2019 MERCEDES-BENZ SL ROADSTER Owner's Manual

Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions Act
ive LaneKee p‐ Act
ive LaneKee p‐
ing Assist Cur‐ ing
Assist Cur‐
ren tly Unavailab le ren
tly Unavailab le
See Operator'sMan ‐ See
Operator'sMan ‐
ual ual Ac
tive Lan eKee pingAs sis tis deac tivat ed and tempo rarily ino per a-
ti ve.
Pos siblecaus esare:
R thewin dsh ield inthecam era'sfie ldof vis ion isdir ty
R vis ibilit yis imp aire ddue toheav yrain ,sn ow orfog
R there havebeen nolanemar king sfor anextend ed per iod
R thelan emar king sare wornaway, darkorcover edup, e.g. by dirt
or snow
Whe nth ecaus esstate dabov eno longer apply, thedisp laymes sage
disap pears.
Ac tive Lan eKee pingAs sis tis oper ationalagain .
If th edisp laymes sage does notdisap pear:
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 146).
X Clean thewin dsh ield. Act
ive LaneKee p‐ Act
ive LaneKee p‐
ing Assist Inopera‐ ing
Assist Inopera‐
tiv e tiv
e Ac
tive Lan eKee pingAs sis tis malf unction ing .
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Act
ive BlindSpo t Act
ive BlindSpo t
Ass ist Currently Ass
ist Currently
Una vailableSee Una
vailableSee
Ope rator'sMan ual Ope
rator'sMan ual Ac
tive Blind Spot Assis tis tempo rarily ino per ative.
Pos siblecaus esare:
R theradar sensor syst emisout side theoper ating tempe rature
ran ge
R theradar sensor syst emistempo rarily ino per ative, e.g. due to
elec tromag netic radi ation emi tted bynearby TVorradi ostati ons
or other sour cesof elec tromag netic radi ation
The yellow 0063indicat orlamp salso lightup intheex terio rmir rors.
Whe nth ecaus esstate dabov eno longer apply, thedisp laymes sage
disap pears.
Ac tive Blind Spot Assis tis oper ationalagain .
If th edisp laymes sage does notdisap pear:
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 146).
X Clean thesen sors(Y page 275).
X Rest arttheen gin e. Act
ive BlindSpo t Act
ive BlindSpo t
Ass ist Inoperati ve Ass
ist Inoperati ve Ac
tive Blind Spot Assis tis malf unction ing .
The yellow 0063indicat orlamp salso lightup intheex terio rmir rors.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Disp
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Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions Act
ive Parking Act
ive Parking
Ass ist Canceled Ass
ist Canceled The
driver 'sdoor isopen andthedri ver 'sseat belthasnotbeen fas-
te ne d.
X Repeat thepark ingprocess wit hth eseat beltfastene dand the
dri ver 'sdoor closed . You
haveina dve rten tly to uch edthemult ifunction steer ing whee l
while steer ing interv ention was active.
X Whil est eer ing interv ention isact ive,mak esur eth at themult i-
fun ction steer ing whee lis no tto uch eduninten tion ally. The
vehiclehas start ed toskid and ESP®
has interv ened.
X Use Active Park ingAssis tagain later (Y page 175). Act
ive Parking Act
ive Parking
Ass ist Inoperative Ass
ist Inoperative You
havejus tcar riedout alarg enum beroftur nin gor park ing
man euve rs.
Ac tive Park ingAssis twill become available again afterappr ox-
imat elytenmin utes(Y page 175).
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Swi tchoff and restartth een gin e.
If th emult ifunction disp laystill sho wsthedisp laymes sage :
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Ac
tive Park ingAssis tis malf unction ing .
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Act
ive Parking Act
ive Parking
Ass ist Finished Ass
ist Finished The
vehicleis park ed.Awarn ingtone also soun ds.
The displaymes sage disap pearsauto matically. Act
ive Distance Act
ive Distance
Ass ist Off Ass
ist Off Ac
tive Distanc eAs sis tDI ST RONI Cwas deac tivat ed (Ypage 156).
If it was deac tivat ed auto matically,awarn ingtone also soun ds. Act
ive Distance Act
ive Distance
Ass ist NowAvaila ‐ Ass
ist NowAvaila ‐
ble ble Ac
tive Distanc eAs sis tDI ST RONI Cis oper ationalagain afterhav ing
been tempo rarilyunav ailable .You cannowreac tivat eAc tive Dis-
tan ceAssis tDI ST RONI C(Y page 156). 224
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Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions Act
ive Distance Act
ive Distance
Ass ist Currently Ass
ist Currently
Una vailableSee Una
vailableSee
Ope rator'sMan ual Ope
rator'sMan ual Ac
tive Distanc eAs sis tDI ST RONI Cis tempo rarily ino per ative.
Ac tive Steer ing Assis tis also tempo rarily ino per ative.
Pos siblecaus esare:
R theradar sensor syst emistempo rarily ino per ative, e.g. due to
elec tromag netic radi ation emi tted bynearby TVorradi ostati ons
or other sour cesof elec tromag netic radi ation
R thesyst emisout side theoper ating tempe rature range
R theon -boar dvol tag eis toolow
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
Whe nth ecaus esstate dabov eno longer apply, thedisp laymes sage
disap pears.
Ac tive Distanc eAs sis tDI ST RONI Cis oper ationalagain .
If th edisp laymes sage does notdisap pear:
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 146).
X Rest arttheen gin e. Act
ive Distance Act
ive Distance
Ass ist Inoperati ve Ass
ist Inoperati ve Ac
tive Distanc eAs sis tDI ST RONI Cis fault y.
The followin gmay havealso failed:
R Brake Assis twit hcr oss -traf fic fun ction
R Ac tive Brake Assis twit hcr oss -traf fic fun ction
R Ac tive Steer ing Assis t
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Act
.Dis tance Act
.Dis tance
Ass ist Suspended Ass
ist Suspended You
havedepr essedtheacc eler atorpedal .Ac tive Distanc eAs sis t
DI ST RONI Cis no longer control lingth espe edoftheveh icle.
X Remo veyour footfr om theacc eler atorpedal . Dis
tanceAssist -- Distance
Assist--
- mph -
mph A
condition foractivating Active Distance AssistDISTRONIC hasnot
been met.
X Check theactivation conditions forActive Distance Assist
DISTRONIC (Ypage 156). Dis
play messages
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Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions Act
ive Steering Act
ive Steering
Ass ist Currently Ass
ist Currently
Una vailableSee Una
vailableSee
Ope rator'sMan ual Ope
rator'sMan ual Ac
tive Steer ing Assis tis tempo rarilyino per ative.
Pos siblecaus esare:
R thewin dsh ield inthecam era'sfie ldof vis ion isdir ty
R vis ibilit yis imp aire ddue toheav yrain ,sn ow orfog
R there havebeen nolanemar king sfor anextend ed per iod
R thelan emar king sare wornaway, darkorcover edup, e.g. by dirt
or snow
Whe nth ecaus esstate dabov eno longer apply, thedisp laymes sage
disap pears.
Ac tive Steer ing Assis tis oper ationalagain .
If th edisp laymes sage does notdisap pear:
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 146).
X Clean thewin dsh ield. Act
ive Steering Act
ive Steering
Ass ist Inoperative Ass
ist Inoperative Ac
tive Steer ing Assis tis fault y.
Ho weve r,theAc tive Distanc eAs sis tDI ST RONI Cfun ction sare still
avail able.
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Cru
ise ControlOff Cru
ise ControlOff Cruis
eco ntrol has been deactivat ed.
If awarn ingtone also soun ds,cruise control has deac tivat ed auto -
mat ically(Y page 154). Cru
ise Control- - Cru
ise Control- -
- mph -
mph Cruis
eco ntrol can notbe act ivat ed, since notall oftheact ivat ion
co nd ition shav ebeen met.
X Chec kth eact ivat ion cond ition sfor cruise control (Ypage 154). Cru
ise Control Cru
ise Control
Ino perative Ino
perative Cruis
eco ntrol ismalf unction ing .
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 226
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Tire
s Di
spl aymes sages Po
ssible cause s/consequ encesand 0050 0050
So luti ons Ple
ase Correct Ple
ase Correct
Tir ePre ssure Tir
ePre ssure The
tirepressu reistoo low in at leas tone ofthe tires,or the tire
pre ssu rediffe renc ebe twe enthe wheelsistoo great.
X Ch eck thetire pressu res atthe next opportu nity (Ypage 299 ).
X Ifnece ssary,corr ectthe tire pressu re.
X Re sta rtthe tire pressu remoni tor(Ypage 301 ). Tir
ePre ssure Soon Tir
ePre ssure Soon The
tirepressu reinone ormor etire sha sdro pped signi ficantl y.The
wh eelpo sitio nis sho wninthe multifu nctio ndisp lay.
A wa rning tone also sou nds .
G WA
RNING
Ti re pre ssu res thatar etoo low po se the followi ng hazar ds:
R the yma ybu rst, especially as the load and vehiclesp ee dincr ease
R the yma ywe arexce ssivel yand /or unevenl y,wh ich maygre atly
imp airtire tractio n.
R the drivin gcha racteri stics, aswellas stee ringand braking ,ma y
be gre atlyimp aired
The reisaris kof an acc ident.
X Stop thevehiclewi thou tma king anysudd en stee ringor bra king
ma neu vers.Pa yatte ntionto the trafficcond itions asyoudo so.
X Secu rethe vehicleag ainst rolling away (Y page 146 ).
X Ch eck thetiresand ,if nece ssary,fol low the instructio nsfor afla t
tire (Ypage 278 ).
X Ch eck thetire pressu re(Y page 299 ).
X Ifnece ssary,corr ectthe tire pressu re. War
ningTir eMal ‐ War
ningTir eMal ‐
fun ction fun
ction The
tirepressu reinone ormor etire sha sdro pped sudd enl y.The
wh eelpo sitio nis sho wninthe multifu nctio ndisp lay.
G WA
RNING
Driv ingwith afla ttire poses aris kof the followi ng hazar ds:
R afla ttire affects theability tostee ror bra kethe vehicle
R youcou ldlose contro lof the vehicle.
R conti nueddri vin gwi th afla ttire willcau seexce ssive heat build-
up and possi blya fir e
The reisaris kof an acc ident.
X Stop thevehiclewi thou tma king anysudd en stee ringor bra king
ma neu vers.Pa yatte ntionto the trafficcond itions asyoudo so.
X Secu rethe vehicleag ainst rolling away (Y page 146 ).
X Ch eck thetiresand ,if nece ssary,fol low the instructio nsfor afla t
tire (Ypage 278 ). Disp
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Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions Tir
ePre ss. Moni‐ Tir
ePre ss. Moni‐
tor Currently tor
Currently
Una vailable Una
vailable Be
caus eth ere isint erf ere ncefrom ast ron gsour ceofradi owave s,
no sign alsfrom thetire pre ssur esen sorsare detected. The tire
pre ssur emon itor istempo rarily malf unction ing .
X Dr ive on.
The tire pre ssur emon itor res tartsauto maticallyas soo nas the
pro blem hasbeen resolved. Tir
ePress.Sen ‐ Tir
ePress.Sen ‐
sor (s) Missing sor
(s) Missing The
reisno sign alfrom thetire pre ssur esen sor ofoneor sev eral
whee ls.The pressur eof theaff ectedtire does notappear inthe
mult ifunction disp lay.
X Hav eth efault ytire pre ssur esen sor replace dat aqualif iedspe-
cial istwor kshop . Tir
ePre ssureMon i‐ Tir
ePre ssureMon i‐
tor InoperativeNo tor
InoperativeNo
Whe elSensors Whe
elSensors The
whee lsmoun teddo nothav easuit able tire pre ssur esen sor.
The tire pre ssur emon itor isdeac tivat ed.
X Moun twhee lswit hsuit able tire pre ssur esen sors.
The tire pre ssur emon itor isact ivat edauto maticallyaft erdrivin g
for afew minutes. Tir
ePre ss. Moni‐ Tir
ePre ss. Moni‐
tor Inoperative tor
Inoperative The
tire pre ssur emon itor isfault y.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Veh
icle Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions Shi
ftto'P' or Shi
ftto'P' or
'N' toStartEngine 'N'
toStartEngine You
haveatt emp tedto start theen gin ewit hth etrans mis sion in
pos ition 005Eor005B.
X Sh ift thetrans mis sion topos ition 005Dor005C. App
lyBraketo App
lyBraketo
Shi ftfrom'P' Shi
ftfrom'P' You
haveatt emp tedto shi ftthetrans mis sion topos ition 005B, 005Eor
005C without depressing thebrak epedal .
X De pre ssthebrak epedal . To
Shiftout ofP To
Shiftout ofP
or N,Depress or
N,Depress
Bra keand Switch Bra
keand Switch
on Engine on
Engine You
haveatt emp tedto shi ftthetrans mis sion outofpos ition 005Dor
005C intoano ther trans mis sion position withth een gin eswit ched off.
X De pre ssthebrak epedal .
X Start theen gin e. Dri
ver'sDoorOpe n Dri
ver'sDoorOpe n
& Tra nsmission Not &
Tra nsmission Not
in PRis kof Vehi‐ in
PRis kof Vehi‐
cle RollingAwa y cle
RollingAwa y The
driver 'sdoor isno tfull yclo sed and thetrans mis sion isin pos i-
ti on 005E, 005Cor005B.
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
G WAR
NING
The vehiclemay rollaway.
The reisaris kof an acc iden t.
X Whe npark ingtheveh icle, shi ftthetrans mis sion topos ition 005D. 228
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Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions Onl
ySel ect Park Onl
ySel ect Park
(P) WhenVeh icl e (P)
WhenVeh icl e
is Stationary is
Stationary The
vehicleis mov ing.
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Sh ift thetrans mis sion topos ition 005D. App
lyBraketo App
lyBraketo
Sel ect R Sel
ect R You
haveatt emp tedto shi ftfrom position 005Btopos ition 005E.
X De pre ssthebrak epedal .
X Sh ift thetrans mis sion topos ition 005E. Ser
viceReq uir ed Ser
viceReq uir ed
Do Not ShiftGea rs Do
Not ShiftGea rs
Vis itDealer Vis
itDealer You
cannotch ang eth etrans mis sion position due toamalf unction .
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
If trans mis sion position 005Bissele cted:
X Dr ive toaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop without shifting thetrans -
mis sion from position 005B.
If pos ition 005E, 005Cor005D issele cted:
X Not ifyaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop orbre akd own service. Rev
ersing NotPos‐ Rev
ersing NotPos‐
sib leService sib
leService
Req uired Req
uired You
cannolonger shiftto trans mis sion position 005Edue toamal-
fun ction .
Tran smission pos ition s005D, 005Cor005B continu eto be avail able.
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Tra
nsmission Mal‐ Tra
nsmission Mal‐
fun ctionStop fun
ctionStop A
malf unction has occur red inthemec hanical trans mis sion compo -
ne nts.
A warn ingtone also soun ds.The trans mis sion shifts auto matically
to pos ition 005C.
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Sh ift thetrans mis sion topos ition 005D.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 146).
X Not ifyaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop orbre akd own service. Sto
pVeh icleLea ve Sto
pVeh icleLea ve
Eng ine Running Eng
ine Running
Wai tTra nsmiss ion Wai
tTra nsmiss ion
Coo ling Coo
ling The
trans mis sion hasoverheated.Pullin gaway canbetempo rarily
imp aire dor notpos sible.
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.Do notco ntinu edri vin g
und erany circum stanc es.
X Wait untilth edisp laymes sage disap pearsbef ore pullin gaway. Aux
iliary Batter y Aux
iliary Batter y
Mal function Mal
function The
auxiliary battery for theauto matictrans mis sion isno longer
bein gch arg ed.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop atthene xt oppo rtuni ty.
X Un tilth en ,always shiftthetrans mis sion topos ition 005Dbefore
you switchoff theen gin e.
X Be for eleav ingtheveh icle, apply theelec tric park ingbrak e. Disp
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iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 0084 The
trunk lidisopen .
X Clos eth etrunk lid. 0083 The
hoodis open .
G WAR
NING
The open hoodmay blockyour viewwhen theveh icleis in mot ion.
The reisaris kof an acc iden t.
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 146).
X Clos eth ehoo d. 0051 At
least onedoor isopen .A warn ingtone also soun ds.
X Clos eall thedoor s. 00CC
Pow erSteeringMal ‐ Pow
erSteeringMal ‐
fun ctionSee Opera‐ fun
ctionSee Opera‐
tor 'sManual tor
'sManual The
powe rst eer ing ismalf unction ing .
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
G WAR
NING
You willneed touse morefor ce tosteer .
The reisaris kof an acc iden t.
X Chec kwhet heryou areable toapply theex tra for ce req uire d.
X Ifyou areabl eto steer safely: careful lydri ve on toaqualif ied
spe cialistwor kshop .
X Ifyou areuna bletosteer safely: donotdri ve on.Con tactth e
ne ares tqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 0058
Tru nkPartition Tru
nkPartition
Ope n Ope
n The
trunk partition isopen .
The trunk isloade dto ohigh andtheload ispre ven ting auto matic
clo singof thetrunk partition .
X Stow theload suchth at thetrunk partition can closeunh indere d
and isno tpush edupwar ds.
X Clos eth etrunk partition (Ypage 93). Pho
neNoService Pho
neNoService Your
vehicleis out side thene two rkpro vider'strans mitter/ rec eiver
ran ge.
X Wait untilth emob ilepho neoper ationalread inesssymb ol
appear sin themult ifunction disp lay. 0059
Dec reaseSpeed Dec
reaseSpeed You
wantedto open theroo fwhile theveh iclewas inmot ion.
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Ope nth eroo f(Y page 91). 230
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