2019 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC ROADSTER key

Trans
portingthe vehic le
Veh icle swi th auto matic transmission !
Wh
enthe vehicleis load ed for transp ort,
the frontand rearaxl es mu stbe stationar y
and onthe same transp orta tionveh icle.
Po sitio ning overthe conne ctionpo int ofthe
tra nsp ortveh icleis not permi tted .The drive
tra inma yothe rwise be dama ged.
Al lve hic les !
Yo
uma yonl ysec urethe vehicleby the
wh eels,not byparts ofthe vehiclesu ch as
axl eor stee ringcomp onents. Othe rwise, the
veh iclecou ldbe dama ged.
The towingeyecan beused topullthe vehicle
onto atra iler or tra nsp orte rfor transp orting
pu rpo ses .
X Tu rn the Sma rtKeyto positio n0048 inthe igni-
tio nlock.
X Shi ftthe transmi ssion topositio n005C.
As soon asthe vehic lehas been loade d:
X Pre vent thevehiclefro mrol ling away by
ap plying the electri cpa rkin gbra ke.
X Shi ftthe transmi ssion topositio n005D.
X Tu rn the Sma rtKeyto positio n0092 inthe igni-
tio nlock and remove theSma rtKeyfro mthe
ig niti onlock.
X Secu rethe vehicle. Tow
-starti ng(emerg ency engine
starti ng)
! Veh
icles with automa tictransmi ssion mu st
not betow -sta rted .Yo ucou ldothe rwise
da ma gethe automa tictransmi ssion. Yo
ucan find informa tionon "Jum p-starting "at
(Y page 260 ). Fu
ses Impo
rtant safety notes G
WA
RNING
If yo uma nipulate orbridgeafa ulty fuse orif
yo urep lace itwi th afu se with ahighe r
am perage ,the electri ccab lescou ldbe ove r-
lo ad ed .Thi scou ldres ultin afir e. The reisa
ris kof an acc ident and injury.
Alw aysrep lace faulty fuses with the speci -
fie dnew fuses havin gthe corr ectamperage .
Blo wn fuses mustbe rep laced with fuses of
the same rating ,wh ich youcan reco gnizeby
the colorand value. The fuse rating sar elisted
in the fuse allo cati oncha rt.
The fuse allo cati oncha rtis locate din the vehi-
cle tool kitinthe stow agecomp artment under
the trunk floor (Y page 252 ).
If anew lyins erte dfu se also blow s,ha ve the
cau setraced and recti fiedat aqu alifi ed spe-
cia list wo rksh op,e.g .an author izedMe rced es-
Benz Center.
! Onl
yus efu ses thatha ve been appro ved
for Merced es-Benz vehicles and which have
the corr ectfuse rating forthe system con-
cern ed.Othe rwise, comp onents orsystem s
cou ldbe dama ged.
! Ma
kesure tha tno moi sturecan ente rthe
fu se boxwh en the cove ris op en.
! Wh
enclosing the cove r,ma kesure tha tit
is lying corr ectlyon the fuse box.Moi sture
see ping inor dirt cou ldothe rwise imp airthe
op era tionof the fuses .
The fuses inyour veh icleser vetoclo sedown
fa ulty cir cui ts. Ifafu se blow s,allthe comp o-
nents onthe circui tand theirfunctio nsstop
op era ting . Bef
ore chang ingafus e
X Swi tch offthe engine.
X Swi tch offallel ectri calcons umers. Fu
ses
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X
Make surethattheignition isswitched off
(Y page 118).
or
X When usingtheSmartK ey,turn theSmart-
Key toposition 0092inthe ignition lockand
remove it(Y page 118).
X Secure thevehicle against rollingaway
(Y page 134).
All indicator lampsinthe instrumen tcluster
must beoff.
The fuses arelocated invarious fuseboxes:
R Fuse boxinthe engine compartmen ton the
left-hand sideofthe vehicle, whenviewed in
the direction oftravel
R Fuse boxinthe trunk Fuse
boxinthe engine compart ment
i Observe
the"Important safetynotes" sec-
tion (Ypage 265). G
WARNING
When thehood isopen andthewindshield
wipers aresetinmotion, youcan beinjured
by the wiper linkage. Thereisarisk ofinjury.
Always switchoffthe windshield wipersand
the ignition beforeopening thehood. X
Make surethatthewindshield wipersare
turned off.
X Open thehood.
X Use adry cloth toremove anymoisture
from thefuse box.
X To open: openclamps 0044.
X Remove fuseboxcover 0043forwards. X
To close :check whether theseal islying
correct lyin cover 0043.
X Insert cover0043atthe rear ofthe fuse box
into theretainer.
X Fold down cover 0043and close clamps 0044.
X Close thehood. Fuse
boxinthe trunk
i Observe
the"Important safetynotes" sec-
tion (Ypage 265). The
fuse boxislocated inthe trunk behind the
partition covering.
X Open thetrunk lid.
X To open: release cover0043onthe right and
left-hand sideswithaflat object .
X Open cover 0043downwards inthe direction
of the arrow. 266
FusesBr
eakdown assistance

pressure
losswarning system" section
(Y page 274).
Impor tantsafet ynotes The
tirepressure warningsystemdoesnot
warn youofan incor rectlyset tire pressure.
Observe thenoteson the recom mended tire
pressure (Ypage 270).
The tirepressure losswarning doesnot
replace theneed toregularly checkthe tire
pressure. Aneven lossofpressure onseveral
tires atthe same timecannotbe detec tedby
the tire pressure losswarning system.
The tirepressure monitorisnot able towarn
you ofasudden lossofpressure, e.g.ifthe
tire ispenet rated byaforeign object.In the
event ofasudden lossofpressure, bringthe
vehicle toahalt bybrakin gcarefully. Avoid
abrupt steeringmovem ents.
The func tion ofthe tire pressure losswarning
system islimited ordelayed if:
R snow chains aremount edon your vehicle's
tires.
R road condition sare wintr y.
R you aredriving onsand orgravel.
R you adopt avery sport ydriving style(corner-
ing athigh speeds ordriving withhigh rates
of accelerat ion).
R you drive withaheavy load.
Resta rting the tirepr essure losswarn-
ing system Restart
thetire pressure losswarning system
if you have:
R chang edthe tire pressure
R chang edthe wheels ortires
R mount ednew wheels ortires
X Befor erest artin g,make surethatthetire
pressures aresetproperly onallfour tires
for the respect iveoperatin gcon dition s.
The recom mended tirepressure canbe
found onthe Tire andLoading Informat ion
placard onthe B-pillar .Addit ionally, atire
pressure tableisattac hedtothe fuel filler
flap. Thetirepressure losswarning system
can only givereliable warningsif you have
set the corr ecttire pressure. Ifan inco rrect tire
pressure isset, these incorrectvalues
will bemonit ored.
X Also observe thenotesinthe sect ionontire
pressures (Ypage 270).
X Make surethattheSmart Keyisin position
0048 inthe ignit ionlock (Ypage 118).
X Press the0059 or0065 buttonon the steer -
ing wheel toselect theServ. Serv.
menu.
X Press the0063 or0064 buttonto select
Tire Pressu re Tire
Pressu re.
X Press the0076 button.
The Run Flat Indica torActive Press Run
Flat Indica torActive Press
'OK' toRestar t 'OK'
toRestar tmessage appearsinthe
multifun ction display.
If you wish toconfirm therest art:
X Press the0076 button.
The Tire Pressu reNow OK? Tire
Pressu reNow OK?message
appears inthe multifun ction display.
X Press the0063 or0064 buttonto select
Yes Yes.
X Press the0076 button.
The Run Flat Indica torRestar ted Run
Flat Indica torRestar tedmes-
sage appears inthe multifun ction display.
Aft erateach -inperiod, thetire pressure
loss warning systemwillmonit orthe settire
pressures ofall four tires.
If you wish tocancel therest art:
X Press the0038 button.
or X Ifthe Tire Pressu reNow OK? Tire
Pressu reNow OK?message
appears, usethe0063 or0064 buttonto
select Cancel Cancel
.
X Press the0076 button.
The tirepressure valuesstoredatthe last
rest artwill continue tobe monit ored. Tir
epr essure monitor
General notes If
atire pressure monitorisinst alled, thevehi-
cle's wheels havesensor sthat monit orthe tire
pressures inall four tires. Thetirepressure
monit orwarns youifthe pressure dropsinone
or more ofthe tires. Thetirepressure monitor
only functionsif the corr espondin gsensor s
are installed inall wheels.
Inf ormat ionontire pressures isdisplayed in
the multifun ction display. Afterafew minut es
of driving ,the curren ttire pressure ofeach tire 274
Tir
epr essureWheels andtires

vehicl
eto ahal tby braking carefully.Avoid
abru ptsteering movements.
The tirepressu remonitor hasayel low warni ng
lamp inthe instrument clusterforindica ting
pressu reloss oramalfu nction. Whether the
warni nglamp flashes orlights upindica tes
whethe ra tire pressu reistoo low orthe tire
pressu remonitor ismalfu nctioning:
R ifthe warni nglamp islit continuous ly,the
tire pressu reon one ormore tiresissignifi -
cantly toolow.The tirepressu remonitor is
not malfu nctioning.
R ifthe warni nglamp flashes forapp rox-
imatel ya minute andthen remai nslitcon-
stantly, thetire pressu remonitor ismalfu nc-
tioning.
In add ition tothe warni nglamp ,a messa ge
app ears inthe multi function display.Observe
the informati onondisp laymessa ges
(Y pag e201) .
It may take uptoten minutes foramalfu nc-
tion ofthe tire pressu remonitor tobe indica -
ted. Amalfu nction willbe indica tedbythe tire
pressu rewarni nglamp flashing forapp rox-
imatel yone minute andthen remai ninglit.
When themalfu nction hasbeen rectified ,the
tire pressu rewarni nglamp goesoutafter a
few minutes ofdrivi ng.
The tirepressu revalu esindica tedbythe on-
boa rdcomputer maydiffer fromthose meas-
ured atagas station withapressu regage .The
tire pressu resshow nby the on-board com-
puter refertothose measu redatsea level .At
high altitudes, thetire pressu revalu esindica -
ted byapressu regage arehighe rthan those
show nby the on-board computer. Inthis case,
do not redu cethe tire pressu res.
The opera tionofthe tire pressu remonitor can
be affected byinterference fromradiotrans-
mitting equipme nt(e.g. radiohead phones,
two-wa yradi os)that may bebeing operatedin
or near thevehicl e.
Chec kingthetire pressure electroni -
call y X
Make surethattheSmartKey isin posi tion
0048 (Ypag e118) inthe ignitio nlock.
X Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing whee lto sele ctthe Serv. Serv.
menu. X
Press the0063 or0064 button tosele ct
Tire Pressure Tire
Pressure .
X Press 0076.
The current tirepressu reofeach tireis
show nin the multi function display.
If the vehicl ehas been parked forover
20 minutes ,the Tire pressure willbe Tire
pressure willbe
displaye dafter driving afew minutes displaye
dafter driving afew minutes
messa geapp ears.
After ateach-in process, thetire pressu re
monitor automatical lydetects newwhee lsor
new sensors. Aslong asaclea rall ocation of
the tire pressu revalu eto the indivi dualwhee ls
is not possi ble,theTire Pressure Monitor Tire
Pressure Monitor
Active Active
displaymessa geisshow ninstead of
the tire pressu redisp lay.The tirepressu res
are already being monitored.
If an emerge ncyspare wheelis mounted, the
system maycontinue toshow thetire pressu re
of the whee lthat hasbeen removed forafew
minutes. Beawa rethat thevalu edisp layed for
the posi tion where theemerge ncyspare wheel
is fitted isnot thesame asthe current tire
pressu reofthe emerge ncyspare wheel.
Tire pressure monitorwarnin gmes-
sage s The
tirepressu remonitor detectsapressu re
loss inone ormore tires:
R Ifthe tire pressu remonitor detectsapres-
sure lossinone ormore tires,awarni ng
messa geisshow nin the multi function dis-
pla y.The yellow tirepressu rewarni nglamp
then lights up.
R Ifthe Please Correct TirePressure Please
Correct TirePressure
messa geapp ears inthe multi function dis-
pla y,the tire pressu reinat lea stone tireis
too low.The tirepressu remust becorrected
when theoppo rtunity arises.
R Ifthe Check Tires Check
Tiresmessageapp ears inthe
multi function display,the tire pressu reinat
lea stone tirehas dropp edsignifi cantly. The
tires must bechecked.
R Ifthe Warning TireMalfunct ion Warning
TireMalfunct ionmes-
sage appears inthe multi function display,
the tire pressu reinat lea stone tirehas
dropp edsudd enly.The tires must be
checked.
Observe theinstructions andsafety notesin
the disp laymessa gesinthe "Tires" section
(Y pag e201). 276
Tire
pressureWhee lsand tires

If
the wheel positio nson the vehicle arerota-
ted, thetire pressu resmay bedispl ayedfor
the wrong positionsfor ashort time.Thisis
rectified afterafew minutes ofdriving, andthe
tire pressu resare displ ayedfor the correct
positio ns.
Restarting thetire pressure monitor When
yourestart thetire pressu remonitor, all
existing warning message sare dele tedand the
warning lampsgo out. Themonitor usesthe
currently settire pressu resasthe reference
valu esfor monitoring. Inmost cases, thetire
pressu remonitor willautoma ticallydetect the
new reference valuesafter youhave changed
the tire pressu re.However, youcan also set
reference valuesmanua llyas describe dhere.
The tirepressu remonitor thenmonitors the
new tirepressu revalu es.
X Set thetire pressu reto the valu erecom-
mended forthe corresponding drivingsitua-
tion onthe Tire andLoadi ngInformation
pla card onthe driver's sideB-pilla r
(Y page 270).
Additional tirepressu revalu esfor different
load scan also befound onthe tire pressu re
table onthe inside ofthe fuel fillerflap
(Y page 270).
X Make surethatthetire pressu reiscorrect
on allfour wheel s.
X Ensure thattheSmartKey isin positio n0048
in the ignition lock.
X Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheel toselect theServ. Serv.
menu.
X Press the0063 or0064 button toselect
Tire Pressure Tire
Pressure.
X Press 0076.
The multifu nctiondisplayshows thecurrent
tire pressu refor the individ ualtires orthe
Tire pressure willbedisplayed Tire
pressure willbedisplayed
after driving afew minutes after
driving afew minutes message.
X Press the0064 button.
The Use Current Pressures asNew Use
Current Pressures asNew
Reference Values Reference
Valuesmessage appearsinthe
multifu nctiondisplay.
If you wishto con firm therestart:
X Press 0076.
The Tire Press. Monitor Restarted Tire
Press. Monitor Restarted
messag eappe arsinthe multifu nctiondis-
pla y. After
driving forafew minutes, thesystem
checks whether thecurrent tirepressu res
are within thespecifie drange. Thenew tire
pressu resare then accepted asreference
valu esand monitored.
If you wishto canc elthe restart:
X Press 0038.
The tirepressu revalu esstored atthe last
restart willcontinue tobe monitored. Tire
pressure
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Clean
theco ntact surf aces ofthewheel and
th ebrak edisc thoro ughly everytim eawheel
is rot ate d.Chec kth etir epre ssur eand ,if ne c-
ess ary, restartth etir epre ssur eloss warn ing
syst emorthetir epre ssur emon itor. Direct
ionofrot ation
Tire swit haspec ifieddire ction ofrot atio nhave
addit ionalben efits,e.g .if th ere isaris kof
hydr oplan ing.Thes eadvan tagescan onlybe
gain edifth etir es are install ed correspo nding
to thedire ction ofrot atio n.
An arrow onthesidew allofthetir eind icat es
its correct dire ction ofrot atio n. St
ori ng wheels
St ore wheel sth at are notbein gused inaco ol,
dry and preferably dark place.Pro tect thetir es
fr om oil,grease, gaso lineand diese l. Mou
nting awheel
Pr epa ringth evehi cle X
Stop theveh icle onsolid ,no n-slipp eryand
leve lgro und.
X Ap ply theelec tric park ingbrak eman ually.
X Bring thefron twheel sint oth est raigh t-
ahead position.
X Sh ift thetrans mis sion toposi tion005D.
X Swit choff theen gin e.
X Veh icles withoutKEYLESS- GO:remove
th eSm artKey from theign ition lock.
X Veh icles withKEYLESS- GO:open thedriv -
er' sdoor .
The vehicle elec tron ics nowhave status 0.
This isthesame astheSm artKey having
been removed.
X Veh icles withKEYLESS- GO:remove the
St art /S topbut tonfrom theign ition lock
(Y page 118).
X Ifinc luded intheveh icle equipm ent,rem ove
th etir e-ch ang eto ol kit from theveh icle.
X Saf eguar dth eveh icle again stroll ing away.
i Due
todiff ere nces inveh icle equipm ent,
no tall veh iclesare equipp edwithatir e-
ch ang eto ol kit .For inform ationon whic h to
ols are required toper formawheel
ch ang eon your vehicle,co nsult anauth or-
ize dMer cedes-Ben zCen ter.
Nec essary tire-ch ang ingtools can include,
for example :
R Jack
R Whee lch oc k
R Lug wren ch
Secur ingthevehi cletoprevent itfrom
rol ling away If
your vehicle isequipp edwithawheel choc k,
it can befoun din thetir e-ch ang eto ol kit
(Y page 252).
The foldingwheel choc kis an addit ionalsafe ty
meas uretopre ven tth eveh icle from rolling
away, forexample whenchang ingawheel .
X Fol dbot hplat esupward s0043.
X Fol dout lower plate0044.
X Guide thelugs onthelower platefully into
th eopen ingsin base plate0087. X
Plac ech oc ks orother suitable items unde r
th efron tand rear ofthewheel that isdiago-
nall yoppo siteth ewheel youwish to
ch ang e. Cha
nging awheel
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Infla
ting thecolla psible sparewheel
! In
flat eth eco llaps iblespar ewhee lusin g
th etire inflat ion compr essorbef ore lower ing
th eveh icle. The whee lrim could other wise
be damag ed.
! Do
notoper atethetire inflat ion compr es-
sor forlonger than eigh tmin utesat atime
wit hout abre ak. Itmay other wise overheat.
The tire inflat ion compr essorcan beoper -
ate dagain once ithas cooled down .
X Moun tth eco llaps iblespar ewhee las desc ri-
bed (Ypage 289).
The collaps iblespar ewhee lmust bemoun -
te dbef ore itis inf lat ed.
X Remo vethetire inflat ion compr essorfrom
th est owage spaceund erthetrunk floor
(Y page 252). X
Pull plug 0085out ofthehous ing.
X Tak eth efill er hos eout ofthehous ing.
X Inser tth eyellow hoseco nn ectorof thefill er
hos eint oth eguide inthehous ingand push
it int oth efix tur eunt ilth ehos eco nn ector
en gage s.
X Remo vethecap from thevalv eon theco l-
lapsi blespar ewhee l.
X Sc rew unio nnut 0043onthefill er hos eon to
th evalv e.
X Mak esur eth etire inflat ion compr essor's
on /o ffswit ch0083 isset toOFF .
X Inser tplug 0085intoth esoc ketof thecig a-
ret teligh teror intoa12 Vpower socketin
your vehicle.
X Turn theSm artKey topos ition 0047intheign i-
ti on lock(Y page 118). X
Pre sson/o ffswit ch0083 onthetire inflat ion
co mpr essortoON .
The tire inflat ion compr essorisswit ched on.
The tire isinf lat ed. The tire pre ssur eis
sho wnonpre ssur egauge 0087.
X Inflat eth etire to thespec ifiedtire pre ssur e.
The spec ifiedtire pre ssur eis prin tedon the
yellow labeloftheeme rgencyspar ewhee l.
X When thespec ifiedtire pre ssur ehas been
reac hed, presson/o ffswit ch0083 toOFF ,on
th etire inflat ion compr essor.
The tire inflat ion compr essorisswit ched off.
X Turn theSm artKey topos ition 0092intheign i-
ti on lock.
X Ifth etire pre ssur eis high erthan thespec i-
fie dpre ssur e,pre sspre ssur erel ease but-
to n0044 untilth eco rrec ttire pre ssur ehas
been reached.
X Un screw unio nnut 0043onthefill er hos e
fr om thevalv e.
X Sc rew thecap onto thevalv eof theco llaps i-
ble spar ewhee lagain . X
To rem ove thefill er hos efrom thetire infla-
ti on compr essor,push down theroc ker
swit chon thehos eco nn ectorand pullout
th efill er hos e.
X Stow plug 0085and thefill er hos ein thelower
sec tion oftheco mpr essorhous ing.
X Stow thetire inflat ion compr essorinthe
veh icle. Emer
gency sparewheel
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