2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE snow chains

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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383
Operation
Ty res andwh eels
Ty re pressure chan ges by approxim ately
0. 1b ar for eve ry10 °C chang ein ambient
te mp eratur e.
If yo umeasure thetyre pr essureindo ors
wh ere the te mperature differ sf rom the
outside te mperature, yo u will have to cor-
re ct the meas ured value acco rdingly.
Wh en the vehicle isdri ven, the tyre te m-
pe ratur e,an dw ith it the tyr epressure ,will
in cr ea se depe nding on the road speed and
the load on the tyres. Wh
ile the vehicle is inmo tion the tyre pres-
su re loss wa rningsyst emmonitors th etyre
pressure se t by evaluat ing the spe edof the
indi vidual wheels. Thesyst em can there-
fo re reco gnise any signific ant loss oftyre
pressure inawheel.
If th ewh eelspee dcha nges due todeclin-
in gt yrepressure ,a co rre spon ding warning
me ssag ewi ll appear in th emulti-f un ction
display.
Operat iono fthe tyre pres sure loss warn-
ing syst em is limitedor delayed if:
! snow chains are fi tted on your vehic le
! ther ear ewint er ro adcond itio ns
! youar e drivin gonaloos esurface
(e .g.s and or gravel)
! youha ve adop tedave ry sporty driving
st yle (driv ingo nabend athigh speed
or driving wi thahigh rate ofacce lera-
tion)
! youar e drivin gaheavy lo ad Restartin
gthe ty repres sure loss wa
rning syst em
Resta rtthe tyre pressure loss wa rning sys-
te m if:
! you have chan ged the tyre pre ssure
! youha ve chan gedth ewh eels ortyres
! you have fitted new wh eelsor tyres G
Risk of accide nt Ch
eckty re pressur ere gu larly, at least every
two week s.Ifth etyre pressu reis inc orrect,
you rveh icle ’s handl ing charact eristics cou ld
be alte re d or thet yrecou ld ex plode. Ty
re pr essur e lo sswa rning syst em G
Risk of acc ident Th
et yrep ressure loss warnin g systemdoes
not wa rnyou of an incorrec tly set tyr epr es-
su re.The tableinthe fu elfiller flap will help
you dec ide wh ether thety re pres su res
sh ould be co rrec ted.
Th et yrep ressure loss warnin g systemdoes
no trepl ace the need toregul arly ch eck the
ty re pr essure, sin ceaun ifor m pressu re loss
in all fourtyres cannot be identi fied bythe
ty re pres sure loss wa rningsyst em.
Th etyre pr essure loss warning syst emis not
abl eto warn you of asudde nloss ofpre s-
sure, e.g. following penetration bya foreign
object.
If this occu rs, bring th e ve hicle to ahalt by
br ak ingc arefully. Do not make any sudd en
steering movemen ts whendoing this. 216_R
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389
Operation
Winter dr iving
Fo r sa fety reas ons ,Me rced es-B enz rec om-
me nds th atyouonl yuse snow cha ins
wh ich ha ve bee nspe cial ly approv edfor
Me rced es-Ben zve hicles.
If yo uar einte nding to fit sn owchains,
pl ea se bear thefo llowing points in min d:
! Snow chains cannot befitted on all
wh eel/tyre comb inat ions.
! Snow chains mu st not be fitted to
em ergen cyspare wheels ,e.g.
"M inispa re".
! Snow chains mu st onl ybe fitted to both
re ar wh eels. Comp lywith th ema nufac-
turer’s in stallatio ninst ructio ns.
! If snowchains are fit tedto th e fron twheels,
th er eis ar isk of the cha inscoming into conta ct
wi th th ebod ywork and axle comp onentswh en
th ev ehicle is inmoti on. Thi sma ydam aget he
ty re or theve hicl e.
Th e veh iclemayonly be driven at raised ve-
hicle rideheight ifsn ow chains arefitted
( = page 313).
You shoul dnot excee dth e maximum per-
mi ssible speed of50km /h. As soon as
yo uare back on snow-f reer oads, re move
the snow chains as soon aspossible. i
Youma ywi sh todeac tivateESP ®
wh en pull-
ing away with snow chai nsfitt ed (
=page 49).
The wheels are then able tospin under control
and genera tean increased propulsiv eforce
(cut ting ef fect).
Dri veparti cularly carefull yon slip pery
ro ads inwint er.Av oid sudd enaccelera-
tion, stee ring manoe uvresan dbr ak ing.
If the vehicle thre atens to skid or cannot
be stopped when moving at alow speed:
6 Movethe tra nsmi ssio n to position N.
6 Try to bring the vehicle un der co ntrol
us ing co rrective ste ering. Sn
ow chains Win
terdr iving G
Risk ofaccide nt Do no
tch an ge dow nfor additiona lengine
br ak ingon aslip per yro ad sur face . Th edr ive
wheels could lo setheirgr ip. 216_R
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516 Te
chnic aldata
Tyres andwh eels
Yo urvehicl e may be equipped with TI REFIT
( = page 484), a "Minispare" em ergency
spare wheel* (=
page488)oraspare
whe el* (
=page 488), depend ingo nthe
country ,the eng ine an d the wheels fitted.
! Them axim um tyre pre ssure given intheta-
ble on the inside of the fuel fil ler fla pmu st be set
for thes pare wheel.
1 Us e of snow chains notpo ssible Spa
rewh eel* CL
500/ CL 600 CL
63 AMG /CL6 5A MG "Minis
pare" emergency sparewh eel1 T155
/70R19 T155
/70R19 Ty
re pr essure 4.2
bar 4.2 bar
Steel
wheel 4½B x 19 ET 35 4½B
x19 ET35 216_R
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