Towing hitch. Permissible rear axle load when towing

The permissible rear axle load when towing on the Mercedes E-Class (4th gen, W212, 2009–2016) is decisive for vehicle stability. This section describes the values by model and transmission and gives notes for safe loading.

Towing is not possible on all models. More information follows.

Values for the following models were not yet available at the time of going to press:

• E 300 4MATIC
• E 400
• E 400 4MATIC
• E 250 BlueTEC 4MATIC
• E 350 CDI

Saloon	Manual Transmission	Automatic transmission
E 200	1305 kg	1315 kg
E 250 CDI	1335 kg	1345 kg
E 250 BlueTEC	1360 kg	1370 kg
E 200 BlueTEC	1345 kg	1340 kg
Saloon	Automatic transmission
E 250	1330 kg
E 300	1355 kg
E 300 4MATIC
E 400 (212.065)
E 400 (212.061)	1360 kg
E 400 4MATIC (212.067)
E 400 4MATIC (212.099)	1345 kg
E 500	1360 kg
E 500 4MATIC	1355 kg
E 220 CDI	1325 kg
E 250 BlueTEC 4MATIC
E 350 CDI
E 300 BlueTEC	1345 kg
E 350 BlueTEC	1345 kg
E 350 BlueTEC 4MATIC	1350 kg

Estate (T-Model)	Manual Transmission	Automatic transmission
E 200	1470 kg	1455 kg
E 250 CDI	1480 kg	1480 kg
E 250 BlueTEC	1485 kg	1495 kg
E 200 BlueTEC	1440 kg	1435 kg
E 220 BlueTEC	1435 kg	1445 kg
Estate (T-Model)	Automatic transmission
E 250	1480 kg
E 400 (212.265)	1500 kg
E 400 (212.261)	1470 kg
E 400 4MATIC (212.267)
E 400 4MATIC (212.299)	1455 kg
E 500	1540 kg
E 500 4MATIC	1535 kg
E 250 BlueTEC 4MATIC	1475 kg
E 300 BlueTEC	1495 kg
E 350 BlueTEC	1500 kg
E 350 BlueTEC 4MATIC	1500 kg

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