2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE Owners Manual

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Au tomati ctra nsmi ssion Working
onthe vehicle
Using the program select or button you
cha nge:
! the gearshi ftprogram
! theABC suspen sion charact eristics
( = page 314)
! the engine control 1
Program selector button Yo
uca nselect th efollo wing drivep ro-
gr ams:
! Only press program selec tor bu tton 1
when thetrans mission is in position P, NorD.
6 Toselec tthe drive progr am:press
program selector button 1repea tedly
unt ilthe letter ( S/C/M)fo r the drive
pro gram you desire appears in the
speedom eter displ ay (
=page 263). G
Risk of acc ident Wh
en wo rkisbe ing carrie dou ton the vehi-
cl e, always secure you rve hicle with the
elec tricparking brak e and shi ftthe automat-
ic transmission to the Ppa rk position . The
ve hiclec ouldotherw ise roll away. Progr
amselect or butt on P2
7.60- 2791-31 Drive
prog
ram Settin
gs C
Com fort Stan
dard setting with
comfo rtab le en gine ,
tr an smi ssion an dsus-
pe nsion tuni ng S
Spo rt Dy
nam icen gine, tran s-
mi ssionan d suspen sion
tuning M
Manual Ma
nualgears hifting
with shorter shift tim es
with dynam ic engine,
tr an smi ssion an dsus-
pe nsion tuni ng 216_R
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Aut omatic transmission
Drive program Cha st he following charac-
te rist ics:
! Comfo rtab leengi neand suspensi on
tuning.
! Theve hicle pulls away mo regently in
fo rward and reverse gears, ex cept
whe ndrivi ng atfullthrottle.
! Fuelme teri ngflexibility isincr ease d.
Th ispr ovides th eve hicl ewith improved
dr ivin gsta bility on slippery road surf ac-
es ,fo rex ample.
! Theau tom atic tr ansmission shifts up
so one r.Th is mean sthat the vehicle
dr ives at lowe r en gine speeds an d the
wh eels are less likely to spi n.
Drive program Sha s the following charac-
te rist ics:
! Sporty engi neand suspe nsiont uning.
! Theve hicle pulls away in first gear.
! Theau tom atic tr ansmission shifts up
la te r. Manu
aldrive prog ram
! Warm upthee ngine quickly. Do not make
use of the engine’ sfull outpu tuntil its normal op-
erating temp erature has been reac hed.
On lysh ift th eau toma tic tr ansm ission toRwhen
th e ve hicle is statio nary.
Wh ere possi ble, avoid allowin ga drive wheelto
spin when pulling away ona slipp ery sur face.
You can cha ngege ars yourse lfwith the
st eering whe elge arshi ftbuttons or the
st eering wh eel ge arsh ift paddles* the
man ualdrive prog ramM. Th eengine,
tr an sm issi onand suspen sion tuning is
then dynami c,as for drive program S.
Wh en the autom atic tr ansmission isin po-
si tion D,yo uca nsh ift up ordown thro ugh
th egear susing the stee ring wh eelgear-
shift bu ttons or thestee ring wh eelgea r-
shift padd les* (
=page 264). The gear
cu rrently selec ted and engaged is sh ownin
the multi-func tion display.
Ac tivating
6 Press program sele ctor button 1re-
pe atedly until th eletter Mfor manual
dr ive pr ogram M appea rsin the multi-
fu nc tio ndisplay. Upshifting
6 Pressthe button on the ri ght-hand side
of thest ee ring wh eel.
or
6 Pullon the right-hand paddle*.
Th eau tom atic tr ansm issi onshif tsup to
the ne xtgear.
Downshi fting
6 Pressthe butt onon the le ft-h an d side
of thest ee ring wh eel.
or
6 Pullon the le ft-h an d paddle*.
Th eau tom atic tran sm ission shi fts
down to the ne xtgear.
i Ifyo u brake thevehicle or come toaha lt
wi tho utshifti ng dow n,theau toma tic tran sm is-
sion shift sdown tothe gear that will allow the
ve hicle toaccelerat eor pull away again. G
Risk of accid ent Do
notch an ge dow nfor addition alengi ne
br akin gon a slip pe ry ro ad surface .Th iscould
ca use the drive wheels to lo setheir grip and
th ev ehic le co uld ski d. 216_
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Kickdown
You can also use kick down for maximum
ac ce ler ation in ma nualdrivep rogram M.
! AMGve hicles :ki ck down is not pos sible in
th e manual gearshift progra m.
6 Depress th eac ce lerator pedal beyond
the pressure point.
The tran smissi onshiftst oalo we rgear
depending on the engine spee d.
6 Once the desired sp eedh asbeen
re ac hed, shift up again.
i Ifyo uapply fullth rot tle, the automa tictran s-
mi ssion shifts up tothe nextgear at maximum
engine speed. Th isprevent sth e engine from
overre vving.
! AMGve hicles :In them anual gearshift pro-
gram ,the aut oma tictransmis sion does not shift
up on its own eve natthe ma ximum perm issible
speed forth e respec tive gear. Whenthe engine
speed limi tis reac hed,thef uel supply is int er-
rupted toavoid overrevv ingtheengine. Makeab-
solu tely ce rtain that the engine speed does not
cl imb tothe red area in therevcount er.If thi s oc-
curs, the engine could be damaged. Dea
ctivat ing
6 Press prog ram selec torbutton 1re-
pe atedly until th elett erSor Cappea rs
in the multi-func tio ndisplay.
or
6 Resta rttheengine. 216_
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Instrumen tcluster
Yo uwi llfind afu llov erview ofthe in stru-
me ntclu ster in the "Ata glan ce" se ction
( = page 12).
6 To activate the dis play:switch on the
ig ni tion.
i The displa yinth e instrumen tcl ust eris also
sw itch ed on when you open thedoors or swi tch
on the lig hts.
Yo uca ncha nge th ela ng uage setting in the
mu lti-func tio ndisplay usin gCOM AND
(= page 199).
1To se t theinstr umen tlighting and the
mu lti-fu nc tio ndisplay
2 To se t theCOMA ND disp lay
6 Brighter: turnclockwise.
6 Dim mer:tur na nti-clockwise.
i Thei nstrum entligh ting au tomat ical ly ad-
ju sts ac cording tothe ambient lig htconditions.
i On veh icles wit h the Nig htView Ass ist* sys-
te m, cont rolkno bs1 and 2do not have a stop
limit. In
stru mentclus ter G
Risk ofaccide nt No me
ssag es can be di splaye difth er eis a
fa ilure ofthe inst rumen tcl us ter and/ orthe
mu lti-fun ction disp lay. You will no tthe nbe
ab leto see informatio nab ou tthe veh icle
status, such asspeed andoutsi detemp era-
tu re ,w arning andindi ca tor lamp s,malfunc-
tion and warni ngme ssa ges or the failur eof
syst ems.Th e ve hicle’ s han dling cha racteris-
ti cs ma y be af fected.
Im medi ately consul taq ualifi ed spe cial ist
workshop whichha s th ene cessary spe cial-
ist knowl edge and tools tocarry ou tthe
work required. Mercede s-Be nz rec ommends
that youuse a Mercede s-Be nz Servic eCen-
tr e fo rthispu rpose .In particul ar,work rele-
va nt tosafety or on sa fety-r elat ed system s
must be carrie dou tat aq ualifi ed spe cial ist
workshop. Setting
the instr ument lighting and
COMAN Ddis play
P5 4.25-5455- 31 216_R
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Instrum entclust er
Th eco olan t tem peratu regauge is inthe in-
strum entcl us ter on the le ft-h an d side.
Th eco olan t te mperatur emay riseto
12 0° C und ernormal operati ngconditions
an difth eco nc entr ation of antifr ee ze /
co rros ion inh ibitor is correct.
Th ered band inthe re vco unt erind icat es
the engi ne’s ove rrev ving rang e.Th e speed
is restr icte dto prote cttheengine when
the red band is rea ched.
! Donot dri veintheov errev ving range. Doing
so will dam ageth e engine. Th
eou tside temper ature disp lay is lo cated
in the lower left-h an dco rner of the instru-
me ntclus ter. There isashort del aybefore
a ch an ge inthe outsid etem per atur e is dis-
played.
Th e fuel gaug eisinth einst ru me ntclus ter
on th eleft-h an d side. Theye llow res erve
fu el segment displ aylights upif th efuel
level drops into the reserve range. Coolant temperat
ure ga uge Rev counter Outside tem
perature dis play G
Risk of accident When
thetem perature display ed isjust
ab ovefreezin gpo int, the roa dsu rface may
be icy, espe cially in wooded areas or on
br idge s.The vehicle cou ldskid if you fail
to ad apty ourd rivi ng styl e. You should
therefo realwa ysada ptyou r driving style
and spe edto suit the weather condi tions. Fuel ga
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On-board computer
Th eon-board com puteris ac tivate das
so on asyou turn th ekey to position 2in
the ignition lock. You can use the on-board
computer to look up info rm ation relating to
yo ur vehicle and to make adjust me nts.
1 Line forba sic me nus
2 Text fiel don themult i-funct ion disp lay Se
ttings, functions ,sub menus anda ny
faul tswh ich occurar edi sp layed in the text
fiel d.
Yo uca nco ntrol th emulti-f un ctiond isplay
an d the settings inthe on-board com puter
with th ebuttons on the multi-fun ction
st ee ring wh eel.
Severalfunctions are grouped the matica lly
in the menus.In the "Setting s"me nu, for
ex ampl e,yo uwi llfind functions for making
se tting sfo ryo ur vehicle. You ca nuse a
fu nction to ca llup in form ation or to chan ge
settings for your vehicle.
You can think of th eorder of the basic
menus as a loop: On-bo
ard computer G
Risk of accide nt Only
use the on -board comp uter when road
an dtraf fic co nditio nspermit .Yo uwo uldot h-
er wise be distract edfrom thetraf fic condi-
tions around you and cou ldcause an
acc iden t. Mu
lti-f un ction di sp lay P5
4.32 -3384-31 Multi-
function stee ring wheel
P46.10-2755-31 1 Multi-
func tio ndisplay 2 s
Acceptsa cal l*
t Endsa ca ll*
æ Increases thevol ume
ç Decrea ses the volu me
o Mute 3 !
Switcheson voi ce contro l* 4 L
Back/switches off voice
con trol* 5 $
Scrolls up
% Scrollsdown
& Moves right
( Moves le ft
# Confirm sa selecti on 216_R
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On-board computer
6 Press the& or( button repeat-
ed ly to cha nge the basic me nus.
Th enumbe rof menu sdepends on the op-
tiona leq uipment in your vehicle.
The L back button will take you upone
menu leve l.
Fr om the top menuleve l,yo uwi ll al waysgo
to the la stactiv escree nfrom the "Trip"
me nu. If yo upress the back button L
agai n,you wil lchang eto th est an da rd di s-
play.
You can con firm messag es ab out malfunc-
tions with #orL .Th ese areth en
st or ed in themessage memor yand can be
called upifne cessar y (
=page 285). 216_R
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On-board computer
Yo uwi ll fi nd the exp lana tions forth e in di-
vi du alme nus in th efollo wing table. Basic
menus
P54.32-3664- 00Commands/basic me nus Trip (
=pa ge 277) Na
viga tio n* ( =pa ge 278) Au
dio( =page 280) Teleph
one* ( =pag e282) Standard
disp lay Na
vigation tips Se
lect radio station Answe
rca ll Trip
comput erafte r start Op
erating CDplayer /CD
cha nger/a udio DVD* /MP3 Se
lect a phon ebook entry Trip
comput erafte r reset Ope
rating vid eoDVD Re
dial Range Oper
ating the TV* Digi
tal spee dometer 216_R
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