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

Protection of thee nvironment
* ENVIRONMENTAL
NOTEEnvironmental
damage duetooperating conditions and
personal driving style
The pollutant emission of your vehicle is
directl yrelated tothew ay yo uoperat eyour
ve hicle.
Yo uc an help toprotect thee nvironmentb y
operating your vehicle in an environmentally-
re sponsible manner .Please obser vethef ol‐
lowing recommendations on ope rating condi‐
tions and pe rsonal driving style.
Operating conditions:
#Mak esuret hat thet irep ressur eisc or‐
re ct.
#Do no tcarry anyu nnecessar yweight
(e.g. roof luggag eracks once youn o
longe rneed them).
#Ad her etot he service inter vals.
Ar egularly serviced vehicle will contri b‐
ut etoe nvironmenta lprotection.
#Alw aysh ave service workcar ried out at
aq ualified specialis tworks hop.
Pe rsonal driving style:
#Do no tdepress thea ccelera torp edal
when startin gthe engine.
#Do no twarmupt he engine while the
ve hicle is stationar y.
#Drivecarefully and maintai nasuita ble
di st anc efromt hevehicle in front.
#Av oid frequent, sudden acceleration
and braking.
#Chang egear in good time and use each
ge ar only uptoÔ of its maximum
engine speed.
#Switc hoffthee ngine in stationar ytraf‐
fi c.
#Ke ep an eyeont hevehicle's fuel con‐
sum ption.
Environmenta lissues and recommendations:
It is recommended that your e-use or recycle
materials firs ti ns tead of jus tdisposingoft hem.The
releva nt environmental regulations and
guidelines ser vetoprotect thee nvironmenta nd
mus tbes trictlyo bserved.
Mercedes-Benz GenuineParts
* ENVIRONMEN
TALN OTEEnvironmental
damage causedbythen on-use of recon‐
ditione dcomponents.
Daimle rAGoffer sr ecycled reconditioned
components and part switht he same quality
as ne wparts .The same entitlementf romt he
limited warrant yisv alid as forn ew parts.
#Use recycle dreconditioned compo‐
nents and parts from Daimler AG.
Gene raln otes 19

RAlwayso bser vethec hild restra int sy stem
manufacturer's ins tallation instructions.
RNe verp lace objects under or behind the
ch ild restra int sy stem, e.g. cushions.
RFu llyr etra ct thes eat cushion lengt hadjust‐
ment.
RThe entir ebase of thec hild restra int sy stem
mus talway sr estont he seat cushion of the
front-passenger seat.
RThe backres toftheforw ard-facin gchild
re stra int sy stem mus tlie as flat as possible
agains tthe backres tofthe front-passenge r
seat.
RThe child restra int sy stem mus tnot to ucht he
ro of or be put under stra in by theh ead
re stra ints. Adjus tthe seat backres tinclina‐
tion and theh ead restra int setting accord‐
ingly.
& WARNING Risk of injury or deathdueto
object sbetwe en thes itting sur face and
th ec hild restra int sy stem
Objects between thes itting sur face and the
ch ild restra int sy stem could af fect thef unc‐
tion of thea utomatic front passenger airbag
shutoff.
This could result in thef ront passenger air‐
bag no tfunctioning as intended during an
accident.
#Do no tplace an yobjects between the
sitting sur face and thec hild restra int
sy stem.
#The entir ebase of thec hild restra int
sy stem mus talway sr estont he sitting
sur face of thef ront passenger seat.
#The backres toftheforw ard-facin gchild
re stra int sy stem mus tlie as flat as pos‐
sible agains tthe backres tofthe front
passenger seat.
#Alw aysc ompl ywitht he child restra int
sy stem manufacturer's ins tallation
instructions.
Ap erson in thef ront passenger seat mus t:
RHave their seat belt fastened cor rectly.
RSit in an almos tupright position wi th their
bac kagains tthe seat backrest.
RSit wit htheir feet resting on thef loor ,ifp os‐
sible.
Otherwise, thef ront passenger air bag ma ybe
deactivated bymis take ,for example because the
front passenger:
RTr ans fers their weight bysupporting them‐
selves on avehicle armrest.
RSits in suc hawaythat their weight is raised
from thes itting sur face.
&
WARNING Risk of injury or deathdueto
deactivated front passenger airbag
If th eP ASSENGER AIR BAGO FFindicator
lam pisl it,the front passenger airbag is disa‐
bled. It will no tbedeployedint heeve nt of
an accident and canno tperform its intended
pr otectiv efunction.
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Occupant saf ety

#Ifth ec hild restra int sy stem has been
ex posed todirect sunlight ,allowitt o
cool befor esecu ring achild int oit.
#Ne verlea ve children unatte ndedint he
ve hicle.
The use of seat belts and child restra int sy stems
is requ ired bylawi n:
Rall 50 states
Rth eU .S.territories
Rth eD istrict of Columbia
Rall Canadian pr ovinces
All child restra int sy stems mus tmeetthe follow‐
ing standards:
RU. S. Federal Mo torV ehicle Saf etyS tandards
21 3a nd 225
RCanadian Mo torV ehicle Saf etyS tandards
21 3a nd 210.2
Yo uc an obtain fur ther information about the
cor rect child restra int sy stem from an yauthor‐
ized Mercedes-Benz Center. To
impr oveprotection forc hildren younger than
12 yearso ld and unde r5ft(1.50 m) in height,
Mercedes-Ben zrecommends youo bserv ethe
fo llowing no tes:
ROnl ysecur echildren using achild restra int
sy stem whic hissuitable and recommended
fo rM ercedes-Benz vehicles, as well as appro‐
priat etot he size, ag eand weight of the
ch ild. Be sur etoobservethei nstruction sfor
cor rect us eoft hechild restra int sy stem.
RAlw aysi ns tallac hild restra int sy stem on a
re ar seat if possible.
ROnly usethef ollowing securing sy stems for
ch ild restra int sy stems:
-th es eat belt sy stem
-th eL ATCH -type (ISOFIX )mounting
brac ket
-theT op Tether anchorages
RThe manufacturer's ins tallation instructions
fo rt he child restra int sy stem.
RThe warning labels in thev ehicle interior an d
on thec hild restra int sy stem.
&
WARNING Risk of injury causedby
incor rect ins tallation of thec hild
re stra int sy stem
If th ec hild restra int sy stem is incor rectly
ins talled on asuitable seatin gposition, it
canno tperform its intended pr otectiv efunc‐
tion.
The child canno tberestrained in thee vent of
an accident, heavy braking or asudde n
ch ang eofd irection.T his posesani ncreased
ri sk of injur yorevenf atal injur y.
#Alwaysc ompl ywitht he manufacturer's
ins tallation instructions fort he child
re stra int sy stem and its cor rect use.
#Make surethat thee ntir ebase of the
ch ild restra int sy stem alw aysr ests on
th es itting sur face of thes eat.
#Neverp lace objects under or behind
th ec hild restra int sy stem, e.g. acush‐
ion.
#Alw aysu sechild restra int sy stems with
th eo riginal co verd esigned fort hem.
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Occupant saf ety

#Alwaysr eplace damaged co vers with
ge nuine co vers.
&
WARNING Risk of accident caused by
incor rectl yins tal led child restra int sys‐
te ms
If th ec hild restra int sy stem is no tcorrectly
ins talled or secured, it could release in the
ev ent of an accident, sudden braking or a
sudden chang eind irection.
The child restra int sy stem could be flung
arounda nd hitvehicle occupants. This poses
an increased risk of injur yorevenf atal
injur y.
#Alwaysi ns tallch ild restra int sy stems
cor rectl y,eve nw henn otin use.
#Alw aysc ompl ywitht he child restra int
sy stem manufacturer's ins tallation
instructions.
& WARNING Risk of injury causedbythe
use of damaged child restra int sy stems
Child restra int sy stems or their retainin gsys‐
te ms that ha vebeen subjec tedtoal oad in
an accidentm aythen no tbea bletoper form
th eir intended pr otectiv efunction.
The child canno tberestrained in thee vent of
an accident, heavy braking or asudde n
ch ang eofd irection.T his posesani ncreased
ri sk of injur yorevenf atal injur y.
#Alwaysr eplace child restra int sy stems
immediatel ythat ha vebeen damaged or
in vo lved in an accident.
#Ha ve thes ecuring sy stems fort he child
re stra int sy stems checkedataq ualified
specialis tworks hop befor einstalling a
ch ild restra int sy stem again.
Ab oos ters eat ma ybenecessar ytoachieve
proper seat belt positioning forc hildren over
40 lbs (1 8kg) in weight until they reac has ize
wher eathree-point seat belt can be used prop‐
erly without aboos ters eat. The
following no tesm ustbeo bserved:
RWhen ins talling achild restra int sy stem on
th ef ront passenger seat, thei nformation on
ins talling achild restra int sy stem on thef ront
passenger seat (
→pag e51).
RInstructions and saf etyn otes on thea uto‐
matic front passenger air bag shutoff
(
→pag e39).
RSaf etyn otes on thes eat belt (→pag e33).
RInformation on thec orrect us eoft he seat
belt (→pag e36).
Activating/deactivatin gthe child seat saf ety
fe atur eoft he sea tbelt
&
WARNING Risk of injury or deathifa
seat belt is unfas tened whil ethe vehicle
is in motion
If th es eat belt is released while thev ehicle is
in motion, thec hild restra int sy stem is no
longer cor rectly secure d. Thechild seat
saf etyf eatur eisd eactivated and thes eat
belt is dr awnina bitbyt he inertia reel.
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Rthee nergy supply or theo n-boar delectri‐
cal sy stem is malfunctioning.
When your vehicle is then towe da way,signif‐
icantly mor eeffor tm aybe requ iredtosteer
and brak ethan is normally required.
#Useatow bar.
#Mak esuret hat thes teering wheel can
mo vefreely ,befor etow ing thev ehicle
aw ay.
* NO
TEDama gedue to to wing away at
exc essivel yhigh speeds or overlong dis‐
ta nces
The driv etra in could be damaged when tow‐
ing at excessively high speeds or over long
dis tances.
#At ow ing speed of 31mp h(50 km/h)
mus tnotbe exc eeded.
#Atow ing dis tance of 31mile s(50 km)
mus tnotbe exc eeded.
Ifav ehicle mus tbetow st artedort owedaway,
its weight mus tnotexc eed thep ermissible gross
mass of thet ow ing vehicle.
&
WARNING Risk of accident whe ntow ing
av ehicle whic histoo heavy
If th ev ehicle being tow- star tedort owed
aw ay is heavier than thep ermissible gross
mass of your vehicle, thef ollowing situations
can occur:
RThe towing eyem aybecome de tach ed.
RThe vehicle/trailer combination may
swer veoreve noverturn.
#If ano ther vehicle is tow- star tedo r
to we da way,its weight mus tnotexc eed
th ep ermissible gross mass of your ow n
ve hicle.
#Information on thep ermissible gross mass of
th ev ehicle can be found on thev ehicle iden‐
tification plat e(
→page342). During
thet ow ing procedure, obser vethef ollow‐
ing:
RDeactivat ethe DISTRONIC dis tance pilot.
RDo no tactivate theH OLD function.
RVehicles with automatic transmission: Do
no to pen thed rive r's door or front passenger
door ,otherwise thea utomatic transmission
automaticall yshifts toposition j.
#Makesuret hat theb atter yisc onnected and
ch arge d.
When theb atter yisd ischar ged:
RThe engin ecann otbe star ted.
RThe elect ricp arkin gb rake canno tbe
re leased or applied.
RVe hicles with automatic transmission:
The au tomatic transmission canno tbeshif‐
te dtop osition iorj.
#Ins tallth et ow ing eye(→pag e307).
#Attach thet ow bar.
Breakdown assis tance 305

%The dat ashown in thei mag eise xamp le
data.
The Tire and Loading Info rmatio nplacar dshows :
RMaximum number of seats 2according to
th em aximum number of people permitted to
tr ave lint hevehicle
RMaximum permissible load 3comprises the
gross weight of all vehicle occupants, load
and luggage.
RRe commended tir epressure 1forc old
tires. The recommended tir epressures are
va lid fort he maximum permissible load and
up tothem aximum permissible vehicle
speed.
Please also no te:
RInformation on permissible weightsa nd loads
on thev ehicle identification plate
(
→pag e342).
RInformation on tir epressur eint he tir epres‐
sur etable (→pag e314).
Fu rther related subjects:
RDe term inin gthe maximum permissible load
(→pag e320)
RNotesont irep ressur e(→page312)
De term ining them aximum permissible load
The following steps ha vebeen de veloped as
re qu ired of all manufacturer sunder Title 49,
Code of U.S. Federal Regulations, Part57 5, pur‐
suant tothe" Na tional Traf fica nd Mo torV ehicle
Saf etyA ct of 1966".
#Ste p1:Loca tethes tatement" The combined
we ight of occupant sand cargo should ne ver
exc eed XXX kgor XXX lbs." ("The combined
we ight of occupant sand cargo should ne ver
exc eed XXX kgor XXX lbs.") on your vehicle's
tir ea nd loading information table.
#Ste p2:De term ine thec ombined weight of
th ed rive ra nd passenger sthat will be riding
in your vehicle.
#Ste p3:Subtract thec ombined weight of the
driver and passenger sfromX XXkgor
XXX lbs.
#Ste p4:The resulting figur eequals thep er‐
missible load forc argo and lug gage .F or
ex ample: If "XXX"e quals 1400 lbs and there
ar ef iveo ccupantsiny ourvehicle wit ha
we ight of 150lbs each, them aximum cargo
and luggag eload capacity is 650 lbs (1400 -
75 0(5x1 50)= 650 lbs).
#Step5:De term ine thec ombined weight of
luggag eand cargo being car ried in thev ehi‐
cle. Fors afet yr easons, this we ight ma ynot
safel yexceed thea vailable cargo and lug‐
ga ge load capacity calculated in step 4.
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Wheels and tires

Even ifyouh avec alculated thet otal load care‐
full y,yo us hould still mak esuret hat them axi‐
mum permissible gross mass and them aximum
permissible axle load of your vehicle ar enot
exc eeded. De tails can be found on thev ehicle
identification plate.
#Ha ve your loaded vehicle –including driver,
occupants and load –weighed on avehicle
we ighbridge.
The measured values ma ynotexc eed the
maximu mpermissible values stated on the
ve hicle identification plate. Fu
rther related subjects:
RCalculation example ford eterminingt he max‐
imum load (→pag e321)
RTire and Loading Info rmatio nplacard
(→pag e319)
RTire pressur etable (→pag e314)
RVehicle identification plat e(→page342)
Calculation example ford eter mi ning the
ma ximum load
The following table sho wsexamples of ho wto
calculat etotal and load capacities wit hvarying seatin
gconfigurations and dif fere nt numbe rs
and sizes of occupants. The following examples
use amaximum load of 1500 lbs (680 kg).This
is fori llustratio npurposes on ly.Mak esure
yo ua reusingt he actual load limit fory our vehi‐
cle stated on your vehicle's Tire and Loading
Info rmatio nplacar d(
→page319).
Th eh igher thew eight of all theo ccupants, the
smaller them aximum load forl ug gage .
Ste p1
Example 1E xamp le 2
Combine dmaximum weight of occupant sand
cargo (dat afromt heTire and Loading Info rma‐
tio np lacard) 15
00 lbs (680 kg)1 500 lbs (680kg)
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Step2
Example 1E xamp le 2
Numb er of people in thev ehicle (driver and
occupants) 51
Distribution of theo ccupantsF ront:2
Re ar:3 Fr
ont :1
We ight of occupant sO ccupant 1:150lbs (68 kg)
Occupant 2: 180lbs (82 kg)
Occupant 3: 160lbs (7 3kg)
Occupant 4: 140lbs (63 kg)
Occupant 5: 120lbs (5 4kg) Occupant 1: 200 lbs (9
1kg)
To talw eight of all occupant s7 50 lbs (340kg)2 00 lbs (91kg)
Ste p3
Example 1E xamp le 2
Pe rm issible load (maximum grossvehicle weight
ra ting from theT irea nd Loading Info rmation
placar dminus theg ross we ight of all occupants) 15
00 lbs (680 kg)Ò 75 0lbs (340 kg)=7 50 lbs
(340 kg) 15
00 lbs (680 kg)Ò 200 lbs (9 1kg)= 1 300 lbs
(589 kg)
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Wheels and tires

%The dat ashown in thei mag eise xamp le
data.
The TIN is aunique identification number to
identify tires and comprises thef ollowing:
RDO T(Department of Transport ation):tire
symbol mar ks: indicatin gthat thet ire
complies wit hthe requ irements of theU S
Departmen tofTranspor tation.
RManufacturer identi fication code: manu‐
fa cturer identification code ;contains
de tails of thet irem anufacturer .New tires
ha ve ac odew itht wo symbols. Retreade dtire
ha ve ac odew ithf our symbols .Further infor‐
mation on retreade dtires (
→page 331).
RTire size: identifier =describes thet ire
size.
RTi re type code: tiret ypec ode ?can be
used bythem anufacturer as acode to
describe specific characteristic softhe tire.
RManufacturing date: manufacturing dateA
pr ov ides informatio nabout thea geofat ire.
The 1s tand 2nd position srepresent thec al‐
endar week and the3 rdand 4t hpositions
st at et he year of manufactur e(e.g. "3208"
re present sthe 32nd week of 2008).
Information on them aximum tir eload
%
The dat ashown in thei mag eise xamp le
data.
Maximum tir eload 1isthem aximum permissi‐
ble weight forw hich thet ireisa pprove d.
Do no toverload thet ires by ex ceeding thes peci‐
fi ed load limit. The maximum permissible load
can be found on thev ehicle's Tire and Loading
Info rmatio nplacar dont he B-pillar on thed riv‐
er's side (
→pag e319).
Speci fications form aximum tir epress ure
%
The da tashown in thei mag eise xamp le
data.
Wheels and tires 325

IndexS peedrating
ZR...Y
1up to186m ph (300 km/h)
ZR...(..Y)
1ove r186 mph(300 km/h )
ZR
1ove r149 mph(240k m/h)
RSpecifying thes peed rating as the" ZR" index
in tir ecode 4is optional fort ires up to
18 6m ph (300 km/h).
RIfyo ur tir ecode4 includes "ZR"andthere
is no speed rating 7,f ind out what them ax‐
imum speed is from thet irem anufacturer.
RIf load-bearing index 6and speed rating 7
ar einb rack ets, them aximum speed rating of
yo ur tir eisa bove 186m ph (300 km/h). To
fi nd outt he maximum speed, ask thet ire
manufacturer. All-weather tires and winter tires
Inde
xS peedrating
QM +S
2upto100m ph (160 km/h)
TM +S
2upto118m ph (190 km/h)
HM +S
2upto130m ph (2 10km/h)
VM +S
2upto149m ph (240 km/h)
Winter tires bear thei snowflak esymbol
and fulfill ther equirements of theR ubber Manu‐
fa cturer sAssociation (RMA) and theR ubber
Associatio nofCanada (RAC) rega rding traction
on sno w.
Load index 8
:RNo specification given: standar dload (SL)
tire
R"XL" or "Extra Load": extral oa dt ireorr ein‐
fo rc ed tire
R"Light Load": light load tire
R"C", "D", "E": aload rang et hat depe ndso n
th em aximum load that thet irec an car ryat a
cer tain pressure
Definitions fort ires and loading
Ti re stru ctureand characteristics: describes
th en umber of la yers or then umber of rubber-
coated belts in thet irec ontact surf ace and the
tir ew all. These ar emade of steel, nylon, poly‐
es tera nd other materials.
Bar: metric unit fort irep ressure .
14 .5038 pounds per squar einc h( psi) and
10 0k ilopasca l(kPa) is thee quivalent of one bar.
DO T(Department of Transport ation):DOT
mar kedt ires fulfill ther equirements of the
US Department of Transpor tatio n.
Av erag eweight of thev ehicle occupants: the
numbe rofvehicle occupants forw hich th evehi‐
cle is designed, multiplied by150lb( 68kg).
1"ZR" stated in thet irec ode.2Or "M+S i"for winter tires
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