2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE Owners Manual

44 Safety
Oc
cupant safety
1Securing ring
2 Upho lsteredfitting
3 Inst allati ondevice
6 Foldupho lstered fitting 2upwa rds.
6 Turn installation devi ce3 vertica lly so
that upholster edfitting 2doe snot
fo ld downward s.
6 Fit the ch ilds eaton th etwo se curing
rings 1. Fo llow the manufact urer’ sin-
sta llat ion ins truction swh en fitting the
chil dseat. G
Risk of inj ury If
th ech ildr estrai nt sys temisnot fitted cor-
re ctly to a suitab lese at,th echi ldma ynot be
secured in the even tof an ac cidentor sud-
den br akingan dm aybe seriously or fatally
in ju re d. Therefore, follow the manufact ur-
er ’s installat ion instr uction sw henfitting the
child restrai ntsys tem.
On the rear se ats, on ly usechild res trai nt
sy stem swith an ISOFIX childseat secu ring
syste mwhich have been recom mended for
use inMe rcede s-Be nz veh icle s.
An incor rectly fitt ed childrest raint system
cou ldcom elo ose and fata lly inju rethechild
or other vehicle occ upants.W henfittin gthe
child restraint sy stem ,ma ke su rethat it is
en gage dinth es ecuringr ings on bot hsides. G
Risk of inju ry If
th echi ldrestra int syst emorits secu ring
syste m,e.g. theIS OFIX childseat secu ring
system, isdamaged or subje cted to a lo ad
in an accident, the ch ild se curedin th ere-
straint system may be se riously or fatall y
in ju re d in the event ofan ac cident, heavy
br ak ing or sudde nch an ge indire ction.
Yo umu sttheref oreha ve chi ldrestr aint sys-
te ms that are da maged or have been
su bjec tedto aheavy loa din an acc iden t
ch ec ked immedi ately along with their
mounti ngsat aqualifie dsp ec iali stwo rkshop
an dre place difneces sary.Th iswi llha ve the
necessary speci alistk no wled ge and tools to
carry ou t the wo rk required .Me rced es-Ben z
re co mm ends that you use aMe rcede s-Be nz
Se rvice Centre for th ispu rpose .In particu-
la r, wo rk rele vant to safet y or on safety-
relate dsy stem smu st be carried outat a
qu alifie dsp ecialist wor ksho p. P91.12-2939-31216_R
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Safety
Oc cupa nt safety Ov
erride feat ur efor controls inthe rear
Yo uca ndisable the rear side window con-
trols for the re arcompar tment. 1
Ove rride sw itchfor the rear compart-
ment
2 Indic ator la mp
6 Toswitchon or off: press button 1.
In dic ator la mp2inthe button lights
up .The ove rride feat ur e in there ar pas-
se ng er co mpar tmentis en abled.
i Ifthe override feature is enabled, it is still
possible toopen the rear side win dows usin gthe
swit ches on the driv er’s door. G
Risk of inju ry Do
not leav ech ildre nun supervi sed in the
ve hicle, eve nif they are secu red in a child
restrai ntsys tem. They could:
! injuret hemselve son parts of the ve hicle
! beseverel y or ev en fatally inju redby
prolonged exposur eto inte nseh eat G
Risk of accide nt Ac
tiva te the override feature for ther ear
com partme ntwhen chil dren aretrav ellin gin
the vehicle. The childr en can otherwis eopen
wi ndows whilethev ehicle is in moti onand
th ereb yin ju re them selves andothers. P54.25-5001-31216_R
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46 Safety
Driving safety sys
tems
In this sectio n,youw illf ind info rmati on
abou t the adap tive brak elamp sand the
fol lowing driving safety systems:
! ABS (A nt
i-lo ck B rak
ing S ys
tem)
! BAS (B ra
ke AS sist)
! BAS Plus* (B rake AS sist
Plus)
! ESP ®
(E lect
ronic S ta
bility P rogr
am)
! EBV (electronic brake-power distr ibu-
tion)
! ADAPT IVE BRAKE
! Dista ncewa rning*
! PRE -SAFE ®
Brake*
i In wintry driving conditio ns,you will only
ach ieve them axim um effec tof ABS, BAS, ESP ®
and ADAP TIVE BRAKE ifwi nter ty res(M +S)are
used ,wi th snow chains ifnece ssary . AB
Sad just sth e brak epr essure in such a
way th atthe whee lsdo not lock whe nyou
brake. This allo wsyout oco ntinue st eering
the vehicle when braki ng.
ABS work sfrom asp ee dof about 8km /h
upwards, regardless of road-su rface condi-
tions.
ABS works on slippery surfac es, even
wh en yo uonl ybr ake ge ntly. Braking
Yo
uwi llfe el thebra kepedal pulsat e ifABS
interven eswhen bra king .
If AB Sinterven es:
6 Continu eto depress thebra kepedal
wi th forc euntil the bra king situa tion is
ove r.
Fo rfull brak ing ap plica tion:
6 Depress the brak epeda lwi th ma xi-
mum force. Driving safet
ysyst ems G
Risk of accident Th
er isk of an ac cident in crea sesif yo u:
! drivet oo fast, pa rticular ly when corner-
in g an d on wetor sl ippe ry ro ads
! drive too clos eto the vehi cle in front Th
edri ving sa fety syst ems described in this
section are unable to reduce this ri sk or
ov erride thelaws of physics.
Yo ushould therefore alw ays adapt yo urdri v-
ing style to suit thepr ev ailing road and
we athe rcon dition s and maintai nasu fficient
distance from othe r roadusers an dobjec ts
on theroad. ABS
(Anti-loc kBraking System) G
Risk of accident Do not depress
thebr ak e peda lsev eral
ti mes in quick su ccession (pu mping). De-
pr es sth e br akef irml yan d evenl y.Pumpi ng
th e br akep edalreduces the br akin gef fect. 216_R
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Driving safety sys tems
BA Sop era tesin em erge ncybrakin gsitua-
tion s.If you depre ssthebrake pedal qui ck-
ly ,BA Sau tom atica lly boost sthe braki ng
fo rce and thus shortens thestopping dis-
tanc e.
6 Keep thebrake pedal depressed firmly
un til the emergen cybrakin gsitua tion is
ove r.
AB Sp reve nts the whe elsfrom lock ing.
Th ebrakes willfu nc tion asusual onceyou
release the brak e pedal. BASis deactivat-
ed. BA
SPlus provide sbraki ngassist ance in
ha zardou s si tuations anduses radar sen-
sor techn olog ytoassess the traffic situ a-
ti on. BAS Plus assist syo uwh en bra king at
speeds in excess of approx imate ly
30 km /h.
BA SPlus is able todete ctob stacles which
ar ein the path of yo urvehicle fora long
period of tim e.Ifyou approac hadetected
obstac lerapid ly,BA SPlus calcul at es the
brake pre ssurene cessary to avoid aco lli-
si on. If yo udepress the brak e pedal forc e-
fu lly, BA SP lusa utom atically boosts the
braki ngforc et oa level appropriate to the G
Risk of accide nt Yo
ushou ldalways adapt yourdrivin gs tyle
to suit thepr eva ilingroadan dweathe rcon-
di tions and ma intain a suffici entd ista nce
fr om other road users and objec tson the
road.
The wheels may loc kwhenbr ak ing ifAB Sis
faulty. This li mitsthe stee rability of thev ehi-
cle when br aking an dth eb raking dist ance
ma yin cr ea se.
If ABS isdea ctivat eddue to a malfunc tion ,
then BASand BASP lus* arealso deactivat-
ed. BAS
(Brak eAss ist) G
Risk ofaccide nt If
BAS is faulty,th ebraki ngsyste mrema ins
availa blewith fullbr ak ebo osting effect.
Howe ver,br ak ing force is notautomati cally
in crease din em erge ncy braking sit uations
an dth es topping dist ance may increase. BAS PLUS*
(Br
akeASsist PLUS) G
Risk of acc ident BA
SPlus isonly an aidd esig nedt o ass ist
drivi ng. You are re spon sibl e fo ryourveh i-
cl e’ s distance from other vehicles, fort he
sp eed of you r vehicle and for bra king in
go od time .Always payatte ntion to the traf-
fi c co nditio ns.Yo uma yotherwi sefail
to re cogn ise dange rsintime, causean acci-
dent andinju re your selfan d ot hers. 216_R
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Driving safety sys
tems
tra ffic situation. PRE-SAFE ®
is ac tiv ated si-
mu ltane ouslyif BA SPlus reque sts a parti c-
ul ar ly high braking pressure.
6 Keep the brake pedaldepressed until
the emergen cysitua tion isove r.
ABS prev en ts the wheels fr omlocki ng.
Th ebrake sfu nction again as normal whe n:
! you relea sethe brake pe dal
! there areno ob stac lesde tecte d inthe
path of your vehicle
! there is nolong er arisk ofcollision
BA S Pl usisthen de activa ted.
BA SPlus also react sto stationar yob sta-
cl es at spe edsofup toapprox imate ly
70 km /h,e. g. stopped or parked ve hicles.
Fo rBA SPlus to assist you when driving,
the radar sensor syste mmust beswitched
on andop era tiona l.Yo uca ncheck thisby
switc hing on Distroni c Pl usor vi athe "Ra-
dar sensor" menu on the on-board comp u-
ter. i
Information about switch ing on the radar
sen sors ystemc anbe fo und on (= page 287).
Fo llowing ase vere impact or intheevent
of damag e to the front of the vehicle as a
re sult of an acci dent, have th e setting and
function of the radar sensor sche cked at a
Mercede s-Be nz Service Cen tre. If BA
SPlus isno ta vailable due to amal-
fu nc tion in the radar sensor system, the
bra king syst em rem ains available with full
bra keboos ting effectand BA S.
i The adaptiv ebr ake lamps are only available
in ce rtain coun tries.
Th ebrake lamps flas hin quick su cces sion
if the vehicl e is braked sudd enlyfrom a
spee dof more than 50km /h orifBAS or
BAS Plus *inter vene sdurin gbraki ng. Th is
wa rnspas sing vehicl es.
Th e hazar dwa rning lamps switch on auto-
ma tically and th ebra kelightsco me onper-
ma nently wh en they ar eap plied agai nif
the vehicle is braked to haltfrom asp eed
of mo rethan 70km /h inthis wa y.
Th eha zard wa rnin gla mp s sw itchof f again
auto matica lly wh en yo uex ceed a spee dof
10 km /h. G
Risk of accident BAS Plus
onlyco nsider scl earl ydete cted
ob jects when provid ing br akin gass ista nc e.
Det ection can be impa ired inpa rtic ular if:
! thesensors aredirty or co vered
! itis snow ing or rain ing heav ily
! there is interfere ncef rom an othe rradar
sou rce
! there is stron gra da r re flec tion, e. g.in
multi- storeyvehi clep arks
BAS Plus does not react to:
! people or animals
! oncom ingve hicles and cross traf fic
BA SPlus ma y no tdetect nar rowv ehicle s,
e. g. motor cyclesandve hicles travelling on
ap arall elbu t offset cou rse. Ad
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Driving safety sys tems
ESP ®
mo nito rs the driving stab ility and
the tr action ,i.e .tra nsferof power from the
tyres to the road surf ace.
ESP ®
dete ctswh en awhe elsp inso rthe ve-
hicl e enters aski d.ESP ®
stabilises th eve-
hicl eby br aking indiv idua lwh eels ,limit ing
th e en gine powe rou tput, and ass ists you
wh en pulling away on a wet or slippery
ro ad surfac e. ESP ®
also stabilises the vehi-
cl e when brakin g.
Whe nESP ®
int ervene s,the v warning
lamp flashes intheinst ru me ntclus ter.
!The ignit ionmust be swit ched off (key in po-
sit ion 0or 1in the ignit ion loc k)ifthe vehicle is
to be towe dw itht he fron tor rear axle rais ed. Ap-
plication of the bra kes by ESP®
co uld ot he rwise
des troy the bra king system on thefront /rear ax-
le. ETS (ele
ctro nictractio nco ntro l syst
em)
Th etra ction co ntrol syste misac om po-
nent of ESP®
.
The trac tion contro lsyst em br akes the
drive wheels indi vidually if th ey start to
sp in.Y ou cantheref orepu llaw ay oraccel-
erate on slip pery surfac es, e.g. on roads
that areslippery onone side.
The tract ionco ntro l syst emis st illact ive if
you de activ ate ESP ®
. De
acti vatin g/activa ting ESP ®
ESP ®
is ac tiva ted autom atical ly whe nthe
ig ni tio nis sw itch ed on.
It ma y be best to deactivate ESP®
in the
fo llo wing situations:
! if sn owcha insar e bein gused
! inde ep sn ow
! onsand or gravel ESP
®
(E lec tron icStability Program) G
Risk ofaccide nt If
the v warning lam pflas hes in th ein-
strument cl uster, procee das follows:
! Under no circ um stance ssho uld you de-
ac tivate ESP®
.
! Only depresst he accel erator pedalas
fa r as necessary when pulling away.
! Adapt yo urdriv ing style tosuitthe pre-
va iling roa dan dweather con dition s.
Ot he rwis e, the vehicle could be gin to skid.
ESP ®
canno tred uceth erisk of an accid ent
if yo udri ve toofa st. ESP ®
ca nn ot ov erride
the laws ofphysi cs. G
Risk of acc ident Th
etract ionc ontrol syst emcannot reduce
th erisk ofan accident ifyou drive too fast.
The trac tion control system canno toverride
th elaws of physics. 216_R
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Whe nyo u deact ivat eESP ®
:
! ESP ®
no longe rim prove sdr ivin gst abil-
ity
! the engine’s torque isthen no longer
li mi ted and the dri vewheels could spin.
Th isresults in a cutting action of the
sp inning wh eelsfor be tter grip.
! traction control is st illa ctivated
! you can still brake with supp ort from
ESP ®
i IfESP ®
is deactivat edand on eorm ore of
th ewh eels are spinning, thev warning lamp
in the instrumen tcl us ter flas hes.ESP ®
does not
th en stabili setheve hicle. 1
To deac tivat e/a ctivat eE SP®
6 To dea ctivat e/ activa te: press
button 1.
The v warning la mp in the in stru-
me ntclus terc om eson wh enESPisde-
ac tivated. EB
V mo nitors andco ntrol sth ebrake pre s-
sure atthe rear wh eelsto improv edriving
sta bilitywh en braki ng.
ADAPT IVEB RAKE im proves brak ing safety
an den ha nces bra king comf ort.In addit ion
to th ebra king func tion, ADAP TIVE BRAKE
also offers the HOL Dco nve nien ce func tion
( = page 311). G
Risk of acc ident Ac
tivate ESP ®
as soon as the situatio nsde-
scr ibed aboveno longer apply. ESP®
will
othe rwise not beable to st abilise the vehicle
if the vehi cles tart sto skid or wh en a whee l
is spinn ing. G
Risk of accident If
the v warning lamp inthe instru ment
cluster li ghts up continuously whe nthe
en gine isrunn ing, ESP ®
has been deactivat-
ed or is unavaila bledu eto a malfun ction.
The risk of your ve hicleskidding is thenin-
cr ea sed in certain si tuations.
Al wa ys adap tyour driving style to suit the
pr evailing road andwe athe rcon dition s.
P54.25-5452-31 EB
V(electr onicbrak e-power
dist ribu tio n) G
Risk of accident If
EB Vis faulty, the braking system re mains
availa ble with full brak eb oost inge ffect.
Ho wever, the wheels could lock, forin-
stan ce, in the ev ent of a full brak eap plica-
ti on . You could lose control ofthe veh icle
an d ca usean ac cident. Adapt your dr iving
style to the chan ge inha nd ling charac teris-
ti cs. ADAPTIV
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Driving safety sys tems
Thi sfu nc tion wa rns yo uat asp ee dof ap-
pr ox im ately 30km /h or hi gher when the
di st anc efrom th evehicl ein front istoo
sma ll:
! The l distancewa rning syst em
lamp in the inst rume ntclus terlights
up.
! Ifyo uapproach avehi cle in front at
hi gh spee d,youwi llal so hear an inter-
mi ttent signa l.
Yo umu stapply the brake syou rselfin or-
de r to maintain the correct dista ncet o the
ve hicle in front and to av oid a collisio n. 6
Toswi tchon or off: switch thedi s-
tanc ewarn ing sy stem on or off using
th eon-board compu ter(
= page 284).
The : symb ol app ears on the left of
th ed river's display after sw itch ingon
th e dist ance warning syst em.
The PRE-SA FE®
Br ak eca n he lpyoum ini-
mise the risk ofan impact with a vehicle
ah ead or reduc ethe conseq uences ofan
ac cident bydoi ngthe following ataspeed
of approx imate ly30 km /h or highe r:
! warnin gyou before an imminent colli-
si on
! indep ende ntly de celerating theveh icle
slight lyin the speed rang e up to ap-
pr ox im ate ly180 km /h
! activ ating the prev en tive occupant
sa fety syste m(PRE-SA FE®
) The
PRE-S AFE ®
Br ak eon ly assist syo uby
braki ngindependent lyif the driver and
fr ont passenger are wearing th eirseat belt.
The PRE-S AFE ®
Br ak euses thera dar se n-
so rs to detec tob stacles which are in the
path of your veh iclefor a long pe riod of
ti me. Asyou ap proach an obs taclea nd the
PRE -SAFE ®
Br ak eha sdet ecteda risk of
co llisi on, the syste mthen gi vesyo uvisu al
an d audible warni ngs. Dis
tanc ewarning*
(o nly for vehicle swi th Distronic*) G
Risk of accide nt Pa
yeve nm oreatte ntion to the traffi csitua-
tion if the l dista ncewarn inglamp inthe
inst rument cl ustergo es on or an intermit-
tent warning ton esou nds.
Br ak eor sw erveto avoi dany obstacl esif
neces sary. PRE-SAFE
®
brak e* (only vehicles
wi th Distro nicPl us *) G
Risk of acc ident The PR
E-SA FE®
Br ak e is onlyan aid de-
si gn ed toass istdri ving. Youar er espo nsible
for you rvehicle ’sdist an ce from othe rveh i-
cl es ,the speed of yo urveh icle and for bra k-
in gin go od time .Alwa yspayat tenti on to the
tr af fic con dition s.Yo umay othe rwise fail
to re cogn ise dange rsintime, causean acci-
dent andinju re your selfan d ot hers. 216_R
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