2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CLK COUPE stop start

172 Controls in detailAutomatic transmissionGear selector lever position
Effect
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Park position
Gear selector lever position
when the vehicle is parked. Place
gear selector lever in positionP
only when vehicle is stopped.
The park position is not intended
to serve as a brake when the
vehicle is parked. Rather, the
driver should always set the
parking brake in addition to
placing the gear selector lever in
positionP to secure the vehicle.
EffectThe SmartKey can only be
removed from the starter switch
with the gear selector lever in
positionP. With the SmartKey
removed, the gear selector lever
is locked in positionP.
If the vehicle’s electrical system
is malfunctioning, the gear
selector lever could remain
locked in positionP
(page 406).
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Reverse gear
Place gear selector lever in
positionR only when vehicle is
stopped.
Effect
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Neutral
No power is transmitted from the
engine to the drive axle. When
the brakes are released, the
vehicle can be moved freely
(pushed or towed).
To avoid damage to the trans-
mission, never engageN while
driving.
If the ESP
® is deactivated or
malfunctioning:
Move gear selector lever toN
only if the vehicle is in danger of
skidding, e.g. on icy roads.
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Drive
The transmission shifts
automatically. All forward gears
are available.

178 Controls in detailAutomatic transmissionSteering wheel gearshift control one-touch gearshifting (CLK 500)
The steering wheel gearshift control pro-
vides an alternative method for changing
the gears manually and limiting or extend-
ing the gear range for automatic shifting
with the gear selector lever in positionD
and driving in the automatic program
modeC orS.Steering wheel gearshift control
The steering wheel gearshift buttons are
located to the left and right on the back of
the steering wheel.
1Button, inside: downshift
2Button, outside: upshift
iTo avoid overrevving the engine when
downshifting with steering wheel
gearshift buttons, the transmission will
not shift to a lower gear if the engine’s
max. speed would be exceeded.
!Allow engine to warm up under low
load use. Do not place full load on the
engine until the operating temperature
has been reached.
Shift into reverse gearR or parking po-
sition P only when the vehicle is
stopped.
Avoid spinning of a drive wheel for an
extended period when driving off on
slippery road surfaces. This may cause
serious damage to the drivetrain which
is not covered by the Mercedes-Benz
Limited Warranty.
iYou cannot shift with the steering
wheel gearshift buttons when the gear
selector lever is in positionP,N orR.
The last selected automatic program
mode (CorS) is switched on when the
engine is restarted.

179 Controls in detail
Automatic transmission
Downshifting
Briefly press the inside1 of one of the
buttons on the back of the steering
wheel.
The transmission will shift to the next
lower gear as permitted by the shift
program. This action simultaneously limits
the gear range of the transmission
(
page 175).
Upshifting

Briefly press the outside2 of one of
the buttons on the back of the steering
wheel.The transmission will shift to the next
higher gear as permitted by the shift
program.This action simultaneously
extends the gear range of the transmis-
sion.
Canceling gear range limit

Press and hold the outside2 of one of
the buttons on the back of the steering
wheel until
D reappears in the multi-
function display.
The transmission will shift from the current
gear range directly to gear rangeD.
Shifting into optimal gear range

Press and hold the inside1 of one of
the buttons on the back of the steering
wheel.
The transmission will automatically select
the gear range suited for optimal
acceleration and deceleration. This may
involve shifting down one or more gears.Emergency operation
(Limp-Home Mode)
If vehicle acceleration becomes less re-
sponsive, sluggish, or the transmission no
longer shifts, the transmission is most like-
ly operating in limp-home (emergency op-
eration) mode. In this mode only second
gear and reverse gear can be selected.
Stop the vehicle.

Move gear selector lever toP.

Turn off the engine.

Wait at least ten seconds before
restarting.

Restart the engine.

Move gear selector lever to positionD
(for second gear) orR.

Have the transmission checked at an
authorized Mercedes-Benz Center as
soon as possible.
Warning!
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On slippery road surfaces, never downshift
in order to obtain braking action. This could
result in drive wheel slip and reduced
vehicle control. Your vehicle’s ABS will not
prevent this type of loss of control.

184 Controls in detailGood visibilityRear window sunshade* (Canada only)
The switch is located in the center console.
1Rear window sunshade switch
Switch on the ignition (
page 36).
Always raise the sunshade fully for its sup-
port against the window frame.Raising the sunshade

Press switch1 briefly.
The sunshade is raised completely.
Stopping the raising procedure

Press switch1 again.
The sunshade stops.
Lowering the sunshade

Press switch1 briefly.
The sunshade is lowered completely.
Stopping the lowering procedure

Press switch1 again.
The sunshade stops.
!Make sure that the movement of the
rear window sunshade is not restricted
by objects on the rear window shelf.
Otherwise, the sunshade or the objects
could be damaged.
Warning!
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When operating the rear window sunshade,
make sure there is no danger of anyone be-
ing harmed by the raising or lowering
procedure.
The raising or lowering procedure can be
immediately halted by briefly pressing the
switch1.
Briefly press switch1 again to raise or low-
er the rear window sunshade completely.Warning!
G
When leaving the vehicle, always remove the
SmartKey or SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO*
from the starter switch, take it with you, and
lock the vehicle. Do not leave children unat-
tended in the vehicle, or with access to an
unlocked vehicle. Unsupervised use of vehi-
cle equipment may cause an accident
and/or serious personal injury.

217 Controls in detail
Audio system
Direct frequency input
Select desired waveband.

Press * button.

Enter desired frequency with buttons
1to R.Manual tuning

Select desired waveband.

Press S or Tbutton for approx-
imately three seconds.

Press button repeatedly until desired
frequency has been reached.
Step-by-step station tuning takes place
in ascending or descending order. Each
time the button is pressed, the radio
tunes further by 0.2 MHz. During man-
ual tuning, the radio is muted.
Automatic seek tuning

Select desired waveband.

Press S or T button briefly.
The radio will tune to the next highest
or next lowest receivable frequency.Scan search


Starting scan search
Select desired waveband.

Press
SC soft key.
SC will appear in the display. The ra-
dio briefly tunes in all receivable
stations on the waveband selected.


Ending scan search
Press
SC soft key or S or T.
The station last played will be se-
lected and
SC disappears from the
display.
iYou can only enter frequencies within
the respective waveband.
If a button is not pressed within
four seconds, the radio will return to
the last station tuned.
iIf no station is received after two
consecutive scans of the complete
frequency range, then the scan stops
at the frequency from which it began.

219 Controls in detail
Audio system
Interrupting radio mode
The radio mode is interrupted by an incom-
ing call on the telephone* (
page 236)


Mute on
Press U button.
The radio mode is interrupted and MUTED
appears in the display.


Mute off
Press U button.
The radio mode is again active.
Weather band

Press
WB soft key.
The weather band station last received
is tuned in.Selecting a weather band station
directly

Select desired weather band station
with buttons 1 to 7.
If a station cannot be tuned in, a search
is automatically started.
Search

Press S or T button to tune in
the next receivable weather band sta-
tion.Scan search


Starting scan search
Press
SC soft key.
SC will appear in the display. The ra-
dio briefly tunes in all receivable
weather band stations.


Ending scan search
Press
SC soft key or S or T.
The weather band station last
played will be selected and
SC dis-
appears from the display.
iIf no weather band station is received
after three consecutive scans of the
complete frequency range, then the
scan stops at the channel with which it
began and
NO WB FOUND
appears in the
display.
If this happens, switch back to stan-
dard radio mode.

223 Controls in detail
Audio system
Tuning via the program category list
The category list contains all currently re-
ceivable categories of programs. It is
arranged alphabetically.

Selecting a category
Press
PTY
soft key.
The current PTY category of the sta-
tion is displayed.

Press
<<<
or
>>>
soft key.
This switches between the individu-
al categories.
When changing the category, the chan-
nel selected last in the new category
becomes audible.The system will automatically switch to
a station of the selected category if the
currently selected station is not of the
selected category. Otherwise, the cur-
rently selected station remains tuned.


Tuning a station within the selected
category
The channels identified for the current-
ly selected category are arranged
numerically. Only one entry is visible at
a time.
Press S or T button briefly.
The next station within the category
is started.
or

Press and hold S or T but-
ton for approximately three sec-
onds until desired station has been
reached.Tuning via scan search
Scan search is characterized as follows:


Scan search plays a channel for ap-
proximately eight seconds and then
skips to the next channel within the
current category.


Scan search can be terminated manu-
ally.

Press
SC soft key.
The search starts. SC appears in the
display.

Press
SC soft key again.
The search stops.

246 Controls in detailPower windowsOpening and closing the windows
The side windows are opened and closed
electrically. The switches for all the side
windows are on the driver’s door. The
switches for the respective windows are
on the front passenger door and the rear
side trim panels.
1Left front window
2Right front window
3Right rear window
4Left rear window
5Rear window override switch
(
page 85)
Warning!
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When closing the windows, make sure there
is no danger of anyone being harmed by the
closing procedure.
The closing of the door windows can be im-
mediately halted by releasing the switch or,
if switch was pulled past the resistance
point and released, by either pressing or
pulling the respective switch.
The closing of the rear side windows can be
immediately halted by releasing the switch.
The door windows are equipped with the ex-
press-close and automatic reversal func-
tion. If a door window encounters an
obstruction that blocks its path in a circum-
stance where you pulled the switch past the
resistance point and released it to close the
window, the automatic reversal function will
stop the window and open it slightly.
If a door window encounters an obstruction
that blocks its path in a circumstance where
you are closing the window by pulling and
holding the switch, by pressing and holding
button ‹on the SmartKey, by pressing
and holding the lock button (vehicles with
KEYLESS-GO*) on an outside door handle,
or by pressing and holding button
,

or
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on the climate control panel, the
automatic reversal function will not operate.
When leaving the vehicle, always remove the
SmartKey or SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO*
from the starter switch, take it with you, and
lock the vehicle. Do not leave children unat-
tended in the vehicle, or with access to an
unlocked vehicle. Unsupervised use of vehi-
cle equipment can cause an accident
and/or serious personal injury.