2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SL CLASS ESP

In
such cases, ActiveLaneKeepi ngAssist
can:
R give anunnecessary warningandthen
make a<00460052005800550056004800100046005200550055004800460057004C0051
004A[ brakeapplica-
tion
R neither giveawarning norintervene
There isarisk ofan accident.
Alway spay particul arattention tothe traffic
situa tionandkeep within thelane, espe-
ciall yif Active LaneKeepi ngAssist alerts
you .Terminate theintervention inanon-crit-
ical driving situation.
The system maybeimpa iredormay notfunc-
tion if:
R there ispoor visibility,e.g. due toinsuffi-
cient illuminatio nof the road, ordue to
snow, rain,fogorheavy spray
R there isglare ,e.g. from oncoming traffic,
the sun orreflection fromother vehicle s
(e.g. ifthe road surface iswet)
R the windshi eldisdirty, fogged up,dama ged
or covered, forinstance byasticker, inthe
vicinity ofthe camera
R there arenolane markings, orseveral
unclea rlane markings arepresent, e.g.
arou ndconstruction sites
R the lane markings areworn away,dark or
covered up,e.g. bydirt orsnow
R the distance tothe vehicle infront istoo
short andthus thelane markings cannotbe
detected
R the lane markings changequickly, e.g.lanes
branch off,cross oneanother ormerge
R the road isnarrow andwindi ng
R there arehighl yvaria bleshade conditions
on the roadw ay
R no vehicle isdetected inthe adjacent lane
and there arebroken lanemarkings
Warning vibration inthe steering wheel
A warning maybegiven ifafront wheel passes
over alane marking. Youwillthen bewarned
by means ofavibratio nthrough thesteering
wheel lasting forupto1.5 seconds .
In order thatyouarewarned onlywhen neces-
sary andingood timeifyou cross thelane
marking, thesystem detects certaincondi-
tions andwarns youaccordingly . The
warning vibrationoccurs earlierif:
R you appro achtheouter lanemarking ona
bend
R the road hasvery widelanes, e.g.afreewa y
R the system detects solidlanemarkings
The warning vibrationoccurs laterif:
R the road hasnarrow lanes
R you cutthe corner onabend
Lane-c orrecting brakeapplication G
WARNING
A lane-correcting brakeapplication cannot
alw ays bring thevehicle backintotheorigi-
nal lane. There isarisk ofan accident.
Alway ssteer, brakeoraccelera teyou rself,
especia llyifActive LaneKeepi ngAssist
warns youormakes alane-correcting brake
appl ication. G
WARNING
Active LaneKeepi ngAssist onlydetects traf-
fic conditions orroad users toalimi ted
extent. Invery rarecases, thesystem may
make aninapp ropria tebrake application,
e.g. after intentionally drivingoverasolid
lane marking. Thereisarisk ofan accident.
An inapp ropria tebrake application maybe
interrupted atany time ifyou steer slightly
in the opposi tedirection. Alwaysmake sure
that there issufficie ntdistance onthe side
for other traffic orobstacle s.
In rare cases, ActiveLaneKeepi ngAssist
could detect broken linemarkings orspecia l
structures onthe road surface assolid lane
markings. Aninapp ropria tebrake application
can beinterrupted atany time, forexample if
you steer slightlyinthe opposi tedirection. 190
Drivi
ngsystemsDrivi ngand parking

If
you leaveyou rlane, under certain circum-
stances thevehicle willbrake brieflyon one
side. Thisismeant toassis tyou inbringing the
vehicle backtothe origina llane.
If alane-correcting brakeapplication occurs,
displ ay0043 appe arsinthe multifu nctiondis-
pla y.
A lane-correcting brakeapplication canbe
made afterdriving overalane marking recog-
nized asbeing solidorbroken. Beforethis,a
warning musthavebeen issuedbymeans ofa
vibratio nthrough thesteering wheel.In addi -
tion, alane with lanemarkings onboth sides
must havebeen detected.
In the case ofabroken lanemarking being
detected, alane-correcting brakeapplication
can only bemade ifavehicle hasbeen detec-
ted inthe adjacent lane.Thefollow ingvehicle s
can have aninflue nceonbrake application:
oncoming traffic,vehiclesthat areovertaking
and vehicle sthat aredriving paralleltoyou r
vehicle .
i A
further lane-correcting brakeapplication
can only occur afteryourvehicle has
returned tothe origina llane.
No lane-correcting brakeapplication occursif:
R you clearl yand actively steer,brakeor
accelera te
R you cutthe corner onasharp bend
R you have switched onthe turn signal
R adriving safetysystem intervenes, e.g.
ESP ®
,PRE-SAFE ®
Brake orActive BlindSpot
Assist
R you have adoptedasporty driving stylewith
high cornering speedsor high rates ofaccel-
eration
R ESP ®
is switched off
R the transmission isnot inpositio n005B R
an obstacle hasbeen detected inthe lane in
which youaredriving
R when aloss oftire pressu reor adefective
tire has been detected anddispl ayed
There isapossib ility that theActive Lane
Keepi ngAssist couldmisjudge thegiven traffic
situa tion. Aninapp ropria tebrake application
may beinterrupted atany time ifyou :
R steer slightlyinthe opposi tedirection
R switch onthe turn signal
R clearl ybrake oraccelera te
A lane-correcting brakeapplication isinterrup-
ted automa ticallyif:
R adriving safetysystem intervenes, e.g.
ESP ®
,PRE-SAFE ®
Brake orActive BlindSpot
Assist
R lane markings arenolonger detected
Swi tching onActiv eLane Keeping Assist
X Switch onActive LaneKeepi ngAssist using
the on-board computer; todo so, select
Standard Standard
orAdaptive Adaptive
(Ypage 201).
If you drive atspeed sabove 40mph
(60 km/h )and lane markings aredetected,
the lines inthe assis tance graphi cdispl ay
are shown ingreen (Ypage 200). Active
Lane Keepi ngAssist isready foruse.
When Standard Standard
isselected,
No warning vibrationoccurs if:
R you switch onthe turn signal s.In this
event, thewarnings aresupp ressed fora
certain periodoftime.
R adriving safetysystem intervenes, such
as ABS, BASorESP ®
.
When Adaptive Adaptive
isselected,
No warning vibrationoccurs if:
R you switch onthe turn signal s.In this
event, thewarnings aresupp ressed fora
certain periodoftime.
R adriving safetysystem intervenes, e.g.
ABS, BASorESP ®
.
R you accelera tehard, e.g.kickdown.
R you brake hard.
R you steer actively ,e.g. swerve toavoid an
obstacle orchange lanesquickly.
R you cutthe corner onasharp bend. Drivi
ngsystems
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Imp
ortant safety notes G
WAR
NING
If you oper ateinform ation syst ems andcom-
mun ication equipm entint egr atedin the
veh iclewhen driving,you may bedist racted
fr om thetraff icsit uati on.You could also
lose control oftheveh icle. Ther eis aris kof
an acc iden t.
On lyoper atethis equipm entwhen thetraff ic
sit uati onper mits.Ifyou arenotsur eth at
th is ispos sible ,park theveh iclepayin g
att ention totraff icco nd ition sand oper ate
th eequipm entwhen theveh icleis stati on-
ary.
You must observeth elegal require men tsfor
th eco unt ryinwhic hyou arecurren tly driv ing
when operating theon -board comput er. G
WAR
NING
If th eins trumen tclus terhas faile dor mal-
fun ction ed, you may notrec ogn izefunction
res trict ion sin syst ems relevantto saf ety.
The oper ating safetyof your vehiclemay be
impa ired.Ther eis aris kof an acc iden t.
Dr ive oncar eful ly.Hav eth eveh iclech ecke d
at aqualif iedspec ialist workshop immedi-
ate ly.
The on-board comput eronlysho wsmes sage s
or warn ingsfrom certain syst ems inthemult i-
fun ction disp lay.You should there foremak e
sur eyour vehicleis oper ating safely atall
ti mes .
If th eoper ating safetyof your vehicleis
impa ired,pull overas soo nas itis saf eto do
so. Con tacta qualif iedspec ialist workshop.
Fo ran ove rview, seetheins trumen tpan el
illust ration (Ypage 33). Disp
laysand oper ation Inst
rumen tclus terligh ting
The lighting intheins trumen tclus ter, in the
disp lays andtheco ntrol sin theveh icleint erior
can beadjust edusin gth ebrig htne ss control
kn ob. The
brightne ss control knob isloc ate don the
bot tom leftof theins trumen tclus ter
(Y page 33).
X Turn thebrig htne ss control knob clockwise
or count er-clo ckwise.
If you turnth eligh tswit ch(Ypage 109)to
th e0058, 0060or0058 position ,th ebrig ht-
ne ss will depe ndupon thebrig htne ss ofthe
ambi entligh t.
The lightsen sor intheins trumen tclus ter
auto maticallyco ntrol sth ebrig htne ss ofthe
mult ifunction disp lay.Indayligh t,th edis-
plays intheins trumen tclus terare notillu-
min ated. Sp
eedom eterwith segm ents
The segmen tsinthespee dometer ind icat e
whic hspee dran geisavaila ble.
R Cruis eco ntrol activat ed(Ypage 155):
The segmen tsligh tup from thest ore d
spee dto themax imum speed.
R Ac tive Distanc eAs sist DIST RONI Cact ivat ed
(Y page 157):
On eor two segmen tsintheset spee dran ge
ligh tup.
R Ac tive Distanc eAs sist DIST RONI Cdet ects a
veh iclein fron tmov ingmor eslow lythan the
st ore dspee d:
The segmen tsbet ween thespee dof the
veh iclein fron tand thest ore dspee dligh t
up. Ta
chom eter
! Do
notdriv ein theove rrevv ing range, as
th is co uld damag eth een gin e.
The redbandin thetac hom eter ind icat esthe
en gin e's overrevv ing range.
The fuel suppl yis int err upt edtopro tect the
en gin ewhen thered bandis reac hed. Out
sidetem peratur edis pla y
You should pay spec ialattention toroad con-
dit ion swhen tempe ratures arearoun dfreez ing
poin t. 192
Disp
laysand oper ationOn- boar dcomp uter and displa ys

Acti
vating/d eactivating Acti veBlind
Sp ot Assis t X
Pre ssthe0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer -
ing whee lto sele cttheDri veAssist Dri
veAssistmen u.
X Pre ssthe0063 or0064 buttonto sele ct
Bli ndSpotAss ist Bli
ndSpotAss ist.
X Pre ss0076 toconfirm your selection .
The curren tsele ction appear s.
X To act ivate/ dea ctivate: pressthe0076
but tonagain .
Fur ther inform ation on Active Blind Spot Assis t
(Y page 186).
Acti vating/d eactivating Acti veLan e
Keepi ngAssis t X
Pre ssthe0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer -
ing whee lto sele cttheDri veAssist Dri
veAssistmen u.
X Pre ssthe0063 or0064 buttonto sele ct
Lan eKee pingAss ist Lan
eKee pingAss ist.
X Pre ss0076 toconfirm your selection .
The curren tsele ction appear s.
X Pre ss0076 again.
X Pre ss0064 or0063 toset Off Off
,Sta ndard Sta
ndardor
Ada ptive Ada
ptive.
X Pre ssthe0076 buttonto sav eth eset ting .
When Active Lan eKee pingAs sis tis act iva-
te d, themult ifunction disp laysho wsthe
lan emar king sas bright lines intheassi s-
tan cegrap hic.
Fur ther inform ation on Active Lan eKee ping
As sis t(Y page 189). Ser
vice menu
De pen dingon theequip mentins talled inthe
veh icle, you haveth efol lowin gopt ionsin the
Ser v. Ser
v.men u:
R Callin gup disp laymes sage s(Y page 207)
R Chec king thetire pre ssur eelec tron ical ly
(Y page 302)
R Callin gup theser vicedue date
(Y page 273) Set
tings men u
Int rod uction De
pen dingon theequip mentins talled inthe
veh icle, intheSet t. Set
t.men uyou haveth efol -
lowin gopt ions:
R Chan gingth eins trumen tclus terset ting s
(Y page 201)
R Chan gingth eligh tset ting s(Y page 202)
R Chan gingth eveh icleset ting s(Y page 203)
R Chan gingth eco nven ien ceset ting s
(Y page 203)
R Rest oring thefac tory set ting s(Y page 204)
Inst rumen tclus ter Select
ingthedis tance unit
The DisplayUni tSpe ed-/Odometer: Dis
playUni tSpe ed-/Odometer:fun c-
ti on allows youtochoos ewhet hercertain dis-
plays appear inkilom eters ormile sin themul-
ti fun ction disp lay.
X Pre ssthe0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer -
ing whee lto sele cttheSet t. Set
t.men u.
X Pre ssthe0064 or0063 buttonto sele ctthe
Ins trumentClu ster Ins
trumentClu stersubm enu.
X Pre ss0076 toconfirm .
X Pre ssthe0064 or0063 buttonto sele ctthe
Dis playUni tSpe ed-/Odometer: Dis
playUni tSpe ed-/Odometer:fun c-
ti on .
The curren tset ting km km
ormil es mil
esappear s.
X Pre ssthe0076 buttonto sav eth eset ting .
The selected unitof meas urementfor dist ance
applie sto :
R thedigit alspee dometer intheTri p Tri
pmen u
R theodom eter and trip odom eter
R thetrip comput er
R thecur ren tco nsumpt ionand theran ge
R nav igat ioninstruct ionsin theNav i Nav
imen u
R cruise control
R DIST RONI C
R AS SYS TPLU S
Select ingpermanent displa y
The Permanent Display: Per
manent Display:fun ction allows you
to choos ewhet herthemult ifunction disp lay
always showstheout side tempe rature orthe
spee d.
The spee ddisp layisinv ers eto thespee dome-
te r. Menu
sand submen us
201On -boar dcomp uter anddi sp lay s Z

AMG
menu(Mer cedes -AMGveh icles)
Wa rm-up 0043
Digit alspee dometer
0044 Gear indicat or
0087 Ups hiftind icat or
0085 Engin eoil tempe rature
0083 Coolan tte mpe rature
0084 Tran smission oiltempe rature
X Pre ssthe0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer -
ing whee lto sele cttheAMG AMG
men u.
Up shi ftind icat or:upsh iftind icat orUP UP
0087
ind icat esthat theen gin ehas reac hedthe
ove rrevv ing rangewhen intheman ualdrive
pro gram .
Engin eand trans mission oiltem pera-
tu re: when theen gin eand trans mis sion are
at norm aloper ating tempe rature, oiltem-
per atur e0085 and 0084are disp layed inwhit ein
th emult ifunction disp lay.
If th emult ifunction disp laysho wsoiltem-
per atur e0085 or0084 inblue, theen gin eor the
tr ans mis sion arenotyet atnorm aloper ating
te mpe rature. Avoid drivin gat full engin eout -
put duringthis time.
SET UP 0043
Engin emod eC C,
S S,
S+ S+
orM M
0044 Suspen sion setting SPO RT SPO
RTorCOM FORT COM
FORT
0087 Tran smission pos ition D D/
M M
0085 ESP®
mod e(On On/O
ff Off
) SE
TUP displays thefol lowin ginf orm ation,
fun ction sand setting s:
R thedigit alspee dometer
R thegear indicat or
R theen gin emod e
R thesusp ension mode
R thetrans mis sion position
R theES P®
(Elec tron icStabilit yPro gram )
mod e
X Pre ss0059 or0065 onthest eer ing whee l
to sele cttheAMG AMG
men u.
X Pre ss0063 repeatedly untilSE TUP appear s.
RACE TIMER Disp
laying and star ting RACE TIMER
The RACE TIMERison lyint ended foruse ona
clo sed racecir cuit .Do notuse thefun ction on
public roads. 0043
Lap
0044 RACE TIMER
You canstart theRACE TIMERwhen the
en gin eis run ningor ifth eSm artKey isin pos i-
ti on 0048 intheign ition lock.
X Pre ssthe0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer -
ing whee lto sele cttheAMG AMG
men u.
X Pre ssthe0063 buttonrep eatedly untilth e
RACE TIMERappear s.
X To star t:pre ssthe0076 buttonto start the
RACE TIMER.
Disp laying theint erm ediatetime Menu
sand submen us
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Lap
statistics 0043
Lap
0044 Lap time
0087 Average lapspeed
0085 Lap length
0083 Top speed duringlap This
function isonl yavailable ifyou have
st ored atleast twolaps andhave stopped the
RACE TIMER.
X Pres sth e0059 or0065 buttononthest eer-
ing wheel toselec tth eAMG AMG
men u.
X Pres sth e0063 buttonrepe atedlyunt ilth e
lap evaluat ionisshown .
Eac hlap isshown inasepar atesubme nu.
The fastestlapisindi catedbyflash ingsym-
bol 0043.
X Pres sth e0063 or0064 buttontoselec ta
diff eren tlap evaluat ion. Displa
ymes sages Intr
odu ction
Gener alnotes Dis
play messages appear inthemult ifunction display.
Dis play messages withgraph icdisplays maybeshown insimp lified formintheOper ator'sMan -
ual and may theref oredifferfro mthemult ifunction display.
Please respon din acc ordan cewith thedisplay messages andfollowtheaddit ionalnot esinthis
Oper ator'sMan ual.
Cert aindisplay messages areaccompan iedbyan audible warningtone oracon tinuous tone.
When youstop and park theveh icle,please observethenot eson:
R HOL Dfun ction (Ypage 166)
R Park ing(Ypage 147)
Hid ing displa ymes sages X
Pres sth e0076 or0038 buttononthest eerin gwheel.
The mult ifunction display hidesthedisplay message.
High -priorit ydisplay messages areshown inred inthemult ifunction display. Somehigh- priority
display messages cannot behidden .
The mult ifunction display showsthese mes sages continuously untilth ecause sfor themes sages
have been remedied.
Messa gemem ory The
on-board compute rsave scer tain display messages inthemes sage memory.You cancall
up thedisplay messages :
X Pres sth e0059 or0065 buttononthest eerin gwheel toselec tth eSer v. Ser
v.men u.
If th ere aredisplay messages ,th emult ifunction display shows2Mes sages 2
Mes sages,forexam ple.
X Pres sth e0063 or0064 buttontoselec tth eent ry,e.g.2 Mes sages 2
Mes sages.
X Pres s0076 tocon firm.
X Pres sth e0063 or0064 buttontoscr ollthrough thedisplay messages . Displa
ymes sages
207On-boardcomp uter and displays Z

When
theignition isswitched off,alldisplay messages aredeleted, apartfromsome high-priorit y
display messages. Oncethe causes ofthe high-priorit ydisplay messages havebeen rectified, the
corr esponding displaymessages arealso deleted. 208
Display
messagesOn-boar dcomput erand displa ys

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
209On-boardcomp uter anddisplays Z