2004 MERCEDES-BENZ CLK-CLASS Owners Manual

17 Introduction
Problems with your vehicle
Problems with your vehicle
If you should experience a problem with your vehicle, particularly one that you believe may affect its safe operation, we urge you to
immediately contact your authorized Mercedes-Benz Center to have the problem diagnosed and corrected if required. If the matter is
not handled to your satisfaction, please discuss the problem with the Mercedes-Benz Center management, or if necessary contact us
at one of the following addresses:
In the USA:
Customer Assistance Center
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
One Mercedes Drive
Montvale, NJ 07645-0350
In Canada:
Customer Relations Department
Mercedes-Benz Canada, Inc.
849 Eglinton Avenue East
Toronto, Ontario, M4G 2L5
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18 IntroductionReporting safety defects
Reporting safety defectsFor the USA only:
The following text is published as required of manufacturers under Title 49, Code of U.S. Federal Regulations, Part 575 pursuant to the
“National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966”.Reporting safety defects
If you believe that your vehicle has a defect which could cause a crash or could cause injury or death, you should immediately inform
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in addition to notifying Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.
If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may open an investigation, and if it finds that a safety defect exists in a group of vehicles, it
may order a recall and remedy campaign. However, NHTSA cannot become involved in individual problems between you, your dealer,
or Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.
To contact NHTSA, you may either call the Auto Safety Hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236 (or 366-0123 in Washington, D.C. area) or
write to: NHTSA, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C. 20590. You can also obtain other information about motor ve-
hicle safety from the Hotline.
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19 At a glance
Cockpit
Instrument cluster
Multifunction steering wheel
Center console
Overhead control panel
Door control panel
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20 At a glanceCockpit
Cockpit
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21 At a glance
Cockpit
Item
Page
1
Headlamp washer switch*
167
2
Combination switch

Turn signals


Windshield wipers


High beam
48
48
48
3
Cruise control lever

Cruise control


Distronic*
226
229
4
Multifunction steering
wheel
24,
130
5
Instrument cluster
22,
126
6
Lever for voice control
system*, see separate op-
erating instructions
7
Starter switch
31
Item
Page
8
Front Parktronic* warning
indicator
243
9
Overhead control panel
27
a
Glove box
250
b
Center console
25, 26
c
Hood lock release
287
d
Horn
e
Steering wheel adjustment
stalk
38
f
Parking brake pedal
46
g
Door control panel
28
h
Parking brake release
46
j
Exterior lamp switch
47,
119
k
Exterior rear view mirror
adjustment
39
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22 At a glanceInstrument cluster
Instrument cluster
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23 At a glance
Instrument cluster
Item
Page
1
L
Left turn signal indi-
cator lamp
48
2
v
ESP warning lamp
316
3
Speedometer
4
Multifunction display
with:
129
Basic display with outside
temperature display
134,
144
Status indicator with mal-
function warning message
134,
138
Trip odometer
127
5
l
Distance warning
lamp
Vehicles without Distronic*:
Warning lamp without func-
tion. It illuminates with the
ignition on. It should go out
when the engine is running.
316
Item
Page
6
K
Right turn signal indi-
cator lamp
48
7
Coolant temperature indi-
cator with:
127
Ï
Coolant temperature
warning lamp
315,
329
8
Tachometer with:
127
1
Supplemental
restraint system
indicator lamp
318,
339
-
Antilock Brake Sys-
tem (ABS) warning
lamp
312
<
Seat belt non-usage
warning lamp
318,
339
A
High beam headlamp
indicator
123
9
Main odometer with:

Gear selector lever posi-
tion
129


Program mode
129
Item
Page
a
Clock with:
144
;
Brake warning lamp,
except Canada
313
3
Brake warning lamp,
Canada only
?
Engine malfunction
indicator lamp
314
C
Roll bar warning lamp
b
Fuel display with:W
Fuel reserve warning
lamp
317
c
Reset button for:

Resetting trip odometer
126


Adjusting instrument
cluster illumination
126


Confirming new time set-
tings
144
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24 At a glanceMultifunction steering wheel
Multifunction steering wheel
Item
Page
1
Multifunction display
129
Operating control sys-
tem
130
2
Selecting the submenu or
setting the volumeç
down / to decrease
æ
up / to increase
3
Telephone*: Press buttoní
to take a call
to dial a call
155
155
ì
to end a call
to reject an incom-
ing call
155
Item
Page
4
Menu systems: Press
buttonè
for next system
ÿ
for previous system
5
Moving within a menu:
Press buttonj
for next display
k
for previous display
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