2019 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC ROADSTER reset

ing
interfe rencethat may cause undesir ed
operat ionofthe devic e." Diagnost
icsconnection
The diagno sticscon nection isused forcon -
nec tingdiagno sticequipmen tat aqualified
spec ialist workshop. G
WARN
ING
If you connectequipmen tto adiagno stics
con nection inthe vehic le,itmay affec tthe
operat ionofvehic lesyst ems. Asaresult ,
the operat ingsafet yof the vehic lecould be
affec ted.There isarisk ofan acc ident .
Only connectequipmen tto adiagno stics
con nection inthe vehic le,which isapprov ed
for your vehic leby Merc edes- Benz. G
WARN
ING
Obj ectsin the drive r'sfoot well may restrict
the clearan cearound thepedals orblock a
depres sedpedal. Thisjeopardiz esthe oper-
atin gand road safetyof the vehic le.There is
a risk ofan acc ident .
St ow allobje ctssecur elyinthe vehic leso
that theydo not getintothe drive r'sfoot -
well. When usingfloormats orcarpe ts,make
sure thattheyare proper lysecur edsothat
the ydo not slip orobst ruct thepedals. Do
not place severalfloor mats orcarpe tson
top ofone anot her.
! If
the engin eis switc hedoffand equip-
men ton the diagno sticscon nection isused,
the star terbatt erymay disch arge.
Conn ecting equipmen tto the diagno sticscon -
nec tion canlead toemiss ionsmonitoring
inf ormat ionbeing reset,for exam ple.This may
lead tothe vehic lefailing tomeet therequire -
men tsof the nextemiss ionstestdurin gthe
main inspection. Qua
lified speciali stworksh op
An author izedMerc edes- BenzCent erisa
qualified specialist workshop. Ithas theneces-
sary specialist knowledge, toolsand qualifica-
tion sto cor rectlycarr yout thework require don
your vehic le.This isespec iallythecase for
work relevanttosafet y.
Obser vethe notesinthe Maint enanceBook -
let.
Always havethefollowin gwork carriedout at
an author izedMerc edes- BenzCent er:
R work relevanttosafet y
R serv iceand maint enancework
R repair work
R alter ation s,inst allation workandmodif ica-
tion s
R work onelect roniccom pone nts Corr
ectuse
If you remo veany warnin gstic kers,you oroth -
ers could failtorec ogn izecertain danger s.
Leave warnin gstic kersin posit ion.
Obser vethe followin ginf ormat ionwhen driv-
ing your vehic le:
R the safet ynot esinthis manual
R tec hnic aldata forthe vehic le
R traffic rules andregulat ions
R laws andsafet ystan dards pertainin gto
mot orvehic les Inform
ation about theREACH regula-
tion
The REACHregulat ion(Regulation (EC)no.
190 7/200 6,Artic le33) lays down aninforma-
tion obligat ionforsubst ancesofvery high con-
cer n(SVH C).
Daimle rAG actsin good faithto avoid using
the seSVH Csand toallow thecust omer to
handle thesesubst ancessafely. Inacc ordan ce
with supplier informat ionand intern alproduc t
inf ormat ionfromDaimle rAG, SVH Csthat
acc ount formore than0.1perc entbyweight
of indiv idual produc tsinthis vehic leare
kn own.
More detailed informat ioncan befoun dat the
followin gaddress es:
R http://www.d aimler.com/r each(German
vers ion)
R http://www.d aimler.com/r each/en
(En glish version) Oper
ating safety
27Introdu ction Z

minor
deforma tion.Thisisthe case if,for
exampl e,very rigid vehicl eparts suchaslongi-
tudina lbody members arehit,and suffici ent
decel eratio noccurs asaresul t.
If the restraint systemcontrolunitdetects a
side impa ctor ifthe vehicl erolls over, the
app licable components ofthe restraint system
are depl oyedindepe ndently ofeach other
depe nding onthe apparent typeofaccide nt.
R Side impactair bag onthe side ofimpa ct,
indepe ndently ofthe Emergency Tensioning
Device andtheuse ofthe seat beltonthe
driver' sseat
The side impa ctair bag onthe front
pass enger sidedeploysunder thefollo wing
conditions:
- the OCS system detects thatthefront
pass enger seatisoccupi edor
- the seat beltbuckle tongue isengage din
the belt buckle ofthe front passenger
seat
R Head bagonthe side ofimpa ct,indepe nd-
ently ofthe use ofthe seat beltandinde-
pendently ofwhethe rthe front-passenger
seat isoccupi ed
R Emergency TensioningDevices, ifthe sys-
tem determines thatdeployme ntcan offer
add itional protection inthis situa tion
R Head bagsonthe driver' sand front-
pass enger sideincertain situations when
the vehicl erolls over, ifthe system deter-
mines thatdeployme ntcan offer additional
protection tothat provid edbythe seat belt
i Not
allair bags aredepl oyedin an acci-
dent. Thediffere ntair bag systems work
indepe ndently ofeach other.
How theairbag system worksisdetermined
by the severi tyof the accide ntdetected,
especi allythe vehicl edecel eratio nor accel-
eratio nand theapparent typeofaccide nt:
R Head-on collision
R Side impact
R Rol lover NECK
-PROhead restraints
Important safetynotes G
WARNING
The function ofthe head restraint maybe
impa iredifyou :
R attach objects suchascoat hangers to
the head restraints, forexampl e
R use head restraint covers
If you doso, the head restraints cannotfulfill
their intended protective functioninthe
event ofan accide nt.Inadd ition, objects
attached tothe head restraints couldendan-
ger other vehicleoccupa nts.There isan
increase drisk ofinjury.
Do not attach anyobjects tothe head
restraints anddonot use head restraint cov-
ers.
Method ofoperation NECK-PRO
headrestraints reducethe likel i-
hood ofhead andchest injurie s.The NECK-
PRO head restraints onthe driver' sand front-
pass enger seatsaremoved forwardsand
upw ards inthe event ofarear-end collision of
a certain severity.This provid esbetter head
supp ort.
If the NECK-PRO headrestraints havebeen
triggere din an accide nt,you must reset the
NECK-PRO headrestraints onthe driver’ sand
front-passenger seat(Ypage 53).Other-
wise ,the additional protection willnot be
avai lablein the event ofanother rear-end colli-
sion. Youcanrecognize whenNECK-PRO head
restraints havebeen triggered bythe fact that
they have moved forwardsand cannolonger
be adju sted.
Mercede s-Benzrecommends thatyouhave
the NECK-PRO headrestraints checkedfor
functionali tyat aqua lified specia listworkshop
after arear-end collision. 52
Occ
upant safetySafety

You
canusetheswitc hon the centercon sole
to close allside windows simultaneously.
X Open thecoverinthe lower centercon sole.
The switc hfor allside windows isunder the
cov er. X
To open allside windows: pressbutton0043
to the point ofresist ance.
X To open allside windows fully:press
switc h0043 beyond thepoint ofresist ance.
X To close allside windows: pullswitc h0043.
All side windows begintheclosin gproc e-
dure simult aneously. Therear side windows
close afterthe fron tside windows.
If, afte ropenin gthe windows, youclose one
side window usingtheswitc hin the door con-
tr ol panel:
R the fron tside window closesfirs tand
R the nthe correspon dingrearside window
close s.
Convenience closingwithKEYLESS-GO G
WARN
ING
When usingtheconvenienc eclosin gfeat ure,
part sof the body could betrapped inthe
closin garea when aside window isbeing
close d.There isarisk ofinjury.
Obser vethe com plete closin gproc edure
when theconvenienc eclosin gfeat ure is
operat ing.Make surethatnobody partsare
in close proximityduring theclosin gproc e-
dure. Proc
eedasfollows ifsomeo neistrapped:
X Release therecessed sensorsurfac eon the
door handle.
X Imm ediately pulland hold thedoor handle
and keep thedoor handle pulled.
The side windows open.
With KEYLE SS-GO youcan close allside win-
dows simult aneously. TheKEYLE SS-GO key
must beoutsid ethe vehic le.All the doors
must beclose d. X
Touch recessed sensorsurfac e0043 onthe
door handle untilthe side windows arefully
close d.
i Make
sureyouonly touchrec essed sensor
surfac e0043.
X To inter rupt convenience closing:release
rec essed sensorsurfac e0043 onthe door
handle. Reset
tingtheside windows
If aside window cannolonge rbe close dfully,
you must reset it.
X Close allthe doors .
X Turn theSmar tKey toposit ion0047or0048 in
the ignit ionlock .
X Pull thecorrespon dingswitc hon the door
con trol panel untilthe side window iscom -
pletely closed(Y page 76).
X Hold theswitc hfor anaddition alseco nd.
If the side window opensagainslightly:
X Imm ediately pullthecorrespon dingswitc h
on the door control panel untilthe side win-
dow iscom pletely closed(Y page 76).
X Hold theswitc hfor anaddition alseco nd.
If the respec tiveside window remains
close dafte rthe butt onisreleased, thenit Side
windows
77Openingandclosing Z

has
been setcorrect ly.Ifthis isnot the
case, repeat thesteps above. Problems
withtheside window s G
WARNING
If you close aside window againimmediately afterithas been blocked orreset, theside win-
dow closes withincreased ormaximum force.Thereversing featureisthen notactive. Partsof
the body could betrapped inthe closing areainthe process. Thisposes anincreased riskof
injury oreven fatalinjury.
Make surethatnoparts ofthe body areinthe closing area.Tostop theclosing process,
release theswitch orpush theswitch againtoreopen theside window. Problem
Possible
causes/co nsequences and0050 0050
Solutions A
side window cannot
be closed because itis
blocked byobject s,e.g.
leaves inthe window
guide. X
Remove theobject s.
X Close theside window. A
side window cannot
be closed andyoucan-
not see thecause. If
aside window isobstructed duringclosing andreopens again
slightly:
X Immediately afterthewindow blocks,pullthecorresponding
switch againuntiltheside window hasclosed.
The side window isclosed withincreased force.
If aside window isobstructed againduring closing andreopens
again slightly:
X Immediately afterthewindow blocks,pullthecorresponding
switch againuntiltheside window hasclosed.
The side window isclosed without theautomatic reversingfea-
ture. The
side windows can-
not beopened orclosed
using theconven ience
opening/closing fea-
ture. The
SmartKey batteryisdischarged ornearly discharged.
X Check theSmartKey battery(Ypage 69)and replace itifneces-
sary (Ypage 69). Roof
Import
antsafety notes G
WARNING
If you donot fully open/close thesoft top,
the soft- tophydrau licsdepressurize aftera
short time.Thiscauses thesoft toptolower
unexpectedly andmay cause youorothers
to be trapped. Thereisarisk ofinjury. Always
openorclose thesoft topcom-
pletely. G
WARNING
Closing theroof manually isacomplicated
and techn ically demanding procedure,which
requires alot ofstrengt h.You orothers can
become trapped. Thereisarisk ofinjury. 78
RoofOpening
andclosing

R
Immedia telychange outofclothing which
has come intocontact withelectroly te.
R Ifan allergic reaction occurs,seekmedi-
cal attention immediately.
The rear-view mirrorandtheexterior mirroron
the driver's sideautoma ticallygointo anti-
glare mode ifthe follow ingconditions aremet
simul taneousl y:
R the ignition isswitched onand
R incident lightfrom headlampsstrikes the
sensor inthe rear-view mirror
The mirrors donot gointo anti-glare modeif
reverse gearisengaged orifthe interior light-
ing isswitched on. Parking
positionfor the exterio rmir-
ror onthe front-passenge rside
Setting andstoring theparking posi-
tion Usin
gthe memory button You
canstore theparking positionof the front-
passe nger-side exteriormirrorusingmemory
button M0085. The reverse gearmust notbe
engaged duringthe process.
X Make surethatthevehicle isstationary and
that theSmartKey isin positio n0048 inthe
ignition lock.
X Press button 0044for the exterior mirroron
the front-passenger side. X
Engage reverse gear.
The exterior mirroronthe front-passenger
side moves tothe preset parking position.
X Use button 0087toadjust theexterior mirror
to apositio nthat allows youtosee therear
wheel andthecurb.
The parking positionis stored.
i If
you shift thetransmission toanother
positio n,the exterior mirroronthe front-
passe ngersidereturns tothe driving posi-
tion.
Usin greverse gear You
canadjust theexterior mirroronthe front-
passe ngersidetoapositio nthat allows youto
see therear wheel onthat side assoon asyou
engage reverse gear.Thissetting canbe
stored usingmemory buttonM0085.
X Ensure thattheSmartKey isin positio n0048
in the ignition lock.
X With theexterior mirroronthe front-
passe ngersideactivated, usebutton 0087to
adjust theexterior mirror.Therear wheel
and thecurb shoul dbe visib lein the exterior
mirror.
X Press memory buttonM0085 and one ofthe
arrows onbutton 0087within threeseconds.
The parking positionis stored ifthe exterior
mirror doesnotmove.
X Ifthe mirror moves outofpositio n,repea t
the steps. 94
MirrorsSeats,
steerin gwhe eland mirrors

Switching
the"windshield defrosting"
function onoroff X
Turn theSmartK eytoposition 0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 118).
X To switch on:press the0064 button.
The indicator lampinthe 0064 button lights
up.
The climate controlsystem switches tothe
following functions:
R high airflow
R high temperature
R air distribution tothe windshield andfront
side windows
R <0044004C00550010005500480046004C005500460058004F00440057004C0052
0051[ modeoff
X To switch off:press the0064 button.
The indicator lampinthe 0064 button goes
out. Thepreviously selectedsettingsare
restored. Air-recirculation moderemains
deactivated.
or X Dual-zone automatic climatecontrol:press
the 0058 button.
The indicator lampinthe 0064 button goes
out. Airflow andairdistribution aresetto
automatic mode. MAX
COOL maxim umcool ing
The MAX COOL functionisonly availa blein
vehicles forthe USA.
MAX COOL isonly operational whenthe
engine isrunning.
X To activate: pressthe00C9 button.
The indicator lampinthe button lightsup.
X To deactivat e:press the00C9 button.
The indicator lampinthe button goesout.
The previously selectedsettingsare
restored.
When youactivate MAXCOOL, climate control
switches tothe following functions:
R maximum cooling
R maximum airflow
R <0044004C00550010005500480046004C005500460058004F00440057004C0052
0051[ modeon Removing
condensation fromthe
window s
Windows foggeduponthe inside X
Act ivate the005A or0056 cooling withair
dehumidification function.
X Dual-zone automatic aircondition ing:acti-
vate the0058 mode button.
X Ifthe windows continue tofog up,activate
the 0064 "Windshield defrosting"function.
i You
should onlyselect thissettin guntil the
windshield isclear again.
Windows foggeduponthe outside X
Act ivate thewindshield wipers.
X Air-c onditioning system:pressthe009C or
009B button.
X Dual-zone automatic aircondition ing:press
the 008F button untilthe009C or009B
symbol appears inthe display .
i You
should onlyselect thissettin guntil the
windshield isclear again. Rear
window defroster
General notes The
rear window defroster hasahigh current
draw. Youshould therefore switchitoff as
soon asthe rear window isclear. Otherwise,
the rear window defroster switchesoffauto-
matically afterseveral minutes.
If the battery voltage istoo low, therear win-
dow defroster mayswitch off.
<002400460057004C005900440057004C0051004A001200470048004400460057
004C005900440057004C0051004A> X
Turn theSmartK eytoposition 0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 118).
X Press the006C button.
The indicator lampinthe 006C button lights
up orgoes out. Operat
ingthe climate controlsystems
113Climat econ trol

Bea
rin mind thattheoutsid etempe raturedis-
pl ay indi cates thetempe raturemea suredand
doe snot recor dthe roadtempe rature.
The outsid etempe raturedispl ayisin the mul-
tifu nction displ ay(Y page 169 ).
A chang ein the outsid etempe ratureisshow n
in the multifunction displ ayafte ra del ay. Co
olant temperature gage G
WARNI
NG
Ope ning thehoodwhe nthe engi neisover -
hea ted orwhe nthere isafire inthe engi ne
compa rtment couldexpo seyouto hot gases
or other serviceprod ucts. Thereisarisk of
inju ry.
Let anover heated engi necool downbef ore
ope ning thehood.Ifthere isafire inthe
engi necompa rtment, keepthehoodclos ed
and contact thefire departme nt.
! A
displ aymess ageis show nif the cool ant
tempe ratureistoo high.
If the cool anttempe ratureisover 248‡
(120 †),donot continu edri ving. The
engi newillother wise be damag ed.
The coolanttempe raturegage isin the instru -
ment cluster onthe right-ha ndside
(Y page 32).
The Hmarki nginthe cool anttempe rature
ga ug ecorre sponds toacool anttempe rature
of approxi mate ly248 ‡(120 †).
Unde rnorma lope ratingcondi tions andatthe
corre ctcool antlevel, the cool anttempe rature
ga ug emay risetothe Hmarki ng. Ope
rating theon-bo ard computer
Ove rview 0043
Multifunctio ndispl ay
0044 Right control panel
0087 Left control panel
X To acti vate theon-bo ard computer: turn
the SmartKe yto pos ition0047 inthe ignition
lock.
You cancontrol themultifunction displ ayand
the setting sin the on-bo ardcompu terusing
the buttons onthe multifunction steering
whe el.
Le ftco ntrol panel 0059
0065 R
Ca lls up the menu andmenu bar 0063
0064 Pres
sbrie fly:
R Scrol lsin lists
R Sele ctsasub menu orfuncti on
R In the Audi o Audi
omenu :sel ects the
pre vious ornext station,whe n
the preset list or stati onlist is
acti ve,oran audio track orvid eo
scene
R In the Tel Tel
(teleph one) menu :
swi tches tothe phoneboo kand
sel ects aname ortele pho ne
numb er 168
Di
splay sand operationOn-b oard computer anddispl ays

Disp
laying thera nge andcur rent fuel
consu mption X
Press the0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer -
in g whee lto sel ectth eTri p Tri
pmen u.
X Press 0063 or0064 tosel ectth edis play
wit happr oximat eran ge0043 and curren tfue l
co nsump tion 0044.
Ap pro ximat eran ge0043 that can becover ed
is cal cul ated acc ordin gto your curren tdri v-
in g st yle and theamo untoffue lin theta nk .
If th ere ison lyasm allamo untoffue llef tin
th efue lta nk ,a veh icle bein gref uele d00A8
appe arsinst ead ofappr oximat eran ge0043.
Rec uper ation display 0087sho wsyou if
en erg yhas beenrec uper ated from the
ki ne tic en erg yin overr un mo deand savedin
th ebat tery. Rec uper ation display 0087
depe ndson theen gin einst alled andis
th ere fore notavai lable inall veh icles .
Digit alsp eed ometer X
Press the0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer -
in g whee lto sel ectth eTri p Tri
pmen u.
X Press the0063 or0064 buttonto sel ectth e
digi talspe edo met er.
A gear shiftrec ommen dation 0097may also
appe arinthedis play.
Obs erveth einfo rm ation ongear shiftrec om-
men dation when shiftin g man ually
(Y page 131).
Mer cedes -AMG SLC43 :a gear shiftrec om-
men dation issho wninthest at us bar ofthe
mult ifunction display andnotin thedigi tal
spe edo met erdis play.
Res etting value s X
Press the0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer -
in g whee lto sel ectth eTri p Tri
pmen u.
X Press the0063 or0064 buttonto sel ectth e
fun ction that you wish tores et. X
Press 0076 toconfirm your selection .
X Press 0064 tosel ectYes Yes
andpress0076 to
co nfirm .
You canresetthevalu esofthefo llow ing fun c-
ti on s:
R Trip odo met er
R "Fr om Start "tr ip compu ter
R "Fr om Rese t"trip compu ter
R EC Odis play
If you resetthevalu esintheEC Odis play, the
valu esinthe"Fr om Start "tr ip compu terare
also reset.If you resetthevalu esinthe"Fr om
St art "tr ip compu ter, thevalu esintheEC Odis -
play arealso reset. Na
viga tion sys tem me nu
Disp laying naviga tion inst ructi ons In
theNav i Nav
imen u,themult ifunction display
sho wsnav igat ioninst ruc tion s.
Obs erveth eaddit ionalinfo rm ation onnav iga-
ti on intheDi git alOpe rator's Man ualofthe
mult imediasyst em.
X Swi tchon themult imediasyst em(seeth e
Di git alOpe rator's Man ual)
X Press the0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer -
in g whee lto sel ectth eNav i Nav
imen u.
Rou tegui dance notactive 0043
Direc tion oftrave l
0044 Curr entro ad Men
usandsu bm enu s
171On- boa rdcom puteran ddis pla ys Z