2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE key

455
Practical advice
Tr oubleshooting Eng
ine Pro
blem Poss
ible cause /consequ ence Sugges
tedsoluti ons Th
een gine wi llnot start. You can hear the
sta rter motor working. !
The remay be a malfunctio nin the en-
gi ne elec tron ics.
! The remay bea malfun ctionin the fuel
supp ly. 6
Turn thekey to po sition 0in the ignition
lock be fore the next star ting attem pt.
6 Resta rttheengine ( =page 256). When
do ing so ,reme mber tha tex ce ssively
long andfreque ntatte mp ts to st artt he
eng ine will drain th ebatter y.
If th e en gine does not sta rtafter several at-
tempt s:
6 Consulta qua lifi ed spe cial ist wor ksho p. 216_R
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458 Practical advice
Troubleshooting Autom
atic tr ansm ission Pr
ob lem Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Suggest
edsolu tions Pr
ob lems with gear shifts. Th
etra nsmi ssio nis losing oi l. 6
Have the tra nsmi ssion ch ecked im medi-
ate lyat aquali fied spe cial ist wor ksho p. Th
eac ce ler ation abi lity is deter iorating.
The transmi ssion no longer chang esgear. The
transmissio nis in emer gency mode.
Yo uca n onl yselect 2ndandre ve rse
gears. 6
Stop the vehicle.
6 Movethe tr ansmi ssio nse lect or lever
to P.
6 Turn th ekey to position 0in the ign ition
lo ck.
6 Wait atleast 10 seco nds be fore res tart-
ing the engine.
6 Movethet rans mi ssio nsele ctor leve r to
D or R.
The tra nsmi ssio nsh ifts into 2ndgear if
the select orlev eris at D,an di nto re-
ve rse gear if th eselec torle ve r is atR.
6 Have the tra nsmi ssion ch ecked im medi-
ate lyat aquali fied spe cial ist wor ksho p. 216_R
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460 Practical advice
Troubleshooting Wi
ndsc reen wipers Pr
ob lem Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Suggest
edsolu tions Th
ewind screen wipe rs are jamme d. Leav
es or snow, forex amp le,ma ybe
ob stru cting the wind screen wiper mov e-
me nt. The wip ermo tor has been deacti-
va ted. 6
For safety reasons, yo ushould re move
the key from the ignition lock.
6 Remo ve the cause of the obstr uction.
6 Switch on the wind screen wipe rs. Th
e windscreen wip ersdo not work. Th
ewinds cree nw iper drive is malf unc-
tioni ng. 6
Select anoth erwipe rsp ee do n the com-
bination switch.
6 Have the wind scree nw iper sch ecked at
a qu alified speciali stwor ksho p. Th
ewind screen wipe rs lea vesm ears on
th ewindscreen afte r th eve hicl eha sbeen
was hedin an aut omatic car wash. Wa
xor oth erresidues have been left on
the wind screen. 6
Clea n the winds cree n wi thwas herflui d
af ter washing inthe autom atic ca rwa sh
( = page 253). 216_R
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463
Practical advice
Tr oubleshooting Key
Pro
blem Poss
ible cause /consequ ence Sugges
tedsoluti ons Yo
u cannot lock or unlock the veh icle
using the key. Th
e key batter iesar edi sc ha rged or nearly
di sc ha rged. 6
Point the tip of the key atthe driver ’s
door handl eat clos erange and try to
op en the vehicle again.
If this does not work:
6 Unlockor lock the vehicle usin gthe
em erge ncyke y eleme nt (
=page 470).
6 Check the key batt eries ( =page 223)
and chang eth em if neces sary
( = page 474). The
keyis fau lty. 6
Unlockor lock the vehicle usin gthe
em erge ncyke y eleme nt (
=page 470).
6 Have thek eycheck edata qu alified spe-
cialist wo rkshop. 216_R
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464 Practical advice
Troubleshooting Pr
ob lem Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Suggest
edsolu tions Th
e batter ycheck lamp onthekey does
not light up wh entested. The
key batt eries are disch arge d. 6
Cha ngethe batter ies (=page 474). Yo
uha ve lost a key. 6
Have the ke ycanc elled at a
Mercede s-Be nz Service Centr e.
6 Report the los sim me diat ely to th evehi-
cle insu rers.
6 Ifnece ssary ,have th emanual locks
ch ang edtoo. Yo
uhav elo st the eme rgen cy key eleme nt. 6
Report the los sim me diat ely to th evehi-
cle insu rers.
6 Ifnece ssary ,have th emanual locks
ch ang edtoo. Th
e key cannot be turne din the igniti on
lo ck. The
key has been in po sition 0fora con-
siderable time. 6
Remo vethe key and rei nsert it into the
ign itio n lock agai n.
6 Check the st arter battery andch arge it
if ne cessary.
6 Switch on the ignition. 216_R
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465
Practical advice
Tr oubleshooting Pr
ob lem Poss
ible cause /consequ ence Sugges
tedsoluti ons The key cannot be tur
nedin th eignition
lo ck. The on-board vol
tage istoo low. 6
Switch of fco nsumers that arenotre-
quired, e.g. seat heating orinter iorlight-
ing, and try to turn the key again.
If this does not work:
6 Check the star ter battery and cha rgeit
if ne cessary.
or
6 Jum p-star t the vehicle ( =page 497).
or 6 Consulta qua lifi ed spe cial ist wor ksho p. 216_R
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466 Practical advice
Troubleshooting KEYLESS GO*
Pr
ob lem Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Suggest
edsolu tions You can
not lo ckor unlock the vehicle
usin g the KE YLES SGO key. Th
eKE YLES SGO keyba tteries ar ene arly
disc harged or fully dis charge d. 6
Unlock or lock the vehicle usingthe
emer genc yke yelemen t (
= page 470).
6 Check the KE YLES SGO keyba tteries
an dc han gethe mifnecessary
( = page 474). Th
erei sint erfere nc efrom apowerful
so urce of ra dio wave s. 6
Lock orunlock theve hicle usin g there-
mo tecon trol functio n on theKE YLESS
GO key. Todo this, point the tip of the
ke yat the driver ’s doo rhand leat close
ra ng eas youwou ldwh en using the sum-
mer openingo rco nve nien ce clos ingfe a-
tur e (
=page 351)and try to open the
ve hicl eagai n.
6 Unlock or lock the vehicle usingthe
emer genc yke yelemen t (
= page 470). There is a
malfunctio nwi th KEYLESS GO. 6
Have KEYLES SGO ch ecke dat aqu ali-
fi ed specialist worksho p.
6 Lock orunlock theve hicle usin g there-
mo tecon trol functio n on theKE YLESS
GO key. Tosta rt th een gine, insert the
KE YLESS GOkey into the ignition lock. 216_R
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467
Practical advice
Tr oubleshooting The
battery check lamp in the KEYLESS
GO key do esnot light up when teste d. Th
e KE YLES SGO key batteri esared is-
cha rged. 6
Cha ngethe batteri es (=page474). The
vehicle ca nnot bestarted usingt he
KEYL ESSGO butt on.The KEYL ESSGO key
is in theve hicle. Yo
u did not depress the brak e wh enstart-
ing theen gine. 6
Depress th ebrake pedal and press the
KEY LESS GO button. Yo
u hav elost theKEYLESS GO key. 6
Have th eKEYL ESSGOkeyca nce lled at
a Mercedes -Ben zS ervice Centre.
6 Report th eloss imme diat ely to the vehi-
cle ins urers.
6 Ifnece ssary ,ha ve the manual locks
chang edtoo. Pro
blem Poss
ible cause /consequ ence Sugges
tedsoluti ons 216_R
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