2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE run flat

8 Index
Emerg
ency mode
Auto matic tr ansmission ... . . . . . .458
Emerg ency release
Bo ot .. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .471
El ectric parking brake ..... . . . . . .472
Ve hicl e. . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .470
Emergen cyspare wheel ... . . . . . .402
En gine
Misfiri ng. . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .456
Starting pro blem s.. ..... . . . . . . .455
Sta rtin g the eng ine with
KE YLES SGO . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .256
Sta rtin g the eng ine with the key .. . 256
Stopping with KEYL ESSGO. . . . . . .259
Stopping with th ekey .... . . . . . . .259
Te ch nica ld ata. . . . . . ..... . . . . . .510
En gine comp artment ..... . . . . . . .375
En gine elect ronics . . ..... . . . . . . .507
Fa ult. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .455
En gine number . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .509
En gine oil
Capa city . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .522
Checking th eengine oil leve l. . . . .376
Consu mption. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .376
Dis play messag e.. . . ..377,43 6,437
Entering character s( COMA ND). . ..65
ESP .... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .49
Displ aymessag e.. . . .... . . . . . . .417 Swi
tching on/of f.... . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Warni nglamp . . ..... . . . . . . . 49, 443
ETS . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .49
Exter iorligh ting
Del ayed switch -of f(CO MAND) . . . .205
Ov ervie w. . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .477
Se ea lso Brake lamps
See also Corneri nglight func tion
See also Dipped- beam headl am ps
See also Exter ior lighting
Se ealso Fron tfog lamps
Se ealso Licen ceplat elighti ng
See also Parking lamps
See also Reversing lamps
See also Side lamps
Se ealso Thi rd brakelamp
Se ea lso Turn signals
Ex terio rmirror park ingpo sition
Setting (COM AND) ... . . . . . . . . . .203
Storing. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .240
Ex terio rmirrors
Adju sting . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .239
Anti-dazzle mode (a utoma tic) . . . . .240
Convenie ncesettings . . . . . . . . . . .203
Fo ldingi n/ou t(auto matica lly). . . ..239
Pa rki ng pos ition .... . . . . . . . . . . .240
Extractor for fuses.... . . . . . . . . . .502 F
Fa vourite (COMAND) . . . . . . . . . ...199
Fire exti nguish er . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..401
First-a idkit ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..400
Fla ttyre . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..483
MO Extende drun- flat syste m.. . . ..492
Spare wheel ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..488
TIRE FITkit . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..484
Ve hicl etoolkit .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..401
Fog lam ps(extended rang e) . . . . ..250
Frequen cies
Garage door ope ner. . . . . . . . . . ..525
Telephone . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..508
Fr ont airbags .... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...33
Fro ntbulbs ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..477
Fr ont foglamps ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..248
Dis play message . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..434
Ov ervie w. . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..477
Fr ont-passeng erfro nt airbag . . .... 33
Fr ont-passeng erseat
Adju sting from the driver's seat . ..234
Fuel . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..519
Consu mption ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..520
Los ing . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . 453, 454
Minimu mquali ty. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..373
Pe trol . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..373 216_R
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16 Index
Trip
comp uter
(o n-boar dcomp uter) ..... . . . . . . .277
Trip meter
Re set (on-bo ardco mp uter) . . . . . . .278
Tur nsignal
Dis play messag e.. . . .... . . . . . . .432
Misti ngup . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .459
Ov erview . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .477
Tur nsigna ls. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .257
TV ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .96
Ba sic settings . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .102
Hiding/ showing the
me nusyst em. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .98
Hiding/ showing the
nav igat ion menu . . . . ..... . . . . . . .98
Inf orma tion about the cur rent
progra mme. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .101
Menu over view . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .97
Op erati on. . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .98
Ope ration (on-bo ard com puter) . ..281
Pict ure settin gs. . . . . ..... . . . . . .102
Pr ogra mme . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .100
Pr ogra mme previe w..... . . . . . . .101
Setting asta tion . . . . .... . . . . . . . .99
Teletex t.. . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .104 Ty
re grip . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .391
Ty re pr essu re . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .382
Ch ecking (on-bo ardco mput er). . ..384
Di sp laym essa ge.... . . . . . . 412, 437
Tabl e.. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .512
Ty re pr essu re lo sswarning
syst em. . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .383
Ty re tread . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .382
Ty res . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .381
Di rection of rotation .. . . . . . . . . . .382
Dis playm essa ge.... . . . . . . 412, 437
MO Extended run- flat syste m.. . . . .382
Pr essure . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .382
Spare whee l. . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .488
Te ch nica lda ta . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .512
Te mp erature . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .383
Tightenin gtorq ue... . . . . . . . . . . .491
Tread depth . . . . ..... . . . . . 382, 388 U
Un laden weig ht..... . . . . . . . . . . .518
Using the telep hone
COMA ND. . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .112
On -board comp uter .. . . . . . . . . . . .282
St ee ring wheel buttons . . . . . . . . . .273 V
Va riable Speedtr onic. . . . . . . . . . ..309
Ve hicle
Leavi ngpar kedu p.. . . . . . . . . . . ..469
Lo cking (cen tral lo ckingb utto n)... 223
Loc king (key )... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..222
Lo cking inan em ergenc y. . . . . . ..471
Menu ov erview (CO MAND) . . . . . ..203
Setting indi vidua lly . . . . . . . . . . . ..286
Tra nspo rting .... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..501
Un lock ing (c entra lunlo cking
butt on).. . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..222
Unloc king (ke y).. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..222
Unloc king inan emergenc y. . . . . . ..470
Ve hicle dim ensions . . . . . . . . . . . ..517
Ve hicle electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . ..507
Ve hicle hei ght.... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..517
Setting (ABC) .... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..313
Ve hicle ide ntific ation num ber. ... 509
Ve hicle lev el
ABC . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..313
Ve hicl e to ol kit ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..401
Ve hicl ewe ight ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..518
Vi deo
AUX mode . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..105
DVD mode..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...88 216_R
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Safety
Oc cupa nt safety
Wh en the igni tion issw itche don, the belt
tensi oners ar eactivated:
! onlyw henth erestr aint syste msare op-
er ationa l (the = warninglamp li ghts
up after the ignition isswitc hedo nan d
go es out onc eth een gine isrunning)
( = page 28)
! foreach seat beltwh en thebe ltto ng ue
is engage din the bu ckle
! and triggered in the event ofahea d-on
or rear-end collisio nif the vehicl e de-
ce ler ates oraccelerates rapidly in a
lo ng itudi naldi rectio ndurin gthe initial
st ag es ofthe collision
! and triggered incerta in situations if the
ve hicl eovertur ns, if additiona lprot ec-
tion can be provi ded
! and triggered in a serious head-o nco l-
lisi on, i.e. if the vehicle de celerates or
ac celerates extre mely qui cklyin alon-
gi tudinal direction atthe st art of anim-
pa ct
Wh en the belt tensi onersa re tr igger ed,
yo uwi ll hear a bang,w hich isnot harm ful
to you rhearing ,an dasm all amount of
po wder may al sobe released. The =
war ning lamp com eson. I Airbag sy
stem G
Risk ofinju ry Ha
ve belt tens ioner swhic h hav ebeen trig-
ge redre plac ed ataq ualifi ed speci alist
workshop whichha s th ene cessary spe cial-
ist knowl edge and tools tocarry ou tthe
work required. Mercede s-Be nz rec ommends
that youuse a Mercede s-Be nz Servic eCen-
tr e fo r this purpose.
In par ticu lar, work relevant tosafety or on
saf ety-rela tedsyste ms mu stbe carried out
at a qualifie dsp ecialis tworks ho p.
Com ply with saf ety regu lations when dis-
posing of belt tens ioners.
An yMe rced es-Benz Servic eCe ntre canpr o-
vi de de tailsofthes eregulati ons. G
Risk of inj ury To
reduce the risk of serious or fatal injuries
in the event ofan ac cide nt with a high rate
of deceleration, e.g. injuries cau sedby an
ai rb ag inflat ing within millisec ondsor su d-
den br aking, please observe th e fol lowi ng
poi nts:
! Allveh icle occ upantsmu st se lect a seat
po sition that allow sth eseat belt to be
worn correctl yan dthat is as far away
fr om the airb agaspossi ble. The driver ’s
seat position must allow the ve hicleto
be dr iven safel y.Th edr iver’s arms must
be sligh tly be nt wh en holding th estee r-
in g wheel. The driver mustma intain a
di st an ce from the peda ls that allo ws
hi m/ her to depress them fu lly.
! Allve hicl eoc cupants should alw ays
wear theirsea tbe ltcor rectly an d posi-
tion their backrest as close to theve rti-
cal aspossible .Th ehead restrain t
shou ldsuppo rt th eba ck of yo urhead at
abou tey e level. ==216_R
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382 Operation
Tyres
andwh eels
! Store tyres in a cool, dry place, preferably in
th e dark .Pr otec tth ety res fro moil, grease, pet-
rol and diesel fuel.
Do not clea nyo ur wheels with acidic wheel
cl eaners sin ce thesecould co rrode theh eads
of wh eel bolts.
Ty res with aspe cified direc tion of rotati on
ha ve additional bene fits, e.g. ifaq uaplan-
in go ccurs. Th eseadvantage scan onl ybe
enjoy edifthe tyres arefitted correspond-
ing to th edirec tion of rotation.
An arrow on th esidewall of the tyre indi-
ca tes its co rre ctdire ction of rot ation.
i Youm ay fi ta spare tyre* agains tth e direc-
ti on of rotation.
The MOExtend ed emer gencyru nn ing sys-
te me nabl esyou to conti nuedriving the ve-
hicl eeven when allair is lost from one or
mo re tyres.
You may only use theMO Extended run-flat
syste minconju nction with the tyr epres-
sure loss warning syste morthe tyrepres-
sure monitor*. Yo
uwi llfind note son drivin g with aflat
tyr ein the Pra ctical advice section
( = page 492).
Onlycorrect tyre pres sures whe nthe tyres
are cold.
Th ep ress ureo f wa rmtyre ssh ou ldonl ybe
co rrected if it is to olow fort he curre nt
op erating co nd itio ns .Warm tyres always
have highe r pressu res tha ncol dones.
You wil lfi nd a table of tyre pressure sfo r
dif ferent operati ngcond ition son thein-
side ofyour vehicl e’sfu el filler flap.
i Tyre pressure values giv enfor low loads are
mi nim um values whic hoff eryou good ride com-
fort charact eristic s.
You can, ho weve r, also usethe values forhi gh er
loads. Th ese are permissible and will not ad-
ver sely affec tth e running of the veh icle.Howev-
er , ride comfort will be impaired tosome degree.
Als ocheck thety re pressure of the spare
wheel*. Di
rect ion of rot ation MO
Exte nded run-flat syst em* Ty
re tread G
Risk of accident Plea
se keep in mind that:
! tyre grip decreases rapidly on wet roads
when the tread depth is lessthan 3mm.
You shou ldthus replace tyre sthat have
insuff icient trea d.
! Winter tyre ssh ou ldbe replac ed when
th etrea d dept his 4 mm or less because
ot he rwis e they no lo nger pro vide ade-
qua tegrip.
! tyre sca nbe subjec tto different level s of
we ar. You shouldthus regu larlych eck
th etread dept h andth e condi tion of the
trea dac ross theen tire width of alltyre s.
If ne cessary, turn thesteering wheel so
th at youc an seethe ty retrea dmore
ea sily.
Yo ucoul dothe rwise los econtrol of theve hi-
cl ea nd cause an accide ntdueto th ere-
duced gr ipof thetyre s on thero ad. Ty
re pres su res G
Risk of accident If
th e pr essur ein atyre drops repea tedly, in-
sp ect the tyre for forei gn objects andch eck
whether the ty reor valve are leaking. 216_R
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384 Operation
Tyres
andwh eels
6 Before restar ting, use the tablein the
fu el filler flap toensu retha tthe tyre
pressure is set corre ctly for the opera t-
in gc ircu ms tances in allfour tyr es.
6 Obs erve th enote sin the Tyre pres-
su res (
=page 382) secti on.
i Youw ill find a menu over view on
(= page 275 ).
6 Make sure th ekey is in po sition 2in the
ig ni tion lock .
6 Press (or& toselect the
"Se rvice" menu.
6 Press $or% toselect
"Ty r.pr ess .".
6 Press #.
The following messag e isdisplayed:
"R un Flat Indicator active
Restart possible with OK" .Conf
irmi ng a re start
6 Press # .
The followi ngmessa geappe ars in the
mult i-fu nc tion disp lay:
"T yre pressur enow OK?".
6 Press $ or% to select "Yes".
6 Press # .
The followi ngmessa geappe ars in the
mult i-fu nc tion display: "Run Flat Ind ica-
tor restarted" .
After atea ch-inp hase, the tyre pres-
sure loss warning syste mwillmo nitor
the tyres forp ressure loss.
Ca ncel ling a restart
6 Press theL button.
or
If th efol lowing messag eappear sin the
mult i-fu nc tion display: "Tyre pr essure now
OK?"
6 Press $ or% to select "No".
6 Press # . Th
ety re pres sure mo nitor only fu nctio ns if
th eco rre ctwh eelelec troni csunits ar efit-
te dt oallwh eels .The se mo nitor the pres-
su re in all four tyres which youse twh en
you started the tyr epre ssuremo nitor. The
tyr epressure monitor warns you if the
pre ssuredrops inone or more of the ty res.
i Youwillfind a menu overv iew on
( = page 275).
6 Make sure the key is inposition 2in
the ignition lock.
6 Press ( or& to sele ctthe
"Se rvice" menu.
6 Press $ or% to sele ct
"Tyr.pr ess." .
6 Press # .
i Youcannot read thecu rrent tyre pressures
un tilth eve hicle is in motion. The following mes-
sage is display edinstea d ifthe vehicl e is st ation-
ary: "Tyre pressures displayed aft erdriv ing a few
mi nu tes". G
Risk of acc ident Th
etyr epressure loss warning syste mcan
only gi vereli able warning sifyou hav eset
the correc ttyre pre ssure. Ifan inco rrect tyre
pr es su re isset, th ese incorr ect values will
be mo nitore d. Checkin
gthe ty repres sure
elec tron icall y* 216_R
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412 Practical advice
Displ
aymessa ges Rec
tify tyre
pr es su re(s) Th
ere isinsu ffic ien tpressure in one or
mo re tyres or the tyre pressures on in-
di vidual wheels differ toomu ch. 6
Chec kthe tyre pr essu resan dco rre ct
them if necessar y (=
page 382). Run Flat
Indicator Ch
eck tyre pres sures
an d then resta rt Th
ere wasa tyrepre ssur eloss war ning
message. 6
Makesure that all tyres are ad just ed to
th eco rrect pressure.
6 Rest art the tyre pressure loss wa rning
syst em (
=page 383). in
op erative The ty
repressu reloss warnin gsyst em
is un available due to amalfu nc tion. 6
Visit aqualified specialist worksho p. Ty
re press. monitor cur
rently un available Th
e tyre pressure monitor* is so me-
ti me s not ope rational be cause:
! thewh eelelect ro nics unithas over-
hea ted
! the on-board vol tage istoo low
! nosensor signal sca n be rece ived
du et o radio interf erence 6
The tyre pressure monito r*is restarted
aut omatical ly as soon as thecau sehas
be en rectified. Ty
re press. monitor in
op erative Th
e tyr epressure monitor* is faulty. 6
Have th etyre pre ssuremonitor* checked
at a qualified specialist worksho p. in
op erative
No wheelse ns ors Th
e tyr epressure monitor* is de acti-
vated because wheels without the ap-
propri atesensors arefitted to the
ve hicle. 6
The tyre pressure monito r*isreac tiv ated
au tom atical ly after afew minutes of driv-
in g as soon as whe elsw ith th eap prop ri-
ate sensor sarefitteda gain. Display
messages Poss
ible cause /consequ ence Pos
sibl eso lution 216_R
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483
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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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-
ried outat aq ualifi ed spec iali stwo rksh op. 216_R
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