2019 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC ROADSTER height

If
achild younger thantwelve yearsold and
under 5ft (1.5 0m) inheight istravelin gin the
vehic le:
R always securethe child inachild restraint
syst emsuitable forthis Merc edes- Benz
vehic le.The child restraint systemmust be
appropr iatetothe age, weight andsize of
the child.
R always observethe instruct ions andsafet y
not eson "Children inthe vehic le"
(Y page 53)inaddition tothe child
rest raint systemmanuf acturer' sinst allation
and operat inginst ruct ions
R always observethe instruct ions andsafet y
not eson the "Occ upant Classific ationSys-
tem (OCS)" (Ypage 46) G
WARN
ING
The seat belts maynotperf orm theirint en-
ded protective func tion if:
R the yare damaged, modified,extreme ly
dirt y,bleache dor dyed
R the seat beltbuck leisdamaged or
ext reme lydirt y
R the Emergen cyTens ionin gDev ices, belt
anc horage sor iner tiareels havebeen
modif ied.
Seat belts maybedamaged inan acc ident ,
althoug hthe damage maynotbevisible, e.g.
due tosplint ersofglass. Modifie dor dam-
aged seatbelts maytearorfail, e.g. inan
acc ident .Modifie dEm ergen cyTens ionin g
Dev ices could accident allytrigger orfail to
deploy whennecessary. Thisposes an
inc reased riskofinjury oreven fatalinj ury.
Never modifythe seat belts ,Em ergen cyTen-
sion ingDev ices, beltanchorage sand inertia
reels. Make surethattheseat belts are
undamage d,not worn outand clean .Follow-
ing anacc ident ,have theseat belts checked
immed iatelyataqualified specialist work-
shop.
Only useseat belts thathave been approv ed
for your vehic leby Merc edes- Benz. Prop
eruse oftheseat belts Obser
vethe safet ynot eson the seat belt
(Y page 40).
Ev ery vehic leocc upant mustobservethe fol-
lowing notestoens ure aproper lyworn seat
belt canprov idefull prot ection. Also make
sure thatallvehic leocc upant sare always
wearin gthe seat beltcorrectlywhile thevehi-
cle isin mot ion.
When fastenin gthe seat belt, always make
sure that:
R the seat beltbuck leton gue isinse rted only
int othe belt buck lebelon gingtothat seat
R the seat beltispulled tightacro ssyour body
Av oid wearin gbulky clothing ,e.g. awint er
coat .
R the seat beltisnot twist ed
Only thencan theforces which occurbe dis-
tr ibuted overthearea ofthe belt.
R the shoulder sectionofthe belt isrout ed
acro ssthe centerofyour shoulder
The shoulder sectionofthe seat beltshould
not touc hyour neckor be rout edunder your
arm orbehin dyour back.
R the lapbelt istaut andpasses acrossyour
lap aslow down aspossible
The lapbelt must always berout edacro ss
your hipjointsand notacro ssyour abdo-
men .This applies particularly topregn ant
women .If nec essary, pushthelapbelt down
to your hipjointand pullittigh tusing the
shoulder sectionofthe belt.
R the seat beltisnot rout edacro sssharp,
point edorfragile objects
If you have such itemslocat edon orinyour
clot hing ,e.g. pens ,keys oreyeglasses ,
sto rethe seinasuitable place.
R only oneperso nis using aseat belt
Inf ant sand childr enmust nevertravel sit-
tin gon the lapofavehic leocc upant .In the
even tof an acc ident ,the ycould becrus hed
betwee nthe vehic leocc upant andseat belt.
R obje ctsare neversecur edwith aseat beltif
the seat beltisalso being usedbyone of
the vehic le'soccupant s
Also ensure that thereare neverobje cts
betwee naperso nand theseat, e.g.cush-
ions .
Seat belts areonly intended tosecur eand
rest rain vehic leocc upant s.Always observethe
not esinthe "Stowage options/com partmen ts" Occupa
ntsaf ety
41Safety Z

"Dig
italVeh icle Key" function isact ivat edvia
Mer cedesme conn ect .Nev erleave childr en
uns uperv isedintheveh icle.
The seat scan still be adjust edwhen there is
no Sm artKey intheign ition lock. G
WAR
NING
When youadjust aseat ,you orother vehicle
oc cupan tscould become trapped, e.g.on
th eseat guide rail.Ther eis aris kof injury.
When adjust ing aseat ,mak esure that no
on ehas any body partsin thesweep ofthe
seat . G
WAR
NING
If th edriv er'sseat isno ten gaged ,it co uld
mov efor wards asfar asthene xt cat chdur-
ing mov eme ntsuc has brak ingorabrupt
ch ang esofdire ction .As ares ult, you would
be pushe dagain styour seatbeltbythe
uns ecur eddriv er'sseat .
This could caus eyou tolose control ofthe
veh icle.The seat beltcannotpro tect as
int ended andcould result inaddit ional
inj ury.
Ther eis aris kof an acc iden tand injury.
Bef ore everyjourn ey, mak esure that the
driv er'sseat isfully engaged .
Obse rveth esafe tyno teson "Air bags"
(Y page 43)and "Childr enintheveh icle"
(Y page 53). G
WAR
NING
If th edriv er'sseat isno ten gaged ,it co uld
mov eune xpectedly while theveh icle isin
mot ion.This could caus eyou tolose control
of theveh icle.Ther eis aris kof an acc iden t.
Alwa ysmak esure that thedriv er'sseat is
en gaged before start ing theveh icle. G
WAR
NING
If you adjust theseat heightcar eles sly,you
or other vehicle occupan tscould betrapped
and there byinjured. Childr eninpart icular
co uld acciden tallypre sstheelec trical seat adj
ust men tbut tons and become trapped.
Ther eis aris kof injury.
While movingtheseat s,mak esure that your
han dsorother body partsdo notget unde r
th eleve rasse mbly oftheseat adjust men t
syst em. G
WAR
NING
If th ehead restraint sare notins tall ed ornot
adj ust edcorrect ly,they can notpro vide pro-
te ction asintended. Thereis an increas ed
ris kof injury inthehead andneck area, e.g.
in theeve ntofan acc iden tor when braking.
Alwa ysdriv ewit hth ehead restraint sins tal-
led. Before drivingoff,mak esure foreve ry
veh icle occupan tth at thecen terof thehead
res traint suppo rts th eback ofthehead at
about eyelevel. G
WAR
NING
You could lose control ofyour vehicle ifyou
do thefoll owin gwhile driving:
R adj ust thedriv er'sseat ,head restraint ,
st eer ing wheel ormir rors
R fast entheseat belt
Ther eis aris kof an acc iden t.
Ad jus tth edriv er'sseat ,head restraint ,
st eer ing wheel andmirror and fastenyour
seat beltbefore start ing theen gin e.
! To
pre ven tdamag eto theseat sand the
seat heating,obse rveth efoll owin gno tes:
R Do notspill liquids onto theseat s.Dr yth e
seat sas soon asposs ibleifliquid does
get spille don theseat s.
R Ifth eseat cover sare damp orwet ,do not
swit chon theseat heating.Als o,do not
use theseat heatingtodry theseat s.
R Clean theseat cover sas rec omm ended;
see the"In terior care"sec tion.
R Do nottr ans portheav yloads onthe
seat s.Do notplac epoin tedobj ect son
th eseat cushion ssuc has knives ,nail sor
to ols. Wher eposs ible, usetheseat son ly
for carryin gpass enger s.
R When operatingth eseat heating,do not
co ver theseat swit hins ulati ngmat erial s, 86
Seat
sSeat s,steerin gwheel andmirro rs

e.g.
blanket s,coats, bags,protec tivecov-
ers, child seats orbooster seats.
R When theseat heating isswitched on,the
seat surface canbedamaged asaresult
of objec tsbeing placed onthe seats, for
example, seatcushions ,child seats and
protec tivecover snot approved by
Mercedes- Benz.
! Make
surethatthere arenoobjec tsinthe
footwell underorbehind theseats when
movin gthe seats back. There isarisk that
the seats and/or theobjec tscould bedam-
aged.
i The
head restraints areequipped withthe
NECK- PROsystem (Ypage 52).Forthis rea-
son, itis not possible toremove thehead
restr aints fromtheseats.
For more information ,con tact aqualified
specialist workshop. Adju
sting theseats manually X
Seat fore-a nd-aftadj ustm ent:liftlever 0043
and slide theseat forwards orbackwards.
X Release lever0043again.
Make surethatyouhear theseat engage in
position .
X To adj ust the backrest angle:relieve the
pressure onthe backr est.
X Pull handle 0044and move backresttothe
desired angle.
X Release handle0044again.
The backr estmust audibly engage.
X To adj ust the seat height: pullhandle 0087
upwards orpush itdown repeatedly until
the seat hasreached thedesired height. Adju
sting theseats electrically 0043
Back restangle
0044 Seat fore-and-aft adjustm ent
0087 Seat cushion angle
0085 Seat height
i You
canstorethe seat settings using the
memory function (Ypage 95). Adju
sting thehead restraints G
WARN
ING
You could losecontrol ofyour vehicle ifyou
do the following whiledriving:
R adjust thedriver's seat,head restraint,
steerin gwheel ormirror s
R fasten theseat belt
There isarisk ofan acciden t.
Adj ust the driver's seat,head restraint,
steerin gwheel andmirror andfasten your
seat beltbefore startingthe engine. X
To raise/lower: pushthehead restraint
upwards orpull itdown intothedesired
position . Seats
87Seats,steering wheelandmirrors Z

Rev
ersingcame ra
Gen eral notes Re
ar vie wcame ra0043 isan opti calparking and
mane uvering aid. Itsho wsthe areabeh ind
yo ur veh iclewi th guide lines inthe multime dia
sy stem.
The areabeh indthe vehicleis displ ayed asa
mir ror ima ge,asinthe rearvie wmir ror.
i The
text showninthe multime diasy stem
di spl aydep ends onthe langu agesetti ng.
The followi ng are exampl esofrea rvie w
came radispl aysin the multime diasy stem.
Impo rtant safetynotes The
rearvie wcame raisonly anaid. Itis not a
rep laceme ntfor your attenti ontoyour imm edi-
ate surrou ndings. Youare alwa ysres pons ible
for safe mane uvering andparking .Ma kesure
that there arenoper sons ,ani mal sor obje cts
in the mane uvering areawh en youare mane u-
veri ngorparking .
Unde rthe followi ng circu msta nces, therear
vie wcame rawillnot functi on,orwillfuncti on
in alimite dmanne r:
R ifthe trunk lid is ope n
R in hea vyrain,snow orfog
R at nigh tor invery dark place s
R ifthe came raisexpo sedtovery bright light
R ifthe areais lit by fluore scent bulbsor LED
li ghti ng(the displ aymay flicker)
R ifthere isasu dd en cha nge intemp erature ,
e.g. when driving intoahea ted garag ein
wi nter R
ifthe came ralens isdirty orobs tructe d.
Obs erve thenotes oncleani ng
(Y page 250 )
R ifthe rearof your veh icleis da mag ed.Inthis
cas e,ha ve the came rapos ition and setti ng
checke dat aqu alifi ed spe cialist wo rksho p.
The fieldof vis ion and othe rfuncti onsofthe
rea rvie wcame ramay beres tricte ddu eto
ad ditiona lacce ssorieson the rearof the vehi-
cle (e.g. license plate holder ,bi cycl erack) .
On veh icles with hei ght-a djustab lecha ssis,
le avi ng the stand ardheight can resultin ina c-
cura ciesin the guide lines, dependi ngon tech-
nica lcondi tions.
i The
contra stof the displ aymay beaffec-
ted bythe sudd en pre sence ofsunli ght or
othe rlight sources ,e.g. when exiting a
ga rag e.Pa ypa rticu larattenti oninthis situa-
tion.
i If
us ab ility issev erelyres tricte d,e.g. due
to pixel erro rs,have the displ ayrep aired or
rep laced .
i The
rearvie wcame raispro tected from
rai ndro psand dustby mea nsofafla p. Whe n
the rearvie wcame raisacti vate d,this flap
ope ns.
The flapclo ses again wh en:
R youha ve fini she dthe mane uvering proc-
ess
R youswi tch offthe engi ne
R youope nthe trunk
Obs erve thenotes oncleani ng
(Y page 250 ).
For techni calreasons ,the flapmay rema in
ope nbri eflyafte rthe rearvie wcame rahas
bee ndea ctiva ted.
Ac tivati ng/de acti vatin gthe rear view
came ra X
To acti vate :make sure that theSmar tKey
is in pos ition 0048 inthe igniti onlock.
X Ma kesure that theActi vationbyRgear Acti
vationbyRgear
functi onissel ected inthe multime diasy s-
tem; seetheDigi talOpe rator'sManua l.
X Engag ereve rsegear.
The rearvie wcame raflapope ns.The multi-
med iasystem showsthe areabeh indthe
veh iclewi th guide lines. Dri
ving sys tems
159Dri ving and parkin g Z

Tire
labelin g
Ov erv iew 0043
UniformTire Qu ality Grad ing Stand ard
(Y page 286 )
0044 DOT, Tire Ide ntifi cationNumbe r
(Y page 285)
0087 Maxim um tire load (Ypage 285 )
0085 Maxim um tire pressu re(Y page 273 )
0083 Manuf actu rer
0084 Tire ma teri al(Y page 286 )
006B Tire size designa tion,load -be aring capacity
and spee dra ting (Ypage 283 )
006C Loadind ex(Y page 285 )
006D Tire nam e
The markin gsdescri bedab ove areon the tire
in ad ditio nto the tire nam e(sales designa tion)
and themanuf actu rer'snam e.
i Ti
re data isveh icle-s pecificand mayde vi-
ate fromthe data inthe exampl e.
Tire size des ignati on,lo ad-b earing
ca pac ityand speedratin g G
WA
RNING
Excee ding the stated tire load -be aring capa-
city and theappro ved maxim um spee d
cou ldlead totire dama georthe tire burst-
ing .The reisaris kof acc ident.
The refore ,onl yus etire typesand sizes
ap pro ved foryour veh iclemod el.Ob ser ve the
tire load rating andspee dra ting
req uired foryour veh icle. 0043
Tire width
0044 Nom inalas pe ct ratio in%
0087 Tire cod e
0085 Rim diam ete r
0083 Loadbe aring index
0084 Spe edrating
Ge neral: dependi ng on the manuf actu rer's
sta nda rds,the size imp rinted inthe tire wall
ma ynot conta inany letters orma yconta in
one letter thatpre ced esthe size descri ption.
If the reisno letter preced ingthe size descri p-
tio n(a ssho wnabove ):the searepa sse nge r
veh icletire sacc ording toEur opeanma nuf ac-
tur ing standa rds.
If "P "pre ced esthe size descri ption: theseare
pa sse nge rveh icletire sacc ording toU.S. man-
uf actu ringsta nda rds.
If "L T" pre ced esthe size descri ption: theseare
li ght truck tire sacc ording toU.S. manuf actu r-
ing standa rds.
If "T "pre ced esthe size descri ption: comp act
eme rgency wheelswith high tire pressu retha t
ar eonl yde signe dfor temp oraryusein an
eme rgency .
Tire width: tirewidth 0043sho wsthe nomi nal
tire width inmil limete rs.
He ight-w idth ratio :as pe ct ratio 0044 isthe size
ra tio betwe enthe tire height and tirewidth
and issho wninpe rcen t.The aspe ct ratio is
cal cul ate dby divid ing the tire width bythe tire
he ight.
Tire code: tire code0087 speci fiesthe tire type.
"R "rep resents radial tire s;"D" represents
di ag ona ltire s;"B" represents diag ona lra dial
tire s. Al
labo utwhee lsan dtire s
283Whe elsand tires Z

Rim
Thi sis the partof the whe elon whi chthe tire
is mou nted.
GAW R(Gro ssAxleWei ght Ratin g)
The GAW Ris the maxi mum grossaxl ewe igh t
rati ng. The actu alloa don anaxlemus tneve r
excee dthe gros saxl ewe igh trati ng. The gros s
axl ewe igh trati ngcan befou ndonthe vehi cle
id entif ication plate onthe B-pi llar on the driv-
er's side.
Spe edrating
The speedrati ngispa rtof the tire identif ica-
tion. Itspe cifiesthe speedrang efor whi chthe
tire isap pro ved .
GVW (GrossVehi cle Wei ght)
The gros svehi cleweigh tincl udes the weigh t
of the vehi cleincluding fuel,tool s,the spare
whe el,acce ssoriesinsta lled, occu pants, lug-
ga ge and thedrawbarnose weigh t,ifap plica -
bl e. The gros svehi cleweigh tmus tnot excee d
the gros svehi cleweigh trati ngGVW Ras spe ci-
fie don the vehi cleidentif ication plate onthe
B-pi llar on the driver' ssid e.
GVWR (GrossVehi cle Wei ght Ratin g)
The GVW Ris the maxi mum permis siblegros s
we igh tof aful lyloa ded vehicle(the weigh tof
the vehi cleincluding allacce ssories,occu -
pa nts, fuel,lu gga geand thedrawbarnose -
we igh t,ifap plica ble). The gros svehi cleweigh t
rati ngisspe cified on the vehi cleidentif ication
pl ate onthe B-pi llar on the driver' ssid e.
Maxi mum loaded vehicle we ight
The maxi mum weigh tis the sum of:
R the curb weigh tof the vehi cle
R the weigh tof the acce ssories
R the loadlimit
R the weigh tof the facto ryinsta lled opti onal
equ ipment
Ki lopasc al(kP a)
Metri cuni tfor tire pressu re.6.9 kPa corre -
spo nds to1psi .Another unitfor tire pressu re
is ba r.100 kilopa scals(kPa )are the equivalent
of 1ba r. Lo
ad index
In addition tothe load-be aring index, the load
ind exmay also be imp rinte don the sidewallof
the tire.Thi sspe cifiesthe load-be aring cap a-
city more precise ly.
Curb weight
The weigh tof avehi clewith stand ardequip-
ment including the maxi mum capacityof fue l,
oil and coolant. Italso incl udes the air-condi -
tioni ngsystem andoptionalequ ipment ifthes e
are insta lled inthe vehi cle,bu tdoe snot
incl udepa sse ngers orlugga ge.
Maxi mum load rating
The maxi mum loadrati ngisthe maxi mum per-
mis siblewe igh tin kilogra msorlbsfor whi cha
tire isap pro ved .
Maxi mum permis sibl etire press ure
Ma ximu mper mis sibletire pressu refor one
tire .
Maxi mum load on onetire
Ma ximu mloa don one tire.Thi sis cal cul ate d
by divid ing the maxi mum axleloa dof one axle
by two.
PSI (pounds persquare inch)
A stand ardunitof mea sure for tire pressu re.
As pec tratio
Re lations hipbetw eentireheight and tirewidth
in per cent.
Tire press ure
Thi sis pre ssu reinsi dethe tire applying anout-
wa rdforce toeach squ are inch ofthe tire's
su rfa ce. The tirepressu reisspe cified in
pou nds persquare inch (psi) ,in kilopa scal
(kPa )or inba r.The tirepressu resho uld only
be corre ctedwhenthe tiresare cold .
Co ldtire press ure
The tiresare cold :
R ifthe vehi clehasbee npa rked with the tires
ou tof direct sunli ght foratleas tthree hours
and
R ifthe vehi clehasnot beendri ven further
than 1mil e(1.6 km) Al
labo utwh eelsand tires
287Wheelsand tires Z

Clim
atecont rolsyst emrefrigera nt
Imp ortant safety notes The
climatecontrol syst emofyour vehicle is
fille dwit href rige rantR‑13 4a.
The instruct ion label regardin gth eref rige rant
type used canbefoun don theradiat orcross
mem ber.
! On
lytheref rige rantR‑1 34aand thePA G
oil appro vedbyMer cedes-Ben zmay be
used. Theappro vedPAGoil may notbe
mix edwithany other PAGoil that isno t
appro vedforR-1 34aref rige rant.Ot her wise,
th eclim atecontrol syst emmay bedam-
aged.
Ser vicework ,suc has refillin gwit href rige rant
or repl acin gcom ponentpart s,may onlybe
car ried outbyaqualif iedspec ialist workshop.
All applic ableregulati ons,as well asSAE
st and ard J639,must beadher edto.
Always havework ontheclim atecontrol sys-
te m car ried outataqualif iedspec ialist work-
sho p.
Ref rigera ntinst ruction label Ex
ample :ref rige rantins truct ion label
0043 Sym bol
0044 Refr igerant filling capac ity
0087 App licab lestand ards
0085 PAGoil part number
0083 Type ofref rige rant
Sym bols 0043advis eyou about :
R Poss ibledangers
R Hav ingservicework carried outataquali-
fied spec ialist workshop Filling
capacit ies Mod
el Ref
rigera nt All
mod els 19
.4±0. 4oz
(55 0±10 g) Mod
el PAG
oil All
mod els 2.
8oz
80 g Veh
icle data Gener
alnot es
Pleas eno te that for thespec ifiedveh icle data:
R The heightsspec ifiedmay varyas ares ult of
- Tire s
- Load
- Con dition ofthesuspe nsion
- Opt ionalequipm ent
R Opt ionalequipm entreduc esthemax imum
payload Dimen
sionsandweight s Mod
el 00430043
Ope ning heigh t Mer
cedes -AMG
SLC 43 70
.75in
(17 97mm ) All
oth ermod els 70
.5in
(17 95mm ) Ve
hicle data
303Tec hnical data Z

Missing
valueswerenotavaila bleattime of
going toprint. Mercedes-AMG
SLC 43 Vehicle
length 163.
1in (41 43mm) Vehicle
length
when opening/c los-
ing the roof Vehicle
width
including exterior
mirr ors 78.9
in(2006 mm) Vehicle
height 51.2
in(1303 mm) Vehicle
height
when opening/c los-
ing the roof 61.7
in(1566 mm) Whee
lbase 95.7
in(2431 mm) Turning
radius All
other model s Vehic
lelen gth 162.7
in(4133 mm) Vehic
lelen gth
whe nopen ing/clos -
ing the roof 170.2
in(4324 mm) Vehic
lewidth
inc ludin gexte rior
mirrors 79.0
in(2006 mm) Vehic
leheig ht Vehic
leheig ht
whe nopen ing/clos -
ing the roof 61.06
in(1551 mm) Whee
lbase 95.7
in(2430 mm) Turning
radius 34.5
ft(10.52 m) 304
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