2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SL CLASS key

Add
itiona lly, chi ldren couldset the vehiclein
moti onif,for exa mpl e,they :
R rel ease the parking brake
R shi ftthe automa tictrans mission outof
pa rk positio n005D
R sta rtthe engine
The reisaris kof an acci dent and injury.
Nev erleav echi ldren orani ma lsuna ttend ed
in the vehicle.
Whe nleav ing the vehicle, alwa ystake the
Sma rtKeywi th youand lock the vehicle. Thi s
al so appliesfor the DigitalVeh icleKey ifthe
"Di gital Veh icleKey "fu nctio nis acti vated via
Mer cedesme conne ct. G
DA
NGER
Co mbu stion eng inesemi tpo isonou s
exha ustga ses such ascar bonmono xide.
Inha ling thes eexha ustga ses isha zard ousto
hea lthand canresultin po isoni ng. Thereisa
ris kof fata linju ry.The refore ,neve rle av ethe
eng inerunning anencl osedspa cewithou t
ad eq uate venti latio n. G
WA
RNING
Fla mma ble ma teri alsintro duced through
envi ronme ntalinfluence orby ani ma lscan
ig nite ifin conta ctwith the exha ustsy stem
or parts ofthe enginethathea tup .The reis
a ris kof fire.
Ca rry outreg ular che cks toma kesure tha t
ther ear eno flamma ble fore ign ma teri alsin
the enginecomp artment orinthe exha ust
sy stem .
The cata lytic conve rterispre hea ted forupto
30 sec ond saf ter acol dsta rt.The soundofthe
eng inemaycha nge durin gthi stim e.
Au tomati ctrans mission X
Dep ressthe brakepedaland keepit
de pre sse d.
X Shi ftthe transmi ssion topositio n005D.
Tra nsmi ssion positio ndisp lay005D issho wn
in the multifu nctio ndisp lay. i
Yo
ucan startthe engineintra nsmi ssion
po sitio n005D and 005C.
Starti ngproc edurewith the SmartK ey To
sta rtthe engineusing the Sma rtKeyins tea d
of KEY LESS-G O,pullthe Star t/Stop button out
of the igniti onlock.
X Tu rn the Sma rtKeyto positio n0049
(Y page 126 )in the igniti onlock and release
it as soo nas the engineisrunning .
Us ingKE YLES S-GO tostart theengine The
Start/Stop button canbeused tosta rtthe
veh iclema nua lly wi thou tins erti ngthe Sma rt-
Key into theigniti onlock. The Start/Stop but-
ton mustbe inserte din the igniti onlock and
the Sma rtKeymu stbe inthe vehicle. Thi s
mod efor startin gthe engineopera tes inde-
pe nde ntly ofthe ECO start/sto pau toma tic
eng inestartfunctio n.
X Dep ressthe brakepedaland keepit
de pre sse d.
X Pre ssthe Star t/Stop button once
(Y page 126 ).
Th eeng inestarts. Pul
ling away
Ge neral notes G
WA
RNING
If the enginespee dis ab ove theidling spee d
and youeng agetra nsmi ssion positio n003A
or 0046 ,the vehiclecou ldpu llaw ay sud-
de nly .The reisaris kof an acc ident.
Wh eneng aging transmi ssion positio n003A
or 0046, alwa ysfirml yde pre ssthe brake
pe daland donot simu ltaneo uslyacc elera te.
Dep ressthe accelera tor carefully wh en pulling
aw ay.
The vehiclelocks centr ally once youha ve
pu lled away.The locking knobsin the doors
dro pdo wn.
Yo ucan open the doors fromthe inside at any
tim e.
Yo ucan also deacti vate the automa ticlocking
fea ture(Y page 203 ). 12
8 Dr
ivi ngDr ivi ng andparki ng

It
is only possib leto shift thetransmission
from positio n005D tothe desire dpositio nif you
depres sthe brake pedal.Only thenisthe shift
lock relea sed.
i Upshifts
takeplaceathigher engine
speed safter acold start. Thishelps thecat-
aly tic converter toreach itsopera tingtem-
peratu remore quickly.
Information onthe automa ticrelea seofthe
electric parking brake(Ypage 149).
Hill start assist Hill
start assisthelps youwhen pulling away
forward orinreverse onanuphi llgradi ent.It
holds thevehicle forashort timeafter you
have removed yourfoot from thebrake pedal.
This gives youenough timetomove yourfoot
from thebrake pedalto the accelera torpeda l
and todepres sit before thevehicle beginsto
roll. G
WARNING
After ashort time,hillstart assistwil lno lon-
ger brake yourvehicle anditcould rollawa y.
There isarisk ofan accident andinjury.
Therefore, quickly move yourfoot from the
brake pedalto the accelera torpeda l.Never
lea vethe vehicle whenitis held byhill start
assis t.
Hill start assistisnot active if:
R you arepulling awayon alevel roadoron a
downhi llgradi ent
R the transmission isin positio n005C
R the electric parking brakeisappl ied
R ESP ®
is malfu nctioning ECO
start/stop function
Introductio n The
ECO start/stop functionswitches the
engine offautoma ticallyifthe vehicle isstop-
ped under certain conditions.
The engine startsautoma ticallywhenthe
driver wants topul lawa yaga in.The ECO
start/stop functiontherebyhelpsyouto
reduce thefuel consumption andemissi onsof
you rvehicle . Important
safetynotes G
WARNING
If the engine isswitched offautoma tically
and youexit thevehicle ,the engine is
restarted automatically.The vehicle may
begi nmoving. Thereisarisk ofaccident and
injury.
If you wish toexit thevehicle ,alw ays turn
off the ignition andsecure thevehicle
aga inst rollingawa y.
Gene ralnotes 0043
ECO start/stop display
The ECO start/stop functionisactivated
whenever youswitch onthe engine usingthe
SmartKey orthe Start/St opbutton.
If the engine hasbeen switched offautoma ti-
cally bythe ECO start/stop function,the00D6
ECO symbo lis shown inthe multifu nctiondis-
pla y.
Mercede s-AMGvehicles:theECO start/stop
function isonly availablein drive program C.
Automatic engineswi tch-off If
the vehicle isbraked toastandstill withthe
transmission in005B or005C, theECO start/stop
function switches offthe engine automa tically.
The ECO start/stop functionisopera tional
when:
R the indicator lampinthe ECO button islit
green
R the outsid etemperature iswithin therange
that issuita bleforthe system
R the engine isat normal operatingtempera-
ture
R the settemperature forthe vehicle interior
has been reached
R the battery issufficie ntlycharged Drivi
ng
129Drivi ngand parking Z

If
drive program S,S+ orMisactive, the
automa tictransmission switchestodrive
program C.
If indicator lamp0044isoff, theECO start/stop
function hasbeen deactiva tedmanua llyoras the
resul tof amalfu nction. Theengine will
then notbeswitched offautoma ticallywhen
the vehicle stops. Proble
mswith theengi ne Proble
m Possi
blecauses /consequen cesand 0050 0050
Solutio ns The
engine doesnot
start. The
HOLD function orActive Distance AssistDISTRONIC isactiva-
ted.
X Deactivate theHOLD function (Ypage 166)orActive Distance
Assist DISTRONIC (Ypage 163).
X Try tostart theengine again. The
engine doesnot
start. Thestarter motor
can beheard . R
There isamalfu nction inthe engine electronics.
R There isamalfu nction inthe fuel supp ly.
Before attempting tostart theengine again:
X Turn theSmartKey backtopositio n0092 inthe ignition lock.
or X Press theStart/St opbutton repeatedlyuntilallindicator lampsin
the instrument clustergoout.
X Try tostart theengine again(Y page 127). Avoid excessivel ylong
and freque ntattempts tostart theengine asthese willdrai nthe
battery.
If the engine doesnotstart after several attempts:
X Consul ta qua lifiedspecia listworkshop. The
engine doesnot
start. Youcannot hear
the starter motor. The
on-board voltageistoo low becau sethe battery istoo wea kor
discha rged.
X Jump -start thevehicle (Ypage 288).
If the engine doesnotstart despi teattempts tojump-start it:
X Consul ta qua lifiedspecia listworkshop. The
starter motorwasexposed toathermal loadthatwastoohigh.
X Allow thestarter motortocool down forappro ximately two
minutes.
X Try tostart theengine again.
If the engine stilldoes notstart:
X Consul ta qua lifiedspecia listworkshop. Drivi
ng
131Drivi ngand parking Z

R
the availabi lity of the ECO start/sto pfu nc-
tio n
R the driver assista nce syste ms
R the availabi lity of glid ing mod e
Fur therinf orm ation for automa ticdrive pro -
gra mcha racteri stics (Y page 139 ).
Add itiona lly, in dri ve pro gramIyo ucan confi g-
ur ethe respectiv eveh iclecha racteri stics
us ing the multimed iasyste m. Youcan find
inf orm ation abou tthi sin the DigitalOp era tor' s
Ma nua l.
Each timeyo usta rtthe enginewith the Sma rt-
Key orthe Star t/Stop button, drive pro gramC
is acti vated .For furthe rinf orm ation abou t
sta rtin gthe engine,se e(Y page 127 ). Se
lecti ng the driv eprog ram X
Tu rn DYN AMIC SELEC Tcontro ller 0043 as
ma nytim esasnece ssaryunti lthe desired
dri ve pro gramisse lected .
The symbo lof the selected drive pro gramis
sho wninthe multifu nctio ndisp lay.
In additio n,the current drive pro gramset-
ting sar edisp laye dbri eflyin the multimed ia
sy ste mdisp lay.
The drive pro gramind icator onDYN AMIC
SELEC Tcontro ller 0043 lights upinred .
Add itiona linf orm ation for drive pro grams
(Y page 139 ). Add
ition alsettin gs 0043
ECO start/sto pfu nctio n(Y page 129 )
0044 ESP ®
(Y page 65)
0087 Suspensi on (Ypage 173)
0085 Perma nent activatio nof ma nua lge arshi ft-
ing (Ypage 142)
Wh enyoupre ssbuttons 0043-0085 the corr e-
sp ond ingsetting isse lected .Th eDYN AMIC
SELEC Tcontro ller setting isove rwritte n.
Th esese tting swi llal so be mainta inedifyo u
sw itch todrive pro gramRAC E,S+ ,S or Cwi th
the DYN AMIC SELEC Tcontr oller.
If yo usw itch todrive pro gramI,allstor ed
cha racter istics willbe acc epted .Th isisalso
the caseif yo uha ve pre viouslypre sse dbu t-
tons 0043-0085. DY
NAM ICSELECT butto n(al lve hi-
cl es except Me rce des -AMG vehic les)
Use theDYN AMIC SELEC Tbu tton tocha nge
the drive pro gram.Dep endingonthe drive pro -
gra mselected thefollowi ng veh iclecha racter -
is tics willcha nge :
R the drive (engi ne and transmi ssion manag e-
ment)
R the susp ens ion
R the steering
R the curvetilting functio n(ve hicle swi th
Activ eBod yCo ntrol )
R the contro lthre sholdsof ESP ®
Each timeyo usta rtthe enginewith the Sma rt-
Key orthe Star t/Stop button, drive pro gramC
is acti vated .Fur therinf orm ation abou tsta rtin g
the engine(Ypage 127 ).
Each timeyo usta rtthe enginewith the Sma rt-
Key ,dri ve pro gramCis acti vated .Fur ther DYN
AMIC SELEC Tbutto n(a llve hicles excep tMe rce des-A MG vehicles)
133Driving andpa rki ng Z

inf
ormat ionabout startingthe engin e
(Y page 127). X
Press DYNAMICSE LECT butt on0043 asmany
tim esasnec essary untilthe desire ddrive
progr amisselec ted.
The selec teddrive programappears inthe
multif unction display. After ashor tperiod of
tim e,the display goesoutand thesymbol
for the selec teddrive programappears.
In addition ,the curr entdrive programset-
tin gs are displayed brieflyin the multim edia
syst emdisplay.
i In
afew coun tries, theECO start/sto p
func tion isdeact ivatedat the factorydue to
the available fuelgrade. Inthis case, the
ECO start/sto pfunc tion isnot available in
any drive program,regar dless ofthe display
in the multim ediasystemdisplay.
Availa bledrive progra ms: C
Comfo rt Comfo
rtable andecon omi-
cal drivin gchar acterist ics S
Spor t Spor
tydrivin gchar acteris-
tic s S+
Spor tPlus Part
icularly sportydrivin g
char acterist ics I
Ind ividual Ind
ividual settings E
Ec ono my
(vehic leswith
adjust able
dampin g) Part
icularly economical
drivin gchar acterist ics CV
CURVE
(vehic leswith
Ac tiveBody
Cont rol) Part
icularly economical
drivin gchar acterist icswith
cor ner ing func tion Addit
ional informat ionfordrive programs
(Y page 139). DYNAMIC
SELECTcontroller
(Mer cedes-AM Gvehicles) Gener
alinfor mation
Selec tthe drive programusing theDYN AMIC
SE LECT con troller.
Availa bledrive progra ms: I
Ind ividual Ind
ividual settings C
Comfo rt Comfo
rt-or ient ed,opti-
mum- economyengin eand
tr ansm ission settings S
Spor t Spor
tyengin eand trans-
missio nset tings S+
Spor tPlus Part
icularly sportytrans-
missio nset tings Ra
ce Maxim
umsport inessand
engin eand transm ission
set tings suitable forthe
racet rack Depe
ndingon the drive programselec tedthe
followin gvehic lechar acterist icswill chan ge:
R the drive (enginemanag ement)
R the transm ission manag ement
R ES P®
R the suspen sion
R the steerin g
R the availability ofthe ECO start/sto pfunc -
tion
R the drive rassist ancesyst ems
R the availability ofgliding mode
Furt herinformat ionforautom aticdrive pro-
gram characterist ics(Ypage 139).
Addit ionally, indrive programIyou can config-
ure therespe ctive vehic lechar acterist ics
using themultim ediasystem. You canfind
inf ormat ionabout thisinthe Digit alOperat or's
Manual.
Eac htim eyou startthe engin ewith theSmar t-
Key orthe Start/ Stop butt on,drive programC
is act ivate d.For further informat ionabout
star tingthe engin e,see (Ypage 127). 134
DYNAMIC
SELECTcontroller(Merced es-AMGvehicles)Driving andparking

Engag
ingpark posi tion P All
vehi cles (excep tMer cedes -AMGvehi -
cles) X
When theveh icle isstatio nary,depr essthe
brak epedal.
X Pre ssbut ton0043.
Mer cedes -AMGvehi cles X
When theveh icle isstatio nary,depr essthe
brak epedal.
X Pre ssbut ton0043.
Engag ingpark posi tion Pau tom ati-
cally Park
position005Disauto maticall yeng aged if:
R you switchoff theeng ineusin gth eSm art-
Key and remove theSm artKey
R you switchoff theeng ineusin gth eSm art-
Key orusin gth eSt art /S topbutt onand
open thedriv er'sdoor orfron t-passe nger
door
R you open thedriv er'sdoor when theveh icle
is statio naryor when drivingataver ylow
spee dand thetrans miss ionisin posit ion005B
or 005E Un
der certain condition s,theauto matictrans -
miss ionshiftsauto maticall yto trans miss ion
posit ion005Difth eHO LD function orActiveDis -
tan ceAssist DISTRO NICisact ivat ed. Obse rve
th einf orm ationon theHO LD function
(Y page 167)and onActiveDis tan ceAssist
DI STRO NIC(Ypage 161).
Engag ingreversegear R !
On
lymov eth eauto matictrans miss ionto
005E when theveh icle isstatio nary.
X De pres sth ebrak eand keep itpres sed.
X Push theselec torleve rfor wards pastthe
fir st poin tof res istanc e.
The ECO start /stopfun ction isno tavailabl e
when revers egear iseng aged. Further infor-
mat ionontheECO start /stopfun ction
(Y page 129).
Shif tingto neut ralN G
WAR
NING
If ch ildre nare left unsuperv isedintheveh i-
cle ,th ey coul d:
R oper atetheveh icle'sequipm ent
Add ition ally, childre ncoul dset theveh icle in
mot ionif,for exam ple,they:
R rele ase thepark ingbrak e
R shif tth eauto matictrans miss ionout of
park position005D
R start theeng ine
Ther eis arisk ofan acc iden tand injury.
Nev erleave childre nor anim alsunat tende d
in theveh icle.
When leavingth eveh icle,always taketh e
Sm artKey with youand lockth eveh icle.This
also applies fortheDig ital Vehi cleKey ifth e
"Dig italVehi cleKey" function isact ivat edvia
Mer cedesme connect.
X When theveh icle isstatio nary,depr essthe
brak epedal.
X Push theselec torleve rfor wards orback to
th efir st poin tof res istanc e.
If you switchtheeng ineoffwith thetrans mis-
sion inposit ion005Eor005B, theauto matictrans -
miss ionshiftsto 005C auto maticall y. Aut
oma tictrans mission
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With
theSmartKey: ifyou then open thedriv-
er's door orthe front-passenge rdoor or
remove theSmartKey fromtheignitio n,the
au tomatic transmissi onshifts to005D automati-
call y.
With KEYLESS-GO :if you then open thedriv-
er's orfront-passenge rdoor, theautomatic
transmissi onshifts to005D automatical ly.
If you want theautomatic transmissi onto
remai nin neutral 005C,e.g. when havingthe
vehicl eclea ned inan automatic carwas hwith
a towing system:
X Vehic leswith KEYLESS-GO :remove the
Start/Stop buttonfromtheignitio nlock.
X Insert theSmartKey intotheignitio nlock.
X All vehi cles:swi tch the ignitio non.
X Depress thebrake pedaland keep it
depre ssed.
X Shift toneutral 005C.
X Rel ease thebrake pedal.
X Rel ease theelectric parkingbrake.
X Switch offthe ignitio nand leavethe Smart-
Key inthe ignitio nlock.
Eng agin gdrive position D X
When thevehicl eis stationa ry,depre ssthe
brake pedal.
X Push thesele ctor leverback pastthefirst
point ofresis tance. Transmissio
npositi ons 0045 Park
positi on
This prevents thevehicl efrom roll-
ing awa ywhen stoppe d.
Only shiftthetransmissi oninto
posi tion 0045 (Ypag e135) when
the vehicl eis stationa ry.The park-
ing lock shou ldnot beused asa
brake whenparking.Alwa ysapp ly
the electronic parkingbrake inadd i-
tion tothe parki nglock inorder to
secure thevehicl e.
If the SmartKey isremoved fromthe
ignitio nlock, thetransmissi onis
locked.
The automatic transmissi onshifts
to 0045 automatical ly:
R when theSmartKey isremoved
from theignitio nlock
R when theengine isswi tched off
with thetransmissi oninposi tion
0046 or003A andone ofthe
doors isopened
In the event ofamalfu nction ofthe
vehicl e'selectronics, thetransmis-
sion may lockinposi tion 0045.
Have thevehicl eelectronics
checked immediatelyat aqua lified
speci alist worksho p. 0046 Reverse
gear
Only shiftthetransmissi oninto
posi tion 0046 when thevehicl eis
stationa ry. 138
Automatic
transmissio nDrivingand parking

Do
not getinto thevehicleag ain du rin gthe
ref ueling pro ces s.Othe rwise, electro static
cha rge couldbu ild up again.
Do not getinto thevehicleag ain du rin gthe
ref ueling pro ces s.Othe rwise, electro static
cha rge couldbu ild up again.
! Do
not usediese lto ref uelveh icles with a
ga sol ine eng ine.Do not switch onthe igni-
tio nif yo uacc identa lly ref uelwi th the wrong
fu el.Othe rwise, the fuel willente rthe fuel
sy stem .Even smallam ounts ofthe wrong
fu el cou ldres ultin da ma getothe fuel sys-
tem andtheengine.Noti fyaqu alifi ed spe-
cia list wo rksh opand have the fuel tank and
fu el lines drainedcomp letel y.
! Ove
rfilling the fuel tank couldda ma gethe
fu el system .
! Ta
ke car enot tospill any fuel on painte d
su rfa ces .Yo ucou ldothe rwise da ma gethe
pa intw ork.
! Use
afilter when adding fuel fro mafu el
can. Thefuel lines and/or thefuel inje ctio n
sy stem couldothe rwise be blocke dby parti-
cle sfro mthe fuel can.
If yo uove rfillthe fuel tank, fuel cou ldspray
ou twh en the fuel pu mp nozzl eis rem oved.
For furthe rinfo rma tionon fuel and fuel qu ality
(Y page 325 ). Ref
ueling
Ge neral info rmatio n The
fuel fillerfla pis unl ocke dor locked auto-
ma tica lly wh en youunl ock orlock the vehicle
wi th the Sma rtKeyor using KEYL ESS-G O.
The positio nof the fuel fillercap isdisp laye d
00B6 inthe instrument cluster .The arrow next
to the filling pump indicates the side ofthe
veh icle. On
the inside of the fuel fillercap ,yo uwi llfind
info rma tionon the reco mme ndedfu el.
Ope ning the fuelfil lerfla p 0043
Toopen the fuel fillerfla p
0044 Toinsert the fuel fillercap
0087 Tire pre ssu retab le
0085 Instr uctionlabe lfor fuel typ eto be refu-
el ed
X Swi tch the engineoff.
X Re mov ethe Sma rtKeyfro mthe igniti on
lo ck.
X Pre ssthe fuel fillerfla pin the directi onof
ar row 0043.
The fuel fillerfla psw ing sup .
X Tu rn the fuel fillercap counter-c lockwi se
and remove it.
X Inse rtthe fuel fillercap into theholder
bra cket onthe inside of fuel fillerfla p0044.
X Co mpl etelyins ert the fillerneck ofthe fuel
pu mp nozzl einto thetank, hookin place
and refuel.
X Onl yfil lthe tank untilthe pump nozzl e
sw itch esoff.
i Do
not addany morefu el after the pump
stop sfil ling for the first time .Othe rwise, fuel
ma yle ak out. 14
6 Ref
uelingDr ivi ng andparki ng