2018 MERCEDES-BENZ CLA COUPE trunk release

Traction (definition)....................... 307
Tread wear .....................................3 01
Uniform Tire Quality Grading
Standard s...................................... 301
Uniform Tire Quality Grading
Standard s(definition) .................... 306
Weari ndicator (definition) ............. 307
Wheelr im (definition) .................... 306
see Flat tire
Top Tether ............................................ 57
Tow-starting
Emergency engine starting ............ 284
Important safety notes .................. 281
Installing the towing eye. ............... 282
Removing the towing eye. ..............282
Towing atrailer
ESP
®(ElectronicS tability Pro-
gram) ............................................... 67
Towing away
Important safety guidelines ........... 281
Installing the towing eye. ............... 282
Notes for 4MATIC vehicles ............ 284
Removing the towing eye. ..............282
Transporting the vehicle ................ 283
With both axle sonthe ground ....... 283
With front axle raised ..................... 282
Towing eye ......................................... 270
Traffic reports
see also Digita lOperator's Man-
ua l..................................................2 29
Transmission
see Automatic transmission
Transmission position display
(DIRECT SELEC Tlever) ......................1 30
Transporting the vehicle .................. 283
Trim pieces (cleaning instruc-
tions) ..................................................2 67
Trip computer (on-board com-
puter) ..................................................1 80
Trip odometer
Calling up ....................................... 180
Resetting (on-board computer) ...... 181
Trunk
Emergency release .......................... 81
Emergency release button ...............8 1
Important safety notes .................... 78 Opening (automaticall
yfrom out-
side) .................................................7 9
Opening (from outside the vehi-
cle, HANDS-F REE ACCESS) ...

........... 79
Opening automaticallyf rom
inside ............................................... 80
Opening/closing (manually from
outside) ............................................ 78
Trunk lid
Display message ............................2 15
Opening dimensions ......................3 20
Trunk load (maximum) ......................320
Turn signals
Display message ............................ 202
Replacing bulbs (front) ................... 106
Switching on/off ........................... 101
Two-way radio
Frequencies ................................... 313
Installatio n..................................... 313
Transmissiono utput (maximum ).... 313
Type identification plate
see Vehicle identification plate
U
UnlockingEmergency unlocking ....................... 77
From insid ethe vehicle (central
unlocking button) .............................7 6
Upshifti ndicator (on-boardc om-
puter, Mercedes-AMG vehicles) .......188
USB devices
Connecting to the MediaI nter-
face ............................................... 236
V
Vanity mirror (in the sun visor) ........244
Vehicle
Correct use ...................................... 28
Data acquisition ............................... 29
Display message ............................ 213
Equipment ....................................... 25
Individua lsettings .......................... 186
Limited Warranty .............................2 9
Loading .......................................... 298
Locking (in an emergency) ............... 77
Locking (SmartKey) .......................... 70
20Index

SmartKey
Important safety notes
GWARNING
If children are left unsupervised in the vehicle,
they could:
Ropen the doors, thus endangering other
people or road users.
Rget out and disrupt traffic.
Roperate the vehicle's equipment.
Additionally, children could set the vehicle in
motion if, for example, they:
Rrelease the parking brake.
Rshifting the automatic transmission out of
park position P
RStart the engine.
There is arisk of an accident and injury.
When leaving the vehicle, always take the
SmartKey with you and lock the vehicle. Never
leave children or animals unattended in the
vehicle. Always keep the SmartKey out of
reach of children.
GWARNING
If you attach heavy or large object stothe
SmartKey, the SmartKey could be uninten-
tionally turned in the ignition lock. This could
cause the engine to be switched off. There is a risk of an accident.
Do not attach any heavy or large object stothe
SmartKey. Remove any bulky key rings before
insertingt he SmartKey into the ignition lock.
!Keep the SmartKey away from stron gmag-
netic fields. Otherwise, the remote control
function could be affected.
Strong magnetic fields can occur in the vicin-
ity of powerful electrical installations.
Do not keep the SmartKey:
Rwith electronic devices, e.g. amobile phone
or another SmartKey.
Rwith metallic objects, e.g. coins or metal foil.
Rinside metallic objects, e.g. ametal case
Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO startf unction:do
not keep the SmartKey in the trunk.O therwise,the SmartKey may not be detected, e.g. when
startin
gthe engine using the Start/Stop button.
SmartKey functions
:& To lock the vehicle
;FTo open the trunk lid
=%To unlock the vehicle
If you do not open the vehicle within approx-
imately 40 seconds of unlocking:
Rthe vehicle is locked again.
Ranti-theft protection is reactivated.
XTo lock: press the &button.
The SmartKey centrally locks/unlocks:
Rthe doors
Rthe trunk lid
Rthe fuel filler flap
The turn signals flash once when unlocking and
three times when locking.
When the locator lighting is activated via the
multimedia system, it lights up when it is dark
after the vehicle is unlocked with the remote
control (see the separate operating instruc-
tions).
You can also set an audible signal to confirm
that the vehicle has been locked. The audible
signal can be activated and deactivated using
the on-board computer (
Ypage 187).
XTo open the trunk lid automatically: press
and hold the Fbutton until the trunk lid
opens (
Ypage 79).
70SmartKey
Opening and closing

Changing thesettings of th elocking
system
You can chang ethe settings of th elockin gsys-
tem. This mean sthato nlyt he driver'sd oor and
th ef uel fille rflap are unlocked when th evehicle
is unlocked. This is useful if you frequently travel
on your own.
XTo change th esetting: pressand hold the
% and& buttons simultaneouslyf or
approximately six seconds until th ebattery
indicator lamp flashes twice (
Ypage 73).
If th esettin goft helockin gsystem is changed
within th esignal range of th evehicle ,pressing
the & or% button:
Rlocks or
Runlock sthe vehicle
The SmartKey no wfunctionsasf ollows:
XTo unlock:pressthe % buttononce.
XTo unlock centrally: pressthe % button
twice.
XTo lock centrally: pressthe & button.
The KEYLESS-GO function is changed as fol-
lows:
XTo unlock th edriver's door: touch theinner
surface of th edoor handle on th edriver's
door.
XTo unlock centrally: touch theinner surface
of th edoor handle on th efront-pa ssenger
door or th erear door.
XTo lock centrally: touch theouter sensor
surface on oneoft hedoor handles.
XTo restor ethe factor ysettings: pressand
hold the %and& buttons simultane-
ously for approximately six seconds until the
battery check lamp flashes twi ce
(
Ypage 73).
Mechanica lkey
General notes
If th evehicle can no longer be locke dor
unlocked witht heSmartKey or KEYLESS-GO,
use th emechanical key.
If you use th emechanical ke ytou nlock and
open th edriver'sd oor or th etrunk lid, th eanti-
theft alarm system will be triggered (
Ypage 68). Therea
re several ways to tur noff th ealarm:
XTo deactivat ethe alarm with th ekey: press
the % or& buttonont hekey.
or
XInsertt heSmartKey int othe ignition lock.
or
XTo deactivat ethe alarm with KEYLESS-GO:
pres sthe Start/Sto pbutto nint heignition
lock. The SmartKey must be in th evehicle.
or
XLockoru nlock thevehicle usingK EYLESS-
GO. The SmartKey must be outside th evehi-
cle.
If you unlock th evehicle usingt hemechanical
key, th efuel fille rflap will no tbeunlocked auto-
matically.
XTo unlock th efuelfille rflap: insert the
SmartKey int othe ignition lock.
Removing th emechanica lkey
XPush release catch :in th edirection of the
arrow and at th esame tim eremove mechan-
ical key ;from th eSmartKey.
For further informatio nabout:
RUnlockin gthe driver'sd oor (Ypage 77)
RUnlockingthe trunk (Ypage 81)
RLockin gthe vehicle (Ypage 77)
Insertin gthe mechanica lkey
XPush mechanical key ;completely int othe
SmartKey until it engages and release
catch :is back in its basic position.
72SmartKey
Opening and closing

Doors
Important safet ynotes
GWARNING
If children are lef tunsupervised in th evehicle,
they could:
Rope nthe doors ,thu se ndangerin gother
people or road users.
Rget out and disrup ttraffic .
Roperat ethe vehicle' sequipment.
Additionally, children could set th evehicle in
motion if, fo rexample, they:
Rrelease th eparking brake .
Rshiftingthe automatic transmissio nout of
par kposition P
RStart th eengine.
There is ariskofana ccidentand injury.
Whe nleavin gthe vehicle, always take th e
SmartKey wit hyou and loc kthe vehicle. Never
leav echildren or animals unattended in th e
vehicle. Always keep th eSmartKey out of
reach of children .
You should preferably plac eluggage or load sin
th ec argo compartment. Observ ethe loadin g
guidelines (
Ypage 237).
Unlockingand opening doors from
th ei nside
!
The sid ewindows will no topen/close if th e
battery is discharged or if th esidew indows
hav eicedu p. It will then no tbepossible to
close th edoor. Do no tattemp ttoforce the
doo rclosed. You could otherwise damage th e
doo rort hesidew indow.
Whe nad ooriso pened, th esidew indow on that
sid eo pens slightly. Whe nthe doo risc losed, th e
sid ew indow close sagain .
XTo unlock an dopenaf ront door: pull door
handle ;.
If th edoorisl ocked, locking knob :pop sup.
The doo risunlocke dand opens .
XTo unlock areard oor: pull up locking
knob :.
The doo risunlocke dand can be opened.
XTo ope nareard oor: pull doo rhandle ;.
You can ope nadoorfromi nsidet he vehicle
eve nifith as bee nlocked. You can only ope nthe
rea rdoors from insid ethe vehicle if they are no t
secure dbythechild-proof locks (
Ypage 60).
If th evehicle has previously bee nlocke dwith
th eS martKey from th eoutside, opening adoor
from th einsidew ill trigger th eanti-thef talarm
system. Switc hoffthea larm(
Ypage 68).
Centrally locking an dunlocking th e
vehicle from th einside
You can centrall yloc koru nlockthe vehicle from
th ei ns ide. Thi scan be useful if you wish to loc k
th ev ehicle befor epulling away, fo rexample.
XTo unlock :press butto n:.
XTo lock :press butto n;.
If all th edoors and th etrunk lid are closed, th e
vehicle locks .
76Doors
Opening andclosing

XPress the lockingbutton on the driver’s door
(Ypage 76).
XCheck whether the lockin gknobs on the
front-passenger door and the rear doors are
still visible. Press down the lockin gknobs by
hand, if necessary.
XClose the driver's door.
XTake the mechanical key out of the SmartKey
(Ypage 72).
XInsert the mechanical key into the lock of the
driver's door as far as it will go.
XTurn the mechanical key clockwise as far as it
will go to position 1.
XTurn the mechanical key back and remove it.
XMake sure that the doors and the trunk lid are
locked.
XInsert mechanical key into the SmartKey
(Ypage 72).
iIf you lock the vehicle as described above,
the fuel filler flap is not locked. The anti-theft
alarm system is not armed.
Trunk
Important safety notes
GWARNING
Combustion engines emit poisonous exhaust
gases such as carbon monoxide. Exhaust
gases can enter the vehicle interior if the
trunk lid is open when the engine is running,
especially if the vehicle is in motion .There is a
risk of poisoning.
Always switch off the engine before opening
the trunk lid. Never drive with the trunk lid
open.
GWARNING
If objects, luggage or loads are not secured or
not secured sufficiently, they could slip, tip
over or be flung around and thereby hit vehicle
occupants. There is arisk of injury, particu-
larly in the event of sudden braking or asud-
den change in direction.
Always store object ssothat they cannot be
flung around. Secure objects, luggage or
loads against slipping or tipping before the
journey.
!The trunk lid swings upwards when opened.
Therefore, make sure that there is sufficient
clearance above the trunk lid.
The opening dimensions of the trunk lid can be
found in the "Vehicle data" section
(
Ypage 320).
You should preferably place luggage or loads in
the trunk .Observe the loading guidelines
(
Ypage 237).
Do not leave the SmartKey in the trunk .You
could otherwise lock yourself out.
The trunk lid can be:
Ropened and closed manually from outside
Ropened automatically from outside
Ropened automatically from inside
Rreleased with the emergencyr elease from the
inside
Opening/closing from outside
Opening
XPress the %button on the SmartKey.
XPull handle :.
XRaise the trunk lid.
78Trunk
Opening and closing

XTo open:pull remote operating switch :for
the trunk li duntilthe trunk li dopens.
Emergencyr eleasefor the trunk
General notes
!The trunk li dswing su pwar ds when opened.
Therefore, make sure thatt hereiss ufficient
clearance above the trunk lid.
The opening dimensions of the trunk li dcan be
found in the "Vehicle data" section
(
Ypage 320).
If the trunk li dcan no longer be unlocked:
Rusing the SmartKey ,or
Rusing the remote operating switch in the door
controlp anel:
Use the emergency release on the insid eofthe
trunk lid.
Yo uc an reach the emergency release via the
trunk.
Opening
XFoldt he rears eatb ackres tforwards
(Ypage 240).
XInsert asuitabl etool ;,e .g.as crewdriver,
into opening :in the paneling.
The trunk li disreleased.
XOpenthe trunk lid.
Emergencyr eleasebutton
Youc an open the trunk li dfrom insid ethe vehi-
cle with the emergency release button.
XPress emergency release button :briefly.
The trunk li dunlocks and opens.
The trunk li dcan be unlockeda nd openedwith
the trunk li demergency release when the vehi-
cle is stationary or whil edriving.
The trunk li demergency release does not open
the trunk li difthe battery is disconnected or
discharged.
Trunk li demergency release light:
REmergency release button :flashesf or
30 minutes afte rthe trunk li disopened.
REmergency release button :flashesf or
60 minutes afte rthe trunk li disclosed.
Side windows
Important safety notes
GWARNING
While opening the side windows ,bod yp arts
could become trappe dbetween the side win-
do wa nd the door frame as the side window
moves. There is ariskofi njury.
Make sure thatn obodytouchest he side win-
do wd uring the opening procedure. If some-
Side windows81
Opening and closing
Z

XInsert the new bulbinto bulbholder;.
XInsert bulbh older;and turn it clockwise.
XPress on housing cover :and turn it to the
right.
XReplace the cover in the front wheel housing
(Ypage 105).
High-beam headlamps/daytime run-
ning lamps/parking lamps and stand-
ing lamps (halogen headlamps)
XSwitch off the lights.
XOpen the hood.
XTurn housing cover :counter-clockwise and
remove it.
XTurn bulbh older;counter-clockwise and
pullo ut.
XInsert the new bulba nd engage it to the stop.
XPress on housing cover :and turn it to the
right.
Turn signals (halogen headlamps)
XSwitch off the lights.
XOpen the hood.
XTurn bulbh older:counter-clockwise and
pullo ut.
XTurn the bulbc ounter-clockwise and pulli t
out of bulbh older:.
XInsert the new bulbi nto bulbholder:.
XInsert bulbh older:and turn it clockwise
until it engages.
Replacing rear bulbs
Openinga nd closing the side trim pan-
els
View of right-hand side trim panel
You must open the side trim panel in the trunk
before you can replace the bulbs in the tail
lamps.
XTo open: release right or left side trim
panel :at the top and fold it down in the
direction of the arrow.
XTo close: insert side panel :.
Tail lamps
XSwitch off the lights.
XOpen the trunk.
XOpen the side trim panel (Ypage 106).
106Replacing bulbs
Lights and windshield wipers

Applyingautom atically
The electric parking brak eisautomatically
applie dwhen th etransmission is in position j
and :
Rthee ngineiss witched off or
Rthed river is no twearing aseat belt and th e
driver's door is opened
To preven tthe electric parking brak efromb eing
automatically applied, pull handle :.
The electric parking brak eisalso engage dauto -
matically if:
RDistanc ePilotD ISTR ONICbring sthe vehicl e
to as tandstill or
Rth eH OLDf unction is keepin gthe vehicl esta-
tionary
RParking Pilo tiskeepin gthe vehicl estationary
In addition ,atleast on eofthefollowin gcondi -
tion smustbef ulfilled :
Rthee ngineiss witched off
Rthed river is no twearing aseat belt and th e
driver's door is opened
Rthere is asystem malfunction
Rthep owe rsupply is insufficien t
Rthev ehicl eiss tationary for alengthy period
The red F(USAonly) or ! (Canada only)
indicator lamp in th einstrumen tcluste rgoes
out .
The electric parking brak eisnotautomatically
engage diftheengin eisswitched off by th eECO
start/sto pfunction .
Releasing automatically
Your vehicle's electric parking brak eisauto-
matically release difall of th efollowin gcondi -
tion sare met :
Rthee ngineisr unnin g
Rthet ransmission is in position hork and
you depress th eaccelerato rpedal or shif t
from position jtoh ork
Rthes eat belt has been fastene d
if th etransmission is in position k,thetrunk lid
mus tbec losed. If your seat belt is no
tfastened, th efollowin g
condition smustbef ulfilled to automatically
release th eelectric parking brake:
Rthed river's door is closed
Ryou are shifting from transmission position
j or hav epreviously driven at speeds
greate rtha n2m ph(3 km/ h)
Ensure thaty oudo not depress the accelerator
peda lunintentionally. Otherwise, the parking
brake will be released and the vehicl ewills tart
to move.
Emergenc ybraking
The vehicl ecan also be braked durin ganemer-
gency by using the electri cparkin gb rake.
XWhil edriving, push handle :of the electric
parkin gbrake (Ypage 142).
The vehicl eisbraked as long as yo ukeep
handle :of the electri cparkin gb rake
pressed. The longe rthe electri cparkin gbrake
handle :is depressed, the greate rthe brak-
ing force.
During braking:
Raw arning tone sounds
Rthe ReleaseP arkingBrakemessage
appears
Rthe red F(USA only) or !(Canada
only) indicator lamp in the instrument cluster flashes
When the vehicl ehasbeen braked to astand-
still ,the electri cparkin gb rake is engaged.
Parking the vehicle foral ongp eriod
If yo uleave the vehicl eparked for longe rthan
fourw eeks,the battery maybed amagedby
exhaustive discharging.
If yo uleave the vehicl eparked for longe rthans ix
weeks ,the vehicl emaysufferd amageasa
resul toflackofu se.
XVisitaq ualified specialis tworkshop and seek
advice.
iYo uc an obtai ninformatio nabout trickle
chargers fromaq ualified specialis twork-
shop.
Parking143
Driving an dparking
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