2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SL CLASS engine

X
Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheel toselect theTrip Trip
menu.
X Press 0063or0064 toselect thedisplay
with approximate range0043and curren tfuel
cons umption 0044.
Approx imaterange 0043that canbecovered
is calculated accordingto your curren tdriv-
ing style andtheamount offuel inthe tank .
If there isonly asmall amount offuel leftin
the fuel tank ,a vehicle beingrefueled 00A8
appears insteadofapproximate range0043.
Recuperation display0087shows youif
energy hasbeen recuperated fromthe
kinet icenergy inoverrun modeandsaved in
the battery. Recuperation display0087
depends onthe engine installed andis
theref orenot availabl ein all vehicles.
Digital speedomet er X
Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheel toselect theTrip Trip
menu.
X Press the0063 or0064 button toselect the
digital speedometer.
A gearshift recommendation 0097may also
appear inthe display.
Observe theinform ationongearshift recom-
mendation whenshiftin gmanually
(Y page 144).
Mercedes- AMGvehicles: agearshift recom-
mendation isshown inthe status barofthe
multifunc tiondisplay andnotinthe digital
speedometer display.
Resetting values X
Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheel toselect theTrip Trip
menu.
X Press the0063 or0064 button toselect the
funct ionthat youwish toreset.
X Press 0076toconf irmyour selection .
X Press 0064toselect Yes Yes
andpress 0076to
conf irm.
You canreset thevalues ofthe following func-
tions:
R Trip odometer
R "From Start"trip computer
R "From Reset" tripcomputer
R ECO display
If you reset thevalues inthe ECO display, the
values inthe "From Start"trip computer arealso
reset. Ifyou reset thevalues inthe "From
Start "trip computer ,the values inthe ECO dis-
play arealso reset. Naviga
tionsystem menu
Displaying navigation instructions In
the Navi Navi
menu, themultifunc tiondisplay
shows navigation instruction s.
Observe theadditional informationonnaviga-
tion inthe Digital Operator's Manualofthe
multimedia system.
X Switc hon the multimedia system(seethe
Digital Operator's Manual)
X Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheel toselect theNavi Navi
menu.
Rout eguidance notactive 0043
Direct ionoftravel
0044 Current road
Rout eguidance active No
change ofdirection announced 0043
Dist ance todestinat ion
0044 Dist ance tothe next change ofdirection
0087 Current road
0085 "Follow theroad's course" symbol 196
Menus
andsubmenusOn-board computerand display s

X
Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheel toselect theSett. Sett.
menu.
X Press the0064 or0063 button toselect the
Instrument Cluster Instrument
Clustersubmenu.
X Press 0076toconf irm.
X Press the0064 or0063 button toselect the
Permanent Display: Permanent
Display:function.
The curren tsett ing, Outside Temperatur e Outside
Temperatur e
or Speedomete r[km/h] Speedomete
r[km/h] orSpeedomete r Speedomete
r
[mph] [mph],
appears.
X To change thesetting: press0076again.
Lights Setting
thedayt imerunning lamps
This funct ionisnot availabl ein Canada.
X Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheel toselect theSett. Sett.
menu.
X Press the0064 or0063 button toselect the
Light Light
submenu.
X Press 0076toconf irm.
X Press the0064 or0063 button toselect the
Daytime RunningLights Daytime
RunningLightsfunction.
If the Daytime RunningLights Daytime
RunningLightsfunction
has been switched on,the cone oflight and
the 0086 symbol inthe multifunc tiondisplay
are shown inorange.
X Press the0076 button tosave thesetting.
Further informationondaytime runninglamps
(Y page 109).
Setting thebright nessofthe ambient
lighting
X Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheel toselect theSett. Sett.
menu.
X Press the0064 or0063 button toselect the
Light Light
submenu.
X Press 0076toconf irm.
X Press the0064 or0063 button toselect the
Amb. Light +/- Amb.
Light +/-funct ion.
The curren tsett ingappears.
X Press 0076toconf irm.
X Press the0064 or0063 button toadjust the
brightn esstoany level from Off Off
toLevel 5 Level
5
(bright).
X Press the0076 or0038 button tosave the
sett ing. Setting
theambient lightingcolor
X Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheel toselect theSett. Sett.
menu.
X Press the0064 or0063 button toselect the
Light Light
submenu.
X Press 0076toconf irm.
X Press the0064 or0063 button toselect the
Amb. Light Col. Amb.
Light Col.function.
X Press 0076toconf irm.
X Press the0064 or0063 button toset the
color toSOLAR SOLAR,
SOLAR Orange SOLAR
Orange orSOLAR SOLAR
Red Red.
X Press the0076 or0038 button tosave the
sett ing.
<002400460057004C005900440057004C0051004A001200470048004400460057
004C00590044> tingsurround light-
ing and exterior lightingdelayed switch-
off
X Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheel toselect theSett. Sett.
menu.
X Press the0064 or0063 button toselect the
Lights Lights
submenu.
X Press 0076toconf irm.
X Press 0064or0063 toselect theSur‐ Sur‐
round Lighting round
Lighting function.
If the Surround Lighting Surround
Lightingfunctionisacti-
vated, themultifunc tiondisplay showsthe
light cone andthearea around thevehicle in
orange.
X Press the0076 button tosave thesetting.
Deact ivating exteriorlighting delayed switch-
off temporarily:
X Before leaving thevehicle, turntheSmart -
Key toposition 0092inthe ignition lock.
X Turn theSmart Keytoposition 0048inthe igni-
tion lock.
Ex terior lighting delayed switch-offisdeacti-
vated.
Ex terior lighting delayed switch-offisreactiva-
ted thenext time youstart theengine.
If you have activat edthe Surround Lighting Surround
Lighting
funct ionand youturn thelight switch to0058,
the following functionsareactivat edwhen itis
dark:
R surr ound lighting: theexter iorlighting
remains litfor 40seconds afterunlockin g
with theSmart Key.Ifyou start theengine,
the surround lightingisswitched offand 202
Menus
andsubmenusOn-board computerand display s

X
Press the0059 or0065 button toselect
Interm. Time Interm.
Time.
X Press 0076toconf irm.
The inter mediate timeappears forfive sec-
onds.
Star ting anew lap 0043
RACE TIMER
0044 Fastest laptime (best lap)
0087 Lap
X Press 0076toconf irmNew Lap New
Lap.
It is possible tostore amaximum ofsixteen
laps. The16thlap can only becompleted with
Finish Lap Finish
Lap.
Stopp ingthe RACE TIMER X
Press the0038 button onthe steerin g
wheel.
X Confirm Yes Yes
with 0076.
The RACE TIMER interrupts timing ifyou stop
the vehicle andturn theSmart Keytoposition
0047 inthe ignition lock.Ifyou turn theSmart -
Key toposition 3and then press 0076tocon-
firm Start Start,
timingiscont inued.
Resetting thecurr entlap
X Stop theRACE TIMER.
X Press the0059 or0065 button toselect
Reset Lap Reset
Lap.
X Press 0076toreset thelaptime to"0". Deleting
alllaps If
you switch offthe engine, theRACE TIMER is
reset to"0" after 30seconds .All laps are
deleted.
You cann otdelete individual storedlaps.Ifyou
have stopped 16laps, thecurren tlap does not
have tobe reset.
X Reset thecurren tlap.
X Press 0076toconf irmReset Reset.
Reset Race-Timer ? Reset
Race-Timer ?appears inthe multi-
funct iondisplay.
X Press the0064 button toselect Yes Yes
and
press the0076 button toconf irm.
All laps aredeleted.
Overall statistics 0043
RACETIME Roverall evaluation
0044 Total timedriven
0087 Average speed
0085 Dist ance covered
0083 Maximum speed
If you save atleast onelapand then stop
RACETIME R,an overall evaluation isavailabl e.
X Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheel toselect theAMG AMG
menu.
X Press the0063 button repeatedly untilthe
overall evaluation appears. 206
Menus
andsubmenusOn-board computerand display s

Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 003D
Sto pVeh icleSee Sto
pVeh icleSee
Ope rator'sMan ual Ope
rator'sMan ual The
battery isno longer bein gch arg edand theco nd ition ofcharg e
is toolow.
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
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 Obs erveth eins truct ionsin the003D SeeOperator'sMan ual See
Operator'sMan ual
disp laymes sage .
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 00B2
Che ckEngine Oil Che
ckEngine Oil
At NextRef uel ing At
NextRef uel ing The
engin eoil levelhas dropped tothemin imum level.
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
! Av
oid longer journ eys when there isins ufficien ten gin eoil. You
co uld other wise damag eth een gin e.
X Chec kth eoil levelwhen next ref uelin g,at thelat est
(Y page 269).
X Ifne cessar y,add engin eoil (Ypage 269).
X Hav eth een gin ech ecke dat aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop ifyou
ne ed toadd engin eoil mor eoft en than usual.
In for mat iononappr oveden gin eoils can beobt ained from aquali-
fie dspe cialistwor kshop oron theIn te rn et athttp :/ /
bev o.mer cedes -ben z.co m. 00B2
Che ckEngine Oil Che
ckEngine Oil
Lev el(Add1 qua rt) Lev
el(Add1 qua rt) Mer
cedes -AMG vehicles:
The engin eoil levelistoolow.
! Av
oid longer journ eys when there isins ufficien ten gin eoil. You
co uld other wise damag eth een gin e.
X Chec kth eoil levelwhen next ref uelin g,at thelat est
(Y page 269).
X Ifne cessar y,add engin eoil (Ypage 269).
X Hav eth een gin ech ecke dat aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop ifyou
ne ed toadd engin eoil mor eoft en than usual.
In for mat iononappr oveden gin eoils can beobt ained from aquali-
fie dspe cialistwor kshop oron theIn te rn et athttp :/ /
bev o.mer cedes -ben z.co m. 00B2
Eng ine OilLevel Eng
ine OilLevel
Low StopVeh icl e Low
StopVeh icl e
Tur nEng ine Off Tur
nEng ine Off Mer
cedes -AMG vehicles:
The engin eoil levelistoolow.
The reisaris kof engin edamag e.
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 Chec kth een gin eoil level(Y page 269).
X Ifne cessar y,add engin eoil (Ypage 269). Disp
laymes sage s
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Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions Tir
ePre ss. Moni‐ Tir
ePre ss. Moni‐
tor Currently tor
Currently
Una vailable Una
vailable Be
caus eth ere isint erf ere ncefrom ast ron gsour ceofradi owave s,
no sign alsfrom thetire pre ssur esen sorsare detected. The tire
pre ssur emon itor istempo rarily malf unction ing .
X Dr ive on.
The tire pre ssur emon itor res tartsauto maticallyas soo nas the
pro blem hasbeen resolved. Tir
ePress.Sen ‐ Tir
ePress.Sen ‐
sor (s) Missing sor
(s) Missing The
reisno sign alfrom thetire pre ssur esen sor ofoneor sev eral
whee ls.The pressur eof theaff ectedtire does notappear inthe
mult ifunction disp lay.
X Hav eth efault ytire pre ssur esen sor replace dat aqualif iedspe-
cial istwor kshop . Tir
ePre ssure Moni‐ Tir
ePre ssure Moni‐
tor Inoperative No tor
Inoperative No
Whe elSensors Whe
elSensors The
whee lsmoun teddo nothav easuit able tire pre ssur esen sor.
The tire pre ssur emon itor isdeac tivat ed.
X Moun twhee lswit hsuit able tire pre ssur esen sors.
The tire pre ssur emon itor isact ivat edauto maticallyaft erdrivin g
for afew minutes. Tir
ePre ss. Moni‐ Tir
ePre ss. Moni‐
tor Inoperative tor
Inoperative The
tire pre ssur emon itor isfault y.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Veh
icle Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions Shi
ftto'P' or Shi
ftto'P' or
'N' toStartEng ine 'N'
toStartEng ine You
haveatt emp tedto start theen gin ewit hth etrans mis sion in
pos ition 005Eor005B.
X Sh ift thetrans mis sion topos ition 005Dor005C. App
lyBraketo App
lyBraketo
Shi ftfrom'P' Shi
ftfrom'P' You
haveatt emp tedto shi ftthetrans mis sion topos ition 005B, 005Eor
005C without depressing thebrak epedal .
X De pre ssthebrak epedal . To
Shiftout ofP To
Shiftout ofP
or N,Depress or
N,Depress
Bra keand Switch Bra
keand Switch
on Engine on
Engine You
haveatt emp tedto shi ftthetrans mis sion outofpos ition 005Dor
005C intoano ther trans mis sion position withth een gin eswit ched off.
X De pre ssthebrak epedal .
X Start theen gin e. Dri
ver'sDoorOpe n Dri
ver'sDoorOpe n
& Tra nsmission Not &
Tra nsmission Not
in PRis kof Veh i‐ in
PRis kof Veh i‐
cle RollingAwa y cle
RollingAwa y The
driver 'sdoor isno tfull yclo sed and thetrans mis sion isin pos i-
ti on 005E, 005Cor005B.
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
G WAR
NING
The vehiclemay rollaway.
The reisaris kof an acc iden t.
X Whe npark ingtheveh icle, shi ftthetrans mis sion topos ition 005D. Disp
laymes sage s
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Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 0059
Var io-RoofLow eri ng Var
io-RoofLow eri ng The
roofis no tfull yopen edorclo sed .The hydr aulic sare depr essur-
iz ed.
X Full yopen orclo setheroo f(Y page 91). 0059
Ope n/CloseVar io- Ope
n/CloseVar io-
Roo fCom pletely Roo
fCom pletely The
roofis no tloc ked.
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Push orpull and hold theroo fswit chunt ilth eroo fis full yopen or
clo sed (Ypage 91). 0059
Sta rtEngine See Sta
rtEngine See
Ope rator'sMan ual Ope
rator'sMan ual The
on-boar dvol tag eis toolow.
X Start theen gin e.
X Afterappr oximat elytensec onds, repeat theopen ingorclo sing
pro cedure (Ypage 91). The
roofhas been openedand closed several times inarow .The
roo fdri ve has been switched off auto maticallyfor safetyreas ons.
You canopen andclosetheroo fagain afterappr oximat elyten
min utes.
X Swi tchoff theign ition and turnit bac kon .
X Repeat theopen ingorclo singpro cedure (Ypage 91). Clo
seRearSid e Clo
seRearSid e
Win dows Win
dows You
leaveth eveh icleand atleast onerear side window isopen .
X Clos eth eside windows (Ypage 88). 00B2
Che ckWasher Fluid Che
ckWasher Fluid The
wash erflui dlev elin thewash erfluid reservoir has dropped
belo wthemin imum .
X Ad dwash erflui d(Y page 271). Wip
erMalfunction‐ Wip
erMalfunction‐
ing ing The
windsh ield wiper sare malf unction ing .
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Haz
ard Warning Haz
ard Warning
Fla shersMalfunc‐ Fla
shersMalfunc‐
tio ning tio
ning The
hazard warn inglamp sare fault y.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Sm
artKey Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 00AF
Key DoesNot Key
DoesNot
Bel ong toVehicle Bel
ong toVehicle You
haveput thewro ngSm artKey intheign ition lock.
X Use theco rrec tSm artKey. 00AF
Tak eYou rKey from Tak
eYou rKey from
Ign ition Ign
ition The
SmartKey isin theign ition lock.
X Remo vetheSm artKey. 234
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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

Safety
systems Warning/
indicator
lamp 00510051
Signal type
Possible causes/co nsequences and0050 0050
Solutions 0027004D
0051
0027 (USAonly), 004D(Canada only):thered brake system warning lampis
lit while theengine isrunning.
A warning tonealsosounds.
G WARNING
The brake boosting effectismalfunction ingand thebraking characterist icsmay
be affected.
There isarisk ofan accident.
X Pull over andstop thevehicle safelyassoon aspossible, payingatten tionto
road andtraffic condition s.Do not cont inue driving underanycircumst ances.
X Secure thevehicle against rollingaway(Ypage 147).
X Consult aquali fiedspecialist workshop.
X Observe theadditional displaymessages inthe multifunct iondisplay . 0027004D
0051
0027 (USAonly)or004D (Canada only):thered brake system warning lamp
is lit while theengine isrunning. Awarning tonealsosounds.
G WARNING
There isnot enough brakefluidinthe brake fluidreservoir.
The braking effectmaybeimpaired.
There isarisk ofan accident.
X Pull over andstop thevehicle safelyassoon aspossible, payingatten tionto
road andtraffic condition s.Do not cont inue driving underanycircumst ances.
X Secure thevehicle against rollingaway(Ypage 147).
X Do not add brake fluid.Adding morewillnotcorrect themalfunction .
X Consult aquali fiedspecialist workshop.
X Observe theadditional displaymessages inthe multifunct iondisplay . 0027
0051
USA only: thered brake system warning lampislit while theengine isrun-
ning. Themultifunct iondisplay alsoshows adisplay message withthe0026
symbol.
The brake pads/linings havereached theirwear limit.
X Visit aquali fiedspecialist workshop. 238
Indicator
andwarning lampsOn-board computerand displays