2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE towing

221
Con
trols
Op ening and closing . . .... . . . 222
Ke ypos itions . . . . . . . . .... . . . 229
Se ats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . ..231
St eerin gwhee l. . . . . . .... . . . 238
Mi rrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . 239
Me mo ry functio n.. . . . .... . . . 242
We aring seat belts . . . .... . . . 244
Li gh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . 247
Wi ndscreen wiper s.. ..... . . . 253
Si de wind ow s. . . . . . . .... . . . 254
Driving and pa rking . ..... . . . 256 Automatic tran
smission . . . . . . 261
Instrumen tcl us ter . . . . . . . . . . 271
On -board comp uter . . . . . . . . . . 273
Dr iving system s.. . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Air vents . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Automatic air conditioning . . . 336
Auxiliar yheatin g/
ve ntilation* . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Boo t.. . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Sl iding /tilting sunroof . . . . . . . 349
Loading and stowing .. . . . . . . . 353
Fe atures . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 361 216_
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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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353
Con
trols
Loadin gand stowing Unf
olding the ski bagand lo adingskis
1 Hand le
2 Cover
6 Foldd own there ar seat armre st. 6
Turn handle 1and pull up wards in the
di re ction of the arrow.
6 Folddown cover 2.
1 Skibag
6 Pullsk ibag 1into the vehic leint erior
and unfol dit.
1 Hand le 6
Open thebo ot lid.
6 Pull hand le1 on th eflap.
6 Fold th eflap to the side unt ilit is held
in place bythe mag net.
6 Pus hthe skisinto the skibag from the
boot.
1 Strap
6 Pull strap 1tight by the loose end un-
til the skis are heldfirmly in plac ein the
sk ibag. Lo
ading and sto wing Skibag*
G
Risk of inju ry The
skibag isdesig nedto car ryup tofour
pai rsofskis .Dono tus et he skibag tocarry
any other type of load.
Th esk ibag must alway sbe secure dwhen
la den. Othe rwis e,injur ies could be caused
by it in the eve ntofan ac cide nt.
P91.12-2941-31 P91.12-2942-31
P91.12-2943-31 P91.12-2944-31
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355
Con
trols
Loadin gand stowing
i You will find an over view of the stowage
compar tmentson ( =page 22). Gl
ov eco mp artm ent
1 Toopen the gl ovecomp artment
2 Tounlo ck
3 Tolock
The glove compar tmentc an belock ed
an du nloc ked using th eeme rgen cy key
el em ent (
= pa ge 470).
6 Toopen: press button 1.
6 Toclos e:fol dth ecov erupwa rds.
6 Tolock: inse rt th eeme rgen cykey ele-
me nt into the lock and tur nito ne qu ar-
ter tur nclockwi se.
6 To unlo ck:insert the emerge ncy key
elemen t into the lock and turn itone
quar tertu rn ant i-cl oc kw ise. Specta
cles comp artment
Yo uca nst or esp ecta cles in the overhead
control pane l.
1 Toopen the specta cles co mpartme nt
6 To ope n:press mark1 .
6 Toclos e:fold the spect acles compar t-
me ntupwa rds untilit en gage s. Stowage
comp artments G
Risk of inju ry The
stow ageco mpartme ntsmustbe close d
when item sarestored in them.
Lu ggage nets are notdesigned tosecure
heav yitems ofluggage. Sh arp-e dged and
fr agi leobjects mustnot be car ried inthe
lu ggage net.
Yo uor oth ervehic leocc upants cou ldbe in-
jur ed by objec tsbei ngthrown around ifyo u:
! brak esh arply
! chan ge di rection suddenly
! havean acc ident P68.00-4343-31 P68.00-4344-31216_R
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357
Con
trols
Loadin gand stowing
Stowage comp artment under the dr
iver ’sseat
1 Hand le
2 Cover
6 Toopen: pull ha ndle1 upw ards and
fol dco ver 2forwards. Stowage
comp artmen tunder the rear se
at armre st
1 Hand le
6 Toopen: pullha nd le1 upwards and
fo ld thear mrest up. Sto
wage comp artm ent bet ween the re
ar seats*
1 Handle
6 To open: pullha nd le1 back inthed i-
re ction of th earrow.
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359
Con
trols
Loadin gand stowing
Cu pholder in the re arsea tarmr est
1 Cup holder
6 Toopen: press the front of cup
hold er1. Stor
age wel l beneath thebootfloor
There isast ow agewe ll unde rth eco verof
th ebo ot fl ooron vehicles with TIREFI Tor
"M inispare "eme rgen cy spare wheel*.
1 Storag espace
2 Hook
3 Boot floor cov er
6 Hook boot floor cover 3to th etop
ed ge of the boot usingho oks 2. Hooks
At the top of the boot, the
reis a hook on
wh ich yo uc an hang items youare tr ans-
porting, e.g. bags.
1 Tab
2 Hooks
! Donot use theho ok tolash dow na load.
6 Pullhooks 2down by tab 1.
P68.00-4350-31 Boot
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499
Practical advice
Towing
Observe the le galrequ iremen tsfor the
countr yconc erne dw hentow ing.
Having th evehicl eca rried away on a tran s-
po rter ortrailer is prefer able totowing it.
We reco mm end the use of a rigid towing
ba rif tow ing is ne cessar y. !
Makesure that theelec tric parkin gbr ak eis
released. If the ele ctric parking brake is fault y,
release the elec tric parking brake manually
(= page 472).
! Whentowing, pull away slowly and smoot h-
ly .Too much trac tive force could dam age eit her
of theve hicles. Donot use theto wi ng eye for re-
co very purposes.
! Youm ayonly to wthev ehicle a max imum
dis tance of50 km.A max imum towing speed of
50 km /hmustnotbe ex ceede d.
Th e propeller shaft sto the driven axles mustbe
remov edifto wi ng for more than 50 km.
! Inserttheke yin to thei gn ition loc k under-
neat hth eK EYLESS GObutton on vehic leswi th
KEYLESS GO. Tu rnthe key toposition 2in the
ignition lo ckand shift the au tomatic trans mis-
sio nto N.The nturnth e ke yto pos ition 0again
and leave itin the ignitio n. Befo
re towing the vehi cle, ma kesure that
the ba ttery is conne cted andch arge d.Oth-
er wi se:
! you cannot swi tchon the ignition
! you cannot shift the tr ansm issi on to N
us ingt he selec torle ver
Yo u wil lhave to use the ignition lock under-
neath the KEYLESS GO* buttonon ve hicles
with KEYLE SSGO* (
=page 229).
To w-star ting the vehicle isnot permitted.
If the en gine does not star t, tr yjum p-star t-
ing it (
=page 497).
If it isnot possible to ju mp-start the veh i-
cle ,have it towed to the ne ares tqu alifie d
specialist worksho p,e.g. a Me rced es-Benz
Se rvice Centre.
If the vehicle has su ffer ed tran smission
dama ge, onl ytow itwith th eprope ller
sh aft disc onnec ted.
Th e ig nition mu stbe switche doff ifyo uare
towing the ve hicle with the front /reara xle
raised. Interventi onbyESP ®
cou ldoth er-
wi se damag eth e brak e system. To
wing G
Risk of accide nt Ha
ve the vehicle to wedus inga rigi dtowi ng
ba rif:
! theengine is not runn ing
! there is a brak esyst em ma lfun ction
! there is a malfun ction in the power sup-
pl yo rthe veh icle ’s electric alsyst em
The re is nopow erassista ncefor th esteer-
in ga nd theb rake syst emwhen the engine is
not running. Youwill then re quire consi dera-
bly morefor ce tostee ran dto brak e.
When to wing or tow- starti nganother vehi-
cl e, its weig htshou ldnot begrea ter than the
pe rmis sible gross weight of yo urvehicle
( = pa ge 518).
The transmission isin position Pwhen the
co nsum erbattery isno tco nnecte d. Poi
ntsto remember 216_R
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500 Practical advice
Tow
ing
i Switch off the automa tic locking feat ure be-
for ethe vehicle is towe d (
=page 208). You
co uld ot he rwis e bec omeloc ked outwh en push-
in g or towi ng theve hicle.
! Only secu re theto w ca ble or towi ng bar to
th eto wi ng eyes ,you may ot herwise da magethe
vehi cle. Opening
thefront cover
1 Cover
6 Pres st he mark on cover 1bac kwards
in the direction of the arro w.
6 Remov ecover 1. Ope
ning the rear cover
1 Cover
6 Press the markon cover1 backwards
in the directio n ofthearro w.
6 Remov ecover 1. Sec
uring the to wing eye
6 Take theto wing eye fr omtheve hicle
too lkit (
=pa ge 401).
6 Screw in the to wingeyecloc kwise to
the stop.
6 Insert thewh eel wrench ha ndleinto th e
towing eyea nd tighten.
6 Stow thewh eel wrench in the vehicle
too lkit. !
Donot to wthev ehicle furthe rth an 50 km.
Do not exce ed a max imum towing speed of
50 km /h.Othe rwise, you could damage the
tr an sm ission.
6 Switch ontheigni tion.
i You will have touse theignition loc kunder-
neath theKE YLESS GO*button on vehicles with
KE YLES SGO * (
=page 229).
6 Move the tra nsmi ssion sele ctor lever
to N.
6 Take thewh eel wrench outof the vehi-
cl e too lkit (
=page 401).
6 Inse rt the wheel wren ch hand le into the
to wing eyeandloos en the to wing eye.
6 Uns crew theto wing eye.
6 Replac eth eco ver and press ituntil it
engages.
6 Stowthet owing eye in the vehicle to ol
kit. Fit
ting the towing eye
P00.60-2064-31 P00.60-2065-31 To
wing the vehicle Rem
ovingthe to wing eye 216_R
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