2019 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS CABRIOLET ignition

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stra int system functiona lity When
theignition isswitc hedon,aself-t estis
per form ed, during whic hth e0075 restra int sys‐
te m wa rning lam plight sup. Itgoes outnolater
th an afe w sec ond saf te rth eve hicle isstar ted.
The com ponen tsof there stra int system areth en
func tional. Malfu
nctioning restra int system A
malfun ction has occurredin there stra int sys‐
te m if:
R the0075 restra int system warning lam pdoes
no tlight upwhen theignition isswitc hedon
R the0075 restra int system warning lam p
light sup con tinuousl yor repeat edly during a
jour ney 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor fata linj ury
due toamalf unctionin there stra int sys‐
te m
If th ere stra int system ismalfunct ioning,
re stra int system com ponen tsma ybe trig‐ ge
redunint entionall yor might notbe trig‐
ge redat all intheev ent ofan acciden t.This
ma yaf fect theEmer gency Tensi oni ng Device
or airba g,forex am ple. 0007
Have there stra int system checkedand
re pair edimmediat elyat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. Fu
nction ofthere stra int system inan acci‐
dent Ho
wthere stra int system worksis de term ined by
th ese verity of theim pact detected and thetype
of acciden tantic ipated:
R Front alim pact
R Rear impact
R Sideim pact
R Rollover
The activ ation thre sholds forth ecom ponen tsof
th ere stra int system arede term ined based on
th eev aluatio nof thesensor values measur edat
va rious points intheve hicle. Thisprocess ispre-
em ptive in nat ure. The trigg ering/ deplo yment ofth
ecom ponen tsof there stra int system mus t
ta ke place ingood timeatthest ar tof thecolli‐
sion.
Fa ctor swhi chcan only besee nand measured
af te ra colli sion hasoccur reddo notpla ya deci‐
siv ero le in thedeplo yment ofan airbag. Nordo
th ey prov ide anindic ation ofairbag deployment .
The vehicle maybe def ormed signif icantl ywit h‐
out anairbag beingdeployed. This isthecase if
onl ypar tswhic har ere lativ elyeasil ydef ormed
ar eaf fect ed and thera te ofvehicle deceler ation
is no thigh. Conversely ,an airbag maybe
deplo yedev en though theve hicle suffers onl y
minor deformation. Ifve ry rigid vehicle parts
suc has longitudinal membersar ehit, forex am‐
ple, this ma yre sult insuf ficie ntly highleve ls of
ve hicle deceler ation. 32
Occupant safety

0007
Swi tchon theignition . 0007
Press seat beltextende rbu tton 1.
The seatbe ltex tende rex tends.
The seatbe ltex tende rre tracts again in thefo l‐
lo wing cases :
R The seat belttongu eis eng aged intheseat
belt buckle R
The seat belttongu eis no teng aged inthe
seat beltbucklewithin 60seconds
If yo upr ess seat beltextende rbu tton 1
ag ain in this case, theseat beltextende rwi ll
ex tend again.
R The respectiv edoor isopened
R Youfo ld theseat backres tfo rw ards
R Nobody issitt ing inthefront passeng erseat
If yo upr ess seat beltextende rbu tton 1
ag ain in this case, theseat beltextende rwi ll
no long er extend.
The seatbe ltex tende rmu stalw aysbe retract ed
wh ile th eve hicle isin mo tion. Fa
stening seatbelts If
th eseat beltispulled quickl yor shar ply, the
seat beltretract orlock s. The seat beltstra pcan‐
no tbe pulled outanyfur ther. 0007
Alw ayseng ageseat belttongu e2 ofthe
seat beltintoseat beltbuckle1 ofthecor‐
re sponding seat.
Ve hicl eswith automatic front passen ger
fr on tairb agshu toff: Occu
pant safety 37

R
The front passeng ersits insuc hawa yth at
th eir weight israised from thesitt ing sur‐
fa ce. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
deactiv ated front passeng erairbag
If th ePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Find icat or
lam pis lit,th efront passeng erairbag isdisa‐
bled. Itwill notbe deplo yedin theev ent of
an acciden tand cann otper form itsintended
pr otect ive func tion.
A per son inthefront passeng erseat could
th en, forex am ple, com eint ocon tact with
th eve hicle interior ,especially ifth eper son is
sitt ing tooclose tothecoc kpit.
If th efront passeng erseat isoccupied,
alw aysensur eth at:
R The classificat ion oftheper son inthe
fr ont passeng ersea tis cor rect and the
fr ont passeng erairb agisenabl edordisa ‐
ble din accor dance withth eper son inthe
fr ont passeng ersea t. R
The front passeng ersea thas been moved
as farbac kas possi ble.
R The person isseat edcor rectl y. 0007
Ensu re,bo th bef oreand during thejour‐
ne y,that thest atus ofthefront
passeng erairbag iscor rect. If
th efront passeng erseat isoccupied, theclas‐
sif ication oftheper son orchild restra int system
on thefront passeng erseat take splace afte rth e
fr ont passeng erfront airbagshut offself-t est.
The PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam psdis‐
pla yth est atus ofthefront passeng erfront air‐
bag.
Alw aysobser vetheno teson thefunc tion ofthe
PA SSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam ps
(→ pag e43). Fu
nction ofthePA SSEN GERAIRBAGindic a‐
to rlam ps Se
lf-te st of aut oma ticfront passeng erfront
air bag shutoff
When theignition isswitc hedon,aself-t estis
per form ed dur ing whic hth etw oPA SSENGER
AIR BAGON and OFFind icat orlam pslight up
simul taneou sly. Occu
pant safety 43

0007
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. 0007
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. Re
quirement s:
R The powe rsupp lyor theignition isswitc hed
on. 1
Closes
2 Opens
The buttons onthedr iver's door take prece‐
denc e. 0007
Tostar taut omatic operation :pr ess the
0062 buttonbeyond thepoint ofresis tance
or pulland release it. 0007
Tointerru pt aut omatic operation :pr ess or
pul lth e0062 buttonagain.
0009 Automatic operation forclosi ngisavailable
on lyforth efront side windo ws.
When theve hicle isswitc hedoff,th eside win‐
do ws can continu ebei ng ope rated.
The func tion isavailable forar ound five minut es
or until adoor isopened . 76
Opening andclosing

All
side windo wscan beope ned orclos edsim ul‐
ta neou slyusing button 1. 0007
Swi tchon theignition . 0007
Toopen: press and hold button1 tothe
point ofresis tance. 0007
Toopen fully:press and hold button1
be yond thepoint ofresis tance. 0007
Toclose: pulland hold button1.
Au tomatic reve rsing funct ionoftheside win‐
do ws
If an object blocksaside windowduring the
clos ingproces s,theside windo wopens again
aut omaticall y.The automatic reve rsing func tion
is onl yan aid and isno ta subs titutefo ryo ur
att entiven ess . 0007
When closing,mak esur eth at no body parts
ar ein theclosing area. 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 thevicin ityof
mo ving componen ts. Openin
gand closing 77

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 . 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. Opening
andclosing 81

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. 0007
Pull overand stop theve hicle safely assoon
as possible, paying attention toroad and traf‐
fi c condi tions. 0007
Makesur eth at theignition isswitc hedon. 0007
Fully clos eth esof tto pusing thesof t-to p
switc h. Opening
andclosingthetrunk partition The
trunk partition covers lugg ageor loads in
th etrunk .
Depen dingontheeq uipment, theve hicle maybe
eq uipped withamanual oraut omatic trunk par‐
tition.
The softto pcan beopened onlywhen theman‐
ual trunk partition isclosed.
In vehicles withan aut omatic trunk partition, this
aut omat icallyclos eswhen thesof tto pis
opened. 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. 82
Openin gand closing

0007
Swi tchon 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 . 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. 84
Opening andclosing