light MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN 2018 Workshop Manual

Non-combustedf uel ma ygetintot he cata‐
lytic con verter.
#Onl ydepress thea ccelera torp edal
slightl y.
#Have thec ause rectifie dimmediately at
aq ualified specialis tworks hop.
Limited braking ef fect on salt-treate droads:
Rdue tosalt build-up on theb rake discs and
brak elining, theb raking dis tance can
increase conside rably or result in braking
onl yono ne side.
Rmaintain amuchg reater saf edista nce tothe
ve hicle in front.
To preve nt salt build-up:
Rbrak eoccasionally whil epayinga ttention to
th et raffic conditions.
Rcarefull ydepress theb rake pedal at thee nd
of thej ourne yand when startin gthe next
journe y.
ECOstart/s topf unction
Opera tingthe EC Ostart/ stopfunction
Mercedes -AMG vehicles: observethe no tesi n
th eS upplement .Otherwise, youm aynotrecog‐
niz ed angers.
The engine is au tomatical lyswitched of fifthe
fo llowing condition sareme t:
RYoub rake thev ehicle toas tandstil lintrans‐
mission position hori.
RAll vehicle conditions forana utomatic
engine stop ar emet.
The è symbol appear sinthe multifunction
displa ywhen thev ehicle is stationar y.
The engine is restar teda utomatically if:
RYour elease theb rake pedal in transmission
position hwhen theH OLD function is not
active.
RYo us hiftfromt ransmission position j.
RYoue ngaget ransmission position hork.
RYoud epress thea ccelerator pedal
RYouc hang ethe vehicle le vel.
RAn automatic engin estart is necessar y.
If th ee ngine wasswitched of fbythe EC Ostart/
st op function and youl eave thev ehicle, awarn‐
ing tone sounds. The 9HKLFOH2SHUDWLRQDO6 ZLWFK
WKH ,JQLWLR Q2II %HIRUH ([LWLQJ displaymessage
also appear sinthe multifunction displa y.Ifyo u
do no tswitc hoffthei gnition ,the ignition is
automatically switched of fafter one minu te.
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Deactivating or activatingtheE CO start/
sto pfunction
#Press button 1.
If indicator la mp2lightsu p,theE CO start/
st op function is switched on.
% Depending on them odel, theb utton may
also be located at adiffe re nt positio ninthe
cente rconsole.
Fu nction of theE CO display
The EC Odispla ysummarizes thed riving style
from thes tart of thej ourne ytoits completion
and assists youina chievin gthe mos teconomi‐
cal driving style.
Yo uc an influence consum ption if you:
Rdrivew ithp articular care
Rdriv ethe vehicle in driv eprogram E
Robservetheg earshif trecommendations
The inner segment light supgreen and theo uter
segment fills up:
R1 Moderat eacceleration
R2 Gentle decele ratio na nd rolling
R3 Consis tent speed
The inne rsegment is gr eyand theo uter seg‐
ment em pties:
R1 Sporty acceleration
R2Heavy braking
R3Fluctuation sinspeed
Yo uh ave driven economicall ywhen:
Rthet hree outer segments ar ecomple tely fil‐
led simultaneousl y.
RtheE CO displa yborder lights up.
The additional rang ea chieve dasar esult of your
drivin gstyle in co mparison toad rive rw itha
ve ry sporty driving styleiss hown under %RQXV
IU 6WDUW .The rang ed ispl ay ed does no tindicat ea
fi xe dr eduction in consum ption.
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#Checkifthe transmitter frequency of the
re mo tecontrol hast he frequency rang eo f
280 to868 MHz.
Ra dio equipment appr oval number:
RNZLMUA HL5 (USA)
R4112 A-MUAHL5 (Canada)
#Press and hold button 1,2or3 that you
wish toprog ram.
Indicator lamp 4flashes yello w.
% It can take up to20 seconds befor ethe indi‐
cator lam pflashes yello w.
#Re lease thep reviousl ypressed button.
Indicator lamp 4continues toflash yello w.
#Po int remo tecontrol 5atad ista nc eof1i n
(1 cm )to3in(8c m)towa rdsb uttons 1,2
or 3.
#Press and hold button 6ofremo tecontrol
5 until:
RIndicator la mp4lightsupg reen contin‐
uousl y.Programming is comple te.
RIndicator lamp 4flashes green. Pro‐
gr amming wassuccessful. Additionally,
synchronization of ther olling code with
th eg arag edoor sy stem mus talso be car‐
ri ed out.
#If indicator lamp 4does no tlight up or flash
green: repeat thep rocedure.
#Re lease all of theb uttons. %
The remo tecontrol fort he garage door drive
is no tincluded in thes cope of deliver yofthe
ga rage door opener.
Synchronizing ther olling code
Re quirements:
RThe garage door sy stem uses arolling code.
RThe vehicle mus tbewithinrang eoft he
ga rage door or exterior gate drive.
RThe vehicle as well as personsa nd objects,
ar el ocated outside thes weep of theg arage
door.
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#Press and hold buttons1,2or3 until
th eg arag edoor opens or closes.
#If indicator lamp 4flashes yello wa fter
appr oximatel y20seconds: press and hold
th ep reviously pressed but tona gain until the
ga rage door opens or closes. Clearing
theg arag edooro penerm emory#Press and hold buttons 1and 3.
Indicator lamp 4lights up yello w.
#If indicator lamp 4flashes green: release
buttons 1and 3. Ra
dio equipment appr oval number sfor the
ga rage doo ropener
Ra dio equipment appr oval numbers
Countr yRadio type appr oval number
Egyp tT AC.25 111 51293.WIR
Andor ra CE
Au stra lia R-NZ
Barbados MED1 578
Chile 2488/DFRS205 76/F-74
European
Union CE
Gibral tarC E
Iceland CE
Jordan TRC/LPD/20 15/299
Canad aI C:4112 A-MUAHL5
Ku wa it CE
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Electric parking brake
Electric parking brak efunction (app lying
automatically)
& WARNING Risk of accident and injury
due tochildren lef tunat tende dint he
ve hicle
If yo ul eave children unaccompanied in the
ve hicle, they ma ybea bletos etthev ehicle in
motion, fore xamp leby:
RRe leasing thep arking brake.
RShifting thet ransmission out of park
position j.
RStartin gthe engine.
In addition, they ma yoperat evehicle equip‐
ment.
#Ne verlea ve children and animals unat‐
te nde dint hevehicle.
#When leaving thev ehicle, alw ayst ake
th eS martK eywit hyou and loc kthe
ve hicle.
The electric parking brak eisapplied if thet rans‐
mission is in position jand one of thef ollow‐
ing condition sisfulfilled:
RThe engin eisswitched off.
RThe seat belt tongueisn otinser tedint he
seat belt buckle of thed rive r's seat and the
driver's door is opened.
% Toprev ent application: pull theh andle of the
electric parking brake.
In thef ollowing situations, thee lectric parking
brak eisa lso engaged:
RActiveD ista nce Assist DISTRONICisb ringing
th ev ehicle toas tandstill.
RThe HOL Dfunction is keeping thev ehicle sta‐
tionar y.
RActiveP arking Assis tiskeeping thev ehicle
st ationar y.
This is onl ythe case if one of thef ollowing con‐
ditions is also fulfilled:
RThe engine is switched off.
RThe seat belt tongueisn otinser tedint he
seat belt buckle of thed rive r's seat and the
driver's door is opened.
RTher eisas ystem malfunction.
RThe po wersupply is insuf ficient.
RThe vehicle is stationar yfor alengt hyperiod.
When thee lectric parking brak eisapplied, the
F (USA) or !(Canada) indicator lamp
lights up in thei nstrument clus ter.
The electric parking brak eisnotautomatically
applied if thee ngine is switched of fbythe ECO
st art/ stop function.
Electric parking brak efunction (releasing
automatically)
The electric parking brak eisreleased when the
fo llowing condition sarefulfilled:
RThe engin eisrunning.
RThes eatb eltt ongue is inser tedi nt othe seat
belt buckle of thed rive r's seat.
RThe transmission is in position hork and
yo ud epress thea ccelera torp edalory ou
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System limitationsRAB Sisa ctivefroms peeds of appr ox.5m ph
(8 km/h).
RAB Sm aybe impaired or ma ynotfunction if a
malfunction has occur reda nd they el‐
low ! ABSwarning lam plightsupc ontin‐
uousl yinthe instrument clus tera fter the
engine is star ted.
Fu nction of BAS(Brak eAssis tSystem)
&
WARNING Risk of an accident caused by
am alfunctio ninBAS (Brak eAssist Sys‐
te m)
If BA Sism alfunctioning ,the braking dis tance
in an eme rgency braking situation is
increased.
#Depress theb rake pedal wit hfull forc e
in emer gency braking situations. ABS
pr eve nts thew heels from locking.
BASs uppo rtsy our emer gency braking situation
wit ha dditional brak eforce. If
yo ud epress theb rake pedal quickl y,BA Sis
acti vated:
RBA Sa utomatically boosts theb rake pres‐
sure.
RBA Sc an short entheb raking dis tance.
RABS pr events thew heels from locking.
The brakes will function as usual oncey ou
re lease theb rake pedal. BASisd eactivated.
Activating/deactivatin gESP®(Electronic Sta‐
bility Prog ram)
Multimedia sy stem:
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Mercedes‑AMG vehicles: observethe no tesi n
th eS upplement .Otherwise, youm aynotrecog‐
niz ed angers.
#Ac tivate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction.
ESP
®is deactivated if theå ESP®OFFwarn‐
ing lam plightsupc ontinuousl yinthe instrument
clus ter. Obser
vethei nformation on warning lamps and
displa ymessages whic hmaybe shown in the
instrumentc luster.
Fu nctions of ESP®Crosswind Assist
ESP®Crosswind Assis tdetects sudden gusts of
side wind and helps thed rive rtok eepthev ehi‐
cle in thel ane:
RESP®Crosswind Assis tisactiveatv ehicle
speeds between 50 mph(80 km/h) and
12 5m ph (200 km/h) when driving stra ight
ahead or cornering slightly.
RThe vehicle is stabilized bymeans of individ‐
ua lb rake application on one side.
Function of EBD (Electronic Brak eforce Dis‐
tribution)
EB Disc haracterized bythef ollowing:
RMonitoring and regulating theb rake pressure
on ther ear wheel s.
RImproveddriving stabilityw hen braking,
especiall yonb ends.
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an aid. The driver isresponsible for
maintaining asuita ble dis tance tothe
ve hicle in front, vehicle speed and for
braking in good time.
#Be prepared tobrak eors werveifn ec‐
essar y.
Alsoo bserve thes ysteml imitations of Active
Brak eAssist. The individua
lsubfunctions ar eavailable in
th ef ollowing speed ranges:
Distance warning function
The dis tance warning function issues awarning
at speeds:
RFr om appr oximatel y4mph (7 km/h), if your
ve hicle is critically close toav ehicle or
pedestrian. An intermittent warning tone sounds and
the· distance warning lamp
lightsupint he instrument clus ter.
Brak eimmediately or take evasiv eaction,p rovi‐
ded it is saf etodosoa ndthet raffic situation
allo wsthis.
Th ed istance warning function can aid youint hefollowing situations wit hanintermit tent wa rning tone and awarningl amp:
Vehicles tr aveling in
front St
ationar yvehicles Crossin gvehicles Crossin gpedestrians Stationar ypedes‐
trians
Ve hicles without Driv‐
ing Assis tance pa ck‐
age up
toappr ox.1 55 mph
(250 km/h) up
toappr ox.50m ph
(80 km/h) no
reaction uptoappr ox.37m ph
(60 km/h) no
reaction
Ve hicles wit hDriving
Assis tance pa ckage up
toappr ox.1 55 mph
(250 km/h) up
toappr ox.62m ph
(100 km/h) up
toappr ox.43m ph
(70 km/h) up
toappr ox.43m ph
(70 km/h) up
toappr ox.43m ph
(70 km/h)
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Cancelingabrake application of Activ eB rake
Assi st
Yo uc an cancel abrake applic ationofA ctive
Brak eAssistat an ytimeb y:
RDepressing thea ccelera torp edalf ully.
RReleasing theb rake pedal.
Ac tiveB rake Assi stma ycancel theb rake appli‐
cation when one of thef ollowing condition sis
fulfilled:
RYo um aneuver to avoidtheo bstacle.
RThere is no longer arisk of collision.
RAn obs tacle is no longer de tected in front of
yo ur vehicle.
Evasiv eSteering Assis t(onl yvehicles with
Driving Assistan cepac kage )
Evasiv eSteering Assis thas thef ollowing charac‐
te rist ics:
RCan de tect stationar yorcrossing pedes‐
trians.
RCan assis tthe driver wit hadditional steering
assis tance if it de tects aswerving maneuver.
RCa nbea ctivatedbyana bruptsteering mo ve‐
ment during aswerving maneu ver.
RCan assis tduring swervin gand stra ightening
of thev ehicle.
RCan react from aspeedofa pproximately
12 mp h(20 km/h )uptoaspeedofa pprox‐
imatel y43m ph (70 km/h).
RYouc an pr eventthea ssis tance at an ytime
by activel ysteering.
&
WARNING Risk of an accident despite
Evasiv eSteering Assist
Evasiv eSteering Assis tcannot alwaysc learly
identify objects and comple xtraffic situa‐
tions.
In addition,t hesteering suppor tofEvasive
St eering Assis tisgenerallyn otsuff icien tto
av oid acollision.
In suc hcases Evasiv eSteering Assis tcan:
Rgiv eanu nnecessar ywarning or pr ovide
assis tance
Rno tg iveaw arning or no tprovide assis‐
ta nce
#Alw aysp aycareful attention tothet raf‐
fi cs ituation; do no trely on Evasive
St eering Assis talone.
#Be ready tobrak eand take evasive
action if necessar y.
#Preve ntthea ssis tance byactivel ysteer‐
ing in non-critical driving situations.
#Driv eatana ppropriat espeed if pedes‐
trians ar eclose tothep athofy ourvehi‐
cle.
Also obser vethes ysteml imitations of Evasive
St eering Assist.
Sy stem limitations
The sy stem ma ybeimpaired or ma ynotfunction
in thef ollowing situations:
RIn sno w,rain, fog, heavy spr ay,ift hereis
gl are, in direct sunlight or in greatlyvarying
light conditions.
RIf th es ensor saredirty ,miste du p, damaged
or co vered.
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torp edal, onl yspeedl imits which areh igher
th an thes etspeed ar eadop ted.
Pulling thec ruise control le verw ills etthed is‐
pla yeds peed limit as thes peed, pr ovided that:
RAc tiveS peed LimitA ssisthas been activated
in them ultimedia sy stem and
RAc tiveD istan ce Assist DISTRONICh asbeen
acti vated.
If no speed limit is displa yedw hen thel eve ris
operated, thes peed se tbythe driver is adop ted.
Driv eprogram
The DYNA MIC SELECT switc hallows yout o
ch ang ethe driving styleofA ctiveDista nce
Assist DISTRONIC. Depending on whic hdrive
program is selected ,the driving characteristics
can be geared towa rdsf uel econom y,comfor tor
dynami cperform anc e(
→pag e142).
Sy stem limitations
Ve hicles with theD riving Assistance Pack‐
age: ActiveD ista nce Assist DISTRONICi sactive
in the0m ph (0 km/h) to130m ph (2 10km/h)
speed range. The sy
stem ma ybeimpaired or ma ynotfunction
in thef ollowing ins tances, fore xamp le:
RIn snow ,rain, fog, heavy spr ay,ift hereis
gl are, in direct sunlight or in greatly varying
light conditions.
RThe windshield in thea reaoft he camer ais
dirty ,miste du p, damaged or co vered.
RIfth er adar sensors ared irty or co vered.
ROn slipper yroads, braking or accelerating
can cause thed rive wheels tolose t
raction
and thev ehicle could then skid.
RIn parking garage s,tollst ations or on roads
wit hsteep uphill or downhill gradients.
Do no tuse ActiveD ista nce Assist DISTRONICi n
th ese situations.
Tips
Pa yp articula rattention in thef ollowing traf fic
situations. In suc hsituations, brak eifnecessar y.
Ac tiveD ista nce Assist DISTRONICi sthen deacti‐
va ted:
RWhen cornering, entering and exitin gab end.
RWhen no tdrivingint he center of thel ane.
RWhen other vehicles ar echanging lane.
RIfth er ea renar rowv ehicles.
RIfth er ea reobs tacle sand stationar yvehi‐
cles.
RIf th er ea recrossing vehicles, pedestrians,
mo torcyc lists or cyclists.
Displa yofActive Distance Assis tDISTRONIC
in the assistanc egraphic and in thes peed‐
ome ter
1Ve hicle ahead
2Dis tance indica tor
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#Brieflypull thec ruise control le vertow ards
yo u2.
or
#Ac celerat ebrief ly.
Yo ur vehicle pulls away and adapts its speed
to that of thev ehicle in front. If no vehicle is
de tected in front, your vehicle accelerates to
th es etspeed.
Ad opting thes peed limit as thes toreds peed
Re quirements:
RActiveS peed LimitA ssistis activated in the
multimedia sy stem (→pag e196).
RActiveD ista nce Assist DISTRONICi sactiva‐
te d.
RThe sy stem de tects atraffic sign indicating a
speed limit.
#Brief lypull thec ruise control le vertow ards
yo u2.
The displ ayed speed limit is adop tedast he
st ored speed. Your vehicle adapts its speed
to that of thev ehicle in front, but onl yupto
th es tore ds peed. If ActiveS peed LimitA ssist
is activated, an ydetected changes in the
speed limit ar eadop tedbyt he system.
Collision warning
If Ac tiveD ista nce Assist DISTRONICisu nableto
suf ficiently decele rate thev ehicle in order to
pr eve nt it from approach ingthev ehicle in front,
yo uw ill be warned visuall yand acousticall y.An
intermittent warning tone will then sound and
th ed ista nce warning lam pwill light up in the
instrumentc luster.
#Brak eimmediately in order toinc rease the
dis tance from thev ehicle in front.
or
#Ta ke evasiv eaction pr ovided it is saf etodo
so.
Ac tiv eS teering Assist
Fu nction of Activ eS teering Assist
Ac tiv eS teering Assis tisonlya vailable for
ve hicles with theD riving Assistance Pack‐
age.
RAc tiveS teering Assis tisoperational at
speeds up to130m ph (2 10km/h) and helps yo
utos tayint he center of thel ane by
means of moderat esteering inter ventions.
RIt uses thev ehicle in front and thel ane mark‐
ings as areferenc edepen ding on thed rive n
speed.
RAc tiveS teering Assis trequires youast he
driver ,tokeepyour hands on thes teering
wheel at all times so that youa reable to
inter vene at an ytime tocor rect thec ourse of
th ev ehicle and keep it in lane.
RAc tiveS teering Assis tcan be overridden at
an yt imebys teering thev ehicle yourself.
RWhen thes ystemisa ctively steering, the
è symbol is shown in green in them ulti‐
function displa y.
Sy stem limitations of Activ eS teering Assist
Ac tiveS teering Assis thas alimited steering tor‐
qu ef or lateral guidance. In some cases ,the
st eering inter ventio nisn otsuff icien ttok eepthe
ve hicle in thel ane.
If th ed etection of lane markings and vehicles
ahead is impaired, ActiveS teering Assist
switches topassiv emode. The sy stem pr ovides
no suppor tinthis case. During thet ransition
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