2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE Owners Manual

492 Practical advice
Fl
at tyre
6 Turn the jack back to the ou t-of-us epo-
si tion.
6 Stow th ewhe elwre nch, centrin g pin
an d jack in the ve hicle tool kit in the
boot.
The MOExtend ed run-flat syste mmayonly
be used incomb inat ion with th etyr epres-
sure loss warning syste m.
! The max imum distance yo umay driv ein ru n-
flat mode depends onthelo ad in theve hicle. Itis
approxi mately 50 km if theve hicle is partially
laden and approximat ely 30 km iffully laden.
The max imum distanc et obe driven in run-f lat
mo de begins from themo me ntthety re pressure
loss warning appears in themu lti-f un ction dis-
play.
Yo um ustno tex ce ed a max imum spee d of
80 km /h. i
By using TIRE FIT before startin gthe run-flat
mo de, the ma ximu mdistan cecanbe in creased
co nsiderably .If TIRE FITca nn ot sealthety re due
to the ty pe of damage, you may still continue
dri ving up to the maximum possible distanc ein
run-flat mode.
iIf you chang eone or all of the tyres, ma ke
sure that you only use tyres lab elled "MOE xtend-
ed" in the size specified for the veh icle. G
Risk of acc ident Ha
vethe ti ghtening torq uechecke dimmed i-
at elyafter a wheel isch anged. Thewheels
co uld work lo oseifthey are nottightened to
a to rque of150 Nm . MO
Exte nded run-flat syst em* G
Risk of accident The han
dlingcharact eristics of your vehicle
de teriorate in run-flat mo de, for exam ple:
! when cornering
! when brakin g
! when acce lerati ngrapidly
You mus tthere fore adap tyou rdrivi ngstyle
ac cordi nglyan dav oid su dden chan ges indi-
re ction oracceleration, aswell asdriving
ov er obsta cles (ker bs, pot holes , of f-ro ad).
This is particu larlythe cas ewhen the vehicle
is heav ily la de n.
Th edist ance that canb edr iven in ru n-flat
mode depe ndsto alarg e ext enton the lo ads
exe rted on the vehi cle. Itca n therefore be
much less duet os peed,lo ad ,d rivi ng ma-
noeu vres ,ro ad surface condition, ou tside
tempe rature,et c. or also grea terif you drive
care fully. Run-
flat mode must be ended if:
! youhear bang ingn oises
! the vehi cles tart sto sh ake
! smok e iscreated and ther ei sa sm ellof
ru bber
! ESP®
is interve ningconstantly
! there aretear sin the side walls ofthe
ty re
After driving in run-flat mo de,you mu sthave
th ewh eel checked for damage ataqu alifie d
spe cial ist workshop whichha s th ene ces-
sary spe cial ist know ledge and tools to car ry
out the workrequire d. Thefault ytyremu st
alwa ysbe repla ced.
Me rced es-Benz re comm ends th atyou use a
Me rced es-Benz Service Cen tre fo rthisp ur-
po se.In pa rticular, work relevant to saf ety
or on safety-rel at ed syst emsmu st be car-
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493
Practical advice
Batter ies
Yo ur vehicle isfitted with two batteri es:
! Star terbattery in the eng ine com part-
ment
! Con sume rbattery in the boot for elec-
tr ica lco nsum ers
In order for the batteries to achieve th eir
max imum possible service life ,th ey must
alwa ysbe sufficiently char ged.
Hav eth eba tte ry char gecheck edmo re fre-
qu ently if you use the vehicle mai nlyfor
sh orttr ips orifyo u leav eitparked upfora
le ng thy pe riod.
To prevent da magefrom corros ion, only
repl acethe batter ieswith ones th athave a
centr alventi lation cover. Merce des-Benz
re co mm ends th at,fo rs afet y reasons, you
onl y use batteri eswh ich ha vebeen tes ted
an dap proved for your vehicl eby
Me rced es-Ben z.
If yo uwi sh toleav eyo ur vehicl epark ed
up fora long period of time, cons ult a
Me rced es-B enz Servi ceCentre. Batter
ies G
Risk ofinju ry Co
mp ly with saf etypr ec aution sand take
protec tive me asure swh en han dlingb atte r-
ies. Ri
sk ofexplosion Fire
,na ked flam esandsmok-
in g are prohib ited when han-
dl ing th e ba ttery . Avoid
creating spa rks. Battery
acid is caus tic. Av oid
co ntac t with the skin ,ey es or
clot hing .
Imme diately rins e ac idsplash-
es off with clea nwater. Con-
sult adoctor if necessary. G
Risk of inj ury We
ar eye protec tion. Ke
ep out of the reach of chil-
dr en. Ob
serve the inst ru ctions in
this Ow ner’s Manual. H
Environ mental no te Do
not disp ose of batter ieswith the hous e-
ho ldrubb ish. Disp oseof def ective batter ies
in an enviro nmentall yre sp on sibl ema nne r.
Ta ke them toaMe rcede s-Be nz Service Cen-
tre oras pecial co llecti onpoint fo roldba t-
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494 Practical advice
Batteries
!Switc hof ft he engine and the internal func-
ti on sof the vehicle net work ( =page 495) before
dis connecting or re moving thete rm inal clamps
of the ba ttery. You may ot herwise des troy elec-
tr on iccomponent ssu ch asthe al ternator.
Ha ve thest art er ba tter yc hecked and, if neces-
sary ,replaced at a qualified spe cialist work shop,
e.g. a Mercedes-Benz Servi ceCentre ,every two
years or 20,000 km.
! Donot connect cons umersdi re ctl yto the
start erbat tery.Th iswo uld dis charge thest art er
bat tery.
i Only replac eadefective bat tery with a bat-
te ry recom mended by Mercedes-Benz. Th econ-
su me rba tte ry is fitte d in theboot in a way
de signe dto affo rd it maximum protection
agains tdamage in the ev entof a collision. i
Remove thek ey when you have parked the
ve hicle and do not require any elec trical con-
sum ers. The vehicle th en req uires only a minimal
amount of energy and theco nsumer bat tery is
co nserve d.
St arter battery
1 Negative terminal
2 Positive terminal
i Ifth eco nsu mer ba ttery is disc harged, it will
be nece ssaryto unloc kth eve hicleu sing the
emergenc ykey elemen t.Ho wev er, it is still pos-
sibl eto star tth ev ehicle be cause it has a sepa-
ra te start erbat tery. G
Risk of inj ury Me
rcedes -Ben zre co mmend sthat ,fo rsa fety
re asons, you only use batteries which have
bee nte sted andap proved for your vehicle
by Me rced es-Benz .Thes eba tterie spr ovide
in crea sedim pact prot ection topreve ntvehi-
cl eo ccupants from su ffer ing ac id bu rns
shou ldthe batter ybe damaged in the event
of an ac cide nt.
To prevent acidbur ns, obse rveth efoll owing
sa fety not es when handl ingb atteries:
! Donot lean ov erbatteries.
! Donotpl ace any me talob jec tson aba t-
te ry. You could othe rwis eca useashor t
ci rc uit an dthe battery’ shighly flamma-
ble ga smi xture could ign ite.
! Make su re thatyou do no tcreate elec-
tr ost atic ch arge, e.g. bywearings yn-
thetic cloth ingo r as are su ltof frict ion
on fabri cs.Yo ushou ldnot the refore pu ll
or slid eth ebattery over carpets or ot her
syn thetic ma terials. !
Neve r touchthe batter y first. Todis-
ch arge a po ssible elec trost atic charge,
step out ofthe vehicle first andt ouch
th e bodyw ork.
! Do no twipe th eba ttery using ac loth .
Th eb attery ma yexpl odeas aresultof
elec trostatic charge or throug hthe cre-
ation of spark s.
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495
Practical advice
Batter ies
! Alwa ysdis conn ectth e ba tter yin the order
de scribed below .You may ot herwise damage the
ve hicle elec tronics.
! Switch offth einte rnal func tion sof theve hi-
cl ene twork be fore disc on nect ingth es tarter ba t-
te ry.It is not necess arytoswi tch offth ein te rnal
functi onsof thev ehicle netw orkif th eve hicle
ha s been parke dupfo r more than one hour with
no key in thei gni tion loc k.
Swit chingof fthe inter nalfunc tions of the vehi
cle network
i On vehic les wi th KE YLESS GO, remov ethe
KEYLESS GObutton (=
page 230) and useth e
KEYLESS GO keyin the same wayas th enormal
ke y.
6 Move the tra nsmi ssion sele ctor lever
to P.
6 Switchof fal lelec trical co nsumers.
6 Turn the key to position 0in the igni-
tion lock.
6 Turn the key to position 1in the igni-
tion lock. 6
Wai t30 seco nds.
Th e inter nalfu nctions of the vehicle
ne twork are switc hedof f.
6 Turn the key to pos ition 0in the ig ni-
tion lock.
! Do not remo vetheke y. Di
sco nnecting thes tarter bat tery
6 Open thebo nne t.
6 Remov ethe negative termi nalu sing a
10 mm op en-jawe dspan ner.
6 Rem oveth ecov erfrom the pos itive ter-
minal.
6 Remo vethepositive ter minalcl am p
fr om the batter y.
6 Pull of fthe breather hose.
i For your convenience, have the ba ttery re-
mo ved at a qualified spe cialist worksh op,e.g. a
Me rcedes-Benz Servi ceCentre.
6 Fold th ebar on the star ter battery up-
wards andr em ove the starterbattery. Dis
conn ecti ngthe star terb attery Removing the
starter battery Ch
arging the battery G
Risk of inj ury Never
charge aba tter ywhile itis in stalle din
th eve hicle, unle ssyou use aba ttery charger
th at has been tested andap proved for
Me rcedes -Ben zv ehicle s. Wit hth ese battery
charg ersit is possibl eto charge the battery
with outfirst rem ovingit fro mthe vehicle. Ot h-
erwi se,the vehi cle’ sel ec troni c syst emmay
be damaged. Befor ech arging theb atte ry,
ch eckt he centra lven t for correct seating.
Ba tteries without a central vent mustbe re-
moved befor ech arging.
On lych arge the batter yin awell ventil ated ar-
ea. As the ba tter yis bei ngcharged, gases can
escape and gener atemino rexpl osions, which
ma yin ju re you and other pe rsons or cause
da ma getothe pa intwork or aci dcor rosion on
the vehi cle. G
Risk of inj ury You
canob tain info rmation ab ou tba tteries
an db attery chargerswith which it ispo ssi ble
to charg eth eba tter ywhile itis installe din the
vehi cle from aqu alifie dsp ecia list wo rksh op,
e.g .aM erce de s-Be nz Service Cen tre. 216_R
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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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Practical advice
Jum p-starting
If the starter battery is disc harged and the
ve hicle do es not star t, the engine can be
ju mp -starte dfrom another vehi cle using
ju mp leads. Obse rve the followi ngpoints:
! Conn ectthe jump lead dire ctly to the
te rmina lsh oe on the sta rter battery.
! Jump -starti ngmust onl ybe perform ed
wh en thee nginea nd cataly tic co nvert-
er ar eco ld.
! Do not star tt he engi neif the battery
has froze n.Thaw the battery out first.
! Jump -starti ngma yonlybe per form ed
fr om 12 Vbatter ies.
! Onlyuse jump leads which ar eprote ct-
ed against pol arity reversa lan d which
hav ea suff icientcros s-sect ion an din-
su lated termina lcla mp s.
i Jump leads which are protect edagainst
polar ity re ve rsal and furt her information about
ju mp-starting canbe ob tained from any
Me rcedes-Benz Service Centre ,fo rex ample.
! Avoid repea ted and lengt hystarting at-
temp ts.On lyperfor mjump -startin gon the ba t-
te ry in the engine comp artme nt. !
Never st artthev ehicle usingar apid batte ry
charge r.
6 Makesure tha t thetwo vehicle sdo not
tou ch.
6 Secure the vehicle usin gthe electric
pa rki ng brake andmo ve the trans mis-
si on select or lever to P.
6 Switchof fall electri calcons umers. 1
Negative termina lof own vehicle
2 Negative term inal of donor batt ery
3 Positive termina lof donor battery
4 Pos itiv et erminal of own vehicle
6 Run the other vehicl e’sen gine at idling
sp ee d.
6 Connect pos itiv e te rm inals 3and 4
of the two batter ieswith the jump lead .
Connect to batt ery4 ofyour own ve-
hicle firs t.
6 Connect on een d of the jump lead sto
ne gative terminal 2of the donor bat-
tery and th eoth erend 1toasuit able
ea rth po inton theve hicle. Ju
mp -sta rting Jum
p-st ar ting G
Risk ofacid bu rns Do
not lean over the battery wh ile th ee n-
gi ne is bei ngjum p-starte d. G
Risk of explos ion Avoid
crea ting sp arks. Keep naked flam es
away from theba tter y, and donot smo ke.
Co mp ly with saf etypr ec aution sand take
protec tive me asure swh en han dlingb atte r-
ies ( =page 493). P54.10-2705-31
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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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499
Practical advice
Towing
Observe the le galrequ iremen tsfor the
countr yconc erne dw hentow ing.
Having th evehicl eca rried away on a tran s-
po rter ortrailer is prefer able totowing it.
We reco mm end the use of a rigid towing
ba rif tow ing is ne cessar y. !
Makesure that theelec tric parkin gbr ak eis
released. If the ele ctric parking brake is fault y,
release the elec tric parking brake manually
(= page 472).
! Whentowing, pull away slowly and smoot h-
ly .Too much trac tive force could dam age eit her
of theve hicles. Donot use theto wi ng eye for re-
co very purposes.
! Youm ayonly to wthev ehicle a max imum
dis tance of50 km.A max imum towing speed of
50 km /hmustnotbe ex ceede d.
Th e propeller shaft sto the driven axles mustbe
remov edifto wi ng for more than 50 km.
! Inserttheke yin to thei gn ition loc k under-
neat hth eK EYLESS GObutton on vehic leswi th
KEYLESS GO. Tu rnthe key toposition 2in the
ignition lo ckand shift the au tomatic trans mis-
sio nto N.The nturnth e ke yto pos ition 0again
and leave itin the ignitio n. Befo
re towing the vehi cle, ma kesure that
the ba ttery is conne cted andch arge d.Oth-
er wi se:
! you cannot swi tchon the ignition
! you cannot shift the tr ansm issi on to N
us ingt he selec torle ver
Yo u wil lhave to use the ignition lock under-
neath the KEYLESS GO* buttonon ve hicles
with KEYLE SSGO* (
=page 229).
To w-star ting the vehicle isnot permitted.
If the en gine does not star t, tr yjum p-star t-
ing it (
=page 497).
If it isnot possible to ju mp-start the veh i-
cle ,have it towed to the ne ares tqu alifie d
specialist worksho p,e.g. a Me rced es-Benz
Se rvice Centre.
If the vehicle has su ffer ed tran smission
dama ge, onl ytow itwith th eprope ller
sh aft disc onnec ted.
Th e ig nition mu stbe switche doff ifyo uare
towing the ve hicle with the front /reara xle
raised. Interventi onbyESP ®
cou ldoth er-
wi se damag eth e brak e system. To
wing G
Risk of accide nt Ha
ve the vehicle to wedus inga rigi dtowi ng
ba rif:
! theengine is not runn ing
! there is a brak esyst em ma lfun ction
! there is a malfun ction in the power sup-
pl yo rthe veh icle ’s electric alsyst em
The re is nopow erassista ncefor th esteer-
in ga nd theb rake syst emwhen the engine is
not running. Youwill then re quire consi dera-
bly morefor ce tostee ran dto brak e.
When to wing or tow- starti nganother vehi-
cl e, its weig htshou ldnot begrea ter than the
pe rmis sible gross weight of yo urvehicle
( = pa ge 518).
The transmission isin position Pwhen the
co nsum erbattery isno tco nnecte d. Poi
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