ESP MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN 2019 Owner's Manual

In
this Oper ator's Manual, youwill find thefo l‐
lo wing symbols : 000A
DANG ER Dan gerdue tonotob ser ving
th ewa rning notic es
Wa rning notic es draw your att entio nto haz‐
ar ds that ma yend angeryour healt hor life, or
th ehealt hor life of other s. 0007
Obser vethewa rning notic es. 000F
ENV
IRONM ENTALNOTEEnvironme ntal
da ma gedue tofailur eto obser veenvi‐
ro nment alno tes En
vironme ntal no tesinclude information on
en vironment allyresponsible behaviororenvi‐
ro nment ally responsible disposal. 0007
Obser veenvironmen talno tes. 000E
NO
TEDama getoproper tydue tofailur e
to obser venoteson mat erial damag e No
teson mat erial damag einf orm youof
ri sk swhic hma ylead toyour vehicle being
damag ed. 0007
Obser venoteson mat erial damag e. 0009
Useful instructions orfur ther information
th at coul dbe helpf ulto you.
X In
stru ction
(007B page)Fu
rther information onato pic
Display Inf
ormation onthemultifunc tiondis‐
pla y/media display
+ Highestmenu leve l,whic his to be
select edinthemultimedia system
* Corresponding submenus, whichar e
to be select edinthemultimedia sys‐
te m
*M arks acaus e Sym
bols 5

1
Spee dometer →
220
2 00E5 ESP®
→
480
3 003E003D Turn signal lights →
119
4 00CC Powe r-assis tedsteer ing malfunct ion →
491
5 Multifunc tiondispla y →
224
6 0025 ABSmalfunct ion →
480
7 00B9 CheckEn gine →
487
8 Tach ome ter →
220
9 0028 Thisindicatorlamp has nofunct ion
A Electr icpar king brak eappli ed(red) →
480
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
B Brak es (red) →
480
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
C 003D Electricalmalfunction →
487 D
L Distance warning →
486
E 00AC Coolant tooho t/c old →
487
F Coolant temp eratur ega ug e →
220
G 0024 Electric pa rking brak e(yello w) →
480
H 0075 Restra int system →
32
I 00E9 Seatbeltnotfa stened →
485
J 0060 Parking light s →
118
K Fuelleve ldispla y
00B6 Fuelreser vewit hfuel filler flap locatio n
ind icat or →
487
L 0057 Highbeam →
119
M 0058 Lowbeam →
118
N 005E Rear foglight →
119
O 00CC Suspens ion mal functi on →
486
P 0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system →
489
Q 00BB ESP®
OFF →
480 At
aglanc e– Wa rning and indic ator lam ps 9

1
Spee dometer →
220
2 00CC Suspension malfunction →
486
3 003E003D Turn signal indicat ors →
119
4 Multifunction display →
224
5 Tach ome ter →
220
6 00BB ESP®
OFF →
480
00E5 ESP®
→
480
7 0057 Highbeam →
119
0058 Lowbeam →
118
0060 Parking light s →
118
8 00AC Coolan tto oho t/c old →
487
9 Coolant temp eratur ega ug e →
220
A L Distance warning →
486
B 00CC Powe r-assis tedsteer ing malfunct ion →
491
C 003D Electrical mal functi on →
487
D Brak es (red) →
480 0027
USAonly
004D Canad aonly
E 00E9 Seatbel tno tfa stened →
485
F Fuelleve ldispla y
G 00B6 Fuelreser vewit hfuel filler flap locatio n
ind icat or →
487
H 005E Rear foglight →
119
I 0075 Restra int system →
32
J 0028 Thisindicat orlam phas nofunc tion
K 00B9 CheckEn gine →
487
L Elect ric pa rking brak eapplied (red) →
480
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
M 0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system →
489
N 0025 ABSmalfunct ion →
480
O 0024 Electric pa rking brak e(yello w) →
480 At
aglanc e– Wa rning and indic ator lam ps 11

Decla
ratio nof confor mity forwi reless vehi‐
cle comp onent s
US A:"The wireless devic es ofthis vehicle com‐
ply withPa rt15 oftheFCC Rules. Opera tionis
subje ctto thefo llo wing twocon dition s:1) These
de vice sma yno tcause harmful interfere nce, and
2) The sedevice smu stacc eptan yint erfere nce
re cei ved, includin gint erfere nce that ma ycaus e
unde sired operation .Chan gesor modif ications
no tex pressl yappr ovedby thepar tyresponsible
fo rcom pliance could void theuser's author ityto
oper ateth eeq uipment. "
Canada :"The wireless devices ofthis vehicle
com plywit hIndus try Canada license-e xemp t
RSS standar d(s).Operationis subj ecttothefo l‐
lo wing twocon dition s:(1) These device sma y
no tcause interfere nce, and(2)The sedevice s
mu stacc eptan yint erfere nce, including interfer‐
ence that ma ycaus eunde sired oper ationof the
de vice. "
US A:"W ireless chargin gsy stem formobil ede vi‐
ces (Mod el:D-WMI20 15A): this de vice complies
wit hPa rt18 oftheFCC Rules." The
name andaddr essofthere sponsible party
is:
Continent alAu tomo tiveSy stems USInc.
24 00 Executiv eHill sDr ive
Au bur nHills, MI483 26-298 0
Uni tedSt ates ofAm erica Diagn
ostics connect ion
The diagn ostic scon nectionis on lyinte nde dfo r
th econ nect ionofdiagnos ticdevices ataqu ali‐
fi ed specialis two rkshop. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto con‐
necting device sto thediagnos ticscon‐
nect ion
If yo uco nn ect equipme nttoadiagn ostic s
con nectionin theve hicle, itma yaf fect the
oper ation ofvehicle systems.
As are sult, theoper ating safetyof theve hi‐
cle could beaffect ed. 0007
Onlyconnect equipmenttoadiagn os‐
tic scon nectionin theve hicle whichis appr
ovedfo ryo ur vehicle byMer cedes-
Benz . 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
object sin thedr iver's foot we ll
Obj ectsin thedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal trav el or bloc kadepr essed pedal.
This jeopar dizestheoper ating androad
saf etyof theve hicle. 0007
Stow allobj ect sin theve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. 0007
Alw aysins tallth efloor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur e
th at ther eis alw ayssuf ficie ntroom for
th epedals. 0007
Donotuse loose floor mats anddonot
place floor mats ontopof one another. 24
Generalno tes

or
MP3 player). Ifth is dat ais stor ed intheve hi‐
cle, youcan deleteitat anytim e.This datais
sen tto third par ties onlyat your requ est,par tic‐
ular lywhen youuse onlineser vices inacc ord‐
anc ewit hth ese ttings that youha ve select ed.
Yo ucan stor eor chang econ venie nce settings /
ind ividu aliza tionin theve hicle atanytime.
Depending ontheeq uipment, this inc ludes, for
ex am ple:
R setting sfo rth eseat andsteer ing wheel posi‐
tion s
R suspension andclimat econ trol settings
R customizations suchas interior ligh ting
If yo ur vehicle isaccor dinglyeq uipped ,yo ucan
co nn ect your smar tphon eor ano ther mobile end
de vice totheve hicle. Youcan contro lth is by
means ofthecon trol element sint egr ated inthe
ve hicle. Imagesand audiofrom thesmar tphon e
can beoutput viathemultimedia system. Cer‐
tai ninf orma tionis simu ltane ously trans ferred to
yo ur smar tphon e. De
pen dingon thetype ofintegr ation, this can
inc lude:
R gener alvehicle data
R position data
This allowsyouto use selected apps onyour
smar tphon e,suc has navig atio nor musi cpla y‐
bac k.Ther eis no further interaction between the
smar tphone andtheve hicle; inpar ticular ,ve hi‐
cle datais no tdir ectl yaccessible. Whichtype of
fur ther dat apr ocessin goccur sis de term ined by
th epr ov ider ofthespecif icapp used. Whichse t‐
ting syo ucan make,ifan y,depends onthespe‐
cif icapp andtheoper ating system ofyour
smar tphon e. Onlin
eser vices Wi
reless netw orkconnection
If yo ur vehicle hasawir eless networkconn ec‐
tion, itenables datato be exc hang edbetween
yo ur vehicle andadditional systems. Thewire‐
less networkcon nect ionisenabled viatheve hi‐
cle's transmission andrecep tion unitor via con‐
nect edmob ile end device s(e.g .sma rtphones). Onlin
efunc tionscan beused viathewir eless
ne tworkcon nect ion.This includes onlineserv‐
ices andapplications/ appsprov ided bytheman‐
uf actur eror other prov ider s.
Manu factu rer's services
Re garding onlin eser vice sof themanuf acturer,
th eindividual functionsar edescr ibedbythe
manuf acturerinasui table place (e.g.Operator's
Manual, websit eof themanuf acturer)along with
th ere leva nt data protect ion information .Pe r‐
sonal datama ybe used forth epr ov ision of
onlin eser vice s.Dat ais exc hang edvia asecur e
conn ection, e.g.themanuf acturer'sdesignat ed
IT systems. Personal datais collect ed,pro‐
cessed andused viathepr ov ision ofser vice s
exc lusiv elyon thebasis ofleg alper missions or
wit hpr ior con sent .
The services andfunc tions(some times subject
to afe e) can usually beactiv ated ordeactiv ated.
In some cases, this also applies totheent ire
ve hicle's dataconn ection. Thisexcludes, inpar‐
tic ular ,leg allypr escr ibed functionsand service s. 28
General notes

Thir
dpar tyservices
If it is possible touse onlineser vices from other
pr ov ider s,these services aresubject tothedat a
pr otect ion and term sof use ofthere sponsible
pr ov ider .The manuf acturer has noinfluenc eon
th econ tent exc hang ed.
Please inquire,ther efor e, about thetype, scope
and purpose ofthecollect ionand useofper‐
sonal dataas par tof third par tyser vice sfrom
th eir respectiv epr ov ider . Mult
imed iasystem/M ercedes meconnect If
th eve hicle iseq uipped withth emultimedia
sy stem orMer cedes meconnect ,additional data
about theve hicle's operation, theuse ofthe
ve hicle incer tain situat ions,and thelocation of
th eve hicle maybe com piled bythemultimedia
sy stem orMer cedes meconnect .
Fo radd itional information pleasereferto the
ch ap ter"Mu ltimed iasystem" and/or the
Mer cedes meconn ectTerm sand Conditions. Ev
ent data recor der s US
Aonl y:
This vehicle iseq uipped withan event data
re cor der (EDR ).The mainpu rpose ofan EDRis
to recor d,incer tain crash ornear crash-lik esit‐
uation s,suc has an airbag deployment orhitt ing
a ro ad obs tacle ,da ta that will assis tin unde r‐
st andi nghowave hicle's systems perform ed.
The EDRis designed torecor dda ta relat ed to
ve hicle dynamics andsafetysy stems fora shor t
per iod oftime, typica lly30 seconds orless.
The EDR inthis vehicle isdesigned torecor d
su ch dat aas:
R Howvarious systems inyour vehicle were
oper ating
R Whe ther or notth edr iver and front
passeng erseat belts werebuc kled/f astened
R Howfar(if at all)th edr iver wa sdepr essing
th eaccelera torand/or brak epeda land
R Howfast theve hicle wastrave ling
This datacan help prov ide abe tter under stand‐
ing ofthecir cums tances inwh ich acci dents and
inju ries occur .NO TE: EDRdat ais recor ded by yo
ur vehicle onlyif anon- trivial crash situation
occur s;no dat ais recor ded bytheED Runder
nor mal driving conditions andnoper sonal data
(e.g. name, gende r,ag eand acciden tloc atio n)is
re cor ded .Ho wever,ot her parties, suchas law
enf orcement ,could combine EDRdatawit hth e
typ eof personally identifying dataro utin ely
acq uired dur ing acr ash inve stigation .
Ac cess totheve hicle and/or theED Ris needed
to read dat ath at isrecor ded bytheED R,and
special equipment isrequ ired. Inaddition tothe
ve hicle manuf acturer,ot her parties that have the
special equipment, suchas law enf orcement ,
can read theinf ormation byacc essi ngtheve hi‐
cle ortheED R.
ED Rdat ama ybe used incivil andcriminal mat‐
te rs as ato ol inaccident recons tructi on,acci ‐
dent claims and vehicle safety. Since theCr ash
Dat aRe trie va l(CDR) tool that isused toextract
da ta from theED Ris comm erciall yav ailable,
Mer cedes-Ben zUS A,LLC("MBUS A")expressl y
disclaims anyand allliability arising from the
ex tracti onofthis inf ormatio nby unaut horized
Mer cedes-Ben zper son nel. Gen
eral no tes 29

MBUS
Awill notshar eEDR datawit hot her swit h‐
out thecon sent oftheve hicle owner or,if th e
ve hicle isleased, without thecon sent oftheles‐
see. Excep tion sto this repr esent ation include
re sponses tosubpoenas bylaw enf orcem ent;by
fe der al,stat eor loc algo vernment ;in connection
wit hor arising outoflitig ation invo lvin g MBUS A
or its subsidia ries and affiliat es; or,as requ ired
by law.
Wa rning: theED Ris acom ponen tof the
Re stra int System Module. Tamp ering with,alt er‐
ing, modifying orremo ving theED Rcom ponen t
ma yre sult inamalfunction oftheRe stra int Sys‐
te m Modu leand other systems.
St atelaws orregulations rega rding EDRs that
con flict withfe der alregulation arepr e-em pted.
This means that intheev ent ofsuc hcon flict ,th e
fe der alregulation governs. As ofDecember
20 16 ,17 stat es have enact edlaws relatin gto
EDRs . Co
pyright Fr
ee and open sourcesof tware In
fo rm atio non free and open sourcesof tware
lice nses foryo ur vehicle's softwarecan befound
on thedat ast or ag emedium inyour vehicle
document walletand ontheInt erne tto ge ther
wit hupdat es:
htt p:// www .mercedes- benz.com /opens ource Re
gis tere dtrademar ks R
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of DOLB YLabor ator ies.
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of Apple Inc. R
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XM Radio Inc.
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uity Digit alCor poration.
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Gr aceno te,Inc .
R ZAGA TSurve y®
and relat ed brands arere gis‐
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Gener alno tes

Seat
belts Pr
otection prov ided bytheseat belt Alw
aysfa sten your seat beltcorrect lybef ore
st ar tin gajo ur ne y.Asea tbe ltcan only prov ide
th ebes tle ve lof protect ion ifit is wo rncor rectl y. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
inc orrectl yfa stened seatbelt
If th eseat beltisno two rncor rectly ,it can‐
no tper form itsintended protect ive func tion.
In addition, anincor rectly fastened seatbelt
can also cause injuries,forex am ple, inthe
ev ent ofan acciden tor when braking or
ch ang ingdirect ion sudden ly. 0007
Alw aysensur eth at all vehicle occu‐
pants have their seat belts fastened
cor rectl yand aresitti ngprope rly. Alw
aysobser vetheins truction sabout thecor‐
re ct driver's seatpos ition and adjus ting theseat
(0013 page88). In
order forth ecor rectl ywo rnseat belttopro‐
vide theint ended leve lof protect ion, eachve hi‐
cle occupant mustobser vethefo llo wing infor‐
matio n:
R The seat beltmustno tbe twis tedand must
fi t tig htly and snuglyacr oss thebody .
R The seat beltmustbe routed acr oss thecen‐
te rof theshoulder andaslow do wn across
th ehips aspossible.
R The shoulder sectionoftheseat beltshould
no tto uc hyo ur neck nor berouted unde r
yo ur arm or behin dyo ur bac k.
R Avoid wearing bulk yclo thing, e.g. awint er
coat .
R Push thelap belt down asfaras possi ble
acr oss your hips andpulltight wit hth eshoul‐
der sect ionofthebelt. Neverro uteth elap
belt across your abdom en.
R Neverro uteth eseat beltacross shar p,poin‐
te d, abr asiv eor fragile objec ts.
R Onlyone person should useeachseat beltat
an yone time. Neverall ow babies andchil‐
dr en totrave lsitt ing onthelap ofano ther
ve hicle occupant. R
Neversecur eobjects withaseat beltifth e
seat beltisalso being usedbyone ofthe
ve hicle's occupants. Alwaysobser vethe
ins truct ions forloa ding theve hicle when
secur ingobject s,lugg ageor loads
(0013 page10 2).
Als oensu rethat no obj ect s,e.g .a cus hion ,
ar eeve rpla ced between aper son and the
seat.
The seat belts onthefo llo wing seats areeq uip‐
ped withaspec ialseat beltretract or:
R front-p asse ng er seat
R Rear seat s
Ac tivateor deacti vate thespecial seatbelt
re tract or(0013 page 52).
If ch ildr enaretrave ling intheve hicle, besur eto
obser vetheins truction sand safetyno teson
"Chi ldren intheve hicle" (0013 page48). 34
Occupant safety

Con
sequen tly, theair bags cannotprotect
ve hicle occupants asthey aredesig nedto
do. Inaddition, operation oftheaut omatic
fr ont passeng erair bag shut offma ybe
re strict ed. 0007
Yousho uld onlyuse seat covers that
ha ve been approved forth ecor respond‐
ing seats byMer cedes-Ben z. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomalfu nc‐
tions ofthesensor sin thedoor paneling
Sens orsto contr oltheairbags arelocat edin
th edoor s.Modif ication sor wo rknotpe r‐
fo rm ed cor rectl yto thedoor sor door panel‐
ing, aswellas damag eddoor s,can lead to
th efunc tion ofthesensor sbeing impair ed.
The airbags mightther efor eno tfunc tion
pr oper lyan ymor e.
Con sequent ly,th eairbags cannotprotect
ve hicle occupants asthey aredesig nedto
do. 0007
Nevermodify thedoor sor par tsof the
door s. 0007
Alw aysha ve wo rkon thedoor sor door
paneling carried out ataqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue todeplo yed
airbag
A deplo yedairbag nolong erhas apr otect ive
func tion andcann otprotect asintended in
th eev ent ofan acciden t. 0007
Have theve hicle towe dto aqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop inorder tohave the
deplo yedairbag replaced. Ha
ve deplo yedairbags replaced immediat ely. St
atus ofthefront passeng erfront airbag Fu
nction oftheaut oma ticfront passeng er
fr ont airbag shutoff
The automatic front passeng erfront airbag shut‐
of fis able todetect whe ther thefront passeng er
seat isoccupied byaper son orach ild restra int
sy stem. Thefront passeng erfront airbag isena‐
bled ordisabled accordingly. When
installing ach ild restra int system onthe
fr ont passeng ersea t,alw aysmak esur eof the
fo llo wing:
R Ensur eth at thech ild restra int system isposi‐
tion edcor rectl y(0013 page 47).
R Alw aysobser vethech ild restra int system
manuf acturer'sinstallation instruct ions .
R Neverpla ceobjects, e.g.cushi ons,under or
behi ndthech ild restra int system.
R Fully re tract theseat cushion lengthadjus t‐
ment .
R The entire base ofthech ild restra int system
mus talw aysre st on theseat cushion ofthe
fr ont passeng ersea t.
R The backres tof thefo rw ard-f acin gch ild
re stra int system mus tlie asflat as poss ible
ag ains tth ebac kres tof thefront passeng er
seat.
R The child restra int system mus tno tto uc hth e
ro of or be put under stra in by thehead
re stra int s.Ad jus tth eseat backres tinclin a‐
tion andthehead restra int setting accord‐
ing ly. Occ
upant safety 41

000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
object sbe tween thesitt ing surface and
th ech ild restra int system
Objec tsbetween thesitt ing surface and the
ch ild restra int system could affect thefunc ‐
tion oftheaut omatic front passeng erairbag
shut off.
This could result inthefront passeng erair‐
bag notfunc tioningasintended during an
acciden t. 0007
Donotplace anyobjec tsbetween the
sitting surface and thech ild restra int
sy stem. 0007
The entire base ofthech ild restra int
sy stem mus talw aysre st on thesitt ing
sur face ofthefront passeng erseat. 0007
The backres tof thefo rw ard-f acin gch ild
re stra int system mus t,as faras possi ‐
ble, beresting ontheseat backres tof
th efront passeng erseat. 0007
Alw ayscom plywit hth ech ild restra int
sy stem manuf acturer'sinstallation
ins truct ions . A
per son onthefront passeng erseat must
obser vethefo llo wing informatio n:
R Fasten seat belts correctl y(0013 page 34).
R Sitinan almos tupr ight seatposi tion with
th eir bac kag ains tth eseat backres t.
R Sitwithth eir feet resting onthefloor ,if pos‐
sible.
The front passeng erfront airbag mayot her wise
be disable dby mis take ,fo rex am ple inthefo l‐
lo wing situat ions:
R The front passen gertr ansf ersth eir weight by
suppor tingthemselv eson ave hicle armr est.
R The front passeng ersits insuc hawa yth at
th eir weight israised from thesitt ing sur‐
fa ce. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
deactiv ated front passeng erairbag
If th ePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Find icat or
lam pis lit,th efront passeng erairbag isdisa‐
bled. Itwill notbe deplo yedin theeve ntof
an acci dent and canno tpe rfor m its intended
pr otect ive func tion. A
per son inthefront passeng erseat could
th en, forex am ple, com eint ocon tact with
th eve hicle interior ,especially ifth eper son is
sitt ing tooclose tothecoc kpit.
If th efront passeng erseat isoccupied,
alw aysensur eth at:
R The classificat ion oftheper son inthe
fr ont passeng ersea tis cor rect and the
fr ont passeng erairb agisenabl edordisa ‐
ble din accor dance withth eper son inthe
fr ont passeng ersea t.
R The front passeng ersea thas been moved
as farbac kas possi ble.
R The person isseat edcor rectly . 0007
Ensur e,bo th bef oreand during thejour‐
ne y,that thest atus ofthefront
passeng erairbag iscor rect. If
th efront passeng erseat isoccupied, theclas‐
sif ication oftheper son orchild restra int system
on thefront passeng erseat take splace afte rth e
fr ont passeng erfront airbagshut offself-t est.
The PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam psdis‐ 42
Occupan tsaf ety