MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SALOON 2021 Owners Manual

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Before you /r stdrive o., read this Owner's Man-
ual carefully and familiarise yourself with your
ve hicle. Foryo ur ow n sa fety and a longer operat-
ing lifespan of theve hicle, follow the inst ructions
and warning notices in this Owner's Manual. Dis-
re ga rding them may lead todamage totheve hicle
or injury topeople.
The standard equipment and product description
of your vehicle may vary and depends on thefo l-
lowing factors:
R model
R order
R national version
R availability
Yo ur vehicle may therefore di.er, in individual
cases, from that shown in the descriptions and
illust rations.
The illustrations in this Owner's Manual show a
leT-hand drive vehicle. On right-hand-d rive ve hi-
cles, the la yout of car parts and control elements
di.ers accordingl y. Mercedes-Benz is constantly de
veloping its vehi-
cles fu rther.
Mercedes-Benz therefore reser vesth eright to
introduce changes in thefo llowing areas:
R design
R equipment
R tech nical features
The following documents are integ ral parts of the
ve hicle:
R Digital Owner's Manual
R printed Owner's Manual
R service booklet
R equipment-dependent supplements
R supplemen tary documents
Ke ep these documents in theve hicle at all times.
Ensu rethat all documents are in theve hicle or
passed on in theev ent of sale or rental.
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Symbols
Symbols
.......................................................... 5 5A
A
t a glance
t a glance ...................................................... 6 6
Co ckpit ........................................................... 6
Cockpit (Plug-in-Hybrid) ................................ .10
Indicator and warning lamps .......................... 12
Overhead control panel ................................. 14
Door operating unit and seat adjustment .......16
Emer gencies and breakdowns ....................... 18 Digit Digit
al Owner's Manual
al Owner's Manual ................................. 20 20
Calling up the Digital Owner's Manual ............ 20
Calling up the Digital Owner's Manual ............ 21 Gener
Gener
al not
al not es
es............................................... 23 23
Pr otection of the environment ....................... 23
Ta ke -back of end-of-life vehicles .................... 23
Mercedes-Benz Genuine Parts ........................ 24
Owner's Manual ............................................ 25
Operating saf ety ............................................ 25
Declarations of con form ity and no tes on
driving in di.erent countries .......................... 28
Diagnostics connection ................................. 35 Quali/ed specialist
workshop ........................ 37
Ve hicle registration ....................................... 37
Cor rect use of theve hicle ............................. 37
Information on the REACH regulation ............. 38
No tesfo r persons with electronic medical
aids .............................................................. 38
Implied warranty .......................................... .39
QR code forre scue card .............................. .39
Data storage .................................................39
Copyright ...................................................... 42 Occupant safe Occupant safe
ty
ty............................................ 43 43
Re straint system .......................................... .43
Seat belts .................................................... .45
Airbags ......................................................... 50
PRE-SAFE ®
system ........................................ 56
Safely transporting children in theve hicle ...... 58
No tes on pets in theve hicle .......................... 77 Opening and closing Opening and closing
...................................... 78 78
Ke y .............................................................. .78
Doors ............................................................ 81
Boot .............................................................. 86
Side windo ws................................................ 91 Sliding sunroof .............................................. 94
Ro
ller sunblinds ............................................. 98
Anti-theT pr otection ...................................... 99 Seats and sto Seats and sto
wing
wing....................................... 103 103
No tes on the cor rect driver's seat position .. 103
Seats ......................................................... .104
St eering wheel ............................................ 113
Easy entry and exitfeature .......................... 115
Memory function ......................................... 116
St owa geareas ............................................ 118
Soc kets ....................................................... 129
Wi reless charging of the mobile phone
and connection with theex terior aerial ........ 130
Fi tting and removing the 0oor mats ............. 132 Light and sight Light and sight
............................................ 134 134
Exterior lighting ........................................... 134
Interior lighting ............................................ 142
Wi ndsc reen wipers and windscreen
wa sher system ............................................ 144
Mir rors ........................................................ 146
Area permeable toradio waves on the
windscreen ................................................ .149 2 2
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Infrared-re0ective windscreen function ........ 149
Climat
Climat
e contr
e contr ol
ol.......................................... .150
150
Overview of climate control systems ............ 150
Operating the climate control system .......... 151 Dr
Dr
iving and par
iving and par king
king..................................... 164 164
Driving ........................................................1 64
DY NAMIC SELECT switch ........................... .183
Au tomatic transmission .............................. .186
Fu nction of the 4MATIC ...............................1 90
Re fuelling .................................................... 190
Charging the high-voltage battery (plug-in
hy brid) ........................................................ 196
Pa rking .......................................................2 08
Driving and driving saf ety sy stems ............... 216
Tr ailer hitch ................................................ .272
Bicycle rack function ................................... 278
Ve hicle towing instructions .......................... 280 Ins
Ins
tr
trument displa
ument displa y and on-boar
y and on-boar d com-
d com-
put
put er
er........................................................... 281 281
No tes on the inst rument display and on-
board computer .......................................... 281
Overview of instrument display .................... 282
Overview of buttons on the steering wheel ... 283
Operating the on-board computer ................2 83
Fu nction of the po wer me ter (plug-in
hy brid) ........................................................ 285
Fu nction of the electric mo tor po wer
av ailability displ ay(plug-in hybrid) ................ 285
Displaying the po wer me ter (plug-in
hy brid) ........................................................ 286
Overview of displa yson the inst rument
display ........................................................ 286
Head-up display .......................................... 287 LIN LIN
GUA
GUA TR
TRONIC
ONIC .......................................... .290
290
No tes on operating saf ety .......................... .290
Operation .................................................... 290
Using LINGU ATRO NIC e.ectively ................ .292
Essential voice commands .......................... 293 MBUX multimedia syst
MBUX multimedia syst
em
em............................ 311 311
Overview and operation ...............................3 11
System settings .......................................... 321
Plug-in hybrid settings ................................ .326
Na vigation .................................................. .327
Te lephone ................................................... 335
Mercedes me app ....................................... 338
Mercedes-Benz emer gency call system ....... 347
Ra dio, media & TV....................................... 351
Sound settings ............................................ 357 Maint Maint
enance and car
enance and car e
e................................. 359 359
ASS YST PLUS service inter val display .......... 359
Engine compartment ................................... 360
Cleaning and care ....................................... 367 Br Br
eakdo
eakdo wn assist
wn assist ance
ance................................. 374 374
Emer gency .................................................. 374
Flat tyre ...................................................... 376
Battery (vehicle) .......................................... 381
To w- starting or towing away ........................ 387
Electrical fuses ............................................ 392 Contents
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Wheels and tyr
Wheels and tyr
es
es.........................................3 95
395
No tes on noise or unusual handling char-
acteristics ................................................... 395
No tes on regula rly inspecting wheels and
tyres .......................................................... .395
No tes on snow chains ................................. 395
Ty re pressure .............................................. 396
Wheel change ............................................. 400
Emer gency spa rewheel .............................. .410 T
T
ec
ec hnical dat
hnical dat a
a............................................. 412 412
No tes on tech nical data .............................. 412
On-board electronics ................................... 412
Re gula tory radio identi/cation and no tes ..... 414
Ve hicle identi/cation plate, VIN and
engine number overview .............................. 415
Operating 0uids ...........................................4 17
Ve hicle data ................................................ 427
Tr ailer hitch ................................................ .429 Displa
Displa
y messag
y messag es and w
es and war
arning/indicat
ning/indicat or
or
lam
lam ps
ps.......................................................... 433 433
Display message s ....................................... .433
Wa rning and indicator lamps ....................... 499 Inde
Inde
x
x.......................................................... 516 5164
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Contents

In
this Owner's Manual, you will /nd thefo llowing
symbols: &
D
D AN
AN GER
GER Danger due tonot observing the
wa rning notices
Wa rning notices dr awyour attention tohaz-
ards that may endanger your health or life, or
th e health or life of others. #
Obser vethewa rning notices. +
ENVIR
ENVIR
ONMENT
ONMENT AL NO
AL NOTE
TEEnvironmental
damage due tofailure toobser veenviron-
mental no tes Environmen
tal no tes include information on
environmentally responsible behaviour or envi-
ro nmentally responsible disposal. #
Obser veenvironmental no tes. *
N
NO OTE
TE Damage toproperty due tofailure
to obser venotes on material damage No
tes on material damage inform you of risks
which may lead toyour vehicle being dam-
aged. #
Obser venotes on material damage. %
These symbols indicate useful instructions or
fu rther information that could be helpful to
yo u.
# Instruction
(/ page) Further information on a topic
Display Display /eld in the Instrument Dis-
play/media display
4 Highest menu le vel, which is tobe
selected in the multimedia system
5 Releva nt submenus, which are tobe
selected in the multimedia system
*I ndicates a cause Symbols
5
5

6
6
At
a glance – Cockpit

1
Steering wheel gearshiT paddles →
188
2 Combination switch →
136
3 Instrument displ ay →
282
4 DIRECT SELECT le ver →
186
5 Media display →
311
6 Start/stop but ton →
168
7 Calls up MBUX multimedia system applications →
314
8 Climate control systems →
151
9 Glovecompartment →
121
A 002F Hazard warning light system →
136
B Stow age compartment →
121
C Touchpad →
314
D 0063 Controller forvo lume and switching
sound on/o. →
311
E 00D0 Switches the MBUX multimedia system
on/o. →
311
F D Rear-window roller sunblind →
99 G
00D6 ECO start/s top function →
176
H c Active Parking Assist →
266
I 00CC Setstheve hicle le vel →
251
J DYNAMIC SELECT switch →
184
K PASSENGER AIR BAG indicator la mps→
54
L Control panel forth e MBUX multimedia system →
283
M Adjusts the steering wheel manually →
113
N Adjusts the steering wheel electrically →
114
ý Switches the steering wheel heater
on/o. →
115
O Control panel:
On-board computer →
283
Cruise control or variable limi ter →
226
I Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC →
230
P Diagnostics connection →
35
Q Opens the bonnet →
360 At
a glance – Cockpit
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