2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE battery

4 Index
Autom
atic tr ansm ission ... . . . . . .261
Dri veprogram . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .268
Dri ving tip s. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .267
Hi ll st artassist . . . . ...... . . . . . .267
Ki ck down . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .267
Oi lle ve l. . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .378
Pr ogra mselec torbu tton ... . . . . . .268
Sh ift range s.. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .266
Steerin gwh eel gearshift
buttons . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .264
Steerin gwh eel gearshift
padd les. . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .264
AUX Audio .. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .87
Vi de o. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .105
Auxiliary heating . . . . .... . . . . . . .341
Cha nging the re mote control
batter y.. . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .475
Fa ult. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .468
He ater booster syste m.... . . . . . .345
Remo tecontrol . . . . . ..... . . . . . .342
Setting (COM AND) . . ..... . . . . . .214
Auxiliary ventila tion . ..... . . . . . . .341 B
Ba ck butt on
COMA ND. . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .66
Multi- function steering wh eel. . . . .273
BAS . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .47
BAS Plus . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . .47
Battery Changi ng(auxiliary heati ng
rem oteco ntrol )..... . . . . . . . . . . .475
Changing (ke y)..... . . . . . . . . . . .474
Charging (ve hiclebatte ry). . . . . . . .495
Check la mp(key)... . . . . . . . . . . .223
Check la mp(KEY LESS GO key).. . .226
Checking (key )..... . . . . . . . . . . .223
Checking (KEY LESS GO key) . . . . . .226
Di sc onnec ting thest ar ter
batter y.. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .495
Fitting th estarter battery . . . . . . . .496
Reconnecting th estarter
batter y.. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .496
Remo ving the starter battery . . . . .495
Switch ing of fthe interna lfu nctions
of thev ehicle network . . . . . . . . . . .495 Belt
forc elimiters . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...29
Be ltten sione rs... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...29
Bluetoo th
Settings . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..200
Bonnet . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..375
Dis play message . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..420
Boot Em erge ncyr elease . . . . . . . . . . . ..471
Ke y. . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..222
Po wer closing ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..227
Re mo teclosing .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..225
Stora gespa ce... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..359
Boot lid
Dis play message . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..420
Opening limi ter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..348
Boot lid ope ning limiter . . . . . 209, 348
Br ak eAssist – seeBAS
Brake As sistPlus –se e BAS Plus
Brake fluid . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..524
Dis play message . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..421
Brake la mp
Dis play message . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..435
Ov ervie w. . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..477 216_R
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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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222 Con
trols
Op ening and closing
The vehicle’ seq uipm entinclu destw oke ys
wit hre mo tecontrol.
Each keyco ntains an em erge ncy key ele-
me nt.Th e release catche sfo rt he emer-
ge ncyke ys are in differen tco lour st oh elp
di st ingu ish betweent hem.
Th ekey allo wsyou to lo ckandunlo ckthe
vehic lefrom a dist anc e.Onl yuse theke yin
the imme diat evicinity of the ve hicle to pre-
vent the ft.
Th ekey is configured atthe facto ryto lock
an d unlo ckthe following centrally:
! the doors
! the boot lid
! thefuel fill erflap
Keywi th remo tecontr ol
1 ‹ Lockingbutton
2 Š Bootlid un lock ing button
3 ΠUnlocking button
4 Battery che cklamp !
Donotex pos eth ekey to hi ghleve ls of elec-
tr omagnetic radiation. Itmay oth erwise no long-
er funct ion co rre ctly.
i You can alsouse ther em oteco ntrol toopen
and close thesl iding /tilting sunroof and theside
win dows (
=page 351). Facto
rysettings
6 Tounlock ce ntrally: pre sstheŒ
button.
Th etu rn signals flash once .The loc king
knob sinth edoors pop up.Th ea nti-
the ftalar msyste m*is de activated. The
surround lighting also li ghts up inthe
dark if ithas be en switch ed on usin g
COMA ND.
If yo udo not ope nei the ra door or th eboot
lid after yo uhaveun locked th evehicle ,it
wi llrelo ckitselfaf ter appro ximat ely
40 seco nds. Opening and
clos ing Key
with remo te co ntrol G
Risk of accident Ne
ver leav echildren unsupe rvised in thev e-
hi cle. They could op en eve nal oc ked door
from the inside orstar tthe vehi cle ifthe key
is left in it and thereby endanger them selves
and others .You shou ldther efor etake the
ke y with you when leavin gthe vehicle, even
if you areo nly leaving it for a short time.
P80.35-2243-31 216_R
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Con
trols
Opening andclos ing
6 Tolock the vehic lecentr ally: press
the ‹ button.
Th e turn sign alsflas ht hree ti mes if the
do ors and boot lid ar eclos ed . Th elo ck-
in g knobs inthe doors drop down .The
an ti-th eftalarm system*is pri med and
the active drive authori sation systemis
ac tiv ated. In
divi dual se ttings
If yo ufreque ntly drive alone, youma ywi sh
to cha ngethe function of the ke y.Pre ssing
the Πbutton wi llthen onl yunlock the
dr iver’s door and thefuel fill erflap.
6 Toswitch on oroff: pres s the Œ
and ‹ buttons simu ltane ouslyf or
ab out si xse conds untilbattery check
lamp 4flas hestw ice.
Th e key willthen func tio nas follows:
6 Tounlock the driver ’sdo or: press the
Πbutton onc e.
The turn sign als flas h once. The lock ing
knob inthe doorpo ps up.Th eant i-the ft
alarm system* is deactiva ted. 6
Tounlock centrally: press the Œ
bu tton twice.
Th e turn signals flash once.Th elo ck ing
knob sin the door spop up. The anti-
the ftalarm system*is dea ctivated.
6 Tolock thev ehicle centrally: press
the ‹ button.
The turn signals flas hth ree times. The
lo ck ing knobs inthe doors drop down.
The anti-t he ft alarm system* isprim ed
an dth eac tive drive authori sation sys-
te m isac tiva ted. Re
storing thefactory settin gs
6 Press theŒ and‹ buttons si-
multan eously fora bout six seco nds un-
til battery check la mp 4flashes twice. Chec
king the batteries
6 Press the‹ orŒ button.
Th eba tteries in the rem oteco ntrol are
fu nctiona lif batter y check la mp4
li ghts upbrief ly.If it do es not light up,
replac ethe bat teries im mediately
( = pa ge 474).
i Youma yin ad vertent lyloc kor unloc kth eve-
hicl eby pre ssing th ebu tton son there mote con-
tr ol. Th
e it em sof optional equipment which can
be supplied with yo urvehicl einclud et wo
KE YLES SGO keys.
When you gras p the door handle, you rve-
hicl eun lock s the following centrally if itis
still set to the factory setting (
=page 22 4):
! the doors
! the boot lid
! thefuel fill erflap KEYLESS GO key*
G
Risk of acc ident Neve
r leave child renu nsup ervi sedin the ve-
hicle. They cou ldopen alocked door from
the inside even ifit ha sbeenlo ck ed, or st art
th e ve hicle if a vali dKEYLES SGOke y is le ft
in the ve hicle or with the KEYLE SSGO but-
to nne ar the ignit ion lock orthey could re-
leas ethe electric parki ngbrake ,there by
endangeri ngthem selves and others .Sw itch
of fthe engine and take the KEYLES SGO key
with you,eveni fyou areonlylea ving theve-
hi cle for ashorttime. 216_R
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226 Con
trols
Op ening and closing In
dividual settin gs
If yo ufreq uently dri vealone, youmay wish
to chan ge the function of the KEYLESS GO
key. With this setting, onlythe dri ver’s
do or and the fuel filler flap unlock when
you gr aspt he driver’s door handl e.
6 To switc hon or of f:press the Œ
and ‹ button ssimulta neou sly fo r
ab out six secon dsuntil the battery
check lamp flashestwice.
Th eKE YLES SGO key will th enfunc tion
as follo ws:
6 Tounloc kthe driv er’sdo or: graspthe
door handl e.
6 Tounlock centrally: gras p the front-
pa sseng erdoor handl e.
Th elo ck ing knobs inthedoor spo pup .
The turn si gnals flas honc e.Thean ti-
the ftalar msyste m*is dea ctivated. 6
Tolock the vehicle centrally: touch
the door handl eouts ide.
Th elock ing kn obsin the do ors drop
do wn. The turn signals flash three
ti me s.Th ean ti-t heft alarm system*
is ac tiva ted. Re
storin gthe fact ory set tings
6 Press theŒ and‹ buttons si-
mult aneo uslyforab ou tsix seco nds un-
til the batter ycheck la mpflas hes
tw ice. Checkin
gthe batter ies
6 Press the‹ orŒ button.
Th eba tte ries inthere mo tecontro lare
fu nctiona lif the batter ycheck la mp
li ghts upbriefly. Ifit doe snot light up,
repla cethe batteri es immediately
( = page 474).
i You may inadv ertently loc kor unloc kth e
vehicle by pressing the bu ttons on theKE YLES S
GO key. 216_R
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234 Con
trols
Sea ts
seat heating is not swit ched off af ter 20 minu tes
if th es eatve ntilation is swit ched on simu ltan e-
ous ly.
6 Make sure th ekey is in po sition 2in the
ig ni tion lock.
6 Toswitcho n:press button 1repeat-
ed ly until the desired heati ng leve lis
se t.
6 Toswitch off:pr ess button 1repe at-
ed lyun tilall the indicator la mps go out.
i Ifthe battery voltag eis too low ,the seat
he atingma y swi tchoff.
Adj usting the front-pa ssenger seat fr
om the driver ’s seat* Yo
u ca nad just thefront -passe nger seat
with th ese at sw itches onthedr iver ’s side.
1 To ad just the front-passenger se at
6 To switc hon or of f:press button 1.
Th efo llowing func tion sfo rt he fron t-pa s-
se ng er seat ar eav ailable if the in dica tor
la mp in butt on1 ison:
! seat adjus tment
! seat he ating/ venti lation
! memor yfu nc tion Easy
-entr y/exit feat ure
Th e eas y-en try/ exit feature allo wsyou to
get into andout of the ve hicle more ea sily.
Th e st eering wheel swings upwa rdsand
the dri ver’s seat* movesba ck when you
sw itch off the ignition and op enthe driver ’s
door or remo vethe ke yfrom the ignition
lo ck.
i The st eerin gwheel onl ymo ves upwards ifit
is not already at its uppermos tposition. The driv-
er’s seat only moves ba ckwards if it is not al-
ready in its rearmost position.
Th e st eering wheel andt he driver ’s seat*
ar emo ved to the position previous lyset
wh en yo uinsert the key into th eign ition
lock if th edriver’s door is closed, depend-
ing onyour settin gs.
i If youpull away ,th e adj ustm ent procedure
is in terrupted. G
Risk of inj ury When adj
usting the fron t-pa ssen ger
seat while it is occu pied, makesure the
fr on t-pass enger se atis posit ione da sfa r
away as possi blefrom thefron t-pa sseng er
ai rb ag. The front pa ssengercould otherwise
be seriously or fatal lyinju re d in the eventof
an ac cident or sudde nbr ak ing.
Make sure that nobody can beco metrap ped
as you adjust th ese at. The
front-passeng erseat canbe adjusted
with thekeyr em oved from the igni tion lock
an dado or op en.For this reas on, chil dren
should neverbe left un supe rvise din theve-
hi cle. They co uld be trap ped by asea tad-
justment movemen t.
P54.25-5123-31 216_R
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312 Con
trols
Driving systems
! you shi ftthe sele ctor lever out of pos i-
tion Pwhen th edrive r’s door isclosed Ac
tivatin gHOLD
6 Make sure that the general activation
co nd itio ns arefulfille d.
6 Depr essthebrake pedal.
6 Depress th ebrakes again quickly until
the "HO LD" message appears in the
mu lti-fu nc tio ndisplay.
HOLD isac tiv ated .Yo u can rel easethe
brake ped al.
i Youc annot activ ateHO LD when Dis tronic
Pl us *is ac tive.
i Thebrake pedal doe snot re turn comple tely
to its res tposi tion while HOLD is ac tiva ted.
i Ifyo u are unable toactiva te HO LDwhen you
firs tdepress the bra kepedal, wait a short time,
th en try again. Dea
ctivating HOLD
HO LD is dea ctivated autom atical ly if yo u:
! depress th eac cel erator whe nthe
tra nsmi ssi on isin po sition Dor R
! shiftthe autom atic tr ansm ission to po-
sition P
! release th ebrake pedal comp letely and
depress it agai nwith ace rtain pressure
unt ilthe "HO LD" messag ego es ou tin
the multi-f un ction display
! secure the vehicle with theelectric
parkin g brake
! activate Distronic Pl us*
i Your vehiclew ill be secured with th e elec tric
parking brakeafter a short time toreliev ethe
load on the servic ebrake. If
HO LD isac tiv ated andama lfun ction oc-
cu rs inthesyst em, the"Br ake im mediate-
ly" messag eap pe arsin the mul ti-f un ction
displ ay. Dep resstheb rake pedal im medi-
at elyso that the vehi cle doe snot rol lawa y.
HO LD willbe deactivated and th ewarning
in the multi-fu nc tio ndispl aywillgo out. G
Risk of accident If
HOLD isac tivate d,thev ehic leisbrak ed .
Fo r this reason, deactivate HOLD if the vehi-
cl ei stob eset in moti onbyother me ans
(e .g. in a car wash orby towing ). G
Risk of accident Nev
er ge tou tof the vehi clew henH OLDis
ac tiva ted.
HOLD must ne ver be operated ordeacti vat-
ed by apa ssen geror from outsid eth e veh i-
cl e.
HOLD does notreplac ethe electric parking
br ak ean dmu stno tb eused for pa rking.
Th eHOLD brak ing effect iscancel led an d
th ev ehicle cou ldrol laway if:
! HOLD isdeact ivat ed byan occ upantin
th ev ehicle depr essing thea ccelera tor
peda lor thebr ak e pedal
! there isa malfunction in the system or
an in terrup tion in the power su pply,e .g.
batter yfailure
! theelec tricalsyst emin th e engine com-
par tmentor the fu ses have been tam-
per ed wi th
! the battery isdiscon nected 216_R
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388 Operation
Wi
nter driving
Ha ve your veh icle"winter pr oofed" ata
qualified specialist worksho p,e.g. a
Mercedes -Ben zS ervice Centre, atthe on-
set of wint er.This service include s th efo l-
lo wing:
! engine oi lcha nge,if the curre nt oi lha s
not been approved forwinter use
! thean tifreez e/ anti-corro sion concen-
tra tion wi llbe checked
! wash erflui dc oncentrate wil lbe added
to the winds cree nan dhea dlamp clean-
ing syst em*fluid
! the battery will bechecked
! aty re change
Us ewint ertyres attem peratu re sb elow
+7 °C and on snow or ice- cove red roads.
Only then can the maximu meffect of ABS
and ESP®
be ensured inwint ertoo.
Use winter tyr esof the sa me makeand
tr ead onallwheels tomain tain safe ha n-
dling characteris tics. Alw
aysobs erve thema ximu m permitt ed
speed specified forth ewint ertyres you
have fitted .If you fit winter tyres which
ha ve alo we rma ximu m pe rmitte d speed
th an that oftheveh icle,affix an approp ri-
ate warning sign showi ngthema ximum
permitt edspeed in the driver’s field of vi-
si on. Thisca nbe obt aine da ta qualified
specialist worksho p,e.g. at a
Merced es-Benz Service Cen tre.
In such circums tanc es,yo us hould also re-
str ict the maxim um speedof the vehicle to
the maximu mp ermi tted spee dfo r the wi n-
ter tyres using perm anent Speedtron ic1
(= page 311).
If you have fitted wi nter tyres:
6 Resta rtthetyr epressure monitor*
( = page 385). Wint
erdriving Win
tertyres G
Risk of accident You mu
strepla cewinter tyre swith atread
depth ofless than 4mm immedia tely.Th ey
ar eno lo nger suitab leforus ein winter. 1O
nly ava ilable for certain cou ntries G
Risk of accident If
you fit the spar ewheel* whe ndr ivin gwith
wi nter tyre s,plea se be aware that driving
stab ility will beimpa ired owing tounsta ble
corn ering charact eristics caused bythe
different ty res. You shou ldtherefo reada pt
your driving style an d drive ca refully.
Have the sparewheel* repl aced atthe near-
es tqu alified specialist workshopwhich
ha st he necessarys pecialis tkn ow ledg eand
to ols tocarry out the workrequire d.
Me rced es-Benz reco mmend sth at youu se
aM erce de s-Ben zSe rvice Centre forthis
purpo se.In pa rtic ular ,work relevant tosafe-
ty or on safety-relate dsyst emsmu stbe car-
ried outat aq ualifi ed spec iali stwo rksh op. 216_R
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