2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE ECU

214 COM
AND
CO MA ND automatic air con dition ing Au
xiliary heating ,depart uretime*
Yo uca nuse the "Auxiliary heating, depar-
ture time" func tion to:
! ente ra depa rture time at whic hth eve-
hicl eis pre heated bythe auxiliary heat-
ing
! select atime from the three stored de-
part uretimes
Auxi liar yheating, depa rtur etime
sub menu
6 Air-cond itioning function lineAir-
condi tioning centr almenu sele ct
"Auxiliary heating, departure time" .
Th eau xiliary heating ti merfu nc tio nca lcu-
lates the switch- ontime ac cording to the
ou tside tempera ture so that the vehicl eis
preheated bythe de parture ti me.Wh enthe departure tim
eis re ache d, the auxiliar y
heati ngconti nues tohea tfor afu rther
5m inut es and th en switchesof f.
Selec ting adeparture time
6 Air-condi tioni ng function line Air-
condi tioning centr al menu select
"Auxi liary heating, depar ture time" .
Th ecu rrent setting is indi cated by a
dot.
6 To se lect a departu retime: slide
q m ror tu rnymz .
6 Toconfirm the select ion: press n.
Th eyello windic ator lamp ( =page 341)
lights upon the butt onfor th eau xiliary
heati ngon the centre console.
i Asel ected departure time is on lyinitiat ed
onc eand is not repeated daily. Once you have
switched on a departure time, theauxiliary heat-
ing hasth e" No pre-sele ction" option. Desele
ctingadepar ture time
6 Air-condi tioning fu nction line Air-
con ditioning centr al menuselect
"Auxiliary heating, depar ture time" .
Th ecu rrent setting is ind icatedby a
dot.
6 Toselect "Nopre- selection": slide
q m ror tu rnym z.
6 Toconf irm thes elec tion: press n.
En tering a depa rtur etime
6 Air-condi tioning fu nction line Air-
con ditioning centra lmenu "Auxiliary
he ating ,depar ture time" select "Set
time" .
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Seats Adjust
ingthe seat electrically
1 Head restra int hei ght
2 Seat height
3 Seat cushion ang le
4 Seat cushion leng th
5 Seat fore -and-aft adjust me nt
6 Back rest ang le
i IfPR E-S AFE ®
ha s been ac tiva ted, thefront-
passeng erseat is moved into a more favourable
seat posit ion.
! Make sur ethatth er ea reno objects inthe
footwell or behind thes eats when adj usting the
seats. You could otherwise dam ageth e seats
and the obj ects.
i Youcansa ve these ttin gs forth ese atswi th
th ememory function ( =page 242). Sea
ts Fr
on t se ats G
Risk of accide nt On
ly adjust th edrive r’s seat wh enthe ve hi-
cle isstationar y.Yo uwill otherwise be dis-
tr ac tedfrom the roa dand traf ficc ondition s
an dyo uco uld lose control ofthe vehicle as
ar esultof the seat movi ng. You could there-
fo re ca usean ac cide nt G
Risk of inju ry Make sur
ethat nobody can become trap ped
as you adjust theseat. Observe the noteson
the ai rbag syste m (
=page 31). Secu rechi l-
dren as re comm ended ( =page 37). G
Risk of inju ry The
seatsc an be adj usted when the key is
re mov edandth e door isopen. For this rea-
son, chi ldre nshould neverbe le ftun supe r-
vi sed inthe ve hicle. They co uld be trap ped
by aseat adjustment movement. G
Risk ofinju ry Yo
ur seat must be adjuste din such a way
that allows youto wear your seat beltpr op-
er ly (
=page 244).
Ob serve the foll owingp oint s:
! Position the backrest as clos eto the ver-
ti ca las possible.
! Your arms mu stbe slig ht ly bent when
hol ding the ste eringwheel.
! Mainta in a dist an ce from thepeda lsthat
allo wsyouto depr essth ese fully.
! Thehead restraint should support the
ba ck of you rhead at aboutey e level.
! Ifyo udo not follow thes einstru ction s,
this may leadto injur ies. G
Risk ofinju ry A
se at beltonly offer sits inte nded degree of
pr otect ion if th e ba ckrest isposi tion ed as
close to the ve rtical as possi ble an dthe oc-
cup ant is sittin gup righ t.Avoid se atposi-
ti ons that do not allo w the seat belt to be
ro uted correctl y(
= page 231). Position the
backre stas close totheve rtic alas possible. P54.25-5004-31216_
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We arin gseat belts We
aring seat bel ts G
Risk of inj ury A
seat belt which is not worncorrect ly,or
wh ich has notb een enga gedin theseat belt
buckle corr ectly, cannot perfor mitsinte nd-
ed pro tective fun ction. Unde rcertain cir-
cu ms tanc es this couldev en cause severe or
fa ta l inj uries.
Make sur ethat al loccupa nts– inpa rtic ular ,
pre gnantwo me n–w earth eirs ea tbel tscor-
re ctly at all times:
! These at belt must pass clos ely ov er
your body and mu stnot be twisted.Yo u
sh ould therefo reavoid wearing bul ky
clot hing (e.g. awinter coat).Th e shoul-
de rsect ion of the bel tmu stbe routed
ac ross the middl eof yo urshould er–on
no acco un t ac ross yo urneck orunder
you r arm –an d pu lledtight ag ainst your
uppe rbody. Thelap sect ion of the belt
mu stalways pass across thepelvic area
as low dow nas possible, i.e. ac ross your
hip joints –not across your stomach or
lower abdo me n.Ifne cessary, ti ghten
th ebel tstrap by pu llingit dow nslig htly
an dr etig hten in the dire ction of the iner-
tia reel. !
Donot route the belt strap over sharp-
ed gedor fragile object s, es pe ciall yif
thes eare lo cated onorinyour clot hing,
e. g. spect acles, pe ns, keys, etc. The
sea tbel tst ra p could be da magedan d
tear in an ac cide nt andyo uor other ve-
hi cle oc cup ants could be injur ed.
! Only one person should useea ch seat
be lt at any one time .Do not allow chil-
dren tobe ca rried on thelap of another
occ upant,sinc eth ec hild canth en no
longer berestrained in the eve nt ofan
ac cident, br aking or asudden chan ge in
di re ction, which cou ldresult inse vere or
fata lin ju ries tothech ild an dot he roc cu-
pa nts.
! Persons less than 1.50 mtall cannot
we arthe seat belts co rrec tly. For this
re ason, secure pe rsons less than 1.50 m
ta llin specia lly de signe d,suitab le re-
straint syste ms. !
Childre nless than 1.50 mtallor under
12 yea rsof ag ecannot wearthe seat
bel tsprop erly. Therefore ,alway ssecure
th ese childre nin suitable chil drestrai nt
syste mson suitabl eveh icle seats
( =
page 40). Fo llow thema nufact urer’s
in st allation inst ruc tions when fitti ngthe
child restraint syste m.
! Do not secure anyob ject s with a seat
be ltifthe seat belt is being used byone
of the veh icle’soc cu pan ts. G
Risk of inju ry A
se at be lton lyoffers its intended degre eof
prot ection ifth ebackre stisposi tioned as
close to the vertical aspossible andth eoc-
cupa ntis sit ting upright .Av oid seat posi-
ti on sthat do not allow the seat belt tobe
routed correc tly (
=page 231). Position the
backrest asclose tothever tica las possibl e.
Do not drive withthe ba ckrest rec line dt oo
far ba ck. 216_R
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Side wind ows i
Youc an al soopen orclos ethe side win-
dow s:
! from theoutside using the "Sum mer opening
feature" ( =
page 351) or the "Convenience
cl osin gfe atu re"( = page 352)
! from the inside usin gth e" Co nven ience
opening feature" or the" Co nven ienc eclos-
ing feature" on the au tomatic air cond ition-
ing air re circula tion but ton( =
pag e340)
Yo uc an disable control of the rear side windows
from the drive r’ss eat ( =
page 45).
i WhenPRE-SAFE ®
ha sbe en activa ted, the
front side windows close autom atically butre-
ma inslig htly open.
Th e ro cker sw itches fo ral lsi de windows
ar elo ca tedon thedr iver ’s do or.There are
al so rocker switch es fo rth ere sp ect ive
windows on th efront-p assengerdoor and
in the rear on the le ftan dr ight -han dsides. Side
wind ows G
Risk of inj ury Stay
away from theside window during the
op ening pro cedure, otherwise youc ouldbe
ca ug ht or trap ped bet ween the side window
an dth e door fram eby the dow nwards move-
me ntofthe wi ndow.If danger threatens,re-
lease thero ck er sw itch orpres sthe roc ker
switch a secon dtime toclos eth eside win-
do wag ain. G
Risk of inj ury Make
sure that nobody can beco metrap ped
as you close aside window .Ifdange r threat-
en s,relea sethe rock er sw itch orpres sthe
lower secti onofthe rock erswitch toopen
th esid e wi ndow again. G
Risk of inju ry Ne
ver leav echildren unsupe rvised in thev e-
hi cle. Alway sta ke the KEYLES SGO key with
yo uwhen leaving thevehic le,ev en ifyo uare
only leaving it for a short time.
Do not leave children un supervi sedin the
ve hicle, even ifthey are secu redi n a child
re stra int system .The childr en could:
! injure them selv eson parts of the vehicle
! beinjur ed sev erel yor even fatally by
pr olonged exposur eto inte ns eheat
! press thece ntralloc king button and
thereb yrelea sethech ild-pr ooflocks
an dop en the door
If th ec hildre nopenthe do or,they could:
! injure other peop le
! get out ofthe vehi cle an dt here byinju re
th emsel ves or be injur ed byapa ssing
vehi cle
Ac tiva te ove rridefeature forrear com part-
ment controls ( =
page 45) when childr en
ar etravelling in the ve hicle. The childr en can
otherwise open window swh ile the vehicleis
in mo tion andt here byinju re them selves and
others. 216_R
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Aut omatic transmission
Yo uwi ll fi nd info rm ationab ou tdri ving wi th
the autom atic tr ansmission inthe "Driving
an d parkin g"section (
=pa ge 256).
Th eau tom atic tran sm ission autom atica lly
adap ts to yourind ivid ua ldr iving st yle
thro ugh co ntinuo usshift po int ad justme nt.
Th issh ift po int adjus tment takes into ac-
count the cur rent op eratingand driving
condi tions. If the op erati ng or dri ving con-
dition schang e, the autom atic tr ansmis-
si on rea cts by adjusting the ge arshift
progra m. Th
eselector lever is loca ted on th erig ht-
ha nd side ofthestee ring column.
Gea rshift pattern
P Park po sition
R Rever segear
N Neut ral
D Drivepos ition
i The sel ector le veral ways returns toits ori g-
inal po sition . The cu rrent tr ansm issi on pos ition
P, R,N or Dappears in thetransmiss ionposit ion
display in thespeedometer display
( = page 263). En
gaging neutral N
6 Push thes elec torle ver upordown as
fa ra sthe first point of resist ance. Aut
omatic trans mission G
Risk of accide nt The
movem entof the peda lsmu st no tbe im-
pai redin any way. Do no tkeep any objects
in the driver ’s footwell .Ma kesure that th ere
is sufficie nt clearan cearoun dth epeda ls
when floormats or carpe ts areus ed.
Wh enparkin gyou rve hicle, al ways secure it
with theelectric parking br ak e.
Neve r leave childr en unsupe rvised in the ve-
hicle .Th ey cou ldmo vethege ar le ver and
the vehicle coul dro ll away on up hill or
do wnhill grad ients.
Do notch an ge dow nfor additiona lengi ne
br ak ingon a slip pe ry road surfac e. Th is
co uld cause thed rive wheels to lo setheir
gri pand thev ehic le co uld ski d. G
Risk offire Make su
re that the exhaustsystemd oes not
com einto contac twith easily ign itab lema-
te rial such as drygr ass or petrol .Th e ma te-
rial cou ldotherwise igni te and setpa rts of
the vehi cle alig ht. Selecto
rlever
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Con
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Aut omatic transmission
Th ecu rrent tra nsmi ssionp ositio n and
th ed rive program ( S/ C /M )ap pear inthe
sp eedom eter display.
1 Tran smissi onpositio ndispl ay
2 Driv epr ogra m(S/ C /M)
Wh en the tra nsmi ssion is inposition D
( = page 266),yo uca ninflue nceth ege ar-
sh ifts made by the autom atic transmi ssio n
usin gth este ering wheel gea rshift buttons
by:
! cha nging ge aryou rself
! restric ting theshift ra nge !
Ifth e gearsh ift display hasf ailed, pull away
ca refully to check whetherth e des ired gear is
en gage d. It is bestto sele cttransmiss ion posi-
ti on Dand driv eprogram Sor C.Do not re strict
th esh iftr an ge. Ge
arshift disp lays
P54.32-3398-31 Tr
an smissi onpositions ì Pa
rking lock
Prevents the vehicle from roll-
ing away wh enparked. Only
select Pwh en the vehicle is
sta tiona ry.
If you switchof fthe en gine
using the key andrem ove it,
th eau tom atic tran sm ission
shif tsautom atica llyt o park po-
sition P.
If you switchof fthe en gine us-
ing the KEYLESS GO button*
an do penthe driver’s do or,th e
au tom atic tran sm ission shi fts
au tom atically to park po sition
P . í Rev
erse gear
On lyshi ftthe autom atic tra ns-
missio nto Rwh en the vehicle
is statio nary. ë Ne
utral
No power is trans mitted from
the engine to th edr ive wh eels.
Re leasing the brakes willal low
yo uto mo ve the ve hiclef reely,
e. g. to push it ortowit
( = page 499).
Do not shift the autom atic
tr an smi ssio nto Nwh iletheve-
hi cle is inmo tion .Th e auto mat-
ic tran smi ssio ncould
oth erwise bedama ged.
If ESP ®
ha s been de activated
or hasma lfun ctione d: only
mo ve the autom atic tran smis-
si on toNifthe vehicle is in
da ng er ofskid ding ,e. g. on icy
ro ads. ê Dri
ve
Th eau tom atic tr ansmission
chang esgear au tomat ical ly.
Al lfive for wardgear sare
avai lable. Vehicles with 7G-
TRONIC: al lse ven forward
gears are availa ble. 216_R
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Aut omatic transmission Acce
lerator pe dalposi tion
You rstyle of driving influe nce show the au-
tom atic tr ansmission shifts ge ar:
! little throttle:
Th eau tom atic tr ansmission shifts up
early.
! more throttle:
Th eau tom atic tr ansmission shifts up
la te r. Kickdo
wn
Use kick down for max imum accele ration.
6 Depress theac ce ler ator pedal beyo nd
th epressure point.
Th e tra nsmi ssion shifts to alo wer gear
de pe nd ing onthe en gine speed.
6 Once thedesired speed hasb een
re ac he d, ease of fthe acce lerator ped-
al.
Th eau tom atic tr ansm issi on shi fts back
up. Sto
pping
If yo u are onlysto pping briefly:
6 Stay in drive pos itio n D.
6 Activ ateHOL D(=pa ge 312).
or
6 Prev ent the vehicle from rolling away
by applying th eele ctric parki ngbrak e. Man
oeuvring
If yo uar emanoe uvring ina tight space:
6 Contr olthe road speed by brak ing
car efully.
6 Depress the ac celera tor pedal caref ul-
ly .De pre sstheac cele rato rsmo othly.
i For fast manoe uvring (e.g. toroc kfree in
snow and slush), you cans hift bet ween Dand R
at low speeds by pus hing the selec tor le ver up or
dow nbe yond thefirs tpoi ntofresist ance. Hill
star tassist
Hi llsta rtassist helps yo uwh en pulli ng
aw ayon anuphillgra dien t,bo thinDand in
R .
Whe npu lling away on a grad ient, your ve-
hicl e is held forap prox im ately one seco nd
af ter youha ve re moved your foot from the brake ped
al.Th isallows you enough time
to mov e yourfoot from the br akepe dal
to the accele rator peda land to pull away
without the vehicle im mediat ely rolling
awa y.
6 Remov eyourfoot from th ebrake pedal
an dca refully depre ssthe acce lera tor
pedal.
Hil lsta rtas sist will not func tion if:
! you are pulling away on aleve lro ad
su rfac eor downh ill
! the autom atic tr ansmission isin the N
pos ition
! theve hicle is secured with the elec tric
parki ngbrake
! ESP ®
is malfun ctioning Driving ti
ps G
Risk of acc ident Never
leavethe vehic lewhen it isheld byhill
start assist. After approximat elyon esec-
ond, theh illp ull-away aid will nolonger
br ak ey our vehicle andit co uld rollaw ay. 216_R
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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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