2017 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS CABRIOLET ESP

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!
÷ inoperative See Owner's
Manual *
EBD,A BS and ESP ®
arem alfunctioning.
Other driving and driving saf etys yst ems ma yalso be malfunctioning. &
WARNING Risk of skidding if EBD, ABS and ESP ®
are malfunctioning
If EBD, ABS and ESP ®
arem alfunctioning ,the wheels can loc kwhen braking and ESP ®
cann otcar ryout vehicle
st abilisation.
The steering capability and braking characteristic sarethus se verely impaired .The brakin gdista nce may
increase in an eme rgency braking situation .Inaddition, other driving saf etys yst ems ar eswitched off. #
Driv eonc arefull y. #
Have theb rake system checkedi mmediatel yataqualified specialis tworks hop. #
Driv eonc arefully. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop immediatel y.
!
Turn on the ignition to
release the parking brake *
The red! indicator lam pislit.
Yo uh ave attem ptedtor elease thee lectric parking brak ewitht he ignition switched off. #
Switc hthe ignition on. Displa
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Front-passenger airbag dis-
abled See Owner's Manual *T
he front passenger airbag is disabled, eventhough an adult or aperson wit habuild cor responding tothat of an
adult is seated on thef ront passenger seat. If additional forc es ar eapplied tothes eat, thew eight thes ystem
de tects ma ybetoo low. &
WARNING ‑Riskofi njuryor eve nfatal injur ywhen thef ront passenger airbag is disabled
If th ef ront passenger airbag is disabled, It will no tbedeployedint heeve nt of an accident and canno tperform
its intended pr otectiv efunction.
Ap erson in thef ront passenger seat could then, fore xamp le, com eintoc ontact wi th thevehicle interior ,espe‐
cially if thep erson is sitting tooc lose tothed ashboard. #
Beawareoft hestatus of thef ront passenger airbag bo thbefor eand during thej ourne y. #
Pull overand stop thev ehicle safely as soon as possible, paying attention toroad and traf ficc onditions. #
Chec kthe status of thea utomatic front passenger airbag shutof f. #
If necessar y,consult aqualified specialis tworks hop immediatel y.432
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É Stop vehicle Vehicle too
low *Y
ou ha vepulled away despit ethe vehicle le velb eing tool ow. #
Pull overand stop thev ehicle safely as soon as possible, paying attention toroad and traf ficc onditions.
The vehicle rises tothes elected vehicle le vel. #
Wait until thed ispla ymessag edisappear sbefor epulling away.
If th ed ispla ymessag edoes no tdisappear and awarning tone also sounds, AIR BOD YCONTROL is malfunctioning: #
Do no tdrive fast erthan 80 km/h and consult aqualified specialis tworks hop immediatel y.
* NO
TEThe tyres of thef ront axle or thef ront wings could be damaged bylarge steering mo vements #
Avoid larg esteering mo vements whil edriving and lis tenf or scraping sounds. #
Ifyo uh ear sc raping sounds, pull overand stop thev ehicle safely ,paying attention toroad and traf ficc on‐
ditions ,and se tahigher vehicle le velifp ossible. #
Setah igher vehicle le vel.
Dependin gonthe malfunction, thev ehicle is raised. 434
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N *T
he boo tlid is open. &
WARNING Risk ofexhaus tgas poisoning
Combustio nengines emit poisonous exhaus tgases suc hascarbon monoxide. Exhaus tgases can enter the
ve hicle interior if theb ootlid is open when thee ngine is running ,especially if thev ehicle is in motion. #
Alw ayss witc hoffthee ngine befor eopening theb ootlid. #
Neverd rive wit hthe boo tlid open. #
Close theb ootlid.
_ Example:Front left seat
backrest not locked *T
he seat backres tofthe cor responding front seat is no tengaged. #
Push thes eat backres tbacku ntil it engages.
¥
Top up washer fluid *T
hewasher fluid le velint hewasher fluid reser voir has dropped belo wthe minimum. #
Topupt hewasher fluid . 456
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A Malfunction Consult work-
shop *T
heroll bar sarefaulty. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop immediatel y. Lights
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b Example:Left dipped beam *T
he cor responding light source is defective. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop.
% LED light bulbs: thed ispla ymessag efor thec orresponding lam ponly appears when allthel ight-emitting diodes
in thel am ph avef ailed.
b Activ eLight System inoper-
ative *T
he activ eheadlamp sarefaulty. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop. Displa
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Wa
rning and indicator lamps Overvie
wofwarningand indicator lamps Som
esystems per form aself-tes twhen thei gni‐
tion is switched on. Some warning and indicator
lamps ma ybriefly light up or flash. This behav‐
iour is non-critical. Thes ewarning and indicator
lamps onl yindicat eamalfunction if they light up
or flash af tert he engine is star tedord uring a
journe y.
Instrument displa yinthe widesc reen cockpit Prog
ressiv esetting (widescreen cockpit) If
yo us elect thep rogressiv edispla ysetting in
ve hicles wit hawidescreen cockpit, thep osition
of thei ndicator lamps in thei nstrument display
ch anges.
Wa rning and indicator lamps:
L Dipped beam (→
page117 )
T St
anding light s(→pag e117 )
K Mai
nbeam( →pag e119 )
#! Tu
rn signal light (→ page119 )
R Re
ar fogl ight (→ page117 ) ü
Sea
tbelti sn otfast ened
(→ pag e471 )
J Brakes (red) (→
page465)
J Brakes (yell
ow)(→pag e465)
! ABSm
alfunction (→ page465)
÷ ESP®
(→ pag e465)
å ESP®
OFF (→ page465)
! Electric parkin
gbrake ( →pag e465)
Ð St
eering assis tance malfunction
(→ page 473)
# Electrica
lfault (→ page474 )
6 Re
stra int sy stem (→ page465)
; Engine diagnosis (→
page474 )
8 Fu
elreser vewit hfuel filler cap loca‐
tion indicator (→ page474 )
? Coolan
ttoo hot/cold (→ page474 )
· Dis
tance warning (→ page472)
h Ty
re pressur emonitoring sy stem
(→ pag e477) 462
Displaymessa gesa nd warning/indicator lamps

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÷ ESP ®
wa rning lam pflashes The
yello wE SP®
wa rning lam pflashes while thev ehicle is in motion.
ESP ®
is inter vening . #
Adapty our driving styletos uitther oad and weather conditions.
÷ ESP ®
wa rning lam plights
up The
yello wE SP®
wa rning lam pislit while thee ngine is running.
ESP ®
is malfunctioning.
Other driving and driving sa fety sy stems ma yalso be faulty. &
WARNING Risk of skidding if ESP ®
is malfunctioning
If ESP ®
is malfunctioning ,ESP ®
canno tcarry out vehicle stabilisation .Inaddition ,other driving saf etys ystems are
switched off. #
Driv eonc arefull y. #
Have ESP ®
ch eckedataq ualified specialis tworks hop. #
Driv eonc arefully. #
Obser vethem essages in them ultifunction displa y. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop. 466
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å ESP ®
OFF warning lamp The
yello wE SP®
OFF warning lam pislit while thee ngine is running.
ESP ®
is deacti vated. &
WARNING Risk of skidding whe ndriving wi thESP ®
deacti vated
If ESP ®
is deactivated, ESP ®
canno tcarry out vehicle stabilisation .The availabilit yoffurther driving saf etys ystems
is also limited. #
Driv eonc arefull y. #
Onlydeactivat eESP®
forasl ong as thes ituation requ ires.
If ESP ®
canno tbeactivated, ESP ®
is malfunctioning. #
Have ESP ®
ch eckedi mmediatel yataqualified specialis tworks hop. #
Obser vethen otes on deactivating ESP ®
. Displa
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