manual transmission MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN 2018 Owner's Manual

SmartKey
Overvie wofSmartK eyfunctions
&
WARNING Risk of accident and injury
due tochildren lef tunat tende dint he
ve hicle
If ch ildren ar eleftu nat tende dint hevehicle,
th ey could:
ROpe ndoors,t hereb yendangering other
persons or road users.
RGe tout of thev ehicle and be hit by
oncoming traf fic.
ROpe rate ve hicle equipment and become
trapped, fore xamp le.
In addition,c hildren could also se tthe vehi‐
cle in motion, fore xamp le,by:
RRe leasing thep arking brake.
RShifting thea utomatic transmission out
of par kposition jor shifting manual
transmission int oneutral.
RStartin gthe engine
#When leaving thev ehicle, alw ayst ake
th eS martK eywit hyou and loc kthe
ve hicle.
#Ne verlea ve children and animals unat‐
te nde dint hevehicle.
#Ke ep theS martK eyout of reac hofc hil‐
dren.
* NO
TEDama getothek eycaused by
magnetic fields
#Ke ep thek eyaway from strong mag‐
netic fields.
1Loc ks
2Batter ychec klamp
3Unloc ks
4Opens/closes thet runk lid
5Pa nic alarm
The Smart Keyloc ks and unlo ckst he following
components:
RThe doors
RThe trunk lid
RThe fuel filler flap
Opening and closing 57

Requirements:Rpar kposition jis selected.
Rthea nti- thefta larms ystem is no tactivated.
Rthep anic alar misnotactivated.
Rtheh azar dwarning lightsa reswitched off.
Rtheh ood is closed.
Rthed oor sareclosed and loc ked.
Rthew indo wsand slidings unroof ar eclosed.
#Startt he vehicle using thes martphone:Rafte re very vehicle start, thee ngine runs for
te nm inutes.
Ryo uc an car ryout amaximum of tw oconsec‐
utiv estartin ga ttem pts.
Ryo uc an stop thev ehicle again at an ytime.
Rfur ther information can be found inthe
smartphone app.
Securing thee ngine agains tstarting be fore
car rying out maintenance or repair work:
#Switc hont he hazar dwarning lights.
or
#Un loc kthe doors. or
#Open
aside windo worthe sliding sunroof.
Running-in no tes
Mercedes-AMG vehicles: observethe no tesi n
th eS upplement .Otherwise, youm aynotrecog‐
niz ed angers.
To preser vethee ngine during thef irst
1, 000 miles( 1,500 km):
Rdriv eatv arying road speeds and engine
speeds.
Rdriv eind rive program Cor E.
Rchang egear befor ethe revc ounter needlei s
Ô ofthew aytother ed area of ther ev coun‐
te r.
Rdo no tshif td ow nag ear manuall yinorder to
brake.
Rav oid overstraining thev ehicle, e.g. driving at
full thro ttle.
Rve hicles with automatic transmission: do
no td epress thea ccelerator pedal be yond the
pressur epoint (kickdown).
Ronlyincrease thee ngine speed gradually and
accelerat ethe vehicle tofull speeda fter
1, 000 miles( 1,500 km).
This also applie swhent he engine or parts of the
driv etra in ha vebeen replaced.
Please also obser vethef ollowing running-in
no tes:
RIn cer tain drivinga nd drivings afet ys ystems,
th es ensor sadjus tautomatically while acer‐
tai nd ista nc eisd rive na fter thev ehicle has
been delivered or af terr epairs. Full sy stem
ef fectivenes sisnotachie vedu ntil thee nd of
th is teach-in process.
RBrak epads, brak ediscsa nd tires that are
either ne worhaveb een replaced onl yach‐
ie ve optimum braking ef fect and grip af ter
se veralh undred kilom et
er sofd riving. Com‐
pensat efor ther educed brak

ing effect by
applying greater forc etot he brak epedal.
Driving and parking 13
7

Park position jis engaged automaticall yifone
of thef ollowing condition sismet:
Ryo us wit ch thee ngine of fwitht he transmis‐
sion in position hork.
Ryouo pen thed rive r's door when thev ehicle
is stationar yorwhen drivin gataveryl ow
speed and thet ransmission is in position h
or k.
Engaging driv eposition D
#Depress theb rake pedal and push the
DIRECT SELECTl everdow np astthe firs t
point of resis tance.
The transmission positio ndispl ay sho wsh
in them ultifunction displa y.
When thea utomatic transmission is in transmis‐
sion position h,itshiftstheg ear sautomati‐
call y.This depends on thef ollowing factors:
Rth es elected driv eprogram
Rthep osition of thea ccelera torp edal
Rther oad speed
Manual gearshifting
&
WARNING Risk of skidding and of an
accident duetos hifting down on slippery
ro ad sur faces
If yo us hiftd ow nons lipperyroad sur faces to
inc rease thee ngine braking ef fect, thed rive
wheels ma ylose traction.
#Do no tshif td ow nons lipperyroad sur‐
fa ces toinc rease thee ngine braking
ef fect.
#To activate: pullsteering wheel gearshift
paddle 1or2.
Manual gearshiftin gisactivated foras hort
time. The cur rent gear is displa yedint he
multifunction displa y.
#Toshif tup:pull steering wheel gearshift
paddle 2.
#Toshif tdow n:pull steering wheel gearshift
paddle 1.
#Todeactivate: pullsteering wheel gearshift
paddle 2and hold it in place.
The transmissionp ositionhappear sinthe
multifunction displa y.
% Ifyo us elect theManual drivesetting in
driv eprogram I,m anua lgearshifting is per‐
manently activated.
Mercedes-AMG vehicles: observethe no tesi n
th eS upplement .Otherwise, youm aynotrecog‐
niz ed angers.
Driving and park ing14
5

shiftfromt ransmission position jtoh or
k.
RIf th et ransmission is in position k,the
trunk lid mus tbeclosed.
If th es eat belt tongueisn otinser tedi ntot he
seat belt buckle of thed rive r's seat, thef ollow‐
ing condition smustbef ulfilled:
RThe driver's door is closed.
RYoum ovet he transmission out of transmis‐
sion position joryouh ave prev iously
driven fasterthan 2m ph (3 km/h).
RIfth et ransmission is in position k,the
trunk lid mus tbeclosed.
If th ee lectric parking brak eisreleased, the
F (USA) or !(CANADA) indicator lam pin
th ei nstrument clus terg oes out. Applying or
releasing thee lectric pa rking
brak emanually
Applying
#Push handle 1.
The F (USA) or !(Canada) indicator
lam pappear sinthe instrument clus ter. %
The electric parking brak eisonlys ecurely
applied if thei ndicator lam pislit continu‐
ously.
Re leasing
#Swit chon thei gnition.
#Pull handle 1.
The F (USA) or !(Canada) indicator
lam pint he instrument clus terg oes out.
Emer gency braking
#Press and hold handle 1.
When thev ehicle has been braked toa
st andstill, thee lectric parking brak eis
applied. The F(USA) or !(Canada)
indicator lam pappear sinthe instrument
clus ter.
Note sonp arking thev ehicle foral ong
period
If yo ul eave thev ehicle par kedf or longer than
fo ur we eks, thed isconnected batter ymaybe
damaged bydeep dischar ge.
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Driving and pa rking

Requirements:RThe vehicle is stationar y.
RThe driver's door is closed or thes eat belt on
th ed rive r's side is fastened.
RThe engine is running or hasb eena utomati‐
cally switched of fbythe EC Ostart/s top
function.
RThe electric parking brak eisreleased.
RActiveD ista nce Assist DISTRONICi snotacti‐
va ted.
RVe hicles with automatic transmission:
The transmission is in position h,kori.
Ac tivatin gthe HOLDf unction
#Depress theb rake pedal and af teras hort
time depress fur ther until theë display
appear sinthe multifunction displa y.
#Release theb rake pedal.
Deactivating the HOLD function
#Depress thea ccelerator pedal topull away.
or
#Depress theb rake pedal until theë dis‐
pla yd isappear sfromt he multifunction dis‐
pla y.
The HOLD function is deactivated in thef ollow‐
ing situations:
RWhen ActiveD ista nce Assist DISTRONICi s
acti vated.
RVe hicles with automatic transmission:
when transmission position jis selected.
RWhen thev ehicle is secured wit hthe electric
parking brake.
In thef ollowing situations, thev ehicle is held by
th et ransmission position jorby thee lectric
parking brake:
RWhen thes eat belt is unfas tened and the
driver's door is opened.
RWhen thee ngine is switched off.
RWhen ther eisam alfunction in thes ystemo r
if th ep ower supply is insu fficient.
AIR BODY CONT ROL
AIR BODY CONT ROLfunction
AI RB ODYC ONTROL is an air suspension sy stem
wit hvariable dampingf or improveddriving com‐
fo rt.T he all-round le velc ontrol sy stem ensures
th eb estp ossible suspension and const ant
groundc learance, evenw ithal aden vehicle.
When driving at speed, thev ehicle is lo wered
automaticall ytoimprove driving saf etya nd to
re duce fuel consum ption. The option of manually
adjustin gthe vehicle le velisa lsoavailable.
AI RB ODYC ONTROL comprises:
RAir suspension wit hvariable spring rate
RAu tomatic le velc ontrol sy stem
RSpeed-dependent lo wering toreduce fuel
consum ption
RManuall yselecta ble high-le vels etting for
grea terg round cleara nce
RADS PLUS (Ada ptiveD amping Sy stem with
const ant dampingf orce adjustment)
RDYNA MIC SELECT switc hand le velb utton
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Driving and pa rking

Manually
#Deactivateª$XWRPDWLF 'D\OLJKW 6DYLQJ
7LPH.
#Select 'D\OLJKW 6DYLQJ 7LPH.
#Select2Qor2II.
Setting thet imea nd da teform at
Multimedi asystem:
,6\VWHP.& 7LPH DQG 'DWH.6HW
)RUPDW
#Se tthe dat eand time form at#.
Setting thet imem anually
Re quirement
RThe 0DQXDO 7LPH $GMXVWPHQW function is
switched on.
Multimedia sy stem:
,6\VWHP.& 7LPH DQG 'DWH.6HW
7LPH
#Se tthe hours.
#Na vigat etot heright tosetthe minutes.
#Se tthe minutes.
#Confir mchanges when exitin gthe menu.
The dat eissetautomaticall yvia GPS.
Connectivity
Switching transmission of thev ehicle posi‐
tio no n/off
Multimedias ystem:
,6\VWHP.ö &RQQHFWLYLW\
#Select 7UDQVPLW 9HKLFOH 3RVLWLRQ .
#Switchthe function on Oor off ª.
Bluetooth®
Information abou tBluet oo th®
Blue toot h®tech nology is astandar dfor short-
ra ng ew ireles sdatat ransfer up toappr oximately
32.8ft( 10m). Youc an use Blue tooth
®tocon‐
nect your mobile phonetot he multimedia sys‐
te ma nd use thef ollowing functions, fore xam‐
ple:
Rhands-free sy stem wit haccess tothef ollow‐
ing options:
-contacts (→pag e278)
-call lists (→pag e281)
-text message s
RInternetconnection
Rlistening tomusi cvia Blue tooth®audio
(→pag e305)
Rtrans ferring business cards (vCards) int othe
ve hicle
Blue tooth
®isar egis tere dt rademar kofBlue‐
toot hSpecial Interes tGroup (SIG) Inc.
% Interne tconnection via Blue tooth
®is not
av ailable in all countries.
Ac tivating/deactivatin gBluetooth
®
Re quirementRApple CarPlay™ is no tactive.
Multimedia sy stem:
,6\VWHP.ö &RQQHFWLYLW\
#Activate Oor deacti vate ª Bluetoo th®.
Multimedia sy stem 239

Perm itted towing me thods
Ve hicl eequipment/to wing
me thod
Bo th axlesont hegroundFront axle raisedRe ar axle raised
Ve hicles wit hmanual transmission Yes, maximum 31miles( 50 km) at
31 mp h(50 km/h) Ye
s, maximum 31miles( 50 km) at
31 mp h(50 km/h) Ye
s, maximum 31miles( 50 km) at
31 mp h(50 km/h)
Ve hicles wit hautomatic transmis‐
sion Ye
s, maximum 31miles( 50 km) at
31 mp h(50 km/h) No
Yes, if thes teering wheel is fixe di n
th ec enter position wit hasteering
wheel loc k.
4MATIC vehicles Yes, maximum 31miles( 50 km) at
31 mp h(50 km/h) No
No
Towing wit haraiseda xle:towing should be
per form ed byatow ing compan y.
Towing thev ehicle wit hbotha xlesont he
gr ound
#Obser vethen otes on thep ermitted towing
me thods (→pag e345) (→pag e346).
#Mak esuret hat theb atter yisc onnected and
ch arge d.
When theb atter yisd ischar ged:
Rthee ngine cannot bestar ted.
Rth ee lectric parking brak ecannot bereleased
or applied.
Rve hicles with automatic transmission: the
automatic transmission canno tbeshiftedt o
position iorj.
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Breakdown assis tance

Setting upthef olding wheel chock
Prepa ring thev ehicle foraw heelchange
Re quirementsRThe requ ired tire-chang etool kit is available.
If yo ur vehicle is no tequipped wit hthe tire-
ch ang etool kit, consult aqualified specialis t
wo rkshop tofind outa boutsuitable tools.
RThe vehicle is no tonaslope.
RThevehicle is on solid, non-slipper yand le vel
ground .
#Applythee lectric parking brak emanually.
#Movethef ront wheels tothes traight-ahead
position.
#Ve hicles with automatic transmission:
shif tint op osition j.
#Vehicles with AI RBODYC ONT ROL:setthe
normal vehicle le vel(→pag e178).
#Switc hoffthee ngine.
#Mak esuret hat thee ngine cannot bestar ted.
#Place choc ks orother suitable items under
th ef ront and rear of thew heel that is diago‐
nall yopposit ethe wheel youw ish tochange.
#Re mo vetheh ub caps if necessary
(→pag e378).
#Raising thev ehicle (→pag e379).
Removing and in stalling hub caps
Re quirement:RThe vehicle is prepared foraw heelc hange
(→pag e378).
Plas tic hub cap
#Toremo ve:tur nthe center co veroft he hub
cap anti-clockwise and remo vetheh ub cap.
#Toinstall: makesuret hat thec enter co vero f
th eh ub cap is turned anti-clockwise.
#Position theh ub cap and tur nthe center
co verc lockwise until theh ub cap engages
ph ysicall yand audibly.
378
Wheels and tires

Attention assistant
see ATTENTION ASSIST
Au dio mode
Ac tivating media mod e........................ 298
Connecting USB devices ..................... 300
Co pyright ............................................. 297
Information .......................................... 296
Inserting/ removing an SD car d...........2 98
Medias earch....................................... 303
Overvie w............................................. 299
Pa use and playbac kfunction .............. .300
Selecting atrack ................................. 300
Selecting playba ckoptions .................. 300
Tr ac kl ist. ............................................ .300
Au thorized workshop
see Qualified specialis tworks hop
Au tomatic distanc econtrol
seeA ctiveDista nce Assist DISTRONIC
Au tomatic drivin glights .......................... 115
Au tomatic engine star t( EC Os tart/
sto pfunction) .......................................... 140
Au tomatic fron tpassen gerfront air
bag shu toff ........................................... 41,4 2
PA SSENGER AIR BAGi ndicator lam p..... 42 Au
tomatic front-passenger fron tair
bag deacti vatio ns ystem .......................... .41
Fu nctio noft he automatic front
passenger air bag shutof f......................4 1
Au tomatic lateral suppor tadjustment
Setting ................................................... 91
Au tomatic mir rorf olding function
Ac tivating
/deactivating .......................1
24
Au tomatic transmission
DIRECT SELECTl ever........................... 143
Driv eprogram displa y.......................... 142
Driv eprogram s.................................... 142
DY NA MIC SELECT switc h.................... 142
Engaging driv eposit ion. ...................... 145
Engaging reve rseg ear ........................ .144
Kickdown ............................................. 146
Manual gearshiftin g............................. 145
Selecting par kposition ........................ 144
Shifting toneutral ................................ 144
St eering wheel paddle shif ters ............ 145
Tr ansmission position displa y............. .143
Tr ansmission positions. .......................143
B
BA S(Brak eAssis tSystem) .................... .159
Battery SmartK ey............................................... 59
Batter y(vehicle)
Charging .............................................. 342
Ju mp -star ting ...................................... 342
No tes. ................................................. 340
Belt see Seat belts
Belt air bag Activation .............................................. 32
Fu nction/no tes. ....................................3 6
Blind Spo tAssis t..................................... 197
Ac tivating/deactivating .......................1 99
Fu nctio n.............................................. 197
Sy stem limitations .............................. .197
Blo wer
see Climate control
Blue tooth
®
Ac tivating/deactivating .......................2 39
Setting up an Interne tconnection ....... 290
Settings ............................................... 239
Index 461

ÂDon'tForget Your Key................ .430
Driver's Door Open &Transmission
No tinPR isk ofVehicle Rolling Away ... 431
6Fr ont LeftMalfunction Service
Re quired (Example) .............................. 411
Fr ont Passenger Airbag Disabled See
Operator's Manual ...............................4 12
Fr ont Passenger Airbag Enabled See
Operator's Manual ...............................4 13
8Fu el LevelL ow ............................ 425
8Gas Cap Loose ............................ 425
!Inoperativ eSee Opera tor's
Manual ................................................ 397
÷Inoperativ eSee Operator's
Manual ................................................ 400
TInoperativ eSee Operator's
Manual ................................................ 401
GInoperative .................................. 406
ÂKe yNotDe tected (whit edis‐
play message ).................................... .430 ÂKe
yNotDe tected (red displ ay
message )............................................ .430
6Lef tSide Cu rtain Airbag Mal‐
function Servic eRequired (Example) ....411
Le tfresh air int othe vehicle interior.
Air Conditioning Malf. Visit Wo rk‐
shop ....................................................4 34
¢ Lowe ring ..................................... 414
Malfunction Driv eatMax. 50 mp
h.......4 16
b

Malfunction See Operator ’s
Manual ................................................ 438
NP ermanentl yActiv eRiskofR olling
Aw ay ................................................... 432
ÂObta inaN ew Key........................ 42 9
ëOf f.............................................. .420
Onl yShiftto' P' when Vehicle is Sta‐
tionary ................................................ .432
FPa rking Brak eSee Opera tor's
Manual ................................................ 403 ÂPlace
theK eyintheM arke d
Space See Opera tor's Manual ............. 431
hPlease Cor rect Tire Pressure .......426
FPlease Release Parking Brake .....4 02
PRE-SAFE Impulse Side Inoperative
See Operator's Manual ........................ 409
PRE-SAFE Inoperativ eSee Opera‐
to r's Manual ........................................ 409
Ra dar Sensor sDirty See Operator's
Manual ........................................ 407, 408
_Re ar LeftBackres tNot
Latc hed (Example) ...............................4 37
ÂRe placeKeyB atte ry .................... 429
Re versing No tPossible Service
Re quired .............................................. 433
#See Opera tor's Manual ............... 423
Service Required Do No tShiftG ears
Vi sit Dealer ........................
.................. 432
6

SRS Malfunction Service
Re quired .............................................. 410
468
Index