2019 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS CABRIOLET Owner's Manual

0007
Keep thebr ak epedal depressed whenthe
ve hicle isstatio nary. 0007
Toopen: pulland hold thesof t-to pswitc h
1 until thesof tto pis full yopened.
The multifun ction displa ysho wstheopening
pr ocess ofthesof tto p. 0007
Toclose: press and hold thesof t-to pswitc h
1 until thesof tto pis full yclosed.
The multifun ction displa ysho wstheclosing
pr ocess ofthesof tto p. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
exc essiv espeed during thesof t-to p
opening orclosing procedur e
If th eve hicle speed exceeds 37mph
(60 km/ h),thesof tto pstops during the
opening orclosing procedur e.
This impair syo ur vie wto there ar. 0007
Reduce theve hicle speed tobelo w
37 mph(60 km/h) orstop theve hicle,
pa ying attention toroad and traf fic con‐
di tions . 0007
Ope rate thesof t-to pswitc hag ain in
or der toopen orclose thesof tto pfull y. The
current proce dure isstopped ataspeed
abo ve37 mph(60 km/h). TheOpen/Close Con-
vertible TopCompletely messagewill besho wn
on themultifunc tiondispla y. 0007
Reduce your spee dand press orpull thesof t-
to pswitc h1 again.
If th esof tto pdoes notclose fullybecause of
st ro ng hea dwind s,drive mor eslow lyor stop. Re
loc king thesof tto p 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
du eto thesof tto plowe ring une xpect‐
ed ly
If yo udo notfull yopen /close thesof tto p,
th esof t-to phy draulics depressur izeafte ra
shor ttime.
This caus esthesof tto pto lowe rune xpect‐
edly andmaycaus eyo uor other sto be trap‐
ped. 0007
Alw aysfully open orclose thesof tto p. If
th esof tto phas notbeen completely lock ed,
th emultifunc tiondispla ysho wstheOpen/ Close
Convert ibleTop Completely message.In addi‐
tion ,yo uwill hear awa rning tone forup toten
seconds whiledriving. Opening
andclosing 79

0007
Reduce theve hicle speed tobelo w37 mph
(60 km/ h)or stop theve hicle, paying atten‐
tion toroad and traffic condi tions. 0007
Ope rate thesof t-to pswitc hag ain toopen or
close thesof tto pfull y. Opening
andclosing thetrunk partition The
trunk partition covers lugg ageor loads in
th etrunk .
Depen dingontheeq uipment, theve hicle maybe
eq uipped withamanual orpar tially electr ic
tr unk partition.
The softto pcan beopened onlywhen theman‐
ual trunk partition isclosed.
In vehicles withapar tially electr ictrunk parti‐
tion, this aut omat icallyclos eswhen thesof tto p
is open ed.
000E NO
TEDama getothesof tto por load
due tolong objects The
softto por load maybe damag edwith
th esof tto popen. 0007
Donotplace anyove rly lon gobj ects
in side orbeh ind th eside parcel nets
when thetrunk partition isopen. 0007
Mak esur eth at theload does notpush
th etrunk partition upw ards. 0007
Allvehicl es:toopen, pushtrunk partition
2 bythehandle agains tth edir ect ion ofthe
ar row toits upper endposit ion. 0007
Vehicl eswith amanual trunk partition :to
clos e,pu lltrunk partition 2bythehandle in
th edir ect ion ofthear row untilit re stson the
sides ofthetrunk . 0007
Vehicl eswith apar tiall yele ctrictrunk
par tition :pr ess butt on1.
Tr unk partition 2open sor clo ses automat i‐
call y.
0009 Ifth er eis asy stem failur e,theaut omatic
tr unk partition can beclosed partially elec‐
tr icall y. Ac
tiv atin gor deac tivatin gAI RC AP AI
RCA Pre duces thedr aftin thefront and rear
com partment swhen youar edr ivin gwit hth e
sof tto popen.
Pa rticular lytur bulent aircan reduce theef fect of
AIR CAP.This canarise when youar edr ivin g
behin dano ther vehicle orifth er eis acr osswind,
fo rex am ple.
AI RCA Pcons ists of thefo llo wing compone nts:
R Awind deflect orabo vethewindshield 80
Openin gand closing

R
Awi nd screenbe hind both rear seat head
re stra int s
When AIRC AP isacti vated, thewind deflect or
and thewind screen extend simu ltane ously .
AIR CAPcan beactiv ated ordeactiv ated at
speeds ofup toappr oximat ely10 0mp h
(1 60 km/ h). 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whe nre tracti ngAIR CAP
It is possib leforper sons tobecome trapped
when retracti ngAIR CAP. 0007
Mak esur eth at per son sdo nothold
on to theupper frame ofthewindshield
and donotto uc hth ewind deflect oror
th ewind screen. 0007
Switc hon theignition . 0007
Toactiv ate: pul lbutt on1.
AIR CAPex tends and theindicat orlam pon
butt on1 lights up. 0007
Todeac tivate: press button 1.
AIR CAPre tracts andtheindicat orlam pon
butt on1 goes out. If
th eve hicle ispar kedwit hth esof tto popen
and theignition isswitc hedoff,AIR CAPwill
re tract automatical ly.
When youre star tth eengine afte rha ving been
par ked, AIR CAPwill extend again au tomatical ly. Ins
tall ing and remo ving the folding wind
scr een 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whenus ing
th ewind screen inpoor visibility condi‐
tion s
The wind screen impair syo ur vie wto the
re ar,par ticular lywh en dark or inpoor visibil‐
ity condit ions. 0007
Onlyuse thewind screen ingood visibil‐
ity con ditions . Openin
gand closing 81

000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due toan incorrectl yins talled wind
scr een
If th ewind screen isno tcor rectly installed it
can com eloose during thejour neyand
endang erother road user s. 0007
Install thewind screen asdescr ibed. 0007
Donotplace objectson theins talled
wind screen. 000E
NO
TEThe wind screencan bedama ged
if ins talled when thesof tto pis closed The
vehicle interior orthewind screen can
be damag edifins talled when thesof tto p
clos ed. 0007
Toinstall, open thesof tto p. 000E
NO
TEDama getothewind screen due to
coll ision with seat backres ts The
wind screen maycollide withth efront
seat backres ts when installed. 0007
Adjus tth ebac kres tposition sof the
fr ont seats. The
folding windscreen isins talled over there ar
seat sto protect agains twind when youar edr iv‐
ing withth esof tto popen. Onlyth efront seats
can beoccupied whenthefo lding windscreen is
ins talled.
The bag containin gth efo lding windscreen is
att ached totheth ro ugh- loadin gfe atur ebehin d
th ere ar seat s.Ifyo uwa nttouse theth ro ugh-
loadin gfe atur e,loos enthebag's lashing stra ps
and stow them inthetrunk .Fa sten thelashing
st ra ps tothelugg agehook .
Yo usho uld prefer abl yper form oper ations invo lv‐
in g th efo lding windscreen ontheside facing
aw ay from traf fic. 0007
Ope nallsid ewi ndo wsand thesof tto p. 0007
Foldthere ar seat sfo rw ardto remo vethe
bag. 0007
Remo vethefo lding windscreen from the
bag. 82
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0007
Foldout folding windscreen 1assho wn. 0007
Foldout both brac kets 2 tothelef tand
ri ght. 0007
Align brac kets 2 offolding windscreen 1
wit hbo th rear fixtur es3 ontheve hicle. Pe
rfor m thefo llo wing steps inseq uence onboth
sides oftheve hicle: 0007
Pull handle 5inthedir ect ion ofthear row . 0007
Align folding windscreen 1withside fixtur e
4 ontheve hicle from aboveand insert. 0007
Push handle5onfolding windscreen 1
bac kas faras itwil lgo.
Fo lding windscreen 1isloc ked. Openin
gand closin g83

Fo
llowtheins truction sin reve rseor der to
re mo vethefo lding windscreen. Pr
oblems withth esof tto p Pr
oblem
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
The softto pwill notopen orclose. Theignit ionisno tswitc hedon. 0007
Mak esur eth at theignition isswitc hedon.
The on-boar delectr icalsystem voltag eis toolow. 0007
Startth eengine.
The softto phas been opened andclosed severaltim esinarow .The soft-top drive ha sbee nsw itched off
au tomatical lyand willbeavailable again afte rapp roxima tely tenminu tes. 0007
Repeat theopening orclosing procedur eaf te rapp roxima tely tenminu tes.
The trunk partition isno tclosed. 0007
Remo veoverhanging luggageand close thetrunk partition.
The trunk lidisopen. 0007
Close thetrunk lid(0013 page71 ).
Th eme chanic alsof t-to pcom ponen tsor con trol system aredef ective. 84
Opening andclosing

Pr
oblem
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions 0007
Visit aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Yo uar edr ivin gat aspee dgr ea terth an 37 mph(60 km/h). 0007
Reduce your spee dto belo w37 mph(60 km/h). Anti-t
heftpr otection Fu
nction oftheimm obiliz er The
immo bilizerpreve nts your vehicle from being
st ar tedwit hout thecor rect Smar tKey .
The immobilizer isaut omaticall yactiv ated when
th eignition isswitc hedoffand deactiv ated when
th eignition isswitc hedon.
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke theSmar t‐
Ke ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. Anyone can
st ar tth eengine ifava lid Smar tKey has been left
inside theve hicle.
0009 Intheeve nttheengine cannotbe star ted
(y et theve hicle ’sstar terbatt eryis ch arge d),
th esy stem isno toper ational. Contactan
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenteror call 1-8
00-FOR-MER Cedes (intheUS A)or
1-8 00-387-0 100(in Canada). ATA
(anti-thef tala rm system) Fu
nction oftheATA system
If th eATA system isarmed, avisual andaudible
alar mistrigg ered inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R when adoor isopen ed
R when thetrunk lidisopened
R when thehood isopened
The ATA system isarmed automaticall yaf te r
appr oximat elyte nseco ndsinthefo llo wing situa‐
tion s:
R afte rloc king theve hicle withth eSmar tKey
R afte rloc king theve hicle using KEYLES S-GO Indicat
orlam p1 flashes whentheAT Asy stem
is armed. Openin
gand closing 85

The
ATAsy stem isdeactiv ated aut omaticall yin
th efo llo wing situat ions:
R afte runloc kingtheve hicle withth eSmar tKey
R afte rpr essing thest ar t/ stop butt onwithth e
Smar tKey inthestow agecom partment
(0013 page12 9)
R afte runloc kingtheve hicle using KEYLES S-
GO
0009 When theMer cedes‑ Benzemergency call
sy stem isactiv eand thealar mstay son for
mor eth an 30 sec onds, ames sageis aut o‐
mat icall ysen tto theCus tomer Assis tance
Ce nter (0013 page 308) .
De activ ating theATA 0007
Press the0036, 0037or008B buttononthe
Smar tKey .
or 0007
Press thest ar t/ stop butt onwithth eSmar t‐
Ke yin thestow agecom partment
(0013 page12 9) De
activ ating theala rm using KEYLESS-GO : 0007
Grasp theoutside doorhandle withth e
Smar tKey outside theve hicle. 86
Opening andclosing