2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SL CLASS belt

Acti
vation cond itions You
canactivat eth eHO LD function ifall ofthe
fol lowin gco nd ition sare fulfilled :
R theveh icleis stati onary.
R theen gin eis run ningor ifit has been auto-
mat icallyswit ched off bytheECO start /
st op fun ction .
R thedri ver 'sdoor isclo sed oryour seatbelt
is fas tene d.
R theelec tric park ingbrak eis rel ease d.
R thetrans mis sion isin pos ition 005B, 005Eor005C.
R Ac tive Distanc eAs sis tDI ST RONI Cis deac ti-
vat ed
Acti vating theHOLD funct ion X
Mak esur eth at theact ivat ion cond ition sare
met .
X De pre ssthebrak epedal .
X Quic klydepr essthebrak epedal further
unt il0043 appear sin themult ifunction dis-
play.
The HOLD function isact ivat ed. You can
rel ease thebrak epedal .
i If
depr essing thebrak epedal thefir st time
does notact ivat eth eHO LD function ,wait
bri eflyand then try again .
Deact ivating theHOLD funct ion The
HOLD function isdeac tivat ed auto mati-
call yif:
R you depr esstheacc eler atorand thetrans -
mis sion isin pos ition 005Bor005E.
R thetrans mis sion isin pos ition 005D.
R you depr essthebrak epedal againwitha
ce rtain amou ntofpre ssur eunt ilHOL D HOL
Ddisap -
pear sfrom themult ifunction disp lay.
R you secure theveh icleusin gth eelec tric
park ingbrak e.
R you activat eAc tive Distanc eAs sis t
DI ST RONI C. i
Af
tera time, theelec tric park ingbrak e
sec ures theveh icleand reliev es theser vice
brak e.
When theHO LD function isact ivat ed, the
tr ans mis sion isshif tedauto maticallyto pos i-
ti on 005D if:
R thedri ver 'sseat beltisno tfas tene dand the
dri ver 'sdoor isopen .
R theen gin eis swit ched off,unl ess itis auto -
mat icallyswit ched off bytheECO start /
st op fun ction .
The electric park ingbrak esec ures theveh icle
auto maticallyifth eHO LD function isact ivat ed
when theveh icleis stati onary and:
R asyst emmalf unction occur s
R thepowe rsupp lyisno tsuf ficien t
If amalf unction intheelec tric park ingbrak e
oc cur s,thetrans mis sion may alsobeshif ted
int opos ition 005Dauto matically. RACE
START
Imp ortant safety notes i
RACE
START mustno tbe used onnorm al
road s.RACE START muston lybe act ivat ed
and used ondedi catedroad circuit s,out side
of public roaduse.
i RACE
START ison lyavail able for
Mer cedes‑ AMGveh icles.
RACE START enables optimal acceler ation
fr om ast and ingstart .Fo rth is, asuit ably high-
gri proad surfaceis req uire dand theveh icle
and tires mus tbe ingoo dwor king ord er. G
WAR
NING
If you useRACE START ,ind ivid ual tires may
st art tospin andtheveh icleco uld skid.
De pen dingon thesele cted ESP®
mod e,
th ere isan increas edriskof skiddin gand
hav ing anacc iden t.Mak esur eth at no per -
son s,ani mals orobs tacles are within range
of theveh icle.
i Obs
erveth esaf etyno teson drivin gsaf ety
syst ems (Ypage 60).
Be sureto read thesaf etyno tesand infor-
mat iononESP®
(Y page 65). Driv
ingsystem s
167Driv ingand parki ng Z

180°
view 0043
Symbol forthe 180 °view function
0044 Your vehicle
0087 Warnin gdisplays forthe Parkin gPackage
with rearview camera
You canalso usetherear view camera to
select a180 °view.
When theParkin gPackage withrearview cam-
era isoperation al(Y page 174), asymbol for
your ownvehicle appears inthe multimedia
system. Ifthe Parkin gPackage withrearview
camera warning displays areactiv e,warning
displays 0087light upinthe multimedia system
in yellow orred accor dingly. ATTEN
TIONASSIST
General notes ATTE
NTION ASSIS Thelps youduring long,
mono tonous journ eys,such ason highways. It
is activ ein the 37mph (60km/ h)to 125 mph
(200 km/h)range. IfATTENTION ASSIST
detects typicalindica torsoffatigu eor increas-
ing lapses inconcentration onthe part ofthe
driver, itsugg ests youtake abrea k.
Important safetynotes ATTENTION
ASSISTisonly anaid tothe driver.
It might notalwaysrecognize fatigueor
increasi nginattentiveness intime orfail to
recognize thematall.The system isnot asub-
stitute forawel l-rested andattentive driver. The
functional ityofATTENTION ASSISTis
restricted andwarni ngsmay bedela yedornot
occur atall:
R ifthe length ofthe journey isless than
app roximatel y30 minutes
R ifthe road condition ispoor, e.g.ifthe sur-
face isuneven orifthere arepothol es
R ifthere isastrong sidewind
R ifyou have adopted asporty drivingstyle
with high cornering speedsorhigh rates of
accele ration
R ifyou arepredo minantly drivingslow erthan
37 mph (60km/h) orfaster than125mph
(200 km/h )
R ifyou aredrivi ngwith theSteering Assistof
Active Distance AssistDISTRONIC activated
R ifthe time hasbeen setincorrectly
R in active drivingsitua tions, suchaswhen
you change lanesorchange yourspee d
The attention levelevaluation isdele tedand
restarts whenthejourney iscontinued, if:
R you switch offthe engine
R you take offyou rseat beltandopen the
driver' sdoor, e.g.forachange ofdrivers or
to take abrea k
Di splayin gthe attention level You
canhave current statusinformatio ndis-
pla yed inthe assi stance menu(Ypag e199)
of the on-board computer.
X Select theAssistance displayforATTEN-
TION ASSIST using the on-board computer
(Y pag e200) . Drivi
ngsystems
185Drivingand parking Z

chil
dren–cou ldbeco metrap ped.The reisa
ris kof inju ry.
Whi lethe EASY-ENTR Y/EXITfeature ismak-
ing adjustme nts,make sure that noone has
any bodypa rts inthe swe epofthe seatand
the stee ring wheel.
If some bodybeco mestrapped:
R pre ssone ofthe memo ryfuncti onpos i-
tion buttons, or
R pre ssone ofthe memo ryfuncti onmem-
ory buttons, or
R move theswitch forstee ring wheel
ad justme ntinthe oppositedirecti onto
that inwhi chthe stee ring wheelismovi ng
The adjustme ntpro cess isstop ped.
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee r-
ing whe elto sel ect the Sett ings Sett
ings menu .
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button tosel ect the
Conv enience Conv
eniencesubme nu.
X Pre ss0076 toconfi rm.
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button tosel ect the
Easy Entry/Exit Easy
Entry/Exitfuncti on.
If the Easy Entry/Exit Easy
Entry/Exitfuncti onisacti va-
ted, themultifunction displ aysho wsthe
stee ring wheelin ora nge.
X Pre ssthe 0076 button tosav ethe setti ng.
Furth erinfo rma tion onthe easy entry andexit
fea ture (Ypage 103 ).
Sw itchin gthe seat beltadjustmen t
on /o ff
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee r-
ing whe elto sel ect the Sett . Sett
.menu .
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button tosel ect the
Conv enience Conv
eniencesubme nu.
X Pre ss0076 toconfi rm.
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button tosel ect the
Belt Adjustme nt Belt
Adjustme ntfuncti on.
Whe nthe Belt Adjustment Belt
Adjustmentfuncti onis
acti vate d,the seatbel tis displ ayed in
ora nge inthe multifunction displ ay.
X Pre ssthe 0076 button tosav ethe setti ng.
For furth erinfo rma tion onbeltad justme nt,
see (Ypage 44). Sw
itchin gthe fold-in mirrors whenlock-
ing feature on/o ff
Thi sfuncti onisonly availab lewhe nthe vehi cle
is equ ipped with the electri calfold-in functi on.
Thi sfuncti onisonly availab lein Ca nad a.
Whe nyo uacti vate theAuto .Mirr orFold ‐ Auto
.Mirr orFold ‐
ing ing
functi on,the exteri ormirr orsare folded in
whe nthe vehi cleislocke d.
If yo uha ve swi tched onthe Auto .Mirr or Auto
.Mirr or
Fold ing Fold
ingfuncti onand youfol din the exteri or
mirr orsusing the button onthe door
(Y page 105 ),they willnot foldou tau toma ti-
cal ly.The exteri ormirr orscan then onlybefol-
ded outus ing the button onthe door.
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee r-
ing whe elto sel ect the Sett . Sett
.menu .
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button tosel ect the
Conv enie nce Conv
enie ncesubme nu.
X Pre ss0076 toconfi rm.
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button tosel ect the
Auto .Mirr orFold ing Auto
.Mirr orFold ingfuncti on.
If the Auto .Mirr orFold ing Auto
.Mirr orFold ingfuncti onis
swi tched on,the multifunction displ ay
sho wsthe exteri ormirr orinora nge.
X Pre ssthe 0076 button tosav ethe setti ng.
Res torin gthe facto rysetting s X
Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee r-
ing whe elto sel ect the Sett . Sett
.menu .
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button tosel ect the
Fact orySetting Fact
orySettingsubme nu.
X Pre ss0076 toconfi rm.
The Rese tAll Settings? Rese
tAll Settings?functi on
ap pea rs.
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button tosel ect No No
or Yes Yes.
X Pre ssthe 0076 button toconfi rmthe selec-
tion.
If yo uha ve selected Yes Yes
andconfi rmed ,the
mul tifunction displ aysho wsaconfi rmation
mess age.
For safety reasons, theDayt imeRunning Dayt
imeRunning
Ligh ts Ligh
tsfuncti oninthe Ligh ts Ligh
tssubme nuis
only resetif the vehi cleisstati onar y. 204
Men
usand submenu sOn-board computer anddispl ays

Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 00AC
Coo lantToo Hot Coo
lantToo Hot
Sto pVeh icleTur n Sto
pVeh icleTur n
Eng ine Off Eng
ine Off The
coolan tis toohot .
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
G WAR
NING
Do notdri ve when yourengin eis ove rheated.This cancaus esom e
flui dswhic hmay haveleak edintoth een gin eco mpar tmentto cat ch
fir e.
St eam from theove rheateden gin ecan also causeser ious burns
whic hcan occur justby open ingthehoo d.
The reisaris kof injury.
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely and switchoff theen gin e,
payin gatt ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 147).
X Leav eth eveh icleand keep asaf edist ancefrom theveh icleunt il
th een gin ehas cooled down .
X Mak esur eth at theair supp lyto theen gin eradi atoris no t
bloc ked, e.g. by snow, slushor ice .
X Do notst art theen gin eagain untilth edisp laymes sage goesout
and theco olan tte mpe rature gage isbelo wtheH mar king
(Y page 193). Other wise ,th een gin eco uld bedamag ed.
X Pay attention totheco olan tte mpe rature gage ,obs erving the
warn ingnotes(Y page 270).
X Ifth ete mpe rature increas esagain ,vis itaqualif iedspecialist
wor kshop immediat ely.
Un der norm aloper ating cond ition sand attheco rrec tco olan tlev el,
th eco olan tte mpe rature gage mayriseto theH mar king
(Y page 193). 003D
See Operator'sMan ‐ See
Operator'sMan ‐
ual ual The
battery isno tbein gch arg ed.
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
Pos siblecaus esare:
R adef ective altern ator
R ato rn poly- V-belt
R amalf unction intheelec tron ics
! Do
notdri ve any further. Other wise theen gin emay overheat.
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely and switchoff theen gin e,
payin gatt ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 147).
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 222
Disp
laymes sage sOn -boar dcomp uter anddi sp lay s

Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions Act
ive Parking Act
ive Parking
Ass ist Canceled Ass
ist Canceled The
driver 'sdoor isopen andthedri ver 'sseat belthasnotbeen fas-
te ne d.
X Repeat thepark ingprocess wit hth eseat beltfastene dand the
dri ver 'sdoor closed . You
haveina dve rten tly to uch edthemult ifunction steer ing whee l
while steer ing interv ention was active.
X Whil est eer ing interv ention isact ive,mak esur eth at themult i-
fun ction steer ing whee lis no tto uch eduninten tion ally. The
vehiclehas start ed toskid and ESP®
has interv ened.
X Use Active Park ingAssis tagain later (Y page 177). Act
ive Parking Act
ive Parking
Ass ist Inoperati ve Ass
ist Inoperati ve You
havejus tcar riedout alarg enum beroftur nin gor park ing
man euve rs.
Ac tive Park ingAssis twill become available again afterappr ox-
imat elytenmin utes(Y page 177).
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Swi tchoff and restartth een gin e.
If th emult ifunction disp laystill sho wsthedisp laymes sage :
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Ac
tive Park ingAssis tis malf unction ing .
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Act
ive Parking Act
ive Parking
Ass ist Finished Ass
ist Finished The
vehicleis park ed.Awarn ingtone also soun ds.
The displaymes sage disap pearsauto matically. Act
ive Distance Act
ive Distance
Ass ist Off Ass
ist Off Ac
tive Distanc eAs sis tDI ST RONI Cwas deac tivat ed (Ypage 157).
If it was deac tivat ed auto matically,awarn ingtone also soun ds. Act
ive Distance Act
ive Distance
Ass ist NowAvaila‐ Ass
ist NowAvaila‐
ble ble Ac
tive Distanc eAs sis tDI ST RONI Cis oper ationalagain afterhav ing
been tempo rarilyunav ailable .You cannowreac tivat eAc tive Dis-
tan ceAssis tDI ST RONI C(Y page 157). Disp
laymes sage s
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Ind
icat orand warning lamps Gener
alnot es
So me syst ems carryout aself -diagn osis when theign ition isswit ched on.Ther efore, som eind i-
cat orand warn inglamp smay lightup orflas hte mpo rarily. This behav iorisno n-cr itical .Thes e
ind icat orand warn inglamp son lyind icat eamalf unction ifth ey ligh tup orflas haft erstart ing the
en gin eor whils tdriv ing. Saf
ety
Sea tbelt s Wa
rning/
ind icat or
lam p 00510051
Sign altype
Poss iblecauses/con sequenc esand 0050 0050
Solu tions 00E9
0051
Afterst art ing theen gin e,thered seat beltwarn inglamp lightsup for sixsec -
on ds.
The seat beltwarn inglamp remindsth edriv erand fron tpass enger tofas ten
th eir seat belts.
X Fas tenyour seatbelt(Ypage 44). 00E9
0051
Afterst art ing theen gin e,thered seat beltwarn inglamp lightsup. Inaddit ion,
a warn ingtone soun dsfor uptosix sec onds.
The driver'sseat beltisno tfas tene d.
X Fas tenyour seatbelt(Ypage 44).
The warn ingtone ceases . 236
Indi
catorand warning lampsOn-boar dcomp uter and displa ys

Warning/
indic ator
lamp 00510051
Sign altype
Poss iblecause s/cons equen cesand 0050 0050
Sol utions 00E9
0051
The redseat beltwar ning lamp lights upafter theengine starts,assoon as
the drive r'sorthe front-passenge rdoor isclosed .
The drive ror front passenger hasnotfastened theirseatbelt.
X Fasten yourseat belt(Y pag e44).
The warning lamp goesout.
There areobjects onthe front-passenge rseat.
X Remo vethe objects fromthefront-passenge rseat andstow them inasecure
pla ce.
The warning lamp goesout. 00E9
0051
The redseat beltwar ning lamp flashes and anintermittent audib lewarni ng
sound s.
The drive ror front passenger hasnotfastened theirseatbelt.The vehicl eis
bei ng drive nfaster than15mph (25km/h )or has brieflybeen drivenfaster
than 15mph (25km/h) .
X Fasten yourseat belt(Y pag e44).
The warning lamp goesoutand theintermittent warningtone cease s.
There areobjects onthe front-passenge rseat. Thevehicl eis bei ng drive nfaster
than 15mph (25km/h )or has brieflybeen drivenfaster than15mph
(25 km/h) .
X Remo vethe objects fromthefront-passenge rseat andstow them inasecure
pla ce.
The warning lamp goesoutand theintermittent warningtone cease s. Indi
cator andwarnin glamps
237On-boardcomput erand displays Z

Stowage
compartment inthe rear
passenger compartment Only
theleft side ofthe vehicle features arear
stowage compartmen t.
X Open theseat beltguide andremove the
seat belt(Ypage 99).
X Move theleft-hand frontseatforward
(Y page 100)andfold theseat backrest
forward.
X To open: pressrelease button0044.
Cover 0043folds up.
X To close :fold down cover 0043and letit
engage.
X Fold back theseat backrest ofthe left-hand
front seatandmove theseat back
(Y page 100).
X Insert theseat beltback intotheseat belt
guide. Stowage
net There
isastowage net0043inthe front -
passenger footwell. Loading
aidinthe trunk
Raising/low eringtheroof G
WARNING
Body parts canbecome trappedwhenthe
roof isbeing raised orlowered. Thereisa
risk ofinjury.
When raising orlowering theroof, make
sure thatnoparts ofthe body areinthe
vicinity ofmoving parts.Presstheswitch
again ifsomeone becomestrapped.
! Only
close thetrunk oncetheroof islow-
ered completely. Otherwise,youcould dam-
age theroof.
If you close thetrunk lidbefore theroof is
lowered completely, theloading aidswitch
lights upand awarning tonesounds. To
make iteasier toload your luggage ,you
can raise thestowed roofafter youhave
opened thetrunk lid.
You canonly raise roof0044when thetrunk lid
is fully open.
X To raise theroof: press switch 0043.
Roof 0044israised slightly andtrunk partition
0087 moves tothe open position. Switch0043
lights upbrightly.
X To lowe rthe roof: press switch 0043.
The trunk partition movestothe closed
position androof 0044lowers slightly.
Switch 0043lights updimly.
Vehicles withtrunk lidremote closing
featur e:when thetrunk lidisopened, the
loading aidraises automatically. Itlowers
automatically whenthetrunk lidisclosed.
Vehicles withKEYLESS-GO andHANDS-
FREE ACCESS:when thetrunk lidis 254
Stowage
areasStowage andfeatu res