lock MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN 2017 W213 Owner's Manual

PRE-SAFE®
Information on PRE-SAFE®(anticipatory
occupant pr otection)
PRE- SAFE®is able todetect cer tain critical driv‐
ing situations and implementp re-em ptivem eas‐
ures toprotect thev ehicle occupants.
PRE-SAFE
®can implement thef ollowing meas‐
ures independentl yofeacho ther:
RTighten thes eat belts on thed rive r's seat
and front passenger seat.
RClose thes ide windo ws.
RVehicles with sliding sunroof: Closethe
sliding sunroof.
RVe hicles with memor yfunction: Movethe
front passenger seattoa morefavorable
seat position.
RVe hicles with multicontour seat: Increase
th ea ir pressur einthe seat side bols ters of
th es eat backrest.
RPRE-SAFE®Sound: pr ovided that them ulti‐
media sy stem is switched on, generates a brie
fnoise signaltos timulatethe innat epro‐
te ctiv em echanism of aperson's hea ring.
* NO
TEDama gecaused byobject sinthe
fo ot we ll or behindt he seat
The automatic adjustment of thes eat posi‐
tion ma yresult in damag etothe seat and/or
th eo bject.
#Stow object sinas uitable place.
Reversing theP RE- SAFE®measures
If an accident did no toccur ,the pre-e mptive
measures that weretaken ar ereversed. You
will need toper form certain settings your‐
self.
#If th es eat belt pre-tensioning is no treduced,
mo vethes eat backres tbacks lightl y.
The locking mechanism releases.
PRE- SAFE®PLUS (anticipa tory occupant pro‐
te ction plus)
PRE-SAFE®PLUS can de tect cer tain impacts,
particularly an imminent rear impact ,and take
pre-e mptivem easure stoprotect thev ehicle
occupants. These measures canno tnecessarily
pr eve nt an imminent impact.
PRE-SAFE
®PLUS can implement thef ollowing
measures independentl yofeacho ther:
RTightening thes eat belts on thed rive r's seat
and front passenger seat.
If an accidentd oes notoccur ,the pre-emp‐
tiv em easures that we retake na re re versed .
RIncre asingb rake pressur ewhen thev ehicle
is stationar y.This brak eapplication is can‐
celed automatically when thev ehicle pulls
aw ay.
PRE-SAFE
®PLUS sy stem limitationsRNo me asures ar eimp lemented:
-Ifth ev ehicle is backing up.
RThe brakes ar enotapplied:
-Whils tdriving.
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Occupant saf ety

Ifyo udon otopen thev ehicle within appr ox‐
imatel y40seconds af teru nlocking:
RThe vehicle is loc keda gain
RAnti- theftp rotection is reactivated
Do no tkeep thek eytoget her wit helectronic
devices or me talo bjects. This can af fect the
ke y's functionalit y.
% If batter ychec klamp 2does no tlight up
af te rp ressing the% or& button, the
batter yisdischar ged.
Ac tivating/deactivatin gthe acoustic lo cking
ve rification signal
Multimedia sy stem:,Vehicle.Vehicle Settings.Acoustic
Lock
#Ac tivate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction.
Priming/deactivating thep anic ala rm
PrerequisitesRIgnition switched off.
#Toprime: press button 1fora pproxima tely
one second .
Av isual and audibl ealarmist riggered.
#To deactivate: brieflyp ress but ton1 again.
or
#Press thes tart/s topb utton on thec ockpit
(the SmartK eyis inside thev ehicle).
Changing theu nlocking settings
Possible unlocking functions of thek ey:
RCentral unlocking
RUnlocking thed rive r's door and fuel filler flap
#To switc hbetwe en settings: pressthe
% and& buttonss imultaneousl yfor
appr oximatel ysix seconds until theb attery
ch eckl am pflashes twice.
If th eu nlocking function fort he driver's door
and fuel filler flap has been selecte d:
RPressingthe% button asecondt ime cen‐
trally unloc ksthev ehicle.
RVehicles with KEYLESS-GO: Ifyo ut ouch
th ei nner sur face of thed oor handle on the
driver's door ,onlyt he driver's door and fuel
fi ller flap ar eunlocked.
Re ducing the energy consu mptionoft he
SmartK ey
Ifyo udon otintendtou sethev ehicle fora n
ex tende dperio doft ime,youc an deactivat ethe
fo llowing function sonthe SmartK ey.
RKEYLESS-GO startin gfunction
RKEYLESS-GO
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Opening and closing

Prerequisites
Your equir eaCR2 0323Vc ell batter y.
Mercedes-Benzr ecommendsthat youh avet he
batter yreplaced at aqualified specialis twork‐
shop.
#Re mo vethee mer gency key(→pag e57).
#Press release button 2down full yand
re mo vecover1.
#Re mo vebatter ycompartment 3.
#Insertthe ne wbatter yintob atter ycompart‐
ment 3.O bservethep ositiv epole marking
in theb atter ycompartmen tand on theb at‐
te ry.
#Push in batter ycompartment 3.
#Replace co ver1 sothat it engages.
Problemsw itht he SmartK ey
Problem
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
Yo uc an no longe rloc koru nlockthe
ve hicle. Po
ssible causes are:
RThe SmartK eybatter yisdischar gedorn early dischar ged.
RTher eisi nterfere nce from apowe rful radio signal source.
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ProblemPossible causes/consequences and MSolutions
RThe SmartKeyisfaulty.
#Chec kthe batter yusing theb atter ychec klam pand replace if necessar y.
#Usethee mer gency keytol ockoru nlockthe vehicle .
#Ha ve theS martK eycheckedataq ualified specialis tworks hop.
Yo uh ave lostaS martK ey.
#Ha ve theS martK eydeactivated at aqualified specialis tworks hop.
#If necessar y,ha ve them echanical locking mechanism changed as well.
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Doors
Unlocking and opening door sfromt he inside
#Tounlo ckand open afront door: pulldoor
handle 2.
Locking pin 1pops up whe nthe door is
unloc ked.
#To unlo ckarear door: pullther ear door
handle.
The locking pin pops up when ther ear door
is unloc ked.
#To open arear door: pullther ear door han‐
dle again.
Locking/unlocking thev ehicle centrall yfrom
th ei nside
#To unlo ck:press button 1.
#Tolock: press button 2.
This does no tloc koru nlockthe fuel filler flap.
The vehicle is no tunloc ked:
RIfyo uh ave lockedt he vehicle using the
SmartK ey.
RIfyo uh avel oc kedt he vehicle using KEY‐
LESS-GO.
Locking and unlocking thev ehicle wit hKEY‐
LESS-GO
Prerequisite sRThe SmartKeymus tbeo utsidethe vehicle.
RThe dis tance betwee nthe SmartK eyand the
ve hicle mus tnotexc eed 3ft(1m ).
RThe driver's door and thed oor of theh andle
being used mus tbothbec losed.
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Openin gand closing

#Tounlo ckthev ehicle: touc ht he inner sur‐
fa ce of thed oor handle.
#Toloc kthe vehicle: touc hs ensor sur face
1 or2.
#Co nvenience closing: touc hr ecessed sen‐
sor sur face 2 forane xtende dperiod.
% Forfurther information on con venience clos‐
ing (
→pa ge 72).
If yo up ulltheh andle of thet runk lid, thet runk
lid is automaticall yunloc ked.
Problems wit hKEYLESS-GO
Problem
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
Yo uc an no longe rloc koru nlockthe
ve hicle using KEYLESS-GO. Po
ssible causes are:
RKEYLESS-GO has been deactivated (→pag e56).
RThe SmartK eybatter yisdischar gedorn early dischar ged.
RTher eisi nterfere nce from astron gr adio signals ource.
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ProblemPossible causes/consequences and MSolutions
RThe SmartKeyisfaulty.
#Ac tivat eKEYLESS-GO.
#Chec kthe SmartK eybatter yusing theb atter ychec klam pand replace if necessar y.
#Usethee mer gency keytol ockoru nlockthe vehicle .
#Ha ve thev ehicle and SmartK eycheckedataq ualified specialis tworks hop.
Switching thea utomatic locking feature
on/off
The vehicle is loc keda utomatically when the
ignition is switched on and thew heels ar eturn‐
ing fast erthan walkin gpace.
#Todeactivate: press and holdb utton1 for
appr oximatel yfives econds until an acoustic
signal sounds.
#To activate: press and hold button 2for
appr oximatel yfives econds until an acoustic
signal sounds.
Danger of being loc kedo ut when thef unction is
activated:
RIf th ev ehicle is being tows tarted/pushed.
ROn aroller dynamome ter.
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Unlocking/locking thed rive r'sd oor using
th ee mer gency key
%
Ifyo uw ish toloc kthe vehicle entirely using
th ee mer gency key,firs tp ress theb utton for
lockin gfromt he inside while thed rive r's
door is open. Then proceed toloc kthe driv‐
er's door using thee mer gency key.
#Inser tthe emer gency keyintoo pening 1in
th ec over.
#Pull and hold thed oor handle.
#Pull thec over on thee mer gency keya s
st ra ight as possible away from thev ehicle
until it releases.
#Re lease thed oor handle.
#Tounlo ck:tur nthe emer gency keyc ounter -
clo ckwise toposition 1.
#Tolock: turnthe emer gency keyc lock wise to
position 1.
#Carefully press thec ove rontot he loc kcylin‐
der until it engages and is seated firm ly.
Tr unk
Opening thet runk lid
&
WARNING Risk ofexhaus tgas poisoning
Combustio nengines emit poisonous exhaust
ga ses suc hascarbon monoxide. Exhaust
ga ses can enter thev ehicle interior if the
trunk li disopenw hent he engine is running,
especial lyifth ev ehicle is in motion.
#Alw ayss witc hoffthee ngine before
opening thet runk lid.
#Ne verd rive wit hthe trunk lid open.
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inthec losing area or ma yenter thec losing
area during thec losing process.
#Mak esuret hat nobody is in thev icinity
of thec losing area during thec losing
process.
Use one of thef ollowing options tostop the
closing process:
Rpress thep button on theS martK ey.
Rpress or pull ther emo teoperating switch
on thed rive r's door.
Rpress thec losing or locking button on the
trunk lid.
Rpull thet runk lid handle.
Ve hicles with HANDS-FREE ACCESS: it is also
possible tostop thec losing process byper form ‐
ing akickin gmovement under ther ear bumper.
Yo uh ave thef ollowing options toclos ethe trunk
lid:
#Pull thet runk lid down using theh andle
re cess and push it closed.
#Ve hicles with trunk lid co nvenience clos‐
ing: press and hold thep button on the
SmartK ey(wit hthe SmartK eyinthei mmedi‐
at ev icinit yoft hevehicle).
#Ve hicles with trunk lid co nvenience clos‐
ing: press closing button 1inthet runk lid.
#Ve hicles with trunk lid co nvenience clos‐
ing and KEYLESS-GO: press lockingbutton
2 inthet runk lid.
If aS martK eyis de tected outsid ethe vehicle,
th et runk lid closes and thev ehicle is loc ked.
#Ve hicles with trunk lid co nvenience clos‐
ing: press trunk lid remo teoperating switch
1.
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#Vehicles with HANDS-FREE ACCESS: use
yo ur foot to kickb elow theb umper
(
→pag e66).
Au tomatic reve rsing function of th etrunk lid
If an objec trestricts thet runk lid during the
automatic closingp rocess, thet runk lid opens
again automaticall y.The automatic reve rsing
function is onl yanaid and is no tasubstitut efor
yo ur attentiveness.
#When closing, mak esuret hat no body parts
ar eint he closing area.
&
WARNING Risk of becoming trapped
despite reve rsing function
The reve rsing function does no treact:
Rto soft, light and thin objects, e.g. fingers.
Rove rthe last Óin (8 mm) of thec losing
path.
In these situation sinparticular ,the reve rsing
function canno tpreve nt someone being trap‐
ped.
#Whe nclosing, make surethat no body
parts ar einthe closing area.
If someone is trapped:
Rpress thep button on theS martK ey,
or
Rpress ther emo teoperating switc honthe
driver's door ,or
Rpress thec losing or locking button on the
trunk lid, or
Rpull thet runk lid handle.
HANDS-FREE ACCESS function
With HANDS-FREE ACCES Syou can open, close
or stop thec losing process of thet runk lid by
per form ing akickin gmovement unde rthe rear
bumper.
The kickin gmovement trigger sthe opening or
closing process alternately.
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