yo u and thero ad users driving behind
yo u. 14 2
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Fo
lding the outside mir rors in/out #
Brief lypress switch 1.
% Ifth e battery has been disconnected or com‐
ple tely discharged, the outside mir rors must
be reset. Only then will the automatic mir ror
fo lding function workproperly. Ad
justing the outside mir rors #
Press the3 or4 buttons toselect the out‐
side mir rorto be set. #
Press the2 button toset the position of the
mir rorgl ass.
Engaging the outside mir rors #
Vehicles without electrically folding outside
mir rors: manually mo vethe outside mir ror
into the cor rect position. #
Vehicles with electrically folding outside mir‐
ro rs: press and hold button 1.
Yo u will hear a click and the mir ror audibly
engage in position. The outside mir ror is set
in the cor rect position. Au
tomatic anti-dazzle mir rors function &
WARNING Risk of bu rns and poisoning
due tothe anti-dazzle mir ror electrolyte
Electrolyte may escape if theglass in an
automatic anti-dazzle mir ror breaks. The electrolyte is harmful and causes ir
rita‐
tion. It mu stnot come into contact wi thyour
skin, eyes,respiratory organs or clo thing or
be swallo wed. #
Ifyo u come into contact with electro‐
ly te , obser vethefo llowing:
R Rinse the electrolyte from your skin
and seek medical attention immedi‐
atel y.
R If electrolyte comes into contact
with your eyes, rinse them thor‐
oughly with clean water and seek
medical attention immediately.
R Ifth e electrolyte is swallo wed,
immediately rinse your mouth out
th oroughly. Do not induce vomiting.
Seek medical attention immediately.
R Immedia tely ch ange out of clo thing
which has come into con tact wi th
electrolyte.
R If an allergic reaction occurs, seek
medical attention immediatel y. Light and sight
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The inside
rear-view mir ror and the outside mir‐
ro r on the driver's side automatically go into
anti-dazzle mode if light from a headlamp hits
th e inside rear-view mir ror.
Sy stem limitations
The sy stem does not go into anti-dazzle mode in
th efo llowing situations:
R the engine is switched off.
R reve rsege ar is engaged
R the interior lighting is switched on Fu
nction of the passenger outside mir ror
parking position %
The pa rking position is available on ly invehi‐
cles with a memory function.
The parking position makes parking easier.
The passenger outside mir ror tilts down wards
and sho ws there ar wheel on the front passenger
side in thefo llowing situations:
R the parking position is stored (→ page144)
R the passenger mir ror is selected
R reve rsege ar is engaged The passenger outside mir
ror mo ves back toits
original position in thefo llowing situations:
R ifyo u shift the transmission toano ther trans‐
mission position
R at speeds greater than 15 km/h
R ifyo u press the button forth e outside mir ror
on the driver's side St
oring the pa rking position of the
pa ssenger outside mir ror using reve rsege ar St
oring #
Select the passenger outside mir ror using
button 2. #
Engage reve rsege ar. #
Movethe passenger outside mir ror into the
desired parking position using button 1.14 4
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Calling up
#
Select the passenger outside mir ror using
button 2. #
Engage reve rsege ar.
The passenger outside mir ror mo vesto the
st ored parking position. Ac
tivating/deactivating the automatic mir ror
fo lding function Multimedia sy
stem:
, Vehicle .
Vehicle settings .
Auto-
matic mirror-folding function #
Activate Oor deacti vate ª the function. Operating
the sun visors
Using the single sun visor #
Glarefrom the front: fold sun visor 1
down. #
Glare from the side: swing sun visor 1to
th e side. #
Vehicles with an extendable sun visor: slide
sun visor 1horizontal lyas requ ired.
Using the additional sun visor Light and sight
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#
Vehicles with an additional sun visor: fold
additional sun visor 2down. Infrared
reflective windscreen The inf
rare dre flective windscreen is coated and
pr eve nts an excessive build-up of heat in the
ve hicle interior.
The coating shields theve hicle interior against
ra dio waves up into the gigahertz range.
Ra dio-contro lled equipment, such as toll sys‐
te ms, can only be mounted on areas of the wind‐
screen which are permeable toradio waves1. Areas permeable
toradio wav es1 are best visi‐
ble from outside theve hicle when the wind‐
screen is illuminated using an extern al light
source. 14 6
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Overview of climate control sy
stems Note
s on climate control Ve
hicles with THERMOTRONIC automatic cli‐
mate control: an interior airfilter must alw ays
be used so that the air conditioning sy stem, the
pollution le vel monitoring and the air filtering
function workcor rectly. Ma kesure that thefilter
is ins talled cor rectly and thefilter housing in the
engine compartment is closed cor rectly using
th e cap and alw ays tightly sealed when in opera‐
tion. Use filters recommended and appr ovedby
Mercedes-Benz. Alw ays ha veservice workcar‐
ri ed out at a qualified specialist workshop. THERMATIC control panel
overview The indicator lamps in
the buttons indicate that
th e cur rent function is acti vated. 1
w Toset the driver's side temp erature
2 _ Toset the air distribution
3 H Toset the air flow or switch off climate
control
4 Ã Toset climate contro lto automatic
mode (→ page149)
5 ¬ Todemist the windscreen 6
Vehicles without a stationary heater: t
to call up the air conditioning menu
Ve hicles with a stationary heater: !to
call up the air conditioning menu, toswitch
th ere sidual heat on/off (→ page151)
7 ¤ Toswitch there ar wind owheater
on/off
8 Vehicles without a stationary heater: 0
to switch the synchronisation on/off
(→ page 150)
Ve hicles with a stationary heater: &to
switch thest ationary heater on/off
(→ page 153)
9 g Toswitch air-recirculation mode on/off
(→ page 150)
A ¿ Toswitch the A/C function on/off
(→ page 149)
B w Toset the front passenger side tem‐
perature THERMOTRONIC control panel
overview The indicator lamps in
the buttons indicate that
th e cur rent function is acti vated. Climate control
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