2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE lock

375
Operation
En gine comp artm ent Opening
1Release lever
6 Pullrelease le ver1in the driver ’s
footw ell.
2 Bonnet catch button
6 Lift thebonnet slightly. En
gine comp artment Bon
net G
Risk of accide nt Do
notpu llthe release le ver whil ethe vehi-
cle is in motion. Otherwise, the bonnet could
op en, co me offan d endanger yourselfa nd
others. G
Risk of inju ry The
re is arisk of inju ry if thebo nnetisop en,
ev en ifthe en gine is not runni ng.
Som een gine com ponents can becom ever y
ho t.To avoid therisk of bu rns, on lytouc h
those co mponents descri bedin th e Ow ner’s
Ma nual an dob serve the relevant safety
not es. G
Risk ofinju ry Th
er adiator fanis lo cated bet ween ther adi-
ator an dthe engine bl ock. Itca nstart run-
ning automatica lly even if there isno key in
the ignit ionlock .Kee paway from thearea of
rotation ofthe fan blades .Othe rwise, you
cou ldbe inju re d.
The engine hasan elec tronicignition system
whic hca rries ahigh voltage .Fo rthis reas on,
you must ne ver to uch th eignition syst em
co mp onents (ignitio nco il, ig niti oncables,
sp ark pl ugconne ctions ,te st so cket) while:
! the engine is running
! the engine is being st ar ted
! the ignition is switch ed on andt he
en gine isbei ng cran ked by hand P8
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377
Operation
En gine comp artm ent
Wit hthe oil dipst ick
Example (C L500)
1 Oil dipst ick
2 Maxim um mark
3 Minimum mark
6 Rem ovedips tick 1.
6 Wipe thedips tick cl ean.
6 Insert the dipstic kba ck into thedip-
st ick tu be as far as thest op and re-
move it again.
The oil le vel is corre ct if theleve l is be-
twe enlower mark3 and upper
mark 2.
6 Top up the oil asrequired
( = page 37 8). i
The differ ence in vol umeb etwe en the
lo we rm ark and the upper mark is approximately
2l itres.
Via the on-board computer
(C L6 00 only)
i Youw ill find a menuoverview on
(= page 275).
6 Make sure the key isin pos ition 2in
the ignition lock.
6 Press &or( tosele ct the
"Ser vice" menu.
6 Press %or$ tosele ct
"E ngine oil leve l".
6 Press #.
The fol lowing me ssag eap pe arsin the
mu lti-fu nc tio ndisplay:
"Engine oil level Measuring now
Measu reme nt accurate onlyifvehicl eis
level"
The measur ement take sa momen t.Yo u
wi llse eo ne of thefollowing messag es in
the multi-fun ction di spla y:"Engine oil level
OK" or"Top up 1l engine oil at filling sta-
tion"
6 Top up th eoil asrequired
( = page 378). Ot
her message s in the multi-func tion
display
If th eengine is at normal ope rating tem-
perature and the engine contains too much
oi l, yo uw ills ee the follo wing messag e:
Engine oil level Reduce oil level .
6 Hav eex ce ss oilsi ph oned off.
! Thereis a ris kof da magetothe en gine or
th eca talytic conver ter if the re is exc esso il in the
engine.
If the following messag eisdisplayed:
"For engine oil leve l,tu rn on ignition"
6 Turn the key to pos ition 2in the ig ni-
tion lock (
=page 229).
If yo uh aven ot ob served the required wait-
ing ti me,yo uwi llsee the following mes-
sage:
"W aiting period engine oil le vel not ob-
served"
6 Repeat the measurem entaf ter about
five mi nutesif the engine isat normal
op erating te mperature.
6 If the engine isnot at norm alop erati ng
te mp eratur e,repeat the measu reme nt
af ter about 30minutes to allow ti mefor
th eeng ine to reach normal operat ing
te mp eratu reinthe mean time .
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378 Operation
Engine
compart ment
If the engine isrunni ng, the following me s-
sage willappea r:
"E ngine oil le velNo t with engine running"
6 Switchof fthe engi neandwa itfora p-
prox imate lyfive minutes be fore me as-
ur ing wh en the en gine isat nor mal
op erating te mperature.
i Press theL button on themu lti-func tion
steering wheel if you wis h tocancel the oil lev el
meas urem ent. To
pp ing up the engin eoil Ex
am ple (CL 500)
1 Filler neck cap
6 Unscrew cap1 on the filler neck anti-
clockwi seand remo ve.
6 Top upwith theamount of engine oi lre-
quired.
! Haveexces s oil siphoned off. There is a risk
of damag etoth e en gine orthe cata lytic conv ert-
er if there isexcess oil in the engine.
6 Screw cap 1onthefiller neck and
tig hten clockwise. Th
ereis no need foryo uto check the oil
level inthe autom atic tra nsmi ssion. In
the even t of oi llo ss orprobl em sw ith gear
shifts, have the autom atic tr ansmission
ch ecke dat a qualified specialist wor ksho p,
e. g. at aMercede s-Be nz Service Cen tre.
Th ereis no need foryo uto check the oil
le ve lin theABC system. Intheevent of
vi si bl eoi llos sor malfun ctionmessages in
th edi splay, hav eth eAB Cs ystem ch ecked
at aqu alified specialist workshop, e.g. at a
Merced es-Benz Service Cen tre. G
Risk of inj ury En
gine oi lan d some engi necomp onentscan
be come ve ryho t.To avoidth erisk ofbu rns,
only tou chthose co mponents described in
the Owner’s Ma nual an dob serve the rele-
va nt sa fety notes. P0
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Enviro nm ental note Wh
entop ping up theoil, take care not to
sp illany. Oil must not beallowe dto escape
into theso ilor waterway s.Yo uwoul dot he r-
wi se be dam aging th e envi ronment. Oil level in the
automatic
tran smission Oil level in the ABC
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379
Operation
En gine comp artm ent
Cool ant consists of water andan tifr eeze or
co rros ionin hi bitor .On lych eckth eco ola nt
le ve lwh en theve hicle ison ale ve lsu rfac e
an d th eengi nehas co oled down. Chec
king the coola ntlevel
Th e ex pansion tank islocated inthe engine
com partment on the right-hand sid ewhen
vi ew ed in the direc tion oftra vel.
Exampl e(CL 500)
1 Cap
2 Expans ion tank
6 Slowly turn cap 1through half a tu rn
an ti-clockwis eto allo w ex ce ss pres-
su re to es cape.
The reissufficien tcoo lant inexpan sion
tank 2ifthe coola ntrea ches the
mar ker bar inthe filler nec kwh en cold
or is appro ximat ely 1.5 cm higherwhen
warm.
6 Top up th eco olan tif necess ary. 6
Replace cap 1andt ighten itun til it
engages.
You will find fu rthe rin for ma tion about
cool antin the "Technica ldata "section
( = page 523).
Th ewas herflui d reservoir is loca ted in
the engine com partment on the le ft-h an d
side when vie wedin th edirection of trave l.
It su ppliest he wind screen washer syst em
and thehead lamp cleaning system.
1 Cap
6 Add washer flui d co ncentra teto the
wa sher fluid all ye arroun d. Coo
lant G
Risk of inju ry The
cooling system is pressu rised. Th ere-
fo re, only unscr ew the cap once the en gine
ha s coo led dow n.You could ot herwise be
sca lded byhotcool ant. P0
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ndsc reen washer syst emand
headlam pcleaning system
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381
Operation
Ty res andwh eels
! For safe tyreasons, Mercedes-Benz re com-
me ndsth at you only use tyres which have been
approved by Merced es-Benz specifi cally for your
ve hicle. These tyres are spec ially adapt edto
su it driving characteris tics ,co mf ort ,wear and
fo rus e wit hthe control sys tems, suchasAB Sor
ESP ®
.If yo u use ot herty res, Mercedes -Benz
ca nnot ac cept any respon sibility for damage
wh ichm ay oc cur. Information abou ttyr es can be
ob tained fro many Merced es-Benz Service
Cent re.
If you us etyres othe rth an thos ew hich have
been tested and recom mended for
Me rcedes-Benz, charac teristics suc has han-
dling, noise emissio ns,fuel co nsumption and
we arcould be adv erse ly aff ected. In addition,
wh en driving with a load, di mensiona lva ria tions
and different tyre deformation charac teristics
co uld ca uset he ty resto ma kecont act with
th eb odywork and axle component s.This could
ca use dam ageto th ety res or the veh icle.
! Retreaded tyres arene ithe rte sted nor rec-
om mended for Mercede s-Be nz,s ince previ ous
damage ca nnot alway sbe de tected on re treaded
ty res .As a result, Mercedes-Benz cannot guar-
an teevehi cle sa fety if retrea de dt yres arefitte d. Mo
difica tion work on the brake system
an d wheels isnot permitted, nor istheu se
of spac erplate sor brake dust shield s.Any
su ch mo difications wi ll invalidate the ve hi-
cl e’ s ge neral operating permit.
Fu rth ernote s:
! Only fit tyr esand wheels of the sa me
type andma ke.
! Only fit tyr esthat aredesig nedfo r the
whe elsto wh ich the yar efitted.
! Atleas tevery 14 days,yo ush ou ld
che ck:
! thetyr es and wheels for da mage
Da mag edwheels ca ncause pres-
su re loss in the tyres andlead to
fu rthe r da mag e. !
thet read depth on all tyr es
No te that if the tread depth is less
tha n3 mm ,gr ip on wet roa dswill be
se rious lyim paired anda tyre may
we aruneven ly. Turn thefron t
wh eels to full lock ifne cessary to
en able yo uto check theinne r edge
of the front tyre smore easily.You
must also alwa yscheck theinsi de
of the tyre tre adon the rea rwhe els.
! Run in new tyres atmod erates peeds
for thefirs t100 km.
! Check the tyre pressure regularly and
adjust itas nece ssary.
! Fit new tyres on the front wh eelsfirst if
tyres of the same size are requi redon
the front andrear wheel s.
! Rep lace the tyr esafter six ye arsat the
latest ,reg ardles so fw ear.This also ap-
plies to the spare wheel*.
! Adju stthe ty re pre ssurewh en theve hi-
cle islade n–see thetyre pre ssure ta-
ble inthef uelfi ller flap. Ty
resand wheels Points to
reme mber G
Risk ofaccide nt On
lyuse wheel s ofthedimen sions st ated in
th eveh icle re gist rati ondocumen ts.The re is
a ri skofdama geto the wheel brak es or sus-
pe nsion comp onents if yo uhave other tyres
fitted and the cleara nce of the wheels is no
longer guarant ee d. 216_
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384 Operation
Tyres
andwh eels
6 Before restar ting, use the tablein the
fu el filler flap toensu retha tthe tyre
pressure is set corre ctly for the opera t-
in gc ircu ms tances in allfour tyr es.
6 Obs erve th enote sin the Tyre pres-
su res (
=page 382) secti on.
i Youw ill find a menu over view on
(= page 275 ).
6 Make sure th ekey is in po sition 2in the
ig ni tion lock .
6 Press (or& toselect the
"Se rvice" menu.
6 Press $or% toselect
"Ty r.pr ess .".
6 Press #.
The following messag e isdisplayed:
"R un Flat Indicator active
Restart possible with OK" .Conf
irmi ng a re start
6 Press # .
The followi ngmessa geappe ars in the
mult i-fu nc tion disp lay:
"T yre pressur enow OK?".
6 Press $ or% to select "Yes".
6 Press # .
The followi ngmessa geappe ars in the
mult i-fu nc tion display: "Run Flat Ind ica-
tor restarted" .
After atea ch-inp hase, the tyre pres-
sure loss warning syste mwillmo nitor
the tyres forp ressure loss.
Ca ncel ling a restart
6 Press theL button.
or
If th efol lowing messag eappear sin the
mult i-fu nc tion display: "Tyre pr essure now
OK?"
6 Press $ or% to select "No".
6 Press # . Th
ety re pres sure mo nitor only fu nctio ns if
th eco rre ctwh eelelec troni csunits ar efit-
te dt oallwh eels .The se mo nitor the pres-
su re in all four tyres which youse twh en
you started the tyr epre ssuremo nitor. The
tyr epressure monitor warns you if the
pre ssuredrops inone or more of the ty res.
i Youwillfind a menu overv iew on
( = page 275).
6 Make sure the key is inposition 2in
the ignition lock.
6 Press ( or& to sele ctthe
"Se rvice" menu.
6 Press $ or% to sele ct
"Tyr.pr ess." .
6 Press # .
i Youcannot read thecu rrent tyre pressures
un tilth eve hicle is in motion. The following mes-
sage is display edinstea d ifthe vehicl e is st ation-
ary: "Tyre pressures displayed aft erdriv ing a few
mi nu tes". G
Risk of acc ident Th
etyr epressure loss warning syste mcan
only gi vereli able warning sifyou hav eset
the correc ttyre pre ssure. Ifan inco rrect tyre
pr es su re isset, th ese incorr ect values will
be mo nitore d. Checkin
gthe ty repres sure
elec tron icall y* 216_R
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385
Operation
Ty res andwh eels
i Thetyre pressure values indi ca ted in theon-
board computermaydiffe r from those measured
at a filling station with a press urega uge. The on-
board computer will generally giv eamo re ac cu-
rat eva lue. i
The operat ion of thety re pressure monitor
ca nsu ffer int erferenc eif radio tran sm itting
eq uipm ent,e. g. wi reles she adphones or two-w ay
radios ,is be ing ope rated in or near theve hicl e.
i Ifyo uco rrec tth ety re pressure or change
th ew heels, this is usually det ecteda utomatical-
ly by thety re press uremo nitor. After a few
minute sof dr iving,thewa rning th resh olds for
th ep ressure los swarning are adapt edtothe
new tyre pressure. Atyre pressure warning is
th en clea red au tomatically. Res
tartin gthe ty repres sure monitor
Al lexis ting wa rning messag esare clea red
an d the warning lamp goesout when you
restart the tyre pressure monitor. The cur-
rent tyre pressure sse t then be come the
refere nceva lues used bythe monito ring
syst em.
Yo uma yrestart th etyre pressure monitor
in thef ollo wing situati ons:
! After th etyr epressure ha sbee nmo di-
fied
! After awheel or tyre cha nge
i Youw ill find a menuoverview on
(= page 275). 6
Make sure the key is in po sition 2in
the ignition lock .
6 Press (or& toselect the
"Se rvice" menu.
6 Press $or% toselect
"Ty r.pr ess .".
6 Press #.
Th ec urrent pressure in ea chindividual
tyre isdisp layed, orthefo llowing
message appears: "Tyre pres suresd is-
played after driving a few minutes" .
6 Press %.
Th efo llowing message appe ars in the
mu lti-fu nc tio ndisplay: "Use current
press urevalu esas new reference val-
ues" .
6 Press #.
Th efo llowing message appe ars in the
mu lti-fu nc tio ndisplay: "Tyre pressure
monitor restarte d".
Afte rafew minu tesof driving, the cu r-
rent tyre pressure swill beadopted as
new re fere nc evalues and will be moni-
tor ed. G
Risk of accide nt The
tyre pres su re mo nito r does notwarn
you of an incorrectly set tyre pressure. The
ta ble in the fuel fillerflap will help you de-
cid e whet her thetyre pressu res sho uld be
cor rected.
The tyre pres sure monitor isno t able to
warn you of asudde nloss ofpressure, e.g.
fo llowi ngpenetratio nby afo reig nobject .If
th is occ urs, bring the ve hiclet oaha ltby
br ak ing ca refully. Do notma keany sudd en
st ee ring movemen ts whendoing th is.
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Operation
Servi ce
AS SYST PLUS ,th eAc tiveService Syste m,
tells yo uwh en the next servic eisdue.
Appro xima telyone month be fore thenext
se rvice isdue, oneof the fo llowing mes-
sa ge sw illa pp ear in themulti-func tio ndis-
pl ay while yo uare dri ving or whi lethe
ig ni tion is sw itche don:
"Next servic eA in .. days"
"Next servic eA in .. km"
"Service A due"
Th e letter following "Service" info rms the
workshop howlong is required for th eserv-
ice work to be carried out. The servic
eduedateis disp laye dindays or
kilo metres de pendi ngon the dista ncetra v-
el led.
Per iods wh enthe batter yis dis conn ected
fr om electrica lco nsumers are not reco rd-
ed by th eser vice indicator. You mu st
the refore subtr act the seperiods of di scon-
nection from the servi ce duedate yourself
to ens urethat you have the vehicle serv-
iced atthe correct tim e.
6 Press theL button.
If yo uha ve missed th eservice due date,
the following messag eswillap pe ar in the
mu lti-fu nc tio ndisplay:
"Ser vice A due"
"Service A overdue by .. .days"
"Se rvice A overdue by .. km" A qualified specialist
worksho p,e.g. a
Mercedes -Ben zS ervice Centre, will reset
the servi ce indi cator wh enitca rries out
the necessary servic ework.
i Failure tohave the servi ceperform edbythe
specified dat emay invalidat ewarrant yand ex
gratia claims as well as entitlement toMo bilo-
Li fe ben efits.
i Youw ill find a menu over view on
(= page 275 ).
6 Make sure the key is in po sition 2in
the ignition lock .
6 Press (or& toselect the
"Se rvice" menu.
6 Press $or% to select"ASSYST
PLUS" .
6 Press #.
Th eservic edue da teappears in the dis-
play. Servi
ce Ac
tive Servi ceSystem
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"A"
minor service
to
"H" major servi ce Cle
arin g the service indic ator Mis
sing the serv ice due date Callin
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