2012 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS COUPE manual transmission

ASSYS
TPLUS
Displaying aservice message ........300
Hiding aservice message ..............300
Notes ............................................. 300
Resetting the service interva ldis-
pla y................................................ 300
Service message ............................ 300
Specia lservice requirements ......... 301
ATA (Anti-Theft Alarm system)
Activating/deactivating ...................71
Function .......................................... .71
Interior motion sensor .....................72
Switching off the alarm ....................71
Tow-awa yprotectio n........................ 71
ATTENTIO NASSIST
Activating/deactivating .................220
Display message ............................ 243
Function/notes ............................. 192
Authorised workshop
see Qualified specialist workshop
AUTO lights
Display message ............................ 239
see Lights
Automatic engine start (ECO start/
stop function) .................................... 146
Automatic engine switch-off (ECO
start/stop function) ..........................145
Automatic headlamp mode ..............111
Automatic transmission Accelerator pedal position .............151
Automatic drive program ...............152
Changing gea r............................... 151
DIRECT SELECT leve r..................... 149
Display message ............................ 254
Drive position (ECO start/stop
function) ........................................ 150
Drive program displa y.................... 149
Driving tips .................................... 151
Emergency running mode ..............156
Engaging drive position .................. 150
Engaging neutra l............................ 150
Engaging revers egear ................... 150
Engaging the par kposition ............ 149
Kickdow n....................................... 151
Manual drive program ....................154
Neutral (ECO start/stop function) .150
Overview ........................................ 148
Problem (fault) ............................... 156Progra
mselector button ................151
Pulling away ................................... 143
Selector leve r................................ 148
Shift range s................................... 153
Starting the engine ........................143
Steering wheel gearshift paddle s... 152
Transmission position displa y........ 149
Transmission position display
(DIREC TSELECT lever) ................... 149
Transmission positions ..................150
Automatic transmission emer-
gency runnin gmode ......................... 156
Auxiliary heating Activating/deactivating .................133
Activating/deactivating (on the
centre console ).............................. 133
Display message ............................ 255
Important safety notes ..................132
Problem (display message) ............136
Remote control .............................. 133
Setting ........................................... 225
Setting the departur etime ............ .135
Auxiliary ventilation
Activating/deactivating .................133
Activating/deactivating (on the
centre console ).............................. 133
Problem (display message) ............136
Remote control .............................. 133 B
Bag hook ............................................ 277
BAS (Brake Assist System) .................63
BAS PLU S(Brake Assist System
PLUS) .................................................... 64
Battery (key) Checking .......................................... 79
Important safety notes ....................79
Replacing ......................................... 79
Battery (vehicle)
Charging ........................................ 318
Display message ............................ 242
Important safety notes ..................316
Jump starting ................................. 319
Belt
see Seat belt
Belt force limiters (activation) ...........41 Index
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Cruise control
Activatio ncondition s..................... 166
Cruise control leve r....................... 165
Deactivating ................................... 167
Display message ............................ 249
Driving system ............................... 165
Important safety notes ..................165
LIM indicator lamp .........................165
Selecting ........................................ 166
Setting aspeed .............................. 167
Storing and maintaining current
speed ............................................ .166
Cup holder
Centre console .............................. 279
Important safety notes ..................279
Rea rcentre console ....................... 280
Rea rcompartmen t......................... 280 D
Dashboard see Instrument cluster
Dashboard lighting
see Instrument cluster lighting
Data
see Technical data
Daytime drivin glights
Display message ............................ 239
Function/notes ............................. 111
Switching on/off (on-board com-
puter) ............................................. 222
Dealership
see Qualified specialist workshop
Delaye dswitch-off
Exterio rlighting (on-board com-
puter )............................................. 223
Interior lighting .............................. 224
Diagnostic sconnection ...................... 23
Diese lparticle filter .......................... 162
Digital speedometer .........................213
Dipped-beam headlamps Display message ............................ 237
Setting for driving abroad (sym-
metrical) ........................................ 110
Setting for driving on the right/
left ................................................. 223
Switching on/off ........................... 111DIRECT SELECTl
ever
see Automatic transmission
Displa ymessage
ASSYS TPLUS ................................ 300
General information .......................231
Hiding (on-board computer) ...........231
KEYLESS-GO .................................. 257
Display messages
Calling up (on-board computer) .....231
Driving systems ............................. 243
Engine ............................................ 240
Key ................................................ 256
Lights ............................................ .237
Safety systems .............................. 232
Tyres .............................................. 250
Vehicle .......................................... .254
Distanc edisplay (on-board com-
puter) ................................................. .219
Distanc ewarning signal (warning
lamp) .................................................. 269
DISTRONIC PLUS Deactivating ................................... 177
Display message ............................ 248
Displaysint he multifunctio ndis-
play ................................................ 176
Function/notes ............................. 170
Important safety notes ..................170
Setting the specified minimum
distance ......................................... 176
Warning lamp ................................. 269
Door
Automatic locking (on-board com-
puter) ............................................. 225
Automatic locking (switch) .............. .84
Central locking/unlocking (key) ......77
Control pane l................................... 38
Display message ............................ 255
Emergency locking ........................... 84
Emergency unlocking .......................84
Important safety notes ....................82
Opening (from the inside) ................82
Driv eprogram
Automatic ...................................... 152
Display ........................................... 149
Display (DIREC TSELECT lever) ......149
Manual .......................................... .154
Driv eprogram selector .....................1528
Index

sound of the engine may change during this
time.
Automatic transmission X
Shift the transmission to position P.
The transmission position displayint he
multifunction displays howsP.
i You can also start the engine when the
transmission is in position N.
Starting procedurew ith the keyi
To start the engine using the key instead
of KEYLESS-GO, pull the Start/Stop button
out of the ignition lock.
X To startap etrol engine: turn the key to
position 3in the ignition lock
(Y page 141) and release it as soon as the
engine is running.
X To startad iesel engine: turn the key to
position 2in the ignition lock
(Y page 141).
The % preglow indicator lamp in the
instrumen tcluster light sup.
X When the %erlischt, den Schlüssel auf
Stellung 3(Ypage 141 )and release it as
soon as the engine is running.
i You can start the engine without preglow
if the engine is warm.
Using KEYLESS-GO to start th eengine G
WARNING
Your vehicle can be started using avalid KEY-
LESS-GO key. For this reason ,children should
never be left unsupervised in the vehicle.
Always tak ethe key with you when leavin gthe
vehicle, even if you are only leavin gitfor a
shor ttime.
i The Start/Stop button can be used to
start the vehicle manually without inserting
the key int othe ignition lock .The key must
be in the vehicle and the Start/Stop button
must be inserted in the ignition lock. This mode for startingt
he engine operates inde-
pendently of the ECO start/stop automatic
engine start function.
X Depress the brake pedal and keep it
depressed.
X To startap etrol engine: pressthe Start/
Stop button (Y page 141) once.
The engine starts.
X To start adiesel engine: press the Start/
Stop button (Y page 141)once.
Preglow is activated and the engin estarts. Pulling away
Automatic transmission G
WARNING
If the engin espeed is above the idling speed
and you engage transmission position Dor
R,t he vehicle could pull away suddenly. There
is ar isk of an accident.
When engagin gtransmission position Dor R,
always firmly depress the brake pedal and do
not simultaneously accelerate.
X Depress the brake pedal and keep it
depressed.
X Shif tthe transmission to position Dor R.
X Release the parking brake (Y page 160).
X Release the brake pedal.
X Carefully depress the accelerator pedal.
i It is only possible to shift the transmission
from position Pto the desired position if
you depress the brake pedal. Only then is
the parking lock released.
i The vehicle locks centrally once you have
pulleda way.The locking knobs in the doors
drop down.
You can open the doors from the inside at
any time.
You can also deactivate the automatic lock-
ing feature (Y page 225). Driving
143Driving and parking Z

E
Economy Comfortable, economical
driving S
Sport Sporty driving style
M
Manual Manua
lgears hifting i
For furthe rinformation on the automatic
drive program, se e(Ypage 152).
i Thea utomatic transmission switches to
automatic drive program Eeach tim ethe
engine is started.
AM Gvehicles Drive program selecto
rwith manual drive program
X Turn drive program selector :until the
desired drive program appears in the mul-
tifunction display in the speedometer.
The drive program indicator on drive pro-
gram selector :light supinr ed. C
Controlled
Efficiency Comfortable, economical
driving
S
Sport Sporty drivin
gstyle S+
SportPlus Extremely sport
ydriving
style M
Manual Manual gearshifting
RS
RACE
START Optimal vehicle accelera-
tion from
astandstill i
For further information on the automatic
drive program, see (Y page 152). i
The automatic transmission switches to
automatic drive program Ceach tim ethe
engin eisstarted.
i RScannot be selected during normal driv-
ing. For further information on RACE
START, see (Y page 180). Steering wheel gearshift paddles
:
Left-han dsteerin gwheel gearshif tpaddle
; Right-hand steering wheel gearshif tpad-
dle
You can restrict or derestric tthe shif trange
by usin gthe steering wheel gearshif tpaddles.
You can chang egear yourself by usin gthe
steering wheel gearshif tpaddle in th emanual
driv eprogram.
i You can only chang egear wit hthe steer-
ing wheel gearshif tpaddles when th etrans-
mission is in position D. Automatic drive program
Drive program E(drive program Con AMG
vehicles) is characterised by th efollowing:
R comfort-oriente denginea nd automatic
transmission settings
R optimal fuel consumption resulting from
th ea utomatic transmission shiftin gup
sooner
R thev ehicle pullin gaway mor egently in
forward and revers egears, unless the
accelerator pedal is depressed fully 152
Automatic transmissionDriving and parking

Clearing th
eshiftrange restriction X
Pul lthe right-hand steering wheel gearshift
paddle until the numbe rfor the gear disap-
pears from the multifunction display.
or
X Shift the transmission to position D.
The automatic transmission shifts from the
current shift range directly to D.
Selecting the ideal shift range X
Pull the left-hand steerin gwheel gearshift
paddle and hold it in position.
The automatic transmission shifts to the
gear which allowso ptimum acceleration
and deceleration. To do this, the automatic
transmission shifts down one or more
gears. Manual drive program
Activating the manuald rive programX
Press the program selector button
(Y page 151) repeatedly until Mappears in
the multifunction display.
X AMG vehicles: turn the drive program
selector (Y page 152) until Mappears in the
multifunction display.
The indicator Mon the drive program selec-
tor lights up in red.
AMG vehiclesa nd vehicleswithaDIRECT
SELECT lever: you can select manual drive
program Musin gthe program selector or the
driv eprogram selector button. In manual
driv eprogram M,you can chang egear using
th es teering wheel gearshif tpaddles if the
transmission is in position D.
Upshifting !
In manual gearshif tprogram M,the auto-
matic transmission does not shift up auto-
matically even when the engine limiting
spee dfor the current gearisr eached.
When the engine limiting speed is reached, the fuel supplyisc
ut to prevent the engine
from overrevving. You must make sure that
the engine speed does not reach the red
area of the rev counter. Otherwise, there is
ar isk of engine damage.
X Pull the right-hand steering wheel gearshift
paddle.
The automatic transmission shifts up to the
next gear.
AMG vehicles
X If the colour in the multifunction displayin
the speedometer changes to red and the
UP displaym
essage is shown, shift up a
gear.
Downshifting X
Pull the left-hand steering wheel gearshift
paddle.
The automatic transmission shifts down to
the next gear.
i If you slow down or stop without shifting
down, the automatic transmission auto-
matically shifts down.
i For maximum acceleration, pull the left-
hand steering wheel gearshift paddleu ntil
the transmission selects the optimum gear
for the current speed.
Kickdown You can also use kickdown for maximum
acceleration in manual drive program
M.
X Depress the accelerator pedal beyond the
pressure point.
The transmission shifts to alower gear
depending on the engine speed.
X Shift back up once the desired speed is
reached.
i AMG vehicles: it is not possible to use
kickdown in manual drive program M.154
Automatic transmissionDriving and parking

Switching off the manuald
rivep rogram X
Allv ehicle s(exce pt AM Gvehicles) with
aD IRECT SELECT lever: press thepro-
gram selector butto n(Ypage 151 )repeat-
edly until Eor Sappears in the multifunc-
tion display.
X AMG vehicles: turn the drive program
selector (Y page 152)until C,Sor S+
appears in the multifunction display. Automatic transmission
155Driving and parking Z

Problem Possible causes/consequences and
M Solutions
The fuel filler flap can-
not be opened. The fuel filler flap is not unlocked.
or
The key battery is discharged.
X
Unlock the vehicle using the emergency key element
(Y page 78).
X Open the boot lid or the tailgate.
X open the boot lid.
X Manuallyu nlock the fuel filler flap using the emergency release
(Y page 157). The fuel filler flap is unlocked, but the opening mechanism is jam-
med.
X
Consult aqualified specialist workshop. Parking
Important safety notes
G
WARNING
If flammable materials such as leaves, grass
or twigs are exposed to prolonged contact to
parts of the exhaust system that heat up, they
could ignite. There is arisk of fire.
Park the vehicle so that no flammable mate-
rials come into contact with parts of the vehi-
cle which are hot. Take particular care not to
park on dry grassland or harvested grain
fields. G
WARNING
If you switch off the ignition while driving,
safety-relevant functions are only available
with limitations, or not at all. This could affect,
for example, the power steering and the brake
boosting effect.Y ou will require considerably
more effort to steer and brake. There is arisk
of an accident.
Do not switch off the ignition while driving. G
WARNING
If you leave children unsupervised in the vehi-
cle, they could set it in motion by, for example:
R releasing the parking brake
R shifting the automatic transmission out of
the parking position P
R starting the engine.
They could also operate the vehicle's equip-
ment.T here isarisk of an accident and injury.
When leaving the vehicle, always take the key
with you and lock the vehicle. Never leave
children unsupervised in the vehicle.
! Am oving vehicle can lead to damage to
the vehicle or damage to the drive train.
To ensure that the vehicle is secured against
rolling away unintentionally:
R the parking brake must be applied.
R the transmission must be in position Pand
the key must be removed from the ignition
lock.
R on uphill or downhill gradients, the front
wheels must be turned towards the kerb. Parking
159Driving and parking Z

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Transmission position (Y page 149)
A Permanen tdisplay: outside temperature
or speed (Y page 221)
X To show th emenu bar ;:press the
= or; button on the steerin gwheel.
Menu bar ;disappears after afew seconds.
Text field :shows the selected menu or
submenu as well as displaym essages.
The following messages can appearint he
multifunction display:
XjY Active Parking Assist
(Y page 187)
¯ Cruise control (Y page 165)
È SPEEDTRONIC (Y page 168)
_ Adaptive Highbeam Assist
(Ypage 117)
À ATTENTION ASSIST
(Ypage 192)
¤ ECO start/stop function
(Ypage 144)
Ä Speed Limit Assist
(Ypage 193)
à Lane Keeping Assist
(Ypage 199)
à Active Lane Keeping Assist
(Ypage 204)
ë HOLD function (Y page 179)
Ä PRE-SAFE®
Brake (Y page 68)
120 km/h! Maximum permissible speed
exceeded (only for certain coun-
tries)
Menus and submenus
Menu overview
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to call up the menu bar and select
am enu.
Operating the on-board computer
(Y page 210). Depending on the equipment fitted in the
vehicle, you can call up the following menus:
R
Trip menu (Y
page 212)
R Navi menu (navigation instructions)
(Y page 214)
R Audio menu (Y
page 215)
R Tel menu (telephone) (Y
page 217)
R Assist. menu (assistance) (Y
page 218)
R Serv. menu (Y
page 220)
R Settings menu (Y
page 221)
R AMG menu in AMG vehicles (Y
page 228)
The Audio ,
Navi and
Tel menus differ slightly
in vehicles with an audios ystem and in vehi-
cles with COMAND Online. The examples
given in this Owner's Manual apply to vehicles
equipped with COMAND Online. Trip menu
Standard display X
Press and hold the %button on the
steering wheel until the Trip menu with
trip meter :and total distance
recorder ;is shown. 212
Menus and submenusOn-board computer and displays