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472 Practical advice
Loc
king /u nloc king in an emergen cy
Th ema nual electr icpark ingbrake release
is next to th efu el filler capund erthe fuel
fi ller flap.
1Protective cap
2 Releas etool
6 Move th etra nsmi ssion se lector lever
to P(
= page 261).
6 Plac e th ewh eel cho ckfromtheve hicl e
too lkit (
=pa ge 401) under one of the
re ar wh eels.
6 Open the fue lfiller flap.
6 Remov epr otectiv ecap 1.
6 Screw release tool 2from theve hicl e
too lkit (
=page 401)2to 3 tur nscloc k-
wis eonto the rele ase cable. 6
Pull release tool 2 inthe direction of
th ear row.
Th eele ctric park ing brak e isreleased.
The ! redelec tric parking brake
indi catorla mp in th ein st rume ntclus ter
fl as he s.The "Parking brake See Own-
er's Man ual"mess ageap pears in the
mult i-fu nc tion display.
Af ter th eelec tric park ing br ak e has been
re leased ,it is po ssibleto apply it from the
dr ive r’s seat again.
6 Press the electri cparki ngbrake hand le
( = page 258).
i If itisno tpossible torelease thee lect ric
parking brake, pull therelease tool wit hmore
force.
! Refitpro tect ive cap 1when you have ma n-
ually released thee lect ric parking brake. Man
ual elec tric pa rkingb rake
re lea se G
Risk of inj ury Th
ev ehicle ma ystart moving ofits ow na c-
co rd if yourelease the elec tricparkingbr ak e
manua lly. Make sur eth at nob odyis present
behin dor infront of the vehicle. Therei soth-
erwi se a risk of aserious or fatal acc iden t.
Mov eth etransm ission select or leve r to P
and secure you rve hicleu sing the wheel
chock from the vehicle tool kit. P42.20-2325-31216_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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516 Te
chnic aldata
Tyres andwh eels
Yo urvehicl e may be equipped with TI REFIT
( = page 484), a "Minispare" em ergency
spare wheel* ( =
page488)oraspare
whe el* (
=page 488), depend ingo nthe
country ,the eng ine an d the wheels fitted.
! Them axim um tyre pre ssure given intheta-
ble on the inside of the fuel fil ler fla pmu st be set
for thes pare wheel.
1 Us e of snow chains notpo ssible Spa
rewh eel* CL
500/ CL 600 CL
63 AMG /CL6 5A MG "Minis
pare" emergency sparewh eel1 T155
/70R19 T155
/70R19 Ty
re pr essure 4.2
bar 4.2 bar
Steel
wheel 4½B x 19 ET 35 4½B
x19 ET35 216_R
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519
Technical da
ta
Se rvi ce product sand capacit ies
Se rvice produc tsare:
! Fuels (e.g.petrol, diesel)
! Lubrican ts (e.g. engin eoil, tr ansm is-
si on oi l,gre ase)
! Cool ant
! Brake fluid
! Washer fluid
Me rced es-Ben zrecommen dsthat youonl y
use pr oducts wh ich ha ve been tested and
sp ec ially approve dfo r Mercedes -Ben z
ve hicles an dliste di nthe Merced es-Benz
Owne r’s Manual, since:
! part sand service prod ucts are
mat ched
! damag eca used bythe useof non-
ap prove dservice pro ductsis not cov-
ered bythewa rran ty
Yo uca nobtai nfurther info rm ation from
an y Mercedes -Ben zSe rvice Ce ntre. Ta
nk capaci ty
! Never re fuel a vehicle wit ha petrol eng ine
wit hd iesel. Do not mixp etro l wi thdiesel. Dam-
age resulting from adding die sel is not cov ered
by the warranty.
Mo reinfo rmatio nab ou t refuelli ngandfu-
els can be found in the "Operation" se ction
( = pa ge 373). Servi
ceprodu ctsand capacities Note
son servi ceprodu ctsand
ca pacities G
Risk ofaccide nt When ha
ndling ,stori ngand di sposi ng of
ser vice product s,plea se ob servet he rele-
va nt regul ations. Fai luretodo so cou lden-
da nger pe oplean dth e en viro nm ent.
Keep ser vice produ cts away from chi ldre n.
See adoctor immedi atelyif an y ser vice
pr od uct is swallo we d. H
Environ mental no te Dis
pose of serv ice produ ctsin an environ-
me ntally respo nsibl em anne r. Fuels
G
Risk ofinju ry Fu
el is highly flamm able.
Fire, nakedf lames andsmokin gare th ere-
fo re prohi bite dwhen han dlingf uels.
Yo usho uld also swi tchof fth een gine and
th ea uxilia ry heating before hand ling fuels,
e.g. befo rerefuelling. Avoi
dco ntac t with fu el,either dire ctly or
th ro ug hyou rcl ot hing ,o rinh alin g fuel va-
pou rsas you may damag eyou rhealt h. To
tal ca pacity: 90 l
of whi
chrese rve fuel CL
500an d CL 600 11 l
AMG vehicl
es 14 l216_R
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Service prod uctsan dca pac ities Fuel co
nsum ption
Th ev ehicle will use morefuel tha nusualin
the following situation s:
! at ve rylow temperat ures
! in ur ban tra ffic
! onshort tri ps
! inmo unt ainous terrain
Th eco nsu mption figur eswer edetermined
in acco rdan ce with EU Dir ective 80 /
1268 /EEC under thefo llowing test cond i-
tions:
! Urba ndriving cond itio ns ares imulat ed
by frequ ent pulling away and stopp ing.
! Common extra -urb an driving condi-
tion sare si mulated by accelerating
fr om 0 to 120 km /husing all ge ars.
! Totalfu el co nsumpt ion is calcu lated
us inga weight ing ofappro ximat ely 37%
fo r urban driving andap prox imately
63 %forex tra-urban drivi ng. i
The act ualco nsumption values of your vehi-
cl ema ydevia tefrom the values give ndepending
on:
! Driving style
! Road and traffic conditions
! Environmen tal influ ences
! Vehicle’s operating state
Merce des-Benz isconstantl yupdating its
vehicles to the state of thear t. Consu mp-
tion va luesare sub ject to cha ngea nd may
th erefo re di ffer from thos elist ed he re,
which werecorrect atthe tim eof going
to print. Th ecu rre ntconsu mption values
ma ybe found intheCOC docum ents (EC
CERT IFICATE OF CO NFORMI TY).Th ese
doc uments aresu pplied when th evehicle
is del iver ed.
! Theu seof non-approved fuel additives can
lead toincreased wear and engine damag e.The
use of such fuel addit ives whichh aveno tbeen
approved will limit your warranty ent itlement. H
Enviro nm ental note CO
2(ca
rbon dioxi de)is agas whic hscien-
ti sts be lieve tobe pr incipa lly re sponsibl efor
gl obal warming (the greenhouse ef fect).
Your vehicle’s CO
2em
issions aredir ectly
relate dto fuel consumpt ion an dth erefore
depe ndon:
! effic ient use ofthe fuel by the engi ne
! thestyle of driving
! other non -tec hn ical factors ,suc h as en-
vi ro nm ental inf luen cesor road con di-
ti ons
You canminimi se yourveh icle’s CO
2em
is-
sions by drivingcar efully an dha ving it serv-
ic ed regularl y. 216_R
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