2003 MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 Owner's Manual

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 305 Practical hints
Replacing bulbs
Parking and standing lamp bulb
Switch off the lights.

Open the hood (
page 237).

Press ends of housing cover1 tab to-
gether and remove cover.

Pull out the

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 306 Practical hintsReplacing bulbs
Switch off the lights.

Open trunk.

Turn lock counterclockwise and move 
the trim to the side.

Turn bulb socket counterclockwise and 
pull out.

Gently twist

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 307 Practical hints
Replacing wiper blades
Replacing wiper blades
Removing
Turn key in starter switch to position1.

Turn combination switch to wiper 
settingII (
page 47).

With wiper arm in the

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 308 Practical hintsFlat tire
Flat tirePreparing the vehicle
Park the vehicle as far as possible from 
moving traffic on a hard surface.

Turn on the hazard warning flashers.

Engage the steering wh

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 309 Practical hints
Flat tire
More information can be found in the 
“Technical data” section (
page 333).
Preparing the vehicle

Take vehicle tool kit tray and vehicle 
jack out of trunk.

Take

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 310 Practical hintsFlat tire1Jack support tube cover
Move cover1 toward rear by pressing 
at point indicated by arrow.

Remove cover1 carefully to avoid 
damage to the locking tabs.1Jack arm
2Jack s

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 311 Practical hints
Flat tire
Removing the wheel
1Alignment bolt
Unscrew upper-most wheel bolt and re-
move.

Replace this wheel bolt with alignment 
bolt1 supplied in the tool kit.

Remove the rem

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 312 Practical hintsFlat tireLowering the vehicle
Lower vehicle by turning crank coun-
terclockwise until vehicle is resting ful-
ly on its own weight.

Remove the jack.
1-5 Wheel bolts

Tighten the