2004 MERCEDES-BENZ CLK COUPE steering wheel adjustment

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Getting started
Opening Key positions
Ignition lock
0 To remove the key (steering wheel
lock)
1 Power supply for some consumers,
such as the seat adjustment function
2 Ignition (power supply for all consum-
ers) and drive position
3 To start the engine (
=pag e35) i
Theindicator and warning lamps in the
in st rument clu sterlight up when yousw itch on
th e ignition. They go out whe nthe engine is run-
ning. Th is indicat es that the systemsass ociate d
with these indicator and warning lamps are oper-
at ional.
You will find further information in the
"Controls in detail" section ( =page 78). With KEYLESS GO, your
vehicle checks the
KEYLESS GO key's validity when you pull
the door handle. If your key is valid, the
doors unlock and can be opened.
i TheKEYLESS GO key must be outsi dethe
ve hicle toallow you to open the doors.
6 Pull the door handle.
The turn signals flash briefly. The lock-
ing kn obs in the doors pop up.
6 Open the door and enter the vehicle.
i If you open a door, the windows on this side
lower slight ly. If you close the doors, the win-
dows close again.
Pressing the KEYLESS GO button onthe
selector lever corresponds to the different
key positions in the ignition lock. P82.00-2153-31
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26 Getting started
Adj
usting Adjusting th
eseats manually
1 Seat fore-and-aft adj ustment
2 Seat angle
3 Seat height
4 Backrest angle
! Make sure th at there are no objects in the
footwell or be hind the seats when adj usting the
seats. You could oth erwise damage the seats
and the objects. If your ve
hicle doe snot have automatic
child seat recognition, children inrear-
ward-facing child restraint systems
must be se cured in a suitable seat in the
rear of th evehicle.
If you fit a forward-f acing child sea tto
the front-passenger seat, you must
mov e the front-pass engerse at as far
ba ck as possible.
! Do not lean forward (e.g. over the pad-
ded boss of the steeri ng wheel), in par-
ticular while the vehicle is in motion.
! Do not place your fee tonthe dash-
bo ard.
! Only hold the steering wheel by the out-
side of the rim. This allows the airbag to
inflate unhindered. You could be injured
ifthe airbag inflates and you are holding
the inside of the steering wheel.
! Do not lean on the doo rsfrom inside the
vehicle. !
Do not pla ceany objects on the airbags
or betw een the airbags and th evehicle's
occupa nts.
! Do not hang any hard objects ,for exam-
ple coat hangers, on the grab handles or
coat ha ngers.
The risk ofski na bras ions or minor injuries
ca used byan airbag cannot becomp letely
eliminated due to the high speed at which
the airb agmust inf late.
Vehicles with electric seats:
Remove the key from th eignition lock or
take the KEYLESS GO key* with you, even if
yo uare onlyleavi ngthe vehicle for a short
time.
Th ese ats ca n be adjusted when the key is
removed and a door is open.
For this reason, children should never beleft
un superv ised in the vehi cle. They could
become trapped by an inadvertent seat
adjustment. P 91.10-2379-31
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29
Getting started
Adjusting
Folding the front-seat backrests for-
wards and backward s/easy-e ntry feature
1 Seat release
i Toallow rear passengers toent erand exit
com fortab ly, the seat moves forwards when you
fold the bac kres t forwards if the seat isin the
rear half of its adjustment range.
On vehicl eswith electric seat adjustment*, the
head restraint also lowers autom atically. Fol
ding the backrest forwards
6 Pull seat release 1forwa rds and fold
the backrest forwards.
On vehicles with manual seat adjustment:
6 Release the head restraint if necessary
and press it down.
Fol ding the backrest back
6 Fold the backr est back until the seat
and backrest engage.
On vehicles with manual seat adjustment:
6 Adjust the head restraint to the correct
position again if necessary.
You will find further information in the
"Controls in detail" section ( =page 90). You can adjust the steering wheel either
manually or electrically*, depending on
your vehicle's equipment.
! Only adjust the stee ring wheel whe nthe
ve hicle isstationary and do not pull away until
the ste ering whe elis locked in position.
If you pul laway before th esteering wheel adjust-
ment mechanism is locked in position, you could
be br iefly distracte dby the steering wheel mov-
in g unexpec tedly.
However ,the steerability of the vehicle is not
affected. P 91.10-2367-31
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Risk of accident The electrically-adjustable steering wheel*
can be adjus
tedw hen the key is out of the
ignition and the driver's door is open. For
thi sreason, do not leave children unsuper-
vised in the vehicle as they could become
trapped as a result of a steering wheel
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90 Controls in detail
Seats
You will find information about adjus
ting
the seats in the "Getting started" section
(= page 25).
You will find information about folding for-
ward the rea rbench seat in the Through-
loading feature* (Coupé) section
( = pa ge 223).
The easy-entr y/exit feature facilitates get-
ting into and out of the vehicle.
The driver's seat moves back and the
steering wheel moves up when you:
! remove the key from the ignition lock
! open the driver's door and the key isin
position 0or 1in the ignition lock
If you insert the key into the ignition lock
when the driver's door is closed, the
driver's seat and the steering wheel return
to their previous position depending on the
settings stored and the key being used. i
The driver's seat only moves ba ckif it was
not already positioned in the rear part of its
adjustment range.
The steeri ngwheel only moves up if itwas not
already positioned at th eupper limit. i
The adjustment procedu reis:
! interrupted briefly whe nyou start the engine
! halted co mpletely if you start the engine and
pull away immediately
i To preve ntentr apment, the driver' sseat
only moves for wards if it was not already posi-
tioned in the fro ntpart of its adjustm ent range.
The last positions of the driver's seat,
steering wheel and exterior mirrors will be
stored ifyou:
! switch off the ignition
or ! store a memory positio n(=page 97)
You can configure the easy-entry /exit
feature using the operating system
( = page 129). Seats
Easy-entry
/exitfea ture* G
Risk of injury Make sure that nobody can become trapped
when you activate the
easy-entry /exit fea-
ture.
Halt the adju stment procedure if there is a
risk of entrapment .To haltthe adjustment
procedure:
! move the seat adjustme ntswitch
! move the steering column adj ustment
switch
! pres sthe storage pos ition switch
The seat and steering column stop moving
immediately.
Never leave children unsupervised in the
vehi cle. They could open the driver's door,
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98 Controls in detail
Storing settings* (memory package)
6
Turn the storage position switch to the
required memory position.
6 Press and hold the storage position
switch until the seat, steering wheel
and mirrors have moved to the stored
positions.
i The sett ing pro cedu re is interrup ted as soon
as you release the storage position switch.
! Ifyou want the seat to resu meast ored posi-
tion after having bee nreclined, first place the
backrest in an upright position usi ngthe seat
swi tch. The seat could otherwise be damaged. To make it easier to park, you can store the
passenger-side exterior mirror position
in
such a way that you can see the rear left
wheel as soon as you engage reverse gear.
The exterior mirror on the front-passenger
side returns to the stored driv ing position
if you:
! disen gage reverse gear
! exceed a speed of 10 km /h
You can store one parking position per key
for the exterior mirror on the front-passen-
ge r side by pressin gthe memory button.
For how to move the exterior mirrors for
park ing, see the "Good visibility" section
( = pa ge 148). 1
Mmemory button
2 Adjustment button
3 Select orbutton for exterior mirror,
front-passenger side
6 Switch on the ignition when the vehicle
is stationary.
All the lamps in the instrument cluster
light up.
6 Press button 3.
The front-passenger side exterior mir-
ror is selected. Calling up the memory
G
Riskofaccident Only call up the memo
ry functionson the
driver's side when the vehicle is stationary.
You could otherwise be distracted in the
event of an unexpected steering wheel and
se at movemen t. Storing the parking position*
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Controls in detail
Operating system Convenience* submenu
You can access theConven
iencesubmenu
vi a the
Settings...menu. You can set cer-
tain convenience features in the
Conven-
ience
submenu.
You can make the following settings:
Activating the easy-entry feature*
You may activate or dea ctivat ethe easy-
entry feature using this function. Depend-
ing on your setting, the steering wheel
moves up and the dri ver's seat moves back
to help you to get out of the vehi cle when
you: !
remove the key from the ignition lock
! open the driv er's door and the key is in
position 0or 1in the ignition lock
On ce you have got into the vehicle, the
steering wheel and the seat return to the
last position set (
= page 97) when you: !
close the driver's door and
! insert the key into th eignition lock
i Press one of the fo llowing switches to can-
ce l the adjus tment procedu re:
! The seat adjustment switch (
=page 25)
! The steering columnadjustment swi tch
( = page 30)
! The memor ybutton (= page 97)
6 Move the bar to the
Conveniencesub-
menu using the æorç button.
6 Pres s the j ork button repeat-
edly until you see the
Function Easy-
entry feature
message.
The current setting is highlighted.
6 Select the function you requi reusing
the æ orç button. Fu
nction Page
Activate the easy-entry feature* 129
Set the key dependence* 130
Set the parking position for the
exterior mirrors* 130 G
Risk of injury Make sure that nobody can become trapped
wh
en you activate the easy- entry feature.
If danger threat ens, press one of the follow-
in g sw itch es:
! The seat adjustment switch ( =page 25)
! The ste ering column adjustm ent swi tch
( =
page 30)
! The memory button ( =page 97)
Never leave children unsupervised in the
ve hic le. They could open the driver 'sdoor
and thereby unintentionally activate the
eas y-entry feature.
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130 Controls in detail
Operating system
You can select the following settings
for the easy-entry feature:
!off
The easy-entry feature is deacti-
vate d:
!
Steering col.
Only the steering column is moved.
!
Steer.co l.+seat
The steering column and the seat
are moved.
Sett ing the key dependence
This function allo wsyou to determine
whether stored settings for the seat, steer-
ing wheel and mirrors are stored as key-
dependent settings ( =page 97).
6 Move the bar to the
Conveniencesub-
menu using the æorç button.
6 Pres s the j ork button repeat-
edly until you see the
Key-dependent
message. The current setting is highlighted.
6 Switch the
Key- dependentsettingonor
offusing the æorç button.
Setting the parking position for the exte-
rio rmir rors
The
Mirror adjustment parking aidfunc-
tion allows you to determine whether the
exterior mirror on the front-passenger side
sho uld tilt downwards when parking with
reverse gear engaged ( =page 150).
6 Move the bar to the
Conveniencesub-
menu using the æorç button. 6
Press the jork button repea t-
edly until you see the
Mirror adjust-
me nt parking aid
message.
The current setting is highlighted.
6 Switch the
Mirror adjustment parking
ai d
functiononoroffby pressing the
æ orç button.
Folding in the exterior mirrors when
locking *
You can determine whether the exterior
mirrors should be folded in when you lock
the vehicle by using the
Fold in mirrors
when locking
function. The exterior mir-
rors will fol dback out again when you
switch on the ignition.
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150 Controls in detail
Good visibility
Foldin
gthe exteri ormirro rsin/o ut automatically
If this function
isactivated inthe operating
system ( =page 130):
! the exterior mirrors fol din automati-
cally as soon as you lock the vehicle
from the outside
! the exterior mirrors fol dout again auto-
matically as soon as you unlock the
vehicle and then open the driver's or
passenger door
i The mirrors do not fold outif they have been
fold edin manuall y. Parking aid*
To make parking easier, the exterior mirror
on the front-passenger side moves into the
parking position as soon as you engage
reverse gear.
This makes it possible for you
to observe the kerb on the front-passenger
side.
You can only make use of this parking aid
if the parking position for the exterior mir-
ror on the front-passenger side has been
stored using the memory function*
( = pag e98). The buttons are located on the dashboard
between the steering wheel and the
driver's door.
1 Right-hand mirror
2 Left-hand mirror
6 Make sure that the ignition is switched
on.
6 Make sure that theMirror adjustment
pa rking aid
function in theConven-
ie nce
submenu is switched on
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