2019 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC ROADSTER ESP inoperative

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EBD (El ectro nicBrakeforce Dis trib ution)
(Y page 63)
R ADAPT IVEBRA KE(Ypage 64) Impo
rtant safety notes
If yo ufa ilto adaptyo ur drivin gsty leor ifyo u
ar eina ttenti ve,the drivin gsa fety system scan
nei the rred uce theriskof an acc ident nor
ove rride the laws ofphysics .Driv ingsafety
sy stem sar emer elyai ds designe dto assist
dri vin g.
Yo uar eres ponsi ble for mainta ining the dis-
tance tothe vehiclein fro nt, for veh iclesp ee d,
for braking ingo od time ,and forstaying in
la ne. Alwaysad aptyo ur drivin gsty leto suit
the prevailing roadand weath ercond itions and
ma inta inasa fe dista nce fromthe vehiclein
fro nt. Driv ecar efully.
The drivin gsa fety system sde scri bedonl y
wo rkas effecti velyas possi ble wh en the reis
ad eq uate conta ctbetwe enthe tiresand the
roa dsu rfa ce. Paypa rtic ular atte ntionto the
info rma tionreg arding tire s,reco mme nded
min imumtire trea dde pth setc. inthe "Wheels
and tires"sec tion(Y page 267) .
In wintry drivin gcond itions, alwa ysusewi nter
tire s(M +S tire s)and ifnece ssary,snow
cha ins.Onl yin thi swa ywi llthe drivin gsa fety
sy stem sde scri bedin thi ssec tionwo rkas
eff ecti velyas possi ble. ABS
(Anti -lock Braki ngSys tem)
Ge neral info rmatio n ABS
regulate sbra kepre ssu reinsuch awa y
tha tthe wheelsdo not lock when youbra ke.
Thi sal lo ws youto conti nuesteeringthe vehi-
cle when bra king .
The 0025 ABSwarning lamp inthe instrument
clu ster lights upwhen the igniti onissw itch ed
on. Itgo es outwh en the engineisrunning .
ABS works fromasp ee dof abou t5 mph
(8 km/h ),reg ardless ofroa d-surface cond i-
tio ns. ABS works onslip pe ry surfa ces ,eve n
wh en youonl ybra kegently . Impo
rtant safety notes i
Ob
ser vethe "Impo rtantsafety note s"sec -
tio n(Y page 57) . G
WA
RNING
If ABS isma lfunctio ning,the wheelscou ld
lo ck when bra king .The stee rability and
bra king characteri stics wo uld be sev erely
af fecte d.The reisan incr eased dange rof
ski dding and accidents .
Driv eon car efully. Hav eABS checked imme-
di ate lyat aqu alifi ed speci alistwo rksh op.
Wh enABS isma lfunctio ning,othe rsy stem s,
incl uding drivin gsa fety system s,willal so
be come inoperative .Ob ser vethe informa tion
on the ABS warning lamp (Ypage 210 )and
di sp laymes sage swh ich maybe sho wninthe
ins trument cluster (Ypage 183 ).
Brake s X
IfABS interv enes:conti nuetodepre ssthe
bra kepedalvig oro uslyunti lthe braking sit-
ua tio nis ove r.
X To make aful lbrak eappl icatio n:depre ss
the brakepedalwi th fullfor ce.
If ABS intervenes when bra king ,yo uwi llfee la
pu lsing inthe brakepedal.
The pulsati ng bra kepedalcan beanind ication
of hazar dous roa dcond itions, andfunctio nsas
a rem inderto take extra carewh ile dri vin g. BAS
(Brak eAs sist Sys tem)
Ge neral info rmatio n BAS
opera tes ineme rgency braking situa tions.
If yo ude pre ssthe brakepedalqu ickl y,BAS
au toma tically bo osts thebraking force, thus
sho rteni ngthe stop ping dista nce.
Impo rtant safety notes i
Ob
ser vethe "Impo rtantsafety note s"sec -
tio n(Y page 57). Dr
ivi ng safet ysy stem s
57Safet y 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 . Dis
play messages
183On-boardcomp uter anddisplays Z

Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 00E5
Cur rently Unavaila‐ Cur
rently Unavaila‐
ble SeeOperator' s ble
SeeOperator' 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 aymessage disappea 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. 184
Di
splay message sOn-boardcompu terand displays

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.
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 134).
X Rest arttheen gin e. Act
ive Distance Act
ive Distance
Ass ist Inoperative Ass
ist Inoperative Ac
tive Distanc eAs sis tDI ST RONI Cis fault y.
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 144). Cruise
Control Off Cruise
Control Off Cruise
controlhas been deactivated.
If awarning tonealsosounds, cruisecontrolhas deactivated auto-
matically (Ypage 142). Cruise
Control -- Cruise
Control --
- mph -
mph Cruise
controlcannot beactivated, sincenotallofthe activation
conditions havebeen met.
X Check theactivation conditions forcruise control(Ypage 142). Cruise
Control Cruise
Control
Inoperative Inoperative Cruise
controlismalfunctioning.
A warning tonealsosounds.
X Visit aqual ified speciali stworkshop. 200
Dis
play messagesOn-board comp uter anddisplays