2019 MERCEDES-BENZ SL ROADSTER warning light

The
following informationisdisplay ed:
R the length ofthe journey sincethelast
break.
R the atten tionlevel determin edbyATTEN -
TION ASSIST, display edinabar display in
five levels fromhightolow.
R ifATTE NTION ASSISTisunable tocalculate
the atten tionlevel andcann otoutput a
warning, theSystem suspended System
suspended message
appears. Thebardisplay thenchanges the
display ,e.g. ifyou aredriving ataspeed
below 37mph (60km/ h)or above 125mph
(2 00 km/ h).
Acti vating ATT ENT ION ASSIS T X
Ac tivat eAT TENTI ON ASSIST usin gth eon -
boar dco mput er(Y page 198).
The systemdeterm inesth eatt ention levelof
th edri ver depe nding ontheset ting sele c-
te d:
St and ardselect ed:thesen sitivit ywit hwhic h
th esyst emdeterm inesth eatt ention levelis
set tonorm al.
Sens itive select ed:thesen sitivit yis set
high er.The attention leveldet ectedby ATTEN-
TIO NAS SIST isadapt edacc ordinglyand the
dri ver iswarn edearl ier.
When ATTENTI ON ASSIST isdeac tivat ed, the
00AD symboland OFFappear inthemult ifunc-
ti on disp layintheassi stanc edisp laywhen the
en gin eis run ning.
When ATTENTI ON ASSIST has been deactiva-
te d, itis auto maticallyreac tivat ed afterthe
en gin ehas been stoppe d.The sensitivit y
sele cted correspo ndsto thelast selection acti-
vat ed (stand ard/ sensitive ).
Wa rning inthemu ltifu nct ion displa y If
fat igue orinc reas inglapse sin concen trati on
are detected, awarn ingappear sin themult i-
fun ction disp lay:Attention Assist:Tak e Att
ention Assist:Tak e
a bre ak! a
bre ak!
In addit iontothemes sage showninthemult i-
fun ction disp lay,you willthen hear awarn ing
to ne .
X Ifne cessar y,tak eabre ak.
X Con firm themes sage bypre ssing the0076
but tonon thest eer ing whee l.
On longjo urn eys, takereg ular breaks ingoo d
ti me toallow yourselftores t.Ifyou donot tak
eabre ak, you willbewarn edagain after
15 min utesat theearl iest.The precond ition
for this isthat ATTENTI ON ASSIST still det ects
typ ical indicat ors offat igue orinc reas inglap-
ses inconcen trati on.
Veh icles withCOMA ND:ifawarn ingis
iss ued inthemult ifunction disp lay,aser vice
st ati on sear chisper formed inCOMA ND.You
can selectaser vicest ati on and navigat ionto
th is ser vicest ati on will then begi n.This func-
ti on can beact ivat edand deac tivat ed in
COMA ND. Acti
veDri ving Assis tance packa ge
Gene ralnot es The
Active Drivin gAs sis tan cepac kageco n-
sis tsof Active Distanc eAs sis tDI ST RONI C
(Y page 156), Active Steer ing Assis t,Ac tive
Bli nd Spot Assis t(Y page 184)and Active
Lan eKee pingAs sis t(Y page 187).
Acti veBlind Spot Assis t Gene
ralnot es
Ac tive Blind Spot Assis tmon itors theareas on
eit her side oftheveh icleth at are notdir ectly
vis ible tothedri ver withtwo lateral ,rear -
fac ing radar sensors.Awarn inglamp lightsup
in theex terio rmir rorsand draw syour atten-
ti on toveh icles det ectedin themon itore d
area. Ifyou then swit chon theco rrespo nding
tur nsign alto chang elan e,you willalso
rec eivean opt ical and audible warning.If aris k
of lateral collisi onisdet ected, correc tive brak -
ing may help youavoidaco llisi on.Be for ea
co urs e-co rrec ting brak eapplic ation,Ac tive
Bli nd Spot Assis teval uate sth espac ein the
dir ection oftravel andattheside sof theveh i-
cle .Fo rth is, Active Blind Spot Assis tuses the
for ward -facin gradar sensors.
Ac tive Blind Spot Assis tsupp ortsyou from a
spee dof appr oximat ely20mph (30km/h).
Imp ortant safety notes
Ac tive Blind Spot Assis tis on lyan aid and is
no ta subs titut efor attentive drivin g. 184
Driv
ingsystem sDriv ingand parki ng

Due
tothe natu reofthe system :
R wa rnings maybe issu ed inerr orwh en driv-
ing closetocra shbarriers orsimil arsol id
la ne borde rs.
R wa rnings maybe inte rrupte dwh en drivin g
al ong side partic ular ly long veh icles, e.g.
tru cks, forapro longe dtime .
In dic ator andwarning display 0043
Yellow indicator lamp/ redwarning lamp
Activ eBli nd Spo tAssi stisnot activeatspee ds
be low ap pro xim ately20 mph (30km/h ).Veh i-
cle sin the moni toringrange arethe nnot indi-
cate d.
Wh enActiv eBli nd Spo tAssi stisacti vated ,
ind icator lamp 0043inthe exte riormir rorslights
up yellow atspee ds ofup to20 mph
(30 km/h ).At spee ds above 20mph
(30 km/h ),the indicator lamp goes outand
Activ eBli nd Spo tAssi stisop era tional .
If aveh icleis de tecte dwi thi nthe moni toring
ra nge atspee ds above appro xim ately20 mph
(30 km/h ),wa rning lamp 0043onthe corr e-
sp ond ingside lights upred .Thi swa rning
al wa ysoccu rswh en aveh icleente rsthe moni -
tori ngrange frombehind orfro mthe side .
Wh enyouove rtake aveh icle, the warning only
occu rsifthe diffe renc ein spee dis less tha n
7 mph (12km/h ).
The yellow indicator lamp goes outif rev ers e
ge ar iseng aged .In thi seve nt,Activ eBli nd
Spo tAssi stisno longe racti ve.
The brightne ssofthe indicator/w arning lamps
is ad jus ted automa tically acc ording tothe
am bient light.
Vis ual and acou sti cco llis io n wa rning
If yo usw itch onthe turnsigna lsto cha nge
la nes and aveh icleis de tecte din the side
moni toringrange ,yo urece iveavis ualand
aco ustic collisi on warning. Youwi llthe nhe ar a do
ublewa rning tone andredwarning lamp 0043
fla she s.Ifthe turnsigna lrem ains on, detecte d
veh icles areind icated bythe flashi ng ofred
wa rning lamp 0043. Thereareno furthe rwa rning
tone s.
Co urse -corre cting brak eappl icatio n
If Activ eBli nd Spo tAssi stdetects aris kof a
la tera lcol lisi on inthe moni toringrange ,a
cou rse-corr ectingbra keapplica tionis car ried
ou t.Thi sis mea ntto assist youin avoidi ng a
col lisi on. G
WA
RNING
A cou rse-corr ectingbra keapplica tioncan-
not alwa yspre vent acol lisi on. Thereisaris k
of an acc ident.
Alw aysstee r,bra keoracc elera teyoursel f,
esp ecially ifActiv eBli nd Spo tAssi stwa rns
yo uor ma kes acou rse-corr ectingbra ke
ap plica tion.Alw aysma inta inasa fe dista nce
at the side s. If
acou rse-corr ectingbra keapplica tion
occu rs,red warning lamp 0043flashe sin the
exte riormir ror and adu alwa rning tone
sou nds .In additio n,disp lay0044 und erlining the
da nge rof aside collisi on appe arsin the multi-
fu nctio ndisp lay.
In ver yra re cas es, the system mayma kean
ina pprop riate bra keapplica tion.Acou rse-cor-
recti ngbra keapplica tionma ybe inte rrupte d
at any time ,e.g .if yo ustee rsl ig htl yin the
op po site directi onordepre ssthe accelera tor
pe dalmor efir mly .
The course-corr ectingbra keapplica tionis
av ailabl e in the spee dra nge betwe en20 mph
(30 km/h )and 120 mph (200km/h ). 18
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ivi ng system sDrivi ng andparki ng

In
such cases, ActiveLaneKeepi ngAssist
can:
R give anunnecessary warningandthen
make a<00460052005800550056004800100046005200550055004800460057004C0051
004A[ brakeapplica-
tion
R neither giveawarning norintervene
There isarisk ofan accident.
Alway spay particul arattention tothe traffic
situa tionandkeep within thelane, espe-
ciall yif Active LaneKeepi ngAssist alerts
you .Terminate theintervention inanon-crit-
ical driving situation.
The system maybeimpa iredormay notfunc-
tion if:
R there ispoor visibility,e.g. due toinsuffi-
cient illuminatio nof the road, ordue to
snow, rain,fogorheavy spray
R there isglare ,e.g. from oncoming traffic,
the sun orreflection fromother vehicle s
(e.g. ifthe road surface iswet)
R the windshi eldisdirty, fogged up,dama ged
or covered, forinstance byasticker, inthe
vicinity ofthe camera
R there arenolane markings, orseveral
unclea rlane markings arepresent, e.g.
arou ndconstruction sites
R the lane markings areworn away,dark or
covered up,e.g. bydirt orsnow
R the distance tothe vehicle infront istoo
short andthus thelane markings cannotbe
detected
R the lane markings changequickly, e.g.lanes
branch off,cross oneanother ormerge
R the road isnarrow andwindi ng
R there arehighl yvaria bleshade conditions
on the roadw ay
R no vehicle isdetected inthe adjacent lane
and there arebroken lanemarkings
Warning vibration inthe steering wheel
A warning maybegiven ifafront wheel passes
over alane marking. Youwillthen bewarned
by means ofavibratio nthrough thesteering
wheel lasting forupto1.5 seconds .
In order thatyouarewarned onlywhen neces-
sary andingood timeifyou cross thelane
marking, thesystem detects certaincondi-
tions andwarns youaccordingly . The
warning vibrationoccurs earlierif:
R you appro achtheouter lanemarking ona
bend
R the road hasvery widelanes, e.g.afreewa y
R the system detects solidlanemarkings
The warning vibrationoccurs laterif:
R the road hasnarrow lanes
R you cutthe corner onabend
Lane-c orrecting brakeapplication G
WARNING
A lane-correcting brakeapplication cannot
alw ays bring thevehicle backintotheorigi-
nal lane. There isarisk ofan accident.
Alway ssteer, brakeoraccelera teyou rself,
especia llyifActive LaneKeepi ngAssist
warns youormakes alane-correcting brake
appl ication. G
WARNING
Active LaneKeepi ngAssist onlydetects traf-
fic conditions orroad users toalimi ted
extent. Invery rarecases, thesystem may
make aninapp ropria tebrake application,
e.g. after intentionally drivingoverasolid
lane marking. Thereisarisk ofan accident.
An inapp ropria tebrake application maybe
interrupted atany time ifyou steer slightly
in the opposi tedirection. Alwaysmake sure
that there issufficie ntdistance onthe side
for other traffic orobstacle s.
In rare cases, ActiveLaneKeepi ngAssist
could detect broken linemarkings orspecia l
structures onthe road surface assolid lane
markings. Aninapp ropria tebrake application
can beinterrupted atany time, forexample if
you steer slightlyinthe opposi tedirection. 188
Drivi
ngsystemsDrivi ngand parking

If
you leaveyou rlane, under certain circum-
stances thevehicle willbrake brieflyon one
side. Thisismeant toassis tyou inbringing the
vehicle backtothe origina llane.
If alane-correcting brakeapplication occurs,
displ ay0043 appe arsinthe multifu nctiondis-
pla y.
A lane-correcting brakeapplication canbe
made afterdriving overalane marking recog-
nized asbeing solidorbroken. Beforethis,a
warning musthavebeen issuedbymeans ofa
vibratio nthrough thesteering wheel.In addi -
tion, alane with lanemarkings onboth sides
must havebeen detected.
In the case ofabroken lanemarking being
detected, alane-correcting brakeapplication
can only bemade ifavehicle hasbeen detec-
ted inthe adjacent lane.Thefollow ingvehicle s
can have aninflue nceonbrake application:
oncoming traffic,vehiclesthat areovertaking
and vehicle sthat aredriving paralleltoyou r
vehicle .
i A
further lane-correcting brakeapplication
can only occur afteryourvehicle has
returned tothe origina llane.
No lane-correcting brakeapplication occursif:
R you clearl yand actively steer,brakeor
accelera te
R you cutthe corner onasharp bend
R you have switched onthe turn signal
R adriving safetysystem intervenes, e.g.
ESP ®
,PRE-SAFE ®
Brake orActive BlindSpot
Assist
R you have adoptedasporty driving stylewith
high cornering speedsor high rates ofaccel-
eration
R ESP ®
is switched off
R the transmission isnot inpositio n005B R
an obstacle hasbeen detected inthe lane in
which youaredriving
R when aloss oftire pressu reor adefective
tire has been detected anddispl ayed
There isapossib ility that theActive Lane
Keepi ngAssist couldmisjudge thegiven traffic
situa tion. Aninapp ropria tebrake application
may beinterrupted atany time ifyou :
R steer slightlyinthe opposi tedirection
R switch onthe turn signal
R clearl ybrake oraccelera te
A lane-correcting brakeapplication isinterrup-
ted automa ticallyif:
R adriving safetysystem intervenes, e.g.
ESP ®
,PRE-SAFE ®
Brake orActive BlindSpot
Assist
R lane markings arenolonger detected
Swi tching onActiv eLane Keeping Assist
X Switch onActive LaneKeepi ngAssist using
the on-board computer; todo so, select
Standard Standard
orAdaptive Adaptive
(Ypage 199).
If you drive atspeed sabove 40mph
(60 km/h )and lane markings aredetected,
the lines inthe assis tance graphi cdispl ay
are shown ingreen (Ypage 198). Active
Lane Keepi ngAssist isready foruse.
When Standard Standard
isselected,
No warning vibrationoccurs if:
R you switch onthe turn signal s.In this
event, thewarnings aresupp ressed fora
certain periodoftime.
R adriving safetysystem intervenes, such
as ABS, BASorESP ®
.
When Adaptive Adaptive
isselected,
No warning vibrationoccurs if:
R you switch onthe turn signal s.In this
event, thewarnings aresupp ressed fora
certain periodoftime.
R adriving safetysystem intervenes, e.g.
ABS, BASorESP ®
.
R you accelera tehard, e.g.kickdown.
R you brake hard.
R you steer actively ,e.g. swerve toavoid an
obstacle orchange lanesquickly.
R you cutthe corner onasharp bend. Drivi
ngsystems
189Drivingand parking Z

Safety
systems Display
messages Possible
causes/co nsequences and0050 0050
Solutions 002500E5
Currently Unavaila‐ Currently
Unavaila‐
ble SeeOperator's ble
SeeOperator's
Manual Manual ABS
(Anti- lockBraking System) andESP®
(Electronic StabilityPro-
gram) aretemporarily notavail able.
Other driving systems anddriving safetysystems mayalsomalfunc-
tion.
In addition, the00E5, 00BBand0025 warning lampslightupinthe
instrument cluster.
Possible causesare:
R Self-diagnosis isnot yetcomplete
R The on-board voltagemaybeinsufficient
G WARNING
The brake system continues tofunction normally, butwithout the
functions listedabove. Thewheels couldtherefore lockifyou brake
hard, forexample.
The steerabili tyand braking characteristics maybeseverely affec-
ted. Thebraking distance inan emergency brakingsituation can
increase.
If ESP ®
is not operational, ESP®
is unable tostabilize thevehicle.
There isan increased riskofskidding andanaccident.
X Carefu llydrive asuitabl edistance, makingslightsteering move-
ments ataspeed above12mph (20km/h ).
If the displa ymessage disappears,thefunctions mentioned
above areavail able again.
If the multifunction displaystill shows thedispla ymessage:
X Drive oncarefully .
X Visit aqual ified speciali stworkshop immediately . 002500E5
Inoperative See Inoperative
See
Operator's Manual Operator's
Manual ABS
andESP®
are malfunctioning.
Other driving systems anddriving safetysystems mayalsomalfunc-
tion.
The 0027 (USAonly)or004D (Canad aonly), 00E5, 00BBand0025
warning lampsinthe instrument clusteralsolight up.
G WARNING
The brake system continues tofunction normally, butwithout the
functions listedabove. Thewheels couldtherefore lockifyou brake
hard, forexample.
The steerabili tyand braking characteristics maybeseverely affec-
ted. Thebraking distance inan emergency brakingsituation can
increase.
If ESP ®
is not operational, ESP®
is unable tostabilize thevehicle.
There isan increased riskofskidding andanaccident.
X Drive oncarefully .
X Visit aqual ified speciali stworkshop immediately .206
Dis
play messagesOn-board comp uter anddisplays

Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 00E5
Cur rently Unavai la‐ Cur
rently Unavai la‐
ble SeeOperat or's ble
SeeOperat or's
Man ual Man
ual ES
P®
is tempo rarilyunav ailable .
Ot her drivin gsyst ems anddrivin gsaf etysyst ems mayalsomalfunc-
ti on .
In addit ion,th e00E5 and00BB warninglamp sligh tup intheins tru-
men tclus ter.
The self-diagn osis function mightnotbe compl ete, for exampl e.
G WAR
NING
The brak esyst emcontinu estofun ction norm ally, butwithout the
fun ction slist ed abov e.
The brak ingdist ancein an eme rgencybrak ingsituati oncan thus
inc reas e.
If ES P®
is no toper ational, ESP®
is unab leto stabiliz eth eveh icle.
The reisan increas edriskof skiddin gand anacc iden t.
X Caref ullydrive asuit able distance,mak ingslightsteer ing mov e-
men tsat aspe edabov e12 mph (20km/ h).
If the displ aymessag edisa ppea rs,the functions mentioned
above areavai lableaga in.
If the multifu nctiondisplaystill shows thedispl aymessag e:
X Drive oncareful ly.
X Visit aqua lifiedspecia listworkshop immediately. 00E5
Inoperative See Inoperative
See
Operator's Manual Operator's
Manual ESP
®
is malfu nctioning.
Other driving systems anddriving safetysystems mayalsomalfu nc-
tion.
In addi tion, the00E5 and00BB warning lampsligh tup inthe instru-
ment cluster.
G WARNING
The brake system continues tofunction normally,but withou tthe
functions listedabove.
The braking distance inan emergency brakingsituationcanthus
increase.
If ESP ®
is not opera tional, ESP®
is unabl eto stabil izethe vehicle .
There isan increased riskofskidding andanaccident.
X Drive oncareful ly.
X Visit aqua lifiedspecia listworkshop immediately. Di
splay message s
207On-bo ardcompu terand displays Z

Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 007A
0025
00E5 Ino perativeSee Ino
perativeSee
Ope rator'sMan ual Ope
rator'sMan ual EB
D(elec tron icbrak efor ce dist ribution),AB Sand ESP®
are mal-
fun ction ing.
Ot her drivin gsyst ems anddrivin gsaf etysyst ems mayalsomalfunc-
ti on .
In addit ion,th e00E5, 00BBand0025 warninglamp sligh tup inthe
ins trumen tclus terand awarn ingtone soun ds.
G WAR
NING
The brak esyst emcontinu estofun ction norm ally, butwithout the
fun ction slist ed abov e.The fron tand rear whee lsco uld there fore
loc kif you performafull brak eapplic ation,for exampl e.
The steer abilit yand brak ingcharac teris tics may besev erelyaff ec-
te d. The brak ingdist ancein an eme rgencybrak ingsituati oncan
inc reas e.
If ES P®
is no toper ational, ESP®
is unab leto stabiliz eth eveh icle.
The reisan increas edriskof skiddin gand anacc iden t.
X Dr ive oncar eful ly.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop immediat ely. 0049
(USA
on ly) 0024 (Canada
on ly)
Tur nOn the Igni‐ Tur
nOn the Igni‐
tio nto Release tio
nto Release
the ParkingBra ke the
ParkingBra ke The
red0049 (USAon ly) or0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp lights
up.
You attemp tedto release theelec tric park ingbrak ewhile theign i-
ti on was switched off.
X Sm artKey :tur nth eSm artKey topos ition 0047intheign ition lock.
X KEYLESS -GO: swit chon theign ition . 0049
(USA
on ly) 0024 (Canada
on ly)
Ple ase Release Ple
ase Release
Par kingBra ke Par
kingBra ke The
red0049 (USAon ly) or0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp
flas hes and awarn ingtone soun ds.Aco nd ition forauto matic
rel ease oftheelec tric park ingbrak eis no tfulf illed (Ypage 147).
You aredrivin gwit hth eelec tric park ingbrak eapplie d.
X Releas eth eelec tric park ingbrak eman ually. The
red0049 (USAon ly) or0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp
flas hes and awarn ingtone soun ds.
You areusin gth eelec tric park ingbrak efor eme rgencybrak ing
(Y page 147). 0049
(USA
on ly) 0024 (Canada
on ly)
Par kingBra keSee Par
kingBra keSee
Ope rator'sMan ual Ope
rator'sMan ual The
yellow 0024warninglamp lightsup.
The electric park ingbrak eis malf unction ing .
To apply :
X Swi tchth eign ition off.
X Pre sstheelec tric park ingbrak ehan dleforatleast tensec onds.
X Sh ift thetrans mis sion topos ition 005D.
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 208
Disp
laymes sage sOn -boar dcomp uter anddi sp lay s

Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions The
yellow 0024warninglamp andthered 0049 (USAon ly) or0024
(Can adaonly) ind icat orlamp lightup.
The electric park ingbrak eis malf unction ing .
To releas e:
X Swi tchoff theign ition and turnit bac kon .
X Releas eth eelec tric park ingbrak eman ually.
or X Releas eth eelec tric park ingbrak eauto matically(Y page 147).
If th eelec tric park ingbrak est ill can notbe release d:
X Do notdri ve on.
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . The
red0049 (USAon ly) or0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp
flas hes and theyellow 0024warninglamp lightsup.
The electric park ingbrak eis malf unction ing .
To releas e:
X Swi tchoff theign ition and turnit bac kon .
X Releas eth eelec tric park ingbrak eman ually.
To apply :
X Swi tchoff theign ition and turnit bac kon .
X Ap ply theelec tric park ingbrak eman ually.
If th ered 0049 (USAon ly) or0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp
co ntinu estoflas h:
X Do notdri ve on.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 314).
X Sh ift thetrans mis sion topos ition 005D.
X Turn thefron twhee lstoward sth ecur b.
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Disp
laymes sage s
209On -boar dcomp uter anddi sp lay s Z