2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SL CLASS glove box

Glove
box.......... ................................. 252
Goog le™LocalSearch
see alsoDigital Operator'sMan-
ua l..... ............................................. 246 H
HANDS-F REEACCES S..... .....................8 4
Harmful substanc es
Information ...................................... 27
Hazard warninglamps
Displ aymessa ge..... ....................... 234
Switching on/off........................... 111
Head bags
Displ aymessa ge..... ....................... 217
Opera tion.........................................4 7
Head levelheating (AIRSC ARF) ........ 102
Head restraints
Adjusting ....................................... 100
see NECK-PRO headrestrai nts
Headlamps
see Automatic headlamp mode
Heating
see Climate control
High beam flasher..... ........................ 110
High-be amheadlamps
Displ aymessa ge..... ....................... 220
Switching on/off........................... 110
Hill start assist..... ............................. 129
HOLD functio n
Activating ....................................... 167
Activation conditions .....................1 67
Deactiva ting....... ............................ 167
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 225
Gene ralnotes ................................ 166
Home address
see also Digita lOpera tor'sMan-
ua l....... .............. .............................246
Hoo d
Cl osing ...........................................269
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 233
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 268
Openi ng....... .................................. 268
Horn ..................... ................................. 32
Hydroplan ing....... ..............................154 I
Ign itio nloc k
see Key positions
Immobi lizer....... ................................... 72
Indi cator lamps
see Warni ngand indicator lamps
Indi cators
see Turn signa ls
Ins trument cluster
Overvi ew....... ................................... 33
Ins trument cluster lighting .............. 192
Inte rior lighting
Automa ticcontrol .......................... 113
Dela yedswi tch-off (on-boa rd
compu ter)....... ...............................203
Rea ding lamp ....... .......................... 112
Setting thebrightness ofthe
amb ient lighting (on-boa rdcom-
pute r)....... ......................................202
iPo d®
see also Digita lOpera tor'sMan-
ua l....... ...........................................246 J
Jack Storage location ............................ 281
Using .............................................317
Jump starting (engi ne) ....... ...............288 K
Ke yposi tions
KEYLESS-GO .................................. 126
SmartKey .......................................126
KE YLESS -GO
Activating ......................................... 74
Conve nience closingfeatu re....... ..... 89
Deactiva tion.....................................74
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 235
Locking ............................................74
Rem oving theStart/Stop button...127
Start/Stop button.......................... 126
Starting theengine ........................128
Unlocking ......................................... 74
Ki ckdo wn
Driving tips....... .............................139
Manu algea rshifti ng....... ................144 12
In
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facing
childrestrai ntsystem .The front-
pas senger frontairbag isdisa bledwhen the
PASSENGER AIRBAG OFFindica torlam pis
lit continuou sly(Ypag e41).
R Alwa ysobse rvethe instructions andsafety
notes onthe "Occu pantClassifi cation Sys-
tem (OCS)"(Ypag e48) and on"Children
in the vehicl e"(Y pag e57) inadd ition to
the child restrai ntsystem manufacturer's
instal lation and opera tinginstructions.
Objec tsinthe vehi cleinteri ormay restrict
the airbag from functi oningcorrectly. To
avoi drisks resulting from thespee dof the air
bag asitdepl oys,vehicl eoccupa ntsmust
ensure thefollowi ngpoints.
Before commencing yourjourney ,ensure that:
R there arenopeop le,anima lsor objects
betwe enthe vehicl eoccupa ntsand anair
bag
R there arenoobjects betweenthe seat,door
and B-pill ar
R there arenohard objects, e.g.coat hange rs,
hangi ngon the grab handl esorcoat hooks
R no accesso ries,such ascup hold ers, are
attached tothe vehicl ewithi nthe depl oy-
ment areaofan air bag ,e.g. todoors orside
wind ows
R no hea vy,sharp -edged orfragi leobjects are
in the pockets ofyou rclothing. Storesuch
objects inasui tabl epla ce G
WARNING
If you modi fythe cover ofan air bag oraffix
objects suchasstickers toit,the airbag
can nolonge rperform itsintended function.
There isan increas edrisk ofinjury .
Never modifythe cover ofan air bag oraffix
objects toit. G
WARNING
Sensors tocontrol theairbag sare loca ted
in the doors .Modi ficatio nsorwork notper-
formed correctly tothe doors ordoor panel -
ing, aswel las dama geddoors ,can leadto
the function ofthe sensors being impa ired.
The airbag smight therefore notfunction
prope rlyanymo re.Conse quently, theair
bag scannot protect vehicleoccupa ntsas
they aredesi gned todo. There isan
increas edrisk ofinjury . Never
modifythe doors orparts ofthe
doors .Alwa yshave work onthe doors or
door panel ingcarrie dout ataqua lified spe-
cial istworksho p.
Fron tair bags !
Do
not placehea vyobjects onthe front-
pas senger seat.This couldcaus ethe sys-
tem toide ntify theseatas bei ng occupi ed.
In the event ofan accid ent,therestrai nt
system son the front-passe ngersidemay be
trigger edand have tobe repl aced . Driver's
airbag 0043depl oysinfront ofthe
steering wheel.Front-passeng erfront air
bag 0044depl oysinfront ofand abovethe glove
box.
When deployed,the front airbag soffer addi-
tional headand thorax protection forthe occu-
pants inthe drive r'sand front-passe nger
sea ts.
The PASSENGER AIRBAG OFFindica torlam p
informs youaboutthe status ofthe front-
pas senger frontairbag (Ypag e41).
The front-passe ngerfront airbag willonly
depl oyif:
R the system ,bas edon the OCS weight sen-
sor read ings, detects thatthefront-
pas senger seatis occupi ed(Ypag e48).
The PASSENGER AIRBAG OFFindica tor
lam pis not lit(Y pag e48)
R the restrai ntsyste mcontrol unitpredi ctsa
high accid entseveri ty 46
Oc
cupant safetySafety

Never
leavechildren oranimal sunattended
in the vehicle.
When leavingthe vehicle, always take the
SmartKey withyouand lock thevehicle. This
also appliesforthe Digital Vehicle Keyifthe
"Digital Vehicle Key"function isactivated via
Mercedes meconnect . Unlo
cking andopeni ngdoors from
the inside
! The
side window swil lnot open/close if
the battery isdischarge dor ifthe side win-
dows haveicedup.Itwil lthen notbepossi-
ble toclose thedoor. Donot attempt to
force thedoor closed. Youcould otherwise
dama gethe door orthe side window .
You canopen adoor from inside thevehicle
even ifit has been locked.
If the vehicle haspreviou slybeen locked from
the outside ,opening adoor from theinside
wil ltrigger theanti-theft alarm system. Switch
off the alarm (Ypage 72). X
Pull door handle 0044.
If the door islocked, lockingknob0043pops
up. The door isunlocked andcanbe
opened.
When adoor isopened, theside window on
that side opens slightly .When thedoor is
closed, theside window closesagain. Cen
trally locking andunloc kingthe
vehic lefrom theinside
You cancentrally lockorunlock thevehicle
from theinside. Forexample ,you can unlock the
front- passe ngerdoor from theinside or
lock thevehicle beforeyoupullawa y. X
To unloc k:press button 0043.
X To loc k:press button 0044.
If the front- passe ngerdoor isclosed, the
vehicle locks.
The central locking buttondoesnotlock or
unlock thefuel fillerflap orthe stowage com-
partments, suchasthe glove box.
You cannot unlockthevehicle centrally from
the inside ifthe vehicle hasbeen locked with
the SmartKey orKEYLESS- GO.
You canopen adoor from inside thevehicle
even ifit has been locked.
If alocked doorisopened fromtheinside, the
previou sunlock statusofthe vehicle willbe
taken intoconsideration if:
R the vehicle waslocked usingthelocking
button forthe central locking, or
R ifthe vehicle waslocked automa tically
The vehicle willbe fullyunlocked ifit had pre-
viousl ybeen fullyunlocked. Ifonly thedriver's
door hadbeen previou slyunlocked, onlythe
door which hasbeen opened fromtheinside is
unlocked. 80
Do
orsOpeni ngand closi ng

In
order toensure thedirect flowoffresh air
through theairvents intothevehicle interior,
plea seobserve thefollow ingnotes:
R keep theairinlet grilleon the hood andin
the engine compartment onthe front-
passe ngersidefreeofblockage s,such as
ice, snow orlea ves.
R never covertheairvents orair intake grilles
in the vehicle interior.
i You
canmove theadjusters forthe air
vents verticall yor horizontally toset the
direction ofthe airflow.
i For
optimal climatecontrolinthe vehicle ,
open theairvents completely andsetthe
adjusters tothe central position. Setting
thecenterairvents X
To open thecenterairvents: turnthe
adjuster inone ofcenter airvents 0043coun-
ter-clockwise.
X To clo sethe centerairvents: turnthe
adjuster inone ofcenter airvents 0043clock-
wise untilitengages . Setting
theside airvents 0043
Side window defroster vent
0044 Side airvent
X To open aside airvent: turntheadjuster
in the side airvent 0044tothe left.
X To clo seaside airvent: turntheadjuster
in the side airvent 0044tothe right untilit
engages . Setting
theglovebox airvent
! Clo
sethe airvent when heating thevehi-
cle.
At high outsid etemperature s,open theair
vent andactivate the"cooli ngwith airdehu -
midifi cation" function. Otherwise ,tempera-
ture-sensitive itemsstored inthe glove box
could bedama ged. 0043
Airvent control
0044 Airvent
When theclimate controlsystem isactivated,
the glove boxcanbeventilated, forinstance to
cool itscontent s.The level ofairfl owdepends
on the airflowand airdistribu tionsettings.
X To open orclo se: turn thumbwh eel0043to
the right orleft. Setting
theairvents
123Climate control Z

Stowage
areas Stowage
spaces
Import antsafety notes G
WARNING
If object sin the passenger compartmen tare
stowed incorrec tly,they canslide orbe
thrown around andhitvehicle occupants. In
addition, cupholders, openstowage spaces
and mobile phonebrackets cannotalways
retain allobject sthey contain.There isa
risk ofinjury, particularly inthe event ofsud-
den braking orasudden changeindirection.
R Always stowobject sso that they cannot
be thrown around insuch situations.
R Always makesurethatobject sdo not pro-
trude fromstowage spaces,parcelnetsor
stowage nets.
R Close thelockable stowagespacesbefore
startin gajourney.
R Always stowandsecure heavy,hard,poin-
ted, sharp-edged, fragileorbulky object s
in the trunk .
Glove box X
To open: pullhandle 0043and open glove box
flap 0044.
X To close :fold glove boxflap 0044upuntil it
engages.
In the glove box,there areacoin holder, a
map holder andapen holder.
i The
glove boxcanbevent ilated
(Y page 123). The
glove boxcanbelocked andunlocked
using themechanical key.
X To lock: insert themechanical keyinto the
lock andturn itto position 0048.
X To unlock: insertthemechanical keyinto
the lock andturn itto position 0047.
Stowage compartment/telephone
compar tment under thearm rest X
To open: pressbutton 0043.
Amrest 0044folds out.
In the stowage compartmen t,there isastow-
age tray.
i Depending
onthe vehicle equipment, a
USB portandaMedia Interface isinstalled
in the stowage compartmen t.AMedia Inter-
face isauniversal interfaceformobile audio
equipment, e.g.foraniPod ®
or MP3 Playe r. 252
Stowage
areasStowage andfeatu res