2004 MERCEDES-BENZ CLK-CLASS Owners Manual

337 Practical hints
What to do if …?
Display symbol
Display message
Possible cause
Possible solution
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Rear foglamp
Substitute lamp on!

The foglamp is malfunctioning. A backup
bulb is being used.

Visit an authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center as soon as possible.
Side marker lamp,
front left
T h e f r o n t l e f t s i d e m a r k e r l a m p i s m a l f u n c -
tioning.

Replace the bulb as soon as possible.
Side marker lamp
front right
The front right side marker lamp is mal-
functioning.

Replace the bulb as soon as possible.
Stop lamp, left
The left brake lamp is malfunctioning.

Visit an authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center as soon as possible.
Stop lamp, right
The right brake lamp is malfunctioning.

Visit an authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center as soon as possible.
Stop lamp
Visit workshop!
Stop lamp illumination is delayed or lamp
is permanently on.

Visit an authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center as soon as possible.
Tail lamp, left
Substitute lamp on!

The left tail lamp is malfunctioning. A
backup bulb is being used.

Visit an authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center as soon as possible.
Tail lamp, right
Substitute lamp on!

The right tail lamp is malfunctioning. A
backup bulb is being used.

Visit an authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center as soon as possible.
Turn off lamps!
Lamps have been turned on although the
SmartKey in the starter switch is in posi-
tion 0.

Turn off the headlamps.
Turn signal, front left
Substitute lamp on!

The left front turn signal lamp is malfunc-
tioning. A backup bulb is being used.

Replace the bulb as soon as possible.
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338 Practical hintsWhat to do if …?Display symbol
Display message
Possible cause
Possible solution
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Turn signal, front right
Substitute lamp on!

The right front turn signal lamp is malfunc-
tioning. A backup bulb is being used.

Replace the bulb as soon as possible.
Turn signal in
left mirror
The left turn signal in the side mirror is
malfunctioning. This message will only ap-
pear if all light emitting diodes have
stopped working.

Have the LEDs replaced as soon as
possible.
Turn signal in
right mirror
The right turn signal in the side mirror is
malfunctioning. This message will only ap-
pear if all light emitting diodes have
stopped working.

Have the LEDs replaced as soon as
possible.
Turn signal, rear left
Substitute lamp on!

The left rear turn signal lamp is malfunc-
tioning. A backup bulb is being used.

Replace the bulb as soon as possible.
Turn signal rear right
Substitute lamp on!

The right rear turn signal lamp is malfunc-
tioning. A backup bulb is being used.

Replace the bulb as soon as possible.
Please engage
roll-over bar
The roll bar is malfunctioning.

Have the system checked at an autho-
rized Mercedes-Benz Center as soon
as possible.
Please release
roll-over bar
The roll bar is malfunctioning.

Operate the roll bars manually
(page 353).

Have the system checked at an autho-
rized Mercedes-Benz Center as soon
as possible.
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339 Practical hints
What to do if …?
Display symbol
Display message
Possible cause
Possible solution
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Seat belt system
Visit workshop
!
The seat belt system is malfunctioning.

Visit an authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center as soon as possible.
Front passenger
seat belt
Please fasten belt!
The display reminds you and your passen-
gers to fasten seat belts.

Fasten the seat belts.
Driver’s seat belt
Fasten seat belt!
The display reminds you and your passen-
gers to fasten seat belts.

Fasten the seat belts.
1
Restraint system
defective
Visit workshop!
The system is malfunctioning.

Drive with added caution to the near-
est authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
Warning!
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In the event a malfunction of the SRS is indi-
cated as outlined above, the SRS may not be
operational. For your safety, we strongly
recommend that you visit an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center immediately to have
the system checked; otherwise the
SRS may not be activated when needed in
an accident, which could result in serious or
fatal injury, or it might deploy unexpectedly
and unnecessarily which could also result in
injury.
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340 Practical hintsWhat to do if …?Display symbol
Display message
Possible cause
Possible solution
K
Lock top
The soft top is not properly locked.

Lock the soft top again (
page 220).
Top being opened
The soft top is not completely open or
closed. The hydraulics are losing pres-
sure.

Open or close the soft top all the way.
Top Visit workshop
The soft top is malfunctioning.

Have the system checked at an autho-
rized Mercedes-Benz Center as soon
as possible.
Start engine to
operate top
The on-board voltage is too low.

Start the engine.
Top locked
as vehicle is moving
You have attempted to open or close the
soft top while driving.

Pull over to the side of the road and re-
peat soft top operation while the vehi-
cle is stationary.
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341 Practical hints
What to do if …?
Display symbol
Display message
Possible cause
Possible solution
L
defective
Visit workshop!
One or more main functions of the Tele
Aid system are malfunctioning.

Have the Tele Aid system checked by
an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
Tele Aid battery
Visit workshop!
The emergency power battery for the Tele
Aid system is malfunctioning. If the vehi-
cle battery is also dead, Tele Aid will not
be operational.

Have the Tele Aid system checked by
an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
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Steering oil
Visit workshop!
The steering gear oil level is too low.
There is a danger of steering gear dam-
age.

Have the system checked by an autho-
rized Mercedes-Benz Center.
Warning!
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If the level of steering gear oil in reservoir is
too low, the steering power assistance could
fail. Much greater effort will then be needed
to turn the steering wheel.
Do not add steering oil without checking the
steering system.
Do not drive the vehicle. Have the system
checked at your authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center as soon as possible.
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342 Practical hintsWhat to do if …?Display symbol
Display message
Possible cause
Possible solution
ì
Function
Not available
This display appears if button ì or
í on the multifunction steering wheel
is pressed and the vehicle is not equipped
with a telephone.
Ê
Trunk open!
This message will appear whenever the
trunk lid is open.

Close the trunk lid.
Close trunk lid
This message will appear when the soft
top is operated with the trunk lid open.

Close the trunk lid.
Please close
trunk partition
This message will appear when the soft
top is operated with the luggage cover or
ski sack open.

Fold down and latch luggage cover
(page 216).

Close the ski sack roller blind
(page 217).
W
Washer fluid
Check level
The fluid level has dropped to about
1/3 of
total reservoir capacity.

Add washer fluid (
page 295).
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343 Practical hints
Where will I find...?
Where will I find...?
First aid kit
The first aid kit is stored in right hand side
of the trunk underneath the trunk floor in
an separate storage space.
Lift cover1.

Remove first aid kit2.
Vehicle tool kit
The vehicle tool kit is stored in the com-
partment underneath the trunk floor.
The following is included:

Towing eye bolt


Vehicle jack


Wheel wrench


Alignment bolt


Wheel bolts


Fuse extractor


Straps for soft top emergency opera-
tion
iCheck expiration dates and contents
for completeness at least once a year
and replace missing/expired items.
iHex wrench:
You will find the hex wrench for
manually operating the roll bars
(page 353) or the soft top
(page 355) in the Mercedes-Benz
vehicle literature pouch.
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344 Practical hintsWhere will I find...?Removing the vehicle tool kit
1Retaining screw
2Storage well casing
Lift trunk floor cover and engage trunk
floor handle in upper edge of trunk.

Loosen retaining screw 1 in the mid-
dle of storage well casing2.

Remove storage well casing2.3Arrow
4Minispare wheel
5Vehicle tool kit storage well casing
6Vehicle tool kit
Wheel wrench
Vehicle jack
Wheel bolts for Minispare wheel

Remove vehicle tool kit storage well
casing5.
!To prevent damage, always disengage
trunk floor handle from upper edge of
trunk and lower trunk floor before clos-
ing the trunk lid.
iArrow3 on vehicle tool kit storage
well casing 5 must point in the direc-
tion of travel. Otherwise you cannot
place the storage well casing on top
and secure the Minispare wheel with
retaining screw 1 (
page 344).
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