2008 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS COUPE boot

4
Auxiliary heating
. . . . . . . . . . . . 166, 264
Adjusting (on-board computer)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Auxiliary ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Axle load, maximum permissible
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 B
BAS (Brake Assist)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Battery Changing (auxiliary heating
remote control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Changing (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Changing (KEYLESS GO key) . . . . . 270
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Checking (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Checking (KEYLESS GO key) . . . . . 270
Check lamp (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Check lamp (KEYLESS GO key)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 270
Disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Maintenance (vehicle) . . . . . . . . . . 288
Reconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Removing/fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Voltage (on-board computer) . . . . . 116 Belt force limiters
Activation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Belt tensioners Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Bonnet Bonnet catch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Bonnet release lever
Release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Boot
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Locking separately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Opening/closing (automatically) . . . 72
Opening/closing (manually) . . . . . . . 70
Boot lid
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Brake
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Brake Assist
see BAS
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Brake lamps
Adaptive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Brake system
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Bulb
Dipped-beam headlamps . . . . . . . . 273
Licence plate lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Main-beam headlamps . . . . . . . . . . 273
Parking lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273, 274
Side lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Turn signal lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
see Lamp
Bulbs
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 C
Calling up a malfunction see Message memory menu


Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Distronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
High-pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . 211
Parktronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Plastic trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Side windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
CD player/CD changer
Operating (on-board computer) . . . 119 Index
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Door
Automatic locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Opening (from the inside) . . . . . . . . 69
Door control panel
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Drinks holder
see Cup holder
Driver's airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Driver's door Unlocking (KEYLESS GO) . . . . . . . . . 69
Driver's seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Driving safety system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
ADAPTIVE BRAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Adaptive brake lamps . . . . . . . . . . . 58
BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
EBV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
ESP ®
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Driving system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Airmatic DC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Distronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
HOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Parktronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Speedtronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Driving tip
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Distronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Driving on flooded roads . . . . . . . . 208
Driving on wet roads . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
DVD audio
Operation (on-board computer) . . . 119
DVD video
Operation (on-board computer) . . . 120
Dynamic driving seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Select Seat adjustment (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 E
Easy-entry/exit feature Activating/deactivating (on-
board computer)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Easy-entry feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Easy-exit feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
EBV (electronic brake-power distri-
bution) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Electrical/electronic equipment
Retrofitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Electronic brake-power distribution
see EBV Electronic Stability Program
see ESP ®



e mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Emergency key element Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Emergency locking
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Emergency running mode
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . 257
Emergency unlocking
Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Engine
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Running irregularly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Starting problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Starting with KEYLESS GO . . . . . . . 102
Starting with the key . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Engine diagnostic warning lamp . . . 247
Engine electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Checking the oil level (dipstick) . . . 195
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Index
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Temperature display (on-board
computer)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
ESP ®
(Electronic Stability Program) . 59
Activating/deactivating . . . . . . . . . . 59
Display message . . . . . . . . . . 222, 231
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 244
Exterior lighting
Delayed switch-off (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Exterior mirror parking position
Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 87
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Anti-dazzle mode (automatic) . . . . . 85
Folding in/out (automatically) . . . . . 84
Folding in/out (electrically) . . . . . . . 84
Folding in when locking (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Parking position . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 87
Resetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Storing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Exterior view
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 F
Fire extinguisher

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
First-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Flat tyre
MOExtended run-flat system
. . . . . 287
Preparing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 276
TIREFIT kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Floormat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Foglamps
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Fording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Frequencies Garage door opener . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front-passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . 312, 313
Fuel filler flap Opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Fuel line
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Fuel tank
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Range (on-board computer) . . . . . . 130
Fuse allocation chart . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Fuse box Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Fuses
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 G
Garage door Opening/closing

(with the remote
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Garage door opener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Clearing the memory . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Programming the remote control . . 186
Gear indicator (on-board computer) 116
Gearshift program Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Genuine Mercedes-Benz parts . . . . . 298
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Gross vehicle weight, maximum
permissible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 H
Headlamp Misting up

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Headlamp mode (automatic) . . . . . . . 92
Headlamps Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Headlamps delayed switch-off
see Exterior lighting delayed switch-off Index
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Head restraint
Adjusting (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 77
Adjusting (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Luxury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 77
NECK-PRO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Resetting triggered head
restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Heating
see Air conditioning
High-pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . 211
HOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 I
Immobiliser

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Indicator and warning lamp Brakes (red) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Distronic (red) . . . . . . . . . . . . 138, 245
Engine diagnostic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
ESP ®
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 244
LIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF . . . . 51, 242
Reserve fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
SRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 248
Tyre pressure monitor . . . . . . . . . . 248
Indicator and warning lamps . . . . . . 244 Indicator lamp
see Indicator and warning lamp

Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Selecting the language (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Ambient (on-board computer) . . . . 126
Automatic control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Delayed switch-off (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Manual control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Reading lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Interior motion sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
ISOFIX child seat securing system . . 55 J
Jack Operation

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Storage location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 K
Key

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Checking the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Display message

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Factory setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 67
Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Modifying the programming . . . . . . . 66
KEYLESS GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Checking the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Closing the boot lid automatically . . 73
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Losing the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Modifying the programming . . . . . . . 68
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Key positions
Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
KEYLESS GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107, 109 L
Lamps see Indicator and warning lamp


Language
Selecting (on-board computer) . . . 123
Licence plate lighting
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Lighting
see Lights Index
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Rain sensor
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Range (on-board computer) . . . . . . . 130
R button
see Reset button
Rear foglamp
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Rear-view mirror
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Anti-dazzle (manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Anti-dazzle mode (automatic) . . . . . 85
Rear window
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Rear window blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Rear window heating Malfunction indicator lamp . . . . . . 242
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Remote control Auxiliary heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Changing the batteries (auxiliary
heating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Garage door opener . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Programming (garage door
opener) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . 275
Reserve Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Reserve fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Restraint system
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Restraint systems
For children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Retaining hooks (boot) . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Reverse gear Engaging (automatic transmission) 105
Reversing lamp
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Roller sunblind
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Roof load, maximum . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Run-on time (mobile phone) . . . . . . . 184 S
Seat Adjusting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75, 77
Correct driver's seat position . . . . . . 90
Storing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Seat belt
Adjusting the height . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89, 249 Seat heating

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Seat ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Malfunction indicator lamp . . . . . . 241
Selector lever
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Service
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Service display
see ASSYST PLUS
Service indicator
see ASSYST PLUS
Service products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Windscreen washer fluid . . . . . . . . 317
Settings
Calling up a stored setting . . . . . . . . 87
Factory (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 67
Factory (KEYLESS GO) . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Factory (on-board computer) . . . . . 121
Shift ranges
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . 106
Display in the speedometer . . . . . . 105
Sidebags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Side window Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Resetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Index
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21Function Page
1 Boot
Opening and closing 70
Spare wheel 217
Vehicle tool kit 217
Vehicle battery 288
2 Rear lights
271
3 Rear window heating
164
4 Fuel filler flap
190
Fuel requirements 191
5 Opening and closing the
doors
66
6 Demisting the windscreen
163
Cleaning the windows 212
7
Sliding/tilting sunroof* 169
8 Exterior mirrors
84
Parking aid*
85 Function Page
9 Windscreen wipers, opera-
tion
97
Cleaning the wiper blades 211
Replacing the wiper blades 275
a Opening the bonnet
193
Engine oil 195
Coolant 196
b Front lights
271
c Fitting the front towing eye
293
d Tyres and wheels
198
Checking the tyre pressure 200
Flat tyre, fitting the spare
wheel
276
e Fitting the rear towing eye
293 At a glance
* optional
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Door control panel
37Door control panelFunctionPage
1Opens the door69
2Adjusts the seat electri-
cally*
75
3Stores settings for the seat,
exterior mirrors and steer-
ing wheel*
86
4Adjusts the exterior mirrors84
5Opens/closes the side win-
dows
98
6Unlocks the boot lid71
Remote boot lid closing fea-
ture*: automatically opens
or closes the boot lid
73
At a glance
* optional
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Stowage compartments
39Function Page
1 Glove compartment
177
2 Front-passenger seat stow-
age
compartment with first-
aid kit 216
3 Door stowage pocket
4 Ruffled pocket
5
Ashtray* 181
6 Door stowage pocket
7 Side stowage space in the
boot
8 Stowage well under the
boot floor
217
9 Hooks at the top of the boot
176
a Door stowage pocket
b
Ashtray* 181
c Ruffled pocket
d Door stowage pocket Function Page
e Driver's seat stowage com-
partment with fire extin-
guisher*
179
f Retaining clip on the sun
visor
180
g Front-passenger footwell
luggage net
176
h Stowage compartment in
the lower section of the
centre console
177
Ashtray* 181
Cigarette lighter* 181
j Stowage compartment in
front of the armrest
178
Cup holder* in the centre
console
172
k Stowage compartment/
telephone compartment
under the armrest
178 Function Page
l Front stowage compart-
ment in the centre console
in the rear
178
Cup holder* in the rear
centre console
173
m Rear stowage compart-
ment in the centre console
in the rear
179
n Cup holder in the rear seat
armrest
172
o Stowage compartment in
the rear seat armrest
179At a glance
* optional
219_AKB; 2; 4, en-GB
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