2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE brake

476 Practical advice
Cha
ngingthe bulbs
Bulb sand lamps are animpo rtan taspect
of ve hiclesa fety. You must there fore mak e
sure that al l bulbs function corre ctly at all
tim es. If
one of the following bulbsfa ils, another
bulb will take over its func tion:
! Turn signal
! Brake la mps/tail lamps Ch
angin gthe bul bs G
Risk of inj ury Bulbs and
lamp sca n be very hot. Youshould
therefore allow them tocool down before
you chan ge them. Othe rwis e,youco uld be
bur nedifyou touc hthem.
Keep bulbs out of thereach of chi ldre n. Oth-
erwi se,they could damage them ,for exam-
ple, and in jure them selves.
Never useabulb whichha s been dropped.
Such abulb may explode andinjur eyou.
Bul bsare pr essurised and co uld explode
when youc han ge them, particul arly ifthey
are ve ryhot. You should therefore wear eye
protecti onand gl oves when youa rechan g-
in g them. G
Risk of inju ry Xenon bulbs are
unde rhi gh voltag e. You
co uld ge tan elect ric shock and be ser iously
or fatall yin ju red ifyou touc hth e elec tric
contacts on xenon bu lbs. Do not, theref ore,
remove theco ver onxen onbulbs.
Do not chang exenon bulbs yourself, but
have them replac ed at a qualifie dspecia list
wo rksh op whic hhasthen ecessary special-
is tk now ledg e an dto ols tocarry out the
wo rk re quired.
Me rced es-Ben zre co mm ends thatyou use a
Me rced es-Ben zS ervice Cen tre fo rthispur-
pos e.In pa rticular ,work relevant tosafety
or on sa fety-r elat ed system smu st be car-
ried outa taq ualified sp ec iali stwo rkshop. 216_R
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477
Practical advice
Changing the bulbs Fr
on t bulbs Rea
rbu lbs Overview
P54.00-2549-31 Bulb Type
1 Dipp
ed-beam head-
lamps D1
S35 W
(bi -xen on 1
) 2 Additiona
lturn signal LE
Ds 3 Si
de la mps,pa rki ng
lamps W
5 W 4 Main
-bea m
headlamp s/
Mo torw ay mo de
sp otlight
or
IR em itter*(w ith
Ni ght View Assist) H7
55 W
H11 55 W 5 Co
rnering ligh t* H7
55 W 6 Front
foglamps H11 55 W
7 Tu
rn sign als PY 24 W
1 Vehi cles with bi-xen on head lamp s are equipped
with D1 S-35W bulbs. Always have thes ebulbs
ch ang edata quali fied specialis twork shop ,e. g.
aM erce de s-Benz Service Ce ntre. Bulb Type
8 Th
ird brake
la mp LE
Ds 9 Rear
foglamp
(le ft-h an dside) HiP
19 W a Brak
elamp s/
ta illa mps LE
Ds b Lice
nce plate
lighting W
5 W c Reve
rsing
la mps HiP
16 W d Turn signals HiP
16 W 216_R
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478 Practical advice
Cha
ngingthe bulbs Before changin
gbulbs
! Only fit 12 Vbulbs ofthe sa metypeas
be fore and of th ecorrect watt age.
! Switchth elights offbe fore cha nging a
bu lb to preve ntas hort -circu it.
! Only ho ldbulbs with a clea n, lint-f ree
cloth.
! Donotw ork with wet or gre asyfinge rs.
! Ifth ene wb ulb still do esnotlight up,
co nsulta qu alifi edspecialist worksho p,
e. g. aMe rcedes -Ben zSe rvice Centre.
! Have the follo wing bulbs ch anged at a
qu alified specialist worksho p,e.g. a
Mercedes -Ben zSe rvice Ce ntre:
! The dipped beam headla mps
! Thefront turn signa ls
! The side lamps
! Thefront foglam p bulbs
! Thead dition altur nsigna lsin the
ex terior mirro rs
! The third brake lamp
! The brakelam ps/the taillamps !
The rear fog lamp
! The rear turn sign als
! The lice nc eplate li ghting
i Haveth ehe adlamp adj ustm ent ch ecked
regularly at a quali fied speciali stwor ksho p,e.g.
a Me rcedes-Benz Service Centre.
Le ft-h andhead lamp
1 Cover
2 Retain ing clip
6 To rem ovethe cover: pull retaining
clip 2in th edirec tion of thea rrow. Chan
ging the ma inbeam headlamps an
dMo torway mod espotli ght
6 Switch off thelig hts.
6 Open the bo nnet.
6 Remov ethe cov er (=page 478). P.
82.10-4415-31 G
Risk of inju ry Bi-
xenon bulbs are under high vo ltage.Do
no t, therefore, re movethec over on bi-xe-
no n bu lbs. Do not chang ebi- xeno nbu lbs
yo ursel f,but haveth em replac ed ataqua li-
fied special ist workshop whichha s th ene c-
es sary spe cial istknow ledge and tools to
ca rry out the workrequire d. 216_
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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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499
Practical advice
Towing
Observe the le galrequ iremen tsfor the
countr yconc erne dw hentow ing.
Having th evehicl eca rried away on a tran s-
po rter ortrailer is prefer able totowing it.
We reco mm end the use of a rigid towing
ba rif tow ing is ne cessar y. !
Makesure that theelec tric parkin gbr ak eis
released. If the ele ctric parking brake is fault y,
release the elec tric parking brake manually
(= page 472).
! Whentowing, pull away slowly and smoot h-
ly .Too much trac tive force could dam age eit her
of theve hicles. Donot use theto wi ng eye for re-
co very purposes.
! Youm ayonly to wthev ehicle a max imum
dis tance of50 km.A max imum towing speed of
50 km /hmustnotbe ex ceede d.
Th e propeller shaft sto the driven axles mustbe
remov edifto wi ng for more than 50 km.
! Inserttheke yin to thei gn ition loc k under-
neat hth eK EYLESS GObutton on vehic leswi th
KEYLESS GO. Tu rnthe key toposition 2in the
ignition lo ckand shift the au tomatic trans mis-
sio nto N.The nturnth e ke yto pos ition 0again
and leave itin the ignitio n. Befo
re towing the vehi cle, ma kesure that
the ba ttery is conne cted andch arge d.Oth-
er wi se:
! you cannot swi tchon the ignition
! you cannot shift the tr ansm issi on to N
us ingt he selec torle ver
Yo u wil lhave to use the ignition lock under-
neath the KEYLESS GO* buttonon ve hicles
with KEYLE SSGO* (
=page 229).
To w-star ting the vehicle isnot permitted.
If the en gine does not star t, tr yjum p-star t-
ing it (
=page 497).
If it isnot possible to ju mp-start the veh i-
cle ,have it towed to the ne ares tqu alifie d
specialist worksho p,e.g. a Me rced es-Benz
Se rvice Centre.
If the vehicle has su ffer ed tran smission
dama ge, onl ytow itwith th eprope ller
sh aft disc onnec ted.
Th e ig nition mu stbe switche doff ifyo uare
towing the ve hicle with the front /reara xle
raised. Interventi onbyESP ®
cou ldoth er-
wi se damag eth e brak e system. To
wing G
Risk of accide nt Ha
ve the vehicle to wedus inga rigi dtowi ng
ba rif:
! theengine is not runn ing
! there is a brak esyst em ma lfun ction
! there is a malfun ction in the power sup-
pl yo rthe veh icle ’s electric alsyst em
The re is nopow erassista ncefor th esteer-
in ga nd theb rake syst emwhen the engine is
not running. Youwill then re quire consi dera-
bly morefor ce tostee ran dto brak e.
When to wing or tow- starti nganother vehi-
cl e, its weig htshou ldnot begrea ter than the
pe rmis sible gross weight of yo urvehicle
( = pa ge 518).
The transmission isin position Pwhen the
co nsum erbattery isno tco nnecte d. Poi
ntsto remember 216_R
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519
Technical da
ta
Se rvi ce product sand capacit ies
Se rvice produc tsare:
! Fuels (e.g.petrol, diesel)
! Lubrican ts (e.g. engin eoil, tr ansm is-
si on oi l,gre ase)
! Cool ant
! Brake fluid
! Washer fluid
Me rced es-Ben zrecommen dsthat youonl y
use pr oducts wh ich ha ve been tested and
sp ec ially approve dfo r Mercedes -Ben z
ve hicles an dliste di nthe Merced es-Benz
Owne r’s Manual, since:
! part sand service prod ucts are
mat ched
! damag eca used bythe useof non-
ap prove dservice pro ductsis not cov-
ered bythewa rran ty
Yo uca nobtai nfurther info rm ation from
an y Mercedes -Ben zSe rvice Ce ntre. Ta
nk capaci ty
! Never re fuel a vehicle wit ha petrol eng ine
wit hd iesel. Do not mixp etro l wi thdiesel. Dam-
age resulting from adding die sel is not cov ered
by the warranty.
Mo reinfo rmatio nab ou t refuelli ngandfu-
els can be found in the "Operation" se ction
( = pa ge 373). Servi
ceprodu ctsand capacities Note
son servi ceprodu ctsand
ca pacities G
Risk ofaccide nt When ha
ndling ,stori ngand di sposi ng of
ser vice product s,plea se ob servet he rele-
va nt regul ations. Fai luretodo so cou lden-
da nger pe oplean dth e en viro nm ent.
Keep ser vice produ cts away from chi ldre n.
See adoctor immedi atelyif an y ser vice
pr od uct is swallo we d. H
Environ mental no te Dis
pose of serv ice produ ctsin an environ-
me ntally respo nsibl em anne r. Fuels
G
Risk ofinju ry Fu
el is highly flamm able.
Fire, nakedf lames andsmokin gare th ere-
fo re prohi bite dwhen han dlingf uels.
Yo usho uld also swi tchof fth een gine and
th ea uxilia ry heating before hand ling fuels,
e.g. befo rerefuelling. Avoi
dco ntac t with fu el,either dire ctly or
th ro ug hyou rcl ot hing ,o rinh alin g fuel va-
pou rsas you may damag eyou rhealt h. To
tal ca pacity: 90 l
of whi
chrese rve fuel CL
500an d CL 600 11 l
AMG vehicl
es 14 l216_R
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524 Te
chnic aldata
Service prod uctsan dca pac ities
Th eco olan tis am ixtu re of water, anti-
fr eeze andco rrosion inh ibitor. Itpe rforms
the following tasks in the coolings ystem:
! Anti -corros ion prote ction
! Anti free ze protection
! Raising the bo ilin gp oint
! Always use a suitable coolant mixture, even
in co un tries wit hhigh temp eratur es.
Ot he rwise, thecooling system willno tbe suffi-
ci ent lyprotec ted from corrosion ,and the boiling
point will be toolow.
If an tifr eeze andco rros ion inh ibitor is
prese ntin the corre ctconcentration, the
bo ilin gp oint of theco olant willbe around
13 0° C.
Th eant ifre ez eand corros ion inh ibitorcon-
ce ntrati onintheco oling syst emshou ld:
! beatleas t50%. Thiswillpro tect the
co oling syste magai nstfreez ing do wn
to around –37° C.
! not exce ed 55%(anti free ze prot ection
down to –45°C ), oth erwise heat will
not bedissipat edso eff ective ly.
If the ve hicleis los ing coola nt, top it up
wi th equal amounts of wat erand an ti-
fr eeze andco rros ion inh ibitor. Mercede
s-Be nz rec om mendsa nantifreeze
and corros ion inh ibitor whic hhasbeen ap-
proved for Mer cede s-Be nz.
! Thec ooling sys tem con tains a supply
which must be renewed af ter1 5 years, or af ter
250,000 km at the la test.
Th ew arrant ywill only remain valid if youto pup
th e coolan twi th an antifre eze and corrosion in-
hi bitor that has been approved by
Me rced es-B enz. Your "Servi ceBooklet "provides
information about antifre eze and corrosion in-
hi bitors that have been approved by
Me rced es- Benz.
Ov eraperiod oftime, the brak efluid ab-
sorbs moistur efrom the air; this reduces
its boiling po int. i
There is usually a notic ein the eng inec om-
partment toremind youwh en the nex tbrak eflu-
id change is due.
Th ew ash erfluid reservoir holds approx i-
ma tely 6.5l itres.
Th eh eadlam pclea ning system an dthe
wind screen wa shersy stem have a co m-
mo nsu pply from the wash erfluid reser-
vo ir.
6 Fillthe wind screenw ashe rflui d re ser-
voi rwith a solution of wa ter and wind-
screen washer fluid concentra te.A dapt
the mixing ratio tothe outsid etem per-
atures. Brake fluid
G
Risk of accident If
the boiling point ofthe brak ef luid is too
lo w, vapour pocket s mayfor min th e brake
syst emwhen the brak es are applied ha rd
(e .g. when drivin gdo wn hill). This woul dim-
pa irbr ak ing eff icie nc y.
Ha ve thebr ak e fluid renew edevery
tw oy ears with abrake fluid approved by
Me rced es-Ben z. Win
dscreen washer syst em G
Risk of fire Wa
sher fl uid co ncentrate is hig hly flamma-
bl e. Fire ,na ked fl amesand sm okingar epro-
hi bite dwhen wa sher fluid concent rateis
be ing han dled. 216_R
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