2010 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS CABRIOLET lock

Outsid
etemperature display
The outside temperature display is in the mul-
tifunction display. G
Risk of accident
At temperatures just above freezing point ,the
str eetm ay be icy, especially in woode dareas
or on bridges .Ifyou do not adapt your driving
style to the conditions, th evehicle could skid.
For this reason ,adapt your driving style and
speed to the weather conditions.
Changes in the outside temperatur eare dis-
played afte rashort delay. Speedomete
rwith segments
The segments in the speedometer indicate
which speed range is available.
Cruise control mode:
The segments light up from the stored speed
to the maximum speed.
Variable SPEEDTRONI Cmode:
The segments light up from the star tofthe
scal etot he selected limit speed.
DI ST RONIC PLUS mode:
One or two segments around the stored
speed ligh tup. Opera
ting th eon-board computer
The on-board computer is activated as soon
as you tur nthe key to position 1in the ignition
lock.
You can con trolthe multifunction display and
the setti ngsint he on-boar dcomputer using
the buttons on the multifunction steering
wheel. :
Multifunction display
;
~6
Makes/accepts or rejects/ends a
call
WX
Adjusts the volume
8
Mute
=
?
Activates voic
econtrol; see the sep-
arate operatin ginstructions ?
%Press briefly:
Back
Deactivate
svoice con trol
Hide sdispla ymessages %Press and hold:
Selects the standard display
A
=;
Calls up the men
uand menu bar Displays and operation
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Activating/deactivating th
esurround
lighting and ex terior lightin gdelayed
switch-off
The Surround lighting: function allows
yo utos et whether th eexterior lighting should
com eonw hen it is dar k:
R for 40 se conds after unlockin gthe ve hicle
with th ekey
The exterior lighting switche soff wh en you
open the driver’s door.
R for 15 seconds after switching off the
engine and closing the doors
If the engine is switched off and then none
of the doors are opened, or if an ope ndoor
is not closed, the exte rior lightin ggoes out
after 60 seconds.
If you activate the Surround lighting:
func tion, the following light up:
R the side lamps
R the foglamps 35
R the dipped-beam headlamps 36
R the daytime drivin glamps 37
R the licence plate lighting
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Settingsmenu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Light submenu.
X Press the abutton to confirm.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Surround lighting: function.
You will see the selected setting: onor
off.
X Press the abutton to save the setting. Deactivating the delayed switch-off tempora-
rily:
X
Before leaving the vehicle, turn the key to
position 0in the ignition lock.
X Turn the key to position 2in the ignition
lock and back to position 0.
The delayed switch-off is deactivated.
Delayed switch-off is reactivated the next
time you start the engine.
Activating/deactivating the interior light-
ing delayed switch-off
When you activate the Interior lighting
dela ysw. off: function and remov ethe
key from the ignition lock ,the interior lighting
remain sonfor 10 seconds.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Settingsmenu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Light submenu.
X Press the abutton to con firm.
X Press the :or9 buttontos elect the
Interior lighting dela ysw. off:
function.
Yo uw ill see the selected setting: onor
off.
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
Vehicle Setting permanent SPEEDTRONIC
You can use the func
tion Limi tspeed
(winter tyres): to setpermanen tSPEED-
TRONI C(Ypage 171).
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Settingsmenu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Vehicle submenu.
X Press the abutton to confirm.
35 Only for vehicles with front foglamps.
36 Only for vehicles withou tfront foglamps.
37 Onl yvehicles with Intelligent Light System. Menus and submenus
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X
Press :or9 to select the Limit
spee d(winter tyres): function.
Th ec urren tsetting is displayed.
X Press the abutton to confirm.
X Press :or9 to set permanent
SPEEDTRONI Cinincrements of ten
(240 km/h to160 km/h). Permanent
SPEEDTRONIC is deactivated with the Off
setting.
X Pres sthe a button to stor ethe entry.
Activating/deactiva ting th eautomatic
lockin gfeature
If you select the Automaticd oor locks:
function, th evehicle is centrally locked above
as peed of around 15 km/h.
i Further information on the automatic
locki ngfeature (Y page71).
X Press the =or; button on the stee r-
ing wheel to select the Settingsmenu.
X Press the :or9 buttontos elect the
Vehicle submenu.
X Press the abutton to confirm.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Automa ticd oor locks: function.
Yo uw ill see the selected setting: onor
off.
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
Activating/deactiva ting th eacoustic
locking confirmation
If you switch on the AcousticLock feed‐
back: function, an acousti csignal sounds
when you lock or unlock the vehicle. When
unlocking, the signal sounds once. When
locking, it sounds three times.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Settingsmenu.
X Press the :or9 buttontos elect the
Vehicle submenu.
X Press the abutton to confirm. X
Press the :or9 button to select the
Acoust icLock feedback: function.
Yo uw ill see the selected setting: Activa‐
ted orDeacti vated.
X Press the abuttontos ave the setting.
Activating/deactivating the radar sensor
system
i You must deactivat ethe radar sensor sys-
tem in cer tain countries and near radio
telescope facilities. Fur ther information
(Y page 32 4).
Ve hicles with anavigation system: the radar
senso rsystem is deactivated automatically if
you are close to radio teles cope facilities.
The followin gsystems are switched off when
the radar sensor syste misdeactiva ted:
R DIST RONIC PLUS (Y page 160)
R BA SP LUS (Y page 56)
R PRE-SAFE ®
Brake (Y page 59)
R Blind Spo tAssist (Y page 18 4)
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Settingsmenu.
X Press the :or9 buttontos elect the
Vehicle submenu.
X Press the abutton to confirm.
X Press the 9or: button to select
Rada rsensor (See Owner's Man.).
Yo uw ill see the selected setting: onor
off.
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
Convenience Activating/deactiva
ting th eEASY-
ENTRY/EXIT feature
You can use the Easy Entry/Exit function
to activate or deactivate the easy-entry/exit
feature (Y page 100). G
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The steering wheel moves when the EASY-
ENTRY/EXIT feature is active. There is arisk
of occupant sbecoming trapped. Before acti- 208
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vating th
eEASY-ENTRY/EXIT feature, make
sure that nobody can become trapped.
Do not leave children unsupervise dinthe
vehicle, even if they ar esecur edinac hild
restraint system .The chil dren could open the
driver's door and thereby unintentionally acti-
vat ethe EASY-ENTRY/EXIT feature and
becom etrapp ed.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselect the Settings menu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Convenience submenu.
X Press the abutton to confirm.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Easy Entry/Exit feature.
You will see the selected setting: onor
off.
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
Switching th ebelta djustmen ton/off
Fur ther information on belt adjust ment
(Y pag e42).
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselect the Settings menu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Convenience submenu.
X Press the abutton to confirm.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Belt adjustment: function.
You will see the selected setting: onor
off.
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
Switching the fold in mirrors when lock-
ing function on/off
If you switch on the Fold mirrorsinwhen
locking: function, th eexterior mirror sfold
in when you lock the vehicle. When you
unloc kthe vehicle and then open adoor, the
exterior mirror sfold out again.
If you have switched the function on and you
fold the exterior mirror sinusing the button
on the door (Y page 101), they will not fold
out automatically. The exterior mirrors can then only be folded out usin
gthe button on
the door.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to selec tthe Settings menu.
X Press the :or9 button to selec tthe
Convenience submenu.
X Press the abutton to confirm.
X Press the :or9 button to selec tthe
Fold mirror sinwhen locking: func-
tion.
Yo uw ill see the selected setting: onor
off.
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
Resetting to factory settings For safety reasons, not all function
sare reset:
the Limit speed (winter tyres): func-
tio ninp ermanen tSPEEDTRONIC can only be
set in the Vehiclesubmenu. If you want to
reset the Daytimedriving lamps: in the
Light submenu, yo umust turn the key in the
ignition lock to position 1.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Settingsmenu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Factor ysetting submenu.
X Press the abuttontoc onfirm.
The Rese tall settings? message
appe ars.
X Pres sthe : or9 button to select
No orYes.
X Press the abutton to confir mthe selec-
tion.
If you hav eselected Yes,the multifunction
display shows aconfirmation message. Menu
sand submenus
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Applying th
ebrakes Display messages Possible causes/consequences and
M Solutions
J ABS and
ESP cur‐
rently
unavaila‐
ble See
Owner's
Manual G
Risk of accident
AB S(Anti-lock Brakin gSystem), ESP ®
(Electronic Stability
Program), BA S(Brake Ass ist), PRE-SAFE ®
,t he HOL Dfunction,
hill start assis tand ESP ®
trailer stabilisation are temporarily
not available .For example, the on-boar dvoltage ma ybeinsuf-
ficient. BAS PLUS (Brake Assist PLUS) and PRE-SAFE ®
Brake
may be inoperative as well .Ina ddition, the ä,å
and ! warning lamps light up in the instrumen tcluster.
ATTE NTION ASSIS Tisdeactiva ted.
The brak esystem continues to function normally, but without
the function slisted above. The wheels could therefore lock if
you brak ehard, for example.
X Drive on carefully.
If the display message disappears, the functions listed
above are available again.
If the display message continues to be displayed:
X Drive on carefully.
X Visit aqualified specialist workshop. J AB
Sa nd
ESP inop‐
erative
See Own‐
er's Man‐
ual G
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kofa ccident
ABS, ESP ®
,B AS ,PRE-SAFE ®
,t he HOL Dfunction, hill start
assis tand ESP ®
traile rstabilisatio nare not avail able due to a
malf unction. BAS PLUS and PRE-SAFE ®
Brake may als ohave
failed. In addition, the ä,åand! warning lamps
light up in the instrument cluster.
ATTENTION ASSIST is deactivated.
The brake system continues to function normally, but without
the functions listed above. The wheels coul dtherefore lock if
you brake hard, for example.
X Drive on carefully.
X Visit aquali fieds pecialist workshop. Display messages
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Displa
ymessages Possible causes/consequences and
M Solutions
J EB
D, ABS
and ESP
inopera‐
tiv eS ee
Owner's
Manual G
Risk of accident
EBD (Electronic Brake-for ceDistribution), ABS, ESP ®
,B AS,
PRE-SAFE ®
,t he HOL Dfunction ,hill start assist and ESP ®
trailer stabilisation are no tavailab ledue to amalfunction. In
addition, the ä,åand! warning lamp sinthe
instrumen tcluster light up and awarning tone sounds.
ATTENTION ASSIST is deactivated.
The brake system continue stofunction normally, but without
the functions listed above. The wheels coul dtherefore lock if
you brake hard, for example.
X Drive on carefully.
X Visit aquali fieds pecialist workshop immediately. J Release
parking
brake You are drivin
gwith the parkin gbrake engaged .Awarning
ton ealso sounds.
X Release th eparking brake. J Br
ake
immedi‐
ately Am
alfunction has occurred while the HOL Dfunction or DIS-
TRONI CPLUSisa ctive.
or
Vehicles with manual transmissio n:with the HOL Dfunction
activated, you have either:
R opened the driver' sdoor and released th eseat belt or
R switched off th eengineor
R opened th ebonnet
At one ma yalso sound at regular intervals. The ton ebecomes
louder if you attempt to lock the vehicle.
You can notstart the engine.
X Paying attention to the traffic situation, immediately
depress the brake peda lfirmly and hold until the display
message disappears.
X Prevent the vehicle from rolling away before you leave it
(Y page 153).
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Engine
Display messages Possible causes/consequences and
M Solutions
+ To
pup
coolant
See Own‐
er' sM an‐
ual Th
ec oolant leve listoo low.
X Top up th ecoolant ,obser ving the warning note sbefore
doin gso( Ypage 261).
X If th ecoolant needs toppin gupmoreo ften than usual ,have
the engin ecoolant system checked at aqualified specialist
workshop. ? Co
olant
Sto pv ehi‐
cle
Switch
engine off Th
ec oolant is to ohot.
Aw arning ton ealso sounds.
X Pull ove rand sto pthe vehicle safel yand switch off the
engine ,payin gattentio ntoroad and traffic conditions.
X Make sure that the air supply to the radiator is not blocked,
e.g. by snow, slush or ice.
X Wait until the display message disappears befor erestar ting
the engine. Otherwise, there is arisk of engine damage.
X Pay attention to the coolant tempera turedisplay.
X If the temperature increases again, visit aqualified special-
ist worksho pimmediately. Th
ep oly-V-belt ma yhave torn.
X Pull over and stop the vehicle safely and switch off the
engine, paying attention to road and traffic conditions.
X Open the bonnet.
X Check whethe rthe poly-V-belt is tor n.
If the poly-V -belt is torn:
! do not continue driving. The engine could otherwise over-
heat.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop.
If the poly-V-belt is OK:
X Wait until the display messag edisappears before restarting
the engine. Otherwise, there is arisk of engine damage.
X Pay attention to the coolant tempera turedisplay.
X Visit aqualified specialist workshop. 222
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Tyres
Display messages Possible caus
es/consequences andM Solutions
Tyre pres‐
sure Check
tyres
G
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The tyr epressure loss warning system ha sdetected asignif-
ican tloss in pressure.
Aw arning ton ealso sounds.
X Stop th evehicle without making any sudde nsteering or
braking mano euvres.P ay attention to the traffic conditions
as you do so.
X Check the tyres and, if necessary ,change the wheel
(Y page 302).
X Chec kthe tyr epressure and ,ifnecessary, correc tthe tyre
pressure.
X Restart the tyr epressure loss warning system when th etyre
pressure is correct (Y page 301).Check
tyr
epres‐
sures then
restart
Run Flat
Indicator Ad
isplay message for the tyre pressure loss warnin gsystem
was shown.
X Set the cor recttyrep ressur eina ll four tyres.
X Restart th etyrep ressur eloss war ningsystem
(Y page 301). Ru
nF lat
Indicator inopera‐
tive Th
et yrep ressur eloss war ningsystem is faulty.
X Visit aq ualified specialist workshop. Vehicle
Display messages Possible causes/consequences and
M Solutions
To st
art
engine, shift to
either P
or N Yo
uh avea ttempted to startthe engin ewitht he transmiss ion
in position Ror D.
X Shift th etransmission to position Por N. P Select
Park (P) You have switched off the engine with the Star
t/Stop button
and opened the driver's door.
You wante dtolock the vehicle.
Aw arning ton ealso sounds.
X Shift th etransmissio ntoposition P. 230
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