2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE turn signal

226 Con
trols
Op ening and closing In
dividual settin gs
If yo ufreq uently dri vealone, youmay wish
to chan ge the function of the KEYLESS GO
key. With this setting, onlythe dri ver’s
do or and the fuel filler flap unlock when
you gr aspt he driver’s door handl e.
6 To switc hon or of f:press the Œ
and ‹ button ssimulta neou sly fo r
ab out six secon dsuntil the battery
check lamp flashestwice.
Th eKE YLES SGO key will th enfunc tion
as follo ws:
6 Tounloc kthe driv er’sdo or: graspthe
door handl e.
6 Tounlock centrally: gras p the front-
pa sseng erdoor handl e.
Th elo ck ing knobs inthedoor spo pup .
The turn si gnals flas honc e.Thean ti-
the ftalar msyste m*is dea ctivated. 6
Tolock the vehicle centrally: touch
the door handl eouts ide.
Th elock ing kn obsin the do ors drop
do wn. The turn signals flash three
ti me s.Th ean ti-t heft alarm system*
is ac tiva ted. Re
storin gthe fact ory set tings
6 Press theŒ and‹ buttons si-
mult aneo uslyforab ou tsix seco nds un-
til the batter ycheck la mpflas hes
tw ice. Checkin
gthe batter ies
6 Press the‹ orŒ button.
Th eba tte ries inthere mo tecontro lare
fu nctiona lif the batter ycheck la mp
li ghts upbriefly. Ifit doe snot light up,
repla cethe batteri es immediately
( = page 474).
i You may inadv ertently loc kor unloc kth e
vehicle by pressing the bu ttons on theKE YLES S
GO key. 216_R
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250 Con
trols
Li gh ts Ac
tive light function
Fo r th eActive light function, the dipp ed-
be am headlamps swivel ho rizo ntally. The
an gle is ad justed inacco rda ncewi th the
curr ent driving situ ation.
i Thea ctive light functi on isnotac tive wh en
th eve hicle is stationary. Cor
nering light function
Sp ecia lhe adlamp s fulfil th eco rnering light
fu nction. Intight corner s, they lightup the
ar ea ofthero ad into which yo uare tur ning.
6 Make sure the engine isrunning.
6 Make sure that thed ipped -bea m head-
lamps aresw itch ed on wh enit is dark
( = page 247).
i If you are driving slower than40 km /h,the
co rnering li ghtfun ction is swit ched on byboth
th etu rn signa l andthe tu rningof the steer ing
wheel. Whendriving at speeds of bet ween
40 km /h and 70 km /h,the co rnering ligh tfu nc-
ti on is on lyswit ched on by turning the steering
wheel. Above 70km/h,the corneri ngligh tfu nc-
ti on is swit ched off.
6 Toswi tchon: switch on the tur nsignal
with th ecom bina tion switch
( = page 257). The
cornerin glig ht on theside ofthe
turn signal go eson.
or
6 Turn the steering wh eelin thedes ired
direc tion.
The cornerin glig ht on theside ofthe
ca rc losest to the corner goes on.
i If you sw itch on thetu rn signa lfo ro ne side ,
bu t tu rnthes teer ingwh eel inthe othe rdir ection ,
th eco rnering ligh tw ill go on on the side of the
tu rn sign al.
i Ifyo utu rn thes teer ing wheel in one dire c-
ti on and then imm ediately turn it in the ot her,the
co rner ing ligh tson bo thsides of theve hicle will
be switche d on tempo rarily at the sa metime.
i Thec ornering ligh ton the outside of the
bend goes on ifyou engage rev ersegear. The
tu rn signal has no eff ecton the cornering ligh t.
6 Toswitch off:sw itch of fthe tur nsig-
na lwi th the comb inat ion sw itch.
The cornerin glig ht goes out.
or
6 Turn the steering whe elba ck to the
st ra ight-ahea d position.
i Theco rnering li ghtfu nc tion remai nson unt il
you swit choff the tu rnsignal ,eve nif th e steering
wheel is in the straigh t-ah ead position. The
cornering ligh tfu nc tion may remain on for a
short time. Thecornering ligh tfunc tion remains
on for a max imum ofthre eminute s. Itisthen
swit ched off even if thetu rn si gnal is still
swi tchedon or you have turned thes teer ing
wh eel tofull loc k. Motorw
aymode
Motorw aymo de im prove sthe illumi nation
of th ero ad by:
! controlling the brigh tness
! adjust ing thehe adlamp ran ge
! switchin gon a mo torw ay spotlight 1
i The mot orway spot ligh tis sw itch ed on if you
are driving fas terth an 110k m/hand do not
ma keany large steerin gmo vement sfor approxi-
ma tely 1,000 m.Your vehicle the nha stw o addi-
ti on al ligh tsourc eson the inside of the
he adlamp. 1O
nve hicle swith Night ViewAssist, th emo torway
spotl ight is replace dby th einfrare dlight source. 216_R
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257
Con
trols
Dr iving and parking
Th e KEY LESS GO button is located on the
da shbo ard betwe entheste ering co lumn
an d the centre console.
1 KEY LESS GO button
6 Depres sthe brake pe dal.
6 PressKEY LESS GO button 1once.
Th e eng ine st ar ts autom atically.
6 Pres sa nd hold KE YLES SGO button 1
un tilt he engine isrunning.
! Reverse gear may only be selec tedw hen
th ev ehic leis stationary, othe rwise theautomat-
ic transmis sion will be damaged. Donot dri veat
hi gh engine speeds until the eng ineh aswarmed
up. This will pro tect theengine. !
AMGve hicles :a tlow engine temperatures
(below 20° C),th e maximum engine speed is lim-
ited toprotec tth ee ngine .Avoid operating the
engine at full-t hrottle when cold, in order topro-
tect th e engine and avoid inconveniences.
i Thevehiclewi ll loc kitsel fce ntrally onc eyo u
ha ve pulled away. The loc king knobs in thedoors
drop down. You can open thedoors from the in-
side at any time.
Yo u can alsosw itch offth eau tomati cdoo r lock
(= page 208).
6 Depress the brake pedaland holdit
do wn.
6 Push th ese lect or lever down Dor up R
be yon dthe pressure point.
i Wait forthe shift pro cess tocomplet ebe-
fore pulling away.
6 Release the brake pe dal.
6 Depress the ac celera tor pedal.
Th e electri cpa rking brake isreleased
au tom atically (
=pag e258).
Th e red ! indi ca torlamp in the in-
st rum entcl uster goe sout.
i Aftera coldstart ,th eau tomati ctran sm is-
sio nwi llsh iftat a high er eng inespeed. This helps
th ec ataly tic conv erterto reac hits opera ting
temp eraturemo requickly. 1
Toindicate arig ht turn
2 Toindicate aleft turn
6 Push the combin ation sw itch inthedi-
re ction of arrow 1or2 .
Th eco mb inat ion sw itch retur nsto its
origin alpos itio n au tom atical ly after
la rg e st eering mov ements.
i Briefly press theco mb inatio nswit chinthe
appropriate dire ction tosignal a minor change in
direc tion. The corresponding turn signal flas hes
th re etime s. Pu
llin gawayP8
0.61- 2221-31 Tur
nsigna ls
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304 Con
trols
Driving systems
Setting the specified minim umdis- ta
nc efor Distro nicP lus
Yo u can set the specif ied mi nimu mdis-
tanc efo rDi stronic Pl usby vary ing the time
span be tween1.0 and 2.0se co nd s. This
tim espa ndeter minesthe dist an ce that
Di stro nicPlus is toma intain fr omtheve hi-
cl e in front, dependin g onyour speed. You
can see this dist anc ein the mu lti-fun ction
displ ay.
6 To in crea se the specified min imum
distanc e:turn th umbwheel 3inthe
dire ction of arrow
2.
6 Toredu ce thesp ecifie dmi nim um
dista nce:turn th umbwheel 3inthe
dire ction of arrow
1. i
Makesure that youadh ere to th emi nimu m
distanc erequired by law from the veh icle in
front .Adapt your distanc efrom thev ehicle in
fron tif ne cessary.
i Distroni cPl us does not always clearl yrec-
ognise complex road andtraf fic conditions. You
will then re ceive a false distanc ewarning signal
or non eatall. Se
ttin g a st ored speed
6 Push the cruise contro l le verup 1 for
ah ighe rspee d or down 2foral ower
speed.
6 Pres sa nd holdthe crui secontr ollever
unt ilthe desired speed is set. 6
Release the cruis eco ntro l le ver.
Th ene ws peed isstor ed .Di stro nicP lus
is ac tiv ated andad justs th evehicl e’s
speed to th enew stored speed. Adj
ustm entin 1 km/hincrements
6 Pres st he cruise contr olleve rb riefly up
or down inthe dire ction of arrow 1
or 2 .
Th emo strecen tly st or ed speed in-
cr eases ordecrea ses. Adj
ustm entin 10 km /hincr ements
6 Push the cru ise control leve rbe yond
the de tent up 1 fora hi gher speed or
down 2for a lowe rspeed. Selec
ting ast ored speed
6 Pullthe cruise co ntro lle ve r brief lyin
the directi onof arrow 4.
P54.25
-5017-31 G
Risk of accident Pa
y even moreatte ntion to the traffi csitua-
ti on if the l distanc ewa rning lamp inthe
in stru ment cl uster goes on or an int ermit-
tent warning to ne sounds.
Br ak eo rswe rveto avoi dan yob stac lesif
necessary. G
Risk of accident Only sele
ctast ored speed if youknow what
that spee dis an dwhether it is suitable for
the current situati on.Otherwise, su ddenac-
cele rationorbrak ing cou ld endanger youor
ot he rs. 216_R
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321
Con
trols
Driving sys tems
Pa rking instru ctions:
! On na rrow roads, sta yclos eto the
pa rking spac ewhend riving past it.
! Parking spaces which are li ttered, ove r-
gr own or infron to f trai lers might not
be identified.
! Observ ePa rk Assist 's wa rning di splay
du ring the parki ngguida nceproc edure
(= page 317).
Th edi st an ce ofyour vehicle from theke rb
af ter co mpleting th eparking gui dancep ro-
ce du re depends on th epos ition and the
sha peoftheve hicles in fr ont ofand behi nd
th eparkin gspace as well as thepr ev ailing
co nd itio ns .In so me cases Parking Guid-
anc ema ygu ideyo utoo far or not far
en ough into the parking spac e.In these
ca se, abort th eparki ngproc edure and cor-
rect th epos ition of th evehicl e. Identify
ingapa rking space
Pa rkin gGuida nceis auto matica lly ac tiv at-
ed inforward mode. At spee ds ofbelow
16 km /h,th ewh ite park ingspac esy mb ol
is displ ayed in the in strum entcluster as a
syst emdisplay. The park ingspace symb ol
tu rns blue as so onasParking Guidan ce
id entifies a parki ngspace. 1
Parking spacefo un d on the le ft-h an d
si de
2 Parking space symbol
3 Parking spacefo un d on th eright -hand
si de
In ord erfor a parki ngspa ceto be identified
by Parki ng Guidanc e,theparking space
must be:
! limi tedat there ar
! parallel to thedir ection of trav el
! atleas t1.5 mwide
! atleas t1m longe rth an the car Pa
rking spa cesa re disp layedwhendri ving
past the mun tilyouar eat adi st an ce of
15 m beyon dthem. Bydefault, Parki ng
Gu idan ce onlydisplays parkingspac eson
the front-passenger side.
Park ingspaces onthe dr iver 's side ar edis-
pl ay ed assoon astheturn signal on the
driver 'sside isswitc hed on.
To park on th edriver 'sside , the turn signal
on the driver's side mu st rem ain switc hed
on until rev erse gear isen gaged. Parki
ng
Th efollowing describes howt o park on the
fr ont-passenger side. Parki ng on th edriv-
er's side isperform edinversely.
A wa rning tone sounds if Pa rkingGui dance
identifies anobstacle beh ind the vehicl e
during th eparking proc edure.Stop imme-
di at ely. Thepa rking space andth e lane
fl as h in the inst ru me ntcluste r.On lycon-
tin ue onc eyou are sure that there is no
risk. The displ ayin the in strume ntcluster
st op sflash ing once Par king Gui dance no
lo ng er identifies anyob stac les. Theg uided
parki ngprocedure can be resu me d. 216_R
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369
Con
trols
Features Opening
orclo sing the garage door
Once progr amme d,the integrated re mote
control will assumethe function of the ga-
rage door system’s rem oteco ntrol .Pl ease
re ad the op erating instru ctions for the ga-
rage do orsyste m.
6 Turn thekey to po sition 2in the ignition
lo ck.
6 Pressthe tra nsmi tter button on the in-
terior mirror wh ich ha sbee npro-
gr am me d to operate th egarage door.
Garag edo or syste mwith afixe dco de:
in dic ator lamp 1lights up permane nt-
ly.
Ga rage door system wit harolling code:
in dic ator lamp 1flas hesfo r a brie fpe-
ri od and then lights up forap prox imate-
ly tw oseco nds. This is repeat edforup
to 20 seco nd s.
i Thetransmit terwi lltran sm it a signal for as
lo ng asthetran sm itte r bu tton isbe ingpr es sed.
The trans mission proc edure is abort edaftera
maximum of 20 seconds and indicator la mp1
fl ash es.Pr ess thetran sm itte r but tonagain if
nece ssary. Clea
ring the remo tecontro lme mory
6 Turn the key to position 2in the ignition
lo ck.
6 Press an d hold tra nsmi tter buttons 2
and 4forab ou t20 se cond sun til indi-
cato rla mp 1flas he s rapidly.
The memor yiscleare d.
i You should clear the remot eco ntrol memo ry
before sellin gth ev ehicle.
iTofit and re move th efloormat smo reeasi ly,
slid ethe respec tive sea tbac kas far as pos sible. Flo
orma ts* G
Risk of acc ident Mak
esu re that any floormats or carp etsbe-
in g us eddo notc ause an obst ruction an d
ar eproper lysecur ed.
The fl oormats mu stalwa ysbe correctl y se-
cured using reta iner san d st uds.
Bef orest ar ting ajou rney ,c he ck that the
fl oormats are secu re andre po sition them if
necessa ry.An incorrectl y secure dfloo rmat
cou ldslip an dth us impa irco rrec tope ration
of the peda ls.
Do not plac eseveral fl oormats ontopof one
another. 216_R
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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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432 Practical advice
Displ
aymessa ges Th
een gine fanis faulty. 6
Make sure the coola nttemperatu redoes
not exce ed 120°C.
6 Avoidhigh engine load s(e.g. mountain ous
terrain) andstop-and -go traf fic.
6 Drive to th ene arest qualifie dspecialist
work shop. Th
ird brake lamp Th
ethir dbrake lamp is faulty. This mes-
sage willonl yap pe ar if all LEDs ha ve
failed. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Left-h
and
co rneri ng light Th
eleft -han d-side cornering la mpis
faul ty. 6
Change th ebulb as so onasposs ible
(= page 480). Ri
gh t-hand
co rneri ng light The
right- hand-side cornering lamp is
faul ty. 6
Change th ebulb as so onasposs ible
(= page 480). Le
ft-h an d dipped
beam Th
eleft-h an d-sid edipped-beam head-
la mp is faulty. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Ri
gh t-hand dipp ed
beam Th
eright- hand -side dipped -bea m he ad-
la mp is faulty. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Active
Light System
in op erative Th
eac tiv elight func tion isfaulty. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. AUT
Olights
in op erative Th
e li ghtse nsor isfaulty. The constant
headlamp mod eis swi tche do n. 6
Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. Rear
left-hand
tur nsignal Th
erear le ft-h an d-side turn signa lis
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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