2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE key

404 Practical advice
Displ
aymessa ges
Th eon-board com puter shows warnings or
malfunct ions inthemu lti-fu nc tion disp lay.
Ce rta inme ssag es ar eac compani edbya
warn ing tone.
Hi gh -prior ity me ssag es are displayed in
red in the multi-f un ction dis play ,w hile me-
dium-priority messag es are displ ayed in
yell ow and low-p rior ity messages inwh ite.
Pl ease respon din ac cordance with the
messages and follow thead ditional not es
in this Owner’sM anua l.
You can con firm low-p rior ity messag es
wi th # orL .Th ese are then stor ed
in the messag emem oryand can be called
up if necessar y (
=page 285).Yo uca nnot
conf irm me ssag es of the highe stpriority.
If yo uselect the "Messa ges" entry in the
"Se rvice" me nuinthe on-board compu ter
( = page 285), you cansc roll th rough the
messages bypres sing the $ or%
bu ttons on the multi-f un ction ste ering
whe el. i
Turnin g the keytoposition 2in the ignition
lock or press ingt he KEY LESS GO*button twice
ac tiva tes all the warning and indicator la mps
(except for thetu rn signal indicator lamps) and
th e mul ti-func tion display. Pleas emake sure that
th ey are working properly before comm encing a
jour ney. Th
ef ollo wing tables show all the display
me ssag es. Th emessages arediv ided into
se ctions to make itea sier to fi ndthere-
spectiv eme ssage:
! The text-style messag es from
( = page 405) onward s are displ ayed al-
ph abeti cally
! Symbol messages from ( =pa ge 414)
onwa rds Display
messages G
Risk of accident No
messages can be displ ayed ifth ere is a
failure ofthe inst rumen tcl uster an d/orthe
mu lti-fun ction display. Youwill not then be
ab leto see inf orma tion about the vehi cle
stat us, such as spee dan dou tside te mp era-
ture, warning an dindi cato rlam ps,malfu nc-
ti on and warning messages orthef ailu reof
syste ms. The vehicle’ s handling chara cter is-
ti cs ma ybe affe cted.
Imme diately consu ltaqu alified specialist
wo rksh op whic hhasthen ecessary special-
is tk now ledg e an dto ols tocarry out the
wo rk re quired. Mercedes -Ben zre co mmends
th at youu seaMe rcedes -Ben zS ervice Cen-
tr e fo rthis purpose .In particu lar,workrele-
va nt to safety or on safety-rel at ed syst ems
mu stbe ca rried out at aqualifi ed speci alist
wo rksh op. 216_R
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Practical advice
Displa ymes sages Pa
rking br ake
in op era tive Wh
en yo uapply orrelease the electric
parki ngbrake, th ered indic ator la mp
fo r the electri cparking brake flas hes
an d goe sout after approx imate ly
10 seco nds.Th e yell ow wa rning la mp
fo r the electri cparking br akeis lit.
Th eelec tric parki ngbrake hasmal func-
tioned. 6
Switch theig ni tion of fand on againand ap-
pl yt he electric parki ngbra ke.
If the elec tric pa rki ng brake cannot be applied:
6 Move the autom atic tr ansmission toposi-
ti on P.
6 Secu re the ve hicle against rolling away us-
in g th efo ldin g wh eel choc k (
=page 402)
from the tool kit.
6 Visit aqualified specialist worksho p. Pa
rking br ake
to rele ase the
park ing brake Th
e red indi cator lamp fo r theelectric
parki ngbrake islit.
Yo uat tempt edto rele ase the electric
parki ngbrake but the ignition wa snot
sw itche don. Key:
6
Turn the key to position 1in the ignition
lock.
KE YLES S GO*:
6 Switch onthe ig nitio n. Re
straint system
malfu nction
Visi twor kshop Th
e restrai ntsyst em is malf unctioning. 6
Visit aqualified specialist worksho p. Di
sp lay sy mbol Di
spla yme ssages Poss
ible cause /consequ ence Pos
sibl eso lution 216_R
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Practical advice
Displa ymes sages * Cha
nge
key battery Th
e KE YLES SGO* key batteries are
disc harge d. 6
Change thebatteries ( =page 474). Re
place key Th
e KE YLES SGO* keyneed stobe re-
pl ac ed. 6
Visit aqualified specialist worksho p. Key
in
itialised
Please wait Th
e KE YLES SGO* key is be ing regis-
tered to thevehicl e. 6
Wai tun til th em essa ge goes out. Remov
est ar ting
button,
then ins ertk ey KE
YLESS GO *has mal func tione dor is
faul ty. 6
Remo ve the KEYLESS GO*button over the
ig ni tion lock (
=pa ge 229).
6 Star t the veh iclewith th e KEYLESS GOkey
in theignition lock. Key
still in vehicle Th
eKE YLESS GO* keywa sde tected in
the vehicle wh enyou attem pted to lock
it. 6
Remo ve the key from the vehicle. Key not detected Th
e KE YLES SGO* keycannot be de-
te cted atpresent. 6
Find theKE YLESS GO* key.
6 Alter th eposition of thekey in the vehicle.
6 Opera tethev ehicle with the key if neces-
sar y. Clos
edo ors
to lock them Yo
u ha vetried to lock the ve hiclebu t
not al lof the doors were clos ed. 6
Clos ethe doors andl ock again. Di
sp lay sy mbol Di
spla yme ssages Poss
ible cause /consequ ence Pos
sibl eso lution 216_R
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430 Practical advice
Displ
aymessa ges * Key
not
detec ted Th
ekey isnot in the ve hicle.
It wi llnot be po ssible tocentrally lo ck
or st art the vehicle after theengine is
sw itch ed off. 6
Stop theve hicl eas so onasitis sa fe to do
so.
6 Find the KEYLESS GO* key. Th
eKEY LESS GO*key is not detected
whi lethe engine isrunning be cause
there is inter feren cefrom apowe rful
so urce of ra dio wave s. 6
Stop theve hicl eas so onasitis sa fe to do
so.
6 Operate the vehicle usin g the KE YLESS
GO* key in the ignition lock underneath the
KE YLESS GO*button (
=pa ge 229). Th
eKE YLESS GO* ke yca nnot be de-
tec ted atpresent. 6
Alter the position of the keyin the vehicle.
6 Operat e the vehicle wi th th ekey ifne ces-
sary. To
p up
co olant
Se eOwne r's Manual Th
eco olan tle ve lis too low. 6
Topup the coola nt, obs erving the warni ng
note s (
=page 379).
6 Ifyo u have to topup th ecool antmo refre-
quent ly, have the coola ntsyst emchecked
at aqual ifie d sp eciali stwor ksho p. Di
sp laysymb ol Di
sp lay messages Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Po
ssib leso lution 216_R
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434 Practical advice
Displ
aymessa ges Sw
itch off li ghts Yo
ufo rg ot to switch of fthe lights when
leav ing the vehicle. 6
Turn the light switch to0. Sw
itch off li ghts
or
rem ovekey Th
elight switchis at * andyou for-
got to re move th ekey .The sid elamps
rema in sw itchedo n. 6
Turn the light switch to0.
6 Remove the key. Left-h
andfo glamp The
left-h and side front foglamp is
faul ty. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Ri
ght-ha ndfoglamp Th
eright-h and side front foglamp is
faul ty. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Left-h
and
re ar fog lamp The
left-h and- side rear foglam pis
faul ty. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Ri
gh t-hand
re ar fog lamp Th
eright-h and-side re arfoglam pis
faul ty. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Fr
on tle ft-h and
parkin glamp Th
eleft -han d-side parki nglamp is
faul ty. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Fr
on trigh t-ha nd
parkin glamp Th
eright-h and-side parki nglamp is
faul ty. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Le
ft-h an d re versing
la mp The
left-h and- side reve rsing lamp is
faul ty. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Right-h
and re versing
la mp The
right- hand-side re versing lamp is
faul ty. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Di
sp laysymb ol Di
sp lay messages Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Po
ssib leso lution 216_R
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Practical advice
Tr oubleshooting Wa
rningto nes Pro
blem Poss
ible cause /consequ ence Sugges
tedsoluti ons Th
eant i-th eftalarm system* is sud denly
tri gg ered. Yo
uop ened theve hicle using theemer-
gency key element without first de activat-
in g th ean ti-th efta larm system *. Key:
6
Press theŒ or‹ button.
or 6 Insert the key into the ignition lock.
The anti-t heft alarm system* is deacti-
va ted.
KE YLES SGO*:
6 Unlockor lock the vehicle.
6 Press the KEYLESS GO*button .The
KE YLES SGO* keymustbe intheve hi-
cle.
The ant i-th eftalarm systemi sde activa t-
ed. 216_R
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Practical advice
Tr oubleshooting Acci
dent Pro
blem Poss
ible cause /consequ ence Sugges
tedsoluti ons Fuel
isleak ing from theve hicl e. Th
efu el li neisruptured orthe fuel ta nkis
damag ed. 6
Imme diately turn th ekeyto position 0in
the ignition lock and re move it.
6 Do not resta rt the engine unde ran y ci r-
cums tance s.
Th elea king fue lcrea tesa risk offire and
expl osion.
6 Consulta qua lifi ed spe cial ist wor ksho p. Yo
ua reuna bleto determine the extent of
th eda ma ge. 6
Consulta qua lifi ed spe cial ist wor ksho p. No da
magecan be dete cted to:
! themajor assemblies
! the fuel system
! the engi nemo unti ngs 6
Start theengine as usual. 216_R
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454 Practical advice
Troubleshooting Fuel
andfu el tank Pr
ob lem Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Suggest
edsolu tions Fuel
is leaking from theve hicle. The fuel li
neisrupture dor thefuel tank is
da ma ged. 6
Imme diat ely tur nthe key to position 0in
the ig nition lock and rem ovei t.
6 Do not restar tth eengine und erany cir-
cu ms tanc es.
The leak ing fuel creates arisko f fire and
expl osion.
6 Con sulta qualified specialist worksho p. The fuel
filler flap ca nnotbeopened. The
fuel fillerflap isreleased ,bu tthe
op ening mecha nism isjamme d. 6
Cons ulta qualified specialist worksho p. 216_R
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