2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE ESP

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At a glan
ce
Cockpit Fun
ction Pa
ge 1 Gl
ove compar tment 355
2 Au
tomatic air condi tioning
Ce ntre consol e,up per
se ction 336
18 3 Ov
erh eadco ntrol panel 252
4 COMA
NDdisp lay 59
5 Con
trol panel with
bu ttons androtary
co ntro ls for Vehicle
level 313
ESP
® 49
Park
tronic/ Park Assist* 314
317
Swivels the CO
MAND
disp lay 59
Se
tting thei nstrumen t
lighting and COMAND
di spl ay 271 Fun
ction Page
6 Co
mb inat ion sw itch
! Main-beam headlamps
! Turn sign als
! Winds cree nwipers 249
257
253
7 Cru
isecontro l le ver
! Cruise control
! Variab le Spe edtronic
! Distroni c*1
! Distroni cPlu s*1
1N otavailabl ein all countries 290
309
293
300
8 Multi
-fun ction st eering
whe el 273
9 In
st rum entcl uster 271
a Selecto
rlev er 261 Fun
ction Page
b Light switch 247
c Door con
trol panel 21
d Night View
Assis t* 329
e El
ectri cpa rking brake 258
f He
adl am p cl eaning system 249
g To
adjust the stee ring wh eel
Steeri ng wh eelheating* 238
238
h Ign
itio n lock /
KEY LESS GO* button 229
j CD
and DV Dplayer /
ch an ger* 77
k Centre
consol e,lower
secti on 19216_R
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At a glan
ce
Instrumen tcluster Fun
ction Page
1 Coola
nttemp eratu regauge 2 Fuel gauge
with: Rese
rvefu el ga uge 450
A
Main-b ea m indi ca tor
la mp 249
-
ABS warning lamp 445
=
SRSwa rning la mp 28
3 Displ
ayforPa rktroni c/
Pa rk Assist* ,left -han d side 314
317 Fun
ction Page
4 Mu
lti-f unctiondi splay
wi th: Speedo
meter !
Electri cparking brak e
indi cator and warning lamp 446
—
Brake system
wa rning la mp 447
<
Seatbeltwa rning
la mp 449
X
Tyrepressure
wa rning la mp 449
L K
Turn signal
indi cator lamps v
ESPwa rning lamp l
Distance warn ing
la mp* Fun
ction Pa
ge 5 Dis
playfo rPa rktro nic/
Park Assist* ,rig ht-hand
side 314
317
6 Tr
an sm issi onposition
displ ay 263
7 Rev
counter with: ±
Enginediagnost ics
wa rning lamp 448
8 Drive program disp
lay 268
9 Ba
sic menu for on-board
co mp uter 275
a Ou
tside temperat ure b Di
splays for: Add
itiona lspeedom eter 287
HO
LD 311
Di
stan ce warning system*
PR E-SA FE®
brake 51
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29
Safety
Oc cupa nt safety
Trig gering be lttensioners, belt force limiter
sand airbags
In theeve ntofacol lisi on , the sens or in the
ai rbag control unit evaluate simport ant
ph ysical data su chasduration, direction
an d rate ofvehicle de celera tion or acce ler-
at ion. Based on th eeva luat ion of thi sdata
an d dep ending on the veh icle ’s rate of lon-
gitudin aldeceleratio nin a collisio n,at the
fi rst le vel, th eairbag contro l un itpre -emp-
ti ve ly trigger sthe belt tensioners.
Th efront airb agsa re onl ythen de ploy ed if
there isahi gher deg reeof ve hicle de celer-
at ion in along itu dina ld ire ction.
Si nce yo urvehi cle is fitted with adaptive
du al-stage front airb ag s, the front airbags
ar efilled with eno ugh gas to red uce the
risk of injuries at th efirst deploym ent
thre shold. Thef ront airb agsare on lyfully
inflated ifaseco ndthresho ldisreac hed
with inafe w mi lliseconds due to the con-
trol unit having detected furth erdec eler a-
tion. i
Thefront airba gonth e fro nt-passeng erside
is only triggered if thefron t-passeng er seat oc-
cu panc yrec ognition sys tem identifies thatth e
seat is oc cupied.
The front belt tensioners can only be triggered if
th e belt tong ue isco rrec tly engaged in the seat
belt buc kle.
Act ivat ionof belt tensi oners and airbags
In the first stag es of acollision, th eairb ag
co ntro lunit evalua tesph ysical da ta,su ch
as duration and dire ction of ve hicle de cel-
er ation or accel eration in ord erto deter-
mi ne wh etherit is necessary to trigg erthe
belt te nsione rs or deploy the airb ag s.
Th ebe lttens ione ra nd airb agdepl oyment
thre sholds areva riab leand are adap tedto
the degre eof dece leration of the ve hicle.
This proc ess ispre-empt ive in nature as
the airbag must be deployed during – and
not after –the col lisi on. G
Risk of inju ry Am
alfun ction has occu rred if the=
warn ing lamp:
! does notlight up when yo ustart theig-
nit ion
! does not go out a few se co nd sa fter the
en gine has started
! ligh ts up again
Som esyst em sco uld be triggered uninten-
ti ona lly or might notbetrigge redat all in the
ev ent of an accide nt with high decelerati on.
Ha ve there straint system s ch ecked andre-
pa ired immedi ately ataqu alifie d spe cial ist
workshop which hasth ene cessary spe cial-
ist knowl edge andtool sto carry out the
work required. Me rcede s-Be nz reco mm ends
that yo u useaMe rced es-Benz Service Ce n-
tr e for thispurpos e. In partic ular, work rele-
va nt to safety or on saf ety-re late dsyste ms
mu st be carrie dou t at aqua lifi ed speci alist
workshop. 216_R
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32 Safety
Oc
cupant safety
Your vehicl e is equip pedwi th the fo llowing
airbags:
! Driver’s front airb ag , located in the
steering wheel
! Front-pa ssenger front airb agabov ethe
gl ov e compa rtme nt
! Sidebags on th eouter side of the front
se ats !
Sidebags to the outsi de, ne xtto the
seats in the rear co mpartment
! Windowb agsin the edge of the roof
frame
Ai rb ag deplo yment
T he airbags in flat ewi thin millisec onds. Th e
= warning lamp com eson.
i Ifth e airbag sare deployed, you willhe ar a
bang and a small amount of powder may also be
released .The bang is not harmful toyour heari ng
and thepowder is not hazar dous toyour healt h.
Ai rb ag depl oymen tsl ows down and re-
st ricts the movement of the vehi cle occu-
pant.
Wh enthevehicl eocc upant makesconta ct
with the front ands ide airb ag s,ho tg as
fl ows out of the airb ags.Thi sredu cesthe
fo rc eac ting on the occu pant’s he adand
ch est.Th eairbags are thus def lated afte r
the accid ent. !
Mov ethe front -pas seng erseat as far
back aspossibl e, especiallyifch ildr en
ar es itti ng orsecured inarestraint sys-
te m on it.
! Rearward -facing chil drestraint syst ems
mu stnotbe fitted to the front-p assen-
ge rseat ifthe front airba gon the front-
pass engerh as notbeen dea ctivat ed .
Th ef ront passeng er's front air bagis au-
tomati cally de activate din
Me rcede s-Be nz veh icle sif ach ild re-
straint syste mwith automati c childs eat
recog nition is fitt ed tothe fr ont- passen-
ge r seat ofa vehi cle eq uippe dwith auto-
ma tic child seat recognition an dthe
9 indi cator lamp is on.
! Ifafo rwar d-facin gchi ldrest raintsystem
is fitted tothe front -pas seng er seat,the
fr ont-passenge rse at mu st be moved as
fa rb ackas poss ible.Ev en with th ese at
in this posi tion, theb eltmust be routed
fo rwards in thedir ection of trav elan d
pul led tigh t.
! Do not lean forward s, e.g. ove r the pad-
ded boss of thesteer ing whee l,pa rtic u-
larly when the vehicle is in motion.
! Do not pu tyo ur fee ton the dashboa rd. !
Onlyho ldthe steering wheel by the rim.
This all owsthe airb agtodepl oyfully.
You could be inju re dif th eairb ag isde-
pl oy ed andyou are holdingthe inside of
the stee ring wheel.
! Do not lean on thed oorsfrom inside the
vehi cle.
! Do not plac eany objects on theairbags
or between the airbags and the veh icle ’s
occ upants.
! Do not pl acean y objec tsbet ween the
seat backr ests and th edoors.
! Donot hang an yha rd object s, e.g. coat
hang ers, on thegr ab handl esor coat
hooks.
It is no tpossible to ruleout the risk ofinju-
ri es caused byan airbag dueto th ehigh
sp ee dw ith which theairb agis re quired to
deploy. 216_R
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36 Safety
Oc
cupant safety
ar einte grate dinto the side of the roof
fr am eand deploy in the area between the
A-pill ar an d the C-pillar.
1 Windowbag
Windowbags 1are depl oyed:
! atthes tart of an accident wi thhigh ve-
hicle accele ratio nor decele ratio nin a
la teral direc tion
! on the side on whi chan impact occ urs
! indepe ndently of the front airbags
! regard lessof wh ethe r the front-
pa sseng erseat is occupied or not
! ifthe ve hicle ove rtur ns on both sides
an d the syste mdetermine sth at win-
dowb ag deployment can of fer add itio n-
al protection to tha tpr ovide dby the
seat belt i
Youcanfind furthe r information about how
th e airbags work on (
=page 32).
You can find fur ther info rmation abou tbelt ten-
sioners and bel tforce limiters on ( =page 29).
Preventiv eoccu pant safety (PRE-SAFE ®
)
in itiates pre ventive measures incertain
ha zardou s si tuations foryo ur safety.PR E-
SA FE®
interven esin:
! emergenc ybra king situati ons, e.g. if
Brak eAs sist BAS (
=page 47)is acti-
va ted orBrak eAs sist BASPlus*
(= page 47)in te rve nesp owerfully
! critica ldr ivin g situa tions, e.g. wh ere
the vehicle under steers or ove rste er s
be cause itha sex ceeded physical limits
In these cases, PR E-SAFE ®
in itiates th efo l-
lo wing measures if youar ed riving faster
tha n30 km /h:
! itmo ves th efront-passenger seattoan
op timum position (
=page 231) if itis
in an unfavou rablepo sition !
itincr ea ses the air pressure inthea ir
ch amb ers (side bol ster s of the seat
cushion andba ckr est)of the multi-c on-
tou r* (
=page 216) or dy nami cdri ving
seats* ( =page 218)
! if the vehicle un derstee rsor ove rs-
te er s, the sl iding/tilting sunroof
( = page 349) and the front side win-
dows ( =pa ge 254) alsoclose
au toma tically toleave a residu algap
If the hazardous situ ation passes without
resul ting inan ac cident,P RE- SAFE ®
redu c-
es the pressure in th eair cha mbers ofthe
mu lti-contou r seatsor dyna mi cdriving
seats *. Itispo ssible toundo all the adjust-
me ntsin itiated by PRE-SAFE ®
.
P9
1.60-3161-31 PRE-SAFE
®
(pre ventive oc cupant
safe ty) 216_R
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46 Safety
Driving safety sys
tems
In this sectio n,youw illf ind info rmati on
abou t the adap tive brak elamp sand the
fol lowing driving safety systems:
! ABS (A nt
i-lo ck B rak
ing S ys
tem)
! BAS (B ra
ke AS sist)
! BAS Plus* (B rake AS sist
Plus)
! ESP ®
(E lect
ronic S ta
bility P rogr
am)
! EBV (electronic brake-power distr ibu-
tion)
! ADAPT IVE BRAKE
! Dista ncewa rning*
! PRE -SAFE ®
Brake*
i In wintry driving conditio ns,you will only
ach ieve them axim um effec tof ABS, BAS, ESP ®
and ADAP TIVE BRAKE ifwi nter ty res(M +S)are
used ,wi th snow chains ifnece ssary . AB
Sad just sth e brak epr essure in such a
way th atthe whee lsdo not lock whe nyou
brake. This allo wsyout oco ntinue st eering
the vehicle when braki ng.
ABS work sfrom asp ee dof about 8km /h
upwards, regardless of road-su rface condi-
tions.
ABS works on slippery surfac es, even
wh en yo uonl ybr ake ge ntly. Braking
Yo
uwi llfe el thebra kepedal pulsat e ifABS
interven eswhen bra king .
If AB Sinterven es:
6 Continu eto depress thebra kepedal
wi th forc euntil the bra king situa tion is
ove r.
Fo rfull brak ing ap plica tion:
6 Depress the brak epeda lwi th ma xi-
mum force. Driving safet
ysyst ems G
Risk of accident Th
er isk of an ac cident in crea sesif yo u:
! drivet oo fast, pa rticular ly when corner-
in g an d on wetor sl ippe ry ro ads
! drive too clos eto the vehi cle in front Th
edri ving sa fety syst ems described in this
section are unable to reduce this ri sk or
ov erride thelaws of physics.
Yo ushould therefore alw ays adapt yo urdri v-
ing style to suit thepr ev ailing road and
we athe rcon dition s and maintai nasu fficient
distance from othe r roadusers an dobjec ts
on theroad. ABS
(Anti-loc kBraking System) G
Risk of accident Do not depress
thebr ak e peda lsev eral
ti mes in quick su ccession (pu mping). De-
pr es sth e br akef irml yan d evenl y.Pumpi ng
th e br akep edalreduces the br akin gef fect. 216_R
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Safety
Driving safety sys tems
ESP ®
mo nito rs the driving stab ility and
the tr action ,i.e .tra nsferof power from the
tyres to the road surf ace.
ESP ®
dete ctswh en awhe elsp inso rthe ve-
hicl e enters aski d.ESP ®
stabilises th eve-
hicl eby br aking indiv idua lwh eels ,limit ing
th e en gine powe rou tput, and ass ists you
wh en pulling away on a wet or slippery
ro ad surfac e. ESP ®
also stabilises the vehi-
cl e when brakin g.
Whe nESP ®
int ervene s,the v warning
lamp flashes intheinst ru me ntclus ter.
!The ignit ionmust be swit ched off (key in po-
sit ion 0or 1in the ignit ion loc k)ifthe vehicle is
to be towe dw itht he fron tor rear axle rais ed. Ap-
plication of the bra kes by ESP®
co uld ot he rwise
des troy the bra king system on thefront /rear ax-
le. ETS (ele
ctro nictractio nco ntro l syst
em)
Th etra ction co ntrol syste misac om po-
nent of ESP®
.
The trac tion contro lsyst em br akes the
drive wheels indi vidually if th ey start to
sp in.Y ou cantheref orepu llaw ay oraccel-
erate on slip pery surfac es, e.g. on roads
that areslippery onone side.
The tract ionco ntro l syst emis st illact ive if
you de activ ate ESP ®
. De
acti vatin g/activa ting ESP ®
ESP ®
is ac tiva ted autom atical ly whe nthe
ig ni tio nis sw itch ed on.
It ma y be best to deactivate ESP®
in the
fo llo wing situations:
! if sn owcha insar e bein gused
! inde ep sn ow
! onsand or gravel ESP
®
(E lec tron icStability Program) G
Risk ofaccide nt If
the v warning lam pflas hes in th ein-
strument cl uster, procee das follows:
! Under no circ um stance ssho uld you de-
ac tivate ESP®
.
! Only depresst he accel erator pedalas
fa r as necessary when pulling away.
! Adapt yo urdriv ing style tosuitthe pre-
va iling roa dan dweather con dition s.
Ot he rwis e, the vehicle could be gin to skid.
ESP ®
canno tred uceth erisk of an accid ent
if yo udri ve toofa st. ESP ®
ca nn ot ov erride
the laws ofphysi cs. G
Risk of acc ident Th
etract ionc ontrol syst emcannot reduce
th erisk ofan accident ifyou drive too fast.
The trac tion control system canno toverride
th elaws of physics. 216_R
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50 Safety
Driving safety sys
tems
Whe nyo u deact ivat eESP ®
:
! ESP ®
no longe rim prove sdr ivin gst abil-
ity
! the engine’s torque isthen no longer
li mi ted and the dri vewheels could spin.
Th isresults in a cutting action of the
sp inning wh eelsfor be tter grip.
! traction control is st illa ctivated
! you can still brake with supp ort from
ESP ®
i IfESP ®
is deactivat edand on eorm ore of
th ewh eels are spinning, thev warning lamp
in the instrumen tcl us ter flas hes.ESP ®
does not
th en stabili setheve hicle. 1
To deac tivat e/a ctivat eE SP®
6 To dea ctivat e/ activa te: press
button 1.
The v warning la mp in the in stru-
me ntclus terc om eson wh enESPisde-
ac tivated. EB
V mo nitors andco ntrol sth ebrake pre s-
sure atthe rear wh eelsto improv edriving
sta bilitywh en braki ng.
ADAPT IVEB RAKE im proves brak ing safety
an den ha nces bra king comf ort.In addit ion
to th ebra king func tion, ADAP TIVE BRAKE
also offers the HOL Dco nve nien ce func tion
( = page 311). G
Risk of acc ident Ac
tivate ESP ®
as soon as the situatio nsde-
scr ibed aboveno longer apply. ESP®
will
othe rwise not beable to st abilise the vehicle
if the vehi cles tart sto skid or wh en a whee l
is spinn ing. G
Risk of accident If
the v warning lamp inthe instru ment
cluster li ghts up continuously whe nthe
en gine isrunn ing, ESP ®
has been deactivat-
ed or is unavaila bledu eto a malfun ction.
The risk of your ve hicleskidding is thenin-
cr ea sed in certain si tuations.
Al wa ys adap tyour driving style to suit the
pr evailing road andwe athe rcon dition s.
P54.25-5452-31 EB
V(electr onicbrak e-power
dist ribu tio n) G
Risk of accident If
EB Vis faulty, the braking system re mains
availa ble with full brak eb oost inge ffect.
Ho wever, the wheels could lock, forin-
stan ce, in the ev ent of a full brak eap plica-
ti on . You could lose control ofthe veh icle
an d ca usean ac cident. Adapt your dr iving
style to the chan ge inha nd ling charac teris-
ti cs. ADAPTIV
EBRAKE 216_R
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