2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE Owners Manual

14 Index S
Seat Adjusti ngthefron tseat. .. . . . . . .231
Dyn amicdriving se at..... . . . . . . .233
Foldi ngforward . . . . . ..... . . . . . .235
Front multi-con tour seat ... . . . . . .232
Lu mb arsuppor t.. . . . .... . . . . . . .232
Storing setting s. . . . . .... . . . . . . .242
Seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .27
Wa rning lamp . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .449
Seat heati ng . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .233
Fa ult. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .440
Seat ventilation Fa ult. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .440
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .393
Service prod ucts . . . . .... . . . . . . .519
Setting the air flow
COMA ND. . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .211
Front .. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .338
Settings Calling up astored setting . . . . . . .242
Fa ctory (key ). . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .222
Fa ctory (KEY LESS GO).... . . . . . .224
Re setting (C OMAND) ..... . . . . . .277
Shift ran ge
Auto matic tr ansmission ... . . . . . .266
Side lamps . . . . . . . . ...... . . . . . .477 Sid
e wi ndow
Faul t. . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .461
Op eni ng/c losing .... . . . . . . . . . . .254
Sidebags . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . .34
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .353
Slidin g/tilti ngsunr oof. . . . . . . . . . .349
Op erati ngmanuall y... . . . . . . . . . .473
Ra inclosing feat ur e. . . . . . . . . . . .350
Re setti ng. . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .351
Sn ow chains . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .389
Socket . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .362
Sound Setting (COM AND) ... . . . . . . . . . . .68
Surrou ndsou nd..... . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Switc hing on/of f(C OM AND). . . . . . .67
Spa re fu ses. . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .502
Spa re wh eel. . . . .... . . . . . . 402, 488
Spe cial de stina tions .. . . . . . . . . . .159
Speed li miter
Flat tyre . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .488
Speedtronic . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .309
Speedometer . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Dig ital . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .278
Spe edtro nic . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .309
Pe rm anent. . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .311
Variable . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .309
SRS . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .28
Warni nglamp . . ..... . . . . . . . 28, 447 Sta
rting –se e En gine, Startin gthe
engine
Ste eringwheel ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..238
Butt ons (on-board comp uter ). . . ..273
Ea sy-entry fe ature . . . . . . . . . . . . ..234
Stori ngsettings .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..242
Ste eringwheel gears hift
butt ons . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..264
Ste eringwheel gears hift
pa ddles . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..264
Ste eringwheel heati ng. . . . . . . . ..238
Sto wage comp artments
Cup holder . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..358
Driver' sse at ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..357
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . ..355
Re ar seat armrest. . . . . . . . . . . . ..357
Sp ectac lesco mp artment . . . . . . ..355
Stow ageb ox... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..358
St owage compar tment,
ve ntilate d..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..335
Stowa getray ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..356
Telephone compartme nt. . . . . . . ..356
Sum merop ening . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..351
Sun visor . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..361
Surr ound sound .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ...69
Susp ension tuning
ABC . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..314 216_R
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Index
System settin gs (COMA ND)
Bl ue tooth setting s...... . . . . . . . .200
Disp lay . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .196
Li ngu atro nics ettings .... . . . . . . .198
Menu overvie w. . . . .... . . . . . . . .196
Pr ogr ammable button .... . . . . . . .199
Re set.. . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .202
Se tting the syste mlangu age . . . . .199
Te xt reader setting s.... . . . . . . . .198
Ti me settings . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .196 T
Tank capacity . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .519
Disp lay . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . .13 , 15
Quer yra ng e
(on-board comp uter ). ... . . . . . . . .278
Te chnica lda ta
Ac celeration . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .511
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .523
En gine . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .510
Fr eque ncies
(garage door ope ner) ... . . . . . . . .525
Fu elco nsum ption . . ..... . . . . . . .521
Sp eed. . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .511
Ty res. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .512
Vehi cle dimensi ons. .... . . . . . . . .517
Ve hicle weigh t. . . . .... . . . . . . . .518
Wh eels . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .512 Telep
hone
"112 "emergency call . . . . . . . . . . .108
Ac cepti ng/e nding ac all
(CO MAND) . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .112
Ac cepti ng/e nding ac all
(on-board comp uter) . . . . . . . . . . . .283
Call lists. . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .110
Con fere nc efunctions . . . . . . . . . . .116
En tering the PIN (COMAND) . . . . . .108
Entering the tel ephone num ber. . .113
Keypad . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Menu overview ..... . . . . . . . . . . .110
Op eration . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .106
PI N entry (on-board compute r) . . ..282
Re dial (CO MAND) ... . . . . . . . . . . .113
Re dialling (on-board comp ute r).. . .284
Si ngl eca llco nne ction . . . . . . . . . . .114
Sw itching on/o ff... . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Tr ans ferring a call.. . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Tw oca lls. . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Unloc kco de . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .109
Te lep hone comp artment. . . . . . . . .356
Teletext . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . .104
Televisio n–se e TV
Tem perature
Adjusti ng. . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .338
Ou tside disp lay. ... . . . . . . . . . . . .272
Se tting (COM AND) .. . . . . . . . . . . .210 Tyre
s.. . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...383
Te xt me ssages (SMS)
Folder stru cture . . . . . . . . . . . . ...123
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...123
Re ading . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...124
Sending . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...128
Te xt module s... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...128
Wr iting . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...126
Text reader (COMA ND) . . . . . . . ...198
Third brakelamp
Dis play messag e.. . . . . . . . . . . ...432
Ov erview . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...477
Tighte ning torq ue . . . . . . . . . . . . ...491
Time Setting (COM AND) . . . . . . . . . . ...196
TIREFIT kit
Storage lo catio n. . . . . . . . . . . . ...401
Usi ng. . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...484
TMC (COMA ND) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...176
To w-away prot ection. . . . . . . . . ....55
Towin geye .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...500
Tractio nsyst em, electronic – see ETS
Tran smission
Dis play messag e.. . . . . . . . . . . ...413
Em ergenc ymo de . . . . . . . . . . . ...458
Fa ulty gear shifts. . . . . . . . . . . . ...458
Transpo rt(vehicle) . . . . . . . . . . . ...501 216_R
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Trip
comp uter
(o n-boar dcomp uter) ..... . . . . . . .277
Trip meter
Re set (on-bo ardco mp uter) . . . . . . .278
Tur nsignal
Dis play messag e.. . . .... . . . . . . .432
Misti ngup . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .459
Ov erview . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .477
Tur nsigna ls. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .257
TV ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .96
Ba sic settings . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .102
Hiding/ showing the
me nusyst em. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .98
Hiding/ showing the
nav igat ion menu . . . . ..... . . . . . . .98
Inf orma tion about the cur rent
progra mme. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .101
Menu over view . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .97
Op erati on. . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .98
Ope ration (on-bo ard com puter) . ..281
Pict ure settin gs. . . . . ..... . . . . . .102
Pr ogra mme . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .100
Pr ogra mme previe w..... . . . . . . .101
Setting asta tion . . . . .... . . . . . . . .99
Teletex t.. . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .104 Ty
re grip . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .391
Ty re pr essu re . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .382
Ch ecking (on-bo ardco mput er). . ..384
Di sp laym essa ge.... . . . . . . 412, 437
Tabl e.. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .512
Ty re pr essu re lo sswarning
syst em. . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .383
Ty re tread . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .382
Ty res . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .381
Di rection of rotation .. . . . . . . . . . .382
Dis playm essa ge.... . . . . . . 412, 437
MO Extended run- flat syste m.. . . . .382
Pr essure . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .382
Spare whee l. . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .488
Te ch nica lda ta . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .512
Te mp erature . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .383
Tightenin gtorq ue... . . . . . . . . . . .491
Tread depth . . . . ..... . . . . . 382, 388 U
Un laden weig ht..... . . . . . . . . . . .518
Using the telep hone
COMA ND. . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .112
On -board comp uter .. . . . . . . . . . . .282
St ee ring wheel buttons . . . . . . . . . .273 V
Va riable Speedtr onic. . . . . . . . . . ..309
Ve hicle
Leavi ngpar kedu p.. . . . . . . . . . . ..469
Lo cking (cen tral lo ckingb utto n)... 223
Loc king (key )... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..222
Lo cking inan em ergenc y. . . . . . ..471
Menu ov erview (CO MAND) . . . . . ..203
Setting indi vidua lly . . . . . . . . . . . ..286
Tra nspo rting .... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..501
Un lock ing (c entra lunlo cking
butt on).. . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..222
Unloc king (ke y).. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..222
Unloc king inan emergenc y. . . . . . ..470
Ve hicle dim ensions . . . . . . . . . . . ..517
Ve hicle electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . ..507
Ve hicle hei ght.... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..517
Setting (ABC) .... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..313
Ve hicle ide ntific ation num ber. ... 509
Ve hicle lev el
ABC . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..313
Ve hicl e to ol kit ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..401
Ve hicl ewe ight ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..518
Vi deo
AUX mode . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..105
DVD mode..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...88 216_R
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Index
Vol ume
Adj usting (multi- func tion
st eering wh eel) . . . . ..... . . . . . . .273
Se tting (C OMAND) . ..... . . . . . . . .68 W
Wa rningtria ng le . . . .... . . . . . . . .400
Wash erfluid
Disp laymessag e. . ..... . . . . . . . .439
To pping up . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .379
Wash erflui d . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .524
Wh eel bolts . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .491
Ti ghtening torque . . ..... . . . . . . .491
Wh eel chock . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .402
Wh eels . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .381
In te rcha nging . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .387
Te chn ical data. . . . . ..... . . . . . . .512
Wind owbags . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . .35
Wind ows
Automati cca r wash ..... . . . . . . .379
Cleaning the windscreen . . . . . . . .395
Misti ngup . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .338
Si de windows . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .254
Wind screen
Cleanin g. . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .395
In frared reflective . . ..... . . . . . . .366
Wi nds cree nwash ersyst em..253, 379
Wash erflui d . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .524 Wi
ndscre enwipe rs .. . . . . . . . . . . .253
Cleanin g. . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .395
Fa ult. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .460
Intermittent wip e... . . . . . . . . . . .253
Ra insens or . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .253
Re plac ing the wip erblad es . . . . . . .481
Win terdr iving . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .388
Win terty res . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .388
Li mi ting th evehicl espeed
(on -board comp uter) . . . . . . . .28 7,311
Wi per blades . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .481 X
Xenon hea dlamps
Ov erview . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .477 216_R
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1
Pr
otection of the envi ronment
Introdu
ction Protec
tion of the envir onme nt H
Environ menta lno te Da
imlerC hrys ler’ sde clared policy isone of
inte grated environmental prote ction.
The ob jectives arefo r th ena tural re sources
which form theba sis of ou rex ist en ce on this
pl an et to be used spa ring lyan din am anner
whic h takesthe req uire me ntso fbo thna ture
an dhu ma nity in to ac count.
You tooca n help to protect the environm ent
by ope rating yo urveh icle in an en vironmen-
tally responsi blema nne r.
Fu elconsu mption andth erate ofengine,
tr an sm ission, br akean dtyre we ardepend
on thefollowing fa ctors:
! Operatin gconditions ofyou rveh icle
! Your persona ldr ivin g st yle
You caninflue ncebo th fact or s. Therefore,
plea se bearthe fo llowing inmi nd:
Opera ting cond itio ns
! Avoid shor t trip sas thes eincreas efuel
co nsum ption.
! Make su re thatthet yrep ressures areal-
ways correct.
! Donot car ryany unneces sary weight in
the vehi cle.
! Keep aneye on the vehi cle’ sf ue lco n-
su mp tion.
! A re gularl y ser vice dv ehicle will con trib-
ut eto enviro nmental pro tection. You
sh ould therefore adhere to theservice
intervals.
! Always have maintenan cewor kcarried
out at a qualifie dsp ecialist workshop,
e. g. a Mercede s-Be nz Service Centre. Pers
onaldriving style
! Donot depres sthe acce lerator pedal
when starting theen gine.
! Donot warm up the engine with theve-
hicle stationar y.
! Drive car efully an dma intain a sa fedis-
tanc e from the vehicle in fron t.
! Avoid freque nt, sudden accel eration.
! Change gea rin go odtime and use each
ge ar onlyup to 2/3 of its maximu m en-
gi ne sp eed.
! Switch off the engine instatio nary tr af-
fi c.
Retur ning used veh icles
If you wish to re turn your Mer cede s-Be nz
to be di sposed of inan envi ronme ntally-
re sponsi blemanne r,ple asecontact
Me rcedes -Ben zo nthe foll owingn um bers:
! Germany:
00800 1 777 7777
! International:
+49 6995 30 72 77 216_R
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2 In
tro duction
Oper ating safety Operati
ngsafety G
Risk of acc ident If
work onelec tron iceq uipment and itss oft-
wa reiscarrie dout incorr ectly, this equip-
me ntcould stop fun ctioni ng .Th eelec tronic
sys tems aren etwo rked vi ainterfac es.T am-
pe ring with thes e electroni csys tems could
ca us em alfu nc tions in syst ems whi chhave
not be en modified. Such malfun ctions can
seriously jeopardise thecar’s operating
sa fety and hence yo urown safety.
Ot he rwork ormo dificat ions incorr ectly car-
ried outo nthe veh iclecould also jeop ardise
ope ratingsafety.
Som esaf ety syst ems only func tion wh en
th een gine is ru nning. Therefore, donot
switch off the engine when drivin g. G
Risk of accident Al
wa ys ha vema intenance work car ried out
at a qualifi ed spec iali stwo rksh op whic h has
the necessa ry sp eciali stknowle dgea nd
to ols tocarry ou t the work requ ired.
Me rced es-Ben zre co mm ends thatyou use a
Me rced es-Ben zS ervice Cen tre fo rthispur-
pos e.
In particu lar,workrele vant tosaf etyor on
sa fety-rel at ed syst emsmus t be car ried out
at aqu alified specialist workshop. G
Risk of accident A heav
yimp act to the vehi cleu nderbody,
tyre s or wheels (e.g. bottom ingout in rough
terrai nor when driving over an obstacl eat
hi gh spe ed) can da magethe ve hicle. This
al so appliesto vehicles whic hare eq uipped
with under body protec tion.
In such cases, ha veyour veh icle checked
at a qualifie dsp ecialist workshop which has
th enecessary speci alistkno wled ge and
to ols tocarry out the workrequire d.
Me rced es-Benz re comm ends th atyou use a
Me rced es-Benz Service Cen tre fo rthisp ur-
pos e.
In particu lar, wor krelev ant to saf ety or on
sa fety-rel at ed syst emsmu st be car ried out
at a qualifie dsp ecialist wor ksho p. 216_R
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3
Introdu
ction
Opera tingsafety
Me rced es-Ben zma y in stru ct its Serv ice
Centres to carr yout te chnica lin spe ctions
on certain vehicl estoimprove the irqu ality
or safety.
If yo u did not pur chaseyou rve hicl efrom
an author ised dealer ship and you rvehicle
has not yet bee ninspected at a
Me rced es-B enz Servi ceCentre, th ereis a
po ssi bilit ytha tyo ur vehicle may not have
be en registered inyour name with
Me rced es-Ben z.Merc edes-Ben zwi llonly
be able toinfo rmyou ab outvehic le inspec-
ti ons ifMercede s-Be nz is in possessio n of
yo ur registration data.
It is advi sable to have your vehicle re gis-
tere dat aMe rcedes -Ben zSe rvice Centre.
In fo rm Merc edes-Benz as soon as possible
if yo uraddress has chan gedor there has
be en ach ang eof vehicle owne r.Obse
rveth efo llowing info rm ationw hen
driving your vehicle:
! The sa fety notes inthi sma nual
! The "Tec hn ical da ta"sec tion inthis
manual
! Nationa lroa dtra ffic regul ations
! Nationa lroa dtra ffic lice nsi ng reg ula-
tions Ve
hicl eregistra tion Co
rre ctuse G
Risk ofinju ry There are
various warning sticke rsaffixed to
you rve hicle. Theirpurpose is todraw your
attention, andth eattention ofoth ers, to var-
ious danger s.Therefore, donot remove any
warning sticke rs unless thestick erclear ly
states that you maydo so.
If yo ure move any war ningstickers, you or
others cou ldfailto recognise certain dan-
ge rs and be injur ed. 216_R
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