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

Malfunctions
during thech argin gpr oce ssare
sho wninthemultimedia system displa y.
0009 The mat canberemo vedby theta bfo r
cle ani ng, e.g. using clean, luke wa rm water. Ins
tallin g/remo ving thefloor mats 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
object sin thedr iver's foot we ll
Obj ectsin thedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal trav el or bloc kadepr essed pedal.
This jeopar dizestheoper ating androad
saf etyof theve hicle. 0007
Stow allobj ect sin theve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. 0007
Alw aysins tallth efloor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur e
th at ther eis alw ayssuf ficie ntroom for
th epedals. 0007
Donotuse loose floor mats anddonot
place floor mats ontopof one another. 0007
Toins tall: slide theseat backwards and lay
th efloor mat inthefo ot we ll. 0007
Press studs 1onto holder s2. 0007
Adjus tth ecor responding seat. 0007
Toremo ve:pull thefloor mat offholder s2. 0007
Remo vethefloor mat. Seats
andstow ing 111

Ext
erior light ing Inf
orma tion abou tlight ingsystems andyour
re sponsibility The
various lighting systems oftheve hicle are
onl yaids. Thedriver oftheve hicle isresponsible
fo rcor rect vehicle illumination inaccor dance
wit hth epr eva iling light andvisibilit ycon dition s,
leg alrequ iremen tsand traf fic situ ation. Li
ght switch Ope
ratin gthe light switch 0047
0063 Leftst andi nglight
0048 0064 Rightstandi nglight
0049 0060 Parking light sand licen seplat elam p
004A 0058 Automatic driving lights(pr efer redlight
switc hposition ) 004B
0058 Lowbeam/high beam
6 005E Switchesthere ar foglights onoroff
When low beam isactiv ated, the0060 indicat or
lam pfo rth epar king lights isdeactiv ated and
re placed bythe0058 low beam indicat orlam p. 0007
Alw ayspar kyo ur vehicle safely and inawe ll-
lit area, inacc ordanc ewit hth ere leva nt lega l
st ipulation s.
000E NO
TEBatt erydi sc ha rging byoper ating
th est andi nglight s Oper
atingth est andi nglight sove ra per iod of
hour sputs ast ra in on thebatt ery. 0007
Wher epossible, switchon the
ri ght 0064 orleft0063 parking light. In
thecase ofsevere batt erydisc harging, the
st andi nglight sor par kinglight sar eaut omat i‐
call yswit ched offto facil itat eth ene xt engine
st ar t.
The exterior lighting (exc ep tst andi ngand park‐
ing light s)swit ches offaut omatic allywhen the
dr iver's door isopened. 11
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Light andvisib ility

R
Obser vetheno teson sur round lighting
(0013 page11 6).
Au tomatic drivin glights function
The parking light s,low beam anddaytime run‐
ning lamp sar eswitc hedonaut omaticall y
depending ontheignition status andtheambi‐
ent light. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whenth elow
beam isswitc hedoffin poor visibility
When thelight switc his setto 0058 ,th elow
beam mayno tbe switc hedonaut omaticall y
if th er eis fog, sno wor other causes ofpoor
visibili tysuc has spr ay. 0007
Insuc hcases, turnth elight switc hto
0058 . The
automatic driving lights areonl yan aid. You
ar ere sponsible forve hicle lighting.
Switc hingthere ar foglights onoroff
Re quirement s:
R The light switc his in the0058 or0058 posi‐
tion . 0007
Press the 005E button.
Please observethecount ry-spe cificlaws onthe
use ofrear foglam ps. Oper
ating thecombin ation switc hfo rthe
li ghts 1
Highbe am
2 Turn signal indicat or,ri ght
3 High-beam flasher
4 Turn signal indicat or,lef t 0007
Use thecombin ationswitchto act ivat eth e
desir edfunc tion. Light
andvisibility 11
3

High
beam 0007
Toswitc hon: turnth elight switc hto the
0058 or0058 position. 0007
Press thecombin ationswitchbe yond the
point ofresis tance inthedir ect ion ofarrow
1 .
When thehigh beam isactiv ated, the0058
indicat orlam pfo rlo w bea mwil lbe dea ctiva‐
te dand replaced bythe0057 indicat orlam p
fo rhigh beam. 0007
Toswitc hof f:mo vethecombin ationswitch
bac kto its star tin gposit ion.
High -beamflash er 0007
Pull thecombin ationswitchin thedir ect ion
of arrow 3.
Tu rn signal lights 0007
Toindicat ebr iefl y:press thecombin ation
switc hbr ief lyto thepoint ofresis tance inthe
dir ect ion ofarrow 2or4.
The corresponding turnsignal indicat orwill
fl ash thre etimes. 0007
Toindicat eper manentl y:press thecombi‐
nation switchbe yond thepoint ofresis tance
in thedir ect ion ofarrow 2or4.
Ve hicles withAc tiveLa ne Chang eAssi st:
R Indicat oroper ation activated bythedr iver
can extend forth edur ation ofthelane
ch ang e.
R Ifth edr iver indicat edimmediat elybefore‐
hand butalane chang ewa sno timmedi‐
at elypossible ,th etur nsignal indicat or
ma yactiv ateaut omaticall y. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe hazar dwa rning
light s 0007
Press butt on1. 11
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Light andvisib ility

Cor
nering light Cor
nering light function The
corner ing light improve sth eillumination of
th ero adw ayove ra wid eang lein thetur ning
dir ect ion, enabling better visibility ontight
bends, forex am ple. Itcan beact ivat ed only
wh en thelow beam isswitc hedon.
The func tion isactiv e:
R Atspeeds below25 mph(40 km/h) when
th etur nsignal lightisswitc hedonorthe
st eer ing wheel istur ned R
Atspeeds between 25mph(40 km/h) and
45 mph(70 km/h) whenthesteer ing wheel
is tur ned
Tr af fic cir cle and intersect ionfuncti on:the
cor ner ing light isacti vatedon both sides thro ugh
an evaluatio nof thecur rent GP Spo sitio nof the
ve hicle. Itre mains activeuntil afte rth eve hicle
has leftth etraf fic cir cle ortheint ersect ion. Ad
aptiv eHighb eamAssist Ad
aptiv eHighb eamAssistfuncti on 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis t
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis tdoes notre cog‐
nize thefo llo wing road user s:
R Road user swit hout lights,e.g .pedes ‐
tr ians
R Road user swit hpoor lighting,e.g .
cy clis ts
R Road user swhos elight ingisobs truct ed,
e.g .by abar rier On
very rare occasions, AdaptiveHig hbeam
As sis tma yfa ilto recogni zeother road user s
wit hth eir ownlighti ng,orma yre cogni ze
th em toolat e.
In these orsimilar situation s,theaut omatic
high beam isno tdeactiv ated orisactiv ated
despit eth epr esenc eof other road user s. 0007
Alw aysobser vethetra ffic car efull yand
switc hof fth ehigh beam ingood time. Ad
aptiveHig hbeam Assis tcan notta ke into
acc ount road, weather ortraf fic condi tions.
De tection maybe restrict ed inthefo llo wing
cases :
R inpoor visibilit y,e.g. fog, hea vyrain or sno w
R ifth er eis dir ton thesensor sor thesensor s
ar eobscur ed
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis tis on lyan aid. Youar e
re sponsible foradju sting theve hicle's lighting to
th epr eva iling light,visibilit yand traffic condi ‐
tions . Lig
htand visibility 11
5

The
AdaptiveHig hbeam Assis taut omat ically
swit ches between thefo llo wing types oflight :
R Low-beam headlam ps
R High beam
At speeds above19 mp h(3 0km/h):
R Ifno other road user sar ede tected, thehigh
beam willbeswitc hedonaut omaticall y. The
high beam switchesoffaut omaticall yin the
fo llo wing cases :
R Atspeeds below16 mp h(2 5km/h).
R Ifot her road user sar ede tected.
R Ifstre et light ingissuf ficie nt.
At speeds aboveappr oximat ely31 mp h
(50 km/ h):
R The headlam pra ng eof thelow beam isregu‐
lat ed aut omatically basedonthedis tance to
ot her road user s.
The system's optical sensor islocat edbehind
th ewindshield neartheove rhead control panel.
Switc hingAdaptiv eHighb eamAssiston/ off 0007
Toswitc hon: turnth elight switc hto the
0058 position . 0007
Switc hon thehigh beam usingthecombin a‐
tion switc h.
When thehigh beam isswitc hedonaut omat‐
icall yin thedar k,the 00CE indicat orlam pon
th emultifunc tiondispla ycomes on. 0007
Toswitc hof f:switc hof fth ehigh beam
using thecombin ationswitch. Switc
hingtheda ytime running lampson/of f Multimedia
system:
0018 Vehicle 0019
÷ LightSetting s
0019 Daytime Run.Lights 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Se
tting theex terior light ingswitc h-of fdela y
tim e Mult
imedia system:
0018 Vehicle 0019
÷ LightSetting s
0019 Ext.Light SwitchOff 0007
Setth eswitc h-offdela ytime. Se
tting thesur round lighting Mul
timedi asy stem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
÷ LightSetting s
0019 Locat orLightin g 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
If th esur round lightingisswit ched on, theex te‐
ri or lighting remains litfor40 seconds afte rth e 11
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ve
hicle isunloc ked. When youstar tth eve hicle,
th esur round lightingisdeac tivated and the
aut omat icdrivin glight sar eact ivat ed. Int
erior light ing Ad
jus tingthe inte rior light ing 1
003D Leftre adin glam p
2 004A Inte rior lighting
3 0033 Automatic interior ligh ting contr ol
4 003D Rightreadin glam p 0007
Toswitc hre ading lampson oroff:pr ess
butt on1 or4. 0007
Toswitc hint erior lighting on:press butt on
2 tothelef t. 0007
Toswitc haut omat icint erior lighting con‐
tr ol off:pr ess butt on3 totheright. Ad
jus tingthe ambi entlighti ng Mu
ltimed iasystem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
÷ LightSetting s
0019 Ambien tLight
Se tting thecolor 0007
Sele ctColor. 0007
Seta colo r.
Ad jus tingthe brightne ss 0007
Select Bright nes s. 0007
Seta br ightne ssvalue.
Ac tiv atin gthe brightne ssforzon es 0007
Select Brightne ssZones . 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
The Display ,Fron tand Rear zonescan beset
separ ately . Se
tting theint erior light ingswitc h-of fdela y
tim e Multi
media system:
0018 Vehicle 0019
÷ LightSetting s
0019 Int.Light SwitchOff 0007
Setth eswitc h-offdela ytime. Light
andvisibility 11
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Wi
ndshield wiperandwindshield washer
sy stem Switc
hingthewindsh ieldwiper son/of f 0047
005AWindsh ield wipe rof f
0048 0062 Intermitt entwiping, normal
0049 0063 Intermitt entwiping, frequent 004A
00AA Continu ouswi ping, slow
004B 00A9 Continuous wiping,fast 0007
Turn thecombin ationswitchto thecor re‐
sponding position0047-004B. 0007
Sing lewipe/w ashing: pushthebutt onon
th ecombin ationswitchin thedir ect ion of
ar row 1.
R 00D3 Singlewipe
R 00D4 Wipes withwa sher fluid Cha
nging thewindsh ieldwiper blades 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped if
th ewindshield wipersar eswitc hedon
while wiper blades arebeing replaced
If th ewindshield wipersbegin tomo vewhile
yo uar ech ang ingthewiper blades, youcan
be trapped bythewiper arm. 0007
Alw aysswitc hof fth ewindshield wipers
and theignition beforech ang ingthe
wiper blades. Mo
ving thewiper arms tothech ang eposi ‐
tion 0007
Switc hth eignition onand switc hof fag ain
immediat ely. 0007
Within around 15seconds, press the00D4
butt ononthecombin ationswitchfo rapp rox‐
ima tely thre esecon ds(0013 page11 8).
The wiperarms willmo veintoth ech ang e
posit ion.
Re mo ving the wiper blade s 0007
Foldthewiper arms away from thewind‐
shield. 11
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