2019 MERCEDES-BENZ SL ROADSTER stop start

Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 0059
Var io-RoofLow ering Var
io-RoofLow ering The
roofis no tfull yopen edorclo sed .The hydr aulic sare depr essur-
iz ed.
X Full yopen orclo setheroo f(Y page 91). 0059
Ope n/CloseVar io- Ope
n/CloseVar io-
Roo fCom pletel y Roo
fCom pletel y The
roofis no tloc ked.
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Push orpull and hold theroo fswit chunt ilth eroo fis full yopen or
clo sed (Ypage 91). 0059
Sta rtEngine See Sta
rtEngine See
Ope rator'sMan ual Ope
rator'sMan ual The
on-boar dvol tag eis toolow.
X Start theen gin e.
X Afterappr oximat elytensec onds, repeat theopen ingorclo sing
pro cedure (Ypage 91). The
roofhas been openedand closed several times inarow .The
roo fdri ve has been switched off auto maticallyfor safetyreas ons.
You canopen andclosetheroo fagain afterappr oximat elyten
min utes.
X Swi tchoff theign ition and turnit bac kon .
X Repeat theopen ingorclo singpro cedure (Ypage 91). Clo
seRearSid e Clo
seRearSid e
Win dows Win
dows You
leaveth eveh icleand atleast onerear side window isopen .
X Clos eth eside windows (Ypage 88). 00B2
Che ckWasher Fluid Che
ckWasher Fluid The
wash erflui dlev elin thewash erfluid reservoir has dropped
belo wthemin imum .
X Ad dwash erflui d(Y page 268). Wip
erMalfuncti on‐ Wip
erMalfuncti on‐
ing ing The
windsh ield wiper sare malf unction ing .
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Haz
ard Warning Haz
ard Warning
Fla shersMalfun c‐ Fla
shersMalfun c‐
tio ning tio
ning The
hazard warn inglamp sare fault y.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Sm
artKey Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 00AF
Key DoesNot Key
DoesNot
Bel ong toVehicl e Bel
ong toVehicl e You
haveput thewro ngSm artKey intheign ition lock.
X Use theco rrec tSm artKey. 00AF
Tak eYou rKey from Tak
eYou rKey from
Ign ition Ign
ition The
SmartKey isin theign ition lock.
X Remo vetheSm artKey. Disp
laymes sage s
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Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 00AF
Obt ain aNew Key Obt
ain aNew Key The
SmartKey needs tobe rep lace d.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 00AF
Rep laceKey Batter y Rep
laceKey Batter y The
SmartKey battery isdisc harged.
X Chan gethebat tery (Y page 77). 00AF
Don 'tForget Your Don
'tForget Your
Key Key The
SmartKey isno tin theign ition lock.You haveopen edthedri v-
er' sdoor withth een gin eswit ched off.
The mult ifunction disp laysho wsthedisp laymes sage amax imum of
60 sec onds and issim plyarem inder.
X Tak eth eSm artKey withyou when youleaveth eveh icle. 00AF
Key NotDetected Key
NotDetected
(re ddisp laymes sage ) The
SmartKey isno tin theveh icle.
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
If th een gin eis swit ched off,you can nolonger lockth eveh iclece n-
tr ally orstart theen gin e.
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 Loc ate theSm artKey.
X Pre ss0076 onthest eer ing whee lto confirm thedisp laymes -
sage . Be
caus eth ere isint erf ere ncefrom ast ron gsour ceofradi owave s,
th eSm artKey isno tdet ectedwhils tth een gin eis run ning.
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
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 Inser tth eSm artKey intoth eign ition lockand bring intoke y
mod e. 00AF
Key NotDetected Key
NotDetected
(whit edisp laymes sage ) The
SmartKey iscur ren tly und etec ted.
X Chan getheloc ation oftheSm artKey intheveh icle.
If th eSm artKey still can notbe det ected:
X Inser tth eSm artKey intoth eign ition lockand turnit to the
des iredpos ition . 00AF
Rem ove 'Start'But ‐ Rem
ove 'Start'But ‐
ton andInsert Key ton
andInsert Key The
SmartKey isco ntinu ally undetec ted.
KE YLE SS-GO istempo rarily malf unction ing orisdef ective. Awarn -
ing tone also soun ds.
X Inser tth eSm artKey intoth eign ition lockand turnit to the
des iredpos ition .
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 232
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laymes sage sOn -boar dcomp uter anddi sp lay s

Warning/
indic ator
lamp 00510051
Sign altype
Poss iblecause s/cons equen cesand 0050 0050
Sol utions 00E5
0051
The yellow ESP®
war ning lamp flashes whilethe vehicl eis in motion.
ESP ®
or traction controlhasintervened becausethere isarisk ofskiddi ngorat
lea stone whee lhas started tospin.
Cru isecontrol orActive Distance AssistDISTRONIC isdea ctivated.
X When pulling away,only depre ssthe accele ratorpedalas far asnecessa ry.
X Ease offthe accele ratorpedalwhi lethe vehicl eis in motion.
X Adapt yourdrivi ngstyle tosui tthe road andweather conditions.
X Do not deactivate ESP®
.
In rare cases (Ypag e68) itmay bebest todea ctivate ESP®
.
Observe theimpor tantsafety notesonESP ®
(Y pag e66) . 00E500BB
0051
The yellow ESP®
and ESP®
OFF warni nglamp sare litwhi lethe engine isrun-
ning.
ESP ®
is malfu nctioning.
Other drivingsystems anddrivingsafety systems mayalsomalfu nction.
G WARNING
The brake system continues tofunction normally,but witho utthe functions lis-
ted above.
The braki ngdista nceinan emerge ncybraki ngsitua tioncanthus increas e.
If ESP ®
is not opera tional,ESP ®
is unab leto stabi lizethevehicl e.
There isan increas edrisk ofskiddi ngand anaccide nt.
X Observe theadditiona ldisp laymessa gesinthe multi function display.
X Drive oncarefu lly.
X Visi ta qua lified speci alist worksho pimmed iately. 00BB
0051
The yellow ESP®
OFF warning lamp islit whi lethe engine isrunning orthe
ECO start/stop functionisactiva ted.
ESP ®
is dea ctivated.
G WARNING
If ESP ®
is swi tched off,ESP ®
is unab leto stabi lizethevehicl e.
Further drivingsystems ordrivi ngsafety systems arethus restricted, e.g.Active
Blind SpotAssist. Thesystem doesnotperform course-correcting brakeappli-
cations.
There isan increas edrisk ofskiddi ngand anaccide nt.
X Rea ctivate ESP®
.
In rare cases (Ypag e68) itmay bebest todea ctivate ESP®
.
Observe theimpor tantsafety notesonESP ®
(Y pag e66).
X Adapt yourdrivi ngstyle tosui tthe road andweather conditions.
If ESP ®
cannot beactiva ted:
X Drive oncarefu lly.
X Have ESP®
checked ataqua lified speci alist worksho p. Warning
andindic atorlamps
237On-boardcomput erand displays Z

Warning/
indic ator
lamp 00510051
Sign altype
Poss iblecause s/cons equen cesand 0050 0050
Sol utions 00AC
0051
The redcoola ntwar ning lamp comes onwhi lethe engine isrunning.
The coola ntleve lis too low.
If the coola ntleve lis correct, theairflowtothe engine radiator may beblocked
or the electric engineradiator fanmay bedefective .
The coola ntistoo hotand theengine isno longer being coole dsuffi ciently .
X Observe theadditiona ldisp laymessa gesinthe multi function display.
X Pul lover andstop thevehicl esafel yand switch offthe engine, paying atten-
tion toroad andtraffic conditions.
X Secure thevehicl eaga inst rolling awa y(Y pag e146).
X Leave thevehicl eand keep asafe dista ncefrom thevehicl euntil theengine
has coole ddow n.
X Che ckthe coola ntleve land add coola nt,obser vingthewarni ngnotes
(Y pag e267) .
X Ifyou have toadd coola ntfrequ ently, havetheengine coolingsystem
checked.
X Make surethattheairsup plytothe engine radiator isnot blocked ,e.g. by
snow, slush orice.
X Do not start theengine againuntil thecoola nttempera turegage isbel ow the
H marking (Ypag e191) .Otherwi se,the engine couldbe dama ged.
X Drive tothe neares tqua lified speci alist worksho p.
X Avoid heavyloa dson the engine asyou doso, e.g. drivinginmountai nouster-
rain andstop-and-go traffic. 00AC
0051
The redcoola ntwar ning lamp comes onwhi lethe engine isrunning.
The coola nttempera turegage hasexceede dthe Hmarking (Ypag e191). The
airfl owtothe engine radiator may beblocked orthe coola ntleve lmay betoo
low .
G WARNING
The engine isnot being coole dsuffi ciently andmay bedama ged.
Do not drive when yourengine isoverhe ated.Thiscancaus esome fluidswhi ch
may have leaked into theengine compartment tocatch fire.
Steam fromtheoverhe atedengine canalsocaus eserio usburns whichcan
occur justbyopeni ngthe hood.
There isarisk ofinjury .
X Observe theadditiona ldisp laymessa gesinthe multi function display.
X Pul lover andstop thevehicl esafel yand switch offthe engine, paying atten-
tion toroad andtraffic conditions.
X Secure thevehicl eaga inst rolling awa y(Y pag e146) .
X Leave thevehicl eand keep asafe dista ncefrom thevehicl euntil theengine
has coole ddow n.
X Che ckthe coola ntleve land add coola nt,obser vingthewarni ngnotes
(Y pag e267).
X Ifyou have toadd coola ntfrequ ently, havetheengine coolingsystem
checked. 240
Warning
andindic atorlampsOn-bo ardcomput erand displays

All
othe rcal lscan beend edbypre ssing:
R the 0076 button onthe multifu nctio nstee r-
ing wheel
R or the corr espond ingCOMAND button for
end ingatel ephone call
i Whe
nacal lis ini tia ted ,the audio sy stem
is mu ted .The mob ile pho neisno longe r
conne ctedtoCO MAND. However,ifyo u
wa ntto useyo ur mob ile pho ne,dosoonl y
wh en the vehicleis sta tionar yand inasa fe
lo cati on.
Vehi cle Hea lthChe ck Wi
th the VehicleHea lthCheck, theCustom er
Assi stance Center canprovideimp rove dsu p-
po rtfor problems with your veh icle. Dur ing an
exi sting call,veh icleda ta istrans ferred tothe
Cu stom erAssi stance Center. Thecustome r
ser vice representa tivecanusethe rece ived
da ta to decid ewh atkind ofassista nce is
req uired .Yo uar ethen, forexa mpl e,gu ided to
the nearestMer cedes-B enzServ iceCenter or
a reco veryveh icleis cal led.
If veh icleda ta nee dstobe trans ferred during
an MB Info callor aRo adside Assi stance call,
thi sis ini tia ted bythe Custom erAssi stance
Ce nter. Youwi llsee theRoadsideAssis‐ Roa
dsideAssis‐
tan ceConnected tan
ceConnected message inthe COMAND
di spl ay.If the VehicleHea lthCheck can be
sta rted ,the Requestfor vehicledia gno‐ Req
uestfor vehicledia gno‐
sis received. Startvehicledia gno‐ sis
received. Startvehicledia gno‐
sis ? sis
?mes sage appe arsin the displ ay.
X Co nfir mthe mes sage with Yes Yes
.
X Whe nthe VehicleDia gnosis:Ple ase Veh
icleDia gnosis:Ple ase
sta rtignition. sta
rtignition. message appe ars, turn
the Sma rtKeyto positio n0048 inthe igniti on
lo ck (Ypage 126 ).
X Whe nthe Please follow theinstruc‐ Ple
ase follow theinstruc‐
tio nsreceivedbyphoneand move tio
nsreceivedbyphoneand move
you rveh icleto asaf epos ition you
rveh icleto asaf epos itionmes -
sa ge appe ars, fol low the custome rser vice
rep resenta tive'sins truc tions.
The message inthe displ aydisa pp ears.
If yo usel ect Cancel Can
cel theVehicleHea lth
Ch eck iscance led comp letel y.
The vehicleop era ting stateche ckbegins.
Yo uwi llsee theVehicledia gnosis Veh
icledia gnosis
act ivated. act
ivated.mes sage.
Whe nthe checkiscomp leted ,the Send Sen
d
veh icledia gnosti csdata(Vo ice con‐ veh
icledia gnosti csdata(Vo ice con‐
nec tionmay beinterruptedduring nec
tionmay beinterruptedduring dat
atra nsfer) dat
atra nsfer) message appe ars. The vehi-
cle data can now besent tothe Custom er
Assi stance Center.
X Pre ssOK OK
toconfi rmthe mes sage.
The voice conne ctionwi th the Custom er
Assi stance Center isterm inated .
Yo uwi llsee theVehicleDia gnosis: Veh
icleDia gnosis:
Tra nsferring data... Tra
nsferring data...mes sage.
The vehicleda ta issent tothe Custom er
Assi stance Center.
Dep endingonwhatthe custome rser vice rep-
res enta tiveagree dwi th you, the voice conne c-
tio nis re-e stablished afterthe trans feriscom-
pl ete .If nece ssary,yo uwi llbe conta ctedata
la ter time byano ther means,e.g.by e-ma ilor
pho ne.
Anothe rfu nctio nof the VehicleHea lthCheck
is the trans ferofser vice data to the Custom er
Assi stance Center. Ifaser vice isove rdue,the
CO MAND displ aysho wsames sage abou tva ri-
ou sspe cialoffe rsat your wo rksh op.
USA only:thi sinfo rma tioncan also be called
up und er"Owne rsOnl ine"at http:/ /
ww w.m busa.com.
Info rma tionon the data stor edinthe vehicle
(Y page 29) .
Info rma tionon Roadside Assi stance
(Y page 26). Garag
edoo rope ner
Ge neral notes The
Home Link®
ga rage door opene rinte grated
in the rear-view mirror allo ws youto opera te
up tothre ediffer ent door and gate system s.
Use theintegrated garage door opene ronl yon
ga rage doors that:
R ha ve safety stop andrevers efea ture sand
R mee tcur rent U.S. federa lsa fety standa rds
Once programed ,the integrated garage door
op ene rin the rear-view mirror willas su me the
fu nctio nof the garage door system 'srem ote
contro l.Pl ea se also rea dthe opera ting instruc -
tio ns for the garage door system .
Whe npro grammi ngaga rage door opene r,
pa rk the vehicleou tside the garage. Donot
ru nthe enginewhile pro grammi ng.
Ce rtai nga rage door drives areinco mpa tible
wi th the integrated garage door opene r.Ifyo u
ha ve diffi cul typro graming theintegrated Fe
atures
259Sto wag ean dfe ature s Z

The
bracket sfor the screw-in towingeyeare
located inthe bumpers. Theyareatthe front
and atthe rear, behind thecovers.
X Remove thetowing eyefrom thevehicle tool
kit (Ypage 277).
X Front bumper:insert afinger intothe
recess onthe botto medge ofcover 0043.
X Pull cover 0043out ofthe bumper towards you
in the direction ofthe arrow.
Cover 0043isattached tothe opening witha
strap.
X Rear bump er:press themark oncover 0043
inwards inthe direction ofthe arrow.
X Remove cover0043from theopening.
X Scr ew inthe towing eyeclock wiseasfar as
it will goand tighten it.
Removing thetowing eye X
Unsc rewand remove thetowing eye.
X Front bumper:position cover0043onthe
opening inthe bumper.
X To close, pressthelower section of
cover 0043.
X Rear bump er:position cover0043with the
tab onthe opening inthe bumper.
X To close, pressthelower section of
cover 0043until itengages.
X Place thetowing eyeinthe vehicle toolkit. Towing
avehicle withboth axles on
the ground G
WARNIN
G
You cannolonger steerthevehicle ifthe
steerin gwheel lockhasbeen engaged.
There isarisk ofan accident .
Always switchoffthe ignition whentowing
the vehicle withatow cable oratow bar.
The automatic transmission shiftstoposition
005D automatically whenyouopen thedriver's
or front -passenger doororwhen youremove
the Smart Keyfrom theignition lock.
In order toensure thattheautomatic trans-
mission staysinposition 005Cwhen towing
away thevehicle, youmust observe thefollow-
ing points:
X Switch onthe hazard warning lamps
(Y page 111).
X Make surethatthevehicle isstation aryand
that theSmart Keyisin position 0092inthe
ignition lock.
X Turn theSmart Keytoposition 0048inthe igni-
tion lock.
On vehicles withKEYLE SS-GO, usethe
Smart Keyinstead ofthe Start /Stopbutton
(Y page 126).
X Depress andhold thebrake pedal.
X Shift thetrans mission toposition 005C.
X Release thebrake pedal.
X Release theelectric parking brake.
X Leave theSmart Keyinposition 0048inthe
ignition lock.
In order tosignal achange ofdirection when
towing thevehicle withthehazard warning
lamps switched on,use thecombinat ion
switch asusual. Inthis case, onlytheindicator
lamps forthe direction oftravel flash.When
you reset thecombinat ionswitch, thehazard
warning flashersstartflashing again.
It is important thatyouobserve thesafety
instr uctions whentowing awayyourvehicle
(Y page 288). Permit
tedtowing methods
Mercedes- Benzrecomm endstransportin gyour
vehicle inthe case ofabreakdown, ratherthan
towing itaway . Towing
andtow-sta rting
289Breakdown assistance Z

Imp
ortant safety notes G
WAR
NING
Eac htire, includin gth espar e(if pro vide d),
sho uld bechecke dat least once amon th
when cold and inflat ed tothepre ssur erec -
omm ended bytheveh icleman ufactureron
th eTir eand Load ingInfor mat ionplac ardon
th edriv er'sdoor B-pillar orthetire pre ssur e
label ontheins ide ofthefuel filler flap .If
your vehiclehas tires ofadif fer entsiz eth an
th esiz eind icat edon theTir eand Load ing
In for mat ionplac ardorthetire pre ssur e
label, youshould determ inethepro per tire
pre ssur efor those tires .
As anadded safetyfeat ure, your vehiclehas
been equipp edwithatire pre ssur emon itor-
ing syst em(TPM S)that illum inatesa low tire
pre ssur ete lltale when oneor mor eof your
ti res are sign ificant lyund erinflat ed. Accord-
ing ly,when thelow tire pre ssur ete lltale illu-
min ates,you should stop and checkyour
ti res assoo nas pos sible ,and inflat eth em to
th epro per pressur e.Drivin gon asign ifi-
can tly und erin flatedtire caus esthetire to
ove rheatand canlead totire failur e.Un der -
inf lat ion also reduce sfuel efficien cy and tire
tr ead life,and may affectth eveh icle's han -
dlin gand stoppi ngabilit y.
Pleas eno te that theTPM Sis no ta subs ti-
tut efor proper tire main tenan ce,and itis
th edriv er'sres pon sibil ity to main tainco r-
rec ttire pre ssur e,eve nif und erinflat ion has
no treac hedthelev elto trigge rillum ination
of theTPM Slow tire pre ssur ete lltale.
US Aon ly:
Your vehiclehas also been equipp edwitha
TPM Smalf unction indicat ortoind icat eif th e
syst emisno toper ating pro perly.The TPM S
malf unction indicat orisco mbin edwithth e
low tire pre ssur ete lltale. When thesyst em
det ects amalf unction ,th ewarn inglamp will
flas hfor appr oximat elyamin ute and then
rem aincontinuo usly illum inated. This
seque ncewill berep eatedeve rytime the
veh icleis start ed aslon gas themalf unction
ex ist s. When
themalf unction indicat orisillum ina-
te d, thesyst emmay notbe able todet ector
sign allow tire pre ssur eas intended. TPMS
malf unction smay occur foravar ietyof rea-
son s,inc ludin gth emoun ting ofinc omp ati-
ble replace men tor altern ate tires orwhee ls
on theveh icleth at pre ven tth eTPM Sfrom
fun ction ing properly.Alw ays checkth e
TPM Smalf unction telltale afterrep laci ng
on eor mor etires orwhee lson your vehicle
to ensur eth at therep lace men tor altern ate
ti res and whee lsallow theTPM Sto continue
to fun ction properly.
It is thedriv er'sres pon sibil ity to set thetire
pre ssur eto that rec omm ended forcold tires
whic his suit able fortheoper ating situati on
(Y page 296). Not eth at theco rrec ttire pre s-
sur efor thecur ren toper ating situati onmust
fir st be taug ht-in tothetire pre ssur emon itor.
If asubs tantial loss ofpre ssur eoc cur s,the
warn ingthres hold forthewarn ingmes sage is
align edtothetaug ht-in refere ncevalue s.
Rest artthetire pre ssur emon itor afteradj ust -
ing thepre ssur eof theco ld tires
(Y page 301). The curren tpre ssur esare
sav edasnewref ere ncevalue s.As ares ult,a
warn ingmes sage willappear ifth etire pre s-
sur edro pssign ificant ly.
The tire pre ssur emon itor does notwarn youof
an incorrectly set tire pre ssur e.Obs erveth e
no teson therec omm ended tire pre ssur e
(Y page 296).
The tire pre ssur emon itor isno table towarn
you ofasudde nloss ofpre ssur e,e.g. ifth e
ti re ispen etrat ed byafor eign object.In the
eve ntofasudde nloss ofpre ssur e,brin gth e
veh icleto ahalt bybrak ingcareful ly.Avoid
abrup tst eer ing mov eme nts.
The tire pre ssur emon itor has ayellow warning
lamp intheins trumen tclus terfor indicat ing
pre ssur eloss oramalf unction .Whet herthe
warn inglamp flashes orligh tsup indicat es
whet heratire pre ssur eis toolow orthetire
pre ssur emon itor ismalf unction ing :
R ifth ewarn inglamp islit continuo usly, the
ti re pre ssur eon oneor mor etires issign ifi-
can tly to olow. Thetire pre ssur emon itor is
no tmalf unction ing .
R ifth ewarn inglamp flashes forappr ox-
imat elyamin ute and then rem ainslit con- 300
Ti
re pressu reWheels andtire s