2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE lock

483
Practical advice
Flat tyre
Yo ur vehicl em aybe equipped with:
! aTIREFIT kit
! a"M inis pare " em erge ncy sp arewh eel*
! asp are whe el*
! the MO Extend ed run-fla tsyst em*
6 Stop yo urvehic leas far away as possi-
ble from movi ngtraffic and on a fi rm,
non-s lipa nd even surface.
6 Switchon theha zard warning lamp s.
6 Move the tra nsmi ssion sele ctor lever
to P.
6 Get allocc upant sout of the vehi cle if
nec essa ry,ensuring that they ar enot
en dang ered asthey do so.
6 Switchof fthe engine and remove the
key from the ig nitio nlock. Vehi
cles with KEYL ESSGO*:
6 Switchof fthe en gine.
6 Open thedriver’s door.
The statu sof the on-board electroni cs
co rresponds to key pos ition 0.
6 Plac e the warningt riangle
( = page 400)orhazard wa rningl am ps
at asuit able dist an ce behind thev ehi-
cle. Ob serve legal re quiremen ts. Fl
at tyre Pr
ep arin gthe vehic le G
Risk of inj ury The
jack isde sign ed onlyto rais e thevehicle
fo ra sh ort while when aw heelis cha nged.
If you intend to wor kun derth eve hic le,
place thev ehicle on stan ds.
Ma kesure that the jack isplac ed on afirm,
non-s lipa nd level surface .Do notus ewo od-
en blocks or sim ilar objects as a jack sup-
por tplate ,ot he rwis eth e ja ckmay notbe
ab leto achiev eitsl oa d-be aringc apacity if it
is not atits fullheight.
Do not start the engine at any time whil ethe
wheel isbe ing chan ged.
Do not lie under the vehi cle when it is being
su pported by the jack.If you donot raise the
ve hicleas described, itcou ldslip offth ejack
(e .g. if th eengi neisstar ted or adooror the
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491
Practical advice
Flat tyre
1 Wheel bo lts fo r 17 ''light-allo ywh eels
2 Wheel bol tsfor the "Minispare" emer-
ge ncy spare wheel*
3 Wheel bo lts fo r 18 ''light-allo ywh eels
an d larger
! Youmustuse wheel bolts 1or2 when fit-
ti ng 17'' wheels or the "Minispare" *eme rgency
sp are wheel. If you use different wheel bolts
wh en fit ting 17'' wheels or the "Minispare"*
emergency spare wheel, this co uld da magethe
br ak e sys tem.
i Wheel bol ts2 are supp lied wit hth e emer-
gen cyspare wheel (no twit h17' 'tyres ). 6
Clea nthe wheelan dwh eel hub contac t
su rfaces.
6 Push the "Minispar e"emer gencysp are
whe el*orspar ewhe el* onto the cen-
tring pi nan d press it onfully.
6 Screw inthe wh eelb olts and tighten
the mgently.
6 Uns crew the centr ing pin.
6 Screw inthelast wheel boltan dtig hten
it ge ntly. Lowering
the vehicle
6 Turn the cra nkof the jack anti-clock-
wise until the vehicle is once again
st and ing firmly on th eground.
6 Plac e the jack to oneside.
1 to5 whe elbo lts
6 Tighte nthe wheel bolts ev enly in a
cr os swise pattern in sequen ce1 to
5 . The tighte ning torq uemu stbe
15 0Nm . P40.10-4638-31
P40.10-4639-31
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495
Practical advice
Batter ies
! Alwa ysdis conn ectth e ba tter yin the order
de scribed below .You may ot herwise damage the
ve hicle elec tronics.
! Switch offth einte rnal func tion sof theve hi-
cl ene twork be fore disc on nect ingth es tarter ba t-
te ry.It is not necess arytoswi tch offth ein te rnal
functi onsof thev ehicle netw orkif th eve hicle
ha s been parke dupfo r more than one hour with
no key in thei gni tion loc k.
Swit chingof fthe inter nalfunc tions of the vehi
cle network
i On vehic les wi th KE YLESS GO, remov ethe
KEYLESS GObutton (=
page 230) and useth e
KEYLESS GO keyin the same wayas th enormal
ke y.
6 Move the tra nsmi ssion sele ctor lever
to P.
6 Switchof fal lelec trical co nsumers.
6 Turn the key to position 0in the igni-
tion lock.
6 Turn the key to position 1in the igni-
tion lock. 6
Wai t30 seco nds.
Th e inter nalfu nctions of the vehicle
ne twork are switc hedof f.
6 Turn the key to pos ition 0in the ig ni-
tion lock.
! Do not remo vetheke y. Di
sco nnecting thes tarter bat tery
6 Open thebo nne t.
6 Remov ethe negative termi nalu sing a
10 mm op en-jawe dspan ner.
6 Rem oveth ecov erfrom the pos itive ter-
minal.
6 Remo vethepositive ter minalcl am p
fr om the batter y.
6 Pull of fthe breather hose.
i For your convenience, have the ba ttery re-
mo ved at a qualified spe cialist worksh op,e.g. a
Me rcedes-Benz Servi ceCentre.
6 Fold th ebar on the star ter battery up-
wards andr em ove the starterbattery. Dis
conn ecti ngthe star terb attery Removing the
starter battery Ch
arging the battery G
Risk of inj ury Never
charge aba tter ywhile itis in stalle din
th eve hicle, unle ssyou use aba ttery charger
th at has been tested andap proved for
Me rcedes -Ben zv ehicle s. Wit hth ese battery
charg ersit is possibl eto charge the battery
with outfirst rem ovingit fro mthe vehicle. Ot h-
erwi se,the vehi cle’ sel ec troni c syst emmay
be damaged. Befor ech arging theb atte ry,
ch eckt he centra lven t for correct seating.
Ba tteries without a central vent mustbe re-
moved befor ech arging.
On lych arge the batter yin awell ventil ated ar-
ea. As the ba tter yis bei ngcharged, gases can
escape and gener atemino rexpl osions, which
ma yin ju re you and other pe rsons or cause
da ma getothe pa intwork or aci dcor rosion on
the vehi cle. G
Risk of inj ury You
canob tain info rmation ab ou tba tteries
an db attery chargerswith which it ispo ssi ble
to charg eth eba tter ywhile itis installe din the
vehi cle from aqu alifie dsp ecia list wo rksh op,
e.g .aM erce de s-Be nz Service Cen tre. 216_R
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498 Practical advice
Ju
mp -sta rting
6 Getin to thevehicl ean ds tart the en-
gine withi n30 se conds.
If the star ting attempt fails:
6 Turn the key to pos itio n 0 in the ig-
nition lock.
6 Remove the key.
6 Start the oth ervehicl e’s engine and
le tit ru nfo r a few mi nu tes.
6 Reinsert the key into the ignition
loc kand star tyou rveh icle wit hin
30 seco ndsof sw itch ing onthei gn i-
tion.
6 When the en gine isrunn ing, sw itch on
so me elec tric al co nsumers, e. g.the
blower.
6 First dis conn ectth ejump le adsfrom
ea rth poi nt1 and negative terminal
2 , th enfrom pos itiv e termina ls3
and 4.
6 Have theba tte ry che cked at a qualified
sp eciali stwor ksho p,e.g. a
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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
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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
ovingthe to wing eye 216_R
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502 Practical advice
Fuses
The
fuses inyour vehicle se rveto clo se
down faulty circuits. If afuse blows ,all
co mp onentso n the circuitan d their func-
tion swil lfa il.
i Blown fuses mustbe replaced byfuses of
th e sa meratin g(id entifiable bythe co lourand
amperage) and with th e amperages spe cified in
th e fuse alloc ationchart .A Me rcedes-Benz
Ser vice Centre will be happy toadvise you. If
anew lyfitted fuse blows ,have the cause
tra cedan d rectified at aqualified specialist
wor ksho p, e.g. a Mercedes -Ben zSe rvice
Centr e.
Th efo llowing implem entsare avai lable for
chang ing the fuses:
! Fuse allo cation chart
! Spare fuses
! Fuse extra ctor
! Only use fuses that have been approved for
Me rced es- Benz vehicles andwh ich ha ve theco r-
re ct amperag efor the system concerned. Othe r-
wis e, el ectrical comp onent sor systems could be
damag ed.
! Switchoff the in ternal fu nctions of thevehi-
cl e ne twork ( =page 495 ) before wor king with
fuses.
Th efuses areloca ted in variou sfuse bo x-
es:
! Fuse bo xin the en gine comp artment
on the le ft-h an d side wh enviewe din
the dire ction of tra vel (
= pa ge 503)
! Fuse bo xin the en gine comp artment
on the rig ht-han d side whe nviewe din
the dire ction of tra vel (
= pa ge 503)
! Fuse box in the re arcom partm ent
( = page 503) !
Fuse boxes on the right andlef t-ha nd
side of the dash board (
=pa ge 504) Fuse
allo ca tion cha rt
Th e fus eallo cation cha rtis in the vehicle
too lki ti nt he stowage we ll under the boot
fl oor (
=pag e401). Thef useam per age is
also in dicatedin this char t. Spare fuses
Sp
arefu ses arewith the veh icletoolkitin
the stowage we llun der the boot floor
( = page 401). Fuse ext
ractor
Th e fus eext ractor iswith theve hicle tool
kit inthe stowa gewellun der the bootfloor
( = page 401).
6 Park theve hicle.
6 Switch off all electric al co nsumers.
6 Rem ove the key from the ignition lock. Fuses
G
Risk of fire On
lyuse fus esthat have been approve dfor
Me rcedes -Ben zveh iclesan d whic hhave the
co rrect amperage for thes yst em con-
ce rned .Do notattempt to repairor bridge
fa ulty fus es. A circuit overlo adcould othe r-
wi se ca usea fire. Havetheca uset race dan d
re ctifie dat a qualifie dsp ecialist wor ksho p,
e.g .aM erce de s-Be nz Service Cen tre. Imple
ments forcha ngin gfu ses Before
changingfuses 216_R
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