2017 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS CABRIOLET ignition

Mercedes-Benzr
ecommendsthat youh avet he
ve hicle towe dtoaq ualified specialis tworks hop
af te rana ccident.
* NO
TEDama gecaused bytrapping the
seat belt If an unused seat belt is no
tfully retracted ,it
ma ybecome trappe dinthe door or in the
seat mechanism. #
Alw ayse nsur ethat an unused seat belt
is full yretra cted. Ex
tending/r etra ctin gthe sea tbelt extender The seat belt
extende rfor thef ront seat helps
yo uf asteny our seat belt. When thed oor is
closed, thes eat belt extende rextends.
Yo uc an also extend thes eat belt extende rusing
th es eat belt extende rbutton. #
Switc hthe ignition on. #
Press seat belt extende rbutton 1.
The sea tbelte xtende rextends.
The seat-belt extende risr etra cted agai nif:
R thes eat belt tongu eise ngaged in thes eat
belt buckle
R thes eat belt tongu eisn otengaged in the
seat belt buckle within 60 seconds In
this case, press seat-belt extende rbutton
1 again. The sea tbelte xtende rextends
again.
R ther espectiv edoor is opened
R youf old thes eat backres tfor wa rds
R nobody is sittin ginthe front passenger seat
If yo up ress seat belt extende rbutton 1
af te rt his, thes eat-belt extende rwillnol on‐
ge re xtend.
The sea tbelte xtende rmusta lway sber etra cted
whil ethe vehicle is in motion. Fa
stening seat belts If
th es eat belt is pulled quickl yors harply,the
seat belt retractor lo cks. The seat belt stra pc an‐
no tbep ulled out an yfurther. Occupant saf
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If
yo udon otopen thev ehicle within appr ox‐
imatel y40seconds af teru nlocking:
R The vehicle is loc keda gain
R Anti- theftp rotection is reactivated
Do no tkeep thek eytoget her wit helectronic
devices or me talo bjects. This can af fect the
ke y's functionalit y.
% If batter ychec klamp 2does no tlight up
af te rp ressing the% or& button, the
batter yisdischar ged. Ac
tivating/deactivatin gthe acoustic lo cking
ve rification signal Multimedia sy
stem:
, Vehicle .
î Vehicle set-
tings .
Acoustic lock #
Activate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction. Ac
tivating/deactivatin gthe pani calarm Re
quirements:
% The panic alar mfunction is onl yavailable in
cer tain countries.
R The ignition is switched off. #
Toactivate: press button 1fora pprox‐
ima tely one second.
Av isual and audibl ealarmist riggered. #
Todeactivate: brieflyp ress but ton1again.
or #
Press thes tart/s topb utton on thec ockpit
(the keyisi nside thev ehicle). Changing
theu nlocking settings Po
ssible unlocking functions of thek ey:
R Central unlocking
R Unlocking thed rive r's door and fuel filler flap #
Toswitc hbetwe en settings: pressthe
% and& button ssimultaneousl yfor
appr oximatel ysix seconds until theb attery
ch eckl am pflashes twice.
If th eu nlocking function fort he driver's door
and fuel filler flap has been selec ted:
R Pressing the% button asecon dtime cen‐
trally unloc ksthev ehicle.
R Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO: ifyo ut ouch
th ei nner sur face of thed oor handle on the
driver's door ,onlyt he driver's door and fuel
fi ller flap ar eunlocked. Re
ducing the energy consu mptionoft hekey All
vehicles: ifyo udon otuse thev ehicle or a
ke yf or an extende dperio doft ime,youc an
re duce thee nergy consum ption of ther espec‐
tiv ek ey.T odos o, deactivat ethe keyf unctions. Opening and closing
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Problem
Possible causes/consequences and M
MSolutions #
Chec kthe batter yusing theb atter ychec klam pand replace if necessar y. #
Use thee mer gency keytol ockoru nlockthe vehicle . #
Have thev ehicle and keyc hec kedataq ualified specialis tworks hop. Switching
thea utomatic locking feature
on/off The
vehicle is loc keda utomatically when the
ignition is switched on and thew heels ar eturn‐
ing fast erthan walkin gpace. #
Todeactivate: press and hol dbutton 1for
appr oximatel yfives econds until an acoustic
signal sounds. #
Toactivate: press and hold button 2for
appr oximatel yfives econds until an acoustic
signal sounds.
In thef ollowing situations, ther eisad anger of
being loc kedo ut when thef unction is activated:
R The vehicle is being towe d/pushed.
R The vehicle is being tested on adynamome‐
te r. 72
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Tointer rupt automatic operation: press or
pul lthe W button again.
% Automatic operation forc losing is available
on lyfort he front side windo ws.
When thev ehicle is switched off, thes ide win‐
do ws can continu ebeing ope rated.
The function is available fora round five minutes
or until adoor is opened. All side windo
wscan be opened or closed simul‐
ta neously using button 1. #
Switc hthe ignition on. #
Toopen: press and hold button 1tothe
point of resis tance. #
Toopen ful ly:press and hol dbutton 1
be yond thep oint of resis tance. #
Toclose: pull and hold button 1.
Au tomatic reve rsef unction of thes ide win‐
do ws
If an object bloc ksas ide wind owduring the
closing process, thes ide windo wopens again
automaticall y.The automatic reve rsef unction is
onl yana id and is no tasubstitut efor your atten‐
tiveness. #
When closing, mak esuret hat no body parts
ar eint he closing area. &
WARNING Risk of becoming trapped
despi tether eb eing reve rsing pr otection
on thes ide window
The reve rsef unction does no treact:
R tosoft, light and thin objects, e.g. small
fi ngers
R during resetting
This means that ther eve rsef unction cann ot
pr eve nt someone from becoming trappe din
th ese situations. #
When closing, mak esuret hat no body
parts ar einthe closing area. #
If someone becomes trapped, press the
W button toopen thes ide window
again. 80
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NO
TEPossible damag etothe sof ttop
when opening or closing The sof
ttop can be damaged when opening
or closing. #
Mak esuret her eiss ufficient clearance
ab ove it. #
Onlyload theb ootb elo wt he boo tsepa‐
ra torsot hat it will no tbepushed
upwards. #
Mak esuret hat theb ootlid is closed. #
Ifth es oftt op is dirty ,wetor frozen, do
no to pent he sof ttop. *
NO
TEDama getothes oftt op caused by
heavy objects Heavy objectsp
laced onthes oft-to pcom‐
partmen tcover can damag ethe sof ttop or
soft-top compartmentc over. #
Do no tplace he avyo bjects on thes oft-
to pc ompartmen tcover. #
Do no tsiton thes oft-to pcompartment
co ver. Fo
rs afet yr easons, Mercedes-Benz recommends
opening or closing thes oftt op when thev ehicle
is stationar y.
Do no texceed amaximum speed of 50 km/h
when driving (max. 60 km/htoa void inter rupt‐
ing thec losing process in thee vent of slight
exc ess speed). #
Mak esuret hat theb oots eparator is closed. #
Close theb ootlid. #
Switc hthe ignition on. #
Keep theb rake pedal depressed when the
ve hicle is stationar y. #
Foldthea rmrest upwards. #
Toopen: pull and hold soft- tops witch 1
until thes oftt op is full yopened.
The multifunction displa yshows theo pening
process of thes oftt op. #
Toclose: press and hold soft- tops witch 1
until thes oftt op is full yclosed.
The multifunction displa yshows thec losing
process of thes oftt op. 84
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WARNING Risk of accident du etotoo
high spee dduring thes oft-to popening
or closin gprocedure
If th ev ehicle speed exceeds 60 km/ht he
sof ttop stops during theo pening or closing
procedure.
This impair syour vie wtotherear. #
Reduce thev ehicle speed tobelow
60 km/ horstopt he vehicle, paying
attention toroad and traf ficc onditions. #
Ope rate thes oft-to pswitc hagain in
order toopen or close thes oftt op full y. The cur
rent procedu reisstopped at aspeed
abo ve60 km/h. The Open/close top completely
messa geis shown on them ultifunction displa y. #
Reduce your spee dand press or pull soft- top
switch 1again.
If th es oftt op does no tclose full ybecause of
stro ng headwinds, driv eslowe rors top. Re
locking thes oftt op &
WARNING Risk of becoming trapped
du etot he sof ttop lo wering unexpect‐
ed ly
If yo udon otfull yopen/close thes oftt op,
th es oft-to phydraulics depressu rise af tera
shor ttime.
This causes thes oftt op tolowe runexpect‐
edly and ma ycausey ou orother stobet rap‐
ped. #
Alw aysf ully open or close thes oftt op. If
th es oftt op is no tloc kedf ully:
R The Open/close top completely messageis
shown on them ultifunction displa y.
R Youw ill hear awarning tone foruptot en
seconds when pulling away or while driving. #
Pull overand stop thev ehicle as soon as
possible, paying attention toroad and traf fic
conditions. #
Switc hthe ignition on. #
Fullyc los ethe sof ttop using thes oft-top
switch. Opening and closing
theb oots epa rator The boo
tseparator co vers luggag eorloads in
th eb oot.
The sof ttop can be opened onl ywhen theb oot
separator is closed.
* NO
TEDama getothes oftt op or load The sof
ttop or load ma ybedamaged with
th es oftt op open. #
Do no tplace an yoverlyl on go bjects
inside or behin dthe side luggag enets
when theb oots eparator is open. #
Mak esuret hat thel oad does no tpush
th eb oots eparator upwards. Openin
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Press button 1.
Boo tseparator 2opens or closes automati‐
call y. Ac
tivatin gordeactivatin gAIRCAP AI
RCA Preduces thed raught in thef ront and
re ar compartment swhen youa redrivin gwith
th es oftt op open. Pa
rticular lyturbulent ai rcan reduce thee ffect of
AIR CAP.This can arise when youa redriving
behin danother vehicle or if ther eisac rosswind,
fo re xamp le.
AI RCA Pconsists of thef ollowing components:
R awind deflector abo vethew indscreen
R adraught stop behind bo threar seat head
re stra ints
When AI RCAP is acti vated, thew ind deflector
and thed raught stop extend simultaneously.
AIR CAPc an be activated or deactivated at
speeds of up toappr oximatel y160 km/h. &
WARNING Risk of becoming trapped
whe nretra cting AIR CAP
When retracting AIR CAP,persons could
become trapped in them oving mechanism. #
Mak esuret hat persons do no thold
on to theu pper frame of thew indscreen
and do no ttouc hthe AIR CAPw ind
deflector. #
Switc hthe ignition on. #
Foldthea rmrest upwards. #
Toactivate: press button 1.
AIR CAPe xtends and thei ndicator lamps on
button 1light up. #
Todeactivate: press button 1again.
AIR CAPretra cts and thei ndicator lamps on
button 1go out. 86
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Align brac kets 2 offolding draught stop 1
wit htwo rear fixtures 3onthev ehicle. Pe
rfor mt hefollowing steps in sequence on bo th
sides of thev ehicle: #
Pull handle 5inthed irection of thea rrow. #
Align folding draught stop 1 withs ide fix‐
ture 4onthev ehicle from abo veand insert. #
Push handle 5onfolding draught stop 1
bac kasf ar as it will go.
Fo lding draught stop 1 is loc ked.
Fo llowt he instructions in reve rseo rder to
re mo vethef olding draught stop. Problems with
thes oftt op Problem
Possible causes/consequences and M
MSolutions
The sof ttop will no topen or close. The ignition is no tswitched on. 88
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