Can you tell me what is this button for, as i do not have a manual. Thnx

 

Is your car a diesel? If so, it MAY be the auxiliary heater for the engine? Just guessing...

 

It is a diesel, E270 cdi.
Are you sure it is that, because i think it is a strange place to put it

Anyway thanks.

 

Any other ideas?

 

Ventilated seat?

 

I do not think mercedes put that feature in '01 E class, it is probably only for S class of the same year

 

by where it is, my guess would be to enable/disable the cigarette lighter - you could confirm this by wetting your finger and sticking it in the hole

 

I think it's for removing gas when you break wind!
Use it only if you have a girlfriend :v

 

Yeap, good guess
But i have tried it with the lighter, it is working no matter in which position is the button.

 

LMAO...that's funny

 

Does anybody out there have such button?

 

u see the vent below it, the button is used to turn that vent off and on,
at least that is what I think it is used for, probably to warm up your hands?

I personally don't have that such button or have seen one before.

 

My guess is that it's a smokeless ashtray feature

 

lightup a cigarette and place it in the ashtray then enable the switch on and observe the smoke, if it's sucking the smoke in that's what it is

 

Maybe this vent, if there is one, is designed to remove smoke from the cigarette when you put it into the ashtray, so it will not smell.

 

Thnx Robert G

 

To confirm this i will try it tomorrow, and let you all know

 

if the vent was for sucking the smoke - i would expect the arrows on the label to be pointing IN to the line - not wafting out. so maybe it's for hotboxing the car or something.

 

Tried it today, it does not observe the smoke from the cigarette
I guess it is for something else, or it is not working

 

Hi. The button is used to enable/disable an auxillary heater which warms the engine quicker during periods of cold weather. I believe it is only active at temps around 5 degrees C or less.

Craig

 

Could it be an ugly woman ejector??? That'll solve a problem for ya quick!!!

Good Luck in finding what it is. Why don't you go to a dealer,surely that shouldn't cost you anything....

 

It is the button to switch off the electronic heating of the engine, as it is a diesel car
Anyway thank for all your help, and good proposals

 

Just as I guessed! But as someone said, very strange place to put it...

 

Well, it is mercedes

 

Warm up your cigarette, warm up your engine. Seems like a logical place to me.