ignition MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS WAGON 2020 Owner's Guide

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Eng agetrans mis sion positio n005D inast atio n‐
ar yve hicle withth ebr ak epedal applied
(/ page16 5). #
Switc hof fth eengine andtheignition by
pr essing button1. #
Release theser vice brak eslo wly. #
Getout oftheve hicle andlockit.
% When youpar kth eve hicle, youcan still
opera tetheside windo wsand thepanor amic
sliding sunroofforapp roxima tely five
minut esifth edr iver's door isclosed.
% When youpar kth eve hicle, youcan still
opera tetheside windo wsand thesliding
sunr oofforapp roxima tely five minut esifth e
dr iver's door isclosed. Gar
agedoor opener Pr
og rammin gbutt onsfo rthe garage doo r
ope ner &
DANG ER Risk ofdeat hcause dby
ex haus tga ses
Combus tionengines emitpoisonous exhaus t
ga ses suchas carbon monoxide.Inhaling
th ese exhaus tga ses ishazar dous tohealt h
and leads topoisonin g. #
Neverlea vetheengine or,if pr esent ,
th eauxiliar yheating running inan
encl osedspa cewithout sufficie ntventi‐
la tio n. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rywhen opening
or clos ingadoor withth ega rage door
opener
When youoper ateor program thedoor with
th eint egr ated garage door opener ,people in
th era ng eof mo vement ofthedoor may
become trapped orstru ck bythedoor . #
When usingtheint egr ated garage door
opener ,alw aysmak esur eth at nobody
is wit hin thera ng eof mo vement ofthe
door . Onl
yoper ateth efo llo wing doorsusing the
ga rage door opener :
R Door swit hasaf etyst op and reve rsing fea‐
tur e.
R Doorswhic hcon form tothecur rent U.S.
sa fety standar ds.
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedoutside the
ga rage oroutside thera ng eof mo vement of
th edoor .
R The engine isswitc hedoff.
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
% The garage door opener function isalw ays
av ailable whentheignition isswitc hedon. 17
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Driving and parking

Electr
icpa rking brak efunct ion(releasing
aut omat ically)
The elect ric pa rking brak eis released whenthe
fo llo wing condition sar efulf illed:
R The driver's door isclos ed.
R The engin eis running .
R The trans mis sion isin po sitio n005B or005E and
yo udepr esstheaccelera torpeda lor you
shif tfr om transmission position005Dto005B or
005E when onleve lgr ou nd withth edr iver's
door closed.
R Ifth etra nsmiss ionisin position 005E,theta il‐
ga te mus tbe closed .
R The seat belttongu eis ins ertedint oth eseat
belt buckleofthedr iver's seat.
If th eseat belttongu eis no tins ertedint oth e
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat, thefo llo w‐
ing con dition smus tbe fulf illed:
R Youshif tfr om transm issionposi tion005D.
R Youha ve prev iousl ydr iven atspeeds grea ter
th an 2mp h(3 km/h). When
theelectr icpar king brak eis released, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
in theins trument clustergoes out.
Appl ying/rele asing theelectr icpa rking
br ak ema nuall y
Appl ying #
Push handle 1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica‐
to rlam papp earsin theins trument cluster.
% The electr icpar king brak eis onl ysecur ely
applied ifth eindicat orlam pis lit con tinu‐
ously .
Re leasing #
Swit chon theignition . #
Pull handle 1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica‐
to rlam pin theins trument clustergoes out.
Emer gency braking #
Press and hold handle 1.
As long astheve hicle isdriving, thePlease
Release ParkingBrak emessag eis displa yed.
When theve hicle hasbeen brak ed toa
st ands till,th eelectr icpar king brak eis
applied. Thered0049 (USA)or0024 (Can‐
ada) indicat orlam pappear sin theins tru‐
ment cluster. 17
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Driving and parking

Inf
orma tion ondetectin gda ma geon a
pa rked vehicl e If
acolli sion isde tected whe nth eto w- aw ay
alar misarmed onaloc kedve hicle, youwill
re cei veano tificat ion inthemultimedia system
when youswit chon theignition .
Yo uwill recei veinformatio nabout thefo llo wing
point s:
R The area oftheve hicle that ma yha ve been
damag ed.
R The forc eof theim pact.
The follo wing situat ionscanlead toinadv ertent
acti vatio n:
R The parked vehicle ismo ved, e.g. inatw o-
st or yga rage .
% Dea ctivateth eto w- aw ay alar minorder to
pr eve ntina dvertent acti vatio n.Ifyo udeac ti‐
va te theto w- aw ay alar m,damag ede tection
wi llal so be dea ctivated.
% Inthecase ofsevere batt erydisc harging,
th efunc tion forde tecting damag eon a pa
rked vehicle isaut omaticall ydeactiv ated
to facil itat eth ene xt engine star t.
Sy stem limit s
De tection maybe restrict ed inthefo llo wing sit‐
uation s:
R The vehicle isdamag edwithout impact, e.g.
if an outside mirroris torn offor thepaint is
damag edbyake y.
R Impact occur sat low speed .
R The electr icpar king brak eis no tappl ied. No
teson par king theve hicl efo ran extended
per iod If
yo ulea vetheve hicle parkedfo rlong erthan six
we eks,itma ysuf ferdama gethro ugh disus e.
The 12Vbatt eryma yalso beimpair edordam‐
ag ed byhea vydisc harging.
% Further information canbeobt ained ata
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. St
andb ymode (ext ens ion ofthe star terbat‐
te ry 's per iod out ofuse) St
andb ymode function
% This function isno tav ailable forall model s.
If standb ymode isact ivat ed, energyloss willbe
min imiz eddur ing ex tende dpe riods ofnon- oper‐
ation.
St andb ymode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R thest ar terbatt eryis preser ved.
R themaximum non-opera tionaltime appear s
in themedia display.
R thecon nect iontoonline services isint erru p‐
te d.
R theAT A(anti-t heftal ar m system) isno tav ail‐
able.
R theint erior motion sensor andtow- aw ay
alar mfun ction sar eno tav ailable.
R thefunc tion forde tecting damag eon a
pa rked vehicle isno tav ailable. Dr
ivin gand parking 17
9

If
th efo llo wing condition sar efulf illed, standb y
mode canbeact ivat ed ordeac tivated usin gth e
multime diasystem:
R theengine isswitc hedoff.
R theignition isswitc hedon.
Ex ceeding theve hicle's displayednon -opera ‐
tion altime maycause inconvenie nce, i.e.it can‐
no tbe guarant eedth at thest ar terbatt erywil l
re liably star tth eengine.
The star terbatt erymus tbe charge dfirs tin the
fo llo wing situat ions:
R The vehicle's non-oper ational timemustbe
ex tende d.
R The Batte ryCh arg eInsu fficie ntfor Stand by
Mod emes sage appear sin themedia display.
% Standb ymode isaut omat icallydeac tivated
when theignition isswitc hedon.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gst andb ymode
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Vehicle 5
î Vehicle Setting s
5 Standby Mode
% This function isno tav ailable forall model s. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
When youact ivat eth efunc tion,a pr om pt
appear s. #
Select Yes.
St andb ymode isact ivat ed. Dr
iving anddriving safetysy stems Dr
iving systems andyour responsibility Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipped withdr iving systems
whic hassis tyo uin drivin g,par kingand man eu‐
ve ring theve hicle. Thedriving systems areaids
and donotre lie ve youof your responsibili typer‐
ta inin gto road traf fic law. Payatt ention tothe
tr af fic condi tions atalltime sand interve ne
wh en nece ssary.Be awareof thelimit ations
re ga rding thesaf euse ofthese systems. Inf
ormat iononradar and ultrasonic senso rs Some
drivi ng and drivi ng safety systems use
ra dar orultr asonic sensorsto monit orthear ea
in front of,behind ornext to theve hicle (depend‐
ing ontheve hicle's equipment). Depending
ontheve hicle's equipment, thera dar
sensor sar eint egr ated behind thebum pers
and/or behindtheMer cedes star .The ultrason ic
sen sorsar eloc ated inthefront and rear bum p‐
er s. Ke ep these partsfree ofdir t,ice and slush
(/ page380). Thesensor smus tno tbe cov‐
er ed, forex am ple bybicy clerack s, ove rhang ing
loads, sticke rs,fo ilor foils toprotect agains t
st one chipping .Ad dition allicens eplat ebr ac kets
can like wise impair thefunc tion oftheultr asonic
sensor s.In theev ent ofdamag eto thebum pers
or radiat orgrill, orfollo wing acollis ionimpact ing
th ebum persor radiat orgrill, have thefunc tion
of thesensor sch eckedat aqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop. Ifth esensor sar edamag ed,some
dr iving systems anddriving safetysy stems may
no long erfunc tion proper ly. Ov
ervie wof driving systems anddriving
saf etysy stems In
this sect ion, youwill find informa tionab ou t
th efo llo wing drivin gsy stems anddriving safety
sy stems:
R 360° Camer a(/ page21 8) 18
0
Driving and parking

Canceli
ngabr ak eap plica tionofActiv eBr ak e
As sist
Yo ucan cancelabr ak eapplic ationof Active
Br ak eAssi stat anytim eby :
R Fully depr essin gth eacceler ator pedal or
wit hkic kdo wn.
R Releasing thebr ak epedal.
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stma ycancel thebr ak eappli‐
cation whenoneofthefo llo wing condition sis
fulf illed:
R Youman euvertoavo idtheobs tacle .
R The reisno long erarisk ofcollision.
R Anobs tacle isno long erdetected infront of
yo ur vehicle.
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assis t(onl yve hicl eswith
Dr ivin gAss istanc ePa ckag e)
Ev asi ve Steer ing Assis thas thefo llo wing charac‐
te rist ics:
R The ability todetect statio naryor mo ving
pedes trians .
R Assis tance thro ugh powe r-assis tedsteer ing if
it de tects asw erving mane uver. R
Activati on byan abr uptst eer ing movement
dur ing asw erving maneu ver.
R Assi stanc edur ing swervin gand stra ight enin g
of theve hicle.
R React ion from aspee dof appr oximat ely
12 mp h(20 km/h) uptoaspee dof appr ox‐
imat ely43 mph(70 km/h).
Yo ucan preve nttheassis tance atanytime by
act ivel yst eer ing. &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent despite
Ev asive St eer ing Assis t
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assis tcann otalw aysclear ly
identify objectsandcomplextraf fic situ a‐
tions .
In addition, thesteer ing suppor tof Evasiv e
St eer ing Assis tis ge ner ally no tsu fficien tto
av oid acollision.
In suc hcases Evasiv eSt eer ing Assis tcan:
R givean unnec essarywa rning orprov ide
assis tance R
notgi ve awa rning ornotpr ov ide assis‐
ta nce #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation; donotre ly on Evasiv e
St eer ing Assis talone. #
Beready tobrak eand take evasiv e
act ion ifnec essar y. #
Preve nttheassis tance byact ivel y
st eer ing innon -critical driving situa‐
tion s. #
Drive at an appr opriatespeed ifpedes‐
tr ians areclose tothepat hof your vehi‐
cle. Sy
stem limit s
Fu llsy stem perform anc eis no tav ailable fora
fe w sec ond saf te rswitc hingontheignition or
af te rdr iving off.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Insno w,rain, fog, hea vyspr ay,if th er eis
gl ar e, indir ect sunlight oringrea tly varying
ambien tlight . 19
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Driving and parking

R
Ifth esensor sar edir ty,fo gg ed up, damag ed
or covered.
R Ifth esensor sar eim pair eddue tointerfer‐
ence from other radar sour ces, e.g.stro ng
ra dar reflect ions inpar king garage s.
R Ifaloss oftirepr essur eor afa ulty tirehas
been detected and displ ayed.
R Incom plextraf fic situ ations whereobject s
cann otalw aysbe clear lyidentif ied.
R Ifpedes trians orvehicles movequickl yint o
th esensor detection rang e.
R Ifpe destrians arehidde nby other object s.
R Ifth etypical outline ofapedes trian cann ot
be distinguished from thebac kground.
R Ifapedes trian isno tde tected assuch ,e.g.
due tospecial clothing orother object s.
R Onbends withatight radius.
% The ActiveBr ak eAssi stsensor sadjus taut o‐
matically whileacer tain dis tance isbe ing
dr iven afte rth eve hicle hasbeen delivered.
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisuna vailable oronl y
par tiall yav ailable during this teac h-in per iod. Se
tting Activ eBr ak eAs sist Multimedia
system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Act ive Brak eAssist
Ve hicl eswithout Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:The settings canbemade afte rst ar tin gth e
ve hicle.
Ve hicl eswith Drivin gAss istanc ePa ckag e:
The settings canbemade whenth eignition is
switc hedon.
The follo wing settings areav ailable:
R Early
R Medium
R Late #
Select ase tting .
% Your sele ction isretained when theve hicle is
ne xt star ted.
Deactiv atingActiv eBr ak eAs sist
% Itis recomme ndedthat youalw ayslea ve
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stact ivat ed. #
Select Off.
The distance warning func tion andtheaut on‐
omous braking function aredeactiv ated.
Ve hicl eswithout Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:When theve hicle isne xt star ted, the
mediu msetting isau tomatical lysele cted.
Ve hicl eswith Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:Evasi ve Steer ing Assis tis no tav ailable.
When theignition isne xt star ted, the
mediu msetting issele cted automatical lyand
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assis tis available.
% IfAc tiveBr ak eAssi stisdeact ivat ed, the
00D4 symbol appearsinthest atus barofthe
multifu nctiondisplay. Speed
controlcruise contr ol Fu
nction ofcruise contr ol
Cr uise controlre gulat esthespeed totheva lue
selec tedby thedr iver .
If yo uacc elerat eto ove rtak e, forex am ple, the
st or ed speed isno tdele ted. Ifyo ure mo veyour
fo ot from theacceler ator pedal afte rove rtakin g, Dr
ivin gand parking 19
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R
Ifyo uuse thevo ice con trol system inan
emer gency your voice can chang eand your
te lephon ecall, e.g.anemer gency call,can
th er eb ybe unnec essarilydela yed.
R Famili arize yourself withth evo ice con trol
sy stem func tionsbef orest ar tin gth ejour ney.
R Com plywit hth eloading guidelines
(/ page11 0). Oper
ation Ov
ervie wof oper ation oftheVo ice Contr ol
Sy stem onthemu ltifunct ionsteer ing wheel The
Voice Cont rolSy stem isoper ational approx‐
imat elyth irty seco ndsafte rth eignition is
switc hedon. 1
Press thero ck er switc hup: £ star ts the
Vo ice Cont rolSy stem
2 Press thecon trol kn ob: 0063 switchesthe
sound offor on (ends theVo ice Cont rolSy s‐
te m)
Tu rn thecon trol kn ob up/do wn:increases/
decr eases thevo lume 3
Press thero ck er switc hup: 0061 makes/
accep tsacall
Pr ess thero ck er switc hdo wn: 0076 rejects /
end sa cal l(e nds theVo ice Cont rolSy stem) Conducting
adialog withth eVo ice Contr ol
Sy stem #
Tostar tor continue adialo g:on themulti‐
func tion steer ing wheel, press the£
ro ck er switc hup.
Yo ucan saya vo ice com mand afte ran
acou stic sign al. #
Tocor rect an ent ry:sa yth eCorrect ion
vo ice com mand . #
Toselect anentr yfrom theselecti onlist:
sa yth eline number orthecon tents. #
Tobrows eth eselecti onlist:sa yth eNext
or Back voice com mand . #
Tointerru pt thedia log: sayth ePause voice
com mand . #
Tocancel thedia log: sayth eCancel voice
com mand . 252
Voice Cont rolSy stem

#
Select Disp layPro file Sel ectio nafte rStart. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Selecting auser profile #
Select GuestProfile orindividual profile 003B.
% Some settings from theuser profile areonl y
loaded whentheve hicle isstatio naryor
when theignition isswitc hedon.
Au tomatic synchronizat ion
Eac htime theignition isswitc hedoffor on, the
indiv idual userprofiles aresync hroniz edon the
multime diasystem and ontheser ver.This
ensur esthat thelat estuser profiles areav aila‐
ble. #
Select Automat icSyn chron izat ion. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
% Formor einf ormation aboutimpor ting/
ex por tinguser profiles (/ page283 ). Cr
eating auser profile
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
g Person alization
5 Create Profile #
Entera name. #
Select 0076.
The follo wing informatio nis save din theuser
pr ofile, forex am ple:
R System settings
R Settings intheTV tune r'schann ellist
R Navig ation andtraf fic inf ormati on
The settings differ depending ontheve hicle
eq uipment.
Im por ting/e xportingauser profile
Re quirement s:
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nection .
R AMer cedes meacco untexists at htt p:/ /
www .mercedes.me .
R The Person alization service isactiv e. Multimedia
system:
4 System 5
g Person alization
5 Manual Export/ Import
This function isno tav ailable inall coun tries.
On lyindi vidu alprofiles can beimpor tedor
ex por ted.
The individual profiles arealw ayscollectiv ely
im por tedor expor ted. #
Toimpor t:select Import Profiles from
Server.
The Theprofile dataimport overwrites all
existing profiledata.Doyou want tocon-
tinue? messag eappea rs. #
Select Yes.
Use rpr ofiles areim por ted. #
Toexpor t:select Export Profiles tothe
Server.
User profiles areex por ted.
% Certain settings ,suc has addr essbook
ent ries orprev ious destination sfrom the
na vig ation system, areno tex por ted. Multimedia
system 283

Multimedia
system:
4 System 5
Soft ware Update
Au tomatic update #
Swi tchAuto matic Onl ine Update on 0073.
Up dat esareper form ed.
The current status oftheupdat esisdis‐
pla yed.
Manu alupd ate #
Deact ivat e0053 Auto matic OnlineUpdate. #
Select anupdat efrom thelis tand star tth e
updat e.
Ac tiv atin gthe softwa reupdat e #
Restar tth esy stem.
Fu nction ofimpor tant system updates
Im por tant system updat esma ybe neces saryfo r
th esecur ityofyour mult imed iasystem's data.
Please installth ese updat es,other wise the
secur ityofyour mult imed iasystem cann otbe
ensur ed. %
Ifaut omatic softwareupdat esareactiv ated,
th esy stem updat eswill bedownloaded auto‐
maticall y(/ page28 4).
As soon asan updat eis available fordo wnloa d,
a cor responding messageappea rson themedia
displa y.
Yo uha ve thefo llo wing selectionoption s:
R Down load
The updat ewill bedownloaded inthebac k‐
gr ound.
R Det ails
Inf ormation aboutthepending system
updat eis displa yed.
R Later
The updat ecan bedownloaded manuallyata
lat er time (/page28 4).
If th edo wnload iscom pletedand theupdat eis
re ady forins tallation ,yo uwill beinformed ofthis
af te rth ene xt ignition cycle, forex am ple.
% Park theve hicle safely inasuit able location
bef orest ar tin gth eins tallation . Re
quiremen tsforth eins tallation :
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
R The engin eis no tru nning .
R Notesand warnings have been read and
acc epted.
R The parkingbr ak eis applied.
If all requ iremen tsareme t,th eupdat ewill be
ins talled. Themultim ediasystem cann otbe
oper ated while theupdat eis being installed and
ve hicle functionsarere strict ed.
If er ro rs should occurduring theins tallation ,th e
multime diasystem automatic allyatt em ptsto
re stor eth epr ev ious version. Ifre stor ation ofthe
pr ev ious version isno tpossible ,a symbol
appear son themultimedia system displa y.
Please consultaqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop to
re solv eth epr oblem. Multimedia
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R
Distincti onbetwee npa rked, stands till,ro lling
and drivin g
R Day/n ight mode oftheins trument cluster
The transf erofthis dat ais used toalter how
con tent isdispl ayed tocor respond tothedr iving
situation .
The follo wing positiondatais transmit ted:
R Coor dinat es
R Speed
R Com pass direct ion
R Accel erati on dire ction
Thi sda ta isonl ytransf erredwhile thena vig ation
sy stem isactiv ein order toimprov eit (e.g. soit
can continue functioningwhen inatunn el). Mer
cedes mecalls Making
acall viatheove rhead contr olpa nel
Re quirement s:
R Youha ve acc ess toaGSM network.
R The cont ract partner' sGSM networkco ver‐
ag eis available inthere spectiv ere gion. R
The ignition isswitc hedonsothat vehicle
dat acan betransf erredaut omatic ally. 1
mebutt onforser vice, concier georinforma‐
tion calls
2 SOS buttoncover
3 SOS button #
Tomak eaMe rcedes mecall: press butt on
1. #
Tomak ean eme rgency call:press SOS
butt oncover2 brief lyto open. #
Press and hold SOS button3 forat lea st
one second.
If aMer cedes mecall isactiv e,an emer gency
cal lcan still be trigg ered. This hasprior ity ove r
all other activ ecalls.
Inf ormat ionabout theMer cedes mecall
using theme button
A cal lto theMer cedes- BenzCustomer Cent er
has been initiatedvia theme butt onintheove r‐
head controlpanel orthemultimedia system.
Using thevo ice dialog system youacc ess the
desir edser vice:
R Concier geSer vice (if th eser vice isactiv ated)
R Accid ent and brea kdo wnmana gement
(/ page335)
R Mer cedes-Benz Customer Centerforge ner al
inf orma tionab ou tth eve hicle
Yo ucan find informa tionon thefo llo wing topics:
R Activati on ofMe rcedes meconnect
R Oper ating theve hicle 332
Multimedia system