2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SL CLASS parking brake

X
Dep endingonthe mes sage oras req uired ,
shi ftthe transmi ssion topositio n005B or005E
wh en the vehicleis sta tionar y.
Activ ePa rkin gAssi stimm ediatel ystee rsin
the othe rdi recti on.The ParkingAss ist Par
kingAss ist
Act ive Accelerateand Brake Act
ive Accelerateand Brake
Obs erveSur roundings Obs
erveSur roundings message appe ars
in the multifu nctio ndisp lay.
i Yo
uwi llach ieve the best res ults by waiting
for the stee ringpro ced ureto comp lete
be for epu lling away.
If yo uba ck up after acti vatio n,the stee ring
wh eelis mov edtothe stra ight-a head posi-
tio n.
X Driv efor wa rds and revers eas pro mpte dby
the Parkin gAssi stPAR KTRONICwa rning
di sp lays ,sev eraltime sif nece ssary.
Once youha ve exited theparkin gsp ace com-
pl ete ly,the stee ringwh eelis mov edtothe
stra ight-a head positio n.Yo uhe ar atone and
the Active ParkingAss ist Finished Act
ive ParkingAss ist Finishedmes -
sa ge appe arson the multifu nctio ndisp lay. Yo u
wi llthe nha ve tostee rand mergeinto traffic
on your ow n.Parkin gAssi stPAR KTRONICis
sti llav ailabl e. Yo ucan take overthe stee ring
be for ethe vehicleha sexi ted theparkin g
sp ace comp letel y.Thi sis us efu l,for exa mpl e
wh en youreco gnizetha tit is alrea dypossi ble
to pullou tof the parkin gsp ace .
Ca ncelin gAc tiv eParki ngAssist Yo
ucan canc elActiv ePa rkin gAssi stat any
time .
X Stop themov eme ntofthe multifu nctio n
stee ringwh eelor stee ryo ursel f.
Activ ePa rkin gAssi stwillbe canc eled at
once .The Active ParkingAss ist Can‐ Act
ive ParkingAss ist Can‐
cel ed cel
edmes sage appe arsin the multifu nctio n
di sp lay.
or X Pre ssthe "Parking AssistPAR KTRONIC"but-
ton onthe cente rcons ole (Y page 176) .
Pa rkin gAssi stPAR KTRONICis sw itch edoff
and Activ ePa rkin gAssi stisimm ediatel y
canc eled .The Active ParkingAss ist Act
ive ParkingAss ist
Can celed Can
celedmes sage appe arsin the multi-
fu nctio ndisp lay. Activ
ePa rkin gAssi stiscanc eled automa tically
if:
R pa rkin gus ing Activ ePa rkin gAssi stisno
lo nge rpo ssi ble
R youar edri vin gfa ster than6 mph (10km/h )
R awh eelsp ins ,ESP ®
inte rvenes orfails. The
00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamp lights upinthe
ins trument cluster .
A wa rning tone sounds .The parkin gsy mbo l
di sa pp ears and theActive Parking Act
ive Parking
Ass ist Canceled Ass
ist Canceledmes sage appe arsin the
mu ltifu nctio ndisp lay.
Wh enActiv ePa rkin gAssi stiscanc eled ,yo u
mu stalwa ysstee rag ain yo ursel f. Rea
rvi ew camera
Ge neral notes Re
ar vie wcam era0043isan optica lpa rkin gand
ma neu vering aid. Itsho wsthe area behind
yo ur veh iclewi th guide lines inthe multimed ia
sy stem .
The area behind the vehicleis disp laye das a
mir ror ima ge,as inthe rearvie wmir ror.
i The
text showninthe multimed iasystem
di sp layde pends onthe langu agesetti ng.
The followi ng areexa mpl esofrea rvie w
cam eradisp lays inthe multimed iasystem .
Impo rtant safety notes The
rearvie wcam eraisonl yan aid. Itis not a
rep laceme ntfor your atte ntionto your imm edi-
ate surro und ings.Yo uar ealwa ysres ponsi ble
for safe ma neu vering and parkin g.Ma kesure
tha tthe reareno perso ns, anima lsor objects
in the maneu vering area when youar ema neu -
ver ing orparkin g. Dr
ivi ng system s
181Drivi ng andparki ng Z

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
191Drivingand parking Z

Make
surethat:
R The jumper cablesarenot damaged.
R Bare parts ofthe terminal clampdonot come intocontactwith other metal partswhile the
jumper cablesareconn ected tothe battery.
R The jumper cablescannot comeintocontactwith parts which canmove whentheengine is
running, suchasthe V-belt pulleyor the fan.
X Secure thevehicle byapply ingthe electric parking brake.
X Shift thetransmission toposition 005D.
X Make surethattheignition isswitched off.Allindicator lampsinthe instrumen tcluster must
be off. When usingtheSmartK ey,turn theSmartK eytoposition 0092inthe ignition lockand
remove it(Y page 126).
X Switch offallelectrical consumers, e.g.rear window defroster, lighting,etc.
X Open thehood. Position
number0084identifies thecharged batteryofthe other vehicle oran equival entjump-
startin gdevice.
X Press cover0043ofpositive terminal 0044down (inthe direction ofthe arrow) andturn itclock-
wise. Toexpose positive terminal 0044,press cover 0043down further.
X Connect positiveterminal 0044onyour vehicle topositive terminal 0087ofdonor battery 0084using
the jumper cable,alwaysbegin withpositive terminal 0044onyour ownvehicle first.
X Start theengine ofthe donor vehicle andrunitat idling speed.
X Connect negative terminal0085ofdonor battery 0084toground point0083ofyour vehicle usingthe
jumper cable,beginning withdonor battery 0084first.
X Start theengine.
X Before disconnec tingthejumper cables,letthe engine runforseveral minutes.
X First, remove thejumper cablesfromground point0083and negative terminal0085,then from
positive terminal 0044and positive terminal 0087.Begin eachtimeatthe cont acts onyour own
vehicle first.
X Aft erthe jumper cableisremoved, returncover0043ofpositive terminal 0044tothe original posi-
tion. Positive terminal 0044iscovered upand thus insulated again.
X Have thebattery checkedataqual ified specialist workshop.
Jump-starting isnot considered tobe anormal operating condition. 290
Jump
-startingBr eakdown assistance

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 280).
X Front bumper:insert afinger intothe
recess onthe botto medge ofcover 0043.
X Pull cover 0043out ofthe bumper towards you
in the direction ofthe arrow.
Cover 0043isattached tothe opening witha
strap.
X Rear bump er:press themark oncover 0043
inwards inthe direction ofthe arrow.
X Remove cover0043from theopening.
X Scr ew inthe towing eyeclock wiseasfar as
it will goand tighten it.
Removing thetowing eye X
Unsc rewand remove thetowing eye.
X Front bumper:position cover0043onthe
opening inthe bumper.
X To close, pressthelower section of
cover 0043.
X Rear bump er:position cover0043with the
tab onthe opening inthe bumper.
X To close, pressthelower section of
cover 0043until 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 111).
X Make surethatthevehicle isstation aryand
that theSmart Keyisin position 0092inthe
ignition lock.
X Turn theSmart Keytoposition 0048inthe igni-
tion lock.
On vehicles withKEYLE SS-GO, usethe
Smart Keyinstead ofthe Start /Stopbutton
(Y page 126).
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 291). Permit
tedtowing methods
Mercedes- Benzrecomm endstransportin gyour
vehicle inthe case ofabreakdown, ratherthan
towing itaway . 292
Towing
andtow-sta rtingBr eakdown assistance

When
towing away,useatowing 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. Interven tionbyESP®
could other-
wise damage thebrake system.
! Vehicles
withautomatic transmission must
not betowed withtherear axle raised. The
vehicle/t railercombin ationmayotherwise
swerve oreven rollover. Tr
anspor tingthevehicle
Vehicles withautomat ictransmission !
When
thevehicle isloaded fortran sport,
the fron tand rear axles mustbestation ary
and onthe same transportat ionvehicle.
Position ingover theconn ection pointofthe
tran sport vehicle isnot permitt ed.The drive
train mayotherwise bedamaged.
All vehicles !
You
may onlysecure thevehicle bythe
wheels, notbyparts ofthe vehicle suchas
axle orsteerin gcompon ents.Other wise, the
vehicle couldbedamaged.
The towing eyecan beused topull thevehicle
ont oatrailer ortran sporter fortran sportin g
purposes. X
Turn theSmart Keytoposition 0048inthe igni-
tion lock.
X Shift thetran smission toposition 005C.
As soon asthe vehicle hasbeen loaded:
X Preven tthe vehicle fromrolling awayby
applying theelectr icparking brake.
X Shift thetran smission toposition 005D.
X Turn theSmart Keytoposition 0092inthe igni-
tion lock andremove it.
X Secure thevehicle. Tow-sta
rting (emergency engine
star ting)
! Vehicles
withautomatic transmission must
not betow-s tarted. You could otherwise
damage theautomatic transmission.
You canfind inform ationon"Jump-start ing"at
(Y page 288). Fuses
Impor
tantsafety notes G
WARNIN
G
If you manipulate orbridge afaulty fuseorif
you replace itwith afuse withahigher
amperage, theelectr iccables couldbeover-
loaded. Thiscould result inafire. There isa
risk ofan accident andinjury.
Always replace faultyfuseswiththespeci-
fied new fuses having thecorr ectamperage.
Blown fusesmustbereplaced withfuses of
the same rating,which youcan recogn izeby
the color andvalue. Thefuse rating sare listed
in the fuse allocation chart.
The fuse allocation chartislocated inthe vehi-
cle tool kitinthe stowage compartmentunder
the trun kfloor (Ypage 280).
If anewly insertedfuse alsoblows, havethe
cause tracedand rectified ataqualified spe-
cialist workshop, e.g.anauthorized Mercedes-
Benz Center .
! Only
usefuses thathave been approved
for Mercedes- Benzvehicles andwhich have
the corr ectfuse rating forthe system con- Fuses
293Breakdown assistance Z

X
Shif tthe trans missionto pos ition 005D.
X Swi tch offthe engi ne.
X Vehi cles without KEYLES S-GO :remo ve
the Smar tKeyfrom theigniti onlock.
X Vehi cles with KEYLES S-GO :ope nthe driv-
er's door.
The vehicleelectro nicsnow have statu s0.
Thi sis the same asthe Smar tKeyhaving
bee nremo ved.
X Vehi cles with KEYLES S-GO :remo vethe
Start/Sto pbu tton from theigniti onlock
(Y page 126 ).
X Ifincl uded inthe vehicleequ ipment, remove
the tire-cha nge tool kitfrom thevehicle.
X Safe guard thevehicleag ainst rolling away.
Se curi ngthe vehic leto preve ntitfrom
rol ling awa y If
yo ur veh icleis equ ipped with awh eel chock,
it can befou ndinthe tire-cha nge tool kit
(Y page 280 ).
The folding wheel chock isan additiona lsa fety
mea sure to pre vent thevehiclefrom rolling
aw ay,for exa mpl ewh en cha nging awh eel .
X Fol dboth plate sup wa rds 0043.
X Fol dou tlo we rpl ate 0044.
X Gu ide the lugs on the lowe rpl ate fullyinto
the openings inba se plate 0087. X
Place chocks orothe rsu ita ble item sund er
the front andrearof the wheel that isdiag o-
nal lyopp ositethe wheel youwi sh to
cha nge.
Rais ingthe vehic le G
WARNI
NG
If yo udo not position the jack corre ctlyat
the appro priate jacki ngpointofthe vehicle,
the jack couldtip ove rwi th the vehicle
rai sed .The reisaris kof inju ry.
Only position the jack atthe appro priate
jacki ngpointofthe vehicle. The base ofthe
jack mustbe pos itioned vertically,di rectl y
und erthe jacki ngpointofthe vehicle.
! Only
position the jack atthe appro priate
jacki ngpointofthe vehicle. Othe rwise, you
cou ldda mag ethe vehicle.
Obs erve thefollowi ng when raising thevehi-
cle :
R To raise the vehicle, only usethe vehicle-
spe cificjack thathasbee nteste dand
ap pro ved byMer cede s-Benz. Ifus ed incor -
rectl y,the jack couldtip ove rwi th the vehi-
cle raised .
R The jack isdes igned only toraise and hold
the vehiclefor asho rttime while awh eel
is bei ng cha nged .It mus tnot beused for
per formi ngmai ntenance workund erthe
veh icle.
R Avoi dcha nging thewheel onuphilland
dow nhillslo pes .
R Befo reraising thevehicle, secu reitfrom
rol ling away by applying the parking brake
and inserting wheel chocks .Do not disen-
ga ge the parking brakewhile the vehicleis
rai sed . Chan
ging awh eel
317Whee lsand tires Z