tow MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS WAGON 2019 Owner's Guide

Head
restra ints Ad
jus tingthe fron tse at head restra ints
mec hanica lly 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom adju sting
th eve hicle settin gswhile theve hicle isin
mo tion
Yo uco uld lose contro lof theve hicle inthe
fo llo wing situat ions:
R ifyo uadj ustth edr iver's seat, thehead
re stra int ,th esteer ing wheel orthemir ror
while theve hicle isin mo tion
R ifyo ufa sten your seat beltwhile theve hi‐
cle isin mo tion 0007
Beforest ar tin gth eengine: adjustth e
dr iver's seat, thehead restra int ,th e
st eer ing wheel orthemir rorand fasten
yo ur seat belt. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tohead
re stra int swhic har eno tins talled orare
adjus tedincor rectl y
If hea dre stra int sar eno tins talled orare
adjus tedincor rectly ,th ehead restra int scan ‐
no tpr ov ide protect ion asintended.
Ther eis an incr eased risk ofinjur yin the
head andneckar ea, e.g. intheeve ntofan
acci dent or wh en braki ng. 0007
Alw aysdr ive wit hth ehead restra int s
ins talled. 0007
Beforedr ivin gof f,mak esur efo rev ery
ve hicle occupant that thecent erofthe
head restra int suppor tsthebac kof the
head atabout eyeleve l. Do
notint erch ang eth ehead restra int sof the
fr ont and rear seat s.Ot her wise, youwill notbe
able toadjus tth eheight andangleof thehead
re stra int scor rectl y.
Ad jus tth ehead restra int fore -and -aftpo sitio nso
th at itis as clo seasposs ibletothebac kof your
head. 0007
Toraise: pullthehead restra int up. 0007
Tolowe r:press release knob 1 inthedir ec‐
tion ofthear row and push thehead restra int
do wn. 0007
Tomo veforw ards: pullth ehead restra int
fo rw ards. 0007
Tomo vebac kwards: press release knob 2
and push thehead restra int bac kwards. Seat
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Ad
jus tingthe fron t-se atlux uryhe ad
re stra ints mechanica lly 0007
Toadjus tth eside bolsters of thehead
re stra int :pull orpush right orleft-h and side
bols ter2. 0007
Tomo veforw ards: pullth ehead restra int
fo rw ards. 0007
Tomo vebac kwards: press release knob 1
and push thehead restra int bac kwards.
Lo we ring there ar seat head restra ints from
th efront 0007
Press butt on1. Ad
jus tingthe head restra ints ofthere ar
seats mechanic ally 0007
Toraise: pullthehead restra int up. 0007
Tolowe r:press release knob 1 inthedir ec‐
tion ofthear row and push thehead restra int
do wn. 94
Seatsand stow ing

Ins
tallin g/remo ving theout errear seat head
re stra ints
Re mo ving 0007
Release there ar seat backres tand fold itfor‐
wa rdsslightly (0013page10 8). 0007
Pullth ehead restra int upw ards asfaras it
wil lgo. 0007
Push release knob 1 inthedir ect ion ofthe
ar row and pulloutthehead restra int .
Ins talling 0007
Insertth ehead restra int suc hth at the
no tches onthebar areon thelef twhen
vie we din thedir ect ion oftra vel. 0007
Push thehead restra int down untilyo uhear
it en gage inposit ion. 0007
Foldthere ar seat backres tbac kunt ilit
eng ages. Conf
iguringtheseat settings Multi
media system:
0018 Vehicle 0019
a Seats 0007
Select Driver'sSeat orPassenger Seat.
Ad jus tingthe backres tsi de bolste rs 0007
Select SideBol sters . 0007
Adjus tth eair cushions . Ad
jus tingthe seat contou rin the lumb ar
re gion oftheseat backres t(lum bar) 0007
Sele ctLumbar . 0007
Adjus tth eair cushions .
Memor yfunction 0007
Save theseat settings withth ememor yfunc ‐
tion (0013 page10 4). Se
ttin gaut omati cadjus tmentof the lateral
suppo rt(act ive mu lticont ourseat ) Multim
ediasystem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
a Seats
Wi th this func tion,th elat eral suppor tof the
act ive mult icontour seat isaut omat icallyadjus ‐
te dto thedr iving andcorner ing dynamics ofthe
ve hicle. 0007
Select Driver's SeatorPassenger Seat. 0007
Select Dynamic Seat. 0007
Selec tse tting: Off,Level 1or Level 2. Seats
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Ov
ervie wof massa geand workout prog rams Mas
sagepr og ram
The follo wing progr ams canbeselec ted:
R Hot Relaxing Back
R Hot Relaxing Shoulder
R Activat ingMassage
R Classic Massage
R Wave Massage
R Mobilizing Massage
Ac tiv eWo rkout
The Act.Work outBackand Act.Work outCush-
ion prog rams requ ire yo ur act ive co oper ation.
Te nsi ng and releasing alsohelps toimprove
blood flow toyour musc les.Press agains ta pr es‐
sur epoin tas soo nas youfe el it. Selecting
thema ssag epr og ram forthe fron t
se ats Mu
ltimed iasystem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
a Seats 0007
Select Driver'sSeat orPassenger. 0007
Select Massage. 0007
Select amassag epr ogr am.
The massag epr ogr am runs forapp roxima tely
9 to 15 minut es,depe nding onthese tting. 0007
Tosetth ema ssag eint ensit y:switc hHigh
Inten sityon0073 oroff0053. Re
setting seat adjustm ents Multimedia
system:
0018 Vehicle 0019
a Seats 0019
Reset 0007
Select YesorNo.
Depen dingonwhe ther these ttings forth edr iver
or front passeng erseat areselect ed,onlyth e
select edseat canberese t. Switc
hingtheseat heatingon/of f 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsdue torepeat‐
edl yswitc hingontheseat heating
Re peat edly switc hingontheseat heating can
cause theseat cushion andseat backres t
padding tobecome very hot.
The healt hof per sons withlimit edtemp era‐
tur esensit ivityoralimit edability toreact to
high temp eratur esma ybe affect ed orthey
ma yeve nsu ffer bur n-lik einjur ies. 0007
Donotre peat edlyswitc hon theseat
heating. To
protect agains tove rheating, theseat heating
ma ybe temp orarily deactiv ated afte rit is
swi tched onrepeat edly.
000E NO
TEDama getotheseats caused by
object sor document swhen theseat
heat erisswitc hedon When
theseat heaterisswitc hedon,over‐
heati ngcan occur duetoobject sor docu‐ 96
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ments
placed ontheseats e.g.seat cushions
or child seats .This could cause damag eto
th eseat surface. 0007
Makesur eth at no obj ect sor doc u‐
men tsareon theseats when theseat
heat erisswitc hedon. Re
quirement s:
R The powe rsupp lyis switc hedon 0007
Toswitc hon/incr easetheleve l:pr ess but‐
to n1 repeat edly until thedesir edheating
le ve lis set.
Depe ndingon theheating leve l,up tothre e
indic ator lam pslight up. 0007
Toswitc hof f/r educe theleve l:pr ess but‐
to n1 repeat edly until thedesir edheating
le ve lis set.
If all indic ator lam psareof f,th eseat heating
is switc hedoff.
0009 The seat heating automatic allyswitc hes
do wn from theth re eheating leve ls afte r8,
10 and 20min utes unt ilth eseat heating is
switc hedoff. Switc
hingtheseat ventilat ionon/of f Re
quirement s:
R The powe rsupp lyis swi tched on Seats
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0007
Toswitc hon/incr easetheleve l:pr ess but‐
to n1 repeat edly until thedesir edventil a‐
tio nleve lis set.
Depe ndingon theve ntil ation leve l,up to
th re eindicat orlam pslight up. 0007
Toswitc hof f/r educe theleve l:pr ess but‐
to n1 repeat edly until thedesir edventil a‐
tio nleve lis set.
If all indic ator lam psareof f,th eseat ventil a‐
tio nis sw itched off. Fo
lding benchseat inthecar gocom part‐
men t No
teson thefo lding benchseat 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rywhen theseat
bac kres tis no tupr ight andlockedin
position
If th eseat backres ts of there ar ben chseat
ar eno tloc kedin theupr ight position ,th e
seat backres tof thefo lding benchseat may
fo ld do wn while drivin g.
In this case, theseat belts mayno tper form
th eir intended protect ive func tion. 0007
Mak esur eth at theseat backres ts of
th ere ar ben chseat areloc kedin the
upr ight position. Obs
erve theno teson "Seat belts"
(0013 page37 ),"Head restra int s"
(0013 page93) and "Childr enintheve hicle"
(0013 page47 ).
The folding benchseat isonl yappr ovedfo ruse
wit hch ild seats design edforch ildr enup tosix
ye arsold .In fo rm atio non suit able child restra int
sy stems onthefo lding benchseat canbe
obt ained atanyaut hor ized Mercedes -Benz Cen‐
te r.
The folding benchseat mayonl ybe used when
th ecombin edcar gocoverand netis ins talled.
The tailg atecan beopen edfrom thefo lding
benc hseat. Theswitc his locat edon thewheel
ar ch on theright-h andside when viewe din the
dir ect ion oftrave l.
Fo lding outthefo lding benchseat
Re quirement s:
R The seat backres ts of there ar ben chseat are
loc kedin theupr ight position .
R The handle forth ecombin edlugg ageco ver
and nethas been movedup. Toimprov eth e 98
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re
ar vie w, theupper partof theplat ehas
been folded down. 0007
Pull release handle 1and fold theseat
bac kres tof thefo lding benchseat upwards. 0007
Hook theseat belts intore tainer s3. 0007
Sec ureth eseat beltbuckles inthebac kof
th eseat backres t. 0007
Pull release 2and fold theseat cushion of
th efo lding benchseat intoth eseat position . 0007
Push down theseat cushion untiltheseat
bac kres teng ages full y. 0007
Foldthehead restra int supw ards.
Fo lding backth efo lding benchseat 0007
Pull theseat cushion upwards bytab1 and
fo ld itbac kint oits star tin gposit ionuntilit
eng ages. Seat
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000E
NO
TEDama getothefo lding benchseat
when folding back The
folding benchseat maybe damag ed
when itis folded back. 0007
Fully inse rtthehead restra int sint oth e
guides. 0007
Mak esur eth at theseat beltbuckles
eng ages intheir guides. 0007
Press release knob 3 and fold thehead
re stra int sdo wn. 0007
Press release knob 4 and push thehead
re stra int sall thewa yin . 0007
Foldbac kseat backres t2 ofthefo lding
benc hseat intoits star tin gposit ion.
Open ing/clos ingthecar gocom partmen t
flo or 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toan open
car gocom partment floor
If yo udr ive when thecar gocom partmen t
fl oor isopen, object scould bethrow nar ou nd
and ther eb yst rike vehicle occupants. There
is arisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin theeve ntof
su dd en braki ng orasu dd en chang ein dir ec‐
tio n. 0007
Alw aysclose thecar gocom partmen t
fl oor beforeajour ney. Opening
0007
Press there lease knob inthemiddle ofthe
cargo compartment floor and turnto the
OPEN position. 0007
Pull theloop onthecar gocom partmen tfloor
and fold thecar gocom partmen tfloor up.
0009 Ifth eseat cushions areno tins talled
(0013 page10 0), thecar gocom partmen t
fl oor can becom pletely remo ved.
Closing 0007
Reins tallth ecar gocom partmen tfloor ,if nec‐
essar y,and fold do wn. 0007
Press there lease knob and turnto the
CL OS Eposi tion.
Re mo ving orinst alli ng theseat cushion
If yo uwa nttoopen thecar gocom partmen tfloor
while thefo lding benchseat isfolded back,you
mus tfirs tof allre mo vetheseat cushion. 10
0
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0007
Toremo ve:fo ld seat cushio n2 verticall y
upw ards and remo veitfrom seat cushio n
guide 1. Ins
talling 0007
Push seatcushio n2 intoseat cushio n
guide 1ataslight anglefrom there ar 3. 0007
Foldseat cushio n2 bac kint oits star tin g
posit ion4untilit eng ages. Ste
ering wheel Ad
jus tingthe steer ing wheel manua lly 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom adju sting
th eve hicle settin gswhile theve hicle isin
mo tion
Yo uco uld lose contro lof theve hicle inthe
fo llo wing situat ions:
R ifyo uadj ustth edr iver's seat, thehead
re stra int ,th esteer ing wheel orthemir ror
while theve hicle isin mo tion
R ifyo ufa sten your seat beltwhile theve hi‐
cle isin mo tion 0007
Beforest ar tin gth eengine: adjustth e
dr iver's seat, thehead restra int ,th e
st eer ing wheel orthemir rorand fasten
yo ur seat belt. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment forch il‐
dr en when adjustingth esteer ing wheel
Childr encould injureth emselv esifth ey
adjus tth esteer ing wheel. Seats
andstow ing 10
1

0007
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. 0007
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. 0007
Push release leve r1 down asfaras itwil l
go.
The steer ing column isunloc ked. 0007
Adjus the ight 2 and dist anc e3 tothe
st eer ing wheel. 0007
Push release leve r1 upasfaras itwil lgo.
The steer ing column isloc ked. 0007
Chec kand makesur eth at thesteer ing col‐
umn isloc kedby mo ving thesteer ing wheel. Ad
jus tingthe steer ing wheel electrically The
steer ing wheel canbeadjus tedwhen the
po we rsupp lyis switc hedoff. 1
Adjus tsthedis tance tothesteer ing wheel
2 Adjus tstheheight 0007
Save these ttings withth ememor yfunc tion
(0013 page10 4). 10
2
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