2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE ESP

456 Practical advice
Troubleshooting Pr
ob lem Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Suggest
edsolu tions The
engine wi llnot start .You cannot hear
the star ter motor wo rking. Th
eon-board vol tage istoo low beca use
the star ter battery istoo we akor dis-
char ged. 6
Jum p-star tt he vehicle ( =page 497).
If th eengine doe snot start despite at-
tem ptsto ju mp-start it:
6 Cons ulta qualified specialist worksho p. Th
esta rter mo torhas overhea ted. 6
Allow the star te rmo tor to coo ldown for
appro ximat ely tw omi nu tes.
6 Rest art the engine.
If th een gine still do es not star t:
6 Cons ulta qualified specialist worksho p. Th
e engi neisno tru nn ingsm oot hly an dis
mis firi ng. Th
eengi neelectro nics orame cha nical
com ponent of the engine control unithave
been da maged. 6
Onlydepress th eac ce lerat orpedal gen-
tly.
6 Have the cause rectified immediately at
a qu alified speciali stwor ksho p.
Oth erwi se ,un bur ntfuel may getinto the
ca talytic converter andda ma geit. 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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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
boot lid is op ene dor close d). 216_
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488 Practical advice
Fl
at tyre
6 Affix the second partof the sticker near
the valve on the whe elwith th ede fec-
ti ve tyre.
6 Driveto the ne ares t wo rkshop and
ha ve the tyr echa nged the re.
6 Have the TI REFITkitr eplac edas so on
as possib le at aqualified spe cial ist
work shop, e. g.aMe rced es-B enz Serv-
ice Cent re.
i Haveth e TIRE FITkitreplaced every four
years at a qual ified specialis two rkshop, e.g. a
Me rced es-Benz Service Centre. Prepa
ring the vehic le
6 Prepare the vehicle asdescribed
(= page 483).
6 Lift up the boot cov er.
6 Rem ove the jack and the vehicle tool
kit and "Minispare" emergency spare
wh eel* orthesp arewh eel*
( = page 401). G
Risk of acc ident Do
not exceed the maximum spee d of
80 km /h.
Th e"max. 80 km /h"st icker must be affixed
with inthe driver’ sfield of vision .
Th ev ehicle ’s ha nd ling cha racter isti csma y
be affe cted. H
Environ mental no te Di
spose of the used TIREFI Tkitprofes sional-
ly ,e.g. at aMe rced es-Benz Service Cen tre. Cha
nging awh eel and fitting the
sp are whe el* G
Risk of accident The wheel
dime nsion san dtyre size of the
sp are wheel* or "Min ispa re" emergen cy
sp are wheel* ma ydiffer fr omthos eof
stan dard wheels.
Th e" Minisp are" emergen cy sparewh eel*
mu ston lybe used asa te mpo rary measure.
Do not excee dthe maxim umspeed of
80 km /h.
Have the"Min ispa re" emergen cyspare
wheel* replac ed with ane wwhee lasso on
as possible at aqualifie dsp ecialist wor k-
shop whichha s th ene cessary spe cial ist
kn ow ledg ean dtools to carry out the work
re qu ired .Me rced es-Benz reco mm ends that
yo uu seaMe rced es-Ben zS ervice Cen tre for
this purpos e. In particul ar,work relevant to
sa fety or on sa fety-rel at ed syst emsmu st be
ca rrie d out ataq ualified sp ec iali stwo rk-
shop.
Never drive the vehi clew ith mo rethan one
st ee lem erge ncy spare wheel fi tted. G
Risk of inju ry The
jack isde signe donly toraise the vehi cle
fo ra short while whe nawheel is chang ed.
If you intendto work underthev ehic le,
pla ce the vehi cleo nstands.
Prepa retheve hicle asdescr ibed
( = page 483).
Make su rethat thejac kis placed onafirm
an dlevel surface. Prov ideas table an dnon-
slip plat form for th ejac kwhen work ing on
an uneve nsurfa ce. 216_
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492 Practical advice
Fl
at tyre
6 Turn the jack back to the ou t-of-us epo-
si tion.
6 Stow th ewhe elwre nch, centrin g pin
an d jack in the ve hicle tool kit in the
boot.
The MOExtend ed run-flat syste mmayonly
be used incomb inat ion with th etyr epres-
sure loss warning syste m.
! The max imum distance yo umay driv ein ru n-
flat mode depends onthelo ad in theve hicle. Itis
approxi mately 50 km if theve hicle is partially
laden and approximat ely 30 km iffully laden.
The max imum distanc et obe driven in run-f lat
mo de begins from themo me ntthety re pressure
loss warning appears in themu lti-f un ction dis-
play.
Yo um ustno tex ce ed a max imum spee d of
80 km /h. i
By using TIRE FIT before startin gthe run-flat
mo de, the ma ximu mdistan cecanbe in creased
co nsiderably .If TIRE FITca nn ot sealthety re due
to the ty pe of damage, you may still continue
dri ving up to the maximum possible distanc ein
run-flat mode.
iIf you chang eone or all of the tyres, ma ke
sure that you only use tyres lab elled "MOE xtend-
ed" in the size specified for the veh icle. G
Risk of acc ident Ha
vethe ti ghtening torq uechecke dimmed i-
at elyafter a wheel isch anged. Thewheels
co uld work lo oseifthey are nottightened to
a to rque of150 Nm . MO
Exte nded run-flat syst em* G
Risk of accident The han
dlingcharact eristics of your vehicle
de teriorate in run-flat mo de, for exam ple:
! when cornering
! when brakin g
! when acce lerati ngrapidly
You mus tthere fore adap tyou rdrivi ngstyle
ac cordi nglyan dav oid su dden chan ges indi-
re ction oracceleration, aswell asdriving
ov er obsta cles (ker bs, pot holes , of f-ro ad).
This is particu larlythe cas ewhen the vehicle
is heav ily la de n.
Th edist ance that canb edr iven in ru n-flat
mode depe ndsto alarg e ext enton the lo ads
exe rted on the vehi cle. Itca n therefore be
much less duet os peed,lo ad ,d rivi ng ma-
noeu vres ,ro ad surface condition, ou tside
tempe rature,et c. or also grea terif you drive
care fully. Run-
flat mode must be ended if:
! youhear bang ingn oises
! the vehi cles tart sto sh ake
! smok e iscreated and ther ei sa sm ellof
ru bber
! ESP®
is interve ningconstantly
! there aretear sin the side walls ofthe
ty re
After driving in run-flat mo de,you mu sthave
th ewh eel checked for damage ataqu alifie d
spe cial ist workshop whichha s th ene ces-
sary spe cial ist know ledge and tools to car ry
out the workrequire d. Thefault ytyremu st
alwa ysbe repla ced.
Me rced es-Benz re comm ends th atyou use a
Me rced es-Benz Service Cen tre fo rthisp ur-
po se.In pa rticular, work relevant to saf ety
or on safety-rel at ed syst emsmu st be car-
ried outat aq ualifi ed spec iali stwo rksh op. 216_R
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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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506 Te
chnic aldata
Genuine Mercedes-Benz parts
Th e"Techn ical da ta" section conta insall
th ene cessary tech nical data foryo ur vehi-
cl e. So me of the va luesgiven are prov i-
si ona land are, in some cases ,ca lcul ated
va lue s.Fina lva lues andmi ssing data were
not available when this manual wentto
prin t.
i Thet echn ical da tawas determin edin ac-
co rdan cewith EU Direc tive s. All data applies to
th e veh icle’sstandard equipment .The dat ama y
th ere fore differ for ve hicles with opt ional equip-
ment. You can obtain furthe r information from a
Me rced es-Benz Service Centre.
Yo uw ill find information about your vehicle’s
noise le vels in theve hicled ocum entation.
Mercedes -Ben ztests ge nuine part san d
co nversi on parts andac ce ssories which
ha ve bee nspe cifica lly approved foryo ur
ve hicle in terms oftheirre liability ,safet y
an d suitabi lity.
De spite ongoing market research,
Merc edes-Ben zis un able toguaran tee oth-
er parts. Mercede s-Be nz ther efor eac ce pts
no respons ibility forth euse of such parts
in Merc edes-Ben zv ehicle s,even ifthey
ha ve bee nindepe ndently or offici ally ap-
prov ed. In
Germany and othe rcou ntries ,ce rta in
parts areon lyoffici al ly approv edforins tal-
lation or modifica tion ifthe yco mp ly with
legal requirem ents. All ge nuine
Merced es-Benz parts meetthis require-
ment.
Ob serv ethe suita bilityof repla ceme nt
parts foryo ur veh icle.In many count ries ,
ce rtain partswh ich result in amo dificat ion
to the ve hicle cou ldinva lidate th evehicl e’s
ge ne ral operating permit. This is th ecase
if:
! theycause a chang eof the veh icle type
fr om tha tfor whic h the ve hicle’s gener-
al ope rating permit was granted
! otherroad user sco uld be endangered
! the emissi on or noi seleve ls ar ead-
ve rselyaf fected
Th eus eof non-app rove dpart scou ldaffect
yo ur vehicl e’sopera ting safety.
Mercede s-Be nz ther efor er ecom mends
ge nu ine Mer cede s-Be nz parts and conver-
si on part san d ac cessories which have
been specific ally appro vedfo ry ourv ehi-
cl e. Ge
nuine Mercedes -Ben zp arts andap-
proved conversi onparts and ac cessories
are availab lefrom a Mercedes-Be nzServ-
ice Ce ntre. Here youwi ll re ceive advice
ab out te chnical modifica tions ,an d the
pa rts will beprof essionally fitted.
Alw ays quotethe vehicle identificati on
numbe ran dt he engine numbe rwhen or-
dering genui neparts .You will find these
nu mb ers on the vehi cle data card inthe
Se rvice Book letor on your vehicl e’si de nti-
fi ca tion plat es (
=pa ge 509). Ge
nuine Mer cedes-Ben zpa rts H
Enviro nm ental note Da
imlerC hrysler als osu ppl iesre conditioned
as se mb lies and parts which are ofthes ame
qua lityasnew pa rts. Th ese pa rts hav eth e
same warranty as new parts. 216_R
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512 Te
chnic aldata
Tyres andwh eels
! For safet yreasons, Mercedes -Benz recom-
me nds that you only use tyres whic hhave been
speciall yapproved by Mercedes-Benz foryo ur
ve hicle. Th esety res are spe cially adapt edto
driving charac teristics, comfo rt,wear and the
co ntrol systems, such asABSor
ESP ®
and are
mark edasfollow s:
! MO =Me rcede s-Be nz Original
! MOE= Mercedes-Benz Orig inal Ex tended
(wit hrun-flat charact eristic s)
If you use ot herty res ,Merce de s-Be nz cannot ac-
ce pt any responsibili tyfor da mage whic hmay
oc cur.Info rmation abou tty res canbe obtained
from any Merced es-B enzSe rvice Centre.
! Ifyo ufit ty re sot he rth an thos et ested and
recom mended by Mercedes-Benz ,ch ara cter is-
ti cs such ashandling ,noise emiss ions, fuelcon-
su mp tion or wear, et c.ma ybeadver sely
af fe cted. Inadditio n,wh en driving wi tha load, di-
mensional variations and dif ferent tyre deforma-
ti on charact eristics co uld cau sethet yres to
ma kecontac tw ith th eb ody work and axle com-
po nent s.This may damag ethe tyre or the vehi-
cl e. i
Further information can be obtained from
any Merced es-Benz Service Ce ntre.
You will find a table oftyre pressures on the in-
side of your vehicle’s fuel filler flap. Youwi llfind
furt her informat ion abo uttyre pressures inthe
"Operat ion" sec tion ( =
page 382). Tyr
esand wheels 216_R
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