2008 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS COUPE brake light

31, 2, 3 ...
7G–TRONIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 A
ABS (Anti-lock Braking System)

. . . . . 57
Display message . . . . . . . . . . 221, 231
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Acceleration
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Accident
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Active Service System
see ASSYST PLUS
ADAPTIVE BRAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Adaptive brake lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adaptive damping system see ADS
ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Airbag Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Driver's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF warning
lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Sidebags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Windowbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Air cleaner
Display message
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Air conditioning
2-zone Thermatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
4-zone Thermotronic . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Activating/deactivating air-recir-
culation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Activating/deactivating auxiliary
heating/ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Air-recirculation mode with con-
venience opening/closing feature . 165
Auxiliary heating/ventilation . . . . . 166
Controlling automatically . . . . . . . . 159
Cooling with air dehumidification . . 158
Demisting the windscreen . . . . . . . 163
Malfunction indicator lamp . . . . . . 242
Misted up windows . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Rear compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Setting the air distribution . . . . . . . 162
Setting the airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Setting the air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Setting the temperature . . . . . . . . . 159
Setting the temperature (rear
compartment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
see Climate control
Air-conditioning
Activating/deactivating . . . . . . . . . 158
Airmatic DC (Dual Control) . . . . . . . . 146
Air pump, electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Ambient lighting
Setting (on-board computer) . . . . . 126
Antifreeze concentration . . . . . . . . . 317
Anti-lock braking system see ABS
Anti-theft alarm system
see ATA
Anti-theft systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
ASSYST PLUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
ATA (anti-theft alarm system) . . . . . . 61
Switching off the alarm . . . . . . . . . . 61
Audible warning signal . . . . . . . . . . . 251
AUTO lights Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Automatic transmission
Changing gear yourself . . . . . . . . . 105
Display in the speedometer . . . . . . 105
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Emergency running mode . . . . . . . 257
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
One-touch gearshifting . . . . . . . . . 105
Program selector button . . . . . . . . 106
Releasing the parking lock man-
ually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . 104
Shift ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 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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Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Navigation menu (on-board com-
puter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
NECK-PRO head restraint . . . . . . . . . . 49
Resetting triggered NECK-PRO
head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 O
Oil topping up

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
AMG menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Convenience submenu . . . . . . . . . . 123
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
DVD menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Dynamic driving seat submenu . . . 129
Factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Heater submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Instrument cluster submenu . . . . . 122
Lighting submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Message memory menu . . . . . . . . . 121
Navigation menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Settings menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Standard display menu . . . . . . . . . 115
Telephone menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Time/Date submenu . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Trip computer menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 TV menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Vehicle submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
One-touch gearshifting . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Operating system see On-board computer
Outside temperature
Display (on-board computer) . 111, 116
Overhead control panel
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Own number sending (mobile
phone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 P
Paint code number
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Parktronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Parking lamps
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Parking lock
Releasing manually (automatic
transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Parking position
Exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Parktronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Activating/deactivating . . . . . . . . . 150
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Range of the sensors

. . . . . . . . . . . 148
Warning display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF warning
lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 242
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Permanent Speedtronic . . . . . . . . . . 144
Petrol Minimum grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Plastic trim
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Power windows
see Side window
PRE-SAFE ®
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
PRE-SAFE ®
System
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Preventive occupant safety system
see PRE-SAFE ®

Program selector button
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . 106
Pulling away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 R
RACETIMER (on-board computer)
. . 117
Radio Changing a station (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
see separate operating instructions
Rain closing feature (sliding/tilt-
ing sunroof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Index
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Cockpit
23Function Page
1 Combination switch with:
• Main-beam headlamps 94
• Turn signals 94
• Windscreen wipers 97
2 Cruise control lever for:
• Cruise control 132
• Distronic* 135
• Speedtronic 142
3 Multi-function steering
wheel
30
4 Instrument cluster
26
5 Horn
6
Linguatronic lever* – see
separate operating instruc-
tions
7
Parktronic* warning dis-
play
149 Function Page
8 Controls Thermatic or 4-
zone Thermotronic*
153
Switches the rear window
heating on/off
164
9 Overhead control panel
36
a Glove compartment
177
b
Controls COMAND APS*
and the audio system, see
the respective operating
instructions
c Centre console
32
d Ignition lock
74
e Adjusts the steering wheel
manually
82
f Adjusts the steering wheel
electrically*
81
Switches the steering
wheel heating* on/off
82 Function Page
g Adjusts the headlamp
range
95
h Parking brake
104
j Opens the bonnet
193
k Releases the parking brake
104
l Light switch
91
m Door control panel
37At a glance
* optional
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Cockpit
25Function Page
1 Glove compartment
177
2 Overhead control panel
36
3 Controls Thermatic or 4-
zone Thermotronic*
153
Switches the rear window
heating on/off
164
4
Parktronic* warning dis-
play
149
5 Combination switch with:
• Main-beam headlamps 94
• Turn signals 94
• Windscreen wipers 97
6 Cruise control lever for:
• Cruise control 132
• Distronic* 135
• Speedtronic
142 Function Page
7 Multi-function steering
wheel
30
8 Instrument cluster
26
9 Horn
a
Linguatronic lever* – see
separate operating instruc-
tions
b Door control panel
37
c Light switch
91
d Adjusts the headlamp
range
95
e Opens the bonnet
193
f Releases the parking brake
104
g Ignition lock
74
h Adjusts the steering wheel
manually
82 Function Page
j Adjusts the steering wheel
electrically*
81
Switches the steering
wheel heating* on/off
82
k Parking brake
104
l Centre console
32
m
Controls COMAND APS*
and the audio system, see
the respective operating
instructions At a glance
* optional
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Instrument cluster
27Function Page
1 Turn signal indicator lamp,
left
94
2
ESP
®
warning lamp 244
3 Segments
4
Distance warning lamp*
1 245
5 Turn signal indicator lamp,
right
94
6 SRS warning lamp
248
7 ABS warning lamp
244
8 Seat belt warning lamp
249
9 Coolant temperature gauge
110
a Coolant warning lamp
246
b Rev counter
111
c Main-beam indicator lamp
94 Function Page
d Dipped-beam indicator
lamp
92
e Multi-function display
112
f Trip meter
110
g Depending on the setting in
the on-board computer:
124
• Outside temperature
2 • Digital speedometer
h Standard display
115
j Gearshift program display
104
k Total distance recorder
l Selector lever indicator
105
m Speedometer
n Engine diagnostic warning
lamp
247 Function Page
o Tyre pressure warning
lamp*
248
p Brake system warning lamp
245
q Clock
125
r Reserve fuel warning lamp
250
s Fuel gauge
t Reset button
110
u Diesel engine: preglow indi-
cator lamp
102
1
On vehicles without Distronic*, the symbol lights up briefly but has no function.
2 Vehicles for the United Kingdom: the speed in km/h
is always shown instead of the outside temperature. At a glance
* optional
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Instrument cluster
29Function Page
1 Turn signal indicator lamp,
left
94
2
ESP
®
warning lamp 244
3 Segments
4
Distance warning lamp*
3 245
5 Turn signal indicator lamp,
right
94
6 SRS warning lamp
248
7 ABS warning lamp
244
8 Seat belt warning lamp
249
9 Coolant temperature gauge
110
a Coolant warning lamp
246
b Rev counter
111
c Main-beam indicator lamp
94 Function Page
d Dipped-beam indicator
lamp
92
e Multi-function display
112
f Trip meter
110
g Depending on the setting in
the on-board computer:
124
• Outside temperature
4 • Digital speedometer
h Standard display
115
j Gearshift program display
104
k Total distance recorder
l Selector lever indicator
105
m Speedometer
n Engine diagnostic warning
lamp
247 Function Page
o Tyre pressure warning
lamp*
248
p Brake system warning lamp
245
q Clock
125
r Reserve fuel warning lamp
250
s Fuel gauge
t Reset button
110
u Diesel engine: preglow indi-
cator lamp
102
3
On vehicles without Distronic*, the symbol lights up briefly but has no function.
4 Vehicles for the United Kingdom: the speed in km/h
is always shown instead of the outside temperature. At a glance
* optional
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Occupant safety
48
R
independently of the belt tensioners
R if the vehicle overturns, but only if the sys-
tem detects high vehicle deceleration in a
lateral direction and determines that side-
bag deployment can offer additional pro-
tection to that provided by the seat belt
Windowbags
The purpose of the windowbags is to enhance
the level of protection for the head (but not
chest or arms) of the vehicle occupants on
the side of the vehicle on which the impact
occurs.
The windowbags are integrated into the side
of the roof frame and run from the front door
(A-pillar) to the rear door (C-pillar).1 Windowbag Windowbags
1 are deployed:
R at the start of an accident with a high rate
of vehicle acceleration or deceleration in a
lateral direction
R on the side on which an impact occurs
R independently of the front airbags
R regardless of whether the front-passenger
seat is occupied
R if the vehicle overturns and the system
determines that windowbag deployment
can offer additional protection to that pro-
vided by the seat belt
PRE-SAFE ®
system
PRE-SAFE ®
system takes pre-emptive meas-
ures to protect you in certain hazardous sit-
uations.
PRE-SAFE ®
intervenes in the event of:
R emergency braking situations, e.g. if BAS
Brake Assist intervenes
R critical situations involving driving dynam-
ics, e.g. if the vehicle oversteers or under-
steers significantly due to physical limits
being exceeded If you are driving faster than approximately
30 km/h, PRE-SAFE
®
takes the following
measures in the aforementioned situations:
R It tensions the front seat belts.
R Vehicles with memory functions*: it
adjusts the front-passenger seat if this is in
an unfavourable position.
R If the vehicle skids, it closes the sliding/
tilting sunroof* and side windows so that
only a small gap remains.
If the hazardous situation passes without
resulting in an accident, PRE-SAFE ®
releases
the belt pretensioning. You can then reverse
all settings made by PRE-SAFE ®
again.
If the seat belts are not released:
X Move the backrest or the seat back slightly
until the belt tension is reduced.
The locking mechanism releases.
G Risk of injury
Make sure when adjusting the seat that
nobody can become trapped.
! Make sure that there are no objects in the
footwell or behind the seats when adjusting
the seats. You could otherwise damage the
seats and the objects.
Safety
* optional
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