2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SL CLASS ESP

tor
cann otfunctio nrel iabl y. Onl yres tartthe
tire pressu remoni torwhen the defecti ve
wh eelha sbe en rep laced with anew wheel.
All mou nted wheelsmu stbe equipp ed with
fu nctio ningsenso rsfor the tire pressu remoni -
tor. Whe
eland tirecombi nati ons
Yo ucan askfor inform ation reg arding permi t-
ted wheel/ti recomb inations atan author ized
Me rced es-Benz Center.
! For
safety reason s,Me rced es-Benz recom-
mend stha tyo uonl yus etire sand wheels
wh ich have been appro ved byMe rced es-
Benz speci fically for your veh icle.
The setire sha ve been speci ally ad ap ted for
us ewi th the contro lsy ste ms, such asABS
or ESP ®
,and arema rked asfollows :
R MO =Me rced es-Benz Original
R MOE =Me rced es-Benz Original Extend ed
(ti res featuring run-fl atcha racteri stics)
R MO1 =Me rced es-Benz Original (only cer-
tai nAMG tires)
Me rced es-Benz Original Extend edtire sma y
onl ybe used on wheelstha tha ve been spe-
cif ica lly ap pro ved byMe rced es-Benz.
Onl yus etire s,wh eelsor acc essor iestes ted
and appro ved byMe rced es-Benz. Certa in
cha racteri stics, e.g.ha ndl ing,veh iclenoi se
emi ssions orfuel cons umption, mayothe r-
wi se be adver selyaffecte d.Inadditio n,
wh en drivin gwi th aload ,tire dimens ion va r-
ia tio ns cou ldcau sethe tiresto come into
conta ctwith the bodywo rkand axlecomp o-
nents .Thi scou ldres ultin da ma getothe
tire sor the vehicle.
Me rced es-Benz accepts no liab ility for dam-
ag eres ulting fromthe useof tire s,wh eels
or acc essor iesothe rtha nthos etes ted and
ap pro ved .
Info rma tionon tire s,wh eelsand appro ved
comb inations can beobtained fromany
qu alifi ed speci alistwo rksh op.
! Re
trea dedtire sar enei the rtes ted nor rec-
omm endedbyMe rced es-Benz, since previ-
ou sda ma gecann otalwa ysbe detecte don
retr eade dtire s.As ares ult, Me rced es-Benz
cann otguarante eveh iclesa fety ifretr eade d
tire sar emou nted .Do not mou ntused tire s if
yo uha ve no inform ation abou tthe irpre vi-
ou sus ag e.
Th erec omm endedpre ssu res forvario us oper-
ati ng cond itions canbefou nd:
R on the Tire and Loading Info rma tionplaca rd
on the B-pi llar on the driver 'sside
R in the tire pressu retab leon the fuel filler
fla p
Ob serve the note son rec omm endedtire pres-
su res und ervario us opera ting cond itions
(Y page 299 ).
Ch eck tirepressu res regular ly,and onlywh en
the tiresar ecol d.Co mpl ywi th the mainte -
nanc erec omm endations ofthe tire manuf ac-
tur erinthe vehicledo cum entwallet.
Note son the vehicleeq uipme nt–alwa ys
eq uip the vehicle:
R with tire sof the same size on agiven axle
(l eft and right)
R with the same typeof tire sat agiven time
(s um mer tires,winter tires,MOExte nded
tire s)
Excep tion:itis pe rmi ssible to mou ntadi f-
fer ent typeor ma keinthe eventofafla t
tire .Ob serve the "MOExte ndedtire s(ti res
wi th run-fl atcha racter istics )"se ctio n
(Y page 281 ).
Veh icles equipp ed with MOExte ndedtire sar e
not equipp ed with aTIR EFIT kitatthe factory .
It is the refore recomm endedtha tyo uad ditio n-
al ly eq uip yo ur veh iclewi th aTIR EFIT kitifyo u
mou nttire stha tdo not featureru n-fl atcha rac-
teri stics, e.g.wi nter tires.ATIR EFIT kitmaybe
ob tained fromaqu alifi ed speci alistwo rksh op. Whe
eland tirecombi nati ons
321Whe elsand tires Z

Infor
mation reg ardin gtech nicalda ta
i The
datast ate dher espec ifically refers to
a veh iclewit hstand ard equipm ent.Con sult
an auth orizedMer cedes- BenzCen terfor the
dat afor allveh iclevar iantsand trim levels. Veh
icle elect ronics Ta
mp ering with theengin eelect ron-
ics
! Hav
eth een gin eelec tron ics and asso ci-
ate dpart s,suc has control unit s,sen sors,
act uati ngcompo nentsor elec tric cab les
ser viced onlyat aqualif iedspec ialist work-
sho p.Veh icleco mpo nentsmay other wise
wear morequic klyand theveh icle's oper at-
ing permit may beinvalidat ed. Inst
alling two- way radio sand mob ile
ph ones (RFtrans mitters ) G
WAR
NING
The electromag netic radi ation from two-way
radi oscan interf ere withth eveh icleelec -
tr on ics iftwo -way radiosare man ipulat edor
ret rofitte dinc orrectly. This could jeopar dize
th eoper ating safetyof theveh icle. Ther eis
a ris kof an acc iden t.
You should haveall wor kon elec trical and
elec tron icco mpo nentscar ried outata
qualif iedspec ialist workshop. G
WAR
NING
If you incorrectly oper atetwo-way radiosin
th eveh icle, theelec tromag netic radi ation
may interf ere withth eveh icleelec tron ics ,
for exampl eif:
R thetwo -way radiois no tco nn ectedto an
ex terio rant enna
R theex terio rant enna isno tco rrec tly
moun tedor isno tlow- reflec tion
This could jeopar dizeth eoper ating safetyof
th eveh icle. Ther eis aris kof an acc iden t. Hav
eth elow- reflec tion exterio rant enna
ins talled ataqualif iedspec ialist workshop.
Alw ays conn ecttwo -way radiostothelow-
ref lec tion exterio rant enna when operating
in theveh icle.
! The
oper ating per mit may beinvalidat edif
th eins truct ionsfor installation and useof
two -way radiosare notobs erved.
In part icular,thefol lowin greq uire men ts
must becompli edwith:
R on lyappr ovedwave bandsmay beused
R obs erveth emax imum permis sible output
in these wave bands
R on lyappr ovedant enna pos ition smay be
used
Ex ce ssiv elev els ofelec tromag netic radi ation
may causedamag eto your healthand the
healt hof other s.Usi nganexterio rant enna
tak esintoacc oun tcur ren tsc ien tific disc us-
sion srel ating tothepos sible healthhaz ards
th at may result from elec tromag netic fie lds.
The followin gant enna pos ition smay beused if
RF trans mitters hav ebeen properlyins talled: Ap
pro ved antenna pos ition s
0043 Rear fender s
i On
therear fender s,itis rec omm ended to
ins tallth eant enna on theside oftheveh icle
clo ses tto thece nter oftheroad .
Use theTec hnical Specific ation ISO/ TS 21609
when retrofitti ng RF trans mitters (Road Vehi-
cle s-EM Cguide lines for installation ofaft er-
mar ketradi ofrequen cytrans mitting equip-
men t).Obs erveth elegal require men tsfor
acc essory part s.
If your vehiclehas installation sfor two -way
radi oequipm ent,use thepower supplyor
ant enna conn ection sint ended foruse withth e 322
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icle electr onicsTechnical data

basic
wiring. Besure toobserve themanufac -
turer' sSupplemen twhen installing.
Deviat ionswith respect tofrequen cybands,
maximum transmission outputsoranten na
position smust beapproved byMercedes -
Ben z.
The maximum transmission output(PEAK)at
the base ofthe anten namust notexceed the
following values: Frequ
encyband Maxim
um
tr ansm ission
outp ut Shor
twave
3 -54 MHz 100
W 4
m waveband
74 -88 MHz 30
W 2
m waveband
144 -174 MHz 50
W Trunk
edradio system/
Tetra
380 -460 MHz 10
W 70
cm waveband
400 -460 MHz 35
W Mobile
communications
(2G/3G/ 4G) 10
W The
following canbeused inthe vehicle with-
out restrictions:
R RF tran smitt erswith amaximum transmis-
sion output ofup to100 mW
R RF tran smitt erswith transmitt erfrequen cies
in the 380 -410 MHz waveband andamaxi-
mum transmission outputofup to2W
(trun kedradio/Tet ra)
R Mobile phones (2G/3G/ 4G)
There isno rest riction foranten naposition son
the outside ofthe vehicle forthe following fre-
quency bands:
R Trunk edradio system/ Tetra
R 70 cm waveband
R 2G/3G/ 4G Identificat
ionplat es Vehicle
identification platewith
vehicle identification number(VIN) X
Open thedriver' sdoor.
You willsee vehicle identification plate0043. Ex
ample: vehicle identification plate(USA only)
0043 VIN
0044 Vehicle model Ex
ample: vehicle identification plate(Canada
only)
0043 VIN
0044 Paint code
i The
data shown onthe vehicle identifica-
tion plate isused onlyasan example. This Identificat
ionplat es
323Technical data Z

data
isdifferen tfor every vehicle andcan
deviate fromthedata shown here.Youcan
find thedata applicable toyour vehicle on
the vehicle identification plate. Vehicle
identification number(VIN) X
Move thefron t-passenger seatasfar back
as possible.
X Fold upfloor cover ing0043infron tof the
fron t-passenger seat.
You willsee VIN 0044.
The VINcanalso befound inthe following
location s:
R on the lower edgeofthe windshield
(Y page 324)
R on the vehicle identification plate
(Y page 323) Engine
number 0043
Emiss ioncontrol infor mation plate,includ-
ing the cert ification ofboth federal and
Californian emissionsstan dards
0044 Engine number (stamped intothe cran k-
case)
0087 VIN (onthe lower edgeofthe windshield) Service
product sand filling capaci-
ties Impor
tantsafet ynotes G
WARN
ING
Serv iceproduct smay bepoisonous andhaz-
ardous tohealth. Thereisarisk ofinjury.
Comply withinstruct ions onthe use, storage
and disposal ofservic eproduct son the
labels ofthe respect iveoriginal container s.
Always storeservic eproduct ssealed intheir
original container s.Always keepservic e
product sout ofthe reach ofchildren . H
Environm
entalnote
Dispose ofservic eproduct sin an envir on-
ment allyrespon siblemann er.
Serv iceproduct sinclude thefollowing:
R Fuels
R Lubrican ts(e.g. engin eoil, tran smission oil)
R Coolant
R Brak efluid
R Windshield washerfluid
R Climate control system refrigerant
Comply withallvalid regulation swith respect
to handling, storing, and disposing ofservic e
fluids.
Componen tsand servic eproduct smust
matc h.You should therefore onlyuseproduct s
that have been testedand approved by
Mercedes -Benz.
Inf ormat ionabout testedand approved prod-
ucts canbeobtained fromanauthoriz ed
Mercedes -BenzCenter oron the Internet at
htt p:// bevo.m ercedes- benz.com.
You canident ifyserv iceproduc tsapprove dby
Merc edes- Benzby the followin ginsc riptions
on the contain er:
R MB- Freigabe (e.g.MB-Freigabe 229.51)
R MB- Appr oval(e.g. MB-Appr oval229.51)
Oth erdesign ationsor rec omme ndations indi-
cat ealevel ofquality oraspecif ication in
acco rdanc ewith anMB Shee tNumber (e.g.
MB 229 .51). They have notnecessarily been
approve dby Merc edes- Benz. 324
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iceproduct sand filling capacitiesTechnical data

R
Gasolin ewith moreth an 10 vol. %etha-
no l,e.g .E1 5,E2 0,E8 5,E1 00
R Gasolin ewith moreth an 3vol. %met ha-
no l,e.g .M15 ,M30
R Gasolin ewith metallife rous addit ives
If you acciden tallyref uel with thewron g
fuel:
R Do notswit chtheign ition on
R Con sult aqualifi edspec ialist workshop.
Do notmix suchfuels withthefuel recomm en-
ded foryour vehicle.
In acc ordanc ewith European standar dEN
16 942,you can findth efoll owin gcom patibilit y
labels forfuel:
R on theins truct ion label onthefuel fillerflap
of your vehicle
R on thefuel pump orpump nozzle for your
veh icle,th roug hout Europe 0043
For gasol inewith amax imum ethan olcon -
te nt of5% by volum e
0044 For gasol inewith amax imum ethan olcon -
te nt of10 %by volum e
! Dam
agetotheemis sion control syst em
caus edbyfuel with excessi vesulfur content
R On lyuse sulfur -free fuel (sulfurcon tent ≤
10 ppm). i
In
som ecoun tries, theavailabl egasol ine
may notbe suff iciently low insulfur .This
fuel cantempor arilyproduce unpleasan t
odor s,espe cially onshor tjo urn eys. Assoon
as sulfur -free fuel (sulfurcon tent <10 ppm)
is used forrefuelin g,theodor sare reduc ed.
i The
fuels youcan useinyour vehicle may
diff erfrom theinf orm ationin theOper ator's
Man ualdepen dingon thecoun try. The fuels
th at have been appro vedforyour vehicle
can befoun don theins truct ion label onthe
ins ide ofthefuel fillerflap.
E 400 4MAT IC:obse rveth einf orm ationon
sulfur content on theins truct ion label onthe
fuel fillerflap.
All mod els:therec omm endedoct ane num ber
for your vehicle can befoun don theins truc-
tio nlabel onthefuel fillerflap.
E 300, E350, E350 4MAT IC:onlyref uel
usin gsuper unleaded gasolinewith atleast
98 RON, ifyou wish toach ieve maximum
eng ineoutput. Altern ativ ely, you can also
ref uel usin gprem iumgrad egasol inewith at
least 95RON.
All mod els:asate mpor arymeas ure,ifth e
rec omm endedfuel isno tavailabl e,you may
also useunle aded regular gasol inewith at
least :
R E180, E250, E300 e:93 RON
R All oth ermod els:91RON
Add itives ingaso line
! Oper
atingth eeng inewith fueladdit ives
added latercan lead toeng inefailur e.Do
no tmix fuel addit iveswith fuel. Thisdoes
no tinc lude addit ivesfortherem oval and
prev ention ofres idue buildup. gasolinemust
on lybe mix edwith addit ivesrecomm ended
by Mer cedes-Ben z.Compl ywith theins truc-
tio ns for use onthepro duct label. More
inf orm ationabout recomm endedaddit ives
can beobt aine dfrom any auth orized
Mer cedes-Ben zCent er.
Mer cedes-Ben zrec omm endsth at you use
bran dedfuels that have additives.
The fuel qualit yavailabl ein som ecoun tries
may notbe suff icient.Residue couldbuild up
in thefuel inject ion syst emasares ult. Insuc h
cas es, and incon sultatio nwith anauth orized
Mer cedes-Ben zCent er,thefuel may bemix ed
with thecle anin gaddit iverecomm endedby 326
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vice produ ctsand filling capacit iesTech nical data

repla
cement confirmed inthe Maintenance
Booklet. Co
olan t
Important safetynotes G
WARNING
If antifreeze comesintocontact withhot
components inthe engine compartment, it
may ignite. Thereisarisk offire and injury.
Let the engine cooldown before youadd
antifreeze. Makesurethatantifreeze isnot
spil led next tothe filler neck. Thorou ghly
clea nthe antifreeze fromcomponents
before starting theengine.
! Only
addcoola ntthat hasbeen premixe d
with thedesi redantifreeze protection. You
could otherwi sedama gethe engine.
You canfind additional notesonthe coola nt
in the follo wing places:
R in the Mercede s-BenzSpecifica tionsfor
Service Products,MBBeVo 310.1
- on the Internet at
<004B005700570053001D00120012004500480059005200110050004800550046
0048004700480056[ -benz.com
- on the Mercede s-BenzBeVoapp
R aqua lified specia lizedworkshop
! Alwa
ysuse asui table coolantmixture,
even incountries wherehightempera tures
preva il.
Otherwi se,the engine coolingsystem isnot
suffi ciently protected fromcorrosio nand
overhea ting.
i Have
thecoola ntregu larlyrepla cedata
qua lified specia listworkshop andthe
repla cement confirmed inthe Maintenance
Booklet.
Comp lywith theimporta ntsafety notesfor
service productswhen handlingcoola nt
(Y pag e324) .
The coola ntisamixture ofwater andanti-
freeze/corrosi oninhib itor.Itis responsi blefor
the follo wing:
R anti-corrosio nprotection
R antifreeze protection
R rais ingthe boiling point If
the coola nthas antifreeze protection down
to -35 ‡(-37 †),theboiling point ofthe cool-
ant duri ngopera tionisapp roximatel y266 ‡
(130 †).
The antifreeze/corro sioninhib itorconcentra-
tion inthe engine coolingsystem should:
R be atlea st50% .This willprotect theengine
cooli ngsystem against freezing downto
app roximatel y-35 ‡(-37 †).
R not exceed 55%(antifree zeprotection down
to -49 ‡[-45 †]). Otherwi se,heat willnot
be dissi pated aseffectivel y.
If the vehicl ehas lost coola nt,add equal
amou ntsofwater andantifreeze/corro sion
inhib itor.
Mercede s-Benzrecommends anantifreeze/
corrosio ninhib itorconcentrate inaccorda nce
with MBSpecifica tionsforService Products
310.1.
i When
thevehicl eis first delivered, itis fil-
led with acoola ntmixture thatensures ade-
qua teantifreeze andanti-corrosio nprotec-
tion.
i The
coola ntischecked withevery mainte-
nance interval ataqua lified specia listwork-
shop.
Fil lin gcapaci ties Missi
ngvalu eswere notavailable attime of
going toprint. Model Capaci
ty SL
450 Approx.
10.8USqt
(10.2 l) SL
550 Approx.
12.5USqt
(11.8 l) Merce
des‑AMG
SL 63 Merce
des‑AMG
SL 65 Approx.
10.5USqt
(10 l) 32
8 Service
products andfilling capacitiesTechnical data

Filling
capacit ies Mod
el Ref
riger ant All
mod els 19
.4±0. 4oz
(55 0±10 g) Mod
el PAG
oil All
mod els 4.
2oz
(12 0g) Veh
icle data Gener
alnot es
Pleas eno te that for thespec ifiedveh icledat a:
R theheig htsspec ifiedmay varyas ares ult of
- tires
- load
- co nd ition ofthesusp ension
- opt ionalequipm ent
R opt ionalequipm entred uce sth emax imum
payload Dime
nsion sand weight s Mod
el 00430043
Opening height Mer
cedes ‑AMG
veh icles 75
.6in-76 .1in
(19 20mm -
19 34 mm) All
oth ermod els 75
.7in(19 23mm) Miss
ingvalue swere notavaila bleattime of
goin gto prin t. Mer
cedes ‑AMG
veh icles Veh
icle lengt h 18
2.7in (46 40mm ) Ve
hicle lengt h
when opening/clos -
ing theroof Veh
icle widt h
inclu dingext erio r
mir rors 82
.6in(20 99mm) Veh
icle heigh t 51
.2in-51 .5in
(13 00mm -
13 08 mm ) Ve
hicle heigh t
when opening/clos -
ing theroof 66
.1in-66 .6in
(16 79mm -
16 91 mm ) Wh
eelbase 10
1.7in (25 84mm ) Tur
ning rad ius All
oth ermod els Veh
icle lengt h,
SL 450 18
2.3in (46 31mm ) Ve
hicle lengt h,
SL 550 18
2.3in (46 31mm ) Ve
hicle lengt h
when opening/clos -
ing theroof ,SL 450 18
8.5in (47 87mm ) Ve
hicle lengt h
when opening/clos -
ing theroof ,SL 550 18
8.5in (47 87mm ) Ve
hicle widt h
inclu dingext erio r
mir rors 82
.6in(20 99mm) Veh
icle heigh t 51
.8in(13 15mm) Veh
icle heigh t
when opening/clos -
ing theroof 66
.8in(16 96mm) Wh
eelba se 10
1.8in (25 85mm ) Tur
ning rad ius 36
.2ft(11 .04 m) 330
Vehicle
dataTechnical data