2019 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC ROADSTER USB

Child
ren
Spe cial seat beltretrac tor...............5 4
Child reninthevehi cle
Imp ortant safe tyno tes.................... 53
Cigar ettelight er................................ 229
Cleani ng
Mirr ortur nsign al...........................2 50
Cl imate control
Air-conditi oningsystem .................106
Automa ticclima tecontrol (dual-
zone) .............. ................................108
Control lingautomatica lly....... ........111
Coo ling with airdehu midificati on.. 110
Defrosting thewindows .................113
Defrosting thewindshi eld....... ....... 112
Gene ralnotes ................................ 106
Indica torlamp ....... .........................111
Informati onabo utusi ng auto-
matic climatecontrol ..................... 109
Maxi mum cooling....... ................... 113
Notes onusing the air-conditio n-
ing system .....................................107
Overvi ewofsys tems ......................106
Prob lemwith the rear window
defro ster.............. .......................... 114
Prob lems with cooli ngwith air
dehu midificati on....... ..................... 111
Ref rige rant .....................................303
Ref rige rant filling capa city....... ...... 303
Setting theairdis tribu tion............. 112
Setting theairvents ......................115
Setting theairflow ......................... 112
Setting thetempera ture................111
Switchi ngair-recircu lation mode
on/off ............................................114
Switchi ngon/off ........................... 110
Switchi ngresi dua lhea ton/off ......114
Switchi ngthe rear window
defro steron/off ............................ 113
Switchi ngthe ZONE function
on/off ............................................112
Co ckpit
Overvi ew....... ................................... 31
see Instrument cluster
Co llaps iblespare wheel
Inflati ng....... .................................. 295
see Emergency sparewhe el
Co mbinati onswi tch ....... ..................... 99Co
mpass
Ca librating .....................................238
Ca lling up ....... ................................237
Setting ...........................................238
Co nne ctin gaUSB device
see also Digita lOpera tor'sMan-
ua l....... ...........................................217
Co nsumptio nstatistic s(o n-bo ard
co mputer) .......................................... 170
Co ntroll er....... ....................................218
Co nve nience closi ng feature .............. 77
Co olan t(e ngi ne)
Che cking theleve l....... .................. 242
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 194
Fill ing capa city....... ........................302
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 301
Temp erature(on-boa rdcom-
pute r,Merced es-AMG SLC43)...... 179
Temp eraturegau ge....... .................168
Warni nglamp ....... .......................... 213
Co oling
see Clima tecontrol
Co pyright .............................................30
Co rnerin glig ht func tion
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 193
Function/notes ................................99
Cruis eco ntrol
Cru isecontrol lever....... ................142
Deactiva ting....... ............................ 143
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 200
Driving system ...............................142
Function/notes .............................142
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 142
Setting aspee d....... .......................143
Storing andmaintaining current
spee d....... ......................................142
Cup holde r
Center console ..............................228
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 227
Custo merAssistanc eCe nter
(C AC )....... ..............................................28
Custo merRelati onsDepartment .......28 D
Dash board
see Instrument cluster In
dex
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tion hasbee nsu bject torep airtwo or
more times,and youha ve directl ynotifi ed
Merce des-Benz USA,LLCinwri ting ofthe
need foritsrep air.
(2) thesam esu bsta ntialdef ect ormal func-
tion ofaless seri ousnatu rethan categ ory
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time sand youha ve directl ynotifi ed
Merce des-Benz inwri ting ofthe need for
its rep air.
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rep airof the sam eor differe ntsubsta ntial
def ects ormal functi onsforacumu lative
total ofmore than30calenda rda ys.
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Merce des-Benz USA,LLC
Cu stome rAssi stance Center
One Merce des-Benz Drive
Sand ySpri ngs, GA30328 Main
tenance
The Servi ceand Warranty Bookl etdes crib esall
the neces sarymai ntenance workwhi chsho uld
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Whe nyo uare abroa dwi th your veh icle,
obs erve thefollowi ng points:
R Serv icefaciliti es orrep laceme ntparts may
not berea dily ava ilab le.
R Lea d-fre efue lfor veh icles with acata lytic
conve rtermay notbeava ilab le.Lea dedfue l
can causedamag eto the cata lytic con-
verte r.
R The fuelmay have aconsi derab lylowe r
octa nenum ber.Unsu itable fue lcan cause
engi nedamag e.
Some Mercedes-Be nzmod elsare availab lefor
de livery inEuro pethro ughou rEuro pean Del iv-
ery Program.For detai ls,consu ltan author ized
Mer cedes-Be nzCenter orwri teto one ofthe
fol lowi ng addre sse s.
In the USA
Mer cedes-Be nzUSA, LLC
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Sand ySpri ngs, GA30328
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25Introduc tion 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 e134).
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 e242) .
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 e168) .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 e168). 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 e134) .
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 e242).
X Ifyou have toadd coola ntfrequ ently, havetheengine coolingsystem
checked. 214
Warning
andindic atorlampsOn-bo ardcomput erand displays

Inser
tingan SD card
The SDcardslot isloc ate don theco ntrol
pan el.
X Inser tth eSD cardint oth eSD cardslot until
th eSD carden gages .The side withth eco n-
tac tsmust facedown .
Rem oving anSD card
X Pre sstheSD card.
The SDcardis eject ed.
X Remo vetheSD card.
Connect ingUSB devices X
Con nect theUS Bdev icetotheUS Bpor t.
Ther eare two USBpor tsinthest owage
spac eund erthearm rest.
X Sel ect themed iasour ce(Ypage 223). 224
Op
era ting syst emMultim edia system

Stowage
areas Stowage
spaces
Import antsafety notes G
WARNING
If object sin the passenger compartmen tare
stowed incorrec tly,they canslide orbe
thrown around andhitvehicle occupants. In
addition, cupholders, openstowage spaces
and mobile phonebrackets cannotalways
retain allobject sthey contain.There isa
risk ofinjury, particularly inthe event ofsud-
den braking orasudden changeindirection.
R Always stowobject sso that they cannot
be thrown around insuch situations.
R Always makesurethatobject sdo not pro-
trude fromstowage spaces,parcelnetsor
stowage nets.
R Close thelockable stowagespacesbefore
startin gajourney.
R Always stowandsecure heavy,hard,poin-
ted, sharp-edged, fragileorbulky object s
in the trunk .
Glove compar tment X
To open: pullhandle 0043and open glove box
flap 0044.
X To close :fold glove boxflap 0044upuntil it
engages.
The glove boxflap cont ains brackets forcoins,
pens, andcredit andservice cards. The
glove boxcanbelocked andunlocked
using themechanical key.
X To lock: insert themechanical keyinto the
lock andturn itto position 0048.
X To unlock: insertthemechanical keyinto
the lock andturn itto position 0047.
Stowage compartment/telephone
compar tment under thearm rest X
To open: pushbutton 0043upand raise arm-
rest 0044.
The stowage compartmen tcan belocked and
unlocked centrally using theSmartK ey
(Y page 66).
i Depending
onthe vehicle equipment, a
USB portandaMedia Interface isinstalled
in the stowage compartmen t.AMedia Inter-
face isauniversal interfaceformobile audio
equipment, e.g.foraniPod ®
or MP3 Playe r. Stowage
areas
225Stowage andfeatu res Z