2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE ECU

10 Index
Instru
mentligh ting . ..... . . . . . . .271
In te llige nt Ligh tSy stem ... . . . . . .249
Dis play messag e.. . . .... . . . . . . .435
Int eriorligh ting . . . . . ..... . . . . . .251
Ambi ent lighting . . . . ..... . . . . . .252
Ambi ent lighting (C OMAND) . . . . . .206
Control unit . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .252
Ins trum ents . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .271
Interior ligh ting . . . . . ..... . . . . . .206
Re adingl am p. . . . . . ..... . . . . . .252
In te rior motion sensor .... . . . . . . . .55
In te rm ittent wipe . . . . .... . . . . . . .253
ISOFIX child seat securing
syst em.. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .43 J
Jack .... . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .401
Jum p-st ar ting . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .497 K
Key Battery checklamp ... . . . . . . . . . .223
Chang ing the batter y.. . . . . . . . . . .474
Convenie nceclosi ng .. . . . . . . . . . .352
Fa ctory setting . ..... . . . . . . . . . .222
Lo cking /unloc king centra lly. . . . . .222
Los ing . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .464
Modify ing theprogra mming . . . . . .223
Po sitions in th eignition lock . . . . . .229
Star ting the eng ine. .. . . . . . . . . . .256
Stopping th eengine. . . . . . . . . . . .259
Key po sitio ns . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .229
KEYLESS GO . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .223
Button . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .229
Checking th ebatte ry .. . . . . . . . . . .226
Convenie nceclosi ng .. . . . . . . . . . .352
Dis playm essa ge.... . . . . . . . . . . .429
Faul t. . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .466
Ke y. . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .223
Ke y pos itio ns. . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .229
Loc king . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .225
Mo difying th eprogra mming . . . . . .226
Starting the engine ... . . . . . . . . . .256
Stopping th eengine. . . . . . . . . . . .259
Unloc king . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .223
Ki ck do wn . . . . . . ..... . . . . . 267, 270 L
Lane reco mm endation . . . . . . . . . ..169
Language . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..199
Li ce nc e plate li ghting
Dis play message . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..433
Ov ervie w. . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..477
Ligh tsw itch ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..247
Ligh ting . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..247
Chang ing the bulbs .. . . . . . . . . . ..476
See also Exter ior lighting
See also Interior lighting
Ligh ts
Chang ing the bulbs .. . . . . . . . . . ..476
See also Ext erior lighting. . . . . . . ..247
See also Interior lighting . . . . . . . ..247
Linguatronic ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..198
Lo cator ligh ting
Setting (COMAND ). . . . . . . . . . . ..207
Lo cking
Auto matic ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..227
Setting autom atic (COMA ND).. . .. 208
Lo cking button
Inside (centra lloc king ). . . . . . . . ..227
LOG IC7 . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...69
Lumbar supp ort .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..232
COMAN D...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..216 216_R
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Safety
Oc cupa nt safety
The most im portan tre strain tsys tems in
the vehicle arethe se atbe lts an d the ch ild
re strain tsystems .In theev en tof aco lli-
si on, they arethe mosteffect ive mean sof
re straini ngthemovemen tof vehicle occ u-
pantst owards the impact forceand thus
redu cing the dange rofthem hitting parts
of theve hicle inte rior. G
Risk of inju ry Modi
fica tions toor work performed incor-
rectly on restrain t syst ems (se atbelts, an-
ch orag es,be ltte ns ioners, beltforce limi ters
or airb ags)or their wi ring, as we ll as work on
other networked elec troni csyste ms,ma y
pre vent th ere strain t syste msfrom wor king
cor rectly. Ai rbag san d bel t tensioner scould
fa il, e. g.in the eventof an accid entin whi ch
the deceleration forces are suf fici en tto trig-
ge rthe syst ems, or th eycou ldbe trig gered
unintentional ly. Ne vercar ry ou t any mo difi-
cat ions on there straint syste ms.Ne ver
tamp erwith electroni c components and
their softwar e. G
Risk of inju ry Ai
rb ag s pr ovidea ddi tion alprotect ion, but
ar en ot,ho we ver,asu bs titut efor thes eat
be lts. To reduce therisk of serious or fata l
injur ies, ma kesure that all occu pa nts –in
par ticu lar, pregnant women – wear their
se at beltco rrec tlya talltime san dhav e
adop teda normal sittin gposition ,an dthat
their seat backrest ispo sitione das close to
the vertic al aspossi ble. Seat belts
G
Risk ofinju ry A
seat beltwh ich isnot worn, which isworn
incor rectly,or whic h has not been engaged
in theseat belt buckl ecorr ectly, cann otper-
fo rm it sinte nded pr otec tive fun ction. Un der
certain circ um stanc esthis co uldev en cause
se vere or fat alinju ries .M akesu re that all
ve hicle occupants –inp articul ar, pregna nt
women – wear their seat beltcor rectly at all
ti me s.
You mustmake sure that the be lt:
! is rout edas low as possi blea cros syo ur
pe lvic area , i.e. acr ossyourhip joints
and no tacros syou rab do men
! fitsclose ly
! isnot twis ted !
is routed ac ross the midd leof your
shou lder
! isnot routed across you rne ck orunder
you rarm
! fits close lyacross you rpel vica rea, by
pu lling upwar dson thes hould ersection
of thebelt
Do notsecu re an y objects with a seat belt if
th e sea tbe ltis be ing used by on eofth ev e-
hicl e’s occupants.
Av oid we aring bulky clo thing,e.g. a wint er
coa t.
Do not route the beltstra pacro sssharp-
ed gedor fragile object s, es pe ciall yif these
ar eon or inyou rcl ot hing ,e.g. spectacles,
pens, keys, etc. The seat be ltst ra p could be
da maged and you co uld be injur ed.
On ly one person should useea ch seat belt
at anyon etime.
On noaccount shou ldchildren trav el in the
ve hicle while sittin gon thel ap of another oc-
cup ant.Itwo uld no tbe poss ibleto res train
th e ch ild, an dth e ch ild an d ot herve hicle oc-
cupa nts could be inju re dseriously in the
event ofabrupt braki ng oreven fatall yinthe
event ofan ac cident. ==216_R
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Oc
cupant safety
Your vehicl e is equip pedwi th the fo llowing
airbags:
! Driver’s front airb ag , located in the
steering wheel
! Front-pa ssenger front airb agabov ethe
gl ov e compa rtme nt
! Sidebags on th eouter side of the front
se ats !
Sidebags to the outsi de, ne xtto the
seats in the rear co mpartment
! Windowb agsin the edge of the roof
frame
Ai rb ag deplo yment
T he airbags in flat ewi thin millisec onds. Th e
= warning lamp com eson.
i Ifth e airbag sare deployed, you willhe ar a
bang and a small amount of powder may also be
released .The bang is not harmful toyour heari ng
and thepowder is not hazar dous toyour healt h.
Ai rb ag depl oymen tsl ows down and re-
st ricts the movement of the vehi cle occu-
pant.
Wh enthevehicl eocc upant makesconta ct
with the front ands ide airb ag s,ho tg as
fl ows out of the airb ags.Thi sredu cesthe
fo rc eac ting on the occu pant’s he adand
ch est.Th eairbags are thus def lated afte r
the accid ent. !
Mov ethe front -pas seng erseat as far
back aspossibl e, especiallyifch ildr en
ar es itti ng orsecured inarestraint sys-
te m on it.
! Rearward -facing chil drestraint syst ems
mu stnotbe fitted to the front-p assen-
ge rseat ifthe front airba gon the front-
pass engerh as notbeen dea ctivat ed .
Th ef ront passeng er's front air bagis au-
tomati cally de activate din
Me rcede s-Be nz veh icle sif ach ild re-
straint syste mwith automati c childs eat
recog nition is fitt ed tothe fr ont- passen-
ge r seat ofa vehi cle eq uippe dwith auto-
ma tic child seat recognition an dthe
9 indi cator lamp is on.
! Ifafo rwar d-facin gchi ldrest raintsystem
is fitted tothe front -pas seng er seat,the
fr ont-passenge rse at mu st be moved as
fa rb ackas poss ible.Ev en with th ese at
in this posi tion, theb eltmust be routed
fo rwards in thedir ection of trav elan d
pul led tigh t.
! Do not lean forward s, e.g. ove r the pad-
ded boss of thesteer ing whee l,pa rtic u-
larly when the vehicle is in motion.
! Do not pu tyo ur fee ton the dashboa rd. !
Onlyho ldthe steering wheel by the rim.
This all owsthe airb agtodepl oyfully.
You could be inju re dif th eairb ag isde-
pl oy ed andyou are holdingthe inside of
the stee ring wheel.
! Do not lean on thed oorsfrom inside the
vehi cle.
! Do not plac eany objects on theairbags
or between the airbags and the veh icle ’s
occ upants.
! Do not pl acean y objec tsbet ween the
seat backr ests and th edoors.
! Donot hang an yha rd object s, e.g. coat
hang ers, on thegr ab handl esor coat
hooks.
It is no tpossible to ruleout the risk ofinju-
ri es caused byan airbag dueto th ehigh
sp ee dw ith which theairb agis re quired to
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Oc
cupant safety
! the 9 warning lamp next
to the inst ru me nt clu ster isnot lit
( = page 42)
Th ismean s thatachi ldres trai nt sys-
te m with autom atic child se atrecogni-
tion iseither not fitted or is fitted
inco rrec tly.
! Donot place any heavy obj ectson the fron t-
passeng er seat.The system migh te rron eously
in te rpret this as a per son oc cupying the seat and
th e res traint sys tems onthe fron t-passe nger
seat mightb etriggered in the event of an ac ci-
dent and would th en have tobe replac ed.
Si de bags G
Risk of inj ury Fo
r saf etyre asons, Merced es-Ben z recom-
me ndsth at you use seat cove rs thathave
be en tested for use inMe rcedes -Ben zv ehi-
cles and that ha vea special tearseam for
sideba gs.O ther wi se ,a sideba gmaynotde-
pl oy correc tlya nd cou ldfail to prov ide the
inte nded pro tection in the event ofan acci-
dent. Youcan obtain these covers from a
Me rcedes -Ben zSe rvice Centre ,fo re xam-
ple. G
Risk of inju ry To
reduce the risk of injury when a sidebag
is deployed, make sur eth at:
! there aren oo ther per sons, animal sor
objects be tweenth eve hicle occupants
an dth edeployme ntrang eo fth eside-
bags
! noaccessor ies, e.g. drinks can hol ders,
are attach edto th edo ors
! only lig htclothing ishu ng on thecoat
hooks in thevehic le
! there are no heavy or shar pobjects in
the po cketsof the clot hing onthe coat
hooks G
Risk of inju ry Ob
serve the follow ing note sto re duce the
ri sk of serious or fata l inj uryif asidebag is
deploy ed:
! Vehicle oc cupa nts–i npa rtic ular , ch il-
dren –mustnot lean their headonthe
ar ea ofthe wi ndow in whic hasideba gis
deployed. !
Vehicle occupants mustalwa ys wear
th eirsea tbe ltcor rectly an d posi tion
th eirb ackres t as clo seto the vertic al as
possi ble.
! Alwa ys secu rechi ldre nless than 1.50 m
tall orunder1 2year s of age in suitab le
child restraint syste ms. G
Risk of inju ry Th
esensors forcontr olling theairbags are
lo cat edin the doors. Do not make any
chan gesto the doors or door trim,su ch as
the retrofitting ofloud spea kers. If thedo ors
ar e damaged, the fu nction of thes idebags
ma y be impaired .Hav ewo rkcarrie dou ton
the doors on lyat aqu alified specia list wo rk-
shop which has th enecessary spe cialis t
kn owl edge andtool sto carry out the work
requi red. Me rcede s-Be nz rec ommendsth at
yo uu seaMe rced es-Benz Service Cen tre for
this purpos e. In particular ,workrelevant to
sa fety or on safety-rel at ed syst emsmu st be
ca rrie dou tat aq ualifi ed spec iali stwo rk-
shop. 216_R
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Safety
Oc cupa nt safety
If a child is trav ellin g in the vehicle:
! secu re the child(pr efer ablyon a suita-
bl er ear seat) using achild restra int
syst em wh ichis appropriate tohis/ her
age and size and whic h hasbee nap-
pr ove dfo r Mercedes -Ben zve hicl es
! mak e sure th atthe childi ss trap pe d in
thro ughout the trip
Yo ucan obtain in format ion ab ou tthe
co rre ctchild rest raints ystem from any
Me rced es-B enz Servi ceCentre.
i It is advisable touse Mercedes-Benz care
produ ctsfor cleaning child restr aintsystems.
Yo uca n obtain informatio nabou tth is from any
Me rcedes-Benz Service Centre. Childr
en in the ve hicle G
Risk ofinju ry Do
not leav echil dren unsupe rvise din the
ve hicle, ev en if they ar ese cu redin ach ild
restraint syste m.The children could:
! injur ethemselves on parts oftheve hicle
! beinju re d sever elyor even fa tally by
prolon ged exposur eto inte nseh eator
co ld
Do notpo sitionth echi ldrestra int syste min
di rect sunlight .The metallic parts ofthe
ch ildr estrai nt system could heat up,for ex-
am ple, andth e ch ildc ould bu rnhim/ hers elf
on the hot par ts.
If th e ch ildren open adoor, they cou ld:
! injureother people
! getoutof the vehi clea nd inju re them-
sel vesor be inju re dby apass ing ve hicle Do not carry heavy and ha
rdobjects in the
ve hicle int erior ifthey areun secure d.You
wi ll find fu rthe rinfor mation inthe" Co ntrols"
sect ion und er"Loa ding and st owing"
(= page 353) and "F eatures "(= page 361).
An unsecured orincor rectly posi tione dload
increas esthe ris kof injury for the child in
th eev ent of:
! sharp br aking
! asudden ch ange ofdire ction
! an acc ident
Al so observ eth enot eson HOLD
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Oc
cupant safety Ch
ild restraint syst ems
Mercedes -Ben zre co mm ends th atyou only
use the chi ldrestra intsyst ems list edon
( = page 41).
"Universal"ca tegory childrestraint sys-
te ms are recog nisa ble by an orange ap-
pro vallabel onthe restra intsyst em its elf. G
Risk of inj ury To re
duce therisk of serious or fatal inju ry to
a chi ldin th e eve ntofan acc iden t,br ak ing
or sudde nch an ge indire ction:
! always secure childr en less than 1.50 m
tall or under 12 years of agein spe cial
chi ldrestr aint sy stem s on a su itable
se at in the vehi cle be causeth ese at
be lts ar en ot designed for per sonsof
this si ze
! donotallow chil dren under12 years of
ag e to sito nthe front- passen gerse at
un less they are secu redin a child re-
straint syste mwith automati c childs eat
reco gnition in a vehicle equippe dwith
au tomatic chil dseat recog nition in the
fr ont-passenge rse at (indi catedby the
9 warninglamp on the dash-
boa rd). !
neveral low child rento trav elin the ve hi-
cle whi lesittin gon the la pof ano ther
occ upant. Itwo uld no tbe pos sibl eto re-
strain the childd ueto the forc esoccu r-
ri ng in th e eve nt ofan acc iden t,heav y
br ak ing or sudden ch ange indire ction.
Th ey ma ybe thrown againstpa rts ofthe
ve hicle interi or andbe seriou sly or fata l-
ly injured
! allvehicle occupants must always have
th eirse at belts fa stened correctly
! If achild re straint system is fitted to the
fr on t-pass enger se at,ma ke su rethe
fr on t-pass enger se atismo ved as far
ba ck aspossible G
Risk of inju ry If
th ech ild re straint system isnot fitted cor-
re ctly to a suitab lesea t,th echil dm aynot be
secu red in the event ofan ac ciden tor su d-
den br aking an dma y be seriously or fata lly
in ju re d. Therefor e,when fittin gach ild re-
straint syste m,you must observ ethe ma nu-
fa ct urer’s inst alla tion inst ru ctions fort he
child restraint syste m. Ch
ild restraint syste ms should prefer ably be
fitte dto the rear se ats. The childi sgener ally
be tter protec ted there.
Ne verpl ac e ob jects,e.g. cushions ,un der
th ech ild re straint system .The entire base of
th echild restraint syste mmustalways be
re sting on th eseatc ushion.
A child restraint syste m mustnot be used
wi thou t the genuine cover design ed fo rit.
Onl yre plac e damaged cover swith ge nu ine
co vers.
On there ar seats, only usechild restraint
syst ems that have been reco mmen dedfor
use inMe rcedes -Ben zv ehic les. 216_R
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Oc
cupant safety
Wa rningstick ers Automa
tic ch ildseat rec ognition
1 9 warning lamp
Th ef ront-passeng erseat sens or system
au toma tica lly iden tifies whethe raspecial
Mercede s-Be nz child se atwith autom atic
ch ild seat re cognition has been fitted. The
9 warning lamp nextto theinstru- G
Risk of inj ury On
the fr ont-pass enger seat, only usechild
re straint syste ms with auto matic chi ldseat
re cognition which arerecom mended for
Me rcedes -Ben z.You canobt aini nfor mation
ab out this from anyMe rced es-Ben zSe rvice
Cen tre.
If ar earw ard-facing child res trai nt syst em is
used onthefro nt-pas seng er seat,it mus tbe
a sp ecia lMe rcedes -Ben zre arwa rd-fa cing
chil dseat with au tomatic chil dseat recogni-
ti on. P6
8.60-2140-31 If an
yother type ofrearwa rd-fa cing child re-
st raint system is used on the fr ont-pas sen-
ge rse at, thefron t-pa ssen gerairbag is not
dea ctivat ed andth ech ild co uld be se riousl y
or fatall y in jure db yth einflating air bag.To
dr aw attention tothis dang er, there is an ap-
propr iate wa rningst icker ontheda shboa rd
as we llas on bot hsides of thesun visor on
th epass engerside.
If afo rw ard-facin gchi ldrestr aint sys tem
with outau toma tic child seat recogni tion is
us ed on th efront-pas senge rseat, make
su re thefront-passenge rse at ismove d toits
re armo st position.
Do not leave children un supervi sedin the
ve hicle, even ifthey are secu redi n a child
re stra int system.
! They wo uld be unable to rescue them-
se lves if danger threatened, e.g .exces-
si ve heat.
! They could be injur ed on movi ng pa rtsin
th e ve hicle, e. g.seats.
! They could open the do orsand thereby
enda nger them selves andot hers. Do not pl
acean yob jects under thec hild
re stra int syst em,e. g. a cushion. Th eentire
base of th echi ldrestr aint syst emmust al-
wa ysbe re sting onthe vehi clese at cushion.
An incorrectly fitt ed chil drestraint system
canno tperform itsprotective function in the
eve ntofan ac cident, and could even lead to
in ju ries.
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Safety
Oc cupa nt safety
me ntclu ster wil lbe lit ifthi sis th eca se.
The front -pas se nger fron tairbag isdeac ti-
vate d.
iThe windowb ag,th e sidebag and theb elt
te nsioner on the fron t-passenger side are still ac-
ti ve even if the fron t-passeng erfront airbag
is deac tiva ted. ISOFIX
child se atsecu ring syst emin the
rear
IS OF IXis a stan da rdised secu ring syst em
fo rspecial chi ldse ats in ther ear.The reare
se cu ring rings fort wo childrestraint sys-
te ms between the seatcushion and the
ba ckrest on the le ftand right-ha nd side sof
the outer re arseats. G
Risk of inju ry If the
9 warning lamp does notlig ht
up wh enthe chil drestraint syste misfitted,
this meansth efront -pas senge rfr ont airbag
ha s no tbeen dea ctivat ed . The ch ild could
suff erlife- threat eningi njur ies if thef ront-
pa sseng erfront airbag is inflat ed .If the
warn ing lamp does no tlight up,proce ed as
fo llow s:
! Donotu se a rearwa rd-fa cing child re-
str aint syst emonthefron t-pas seng er
se at.
! Fita rearwa rd-faci ng ch ild restrai ntsys-
tem on a su itab lerear seat.
or !
Only usea forward -facing chi ldrestrain t
syst emon th efront-pas senge rseat and
move thefron t-pass enger seat to its
rear most position.
! Have the automa tic ch ild se at reco gn i-
ti on checked ataq ualified sp ec iali st
workshop which hasth ene cessary spe-
ci alis t knowledge andto ols tocarry
ou tthe work requ ired .Me rced es-Benz
re co mmend sth at youuse a
Me rced es-Benz Service Ce ntre for this
pu rpose. In pa rticular ,wo rk rele vant to
saf ety or on saf ety-relate dsystems
must becar ried out at a qualifie dsp e-
cia list wor ksho p.
To ensure that the automa tic ch ild se at
recog nition system functions correct ly,n ev-
er pla ceobjects (e.g.acu shion) under
th ec hild restr aint syst em.Th een tire base
of thechi ldrestr aint sys tem mu st alw aysbe
rest ingo nth e veh icle seat cushion. Anin-
cor rectly fitted child restraint sys tem cannot
perfo rmits protec tive fun ction in the event
of an accident, and cou ldeven le adto inju-
ries. G
Risk of inj ury Ac
hild restraint sys tem secu red by the
IS OFIX childseat se curing syste mdoe snot
pr ovid esuffi cien tpr otecti onforc hild ren
weighi ngmo re th an22 kg. For this re ason,
do not secure childr enweig hing mo rethan
22 kgin a child re straint system secure d by
th eIS OFIX child seat securing syste m. Ifthe
chil dweighs morethan 22 kg, sec urethe
chil drestrai nt sys temu sing alap- sh ould er
bel t. 216_R
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