2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE ignition

460 Practical advice
Troubleshooting Wi
ndsc reen wipers Pr
ob lem Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Suggest
edsolu tions Th
ewind screen wipe rs are jamme d. Leav
es or snow, forex amp le,ma ybe
ob stru cting the wind screen wiper mov e-
me nt. The wip ermo tor has been deacti-
va ted. 6
For safety reasons, yo ushould re move
the key from the ignition lock.
6 Remo ve the cause of the obstr uction.
6 Switch on the wind screen wipe rs. Th
e windscreen wip ersdo not work. Th
ewinds cree nw iper drive is malf unc-
tioni ng. 6
Select anoth erwipe rsp ee do n the com-
bination switch.
6 Have the wind scree nw iper sch ecked at
a qu alified speciali stwor ksho p. Th
ewind screen wipe rs lea vesm ears on
th ewindscreen afte r th eve hicl eha sbeen
was hedin an aut omatic car wash. Wa
xor oth erresidues have been left on
the wind screen. 6
Clea n the winds cree n wi thwas herflui d
af ter washing inthe autom atic ca rwa sh
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464 Practical advice
Troubleshooting Pr
ob lem Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Suggest
edsolu tions Th
e batter ycheck lamp onthekey does
not light up wh entested. The
key batt eries are disch arge d. 6
Cha ngethe batter ies (=page 474). Yo
uha ve lost a key. 6
Have the ke ycanc elled at a
Mercede s-Be nz Service Centr e.
6 Report the los sim me diat ely to th evehi-
cle insu rers.
6 Ifnece ssary ,have th emanual locks
ch ang edtoo. Yo
uhav elo st the eme rgen cy key eleme nt. 6
Report the los sim me diat ely to th evehi-
cle insu rers.
6 Ifnece ssary ,have th emanual locks
ch ang edtoo. Th
e key cannot be turne din the igniti on
lo ck. The
key has been in po sition 0fora con-
siderable time. 6
Remo vethe key and rei nsert it into the
ign itio n lock agai n.
6 Check the st arter battery andch arge it
if ne cessary.
6 Switch on the ignition. 216_R
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465
Practical advice
Tr oubleshooting Pr
ob lem Poss
ible cause /consequ ence Sugges
tedsoluti ons The key cannot be tur
nedin th eignition
lo ck. The on-board vol
tage istoo low. 6
Switch of fco nsumers that arenotre-
quired, e.g. seat heating orinter iorlight-
ing, and try to turn the key again.
If this does not work:
6 Check the star ter battery and cha rgeit
if ne cessary.
or
6 Jum p-star t the vehicle ( =page 497).
or 6 Consulta qua lifi ed spe cial ist wor ksho p. 216_R
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466 Practical advice
Troubleshooting KEYLESS GO*
Pr
ob lem Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Suggest
edsolu tions You can
not lo ckor unlock the vehicle
usin g the KE YLES SGO key. Th
eKE YLES SGO keyba tteries ar ene arly
disc harged or fully dis charge d. 6
Unlock or lock the vehicle usingthe
emer genc yke yelemen t (
= page 470).
6 Check the KE YLES SGO keyba tteries
an dc han gethe mifnecessary
( = page 474). Th
erei sint erfere nc efrom apowerful
so urce of ra dio wave s. 6
Lock orunlock theve hicle usin g there-
mo tecon trol functio n on theKE YLESS
GO key. Todo this, point the tip of the
ke yat the driver ’s doo rhand leat close
ra ng eas youwou ldwh en using the sum-
mer openingo rco nve nien ce clos ingfe a-
tur e (
=page 351)and try to open the
ve hicl eagai n.
6 Unlock or lock the vehicle usingthe
emer genc yke yelemen t (
= page 470). There is a
malfunctio nwi th KEYLESS GO. 6
Have KEYLES SGO ch ecke dat aqu ali-
fi ed specialist worksho p.
6 Lock orunlock theve hicle usin g there-
mo tecon trol functio n on theKE YLESS
GO key. Tosta rt th een gine, insert the
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481
Practical advice
Replacing the wiper blades
! Only fold the windscreen wipers away from
th ewi nd screen or rear window when thewipers
are vertical .Othe rwise, youco uld dam aget he
bo nnet.
Un der no circumst ances sh ould you open the
bo nnet when the wiper arm sare fol dedfo r-
wa rds. Othe rwise, you could dam ageth e bonnet. !
Do not fold thewi pe r arm sontoth ewi nd-
screen or rear window wit hout wiper blades.
They may ot herwise dam agethe windscreen or
rear wind ow.
For your convenie nce, have this wo rkcarried
ou ta ta qualified spe cialist workshop, e.g .a
Me rcedes-Benz Servi ceCentre.
Fo lding the wiper blades into a vertical po
sit ion
Vehic les with key
6 Turn the key to position 1in the ignition
lo ck.
6 Set the windscreen wipe rsto po sition
u onthe comb inat ion sw itch
( = page 253).
6 Turn the key to pos ition 0or remo veit
wh en thew iper arms are vertical .
Ve hicles with KEYLESS GO*
6 Switchof fthe en gine.
6 Remove your foot from theb rake ped-
al.
6 Set the windscreen wipe rsto po sition
u onthe comb inat ion sw itch
( = page 253). 6
Pressthe KEY LESS GO button rep eat-
ed ly until the windscree nwipers star t.
6 Pressthe KEY LESS GO button when
the wiper ar msare verti cal. Re
placin gthe wip erblades
6 Fold th ewiper arm away from the
glass.
! When doing so, on lyho ldthew iper arms,
ot he rw ise youma ydamage thewi per blades.
6 Set the wipe rbla de atright angles to
the wiper ar m.
Windscre enwiper arm andwi per bl ade
6 Remo ve the wiper bladefrom th eho ld-
er on thewi per arm. Re
placin gthe wiper blades G
Risk of inju ry Befor
ech an ging thew iper bl ades, switch
the ignition to 0.T he windscr eenwi pe rs
may othe rwise mov ean dinjure you. G
Risk of accide nt Wipe
rbl ad es arewear parts. Repl aceth e
wi pe rbl ad es twice ayear, id eally in the
spring andin th eau tumn .The wind ow s will
othe rwise not beprope rly wi pe d. This may
preve ntyou fr om obse rvingth etraf fic co ndi-
ti ons, thereb ycausing an accident. Rem
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486 Practical advice
Fl
at tyre
6 Inse rtTIRE FIT filler bottle 1with the
he ad pointing dow nwards into
re ce ss 2 onthe electric air pum p.
8 Filler hose
9 Valve
6 Uns crew the valve cap fr om va lve9
on the faulty tyr e. Ve
rsion 1
a Pressure releas es crew
b Pres su re gauge
6 Ver sion 1: make sure pressure releas e
screw aonpressure gauge bisfully
close d.
6 Screw filler hose 8 onto valve 9.
6 Plug conne ctor 4 into th ecigar ette
ligh ter socket or into a12 Vsocket* in
the vehicle.
6 Turn the ignition key to po sition 1. 6
Pres son /o ff swi tch3 onthe electric
air pu mptoI.
Th eele ctric air pu mpissw itchedon.
Th ety re ispumped up.
i At first,th ese alan tispu mp edinto th ety re s.
The pressure may ris ebriefl yto approximat ely
5b ar in theprocess.Do not swit choff thec om-
press orduring this phase.
6 Run th ecompre ssor for five minute s.
Th etyres mustthen have a pressure of
at leas t1.8bar.
! Donoto perat eth e el ectric air pu mpfor
lon gerth an 8m inutes withou ta break, othe rwise
it ma yover heat. Th eair pump can be used again
on ce itha sc ooled dow n.
If a tyre pressure of 1. 8baris not rea ched
af ter five minu tes:
6 switch offth eele ctric air pu mp,re-
mo veitan d dri vethe vehicle abou t
10 mforwards and ba ckwards.
Th isdistr ibutestheTIRE FITsealant
mor eeve nly.
6 Rem ove the filler bott lefrom the ele c-
tri cairpu mp .
6 Pum pup the tyr eag ain.
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496 Practical advice
Batteries
i
Have the ba tter ies charged at a qualifi ed
speciali st workshop. Mercedes-Benz recom-
me nds that you use a Mercedes-Benz Servi ce
Ce ntre for this purpose .If yo u are charging the
bat teries yourself, observe the opera ting inst ruc-
ti ons for you rbatte ry charge r.
! Onlyus e ba tter y ch arge rs with ama ximum
vo ltage of 14.8 V. Sta
rter battery
6 Make sure that the battery charger is
swi tche doff and connec tit to the ter-
mi nals on the star ter battery .Observe
the note sin the oper ating inst ruc tions
fo r the battery charger wh endoing so.
6 Refitt he charged sta rterbatter yand
fo ld the bar do wn. 6
Fit the st arte r battery inthe engine
co mp artment.
6 Fold the retainer down.
! Makesure that the ba seplate and the ba t-
te ry sec uring rings are fit tedse cu rely.
! Alway sconnect the ba ttery in theord erde-
scribed below. Nev erswap thete rminal clam ps.
You may ot herwise dam ageth ev ehicle elec tron-
ics. Rec
onne ctingt he starter battery
6 Make sure that the consu mer batter yis
fi tted andc onnecte dco rrectly in the
boot.
6 Turn the key to position0 in theignition
lo ck andrem ove it.
6 Connect the pos itiv e ter minalcl amp
an dse cur ethe cov er.
6 Connect th ene gative termina lcl am p.
6 Fit the bre athe rhose.
! Makesure that a cellca p is fitte dbet ween
th e ba tter y and thebreat herh ose.
6 Switch ontheigni tion.
6 Startthe engine.
6 Check the vehicle func tio ns. G
Riskofacid bu rns There is a
risk of ac idbu rnsdu ring the
ch argin gp roce du re due to th ega sesw hich
es cap e from the battery. Do not leanover
th eba tter ywhen it isbe ing char ged. Fitting
thestarter battery Re
conn ecting the battery G
Risk of accident Do
not drive unle ssthec onsu merbatt eryis
fitted and conne cted correc tly.
Ha ve wo rkcarrie dout on the consu merbat-
tery at aqualifie dspecial istw orks hop, e.g. a
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498 Practical advice
Ju
mp -sta rting
6 Getin to thevehicl ean ds tart the en-
gine withi n30 se conds.
If the star ting attempt fails:
6 Turn the key to pos itio n 0 in the ig-
nition lock.
6 Remove the key.
6 Start the oth ervehicl e’s engine and
le tit ru nfo r a few mi nu tes.
6 Reinsert the key into the ignition
loc kand star tyou rveh icle wit hin
30 seco ndsof sw itch ing onthei gn i-
tion.
6 When the en gine isrunn ing, sw itch on
so me elec tric al co nsumers, e. g.the
blower.
6 First dis conn ectth ejump le adsfrom
ea rth poi nt1 and negative terminal
2 , th enfrom pos itiv e termina ls3
and 4.
6 Have theba tte ry che cked at a qualified
sp eciali stwor ksho p,e.g. a
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