2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE Owners Manual

476 Practical advice
Cha
ngingthe bulbs
Bulb sand lamps are animpo rtan taspect
of ve hiclesa fety. You must there fore mak e
sure that al l bulbs function corre ctly at all
tim es. If
one of the following bulbsfa ils, another
bulb will take over its func tion:
! Turn signal
! Brake la mps/tail lamps Ch
angin gthe bul bs G
Risk of inj ury Bulbs and
lamp sca n be very hot. Youshould
therefore allow them tocool down before
you chan ge them. Othe rwis e,youco uld be
bur nedifyou touc hthem.
Keep bulbs out of thereach of chi ldre n. Oth-
erwi se,they could damage them ,for exam-
ple, and in jure them selves.
Never useabulb whichha s been dropped.
Such abulb may explode andinjur eyou.
Bul bsare pr essurised and co uld explode
when youc han ge them, particul arly ifthey
are ve ryhot. You should therefore wear eye
protecti onand gl oves when youa rechan g-
in g them. G
Risk of inju ry Xenon bulbs are
unde rhi gh voltag e. You
co uld ge tan elect ric shock and be ser iously
or fatall yin ju red ifyou touc hth e elec tric
contacts on xenon bu lbs. Do not, theref ore,
remove theco ver onxen onbulbs.
Do not chang exenon bulbs yourself, but
have them replac ed at a qualifie dspecia list
wo rksh op whic hhasthen ecessary special-
is tk now ledg e an dto ols tocarry out the
wo rk re quired.
Me rced es-Ben zre co mm ends thatyou use a
Me rced es-Ben zS ervice Cen tre fo rthispur-
pos e.In pa rticular ,work relevant tosafety
or on sa fety-r elat ed system smu st be car-
ried outa taq ualified sp ec iali stwo rkshop. 216_R
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477
Practical advice
Changing the bulbs Fr
on t bulbs Rea
rbu lbs Overview
P54.00-2549-31 Bulb Type
1 Dipp
ed-beam head-
lamps D1
S35 W
(bi -xen on 1
) 2 Additiona
lturn signal LE
Ds 3 Si
de la mps,pa rki ng
lamps W
5 W 4 Main
-bea m
headlamp s/
Mo torw ay mo de
sp otlight
or
IR em itter*(w ith
Ni ght View Assist) H7
55 W
H11 55 W 5 Co
rnering ligh t* H7
55 W 6 Front
foglamps H11 55 W
7 Tu
rn sign als PY 24 W
1 Vehi cles with bi-xen on head lamp s are equipped
with D1 S-35W bulbs. Always have thes ebulbs
ch ang edata quali fied specialis twork shop ,e. g.
aM erce de s-Benz Service Ce ntre. Bulb Type
8 Th
ird brake
la mp LE
Ds 9 Rear
foglamp
(le ft-h an dside) HiP
19 W a Brak
elamp s/
ta illa mps LE
Ds b Lice
nce plate
lighting W
5 W c Reve
rsing
la mps HiP
16 W d Turn signals HiP
16 W 216_R
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478 Practical advice
Cha
ngingthe bulbs Before changin
gbulbs
! Only fit 12 Vbulbs ofthe sa metypeas
be fore and of th ecorrect watt age.
! Switchth elights offbe fore cha nging a
bu lb to preve ntas hort -circu it.
! Only ho ldbulbs with a clea n, lint-f ree
cloth.
! Donotw ork with wet or gre asyfinge rs.
! Ifth ene wb ulb still do esnotlight up,
co nsulta qu alifi edspecialist worksho p,
e. g. aMe rcedes -Ben zSe rvice Centre.
! Have the follo wing bulbs ch anged at a
qu alified specialist worksho p,e.g. a
Mercedes -Ben zSe rvice Ce ntre:
! The dipped beam headla mps
! Thefront turn signa ls
! The side lamps
! Thefront foglam p bulbs
! Thead dition altur nsigna lsin the
ex terior mirro rs
! The third brake lamp
! The brakelam ps/the taillamps !
The rear fog lamp
! The rear turn sign als
! The lice nc eplate li ghting
i Haveth ehe adlamp adj ustm ent ch ecked
regularly at a quali fied speciali stwor ksho p,e.g.
a Me rcedes-Benz Service Centre.
Le ft-h andhead lamp
1 Cover
2 Retain ing clip
6 To rem ovethe cover: pull retaining
clip 2in th edirec tion of thea rrow. Chan
ging the ma inbeam headlamps an
dMo torway mod espotli ght
6 Switch off thelig hts.
6 Open the bo nnet.
6 Remov ethe cov er (=page 478). P.
82.10-4415-31 G
Risk of inju ry Bi-
xenon bulbs are under high vo ltage.Do
no t, therefore, re movethec over on bi-xe-
no n bu lbs. Do not chang ebi- xeno nbu lbs
yo ursel f,but haveth em replac ed ataqua li-
fied special ist workshop whichha s th ene c-
es sary spe cial istknow ledge and tools to
ca rry out the workrequire d. 216_
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479
Practical advice
Changing the bulbs
Illust ration :left-ha ndheadlamp
1 Fit-up aid
6 Pullfit- up aid 1upwa rdson theleft-
hand head lamp, downwar dson the
ri gh t-hand he adlamp andre move the
bu lbfrom the he adlamp with fit-up
aid 1. 1
Bulb
2 Fit-up aid
6 Remove bulb1 from theso cket.
6 Insert new bulb 1in the sock et.
i Makesure that the bulb is inserted correc tly
in thesoc ket.The bulb must si tle vel on the so ck-
et.
6 Insertfit- up aid 1into the he adlamp
so that the ha ndle of the fit-u paid
po ints upwards on th eleft-hand he ad-
la mp ,do wn wards on the right -han d
hea dlam p.
6 Pull the fit-up aid downwards on the
le ft-h an dhe adlamp ,up wards on the
righ t-hand he adlamp until it en gage s.
6 Replac e the cover (= page 478)and
cl os eit un til yo uhea rit en gage. Cha
nging the IR emitter*
6 Switchof fthe lights.
6 Open thebo nne t.
6 Remov ethe cover ( =page 478).
1 Bulb hol der
2 Cable du ct
6 Turn bulb holder 1 anti-clockwise un-
til it dise ngages.
6 Remo vebulb holder 1.
6 Pressthe two lugs on the le ftan d right
of bulb holder 1and pul lthe bulb out
of th eso cke t.
6 Inse rtthe new bu lbinto the socket until
it en gages. P82.10-4416-31 P82.10-4417-31
P82.10-4419-31
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Cha
ngingthe bulbs
6 Fit bulb holder 1into the guid ein the
he adlamp. Cable du ct2 mus tpo int
down and to the right.
6 Turn bulb holder 1 cloc kwise untilit
engages andc abledu ct 2 isat the
bo ttom on the left. Chan
ging the cornering light bulbs
6 Switchof fthe lights.
6 Open thebo nne t.
6 Remov ethe cover ( =page 478). 1
Bulb hol der
2 Cable du ct
6 Turn bulb holder 1anti-c lock wise un-
til it disenga ges.
6 Remov ebu lbho lder 1.
6 Remove th ebulb from the socket.
6 Inse rtthe new bulb into the socket and
press it down fully.
6 Fitbu lb holder 1into the guide inthe
headlamp.
The lug on the bulb ho lder must po int
up and to the left and cable du ct2
mu stpoi ntup and to the le fton the le ft-
hand hea dlam pand down and to the
right on the right-hand he adlamp.
6 Turn bulb holder 1cloc kwise until it
en gages. P82.10-4418-31216_R
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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
oving P82.30-2579-31216_R
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Replacing
the wiper blades
6 Slide the wiper blade on tothew iper
arm in the opp osite dir ection to the ar-
row.
6 Turn the wiper bladeparallel to the wip-
er arm.
6 Fold th ewiper arm onto the wi nd-
screen or rear window again. Fit
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Practical advice
Flat tyre
Yo ur vehicl em aybe equipped with:
! aTIREFIT kit
! a"M inis pare " em erge ncy sp arewh eel*
! asp are whe el*
! the MO Extend ed run-fla tsyst em*
6 Stop yo urvehic leas far away as possi-
ble from movi ngtraffic and on a fi rm,
non-s lipa nd even surface.
6 Switchon theha zard warning lamp s.
6 Move the tra nsmi ssion sele ctor lever
to P.
6 Get allocc upant sout of the vehi cle if
nec essa ry,ensuring that they ar enot
en dang ered asthey do so.
6 Switchof fthe engine and remove the
key from the ig nitio nlock. Vehi
cles with KEYL ESSGO*:
6 Switchof fthe en gine.
6 Open thedriver’s door.
The statu sof the on-board electroni cs
co rresponds to key pos ition 0.
6 Plac e the warningt riangle
( = page 400)orhazard wa rningl am ps
at asuit able dist an ce behind thev ehi-
cle. Ob serve legal re quiremen ts. Fl
at tyre Pr
ep arin gthe vehic le G
Risk of inj ury The
jack isde sign ed onlyto rais e thevehicle
fo ra sh ort while when aw heelis cha nged.
If you intend to wor kun derth eve hic le,
place thev ehicle on stan ds.
Ma kesure that the jack isplac ed on afirm,
non-s lipa nd level surface .Do notus ewo od-
en blocks or sim ilar objects as a jack sup-
por tplate ,ot he rwis eth e ja ckmay notbe
ab leto achiev eitsl oa d-be aringc apacity if it
is not atits fullheight.
Do not start the engine at any time whil ethe
wheel isbe ing chan ged.
Do not lie under the vehi cle when it is being
su pported by the jack.If you donot raise the
ve hicleas described, itcou ldslip offth ejack
(e .g. if th eengi neisstar ted or adooror the
boot lid is op ene dor close d). 216_
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