Mercedes-Benz E-Class Estate 2017, Owner'S Manual

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Vehicles with folding bench seat: the towing
eye is located under a cover.
Installing the towing eye
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Press the mark on cover 1 inwards and
remove.
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Screw in the towing eye clockwise as far as it
will go and tighten.
Vehicles with a trailer tow hitch: vehicles with
a trailer hitch do not have a rear bracket for the
towing eye. Fasten the tow bar to the trailer tow
hitch.
% Make sure that cover 1 engages in the
bumper when you remove the towing eye.
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NOTE Damage due to incorrect use of
the towing eye
When a towing eye is used to recover a vehi‐
cle, the vehicle may be damaged in the proc‐
ess.
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Only use the towing eye to tow away or
tow start the vehicle.
Tow-starting the vehicle (emergency engine
starting)
Vehicles with automatic transmission
*
NOTE Damage to the automatic trans‐
mission due to tow-starting
The automatic transmission may be damaged
in the process of tow-starting vehicles with
automatic transmission.
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Vehicles with automatic transmission
must not be tow-started.
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Vehicles with automatic transmission must
not be tow-started.
Electrical fuses
Notes on electrical fuses
& WARNING Risk of accident and injury
due to overloaded lines
If you manipulate or bridge a faulty fuse or if
you replace it with a fuse with a higher
424 Breakdown assistance