2019 MERCEDES-BENZ CLA COUPE maintenance

X
Make surethatthevehicle isat astandstill
and theSmartK eyisin position 0048inthe igni-
tion lock.
X Open thecamera coverforcleaning viathe
multimedia system(seeDigital Operator's
Manual).
X To clean therear view camera: useclear
water andasoft cloth toclean camera
lens 0043.
Cleanin gthe exhaust pipes G
WARNING
The exhaust tailpipe andtailpipe trimcan
become veryhot.Ifyou come intocontact
with these partsofthe vehicle, youcould burn
yourself. Thereisarisk ofinjury.
Always beparticularly carefularound the
exhaust tailpipe andthetailpipe trim. Allow
these componen tsto cool down before touch-
ing them.
! Do
not clean theexhaust pipewithacid-
based cleaning agents,suchasbathroom
cleaner orwheel cleaner.
! Mercedes-AMG
vehicleswithblack exhaust
pipes: theblack-chr ometailpipe finishers
should notbepolished withachrome polish.
They willotherwise losetheir black sheen. For
optimal care,thefaceplates shouldberubbed
with alightly oiledcloth afterevery carwash.
Commercially availableengine andcare oils
are suitable forthis.
For heavier soiling,youcan apply afine paint-
work polish withamicrofiber cloth.Remove
the excess polishresidue afterpolishing.
Impurities combinedwiththeeffect sof road grit
and corrosive environmentalfactors maycause
flash rusttoform onthe surface. Youcan
restore theoriginal shineofthe exhaust pipeby
cleaning itregularly ,especially inwinter and
after washing.
X Clean theexhaust pipewithacare product
tested andapproved byMercedes-Ben z. Interior
care
Cleanin gthe display !
For
cleaning, donot use anyofthe following:
R alcohol-based thinneror gasoline
R abrasive cleaningagents
R commerc ially-availabl ehousehold cleaning
agents
These maydamage thedisplay surface. Do
not putpressure onthe display surface when
cleaning. Thiscould leadtoirreparable dam-
age tothe display .
X Before cleaning thedisplay ,make surethatit
is switched offand hascooled down.
X Clean thedisplay surface usingacommer-
cially availa blemicrofiber clothandTFT/LCD
display cleaner.
X Dry thedisplay surface usingadry microfiber
cloth.
Cleanin gthe plastic trim G
WARNING
Care products andcleaning agentscontaining
solvents causesurfaces inthe cock pitto
become porous.Asaresult, plastic partsmay
come looseinthe event ofair bag deploy -
ment. Thereisarisk ofinjury.
Do not use anycare products andcleaning
agents toclean thecock pit.
! Never
attach thefollowing toplastic surfa-
ces:
R stick ers
R films
R perfume oilcont ainer orsimilar
You could otherwise damagetheplastic.
! Do
not allow cosmetic s,insect repellent or
sunscreen tocome intocont actwith theplas-
tic trim. Thismaintains thehigh-quali tylook of
the surfaces.
X Wipe theplastic trimwith adamp, lint-free
cloth, e.g.amicrofiber cloth.
X Heavy soiling:use care andcleaning prod-
ucts recommen dedandapproved by
Mercedes-Ben z.
The surface maychange colortemporarily.
Wait untilthesurface isdry again. 270
CareMaintenance
andcare

Clean
ingthest eeri ngwheel andgear or
select orlever X
Thor oughl ywipe withadamp clothor use
leat her careagen tsthat have been recom-
men dedandappro vedbyMer cedes-Ben z.
Clean inggenu inewood andtrim ele-
men ts !
Do
notuse solvent-based cleanin gagen ts
suc has tar rem over,wheel cleane rs,polis hes
or waxe s.Ther eis other wise aris kof damag -
ing thesurf ace.
! Do
notuse chrom epolis hon trim piec es.
The trim piec eshave ach rom elook butare
mos tlymade ofano dized alumin umand can
lose their shin eif ch rom epolis his used. Use
a damp, lint-fr ee clothins tead when cleanin g
th etrim piec es.
If th ech rom e-plat edtrim piec esare very
dirt y,you can useach rom epolis h.Ifyou are
uns ure astowhet herthetrim piec esare
ch rom e-plat edornot,con sult anauth orized
Mer cedes-Ben zCen ter.
X Wipe thewoode ntrim and trim piec eswit ha
damp, lint-fr ee cloth,e.g .a mic rofiber cloth.
X Hea vysoilin g:use careand cleanin gpro d-
uct srec omm ended andappro vedby
Mer cedes-Ben z.
Clean ingtheseat cover s Gener
alnot es
! Do
notuse amic rofiber clothto cle ancov ers
made outofreal leather,art ific ialleat her or
DI NA MICA .If used often,th ese can damag e
th ecov er.
Not eth at reg ular careis ess ential toensure that
th eappear anceand comfortof thecov ers is
ret aine dove rtim e. Genu
ineleat her seat cover s
! To
retain thenat ural appear anceof the
leat her,obse rveth efoll owin gcle anin g
ins truct ions:
R Clean genuine leather covers carefull ywit h
a damp clothand then wipe thecov ers
down withadry cloth.
R Mak esure that theleat her does not
bec ome soaked.Itmay other wise become
roug hand crack ed.
R On lyuse leather careagen tsthat have
been tested and appro vedbyMer cedes-
Ben z.You canobtain these from aqualif ied
spec ialist workshop.
Leat herisanat ural product .
It ex hibit snat ural surface charac teris tic s,for
ex ample :
R diff ere nces inthete xture
R mar kscaus edbygro wth and injury
R sligh tnuan cesofcol or
Thes eare charac teris tic sof leat her and not
mat erial defects.
Seat cover sof oth erma terials
! Obse
rveth efoll owin gwhen cleanin g:
R cle an artific ialleat her covers withaclo th
mois tene dwit hasolut ioncontain ing1%
det ergent(e. g.dish washin gliquid).
R cle an clothcov ers withamic rofiber cloth
mois tene dwit hasolut ioncontain ing1%
det ergent(e. g.dish washin gliquid). Rub
car efull yand always wipeentireseat sec-
tio ns toavoid leavingvisible lines. Leav e
th eseat todry afterwar ds.Clean ingresults
depen don thetype ofdirt and how longit
has been there .
R cle an DINA MICA covers withadamp cloth.
Mak esure that you wipe entireseat sec-
tio ns toavoid leavingvisible lines.
Clean ingtheseat belts G
WAR
NING
Seat beltscan become severelyweak ened if
bleac hedordyed. Thiscouldcaus eth eseat
belt sto tear or fail, forinstan ce, intheeve ntof
an acc iden t.This pose san increas edriskof
inj ury orfatalinj ury.
Nev erbleac hor dye theseat belts. Car
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Information
ontire pressu resisdispl ayedin the
multifu nctiondisplay.After afew minutes of
driving, thecurrent tirepressu reofeach tireis
shown inthe Serv. Serv.
menuofthe multifu nction
displ ay,see illustration (example). For
information onthe message display,refer to
the "Checking thetire pressu reelectronical ly"
section (Ypage 299).
Important safetynotes G
WARNING
Each tire,includi ngthe spare (ifprovide d),
shoul dbe checked atlea stonce every two
weeks whencoldandinflated tothe pressu re
recommended bythe vehicle manufacture r
on the Tire andLoadi ngInformation placard
on the driver's doorB-pilla ror the tire pres-
sure labelon the inside ofthe fuel fillerflap. If
you rvehicle hastires ofadifferent sizethan
the size indicated onthe Tire andLoadi ng
Information placard or,ifavai lable,the tire
pressu relab el,you shoul ddetermine the
proper tirepressu refor those tires.
As anadde dsafety feature, yourvehicle has
been equipped withatire pressu remonitoring
system (TPMS)thatilluminates alow tirepres-
sure telltal ewhen oneormore ofyou rtires
are significa ntlyunderinfla ted.Accordingly,
when thelow tirepressu retelltal elights up,
you shoul dstop andcheck yourtires assoon
as possib le,and inflate themtothe proper
pressu re.Driving onasignifica ntlyunderin-
flated tirecause sthe tire tooverhea tand can
lea dto tire failure.
Underinfla tionalso reduces fuelefficiency
and tiretread life,and may affect thevehicle 's
handli ngand stopping ability. Plea senote that
the TPMS isnot asubstitu tefor proper tire
maintenance, anditis the driver's responsi-
bili tyto maintain correcttirepressu re,even if underinfla
tionhasnotreached thelevel to
trigger illuminatio nof the TPMS lowtirepres-
sure telltal e.
Your vehicle hasalso been equipped witha
TPMS malfunction indicator toindicate when
the system isnot opera tingproperl y.The
TPMS malfunction indicator iscombined with
the low tirepressu retelltal e.When thesys-
tem detects amalfu nction, thewarning lamp
wil lflash forappro ximately aminute andthen
remain continuously illuminated .This
sequ ence willbe repea tedevery timethevehi-
cle isstarted aslong asthe malfu nction
exists. Whenthemalfu nction indicator isillu-
minated, thesystem maynotbeabl eto detect
or signal lowtirepressu reas intended.
TPMS malfunctions mayoccur foravariety of
reasons, includingthe installa tionofincom-
patibl erepla cement oralternate tiresor
wheel son the vehicle thatprevent theTPMS
from functioning properly.Alway scheck the
TPMS malfunction telltaleafter replacingone
or more tiresorwheel son you rvehicle to
ensure thattherepla cement oralternate Tires
and wheel sall ow the TPMS tocontinue to
function properly.
It is the driver's responsib ility to set the tire
pressu reto that recommended forcold tires
which issuita bleforthe opera tingsitua tion
(Y page 293). Notethatthecorrect tirepressu re
for the current operatingsitua tionmust firstbe
taught-in tothe tire pressu remonitor. Ifasub-
stantial lossofpressu reoccurs, thewarning
threshold forthe warning messageis ali gned to
the taught-in reference values.Restart thetire
pressu remonitor afteradjusting thepressu reof
the cold tires (Ypage 300). Thecurrent pres-
sures aresaved asnew reference values.Asa
resul t,awarning messagewil lappe arifthe tire
pressu redrops significa ntly.
The tirepressu remonitor doesnotwarn youof
an incorrectly settire pressu re.Observe the
notes onthe recommended tirepressu re
(Y page 293).
The tirepressu remonitor isnot ableto warn you
of asudd enloss ofpressu re,e.g. ifthe tire is
penetrated byaforeign object.Inthe event ofa
sudd enloss ofpressu re,bring thevehicle toa 298
Tire
pressureWheel sand tires

Whee
land tirecombinatio ns Gene
ralnote s
You canaskforinforma tionrega rding permi tted
whee l/tire combina tionsatan authorized
Merced es-Benz Center.
You shou ldregu larlycheck thepress ureofthe
emerge ncysparewhe el,parti cularlyprio rto
long trips, andcorrect thepress ureasneces-
sary (Ypag e293). Thevalueon the whe elis
vali d.
! For
safe tyreas ons, Merced es-Benz recom-
mends thatyouonly usetires andwheels
whi chhave been approved byMerced es-Benz
speci ficallyfor you rvehicl e.
These tireshave been speciallyada pted for
use with thecontrol systems,such asABS or
ESP ®
,and aremarked asfoll ows:
R MO =Merced es-Benz Original
R MOE =Merced es-Benz OriginalExtended
(tires featuringrun-fla tchara cteristics)
R MO1 =Merced es-Benz Original(only cer-
tain AMG tires)
Merced es-Benz OriginalExtended tiresmay
only beuse don whe elsthat have been spe-
cifica llyapp roved byMerced es-Benz.
Only usetires, wheelsoraccesso riestested
and approved byMerced es-Benz. Certain
chara cteristics, e.g.handl ing,vehicl enoise
emiss ionsorfuel consump tion,mayother-
wis ebe adve rsely affected .In add ition, when
drivi ngwith aloa d,tire dime nsion variations
coul dcaus ethe tires tocome intocontact
with thebody work andaxle components. This
coul dresu ltin dama getothe tires orthe vehi-
cle.
Merced es-Benz accepts noliabil ity for dam-
age resu lting from theuse oftires, wheelsor
accesso riesother thanthose tested and
app roved.
Informatio non tires, wheelsand approved
combina tionscanbeobtai nedfrom anyquali-
fied speci alist worksho p.
! Retrea
dedtires areneither testednorrec-
ommende dby Merced es-Benz, sinceprevi-
ous dama gecannot alwaysbe detected on
retread edtires. Asaresu lt,Merced es-Benz
cannot guarantee vehiclesafe tyifretread ed
tires aremounted .Do not mount usedtires if
you have noinforma tionabouttheir previous
usa ge. The
recommende dpress uresforvari ous oper-
ating conditio nscan befound:
R on the Tire andLoad ingInformatio npla card
on the B-pill aron the drive r'sside
R in the tire press uretablein the fuel filler flap
Obser vethe notes onrecommende dtire pres-
sure sunder various opera tingconditio ns
(Y pag e293) .
Che cktire press uresregularly,and only when
the tires arecold. Comp lywith themaintenance
recommenda tionsofthe tire manufa cturerin
the vehicl edocu ment wallet.
Notes onthe vehicl eequ ipme nt–alw aysequ ip
the vehicl e:
R with tires ofthe same sizeonagive naxle (left
and right)
R with thesame typeoftire (summer tires,
MOExtended tires,winter tires)
Exception: itis permi ssibleto instal la diffe r-
ent type ormake inthe event ofaflat tire.
Obser vethe "MOExtended tires(tires with
run-fla tchara cteristics" section(Ypag e275) .
Vehi cles equipped with MOExtended tiresare
not equippedwith aTIREFIT kitatthe factory .It
is therefore recommende dthat youadditiona lly
equ ipyou rvehicl ewith aTIREFIT kitifyou mount
tires thatdonot featu rerun-fla tprope rties,e.g.
winter tires.ATIREFIT kitmay beobtai nedfrom
a qua lified speci alist worksho p. Emerge
ncyspare wheel Important
safetynotes G
WARNING
The whe elor tire size aswel las the tire type of
the sparewhe elor emerge ncysparewhe el
and thewhe elto be repl aced maydiffer.
Mou nting anemerge ncysparewhe elmay
severe lyimpa irthe drivi ngchara cteristics.
There isarisk ofan accid ent.
To avoi dhaza rdoussitua tions:
R ada ptyou rdrivi ngstyle accordi nglyand
drive carefu lly.
R never mount morethanonesparewhe elor
emerge ncysparewhe elthat differsinsize.
R only useaspa rewhe elor emerge ncyspare
whe elof adiffe rent sizebriefly. Emerge
ncyspare wheel
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