2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE steering

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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32 Safety
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
deploy. 216_R
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116 COM
AND
COMAND telephone* Endin
gall calls
6 Call up the basic tel ephone menu
( = page 110) an dselect "4 End all" .
or 6 Press thet button on the tele-
ph one keypad orthe mu lti-fu nc tion
st ee ring wh eel.
i Youc an also end only one of thetw oca lls
using them obile phone (
=mo bile ph oneo perat-
ing in stru ctions). Reje
cting/ acce pting awa iting call
i The" Callwa itin g" func tion is only available
if it is support edbythete lephone provider and if
it is enabled.
If yo u already have twoa ctive calls and re-
ceive another call, th ecall waiting disp lay
wi llap pear. Yo uwi llalso hear a ringing
tone.
6 Toreject: select "Reject".
or 6 Press thet button on the tele-
ph one keypad orthe mu lti-fu nc tion
st ee ring wh eel. 6
To ac cept: select "Accept"
or
6 Press thes button on the tel e-
phone ke ypad or the multi-fu nction
steering wheel.
If yo uac ce pt th ewa iting call us ingt he
COMA NDcontro ller, the teleph onekey-
pad, the multi-fu nc tio nst eerin gwh eel,
Li ngu atroni c*or the Bl uetooth head set,
the current callsw ill be ended.
i Conferenc efu nc tions are only available if
th ey are supported by thete lephone provid er
and if they are ena bled.
Yo uc an onl yop erate these fu nctions using
the mobile ph one (
=mo bile phone operat-
ing instru ctions ).
Exce ption:"End ingallca lls" func tion
( = page 116). From the ha
nds-fr eemo deto the Bl
ue tooth he adsetand back
i In order tobe abl eto use a Bluetoot hhe ad-
set it is nece ssary forBl uet oot hto be activa ted
and theBlue toot hh eadset to be aut horised
(= page 200).
Tr an sferr ingto the Bluetoo thhea dset
Trans fer the callby pressing the PTTbut-
ton (pus hto talk) on the Blue tooth he adset
( = he adse top erat ing inst ructions ).Yo u
wi llusually onlyneed to press the PTTb ut-
ton once, ho weverin so me cas esitmay be
necessary topres sita se con dtime.
Once the callha s been tran sfer red to the
Bl uetooth head set, all the functions will be
ava ilab leto yo uwh ichar edes cribed inthe
"Function sdu ring a singl ecal lconnec tion"
secti on (
=pa ge 114).
Ex ce ption: "Sw itch ingt he hands-f reemi-
cr ophone on or off" functio n (
=page 114). Conferen
ce functions Tr
an sfer ring aca ll 216_R
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204 COM
AND
COMAND vehi cle
6 Toconfirm the selec tion: press n.
6 Select "Fold in auto maticall ywhen
lo ck ing" or"Lower mirrors when re-
versin g":slide om por tu rnym z.
6 Toconfirm the selec tion: press n.
or
6 Select "Vehi cle"  "Vehi cle"  "Exte ri-
or-mirr orconvenience settings".
A sele ction list appears. 6
Toselect the function: slide qm ror
turn ym z.
A tick appe ars in the corre spon ding
bo xwh en the option isse lect ed.
6 Toconfirm the select ion: press n.
Yo uca nuse the "Easy-entry /e xitfeatu re"
fu nction to set the easy-entr y/exit feat ure
( = page 234).
Yo uca nselect:
! "Off": the function is sw itch ed off
! "Steering column" :th estee ring wh eel
swings upwards
! "Steering column and seat" *,thestee r-
ing wheel swi ngsupwards and the dri v-
er ’s seat moves ba ckwa rds
6Select "Vehicle".
Th emain area is activ e.
6 Toselec tthe "Easy-entry /exit fe a-
ture" menu: slide om por turn ym z.
P8
2.86-5649-31 P82.86-5683-31 Setting
theeasy-en try/ exit feat ure G
Risk of inju ry Make sur
eth at no body ca nbecome trapped
when you activate thee asy-en try/e xit fea-
tu re.
If th er eis arisk of entrap men tbythe stee r-
ing column ,move the stee ring wheel adjus t-
men tlever orpres sthe mem orybutt on.
If th er eis arisk of entrap men tbythe seat,
you can also cance lthe adjustm entp roce-
dure by movingtheseat adjust ment sw itch .
Th est ee ring colu mnand dri ver’s seat stop
moving imme diatel y.
Ne verleav echil dren unsup ervise di nth eve-
hi cle. They cou ldopen thedr iver’s doo ran d
thereb yunintentio nally activa tethe easy-
ent ry/e xitfe at ure and be come trap ped as a
result. 216_R
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235
Con
trols
Seats
The st eering wh eelposition is st ored when
yo utu rn the keyfrom position 2to 1in
the igni tion lock or when yous tore or set a
mem orypo sition.
Yo u ca nse t the easy-entry /exit feat ur e
using COMA ND (
=page 204). Folding the
fron t se at ba ckrest forw ard
Th erecesse dha nd lefor unlo ckingt he seat
ba ckrest is on th etop of th eseat.
1 Seat relea selever
To all ow passengers intherear to get in
an d out com fortab ly, th efront seat is:
! autom atical ly mo vedfo rwards if you
fol dth eba ckrest for ward
! automat ical ly mo ved ba ckif you fold
th e ba ckrest back
i Ifyo u pull the seat release lever, thehead
res traint lowers au tomatically. !
Make sure that there are no item sof lu ggage
in the footwell or behind these atsw henadj ust-
in gt he seats, as they could dam age the seats.
Fo ldin gth eseat ba ckrest forw ards
6 Pull seat release lever1 in the direc-
tion of the arrow andf old the ba ckrest
fo rward.
Th ehe ad rest raint lowers and th e seat
moves forw ards.
Fo lding these at backres tback
6 Pull seat release lever1 in the direc-
tion of the arrow andf old the ba ckrest
ba ck until it engage s.
The seat movesba ck toits or igin al po-
si tion. The head restraint raises again.
Th eba ckrest is lock ed agai n. G
Risk of inju ry Make sur
ethat nobody can become trap ped
when you activa te the ea sy-entry/e xitfe a-
tu re.
If there is a risk of entrapmen tby thesteer-
in gc olum n,move thesteering wheelad just-
me ntlever orpre ssthe memory bu tton.
If there is a risk of entrapment by these at,
you can also can cel th eadj ustm entproce-
du reby movi ngthese at ad justmentsw itch.
The steering column and dri ver’s se atstop
moving immed iately.
Neve r leave childr en unsupe rvised in the ve-
hi cle. They could op en the dr iver’s door and
th ereb y unintentionall yactivate the ea sy-
en try/e xitfe at ur ean d become trapped as a
result. P54.25-5008-31 G
Risk of inj ury Make
sure that nobody can beco metrap ped
when moving thes eat.If there isar isk of en-
tr ap men t,move the seat adjust ment sw itch
on the door. 216_R
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238 Con
trols
Steering wheel
i When adj usting the stee ring wheel,ma ke
sure thatyo uca n:
! reac hthe stee ring wheel wit hyour arms
sli gh tly bent
! mov eyo ur legs freely
! see all the displa ysinthe instrumen t clust er
cl ea rly 1
Steering column fore -and-a ftad just-
ment
2 Steerin gco lumn height
6 Makesure that theke yis in po sition 1
or 2in the ignition lock or the driver ’s
door isope n.
6 Push thelev erin the direct ion of ar-
rows 1and 2until th esteering
wheel hasrea che d th edesir edpos i-
tion.
Yo u will find fu rtherinfor ma tion inthe
"Control s"secti on:
! Easy-ent ry /e xitfe at ur efo r the dri ver
( = page 234)
! Storing settings ( =page 242) Th
esteering wheel heati ng heats the leath-
er area sof the steerin gwh eel.
1 Toswitcho nthe steeri ng wheel heating
2 Toswitchof fthe steerin gwh eel heat-
ing
3 Indica torla mp
6 Tosw itch on oroff:ma ke sure the key
is in po sition2in thei gn itio nl ock.
6 Turn the lever inthed irec tion of arrow
1 or2 .
i The steeri ngwheel heating swit ches off au-
to matically aft erapproximately 24 minut es.Steering
wheel G
Risk of acc ident The
steerin gwheelcanb ead just edwhen
ther eisn oke y in the ignition loc kand the
dr iver ’s do or isop en. Donot, therefor e,
leav ech ildren unsupervised in the vehicleas
th ey could be trapped asthe st eering wheel
is adjusted .Only adjust the ste eringwheel
when the vehi clei ss tati ona ry. Adj
usting the steering wheel
P46.15-2233-31 Ste
eringwheel heati ng*
P46.11-2041-31 216_R
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242 Con
trols
Memory function
Yo u ca nst ore up to three di fferent settings
using th ememory button.
The followi ngsett ings are stor ed as a si n-
gle memo ry preset for the driver’s seat:
! Seat position and lumb arsuppor tad-
ju st ment
! Dynami cdriving seat*:acti vated/
de activated
! Multi -contou r seat*: last se ttingsto red
! Stee ring wheel po sition
! Exterior mirror position on th edriver’s
si de and front-passenger side
The memo rybutto nand thestor ag epo si-
tion buttons arel oc ated on th edoor con-
trol panel. M
Memo rybutton
1, 2, 3 Storage position butt ons
6 Makesure that theke yis in po sition 1
or 2in the ignition lock or ado or is
ope n.
6 Tostore: adjust the se at (=page 231).
6 Onthedriver’s side ,al so adjust the
steering wheel (
=page 238)andth e
mi rror s (
=page 239).
6 Press theMme morybutton.
6 Press one of storage pos itio nsw itches
1 ,2 or 3wi thi nt hree seconds.
Th esettings arestored inthi sstor age
pos itio n. 6
Press andho ld rele vantstor ag e po si-
tion switch 1,2 or 3un til the se at,
ste erin g wheel andmi rrors have mo ved
to th e stored position.
i The seat ,steering wheel and mirror se tting
pro cedure isint errupted as soon as you release
th e storage posi tion swit ch.The multi-con tour
seat *se tting or thel um barsu pport adj ustm ent
ar e still carried out. Mem
oryfu nc tion G
Risk of acc ident On
ly ac tivate them emoryfunc tion on the
dr iver ’s side when the vehi cle is stationar y.
You could ot herwis e be dist racted by a
spontaneous movementof the ste ering
wheel or seat. P54.25-5102-31 Calling
upa stored setting 216_R
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250 Con
trols
Li gh ts Ac
tive light function
Fo r th eActive light function, the dipp ed-
be am headlamps swivel ho rizo ntally. The
an gle is ad justed inacco rda ncewi th the
curr ent driving situ ation.
i Thea ctive light functi on isnotac tive wh en
th eve hicle is stationary. Cor
nering light function
Sp ecia lhe adlamp s fulfil th eco rnering light
fu nction. Intight corner s, they lightup the
ar ea ofthero ad into which yo uare tur ning.
6 Make sure the engine isrunning.
6 Make sure that thed ipped -bea m head-
lamps aresw itch ed on wh enit is dark
( = page 247).
i If you are driving slower than40 km /h,the
co rnering li ghtfun ction is swit ched on byboth
th etu rn signa l andthe tu rningof the steer ing
wheel. Whendriving at speeds of bet ween
40 km /h and 70 km /h,the co rnering ligh tfu nc-
ti on is on lyswit ched on by turning the steering
wheel. Above 70km/h,the corneri ngligh tfu nc-
ti on is swit ched off.
6 Toswi tchon: switch on the tur nsignal
with th ecom bina tion switch
( = page 257). The
cornerin glig ht on theside ofthe
turn signal go eson.
or
6 Turn the steering wh eelin thedes ired
direc tion.
The cornerin glig ht on theside ofthe
ca rc losest to the corner goes on.
i If you sw itch on thetu rn signa lfo ro ne side ,
bu t tu rnthes teer ingwh eel inthe othe rdir ection ,
th eco rnering ligh tw ill go on on the side of the
tu rn sign al.
i Ifyo utu rn thes teer ing wheel in one dire c-
ti on and then imm ediately turn it in the ot her,the
co rner ing ligh tson bo thsides of theve hicle will
be switche d on tempo rarily at the sa metime.
i Thec ornering ligh ton the outside of the
bend goes on ifyou engage rev ersegear. The
tu rn signal has no eff ecton the cornering ligh t.
6 Toswitch off:sw itch of fthe tur nsig-
na lwi th the comb inat ion sw itch.
The cornerin glig ht goes out.
or
6 Turn the steering whe elba ck to the
st ra ight-ahea d position.
i Theco rnering li ghtfu nc tion remai nson unt il
you swit choff the tu rnsignal ,eve nif th e steering
wheel is in the straigh t-ah ead position. The
cornering ligh tfu nc tion may remain on for a
short time. Thecornering ligh tfunc tion remains
on for a max imum ofthre eminute s. Itisthen
swit ched off even if thetu rn si gnal is still
swi tchedon or you have turned thes teer ing
wh eel tofull loc k. Motorw
aymode
Motorw aymo de im prove sthe illumi nation
of th ero ad by:
! controlling the brigh tness
! adjust ing thehe adlamp ran ge
! switchin gon a mo torw ay spotlight 1
i The mot orway spot ligh tis sw itch ed on if you
are driving fas terth an 110k m/hand do not
ma keany large steerin gmo vement sfor approxi-
ma tely 1,000 m.Your vehicle the nha stw o addi-
ti on al ligh tsourc eson the inside of the
he adlamp. 1O
nve hicle swith Night ViewAssist, th emo torway
spotl ight is replace dby th einfrare dlight source. 216_R
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