2019 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS CABRIOLET trunk

Switc
hingsepar atetrunk locking onoroff If
yo ucen trally unlocktheve hicle while separate
loc king isactiv ated, thetrunk willremain locked. 0007
Toswitc hon: slide theswitc hto position
0047. 0007
Toswitc hof f:slide theswitc hto position
0048. 0009
Ifan acciden thas been detected, thetrunk
will unloc keve nif sep aratelock ing is
switc hedon. Un
loc king thetrunk withth eemer gency
re lease from inside Re
quirement s
R The 12‑V‑v ehicle batter yis conne cted and
ch arge d. 0007
Press emer gency release button1 brief ly.
The trunk lidunloc ksand open s. 72
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Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe trunk lid ope ning
hei ght restriction Mult
imed iasystem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
î Vehicle Setting s
0019 Trunk LidRestric tion
This function allowsyouto avo idbum ping the
tr unk lid on alow ga rage ceiling, forex am ple. 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Side
windo ws Opening
andclosing theside windo ws 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment when
ope ning asid ewi ndo w
Whe nope ning asid ewi ndo w,par tsof the
body could bedraw nin or become trap pe d
be twee nth eside windo wand windo wframe. 0007
When opening ,mak esur eth at nobody
is touc hin gth eside windo w. 0007
Ifsomeone istrappe d,release thebut‐
to nimm ediate ly or pullit in order to
clos eth eside windo wag ain. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whe nclos ingasid ewi ndo w
Whe nclos ingasid ewi ndo w,body parts
could betrapped intheclosing area inthe
pr ocess. 0007
When closing,mak esur eth at no body
par tsarein theclosing area. 0007
Ifsomeon eis tra pped, release thebut‐
to nimm ediate ly or pres sth ebutt onin
or der toreopen theside windo w. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whe nch ildr enopera tetheside windo ws
Childr encould become trapped ifth ey oper‐
at eth eside windo ws,par ticular lywhen unat‐
te nde d. 0007
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. 0007
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. Re
quirement s:
R The powe rsupp lyor theignition isswitc hed
on. Openin
gand closing 73

000A
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
des pite ther ebeing reve rsing protect ion
on theside windo w
The reve rsing func tion does notre act :
R Tosof t,light andthin obje cts, e.g. fing ers
R Dur ing rese ttin g
This means that there ve rsefunc tion cann ot
pr ev ent someon efrom becomin gtrapped in
th ese situation s. 0007
When closing, makesur eth at no body
par tsarein theclosing area. 0007
Ifsomeon ebecomes trapped, press the
0062 buttontoopen theside windo w
ag ain. Con
venience opening (ventilating theve hicl e
bef orest ar ting ajour ney) 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment when
ope ning asid ewi ndo w
Whe nope ning asid ewi ndo w,par tsof the
body could bedraw nin or become trap pe d
be twee nth eside windo wand windo wframe. 0007
When opening ,mak esur eth at nobody
is touc hin gth eside windo w. 0007
Release thebutt onimmediat elyif
somebody becomestrapped. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whe nope ning/cl osing thesof tto p.
When openin gor closin gth esof tto p, ther e
is arisk that par tsof thebody could become
tr apped bymo ving partssuc has thero of
mec hanism, thetrunk lid,ortheside win‐
do ws . 0007
When opening orclosing, makesur e
th at no body partsarein thevicinit yof
mo ving componen ts. 0007
Release thebutt onifsomebody
becomes trapped. 0007
Press and hold the0036 buttononthe
Smar tKey .
The follo wing functionsar eper form ed:
R The vehicle isunloc ked.
R The side windo wsareopen edwhen the
tr unk partition isopen .
R The softto pis opened whenthetrunk
par tition isclosed.
R The seat ventil ation ofthedr iver's seat is
switc hedon. 0007
Tointerru pt con venience opening: release
th e0036 button. Openin
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Con
venience closing (closing theve hicl e
fr om outside ) 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment caused by
inadv ertent con venie nce closing
Whe nth econ venie nce closing featur eis
oper ating,par tsof thebody could become
tr apped intheclosing area oftheside win‐
do ws . 0007
Obser vethecom pleteclos ingproce‐
du re when usingconvenie nce closing. 0007
Whe nclo sing, makesur eth at no body
par tsarein theclosing area. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whe nope ning/cl osing thesof tto p.
When openin gor closin gth esof tto p, ther e
is arisk that par tsof thebody could become
tr apped bymo ving partssuc has thero of
mec hanism, thetrunk lid,ortheside win‐
do ws . 0007
When opening orclosing, makesur e
th at no body partsarein thevicinit yof
mo ving componen ts. 0007
Release thebutt onifsomebody
becomes trapped. 0007
Press and hold the0037 buttononthe
Smar tKey .
The follo wing functionsar eper form ed:
R The vehicle isloc ked. R
The softto pis closed.
The side windo wsareclo sed when the
sof tto pis closed. 0007
Tointerru pt con venience closing: release
th e0037 button.
0009 Con venie nce closing with KEYLESS- GOonly
closes theside windo ws(0013 page67 ). Pr
oblem swit hth eside windo ws Pr
oblem
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
A side windo wcann otbe closed and
yo ucan notsee thecause. 0007
Chec kto see whether anyobjec tsarein thewindo wguide. 76
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Sof
tto p Opening
andclosing thesof tto pusi ng the
so ft-top swi tch 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. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whe nope ning/cl osing thesof tto p.
When openin gor closin gth esof tto p, ther e
is arisk that par tsof thebody could become
tr apped bymo ving partssuc has thero of
mec hanism, thetrunk lid,ortheside win‐
do ws . 0007
When opening orclosing, makesur e
th at no body partsarein thevicinit yof
mo ving componen ts. 0007
Release thebutt onifsomebody
becomes trapped. 000E
NO
TEPossible damag eto thesof tto p
when openingorclos ing The
softto pcan bedamag edwhen openin g
or closin g. 0007
Mak esur eth er eis suf ficie ntcle arance
ab ove it. 0007
Onlyload thetrunk belowthetrunk
separ ator so that itwill notbe pushe d
upw ards. 0007
Mak esur eth at thetrunk lidisclosed. 0007
Ifth esof tto pis dir ty,we tor froze n,do
no top en thesof tto p. 000E
NO
TEDama getothesof tto pcaused by
hea vyobject s Hea
vyobject splaced onthesof t-to pcom‐
par tmen tco vercan dama gethesof tto por
sof t-to pcom partmen tco ver. 0007
Donotpl ace heavyobj ects on thesof t-
to pcom partmen tco ver. 0007
Donotsi ton thesof t-to pcom partmen t
co ver. Fo
rsaf etyre ason s,Mer cedes-Ben zre comme nds
ope ning orclos ingthesof tto pwhen theve hicle
is statio nary.
To open orclose thesof tto pwhile youar edr iv‐
ing ,do notexc eed amaximum speedof30 mph
(50 km/ h).Toavo idint erru pting theclosing
pr ocess whileyouar esligh tly ex ceed ingthis
speed, donotdr ive at aspeed great erthan
37 mph(60 km/h). 0007
Mak esur eth at thetrunk partition isclosed. 0007
Close thetrunk lid. 0007
Switc hon theignition . 78
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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
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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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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
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