ESP MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN 2018 Owner's Manual

Displaymessages
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
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*The trunk lid is open.
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WARNING Risk ofexhaus tgas poisoning
Combustio nengines emit poisonous exhaus tgases suc hascarbon monoxide. Exhaus tgases can enter the
ve hicle interior if thet runk lid is open when thee ngine is running ,especially if thev ehicle is in motion.
#Alw ayss witc hoffthee ngine befor eopening thet runk lid.
#Ne verd rive wit hthe trunk lid open.
#Close thet runk lid.
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#Topupt hewasher fluid.
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Lights
Displaymessages
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
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Instrument Display(standard)
Instrument Displa yintheWidescree nCock‐
pit
Prog ressiv esetting in theW idescreen Cock‐
pit
If yo us elect thep rogressiv edispla ysetting in
ve hicles wit haWidescreen Cockpit ,the posi‐
tions of thei ndicator lamps on theI nstrument
Displa ychange.
Wa rning and indicator lamps:
L Lo
wb eam (
→pag e114)
T Pa
rking lights(
→pag e114)
K High beam(
→pag
e115)
#! Tu
rn signal light (
→pag e115)
R Re
ar fogl ights (
→pag e114) ü
Seatb
elti sn otfast ened
(
→pag e450)
$ USA: brakes (red) (
→pag
e443)
J Canada: brakes (red) (
→pag
e443)
! ABS malfunction (
→pag
e443)
à AIR
BODY CONTROL malfunction
(
→pag e450)
÷ ESP
®(→page443)
å ESP
®OFF (→page443)
F USA: electric parking brak
eapplied
(red) (
→pag e443)
! Canada
:electric parking brake
applie d(red) (
→pag e443)
! Electric parking brak
e(yellow)
(
→pag e443)
Ð St
eering assis tance malfunction
(
→pa ge 451)
# Electrical
fault (
→pag e452)
6 Re
stra int sy stem (
→pag e443)
; Che
ckEngine (
→page 452)
Display message sand warning/indicator lamps 44
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Warning/indicator lamp
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
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ABSwarning lamp The
yello wA BSwarning lam pislit while thee ngine is running.
ABS is malfunctioning.
If th er eisana dditional warning tone, EBD is malfunctioning.
Other driving and driving safe ty systems ma yalso be faulty.
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WARNING Thereisrisk of skidding if EBD or ABS is malfunctioning
If EBD or ABS is malfunctioning, thew heels could loc kwhen braking
The steering capability and braking characteristic sarethus se verely impaired .The brakin gdista nce in an emer‐
ge ncy braking situatio ncan increase.Ina ddition, other driving saf etys ystems ar eswitched off.
#Driv eonc arefull y.
#Have theb rake system checkedi mmediatel yataqualified specialis tworks hop.
#Driv eonc arefully.
#Observethem essages in them ultifunction displa y.
#Visit aq ualified specialis tworks hop.
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ESP®wa rning lam pflashes The
yello wE SP
®warning lam pflashes while thev ehicle is in motion.
ESP
®is inter vening.
#Ad apty our driving styletos uitther oad and weather conditions.
Displa ymessages and warning/indicator lamps 44
5

Warning/indicator lamp
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
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ESP®warning lam plights
up The
yello wE SP
®warning lam pislit while thee ngine is running.
ESP
®is malfunctioning.
Other driving and driving safe ty systems ma yalso be malfunctioning.
&
WARNING Risk of skidding if ESP®is malfunctioning
If ESP
®is malfunctioning ,ESP®canno tcarry out vehicle stabilization. In addition,o ther driving saf etys ystems are
switched off.
#Driv eonc arefull y.
#Have ESP®checkedataq ualified specialis tworks hop.
#Driv eonc arefully.
#Observethem essages in them ultifunction displa y.
#Consultaqualified specialis tworks hop.
44 6
Displ aymessage sand warning/indicator lamps

Warning/indicator lamp
Possible causes/consequences and MSolutions
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ESP®OFFwarning lamp The
yello wE SP
®OFF warning lam pislit while thee ngine is running.
ESP
®is deacti vated.
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WARNING Risk of skidding whe ndriving wi thESP®deacti vated
If ESP
®is deactivated, ESP®canno tcarry out vehicle stabilization. The availabilityoff urther driving saf etys ystems
is also limited.
#Driv eonc arefull y.
#Onlydeactivat eESP®forasl ong as thes ituation requ ires.
If ESP
®canno tbeactivated, ESP®is malfunctioning.
#Have ESP®checkedi mmediatel yataqualified specialis tworks hop.
#Obser vethen otes on deactivating ESP®.
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Driveprogram display .............................1 42
Driv eprograms
see DYNA MIC SELECT
Driver's seat see Seat
Driving lights see Automatic driving lights
Drivings afet ys ystem ............................ .157
ABS (Anti-lo ckBrak eSystem) .............. 158
Ac tiveB rake Assi st.............................. 160
BA S(Brak eAssist System) .................. 159
EBD (Electroni cBrake forc eD istribu‐
tion )..................................................... 159
ESP
®(Electroni cStabilit yProgram)
Crosswind Assis t................................. 159
Overvie w............................................. 158
Ra dar sensor s..................................... 158
Re sponsibility ...................................... 157
ST EER CONTROL ................................. 160
Drivin gsystem
see 360 °Camera
see ActiveB lind Spo tAssist
see ActiveD ista nce Assist DISTRONIC
see ActiveL aneK eeping Assist see
ActiveP arking Assist
see ActiveS peed LimitA ssist
see ActiveS teering Assist
see AIR BODY CONTROL
see ATTENTION ASSIST
see Blind Spo tAssist
see Cruise cont rol
see Driving saf etys ystem
see HOLD function
see Parking Assis tPARKTRONIC
se eR ear vie wcamera
see Traf ficS ign Assist
Drivin gtips
Drinking and drivin g....... ....................
.138
G

eneral driving tip s............................. 138
No tesonb reaking-in anew ve hicle ..... 137
Dr ow siness de tection
see ATTENTION ASSIST
DY NA MIC SELECT .................................... 142
Confi guring driv eprogram I................. 142
Displ aying engin edata. ...................... .142
Display ingvehicle dat a........................ 142
Driv eprogram displa y.......................... 142
Driv eprogram s.................................... 142
Fu nctio n.............................................. 142 Operating (DYNAMIC SELECT switch)
.............................................................1 42
Selecting thed rive program ............... .142
E
E10 ............................................................ 389
Easy entr yfeature
Fu nction/no tes. ....................................9 5
Setting ................................................... 96
Eas yexit feature
Fu nction/no tes. ....................................9 5
Setting ................................................... 96
EA SY-PAC Kt runk box
Car e..................................................... 33 1
EBD (Electronic Brak eforce Distribu‐
tion)
Function/no tes. .................................. 159
ECO display Functio n............................................... 141
Re setting. ............................................ 210
ECO start/s topf unction ................. 140, 141
Au tomatic engine star t. ...................... .140
Au tomatic engine stop .........................1 40
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Index

Method of operation ............................1 40
Switching off/on .................................. 141
Electric pa rking brake .................... .155, 156
App lying automaticall y....................... .155
Applying or releasing manuall y........... .156
Emergency braking .............................. 156
Re leasing automaticall y....................... 155
Electrical fuses Befor ereplacing afuse ........................ 350
Electrical fuses see Fuses
Electronics ............................................... 384
Emer gency
Overvie wofthe help functions. .............16
Saf etyv est. ......................................... 334
Eme rgency braking ................................ .156
Emer gency call sy stem
Mercedes-Benz mbrace
®(USA) .......... .287
Emer gency engine start ......................... 350
Emer gency operation mode
St artin gthe vehicle ............................. 136 Emer
gency release
Tr unk lid (from inside) .................... ........ 71
Emer gency Tensioning Devices
Ac tivation .............................................. 32
Energy consum ption
SmartK ey............................................... 58
Engine ECOs tart/s topf unction ......................1 40
Engine numbe r....................................3 86
Ju mp -sta rting ...................................... 342
St artin g(emerg ency operation
mode) ......... .....
....................................
136
St artin g(Re mo teOnline) ..................... 136
St artin g(start/ stop button) .................1 35
Switching of f(start/ stop button) ........ 149
Engine data Displaying ............................................ 142
Engine number ........................................ 386
Engine oil ................................................ .323
Ad ding ................................................ .323
Ad ditives .............................................3 90
Capacity .............................................. 391
Che cking theo il le velu sing theo il
dipstic k............................................... 323 MB-Fr
eigabe or MB-Appr oval .............. .391
Quality ................................................. 391
ESP
®
Crosswind Assis t................................. 159
ESP
®(Electronic Stability Prog ram)
Ac tivating/deactivating .......................1 59
Exhaus tpipes (Care) ............................... 329
Exterior lighting Care .................................................... 329
Ex terior lighting
see Lights
External device Lockin g............................................... .243
Eyeglasses co mpartme nt......................... 99
F
Fa tigue de tection
see ATTENTION ASSIST
Fa ult message
see Display message
Favo rite s
Ad ding .................................................2 33
Index47
1

Vehicl eoperation
Outside theU SAor Canada ...................2 1
Ve hicl eposition
Tr ansmittin g....................................... .239
Ve hicl etool kit ........................................ 336
TIREFIT kit .......................................... .336
To wing eye. ......................................... 349
Ve ntilating
Con venience opening ............................ 74
Ve ntilation
see Climat econt rol
Ve nts
see Air vents
Vi deo mode .............................................. 303
Ac tivating ............................................ 301
Ac tivating/deactivating full-screen
mod e................................................... 303
Overvie w.............................................3 02
Settings ............................................... 303
VIN ............................................................ 386
Identification plate .............................. 386
Seat. .................................................... 386
Wi ndshield ........................................... 386 Vi
sibility
Defrosting thew indo ws....................... 130
Wi ndshield hea ter. ............................... 132
Vo ice command types (Voice Control
Sy stem) .................................................... .217
Vo ice Control Sy stem .............................. 216
Application specific voice command s..2 17
Au dible help function s......................... 218
Entering numbe rs................................ 218
Global voice command s....................... 217
Impr oving speec hquality. ....................
218
La

ngua gesetting. ................................ 218
Media pla yerv oice commands ............ 224
Messag evoice commands .................. 226
Multifunction steering wheel (operat‐
ing) ...................................................... 216
Na vigation voice command s............... .220
Operable function s............................. .217
Operating saf ety. ................................ .216
Ra dio voice command s....................... 22 3
Swit chvoice command s..................... .218
Te lephonev oice controls .....................2 22
Te xt message voice command s........... 22 6
Ty pes of voice command s................... .217
Ve hicle voice command s..................... 22 7Vo
ice prom pting .................................. .217
W
Wa rning lamp
see Warning/indicator lamps
Wa rning sy stem
see ATA( anti-thef talarm system)
Wa rning/indicator lamp
!AB Swarning lam p....................... 445
$Brak ewarning lam p(USA) .......... .443
JBrakes warning lam p(Canada) .... 443
?Coolantw arning lamp................. 45 4
· Dis ta nce warning lam p............... .451
#Elect rical malfunction warning
lam p................................................... .452
;Engine diagnosis warning lam p... 45 2
å ESP
®OF Fw arning lam p............. .447
÷ESP®wa rning lam pflashes ........ .445
÷ESP®wa rning lam plightsu p....... 446
8Fu elreser vewarning lam p..4 52, 453
Index 491