2019 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC ROADSTER door lock

Problems
withthewindshield wipers Problem
Possible
causes/co nsequences and0050 0050
Solutions The
windshield wipers
are jammed. Leaves
orsnow, forexample, maybeobstruct ingthe windshield
wiper movement .The wiper motor hasbeen deactivated.
X For safety reasons, youshould remove theSmartK eyfrom the
ignition lock.
or X Switch offthe engine usingtheStart /Stopbutton andopen the
driver's door.
X Remove thecause ofthe obstruct ion.
X Switch thewindshield wipersbackon. The
windshield wipers
fail completely. The
windshield wiperdriveismalfunction ing.
X Select another wiperspeed onthe combination switch.
X Have thewindshield wiperscheckedataquali fiedspecialist
workshop. The
windshield washer
fluid from thespray noz-
zles nolonger hitsthe
cent erofthe wind-
shield. The
spray nozzlesare misaligned.
X Have thespray nozzlesadjusted ataquali fiedspecialist work-
shop. Windshield
wipers
105Lightsandwindshiel dwipers Z

Key
positions with KEYLESS- GO 0043
Start /S topbut ton
0044 Ignition lock
As soo nas theign ition isswit ched on,all the
ind icat orlamps intheins trumen tclus terligh t
up. Further inform ation onsituati onswher ean
ind icat orlamp either fails togo out afterstart -
ing theen gin eor ligh tsup while driving
(Y page 210).
If St art /S topbut ton0043 has notyet been
pre sse d,this co rrespo ndsto theke ybein g
rem ovedfrom theign ition .
X To swit chon thepower supply:pre ss
St art /S topbut ton0043 once.
The power supplyis swit ched on.You can
no wact ivat eth ewin dsh ield wiper s,for
ex ample .
The power supplyis swit ched off again if:
R thedriv er'sdoor isopen edand
R you pressStart /S topbut ton0043 twice
when inthis posi tion
X To swit chon theignit ion:pressStart /
St op but ton0043 twice.
The ignition isswit ched on.
If you pressStart /S topbut ton0043 once
when inthis posi tion ,th eign ition is
swit ched off again .
Rem oving theSt art/S top button
You canremove theSt art /S topbut tonfrom
th eign ition lockand start theveh icleas nor-
mal usingth eSm artKey.
X Remo veStart /S topbut ton0043 from ignition
loc k0044. You
donothave torem ove theSt art /S topbut -
to nfrom theign ition lockwhen youleaveth e
veh icle. You should, howe ver,always taketh e
Sm artKey withyou when leavingtheveh icle.
As longas theSm artKey isin theveh icle:
R theveh iclecan bestart ed usin gth eSt art /
St op but ton
R theelec trical lypower edequipm entcan be
oper ated St
artin gth eengine
Imp ortant safety notes G
WAR
NING
If ch ildr enare leftuns uper vised intheveh i-
cle ,th ey could:
R oper atetheveh icle's equipm ent
Ad dition ally, childr encould set theveh iclein
mot ionif,for example ,th ey:
R rele ase thepark ingbrak e
R shif tth eauto matictrans mis sion outof
park position005D
R start theen gin e
Ther eis aris kof an acc iden tand injury.
Nev erleav ech ildr enoranim alsunat tend ed
in theveh icle.
When leavingtheveh icle, always taketh e
Sm artKey withyou and lockth eveh icle. This
also applie sfor theDig italVeh icleKey ifth e
"Di gitalVeh icleKey" function isact ivat edvia
Mer cedesme conn ect . G
DANG
ER
Comb ustion engin esemit poisonous
ex haust gasessuc has car bon mon oxide.
In halin gth ese exhaust gasesis haz ardo usto
healt hand canresult inpois oning .Ther eis a
ris kof fat alinj ury. Ther efore, never leav eth e
en gin erun ningan enclo sed spac ewit hout
adequat even tilati on. G
WAR
NING
Flam mable materialsint rod uce dth roug h
en viron men talinfluen ceorby anim alscan Driv
ing
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ignit
eif in con tactwith theexhaus tsyst em
or part sof the engin ethat heat up.There is
a risk offire.
Carry outregular checkstomake surethat
the reare noflamm ableforeign mate rialsin
the engin ecom partmen tor inthe exhaus t
syst em.
Durin gacold start,the engin eruns athigher
speeds toenable thecatalytic convert erto
reach itsoperat ingtem perat ure.Thesound of
the engin emay chan gedurin gthis time.
Autom atic transm ission X
Depr essthebrak epedal andkeep it
depres sed.
X Shif tthe transm ission toposit ion005D.
Tran smiss ionposit iondisplay 005Disshown
in the multif unction display.
i You
canstartthe engin ein transm ission
posit ion005Dand 005C.
Sta rting procedur ewith theSma rtKey To
star tthe engin eusing theSmar tKey inst ead
of KE YLE SS-GO, pulltheStart/ Stop butt onout
of the ignit ionlock .
X Turn theSmar tKey toposit ion0049
(Y page 118)inthe ignit ionlock andrelease
it as soon asthe engin eis runn ing.
Using KEYLESS-GO tosta rttheengine The
Start/ Stop butt oncan beused tostar tthe
vehic lemanually withoutinse rting the Smar t-
Key intothe ignit ionlock .The Start/ Stop but-
ton must beinse rted inthe ignit ionlock and
the Smar tKey must beinthe vehic le.This
mode forstar tingthe engin eoperat esinde-
pende ntly of the ECO start/sto pautom atic
engin estar tfunc tion.
X Depr essthebrak epedal andkeep it
depres sed.
X Press theStart/ Stop butt ononc e
(Y page 118).
The engin estar ts. Pulling
away
Gener alnotes G
WARN
ING
If the engin espeed isabove theidling speed
and youengag etransm ission position003A
or 0046, thevehic lecould pullaway sud-
denly. Thereisarisk ofan acc ident .
When engagingtransm ission position003A
or 0046, always firmlydepres sthe brak e
pedal anddonot simult aneously accelerat e.
! Change
gearingood timeand avoid spin-
nin gthe wheels. Youcould otherwise dam-
age thevehic le.
Depr esstheaccelerat orcaref ullywhen pulling
away.
The vehic lelock scen trally onceyou have
pulled away.Thelockingknobs inthe doors
drop down.
You canopen thedoors fromthe insid eat any
tim e.
You canalso deact ivatethe autom aticlocking
feat ure (Ypage 178).
It is only possible toshift thetransm ission
fro mposit ion005Dtothe desire dposit ionifyou
depres sthe brak epedal. Onlythenis the shift
lock released .
i Upshif
tstak eplace athigher engine
speeds afteracold start.This helps thecat-
alytic convert erto reach itsoperat ingtem -
perat uremore quickly.
Inf ormat iononthe autom aticrelease ofthe
elect ricpark ingbrak e(Y page 136).
Hill startassist Hill
star tassist helpsyouwhen pulling away
for ward orinreve rseonanuphill gradien t.It
holds thevehic lefor ashor ttim eaft eryou
have removedyour footfromthe brak epedal.
This gives youenoug htim eto move yourfoot
fro mthe brak epedal tothe accelerat orpedal
and todepres sit befor ethe vehic lebegin sto
roll. 120
DrivingDriving
andparking

Merce
des-AMGSLC 43 0043
Transmi ssionposition
0044 Drive progra m
The current transmissi onposi tion anddrive
progra mapp ear inthe multi function display.
Eng aging parkpositi onP X
When thevehicl eis stationa ry,depre ssthe
brake pedal.
X Press button 0043.
Eng aging parkpositi onPautomati-
call y Park
position 005Disau tomatical lyengag edif:
R you switch offthe engine using the Smart-
Key and remove theSmartKey
R you switch offthe engine using the Smart-
Key orusi ng the Start/Stop buttonand
open thedrive r'sdoor orfront-passenge r
door
R you open thedrive r'sdoor when thevehicl e
is stationa ryor when drivingatavery low
spee dand thetransmissi onisin posi tion 005B
or 005E
Under certain conditions, theautomatic trans-
missi onshifts automatical lyto transmissi on
posi tion 005Difthe HOLD function orActive Dis-
tance Assist DISTRONIC isactiva ted.Observe
the informati onon the HOLD function (Y
pag e152) andonActive Distance Assist
DISTRONIC (Ypag e147).
Eng aging reverse gearR !
Only
move theautomatic transmissi onto
005E when thevehicl eis stationa ry.
X Depress thebrake andkeep itpresse d.
X Push thesele ctor lever forwa rdspast the
first point ofresis tance.
The ECO start/stop functionisnot available
when reverse gearis engag ed.Further infor-
mation onthe ECO start/stop function
(Y pag e121) .
Shiftin gto neutral N G
WARNING
If child renareleft unsu pervi sedinthe vehi-
cle, they could:
R opera tethe vehicl e'sequ ipme nt
Additio nally,child rencoul dset the vehicl ein
motion if,for exampl e,they:
R relea sethe parking brake
R shift theautomatic transmissi onout of
park position 005D
R start theengine
There isarisk ofan accide ntand injury .
Never leavechild renoranima lsunattended
in the vehicl e.
When leaving thevehicl e,alw aystake the
SmartKey withyouand lock thevehicl e.This
als oapp liesfor the Digita lVehicl eKey ifthe
"Digi talVehicl eKey" function isactiva tedvia
Mercede sme connect.
X When thevehicl eis stationa ry,depre ssthe
brake pedal.
X Push thesele ctor lever forwa rdsorback to
the first point ofresis tance.
If you switch the engine offwith thetransmis-
sion inposi tion 005Eor005B, theautomatic trans-
missi onshifts to005C automatical ly.
With theSmartKey: ifyou then open thedriv-
er's door orthe front-passenge rdoor or
remove theSmartKey fromtheignitio n,the
au tomatic transmissi onshifts to005D automati-
call y. 126
Automatic
transmissio nDrivingand parking

With
KEYLESS-GO :if you then open thedriv-
er's orfront-passenge rdoor, theautomatic
transmissi onshifts to005D automatical ly.
If you want theautomatic transmissi onto
remai nin neutral 005C,e.g. when havingthe
vehicl eclea ned inan automatic carwas hwith
a towing system:
X Vehic leswith KEYLESS-GO :remove the
Start/Stop buttonfromtheignitio nlock.
X Insert theSmartKey intotheignitio nlock.
X All vehi cles:swi tch the ignitio non.
X Depress thebrake pedaland keep it
depre ssed.
X Shift toneutral 005C.
X Rel ease thebrake pedal.
X Rel ease theelectric parkingbrake.
X Switch offthe ignitio nand leavethe Smart-
Key inthe ignitio nlock.
Eng agin gdrive position D X
When thevehicl eis stationa ry,depre ssthe
brake pedal.
X Push thesele ctor leverback pastthefirst
point ofresis tance. Transmissio
npositi ons 0045 Park
positi on
This prevents thevehicl efrom roll-
ing awa ywhen stoppe d.
Only shiftthetransmissi oninto
posi tion 0045 (Ypag e125) when
the vehicl eis stationa ry.The park-
ing lock shou ldnot beused asa
brake whenparking.Alwa ysapp ly
the electronic parkingbrake inadd i-
tion tothe parki nglock inorder to
secure thevehicl e.
If the SmartKey isremoved fromthe
ignitio nlock, thetransmissi onis
locked.
The automatic transmissi onshifts
to 0045 automatical ly:
R when theSmartKey isremoved
from theignitio nlock
R when theengine isswi tched off
with thetransmissi oninposi tion
0046 or003A andone ofthe
doors isopened
In the event ofamalfu nction ofthe
vehicl e'selectronics, thetransmis-
sion may lockinposi tion 0045.
Have thevehicl eelectronics
checked immediatelyat aqua lified
speci alist worksho p. 0046 Reverse
gear
Only shiftthetransmissi oninto
posi tion 0046 when thevehicl eis
stationa ry. Automatic
transmissio n
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To
ensure thatthevehicle issecured against
rolling awayunintention ally:
R the electric parking brakemustbeapplied.
R the trans mission mustbeinposition 005D.
R the Smart Keymust beremoved fromthe
ignition lock.
R the front wheels mustbeturned towards the
curb onsteep uphillordownhill gradients. Switching
offthe engine G
WARNIN
G
The automatic transmission switches toneu-
tral position Nwhen youswitch offthe
engine. Thevehicle mayrollaway .There isa
risk ofan accident .
Aft erswitching offthe engine, alwaysswitch
to parking position P.Prevent theparked
vehicle fromrolling awaybyapplyi ngthe
parking brake.
X Apply theelectric parking brake.
X Shift thetrans mission toposition 005D
(Y page 126).
X With theSmar tKey:turn theSmart Keyto
position 0092inthe ignition lockandremove
it.
The immobilizer isactivated.
X With KEYLESS-GO: presstheKEYLE SS-GO
Start /Stopbutton (Ypage 118).
The engine stopsandallthe indicator lamps
in the instr ument cluster goout.
If the driver's doorisclosed, thisisthe
same asSmart Keyposition 0047.Ifthe driv-
er's door isopen, thisisthe same asSmart -
Key position 0092(Ypage 118).
The engine canbeswitched offwhile thevehi-
cle isin motion bypressing andholding the
Start /Stopbutton forabout threeseconds.
This funct ionoperates independent lyof the
ECO start/stopautomatic engineswitch-off
funct ion. Elec
tric par king brake
General notes G
WARNIN
G
If children areleft unsupervised inthe vehi-
cle, they could:
R open doors, thereby endangerin gother
persons orroad users
R get out and bestruck byoncom ingtraff ic
R operate thevehicle's equipment
Addition ally,children couldsetthe vehicle in
motion if,for example, they:
R release theparking brake
R shift theautomatic transmission outof
park position 005Dorshift themanual
trans mission toneutral
R start theengine
There isarisk ofan accident andinjury.
When leaving thevehicle, alwaystake the
Smart Keywith youand lock thevehicle. This
also applies forthe digital vehicle keyifthe
"Digital Vehicle Key"functionisactivated via
Mercedes meconn ect.
Always keeptheSmart Keyoutofreach of
children. Thisalso applies forthe Digital
Vehicle Keyifthe "Digital Vehicle Key"func-
tion isactivated viaMercedes meconn ect.
The funct ionofthe electric parking brakeis
dependent onthe on-board voltage.Ifthe on-
board voltage islow orthere isamalfunct ion
in the system, itmay notbepossible toapply
the released parkingbrake.
X Ifthis isthe case, onlypark thevehicle on
level ground andsecure itto prevent itroll-
ing away .
X Shift theautomatic transmission toposition
005D.
It may notbepossible torelease anapplied
parking brakeifthe on-board voltageislow or
there isamalfunct ioninthe system. Contact a
qualified specialist workshop.
The electric parking brakeperforms afunct ion
test atregular intervalswhile theengine is
switched off.The sounds thatcanbeheard
while thisisoccurrin gare normal. Par
king
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App
lyingor releas ing manua lly X
To apply :push handle0043.
When theelec tric park ingbrak eis applie d,
th ered 0049 (USAon ly) or0024 (Canada
on ly) ind icat orlamp lightsup intheins tru-
men tclus ter.
The electric park ingbrak ecan also be
applie dwhen theSm artKey isrem oved.
X To releas e:pull handle0043.
The red0049 (USAon ly) or0024 (Canada
on ly) ind icat orlamp intheins trumen tclus -
te rgoe sout .
The electric park ingbrak ecan onlybe
rel ease d:
R when theSm artKey isin pos ition 0047inthe
ign ition lock(Y page 118)or
R ifth eign ition was switched on usin gth e
St art /S topbut ton
App lyingau tom atical ly The
electric park ingbrak eis auto matically
applie dwhen thetrans mis sion isin pos ition
005D and :
R theen gin eis swit ched off or
R thedri ver isno twear ingaseat beltandthe
dri ver 'sdoor isopen ed
To pre ven tth eelec tric park ingbrak efrom
bein gauto maticallyapplie d,pull handle0043.
The electric park ingbrak eis also applie dauto -
mat icallyif:
R Ac tive Distanc eAs sis tDI ST RONI Cbri ngs
th eveh icleto ast and still or
R theHO LD function iske epin gth eveh icle
st ati onary In
addit ion,at least oneof thefol lowin gco nd i-
ti on smus tbe fulf illed :
R theen gin eis swit ched off
R thedri ver isno twear ingaseat beltandthe
dri ver 'sdoor isopen ed
R there isasyst emmalf unction
R thepowe rsupp lyisins ufficien t
R theveh icleis stati onary foralen gthy per iod
The red0049 (USAon ly) or0024 (Canada
on ly) ind icat orlamp intheins trumen tclus ter
ligh tsup.
The electric park ingbrak eis no tauto matically
applie difth een gin eis swit ched off bythe
ECO start /stopfun ction .
Rel eas ing autom atical ly The
electric park ingbrak eis rel ease dauto -
mat icallywhen allofthefol lowin gco nd ition s
are fulfilled :
R theen gin eis run ning
R The seat belttong ue isen gage din thebelt
buc kle
R thetrans mis sion isin pos ition 005Bor005E and
you depr esstheacc eler atorpedal orshif t
fr om position 005Dto005B or005E
R ifth etrans mis sion isin pos ition 005E, the
tr unk lidmus tbe closed
If th eseat belttong ue isno ten gage din the
seat beltbuckle, thefol lowin gco nd ition smus t
be fulf illed :
R thedri ver 'sdoor isclo sed
R you mov eth etrans mis sion outofpos ition
005D oryou havepre viously driven ataspee d
abov e2 mph (3km /h)
R ifth etrans mis sion isin pos ition 005E, the
tr unk lidmus tbe closed
When theelec tric park ingbrak eis rel ease d,
th e0024 indicat orlamp goesoutintheins tru-
men tclus ter.
Eme rgency brak ing The
vehiclecan also bebrak edduri ngan
eme rgencyby usin gth eelec tric park ingbrak e.
X Whil edri vin g,push handle0043oftheelec tric
park ingbrak e.
The vehicleis brak edfor aslon gas thehan -
dle oftheelec tric park ingbrak eis pre sse d.
The longer theelec tric park ingbrak ehan dle
is depr essed, thegre aterth ebrak ingforce. 136
Pa
rkingDriv ingand parki ng

the
0086 symbo lin the multifu nctio ndisp lay
ar esho wninora nge .
X Pre ssthe 0076 button tosave the setting .
Fur therinf orm ation on daytime running lamps
(Y page 97) .
Se ttin gthe brightn essof the ambi ent
li ghti ng
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheelto select the Sett. Set
t.menu .
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button toselect the
Lig ht Lig
htsubme nu.
X Pre ss0076 toconfi rm.
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button toselect the
Amb .Lig ht+/- Amb
.Lig ht+/- functio n.
The current setting appe ars.
X Pre ss0076 toconfi rm.
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button toadjus tthe
bri ghtn essto any level fromOff Off
toLev el5 Lev
el5
(b rig ht) .
X Pre ssthe 0076 or0038 button tosave the
se tting .
Se ttin gthe ambi entlighti ngcolor
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheelto select the Sett. Set
t.menu .
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button toselect the
Lig ht Lig
htsubme nu.
X Pre ss0076 toconfi rm.
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button toselect the
Amb .Lig htCol . Amb
.Lig htCol .fu nctio n.
X Pre ss0076 toconfi rm.
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button tosetthe
col ortoSOL AR SOL
AR,SOL AROrange SOL
AROrange orSOL AR SOL
AR
Red Red
.
X Pre ssthe 0076 or0038 button tosave the
se tting .
Ac tiv atin g/dea ctivati ngsurro undlight-
in gand exteri orlighti ngdelaye dsw itch-
of f
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheelto select the Sett. Set
t.menu .
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button toselect the
Lig hts Lig
hts subme nu.
X Pre ss0076 toconfi rm.
X Pre ss0064 or0063 toselect the Sur‐ Sur
‐
rou ndLighting rou
ndLightingfunctio n.
If the SurroundLighting Sur
roundLightingfunctio nis acti -
va ted ,the multifu nctio ndisp laysho wsthe li
ght cone andthearea arou nd the vehiclein
ora nge .
X Pre ssthe 0076 button tosave the setting .
Dea ctivating exte riorlighti ngdelaye dsw itch -
off temp orarily:
X Befo releav ing the vehicle, tur nthe Sma rt-
Key topositio n0092 inthe igniti onlock.
X Tu rn the Sma rtKeyto positio n0048 inthe igni-
tio nlock.
Exteri orlighti ngdelaye dsw itch -off isde acti -
va ted .
Exteri orlighti ngdelaye dsw itch -off isrea ctiv a-
ted thenext timeyo usta rtthe engine.
If yo uha ve acti vated theSurroundLighting Sur
roundLighting
fu nctio nand youtur nthe light switch to0058,
the followi ng functio nsareacti vated when itis
da rk:
R surro undlighti ng:the exte riorlighti ng
rem ains lit for 40second saf ter unlocki ng
wi th the Sma rtKey.Ifyo usta rtthe engine,
the surro und lighti ngissw itch edoff and
au toma ticheadlamp mod eis acti vated
(Y page 97) .
R ex teri orlighti ngdelaye dsw itch-o ff:the
exte riorlighti ngrem ains lit for 60second s
af ter the engineissw itch edoff.If yo uclo se
al lthe doors and thetrunk lid, the exte rior
li ghti nggoes off after 15second s.
Dep endingonyour veh icle's equipme nt,when
the surro und lighti ngand delaye dsw itch -off
exte riorlighti ngareon, the followi ng light up:
R pa rkin glamps
R low-b eam headlamps
R da ytime running lamps
R side marker lamps
R surro und lighti nginthe exte riormir rors
Ac tiv atin g/dea ctivati ngthe interi or
li ghti ngdelaye dsw itch-o ff
If yo uacti vate the InteriorLighting Int
eriorLighting
Del ay Del
ayfunctio n,the interiorlighti ngrem ains
on for 20sec ond saf ter yourem ove theSma rt-
Key fromthe igniti onlock.
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheelto select the Sett. Set
t.menu .
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button toselect the
Lig ht Lig
htsubme nu.
X Pre ss0076 toconfi rm. Me
nus and submen us
177On -bo ard computer anddisplay s Z