2015 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS COUPE lights

Setting the position
You can adjust the position of the head-up dis-
play on the windscreen. You can compensate for
height differences if the seat positions are
changed, for example.
X Switch on the head-up display (Y page 235).
X Press òon the steering wheel to open the
menu list.
X Press :or9 on the steering wheel to
select the Settings
Settings menu.
X Confirm by pressing aon the steering
wheel.
X Press :or9 to select the Head-up Head-up
display
display submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press :or9 to select the Position
Position
function.
X Press ato save the setting.
X Press :or9 to adjust the position to a
level from Level
Level +5
+5(up) to Level
Level -5
-5(down).
X Press aor% to save the setting.
Using the Memory function, you can save and
call up the set position of the head-up display as as ingle memory preset (Y page 116).
Adjusting the brightness
The brightness of the head-up display is auto-
matically adjusted to the surrounding light con-
ditions. You can also individually adjust the
brightness of the head-up display.
X Switch on the head-up display (Y page 235).
X Press òon the steering wheel to open the
menu list.
X Press :or9 on the steering wheel to
select the Settings
Settings menu.
X Confirm by pressing aon the steering
wheel.
X Use : or9 to select the Head-up
Head-up
display
display submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press :or9 to select the Brightness
Brightness
function.
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
X Press :or9 to adjust the brightness
to alevel from Level
Level +5
+5(bright) to Level
Level-5
-5
(dark).
X Press the aor% button to save the
setting. Light submenu Switching the Intelligent Light System
on/off
X Press òon the steering wheel to open the
menu list.
X Press :or9 on the steering wheel to
select the Settings Settings menu.
X Confirm by pressing aon the steering
wheel.
X Press :or9 to select the Lights
Lights
submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press :or9 to select the Intelli‐
Intelli‐
gent Light System
gent Light System function.
If the Intelligent Light System
Intelligent Light System function
has been switched on, the cone of light and
the L symbol in the multifunction display
are shown in white.
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
If you switch on the Intelligent
Intelligent Light
LightSys‐
Sys‐
tem
tem function, the following functions are activa-
ted:
R Motorway mode
R Active light function
R Cornering light function
R Extended range foglamps
If you set the dipped-beam headlamps for driv-
ing on the right/left ,the multifunction display
shows the Inactive Inactive for
forleft-side
left-side traffic
traffic
or Inactive for right-side traffic
Inactive for right-side traffic dis-
play message in the Lights
Lightssubmenu instead of
the Intelligent Light System
Intelligent Light System function
(Y page 247). This display message will only
appear if the settingf or driving on the left/right
is set opposite to your vehicle's countryv ersion.
Further information on the Intelligent Light Sys-
tem (Y page 121).
Setting the dipped-beam headlamps for
driving on the left/right
This function is only available in vehicles with
the Intelligent Light System.
You can use this function to switch between
symmetrical and asymmetrical dipped beam
(Y page 118).
X Press òon the steering wheel to open the
menu list.
X Press :or9 on the steering wheel to
select the Settings
Settings menu. Menus and submenus
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X
Confir mbyp ressing aon thesteering
wheel.
X Press :or9 to select the Lights
Lights
submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press :or9 to select the Dipped
Dipped
beams Settin gfor
beams Settin gforfunction.
You will see th eselected setting, right-
right-
sid et raffic
sid et raffic orleft-side traffic
left-side traffic.
X Press the abuttontos ave th esetting.
If you chang ethe setting, conversion does not
tak eplaceu ntil th enexttim et he vehicle is
stationary.
If you set th edipped-beam headlamps for driv-
ing on th eright/left ,the nm otorway mod eand
th ee xtended range foglamps are unavailable.
Thes eare only deactivate difthesettin gfor driv-
ing on th eleft/right is set opposit etoyour vehi-
cle's country version.
Aq ualified specialist worksho pcan set the
dipped-beam headlamps for driving on th eleft/
right.
Instrumen tcluster submenu Selecting th
edistance unit
The Display Display unit unitSpeed-/odometer
Speed-/odometer function
allows you to choos ewhether certain displays
appear in kilometres or mile sinthemultifunc-
tio nd isplay.
X Press òon thesteering wheel to open the
men ulist.
X Press the :or9 buttononthesteering
wheel to select the Settings
Settings menu.
X Confir mbyp ressing aon thesteering
wheel.
X Use : or9 to select the Instrument
Instrument
cluster
cluster submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press :or9 to select the Display
Display
uni tS peed-/odometer
uni tS peed-/odometer function.
The curren tsetting km
kmorMiles
Miles appears.
X Press the abuttontos ave th esetting.
The selected unit of measuremen tfor distance
applies to the:
R digital speedometer in the Trip
Tripmenu
R total distanc erecorder and th etripm eter
R trip computer
R curren tconsum ption and th erange
R range R
navigation instruction sintheNavi
Navi menu
R Cruis econtrol
R SPEEDTRONIC
R DISTRONI CPLUSw ithS teering Assist and
Stop&Go Pilot
R ASSYS TPLUSs ervic einterval display
Switching th eadditiona lspeedometer
on/off
Unite dKingdom :thisf unction is unavailable.
The additional speedometer is always switched
on.
If th eadditional speedometer is switched on,
th es pee diss hown in th estatus bar of th emul-
tifunctio ndisplay instead of th eoutside tem-
perature.
The spee ddisplay is invers etoyour speedome-
ter.
X Press òon thesteering wheel to open the
men ulist.
X Press :or9 on thesteering wheel to
select the Settings Settings menu.
X Confir mbyp ressing aon thesteering
wheel.
X Press :or9 to select the Instru‐
Instru‐
men tc luster
men tc luster submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press :or9 to select the Digital
Digital
speedo [km/h]
speedo [km/h] function.
The curren tselection appears.
X To activate/deactivate: press theabut-
to na gain.
Vehicle submenu Settin
gpermanent SPEEDTRONIC
X Press òon thesteering wheel to open the
men ulist.
X Press :or9 on thesteering wheel to
select the Settings Settings menu.
X Confir mbyp ressing aon thesteering
wheel.
X Press :or9 to select the Vehicle Vehicle
submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press :or9 to select the Limit
Limit
speed (winte rtyres)
speed (winte rtyres) function.
The curren tsettin gappears.
X Press ato confirm. 248
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sand submenusOn-boar dcomputer and displays

Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and
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MSolutions ÷
inoperative inoperative
See
SeeOwn‐
Own‐
er' sM anual
er' sM anual ESP
®
is faulty.
Other drivin gand drivin gsafet ysystems may also be faulty.
The ÷ warning lamp also lights up in th einstrumen tcluster.
G WARNING
The brak esystem continues to function normally, but without the
function slisted above.
The braking distanc emay thus increas einanemergenc ybraking sit-
uation.
If ESP ®
is no toperational, ESP ®
is unable to stabilis ethe vehicle.
There is an increased danger of skiddin gand ris kofana ccident.
X Drive on carefully.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop immediately. ÷
currently unavaila‐ currently unavaila‐
ble ble
See
SeeOwner's
Owner's Man‐
Man‐
ual
ual ESP
®
is temporarily unavailable.
Other drivin gand drivin gsafet ysystems may also be faulty.
The ÷ warning lamp also lights up in th einstrumen tcluster.
The self-diagnosis function ,for example, may no tbecomplete.
G WARNING
The brak esystem continues to function normally, but without the
function slisted above. The wheels could therefor eloc kify ou brake
hard, for example.
The braking distanc emay thus increas einanemergenc ybraking sit-
uation.
If ESP ®
is no toperational, ESP ®
is unable to stabilis ethe vehicle.
There is an increased danger of skiddin gand ris kofana ccident.
X Carefully drive on asuitable stretch of road, making slight steering
movement sataspeed abov e20km/h.
If th edisplay message disappears, th efunction smentioned above
are available again.
If th emultifunction display still shows th edisplay message:
X Drive on carefully.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop immediately. Display
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Display messages
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M
MSolutions T!
÷
inoperative inoperative See
SeeOwn‐
Own‐
er' sM anual
er' sM anual EB
D( electronic brak eforce distribution), AB Sand ESP ®
are faulty.
Other drivin gand drivin gsafet ysystems may also be faulty.
In addition ,the ÷ and! warning lamp sligh tupint heinstru-
men tcluste rand aw arning tone sounds.
G WARNING
The brak esystem continues to function normally, but without the
function slisted above. The fron tand rear wheels could therefor elock,
for example, if you brak ehard.
The steerabilit yand braking characteristics may be severely affected.
The braking distanc emay increas einanemergenc ybraking situation.
If ESP ®
is no toperational, ESP ®
is unable to stabilis ethe vehicle.
There is an increased danger of skiddin gand ris kofana ccident.
X Drive on carefully.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop immediately. J
Brake immediately Brake immediately Vehicles wit
hmanual transmission :amalfunction has occurred while
th eH OLDf unction was activated.
At onem ay also soun datregular intervals. If you attemp ttolockt he
vehicle, th etoneb ecome slouder.
You canno tstart th eengine.
X Payin gattention to th etraffic situation ,immediately depress the
brak epedal firmly and hold until th edisplay message disappears.
X Safeguar dthe vehicl eagainst rollin gaway (Y page 172).
You can restar tthe engine. !
Tur
nont he igni‐
Tur nont he igni‐
tion tion to
torelease
release the
the
parkin gbrake
parkin gbrake The red
!indicator lamp lights up.
You attempte dtorelease th eelectric parking brak ewhile th eignition
was switched off.
X Switc hthe ignition on. !
Releas
eparking
Releas eparking
brake brake The red
!indicator lamp flashes and awarning tone sounds. A
condition for automatic release of th eelectric parking brak eisnot
fulfilled (Y page 174).
You are drivin gwitht he electric parking brak eapplied.
X Releas ethe electric parking brak emanually. The red
!indicator lamp flashes and awarning tone sounds.
You are making an emergenc ystopu singthe electric parking brake
(Y page 174). 256
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Parkin
gbrake See
Parkin gbrake See
Owner' sManual
Owner' sManual The yellow
!warning lamp lights up.
The electric parking brak eismalfunctioning.
To apply:
X Switc hthe ignition off.
X Press th eelectric parking brak elever for at least te nseconds.
X Vehicles wit hmanua ltra nsmission: engage first gear.
X Vehicles wit hautomatic transmission: shift thetransmission to
position P.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. The yellow
!warning lamp and th ered ! indicator lamp are lit.
The electric parking brak eismalfunctioning.
To release:
X Switc hthe ignition off and then on again.
X Releas ethe electric parking brak emanually.
or X Releas ethe electric parking brak eautomatically (Y page 174).
If th eelectric parking brak estill canno tbereleased:
X Do no tdrive on.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. The red
!indicator lamp flashes and th eyellow !warning lamp
is lit.
The electric parking brak eismalfunctioning.
To release:
X Switc hthe ignition off and then on again.
X Releas ethe electric parking brak emanually.
To apply: X Switc hthe ignition off and then on again.
X Apply th eelectric parking brak emanually.
If th ered ! indicator lamp continues to flash:
X Do no tdrive on.
X Safeguar dthe vehicl eagainst rollin gaway (Y page 362).
X Vehicles wit hmanua ltra nsmission: engage first gear.
X Vehicles wit hautomatic transmission: shift thetransmission to
position P.
X Turn th efront wheels toward sthe kerb.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. Display
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Display messages
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MSolutions The yellow
!warning lamp lights up. The red !indicator lamp
flashes for about te nseconds after th eelectric parking brak ehas been
applie dorreleased. It then goe sout or remain slit.
The electric parking brak eismalfunctioning.
X Switc hthe ignition off and then on again.
X Apply th eelectric parking brake.
If it is no tpossibl etoapply th eelectric parking brake:
X Vehicles wit hmanua ltra nsmission: engage first gear.
X Vehicles wit hautomatic transmission: shift thetransmission to
position P.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop.
If it is no tpossibl etorelease th eelectric parking brak emanually:
X Releas ethe electric parking brak eautomatically (Y page 174).
If th eelectric parking brak estill canno tbereleased:
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. The yellow
!warning lamp lights up. If you manually apply or
release th eelectric parking brake, th ered ! indicator lamp
flashes.
The electric parking brak eismalfunctioning .Itisnotpossibl etoapply
th ee lectric parking brak emanually.
X Vehicles wit hmanua ltra nsmission: switch off th eignition.
The electric parking brak eisappliedautomatically.
X Vehicles wit hautomatic transmission: shift thetransmission to
position P,astheelectric parking brak eisnotapplie dautomati-
cally.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop.
If it is no tpossibl etorelease th eelectric parking brak emanually:
X Releas ethe electric parking brak eautomatically (Y page 174).
If you do no twish th eelectric parking brak etobeapplied, leav ethe
ignition switched on ,e.g.w hen washing th evehicl einana utomatic
car wash or when having th evehicl etow ed. Exception :when having
th ev ehicl etow ed wit hthe rear axl eraised. 258
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messagesOn-boardcomputer an ddisplays

Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and
M
MSolutions !
Parkin
gbrake inop‐
Parkin gbrake inop‐
erative erative The yellow
!warning lamp lights up. The red !indicator lamp
flashes for about te nseconds after th eelectric parking brak ehas been
applie dorreleased. It then goe sout or remain slit.
The electric parking brak eismalfunctioning ,e.g.b ecause of over-
voltag eorundervoltage.
X Rectify th ecaus eoft heovervoltage or undervoltage, e.g. by charg-
ing th ebattery or restarting th eengine.
X Apply or release th eelectric parking brake.
If th eelectric parking brak estill canno tbeappliedorr eleased:
X Switc hoff th eignition and tur nitbacko n.
X Apply or release th eelectric parking brake.
If th eelectric parking brak estill canno tbereleased:
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop.
If it is still no tpossibl etoapply th eelectric parking brake:
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. The yellow
!warning lamp lights up and th ered ! indicator
lamp flashes.
It is no tpossibl etoapply th eelectric parking brak emanually.
X Vehicles wit hmanua ltra nsmission: engage first gear.
X Vehicles wit hautomatic transmission: shift thetransmission to
position P.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. J
Check brake fluid Check brake fluid
level level There is insufficien
tbrak efluid in th ebrak efluid reservoir.
In addition ,the red J warning lamp lights up in th einstrument
cluste rand aw arning tone sounds.
G WARNING
Braking efficiency may be impaired.
There is ariskofana ccident.
X Pull ove rand stop th evehicl esafely as soo naspossible, paying
attention to roa dand traffic conditions. Do no tcontinue driving
under any circumstances.
X Safeguar dthe vehicl eagainst rollin gaway (Y page 172).
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop.
X Do no ttop up th ebrak efluid .This does no tcorrect thef ault. #
Check Check
brake
brakepad
padwear
wear The brak
epads/linings hav ereached their wear limit.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. G
Inoperative Inoperative On
eorm orem ain features of th eMercedes-Ben zContac tsystem are
malfunctioning.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. Display
messages
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MSolutions PRE-SAFE Functions
PRE-SAFE Functions
limited limited
See
SeeOwner's
Owner's
Manual
Manual PRE
‑SAFE ®
PLU SorP RE‑SAFE ®
Brake is unavailable due to amal-
function .BAS PLU SwithC ross-Traffic Assis tmay also hav efailed.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop immediately. Radar
Radar
sensors
sensors dirty
dirty
See Owner' sManual
See Owner' sManual At least on
eofthefollowin gdrivin gsystems or drivin gsafet ysystems
is temporarily restricted or inoperative:
R PRE-SAFE ®
PLUS
R PRE-SAFE ®
Brake
R COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST PLUS
R Active Lan eKeepin gAssist
R Active Blind Spot Assist
R DISTRONI CPLUSw ithS teering Assis tand Stop&Go Pilot
If th eradar sensor system in fron tisdirty, Active Blind Spot Assis twill
no tp erfor mac ourse-correcting brak eapplication.
Possibl ecauses:
R thes ensor sintheradiato rtrima nd/o rinthebumpers are dirty
R thef unction of th edrivin gsystem or drivin gsafet ysystem is
impaire ddue to heav yrain or snow
Aw arning tone also sounds.
Once th ecauses listed abov enolonger apply, th edisplay message
goe sout.A lldrivin gsystems or drivin gsafet ysystems are operative
again.
If th edisplay message does no tdisappear:
X Pull ove rand stop th evehicl esafely as soo naspossible, paying
attention to roa dand traffic conditions.
X Safeguar dthe vehicl eagainst rollin gaway (Y page 172).
X Switc hoff th eengine.
X Clean th esensor s(Ypage 330) in th efollowin glocations:
R in th eradiato rtrim
R in th efront bumper
R in th erear bumper, particularly in th emiddle of th erear bumper
X Restart th eengine.
The display message disappears. 6
Restraint sys
.mal‐
Restraint sys .mal‐
function Consult function Consult
workshop workshop The restrain
tsystem is faulty. The 6warning lamp also lights up in
th ei nstrumen tcluster.
G WARNING
The airbags or belt tensioners may either be triggered unintentionally or, in th eevent of an accident, may no tbetriggered.
This poses an increased ris kofinjury.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop immediately.
Fo rfurther information about th erestrain tsystem, see (Y page 39). Display
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