2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE winter tyres

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Con
trols
Driving sys tems Swi
tching on therever sing came ra
6 Make sure the ignition isswitched on.
6 Make sure that the "Automati cin R
gear" settingf orthe rever sing ca mera
is select edin th einstru me ntclus ter
( = page 285).
6 Engage reverse ge ar.
Th eare abe hind th evehi cleis sh own in
th e CO MAND display with guide li nes
fo r the most re cently sele cted parki ng
funct ion. G
Risk of accide nt The
reversing came ra is only an ai dan dma y
distor tpe rspectiv e,show object sina ccu-
rately or not show them at all.Thereve rsing
ca mer adoes notrelieve youo fthe res ponsi-
bil ity to pay attention. The cam era may not
sh ow ob ject sint hefollowin gar ea s:
! Veryclose to the rear bump er
! Under there ar bumper
! Above the bo otlid ha ndle
Yo ua re alwa ys respo nsibl efo rsa fety and
must continu eto pay attention to you rim-
me diat e sur round ings when pa rking an d
manoe uvring .Thisap plies tothe area be-
hi nd, infront of and beside theve hicle. Ot h-
er wi se, you could enda nger yourse lfan d
others. G
Risk of inju ry Make sure
thatnopersons or ani malsare
in the manoe uvring ran ge.O therwi se ,they
cou ldbe injur ed. G
Risk ofaccide nt The reversing cam
erado es not func tion or
its fun ctions arere stricted if:
! the boot lid is op en
! itis raining veryhard, snowing orfoggy
! it is nigh t ti me oryouar edr ivin gyou rve-
hi cle in a very dark area
! thec am erai sexposed tover ybright
white lig ht
! yourimmed iatesurround ings areillu mi-
na ted with fluore scen tlight, e.g. fr om
fluo rescent tubes (the display mayflic k-
er)
! there isaver ysu dde nch an ge intemper-
atur e,e.g. ifyou drive int oaheat edga-
rage from the cold in winter
! the cam era lens isdirty or co vered
! the rear of your vehicle is dama ged. If
this is the case, have thepo sition and
se tting of thecam erachecked ata qu al-
ifie dsp ecialist workshop.
Me rced es-Benz reco mmen dsthat you
use a Merced es-Ben zSe rvice Centr efor
th is pu rpose Op
eratio nof the reversing came rama ybe
li mi tedon icy, slip per yan d sno w-co vered
ro ads. The ve hiclem ayslip andth ereb y
leav eits calculated rou te.
Do not uset he reve rsing cam era in such
situations .Yo ucou ldotherwise injure other
peopl edur ing pa rking or damage objects
an dyou rve hicle.
If you fitothe rw heelso rtyres to your vehi-
cl e, this cou ldpre vent ther ever sing cam era
fr om workin gcorrectly .Ther efor e, get infor-
ma tion in ad vanc e from a Merced es-Benz
Se rvice Centre. 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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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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