2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE ECU

450 Practical advice
Troubleshooting < Th
er ed seat beltwar ning
la mp flashes andan inte r-
mi ttent warni ngtone
so un ds. G
Riskof inju ry
Th e driver orthefron tpa ssen gerhasnot
fas tene dth eirse at belt,an dth eve hicle's
spee dis over 25km /h orhasbriefly ex-
cee ded 25km /h. 6
Fast en yo urseat belt ( =page 244).
The warni nglamp goesout and theint er-
mi ttent warning tone ceases. G
Riskof inju ry
The reareobje ctson the front passen ger
seat ,an dth eve hicle' ssp ee dis over
25 km /h orhasbriefly exceeded
25 km /h. 6
Remov ethe obje ctsfrom the front-pas-
sen gerseat andstow them in asecure
pla ce.
6 The warni nglamp goesout and theint er-
mi ttent warning tone ceases. Th
e yell owsegm ent dis-
pl ay for the fuel tank islit
wh ile the vehicl eis in mo-
tion. The fuel le
velhas fallen below therese rve
mar k. 6
Refu elat the ne ares t fi lling station.
1F orcertai ncountries only. Pr
ob lem Pos
sibl eca us e/ conseq ue nce Suggested
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472 Practical advice
Loc
king /u nloc king in an emergen cy
Th ema nual electr icpark ingbrake release
is next to th efu el filler capund erthe fuel
fi ller flap.
1Protective cap
2 Releas etool
6 Move th etra nsmi ssion se lector lever
to P(
= page 261).
6 Plac e th ewh eel cho ckfromtheve hicl e
too lkit (
=pa ge 401) under one of the
re ar wh eels.
6 Open the fue lfiller flap.
6 Remov epr otectiv ecap 1.
6 Screw release tool 2from theve hicl e
too lkit (
=page 401)2to 3 tur nscloc k-
wis eonto the rele ase cable. 6
Pull release tool 2 inthe direction of
th ear row.
Th eele ctric park ing brak e isreleased.
The ! redelec tric parking brake
indi catorla mp in th ein st rume ntclus ter
fl as he s.The "Parking brake See Own-
er's Man ual"mess ageap pears in the
mult i-fu nc tion display.
Af ter th eelec tric park ing br ak e has been
re leased ,it is po ssibleto apply it from the
dr ive r’s seat again.
6 Press the electri cparki ngbrake hand le
( = page 258).
i If itisno tpossible torelease thee lect ric
parking brake, pull therelease tool wit hmore
force.
! Refitpro tect ive cap 1when you have ma n-
ually released thee lect ric parking brake. Man
ual elec tric pa rkingb rake
re lea se G
Risk of inj ury Th
ev ehicle ma ystart moving ofits ow na c-
co rd if yourelease the elec tricparkingbr ak e
manua lly. Make sur eth at nob odyis present
behin dor infront of the vehicle. Therei soth-
erwi se a risk of aserious or fatal acc iden t.
Mov eth etransm ission select or leve r to P
and secure you rve hicleu sing the wheel
chock from the vehicle tool kit. P42.20-2325-31216_R
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484 Practical advice
Fl
at tyre
Yo u can use th eTIREF ITkit to se alsm all
punctures, parti cularly thos einth etyre
trea d.
Yo uca nuse TIREF IT at outside tem pera-
tu res above–2 0°C . 6
Do not remov eany for eign bod ies
which have penetr ated the tyre, e.g.
scre ws or na ils.
6 Rem ove the TIREF ITfiller bottle, the
accompany ing"m ax. 80 km/h"st icker
an d the electri cairpu mp fr omthe
st owag ewe llin thebo ot floor
( = page 401).
1 Sticker ,driver's fiel d of visi on
2 Sticke r, wheel
6 Stick part 1of th esti cker with inthe
driver 'sfield of vision.
6 Put part 2ofthes tick er aside forla ter
use. i
If sealant leaks out ,allow it todry. Itca n
th en be remov edlike a layer of film.
i If sealan tco me sin to co ntac twi th your
cl ot hing, have it professionall ycleaned wi th
perc hloro ethy lene assoon aspossible. Us
ing the TIRE FITkit G
Risk of acc ident In the fo
llow ingsituatio ns,y ou rsa fet yis at
pa rtic ular risk and TIR EFITisun able topro-
vi de bre akdo wn assistanc e:
! ifthere arecuts or pun ctures inthe tyre
greater th an4m m
! ifthe wheel rim isdamaged
! ifyo uha ve driven at very low tyre pre s-
sures or onaflat tyre
Do not dr ivea nyfurthe r.Con sultaq ualifi ed
sp ecialist wor ksho pwhich hasth ene ces-
sary spe cial istk nowled ge and too lsto car ry
ou tthe wo rk required .Merce de s-Be nz rec-
om mendsthat youuse a Mercede s-Be nz
Se rvice Centre forthis purpose .In particu-
lar, wor krelev ant to saf etyo ron safety-re-
lated syste ms mustbe carried ou tat a
qu alified specialist wor ksho p. P4
0.10-4773-31 G
Risk of inju ry TIREFIT mus
tnotcome into contac twith
yo ur skin,eyes or clot hing.
! IfTIRE FIT com esinto con tact with your
eyes or skin,immedi atelyrinse thor-
ou ghly with clea nw ater.
! Chang eout of cloth ingw hich has been
in contact with TI REFITim me diately.
! Ifan all ergic react iono ccurs, consu lt a
doc tor im medi ately.
Ke ep TIRE FITaway from child ren.
! IfTIRE FIT is swa llow ed,im me diately
ri ns em outh out th oroughly with water
an d dr ink plent yof water.
! Donot indu ce vomiting . Consult a doc-
to r im mediately.
! Do not inha leTIREF ITfumes . 216_R
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497
Practical advice
Jum p-starting
If the starter battery is disc harged and the
ve hicle do es not star t, the engine can be
ju mp -starte dfrom another vehi cle using
ju mp leads. Obse rve the followi ngpoints:
! Conn ectthe jump lead dire ctly to the
te rmina lsh oe on the sta rter battery.
! Jump -starti ngmust onl ybe perform ed
wh en thee nginea nd cataly tic co nvert-
er ar eco ld.
! Do not star tt he engi neif the battery
has froze n.Thaw the battery out first.
! Jump -starti ngma yonlybe per form ed
fr om 12 Vbatter ies.
! Onlyuse jump leads which ar eprote ct-
ed against pol arity reversa lan d which
hav ea suff icientcros s-sect ion an din-
su lated termina lcla mp s.
i Jump leads which are protect edagainst
polar ity re ve rsal and furt her information about
ju mp-starting canbe ob tained from any
Me rcedes-Benz Service Centre ,fo rex ample.
! Avoid repea ted and lengt hystarting at-
temp ts.On lyperfor mjump -startin gon the ba t-
te ry in the engine comp artme nt. !
Never st artthev ehicle usingar apid batte ry
charge r.
6 Makesure tha t thetwo vehicle sdo not
tou ch.
6 Secure the vehicle usin gthe electric
pa rki ng brake andmo ve the trans mis-
si on select or lever to P.
6 Switchof fall electri calcons umers. 1
Negative termina lof own vehicle
2 Negative term inal of donor batt ery
3 Positive termina lof donor battery
4 Pos itiv et erminal of own vehicle
6 Run the other vehicl e’sen gine at idling
sp ee d.
6 Connect pos itiv e te rm inals 3and 4
of the two batter ieswith the jump lead .
Connect to batt ery4 ofyour own ve-
hicle firs t.
6 Connect on een d of the jump lead sto
ne gative terminal 2of the donor bat-
tery and th eoth erend 1toasuit able
ea rth po inton theve hicle. Ju
mp -sta rting Jum
p-st ar ting G
Risk ofacid bu rns Do
not lean over the battery wh ile th ee n-
gi ne is bei ngjum p-starte d. G
Risk of explos ion Avoid
crea ting sp arks. Keep naked flam es
away from theba tter y, and donot smo ke.
Co mp ly with saf etypr ec aution sand take
protec tive me asure swh en han dlingb atte r-
ies ( =page 493). P54.10-2705-31
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500 Practical advice
Tow
ing
i Switch off the automa tic locking feat ure be-
for ethe vehicle is towe d (
=page 208). You
co uld ot he rwis e bec omeloc ked outwh en push-
in g or towi ng theve hicle.
! Only secu re theto w ca ble or towi ng bar to
th eto wi ng eyes ,you may ot herwise da magethe
vehi cle. Opening
thefront cover
1 Cover
6 Pres st he mark on cover 1bac kwards
in the direction of the arro w.
6 Remov ecover 1. Ope
ning the rear cover
1 Cover
6 Press the markon cover1 backwards
in the directio n ofthearro w.
6 Remov ecover 1. Sec
uring the to wing eye
6 Take theto wing eye fr omtheve hicle
too lkit (
=pa ge 401).
6 Screw in the to wingeyecloc kwise to
the stop.
6 Insert thewh eel wrench ha ndleinto th e
towing eyea nd tighten.
6 Stow thewh eel wrench in the vehicle
too lkit. !
Donot to wthev ehicle furthe rth an 50 km.
Do not exce ed a max imum towing speed of
50 km /h.Othe rwise, you could damage the
tr an sm ission.
6 Switch ontheigni tion.
i You will have touse theignition loc kunder-
neath theKE YLESS GO*button on vehicles with
KE YLES SGO * (
=page 229).
6 Move the tra nsmi ssion sele ctor lever
to N.
6 Take thewh eel wrench outof the vehi-
cl e too lkit (
=page 401).
6 Inse rt the wheel wren ch hand le into the
to wing eyeandloos en the to wing eye.
6 Uns crew theto wing eye.
6 Replac eth eco ver and press ituntil it
engages.
6 Stowthet owing eye in the vehicle to ol
kit. Fit
ting the towing eye
P00.60-2064-31 P00.60-2065-31 To
wing the vehicle Rem
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520 Te
chnic aldata
Service prod uctsan dca pac ities Fuel co
nsum ption
Th ev ehicle will use morefuel tha nusualin
the following situation s:
! at ve rylow temperat ures
! in ur ban tra ffic
! onshort tri ps
! inmo unt ainous terrain
Th eco nsu mption figur eswer edetermined
in acco rdan ce with EU Dir ective 80 /
1268 /EEC under thefo llowing test cond i-
tions:
! Urba ndriving cond itio ns ares imulat ed
by frequ ent pulling away and stopp ing.
! Common extra -urb an driving condi-
tion sare si mulated by accelerating
fr om 0 to 120 km /husing all ge ars.
! Totalfu el co nsumpt ion is calcu lated
us inga weight ing ofappro ximat ely 37%
fo r urban driving andap prox imately
63 %forex tra-urban drivi ng. i
The act ualco nsumption values of your vehi-
cl ema ydevia tefrom the values give ndepending
on:
! Driving style
! Road and traffic conditions
! Environmen tal influ ences
! Vehicle’s operating state
Merce des-Benz isconstantl yupdating its
vehicles to the state of thear t. Consu mp-
tion va luesare sub ject to cha ngea nd may
th erefo re di ffer from thos elist ed he re,
which werecorrect atthe tim eof going
to print. Th ecu rre ntconsu mption values
ma ybe found intheCOC docum ents (EC
CERT IFICATE OF CO NFORMI TY).Th ese
doc uments aresu pplied when th evehicle
is del iver ed.
! Theu seof non-approved fuel additives can
lead toincreased wear and engine damag e.The
use of such fuel addit ives whichh aveno tbeen
approved will limit your warranty ent itlement. H
Enviro nm ental note CO
2(ca
rbon dioxi de)is agas whic hscien-
ti sts be lieve tobe pr incipa lly re sponsibl efor
gl obal warming (the greenhouse ef fect).
Your vehicle’s CO
2em
issions aredir ectly
relate dto fuel consumpt ion an dth erefore
depe ndon:
! effic ient use ofthe fuel by the engi ne
! thestyle of driving
! other non -tec hn ical factors ,suc h as en-
vi ro nm ental inf luen cesor road con di-
ti ons
You canminimi se yourveh icle’s CO
2em
is-
sions by drivingcar efully an dha ving it serv-
ic ed regularl y. 216_R
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