2008 MERCEDES-BENZ SL ROADSTER park assist

4Charging
..................... 278
Checking (key )................ 259
Checking (KEYLESS GO key) .....259
Check lamp (key ).............. 259
Check lamp (KEYLESS GO key) ......................... 67, 259
Disconnecting ................ 277
Display message ..........215, 216
Maintenance (vehicle )..........276
Reconnecting ................. 278
Removing/fitting .............. 278
Vehicle battery ................ 276
Belt force limiters
Activatio n..................... 41
Belt tensioners
Activation ..................... 41
Belt warning ..................... 85
Bonnet Bonnet catch ................. 177
Display message .............. 213
Opening/closing .............. 176
Bonnet release lever
Releas eleve r................ .177
Boot
Emergency release .............256
Locking separatel y.............. 70
Opening/closing (automatically) ...70
Opening/closing (manuall y)....... 69
Boot lid
Displa ymessage .............. 213Boot separator
.................. 156
Display message .............. 218
Brake
Warning lamp ................. 235
Brake Assist
see BAS
Brake fluid ..................... 306
Display message .............. 216
Brake lamps
Adaptive ...................... 54
Display message .............. 222
Brake system
Display message................... 216, 217, 218
Parking brake .................. 98
SBC TM
brake system ............ 57
Bulb
Changing ................ 261, 263
Cornering light ................ 262
Licence plate lamp .............264
Main-beam headlamps ..........262
Parking lamp ................. 262
Rea rfoglamp ................. 263
Reversing lamp ............... 263
Side lamp .................... 262
Turn signa llam p............... 263
see Lamp
Bulbs
Overview .................... 260 C
Calling up amalfunction
see Message memory menu
Care ........................... 194
Automatic car wash ............195
Distronic .................... 198
Headlamps ................... 196
High-pressure cleaners .........195
Parktroni c................... 198
Plastic trim ................... 197
Rea rwindow ................. 196
Side windows ................. 196
Tai lpipes (AMG vehicles) ........197
CD player/CD changer
Operation (on-board computer) ...114
Central locking
Automatic locking (on-board com-
puter) ....................... 120
Key .......................... 64
KEYLESS GO ............... 66, 67
Central locking/unlocking button ...68
Central unlocking Key.......................... 64
KEYLESS GO ............... 66, 67
Centre console
Lowe rsection .................. 31
Upper sectio n.................. 32
Changing awheel
see Flat tyre Index
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Driving safet
ysystems 54 BAS (Brake Assist)
BAS operates in emergency braking situa-
tions. If yo udepress the brake peda lquickly,
BAS automaticall yboost sthe braking force,
thu sshortening the stopping distance.
X Kee pthe brake peda lfirml yd epresse duntil
the emergency braking situatio niso ver.
ABS prevents the wheels fro mlocking.
Th eb rakes will functio nasusual once you
release the brake pedal. BAS is deactivated. G
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If BAS ha smalfu nctioned ,the braking sys-
tem remains availabl ewithf ullb rake boost-
ing effect. However, braking force is not
automaticall yincrease dinemergency
braking situations and the stopping dis-
tanc emayincrease. Adaptive brak
elamps
i Adaptive brake lamps ar eonlya vailable in
certai ncountries.
If yo ubrake sharpl yfromas peed of more
tha n50k m/h or if braking is assiste dbyBAS,
the brake lamps flas hrapidly .Inthisw ay,
traffi ctravelling behind yo uiswarne dinan
eve nm oren oticeabl emanner.
After bringing the vehicl etoahalta fter per-
forming such abraking manoeuvre, when the
brake peda lispresse dagain the brake lamps
will once agai nlight up continuously. ESP
®
(Electroni cStability Program)
ESP ®
monitors driving stability and traction,
i.e .p ower transmission between tyres and
the roa dsurface.
If ESP ®
detects tha tthe vehicl eisdeviating
fro mt he directio ndesir ed by the driver ,one
or mor ewheel sarebraked to stabilise the
vehicle. Th eengine outpu tisa lsom odified, if
necessary ,tokeept he vehicl eonthe desired
course withi nphysical limits. ESP ®
assists
the driver when pulling away on we torslip-
pery roads .ESP ®
ca na lsos tabilise the vehi-
cle during braking. When ESP
®
intervenes ,the v warning
lamp flashe sinthe instrumen tcluster. G
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If the v warning lamp in the instrument
cluste rflashes ,procee dasfollows:
R Do not deactivate ESP ®
under any cir-
cumstances.
R Onl ydepress the accelerator peda lasfar
as necessary when pulling away.
R Adapt your driving style to suit the pre-
vailing roa dand weather conditions.
Th ev ehicl ecould otherwis egointoaskid.
ESP ®
cannot reduc ethe risk of an accident
if yo udrive too fast. ESP ®
cannot override
the laws of physics.
! If:
R the vehicl eisbeing towed with the front
or rea raxler aised
R the parking brake is being tested using a
dynamometer
the ignition must be switched off (ke yin
position 0or 1in the ignition lock). Appli-
catio noft he brakes by ESP ®
could other-
wise destro ythe brake syste monthe front
or rea raxle. Safety
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Automatic transmission
98
Parking brake
1
Releas ehandle
2 Parking brake
X To release: depress thebrake peda land
keep it depressed.
X Pull release handle 1.
X The 3 indicator lamp in th einstrument
cluster goe sout.
X To apply: depress parking brake 2firmly.
The 3 indicator lamp in th einstrument
cluster lights up if th eengineisr unning.
i On steep slopes ,tur nt he fron twheels
toward sthe kerb. Switchin
goff th eengine G
Risk of accident
If th eengineisn otrunning ,the re is no
powe rassistanc efor thes teerin gand
brakes. Steerin gand braking then takes
muc hmoree ffort.
As aresult ,you might los econtrol of the
vehicle, caus eanacciden tand injur eyour-
sel fand others.
Do no tswitch of fthe engin ewhile driving.
X Mov ethe selecto rlever to P.
Usin gthe key
X Tur nthe keyt op osition 0(Y page 73 )in
th ei gnition loc kand remov eit.
The immobilise risactivated.
Usin gKEYLESS GO*
X Press and hol dthe KEYLESS GO button
(Y page 73).
The engin estops and all th elamp sint he
instrumen tcluster go out (Y page 26). Automatic transmission
Introduction to th
etransmi ssion G
Risk of accident
The movemen tofthepedals mus tnotbe
impaire dinany way. Do no tkeepa ny
objects in th edriver's footwell. Mak esure
that floormat sorcarpetsare correctly
secure dand that there is sufficien tclear-
anc efor thep edals. G
Risk of accident
Do no tchang ed own fo radditional engine
braking on aslipper yroads urface. This
could caus ethe drive wheels to los etheir
grip and th evehicl ecould skid. Thi scould
caus eyou to los econtrol of your vehicle
and caus eanaccident. Cont
rols
*optional
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Driving sys
tems 124
Diallin
ganumber fro mthe phone book If your mobil
ephone is operational ,you can
select and dial anumbe rfro mt he phone book
at any time. It is onl ypossibl etoe nternew
numbers into the phone book using the
mobil ephone.P leas erefer to the separate
operating instructions for information on how
to do this.
X Press the èor· button to select the
Telephone menu.
X Press the jork button to call up
the phone book.
X Press the jork button to select the
desired name. To scroll throug hthe tele-
phone book faster, press and hold the
j ork button for longe rtha n1s ec-
ond.
X Press the sbutton to start dialling.
The Connectin gcall... message
appear sinthe multi-functio ndisplay.
Th en umbe rdialled is stored in the redial
memory.
When the connectio nism ade, the nam eof
the perso nyou arec allin g(ifit is stored in
the phone book) or the telephone number yo
uh aved ialled will appear in the multi-
functio ndisplay.
or
X If yo udon ot wish to make acall, press the
t button.
Redialling Th
eo n-board computer stores the last phone
numbers which were dialled.
X Press the èor· button to select the
Telephone menu.
X Press the sbutton to call up the most
recentl ydialled numbe rinthe redia lmem-
ory.
X Press the jork button to select the
desired nam eornumber.
X Press the sbutton to start dialling. Driving systems
Overvie
wofdrivingsystems
Th ev ehicle' sdriving systems ar edescribed
on the following pages:
R Cruise control ,Distronic* and Speedtronic,
which ar eusedtoc ontrol the spee dofthe
vehicle
R SBC Hold, which makes pulling away eas-
ier, particularl yonsteep uphill gradients
R RAC ESTAR Tont he SL 63 AMG ,which
makes pulling away on race tracks easier
R *Active Bod yControl *(ABC), which is used
to adjus tthe vehicle' ssuspe nsionsystem
R Parktronic* ,which assists yo uinparking
and manoeuvring
Th ef ollowing driving safety systems: ABS,
BAS, adaptiv ebrake lights, ESP ®
and SBC TM
and SBC ®
ar ed escribe dint he "Safety "sec-
tio n(Ypage 53). Controls
*optional
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Driving sys
tems 127
i
Deceleratio nofthe vehicl ebymeans of
the cruis econtrol lever is assiste dbyauto-
matic applicatio nofthe brakes.
On long downhil lgradients ,the automatic
transmission shifts down as afurthe rmeas-
ure.
Making fine adjustments in 1km/h
increments X
Briefl ypress the cruis econtrol lever up
1 for ahighe rspeed or down 4for a
lowe rspeed.
Th elasts peed stored is increase dor
reduced.
Deactivating cruis econtrol There ar
eseveral ways to deactivate cruise
control:
X Briefl ypress the cruis econtrol lever for-
wards 6.
or
X Brake.
or X
Briefl ypress the cruis econtrol lever in the
directio nofarrow 5.
Variable Speedtroni ciss elect ed.LIM indi-
cator lamp 2in the cruis econtrol lever
lights up.
Cruise control is automaticall ydeact ivate dif,
for example:
R yo ud epress the parking brake
R yo ua redriving at less tha n30km/h
R ESP ®
is intervening or yo udeact ivate
ESP ®
R yo um ovet he selector lever to Nwhil edriv-
ing
If cruis econtrol is deactivated, yo uwillh ear
aw arning tone .You will se ethe Cruise con-
tro loffmessage in the multi-functio ndis-
play of the speedomete rfor approximately
five seconds.
i Thelas ts peed stored is cleared when you
switch off the engine. Distronic*
Distroni cregulate sthe spee dand automati-
call ym aintains the distance to the vehicl ein
front. It brakes automaticall yinorder to avoid
exceeding the se tspeed .Onl onga nd steep
downhil lgradients ,especially if the vehicl eis
laden, yo umusts elect shift range 1,2or 3.
By doing so yo uwillm akeu seof the braking
effect of the engine ,which relieves the load
on the brake syste mand prevents the brakes
fro mo verheating and wearing too quickly. G
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Do not change down for additional engine
braking on aslipper yroads urface. This
could caus ethe drive wheels to lose their
gri pa nd the vehicl ecould skid. G
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Distroni ciso nlyana iddesigne dtoassist
driving. Th edriver remains full yresponsible
for the vehicle' sdistance fro mother vehi-
cles, the vehicle' sspeed and braking in
good time. Controls
*o ptional
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tems 1291
To store the current spee dorahigher
speed
2 LIM indicator lamp
3 To select the current or last store dspeed
4 To store the current spee doralower
speed
5 To switc hbetween Distronicand variable
Speedtronic
6 Deactivatin gDistronic
Sele ctingD istronic X
Check whether LIM indicator lamp 2is off.
If it is off, Distroni cisa lready selected.
If it is not, pres sthe cruis econtro llever in
the direction of arrow 5.
LIM indicator lamp 2in the cruis econtrol
leve rgoeso ut.D istroni ciss elec ted. Switching on
Distronic,storingand
maintainin gthe current speed If Distroni
cisn ot activated after the cruise
contro llever is pressed, youw ills ee the mes-
sage DTR- --km/h in the multi-function
displa y.
Yo uc anno tactivat eDistroni cinthe following
circumstances:
R ifyo ua redrivin gslowe rtha n3 0km/ hor
faster than 180 km/h
R when braking
R when yo uhavea pplied the parking brake
R if ESP ®
is deactivated
R when the selector lever is in position P,R
or N
R for two minutes afte rthe engine is started
X Accelerate the vehicle to the desired
speed.
X Briefly press the cruise control lever up
1 or down 4.
X Remove your foot from the accelerator
pedal.
Distronic is activated .The vehicle main-
tains the store dspeed until the distance to
the vehicle in front becomes too small. i
If yo udon ot fully release the accelerator
pedal ,the DTR passive messageappears
in the multi-function display. The distance
to as lower-moving vehicle in front will then
not be preset. You will be driving at the
speed yo udetermine with the accelerator
pedal.
Setting aspeed X
Pres sthe cruise control lever up 1for a
higher speed or down 4for alower speed.
X Kee pthe cruise control lever presse duntil
the desire dspeed is reached.
X Release the cruise control lever.
The new speed is stored.
i Deceleration of the vehicle by means of
the cruise control lever is assiste dbyauto-
mati capplicatio nofthe brakes.
On long downhil lgradients, the automatic
transmission also shifts down. Controls
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Flat tyre
266 Flat tyre
Flat tyre
Your vehicl emay be equipped with:
R aT IREFI Tkit (Ypage 201)
R as par ew heel* (Y page 201)
R theM OExtended run-flat sys-
tem* (Y page 275) Preparing th
evehicle
i Vehicl epreparation is no tneces saryon
vehicles wit hMOE tyres*.
X Stop your vehicl easfar away from traffic
as possibl eonsolid, non-slippery, level
ground.
X Switc hont hehazard warnin glamps.
X Firmly depress th eparkin gbrake.
X Mov ethe selector lever to P.
X Allo ccupant smustg et out of th evehicle.
Mak esuret hatthe ya re no tend angered as
they do so.
X Mak esuret hatnoo neis near th edanger
area whils tawheelisb eingchanged. Any-
on ew ho is no tdirectl yassistin ginthe whee
lcha ng es hould, fo rexample, stand
behin dthe barrier.
X Switc hoffthee ngine.
X Remove th ekeyfrom th eignition lock.
X Get out of th evehicle.
X Clos ethe driver's door.
X Plac ethe warnin gtriangle ( Ypage 200) at
as uitable distance. Observ elegal require-
ments. Usin
gthe TIREFIT kit
You can use th eTIREFI Tkitto seal small
punctures ,particularl ytho se in th etyret read.
You can use TIREFI Tinoutdoo rtem peratures
down to -2 0°C. G
Risk of accident
In th efollowing situations, your safet yisat
particular ris kand tyr esealant is unable to
provid ebreakdown assistance:
R if there are cut sorpunctures in th etyre
greate rtha n4mm
R if th ewhee lrim is damaged
R if you hav edriven at ver ylow tyr epres-
sures or on aflat tyre Do no
tdrive any further. Consult aqualified
specialist workshop whic hhas th eneces-
sar yspecialist knowledge and tools to carry
out th eworkr equired.
Mercedes-Ben zrecommends that you use
aM ercedes-Ben zServi ce Centr efor this
purpose .Inparticular, wor krelevan tto
safet yoro nsafety-related systems mus tbe
carrie dout at aqualified specialist work-
shop.
X Do no tremove any foreign objects which
hav epenetrated th etyre, e.g. screw sor
nails.
X Remove TIREFIT, th eaccompanying "max.
80 km/h "sticke rand the electric ai rpump
fro mt he stowage well underneath the boot
floo r(Ypage 200). Practical advice
*optional
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