warning MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SALOON 2021 Owners Manual

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Drive on carefull y. #
Have the brake system checked immediately at a quali/ed specialist workshop. 00E5
ESP ®
wa rning lamp 0ashes *
The yellow ESP ®
wa rning lamp 0ashes while theve hicle is in motion.
One or more wheels ha vereached their grip limit (/ page 219). #
Adapt your driving style tosuit thero ad and weather conditions.
00E5 ESP ®
wa rning lamp lights up *
The yellow ESP ®
wa rning lamp is lit while theve hicle is running.
ESP ®
is malfunctioning.
Other driving systems and driving sa fety systems (e.g. BAS) may also be malfunctioning. #
Notethe messages on the instrument displa y. &
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WARNI NG
ARNI NGRisk of skidding if ESP ®
is malfunctioning
If ESP ®
is malfunctioning, ESP ®
cannot carr y outvehicle stabilisation. In addition, other driving saf ety sy stems are
swit ched o.. #
Drive on carefull y. #
Have ESP ®
ch ecked at a quali/ed specialist workshop. 512
512
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ESP ®
OFF warning lamp *
The yellow ESP ®
OFF warning lamp is lit while theve hicle is running.
ESP ®
is deactivated.
Other driving systems and driving sa fety systems may also be inoperative. &
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WARNING
ARNING Risk of skidding when driving with ESP ®
deactivated
ESP ®
does not act tostabilise theve hicle. The availability of fu rther driving saf ety sy stems is also limi ted. #
Drive on carefull y. #
Deactivate ESP ®
only for as long as the situation requ ires.
If ESP ®
cannot be activated, ESP ®
is malfunctioning. #
Have ESP ®
ch ecked immediately at a quali/ed specialist workshop. #
Obser vethe no tes on deacti vating ESP ®
(/ page 219). Display messages and
warning/indicator lamps
513
513

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0077
Ty re pressure monitoring
system warning lamp 0ashes *The
yellow tyre pressure monitor warning lamp (pressure loss/malfunction) 0ashes for appr oximately one minute and
th en remains lit.
The tyre pressure monitor is malfunctioning. &
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WARNING
ARNING There is a risk of an accident if the tyre pressure monitoring system is malfunctioning
The tyre pressure monitoring system cannot issue a warning if there is pressure loss in one or more of the tyres.
Ty res with insu1cient tyre pressure may impair the driving characteristics as well as steering and braking. #
Have the tyre pressure monitoring system checked at a quali/ed specialist workshop. 0077
Ty re pressure monitoring
system warning lamp lights
up *T
he yellow tyre pressure monitoring system warning lamp (pressure loss/malfunction) is lit.
The tyre pressure monitoring system has de tected tyre pressure loss in at least one of the tyres. &
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WARNING
ARNING Risk of an accident due toinsu1cient tyre pressure
R The tyres can burst.
R The tyres can wearexcessively and/or une venly.
R The driving characteristics as well as the steering and braking may be greatly impaired.
Yo u could then lose control of theve hicle. #
Obser vethere commended tyre pressures. #
Adjust the tyre pressure if necessar y.514
514
Display message
s andwarning/indicator lamps

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ar ning/indicat
ning/indicat or lampP
or lam pP ossible causes/conseq
ossible causes/consequences and uences and0050
0050Solutions
Solutions #
Stop theve hicle in accordance with the tra1c conditions. #
Check the tyre pressure and the tyres. Display messages and
warning/indicator lamps
515
515

BlueTEC
BlueTEC
see AdBlue ®
Bonnet
Bonnet Function (active bonnet)......................... 360
Opening/closing.................................... 360
Boo
Boo t box
t box
see EAS Y-PA CK bo otbox
Boo
Boo t lid
t lid
Closing.................................................... 87
HANDS-FREE ACCESS............................. 89
Locking separatel y................................... 91
Opening................................................... 86
Br
Br ak ak e Assis
e Assist Syst t System
em
see BAS (Brake Assist System)
Br
Br ak
ak e
e0uid
0uid
No tes..................................................... 425
Br
Br ak
ak e f
e f or
orce disce distr tribution
ibution
EBD (Elect ronic Brake forc e Distribu-
tion)....................................................... 221
Br
Br ak
ak es
es
ABS (Anti-lock Braking System).............. 218
Ac tive Brake Assist................................. 238
Ad aptive brake lights.............................. 223 BAS
(Brake Assist System).................... .218
Driving tips............................................1 72
EBD (Electronic Brake forc e Distribu-
tion)....................................................... 221
HOLD function....................................... 221
Limited braking e.ect (salt-treated
ro ads)................................................... .172
Ne w/replaced brake linings/brake
discs...................................................... 170
Ru nning-in no tes.................................... 170
Br
Br ak ak es
es
see Recuperation
Br
Br aking assist
aking assist ance
ance
see BAS (Brake Assist System)
Br
Br eakdo
eakdo wn
wn
Overvi ewofthe help functions.................18
To w- starting........................................... 392
To wing away.......................................... 388
Tr anspo rting theve hicle........................ .390
Wheel chang e........................................ 405
Br
Br eakdo
eakdo wn
wn
see Flat tyre
Butt
Butt ons
ons
St eering wheel....................................... 283 C
C
Calls
Calls Mercedes me......................................... 338
Camera
Camera Information............................................ 216
Camera Camera see 360° Camera
see Dashcam
see Reversing camera
Car key
Car key
see Key
Car w Car w ash
ash
see Care
Car w
Car w ash (car
ash (car e)
e)............................................ 367
Car
Car -t
-to-X
o-X -Communication
-Communication
Displaying hazard warnings.................... 332
Care
Care 360° camera......................................... 370
Air-water duct........................................ 367
Automatic car wash.............................. .367
Carpet................................................... 372
Decorative foil........................................ 369
Display................................................... 372 520 520
Index

0075
Restraint sys. malfunction Con-
sult workshop ....................................... .434
003D See Owner's Manual..................... 487
Ù Steering malfunction Increased
ph ysical e.ort See Owner's Manual....... 455
Ù Steering malfunction Stop
immediately See Owner's Manual ........... 455
0080 Stop Switch engine o................... 450
003D Stop vehicle Lea veengine run-
ning ....................................................... 488
003D Stop vehicle See Owner's Man-
ual......................................................... 487
00CC Stop vehicle Vehicle too low .......... 479
ç suspended .................................... 470
: Switch o. lights............................ 441
: Switch on headlamps .................... 441
00B4 Tank is dep ressurised Ready for
re fuelling ............................................... 451
00B4 Tank ventilation Malfunction
Consult workshop ................................. .452 á
temp orarily una vailable Camera
view restric ted....................................... 478
¸ temp orarily una vailable Sensors
dirty....................................................... 477
00C8 Top up AdBlue Emer gency op. in
XXX miles See Owner's Manual.............. 494
00BD Top up coolant See Owner ’s
Manual.................................................. 458
00B2 Top up washer 0uid...................... .457
u Towing not permitted See Own-
er's Manual ............................................ 446
ï Trailer coupling extending…........... 453
0024 Turn on the ignition torelease
th e parking brake ................................... 467
0072 Vehicle is operational Switch o.
ignition before exiting............................. 452
00CC Vehicle rising Please wait.............. 480
00CC Vehicle rising ................................ 480
0077 Warning tyre defect....................... 491
0077 Wheel sensor(s) missing ................ 49000C8
XX,X l Top up AdBlue Swit chon
ignition, wait 60 sec. or eng. start not
poss...................................................... 495
"Electric" drive prog ram cur rently
una vailable............................................. 448
Ac tive Blind Spot Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 475
Ac tive Blind Spot Assist inoperative........ 475
Ac tive Blind Spot Assist not available
when towing a trailer See Owner's
Manual.................................................. 476
Ac tive bonnet malfunction See Own-
er's Manual............................................ 455
Ac tive Brake Assist Functions cur-
re ntly limi ted See Owner's Manual .........484
Ac tive Brake Assist Functions limited
See Owner's Manual.............................. 485
Ac tive Distance Assist available again ..... 471
Ac tive Distance Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 470526 526
Index

Ac
tive Distance Assist inoperative.......... 471
Ac tive Lane Keeping Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 476
Ac tive Lane Keeping Assist inoperative... 476
Ac tive Steering Assist cur rently
una vailable due tomultiple emer-
ge ncy stops........................................... 472
Ac tive Steering Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 472
Ac tive Steering Assist inoperative...........4 72
Ac tive Stop-and-Go Assist cur rently
una vailable see Owner's Manual .............473
Ac tive Stop-and-Go Assist inoperative
See Owner's Manual.............................. 473
Ad aptive Highbeam Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 442
Ad aptive Highbeam Assist inoperative ....4 42
Ad aptive Highbeam Assist Plus cur-
re ntly una vailable See Owner's Manual ... 443Ad
aptive Highbeam Assist Plus inop-
erative.................................................. .443
Apply brake todeselect Park (P) posi-
tion....................................................... .461
Apply brake toselect D or R ...................461
Apply brake toselect R .......................... 461
Au xiliary battery malfunction (red dis-
play message) ....................................... .463
Au xiliary battery malfunction (white
displ aymessage) .................................... 463
Beginning emer gency stop..................... 472
Blind Spot Assist cur rently una vailable
See Owner's Manual.............................. 474
Blind Spot Assist inoperative.................. 474
Blind Spot Assist not available when
to wing a trailer See Owner's Manual ...... 475
Cann otstart engine See Owner's
Manual.......................................... 458, 489
Charging fault Please change charging
me thod See Owner's Manual .................448 Charging me
thod cur rently una vaila-
ble Please try again or change charg-
ing me thod............................................ 448
Check brake pads See Owner's Man-
ual........................................................ .467
Check tyre pressures then restart Run
Flat Indicator......................................... 493
Cruise control and Limiter inoperative.... 469
Cruise control inoperative...................... 469
Cruise control o....................................4 69
Device de tected at diagnostics con-
nection See Owner's Manual................. .486
Fr ont-passenger airbag disabled See
Owner's Manual .................................... .436
Fr ont-passenger airbag enabled See
Owner's Manual .................................... .437
Hazard warning lamps malfunctioning .... 443
Head-up display cur rently una vailable
See Owner's Manual.............................. 454
Head-up display inoperative ...................455 Index
527 527

Ending
thech arging process (alternat-
ing cur rent, mode 2/3).......................... 207
Energy 0ow displa y................................. 326
General no tes on chargin g.................... .196
No tes on charging (charging station,
mode 3)................................................ .199
No tes on charging (mains soc ket,
mode 2)................................................. 198
No tes on charging (wallbox, mode 3)...... 199
Ra nge.................................................... 428
Setting the maximum possible charg-
ing cur rent (mains soc ket)...................... 200
St ow ing thech arging cable.................... 196
Ty pe....................................................... 428
Vo ltage types......................................... 428
Hill St
Hill Star
art Assist
t Assist............................................ 222
HOLD function
HOLD function
Function/no tes...................................... 221
Switching on/o..................................... 222
Home scr
Home scr een (media displa
een (media displa y)
y)
Overview................................................ 313
Hooking t
Hooking t he lugg
he lugg ag
age net
e net.............................. .124 Hybr
Hybr id syst
id syst em
em
Con/guring settings via the multime-
dia system............................................. 326
Manual swit ch-o................................... .165
Hybr
Hybr id syst id syst em
em
see Battery operation
see Electric drive I I
i-Size c
i-Size c hild seat secur
hild seat secur ing syst
ing system
em
Fi tting...................................................... 66
Seats suitable for attaching...................... 66
Identi/cation
Identi/cation plate
plate
Engine................................................... 415
Ve hicle.................................................. 415
Ignition key
Ignition key
see Key
Immediat
Immediat e pr
e pre-entr
e-entr y climat
y climat e contr
e control
ol............ .157
Immobiliser
Immobiliser .................................................... 99
Im
Im plied w
plied w arr
arranty
anty
Ve hicle..................................................... 39
In-Car
In-Car O1ce
O1ce
Fe atures................................................ 344 Indicat
Indicat
or lamp
or lamp
see Warning/indicator lamp
Individual dr
Individual dr iv
ive pr
e pr ogr
ogram
am
Con/guring............................................ 185
Selecting............................................... 184
Inspection Inspection see ASS YST PLUS
Ins
Instr trument clust
ument clust er
er
Fu nction/no tes.............................. 281, 282
Ins
Ins tr
trument display
ument display
Fu nction/no tes...................................... 282
Instrument clus ter.................................... 12
Overview of displa ys............................... 286
Wa rning/indicator lamps........................ 499
Ins
Instr trument displa
ument displa y and on-boar
y and on-boar d com-
d com-
put
put er
er
Fu nction/no tes...................................... 281
Int
Int ellig
ellig ent Light Syst
ent Light Syst em
em
Ac tivating/deactivating.......................... 138
Ac tive headlamps................................... 137
Ad aptive Highbeam Assis t...................... 139
Ad aptive Highbeam Assist Plu s............... 140
Bad weather light................................... 138
City lighting........................................... .138 Index
533
533

Cornering light....................................... 137
Fo g light (enhanced).............................. 138
Mo torw ay mode.................................... .138
Overview................................................ 137
Int
Int ellig
ellig ent oper
ent oper ating-mode s
ating-mode str trat
at egy
egy
see Route-based operating-mode strategy
Int
Int er
erior lighting
ior lighting
Ad justing............................................... 142
Ambient lighting.................................... .143
Re ading lamp......................................... 142
Switch-o. delay time.............................. 143
Int
Int er
erior pr ot
ior pr otection
ection
Fu nction................................................ 101
Priming/deactivating............................. 102
Int
Int er
erne
ne t r
t radio
adio
see TuneIn
Ionisation
Ionisation Activating/deactivating (MBUX multi-
media system)....................................... 153
iPhone
iPhone ®
®
see Smartphone integ ration
ISOFIX c
ISOFIX c hild seat anc
hild seat anc hor
hor
Seats suitable for attaching...................... 65 ISOFIX c
ISOFIX c
hild seat secur
hild seat secur ing syst
ing syst em
em
Fi tting...................................................... 66 J
J
Jack
Jack Declaration of conformity......................... 34
Storage location.................................... .404
Jum Jum p-st
p-st ar
art connection
t connection
General no tes....................................... .383 K
K
K
K e
ey
y
Ac oustic locking veri/cation signal.......... .79
Ac tivating/deactivating pre-entry cli-
mate control.......................................... 155
Battery..................................................... 80
Deactivating a function............................ 79
Emer gency key......................................... 80
Energy consum ption................................ 79
Fu nction overview.................................... 78
Ke yring attachment................................. 80
Problem................................................... 81
Unlocking setting..................................... 79 KEYLESS-GO KEYLESS-GO
Deactivating a function............................ 79
Locking/unlocking theve hicle................. 83
Problem................................................... 84
Unlocking setting.................................... .79
Kic Kic kdo
kdo wn
wn
Using..................................................... 189
Knee airbag Knee airbag.................................................... 50 L L
Lamp
Lamp see Interior lighting
Lam
Lam p (ins
p (instr trument displa
ument displa y)
y)
see Warning/indicator lamp
Lane det
Lane det ection (aut
ection (aut omatic)
omatic)
see Active Lane Keeping Assist
Lane K
Lane K eeping Assist
eeping Assist
see Active Lane Keeping Assist
Language
Language Notes..................................................... 325
Setting................................................... 325
Lev
Lev el contr
el control syst ol system
em
see AIR BODY CONTROL 534
534
Index

Light adjus
Light adjustment
tment
Low beam (driving abroad)..................... 134
Light switch
Light switch
Overview................................................ 134
Lighting
Lighting
see Interior lighting
see Lights
Lights Lights Active headlamps................................... 137
Ad aptive Highbeam Assis t...................... 139
Ad aptive Highbeam Assist Plu s............... 140
Au tomatic driving lights......................... .135
Bad weather light................................... 138
City lighting........................................... .138
Combination switc h............................... 136
Cornering light....................................... 137
Driving abroad (low beam light adjust-
ment)..................................................... 134
Fo g light (enhanced).............................. 138
Hazard warning lights............................. 136
Headlamp 0ashing................................. 136
High beam............................................. 136
Intelligent Light System..........................1 37
Light switch........................................... 134
Low beam.............................................. 134 Mo
torw ay mode.................................... .138
Pa rking lights......................................... 134
Re ar fog light......................................... 134
Re sponsibility for lighting systems.......... 134
Setting low beam................................... 142
Setting theex terior lighting switch-o.
delay time.............................................. 142
St anding lights....................................... 134
Switching the Intelligent Light System
on/o....................................................1 38
Switching the sur round lighting on/o.... 142
Tu rn signal indicator............................... 136
Limit
Limit er er
Ac tivating............................................... 226
Buttons.................................................. 226
Calling up a speed................................. 226
Deactivating........................................... 226
Fu nction................................................ 225
Maximum design speed.......................... 183
Pa ssive mode......................................... 225
Pe rm anent setting.................................. 228
Re quirements........................................ 226
Selecting............................................... 226
Setting a speed...................................... 226
St oring a speed.............................. 226, 230 Switching o./deactivating....................
.230
Switching on/activating......................... 230
System limits......................................... 225
Limiting speed
Limiting speed
see Limiter
LIN LIN GUA
GUA TR
TRONIC
ONIC
Ac oustic aids........................................ .292
Fu nction................................................ 316
Impr oving voice qualit y........................... 293
Langua gesetting.................................... 291
Media pla yervo ice commands............... 303
Message voice commands.....................3 06
Multifunction steering wheel (opera-
tion)....................................................... 290
Na vigation voice commands...................2 95
No tes on thevo ice commands............... 293
Online voice control............................... 293
Operable functions................................. 291
Operating saf ety.................................... 290
Ra dio voice commands.......................... 302
Setting (MBUX multimedia system)......... 292
St arting................................................ .317
Switch voice commands......................... 294
Te lephone voice controls........................ 300
Te xt message voice commands.............. 306 Index
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