2019 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC ROADSTER turn signal

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Sp
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men ts 16
7 Warn
ingand indicat or
lamp s: El
ec tric park ingbrak e(re d) 21
2 0049
USAon ly 0024
Canad aon ly 0024
Elec tric park ingbrak e
(yello w) 21
2 00BA
Distanc ewarn ing 21
5 00BB
ESP®
OF F 21
1 0025
ABS 21
0 Br
ake s(re d) 21
0 0027
USAon ly 004D
Canad aon ly 0058
Low-beam headlamps 98
0060
Parkinglamp s 98
0057
High-beam headlamps 99
00E5
ESP® 21
1 0044
003E003D
Turnsignals 99
0087
Mult
ifunction disp lay 16
9 0085
Tac
hom eter 16
7 Funct
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e Warn
ingand indicat or
lamp s: 0074
SPORT handlingmod e
in theMer cedes- AMG
SL C43 21
2 005E
Rearfoglamp 98
005A
Thisindicat orlamp
has nofun ction 00B9
CheckEn gin e 21
3 0077
Tirepre ssur emon itor 21
6 0075
Restraintsyst em 39
00E9
Seat belt s 20
8 0083
Coolan
tte mpe rature gage 16
8 Warn
ingand indicat or
lamp s: 00AC
Coolan t 21
3 0084
Fue
llev elind icat or Warn
ingand indicat or
lamp s: 00B6
Reservefuel levelwit h
fuel filler flap location indi-
cat or(rig ht) 21
3 006B
In
st rum entclus terligh ting 16
7 In
for mat ionondisp layin gth eout side tempe ra-
tur ein themult ifunction disp laycan befoun d und
er"Out side tempe rature disp lay"
(Y page 167). 32
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Smar
tKey Import
antsafety notes G
WARNING
If children areleft unsupervised inthe vehi-
cle, they could:
R operate thevehicle's equipment
Additionally, childrencouldsetthe vehicle in
motion if,for example, they:
R release theparking brake
R shift theautomatic transmissionoutof
park position 005D
R start theengine
There isarisk ofan accident andinjury.
Never leavechildren oranimals unattended
in the vehicle.
When leaving thevehicle, alwaystake the
SmartK eywith youand lock thevehicle. This
also applie sfor the Digital Vehicle Keyifthe
"Digital Vehicle Key"functionisactivated via
Mercedes meconn ect. G
WARNING
If you attach heavyorlarge object sto the
SmartK ey,the SmartK eycould beuninten -
tionally turnedinthe ignition lock.This
could cause theengine tobe switched off.
There isarisk ofan accident.
Do not attach anyheavy orlarge object sto
the SmartK ey.Remove anybulky keyrings
before insertin gthe SmartK eyinto theigni-
tion lock.
! Keep
theSmartK eyaway fromstrongmag-
netic fields. Otherwise, theremote control
funct ioncould beaffected.
Str ong magnetic fieldscanoccur inthe
vicinity ofpowerful electrical installations.
Do not keep theSmartK ey:
R with electron icdevices, e.g.amobile phone
or another SmartKey
R with metallic objects,e.g. coins ormetal foil
R inside metallic objects,e.g. ametal case
This canaffect thefunct ionality ofthe
SmartK ey. Smar
tKeyfunctions 0043
0037 Locks thevehicle
0044 0054 Unlock sthe trunk lid
0087 0036 Unlock sthe vehicle
X To unlock centrally: pressthe0036 but-
ton.
If you donot open thevehicle withinapprox-
imately 40seconds ofunlocking:
R the vehicle islocked again.
R anti-t heftprotect ionisreactivated
X To lock centrally: pressthe0037 button.
The SmartK eycent rally locks/un locks:
R the doors
R the trunk lid
R the stowage compartmen tin the cent ercon-
sole
R the fuel filler flap
The turn signals flashonce when unlocking
and three times whenlocking.
You canalso setanaudib lesignal toconfirm
that thevehicle hasbeen locked. Theaudib le
signal canbeactivated anddeactivated using
the on-board computer (Ypage 178).
When itis dark, thesurround lightingalso
comes onifit is activated inthe on-board
computer (Ypage 177). KEY
LESS-GO
General notes Bear
inmind thattheengine canbestarted by
any ofthe vehicle occupants ifthere isaKEY-
LES S-GO keyinthe vehicle (Ypage 120). 66
Smar
tKeyOpening andclosing

Comb
inationswit ch 0043
High-beam headlam ps
0044 Turn signal,righ t
0087 High-beam flasher
0085 Turn signal,left
X To ind icat ebr iefly :pres sth ecom binatio n
swit chbrie flytothepres sure pointin the
dire ction ofarr ow 0044or0085.
The correspon dingtur nsign alflas hes three
tim es.
X To ind icat e:pres sth ecom binatio nswit ch
beyon dth epres sure pointin thedire ction of
arr ow 0044or0085.
X To
swit chon thehigh -beamhea dlamp s:
tur nth elight switchto0058 or0058.
X Pre ssthecom binatio nswit chbeyon dth e
pres sure pointin thedire ction ofarr ow 0043.
In the0058 position,thehigh -beam head-
lamps areonlyswit ched on when itis dark
and theen gin eis run ning.
The blue 0057 indicat orlamp intheins tru-
men tclus terlight sup when thehigh -beam
headlam psare swit ched on.
X To
swit choff thehigh -beamhea dlamp s:
mov eth ecom binatio nswit chback toits
no rm alposi tion.
The blue 0057 indicat orlamp intheins tru-
men tclus tergoes out. Ha
zard war ning lamps X
To
swit chon theha zard war ning lamps:
pres sbut ton0043.
All turnsign alsflas h.Ifyou nowswit chon a
tur nsign alusin gth ecom binatio nswit ch,
on lythetur nsign allamp onthecor respon d-
ing side oftheveh icle willflash.
X To
swit choff theha zard war ning lamps:
pres sbut ton0043.
The hazard warn inglamps automaticall y
swit chon if:
R an air bag isdeplo yedor
R theveh icle deceler atesrapid lyfrom aspee d
of abov e45 mph (70km/h) and comestoa
st and still
The hazard warn inglamps switchoff auto mati-
cally ifth eveh icle reac hesaspee dof abov e
6 mph (10km/h) again afterafull brak eappli-
cat ion.
i The
hazard warn inglamps still oper ateif
th eign ition isswit ched off. Corn
ering ligh tfu nct ion
The cornerin glight function impr ovesth eillu-
min atio nof theroad overa wide anglein the
dire ction you areturnin g,en ablin gbet tervis i-
bilit yin tig ht ben ds,forexample .The corner-
ing light function can onlybe act ivat edwhen
th elow- beam headlam psare swit ched on.
Activ e:
R ifyou aredrivingatspee dsbelow 25mph
(40 km/h) and switchon thetur nsign alor
tur nth est eer ing wheel
R ifyou aredrivingatspee dsbet ween 25mph
(40 km/h) and 45mph (70km/h) and turn
th est eer ing wheel Ext
erior light ing
99Lightsand winds hieldwiper s Z

Use
Parking Guidance forparking spaces:
R paral leltothe direction oftravel
R on straight roads,notbends
R that areonthe same levelasthe road, i.e.
not onthe pavement, forexample. Parking
Assist PARKTRONIC maynotdetect flat
curbs
Parking tips:
R on narrow roads,driveasclosely aspossible
past theparking space
R parking spacesthatarelittered orover-
grown mightbeidentified ormeasured
incorrect ly
R parking spacesthatarepartiall yoccupied
by trailer drawba rsmight notbeidentified
as such orbe measured incorrectly
R snowfall orheavy rainmay lead toaparking
space beingmeasured inaccurately
R pay attent iontothe Parking Assist
PARKTRONIC warningmessages duringthe
parking procedure (Ypage 155)
R when transporting aload which protrudes
from yourvehicle, youshould notuse Park-
ing Guidance
R never useParking Guidance withsnow
chains oran emergency sparewheel moun-
ted
R Make surethatthetire pressures arealwa ys
correct .This hasadirect effectonthe steer-
ing characteristics.
R The way your vehicle ispositioned inthe
parking spaceafterparking isdependent on
various factors. Theseinclude theposition
and shape ofthe vehicles parkedinfront
and behind itand theconditions ofthe loca-
tion. Insome cases, Parking Guidance may
guide youtoofarornot farenough intoa
parking space.Insome cases, itmay also
lead youacross oronto thecurb. Ifneces-
sary, cancel theparking procedure with
Parking Guidance. Detec
tingparking spaces 0043
Detect edparking spaceonthe left
0044 Parking symbol
0087 Detect edparking spaceonthe right
Parking Guidance isautomaticall yactivated
when youdrive forwards. Thesystem isopera-
tional atspeeds ofup toapproximately
22 mph (35km/h ).While inoperation, the
system independently locatesandmeasures
parking spacesonboth sides ofthe vehicle.
When driving atspeeds below19mph
(30 km/h), youwillsee parking symbol0044as
a status indicator inthe instrument cluster.
When aparking spacehasbeen detected, an
arrow towards theright 0087orthe left 0043also
appea rs.Parking Guidance onlydispla yspark-
ing spaces onthe front -passenger sideas
standard. Parkingspacesonthe driver's side
are displa yedassoon asthe turn signal onthe
driver's sideisactivated. Topark onthe driv-
er's side, youmust leave thedriver's sideturn
signal switched onuntil youhave engaged
reverse gear.
Parking Guidance willonly detect parking
spaces:
R that areparal leltothe direction oftravel
R that areatleast 5ft (1.5 m)wide
R that areatleast 4.3ft(1.3 m)longer than
your vehicle
A parking spaceisdispla yedwhile youare
driving pastit,and until youareapproximately
50 ft(15 m)awa yfrom it.
Parking Moving
thevehicl einto thestop position
X Stop thevehicle whentheparking space
symbol showsthedesired parking spacein
the instrument cluster.
X Vehicles withmanual transmission: shiftto
reverse gear. Driving
systems
157Drivingandparking Z

Indi
catorand warning displa y 0043
Yello wind icat orlamp/ redwarn inglamp
Blin dSpo tAs sist isno tact ive atspee dsbelow
appr oximat ely20mph (30km/h). Vehiclesin
th emon itorin gran geare then notind icat ed.
When BlindSpo tAs sist isact ivat ed, indicat or
lamp 0043intheex terior mirrorslight sup yellow
at spee dsofup to20 mph (30km/ h).At
spe eds above 20mph (30km/h ),the indicator
la mp goesou tand Blind Spot Assistisope ra-
tiona l.
If aveh icleis dete cted within theblind spot
moni toringrang eat spe eds above 20mph
(30 km/h ),wa rning lamp 0043onthe corre -
spo nding sidelights upred .Thi swa rning is
al wa ysemi tted when aveh icleenter sthe blind
spo tmoni toringrang efrom behindorfrom the
sid e.Whe nyo uove rtake aveh icle, the warning
only occu rsifthe differ ence inspe edisless
than 7mph (12km/h ).
The yellow indicator lamp goesou tif reve rse
gea ris enga ged.In this event,Blind Spot
Assi stisno longer active.
The brightne ssofthe indicator/w arninglamps
is ad juste dau toma tically acco rding tothe
amb ient light.
Co llis io n warn ing
If aveh icleis dete cted inthe moni toringrang e
of Blind Spot Assistand youswi tch onthe cor-
res pond ingturn signal ,a dou ble wa rning tone
sou nds. Redwa rning lamp 0043flashe s.Ifthe
turn signal rema inson, vehicles dete cted are
ind icated bythe flashi ng ofred warning
la mp 0043. Thereare nofurther warning tones. Sw
itchin gon Blind Spo tAs sist
X Ma kesure that Blind Spot Assist
(Y page 175 )is acti vate din the on-bo ard
comp uter.
X Tu rn the Smar tKeytopos ition 0048 inthe igni-
tion lock.
Wa rning lamps 0043inthe exter iormir rors
li ght upred forappro xima tely1.5seco nds
and then turnyellow .
Lan eKe epi ng Assist Gen
eral notes Lane
Keeping Assi stmoni torstheareain front
of your veh iclewi th came ra0043, which is
mou nted atthe top ofthe windsh ield .Lane
Kee ping Assi stdete ctslane mar kings onthe
roa dand warns youbef ore youleave your lane
uni ntentio nally.
If yo usel ect km km
on the on-bo ardcomp uterin
the DisplayUni tSpe ed-/Odometer Dis
playUni tSpe ed-/Odometer func-
tion (Ypage 176 ),Lane Keeping Assi stis
acti vestar ting ataspe edof60 km/h .If the
mil es mil
esdispl ayuni tis sel ected ,the assis tance
rang ebeg insat40 mph .
A wa rning maybegiven ifafront wheel passe s
ove ra lane mar king. Itwi llwa rnyouby mea ns
of inter mitte ntvib rati oninthe stee ring wheel
for upto1.5 seco nds.
Impo rtant safetynotes G
WARNI
NG
Lane Keeping Assi stcanno tal wa yscle arly
dete ctlane mar kings .
In such cas es, Lane Keeping Assi stcan:
R give an unne cessarywarning
R not give awa rning
The reisaris kof an acci dent. Dri
ving sys tems
165Dri ving and parkin g
Z

locat
edon the door drive unitonthe garage
ceilin g.
Familiar izeyourself withthegarage doordrive
operat inginst ruct ions ,e.g. under "Program-
min gaddition alremo tecon trols", befor ecarr y-
ing out thefollowin gste ps.
Your vehic lemust bewithin reachofthe
garage doororgate openerdrive .Make sure
that neither your vehic lenor any perso ns/
obje ctsare prese ntwithin thesweep ofthe
door orgate.
X Turn theSmar tKey toposit ion0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 118).
X Get outofthe vehic le.
X Press theprogr ammin gbutt ononthe door
drive unit.
Usually, younow have 30seco ndstoinit iate
the nextste p.
X Get intothe vehic le.
X Press previously programed button0044, 0087
or 0085 onthe integrat edgarage dooropener
repeat edlyuntilthe door closes.
The rollin gcode synchronization isthe n
com plete .
Not eson progra mmingtherem otecon-
tr ol
Canadian radiofrequenc ylaws require a
"break "(or interrupt ion)ofthe transm ission
sign alsafterbroadc astingfor afew seco nds.
There fore,the sesign alsmay notlast long
enoug hfor the integrat edgarage dooropener.
The signalisnot recogn ized durin gprogr am-
min g.Comparable withCanadian law,some
U.S .garage dooropenersalso feature a
"break ".
Proc eedasfollows:
R ifyou liveinCanada.
R ifyou have difficulties programmin gthe
garage dooropener(regar dlessofwhere
you live) when followin gthe progr ammin g
ste ps.
X Press andhold oneofbutt ons 0044to0085 on
the integrat edgarage dooropener.
Af ter ashor ttim e,indic atorlamp 0043light s
up yellow.
X Release thebutt on.
Ind icat orlamp 0043flashes yellow.
X Press button0084 ofgarage doorremotecon -
tr ol 0083 for two seco nds, thenrelease itfor
two seco nds. X
Press button0084 again fortwo seco nds.
X Repeat thissequen ceon butt on0084 of
remo tecon trol 0083 untilindic atorlamp 0043
light sup green .
When indicatorlamp 0043light sup green :
progr ammin gis fin ished.
When indicatorlamp 0043flashes green:pro-
gramm ingwas succ essful.The nextste pis
to sync hronizethe rollin gcode.
X Release button0084 ofremo tecon trol 0083 of
the garage doordrive.
When indicatorlamp 0043light sup red:
repeat theprogr ammin gproc essforthe cor-
respo ndingbutt ononthe rear- view mirror.
When doingso,vary thedistancebetwee n
remo tecon trol 0083 and therear- view mirror.
The require ddist ancebetwee nremo tecon -
tr ol 0083 and theintegrat edgarage door
open erdepen dson the garage doordrive
syst em. Several attempt smight benec es-
sary. Youshould testever yposit ionforat
least 25seco ndsbefor etrying anotherposi-
tion .
Problem swhen progra mming
If you areexper iencingproblem sprogr ammin g
the integrat edgarage dooropeneron the rear-
view mirror,takenot eof the followin ginst ruc-
tion s:
R Check thetransm itter freq uenc yused by
garage doordrive remotecon trol 0083 and
wheth eritis support ed.The transm itter fre-
quenc ycan usually befoun don the back of
remo tecon trol 0083 for the garage doordrive.
The integrat edgarage dooropeneriscom -
patible withdevic esthat have unitswhich
operat ein the freq uenc yrang eof 280 to
433 MHz.
R Replace thebatt eries ingarage doorremote
con trol 0083. This increases thelikelih oodthat
garage doorremotecon trol 0083 will transm it
a str ong andprec isesign alto the integrat ed
garage dooropener.
R When programmin g,hold remo tecon trol 0083
at varyin gdist ancesand angles frombut-
ton s0044 to0085 which youareprogr ammin g.
Try various anglesatadist ancebetwee n
2and 8inc hes (5to20 cm) oratthe same
angle butatvaryin gdist ances.
R Ifafurt her remo tecon trol 0083 isavailable for
the same garage doordrive,repeat the
same programmin gste pswith thisremo te
con trol 0083. Before perf ormin gthe seste ps, 236
Featu
resStowage andfeatures

make
surethatnew batterie shave been
install edingara gedoor drive remote control
0083.
R Note thatsome remote controls onlytrans-
mit foralimi ted amou ntoftime (theindica -
tor lamp onthe remote controlgoesout).
Press button 0084onremote control0083aga in
before transmissi onends.
R Align theantenna cableof the gara gedoor
opener unit.Thiscanimprove signalrecep-
tion/transmissio n.
Openi ng/closing thegarage door After
ithas been progra mmed, theintegrated
gara gedoor opener performs thefunction of
the gara gedoor system remote control. Please
als oread theopera tinginstructions forthe
gara gedoor system.
X Turn theSmartKey toposi tion 0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 118).
X Press either button 0044,0087or0085 whi chyou
have progra mmed toopera tethe gara ge
door.
Gara gedoor system withafixed code: indi-
cator lamp0043ligh tsup green.
Gara gedoor system witharolli ngcode: indi-
cator lamp0043flash esgreen.
The transmitter willtransmit asignal aslong
as the button ispresse d.The transmissi on
is hal ted after amaximu mof ten seconds
and indica torlamp 0043ligh tsup yellow .
X Press button 0044,0087or0085 aga inifneces-
sary .
Cle aring thememory Make
surethatyouclear thememory ofthe
integrated garagedoor opener beforeselling
the vehicl e.
X Turn theSmartKey toposi tion 0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 118).
X Press andhold buttons 0044and 0085.
The indica torlamp initiallyligh tsup yellow
and then green.
X Rel ease buttons 0044and 0085.
The memory ofthe integrated garagedoor
opener inthe rear-vie wmirror iscleare d. Compass
Call ingupthe compass Comp
ass0044disp laysthe compass directionin
which thevehicl eis currently traveling:N N,
NE NE,
E E,
SE SE,
S S,
SW SW,
W W
or NW NW.
To receive acorrect displayinrear-vie wmir-
ror 0043, thecompass mustbecali brated and
the magnetic fieldzone set. Fe
atur es
237Stow ageand features Z

The
bracket sfor the screw-in towingeyeare
located inthe bumpers. Theyareatthe front
and atthe rear, behind thecovers.
X Remove thetowing eyefrom thevehicle tool
kit (Ypage 252).
X Press themark oncover 0043inwards inthe
direction ofthe arrow.
X Take cover 0043offthe opening.
X Scr ew inthe towing eyeclock wiseasfar as
it will goand tighten it.
Removing thetowing eye X
Unsc rewand remove thetowing eye.
X Attach cover 0043tothe bumper andpress
until itengages.
X Place thetowing eyeinthe vehicle toolkit. Towing
avehicle withboth axles on
the ground G
WARNIN
G
You cannolonger steerthevehicle ifthe
steerin gwheel lockhasbeen engaged.
There isarisk ofan accident .
Always switchoffthe ignition whentowing
the vehicle withatow cable oratow bar.
The automatic transmission shiftstoposition
005D automatically whenyouopen thedriver's
or front -passenger doororwhen youremove
the Smart Keyfrom theignition lock. In
order toensure thattheautomatic trans-
mission staysinposition 005Cwhen towing
away thevehicle, youmust observe thefollow-
ing points:
X Switch onthe hazard warning lamps
(Y page 99).
X Turn theSmart Keytoposition 0048inthe igni-
tion lock.
On vehicles withKEYLE SS-GO, usethe
Smart Keyinstead ofthe Start /Stopbutton
(Y page 118).
X Depress andhold thebrake pedal.
X Shift thetrans mission toposition 005C.
X Release thebrake pedal.
X Release theelectric parking brake.
X Leave theSmart Keyinposition 0048inthe
ignition lock.
In order tosignal achange ofdirection when
towing thevehicle withthehazard warning
lamps switched on,use thecombinat ion
switch asusual. Inthis case, onlytheindicator
lamps forthe direction oftravel flash.When
you reset thecombinat ionswitch, thehazard
warning flashersstartflashing again.
It is important thatyouobserve thesafety
instr uctions whentowing awayyourvehicle
(Y page 263). Permit
tedtowing methods
Mercedes- Benzrecomm endstransportin gyour
vehicle inthe case ofabreakdown, ratherthan
towing itaway .
When towing away,use atowing ropeora
towing barwith both axles onthe ground. Do
not use anytow barsystems. Towing
thevehicle withtherear axle
raised
! The
ignition mustbeswitched offifyou
are towing thevehicle withtherear axle
raised. Intervent ionbyESP ®
could other-
wise damage thebrake system.
! Vehicles
withautomatic transmission must
not betowed withtherear axle raised. The
vehicle/t railercombinat ionmay otherwise
swerve oreven rollover. 264
Towing
andtow-sta rtingBr eakdown assistance