2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SL CLASS open hood

Cockp
it Funct
ion Pag
e 0043
St
eer ing wheel paddle shift-
ers 14
2 0044
Comb
inationswit ch 11
0 0087
Adj
uststh est eer ing wheel
elec tricall y 10
3 0085
Hor
n 0083
In
st rum entclus ter 33
0084
Park
ingAssist PARKTRO NIC
warn ingdispl ay 17
4 006B
Ove
rheadcon trol pan el 38 Funct
ion Pag
e 006C
Climat
econ trol syst ems 11
6 006D
Ign
ition lock 12
6 St
art /S topbut ton 12
6 006E
Cruis
econ trol leve r 15
6 006F
Ele
ctric park ingbrak e 14
8 0070
Ligh
tswit ch 10
9 0071
Diag
nostics con nection 28
0072
Open
sth ehood 26
8 32
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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

R
the syste mdetects thatthe winds hield is
not foggedup when the air-con ditio ning sys-
tem issw itch edon
R the hoodis clo sed
R the driver 'sdo or isclo sedand thedriver 's
se at beltis faste ned
All ofthe vehicle'ssy ste ms rem ain acti ve
wh en the engineisstop pedau toma tically.
Al lve hic les(e xc ept Merce des -AMG vehi-
cl es ):au toma ticeng ineswitch -off can take
pl ace ama xim um offou rtim esinarow (initi al
stop ,the nthre esu bs eq uent stop s).
Me rce des -AMG vehic les: the num berof con-
se cuti veautoma ticeng ineswitch -offsis
unl imite d.
The HOLD functio ncan beacti vated ifthe
eng inehasbe en switch edoff automa tically. It
is the nnot nece ssaryto conti nueapplying the
bra kes durin gthe automa ticstop phase. Wh en
yo ude pre ssthe accelera tor pedal,the engine
sta rts automa tically and thebraking effect of
the HOLD functio nis de acti vated .
Au tomati cen gine start The
enginestarts automa tically if:
R yousw itch offthe ECO start/sto pfu nctio n
by pre ssing the ECO button
R in tra nsmi ssion positio n005B or005C, thebrake
pe dalis rel easedand theHOLD functio nis
not active
R youde pre ssthe accelera tor pedal
R youeng agerev ers ege ar 005E
R youmov ethe transmi ssion outof positio n
005D
R yousw itch todrive pro gramS+
R yousw itch todrive pro gramSor M
(M erce des-AM Gveh icles )
R youunf asten your seat beltor open the driv-
er' sdo or
R the vehiclesta rts toroll
R the brakesyste mreq uires this
R the temp eraturein the vehicleinte riorde vi-
ate sfro mthe setra nge
R the syste mdetects moistureon the wind-
shi eld wh en the air-con ditio ning syste mis
sw itch edon
R the battery 'scond ition ofcha rge istoo low
Shi ftin gthe transmi ssion topositio n005D does
not startthe engine. De
activ atin gor activ atin gthe ECO
start/ stopfun ction Al
lve hic les(e xc ept Merce des -AMG vehi-
cl es ) X
To dea ctivate :pre ssECO button 0043.
Indi cato rla mp 0044goes out.
X To activ ate :pre ssECO button 0043.
Indi cato rla mp 0044lights up.
If ind icator lamp 0044isoff ,the ECO start/sto p
fu nctio nha sbe en deacti vated manua lly or as
the resultof ama lfunctio n.Theeng inewill
the nnot beswitch edoff automa tically wh en
the vehiclestop s.
Me rce des -AMG vehic les X
To dea ctivate :in dri ve pro gramC, pre ss
ECO button 0043.
or X Swi tch todrive pro gramS, S+ orM
(Y page 132 ).
Indi cato rla mp 0044goes out.
X To activ ate :pre ssECO button 0043.
Indi cato rla mp 0044lights up. 13
0 Dr
ivi ngDr ivi ng andparki ng

Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 0084 The
trunk lidisopen .
X Clos eth etrunk lid. 0083 The
hoodis open .
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The open hoodmay blockyour viewwhen theveh icleis in mot ion.
The reisaris kof an acc iden t.
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 147).
X Clos eth ehoo d. 0051 At
least onedoor isopen .A warn ingtone also soun ds.
X Clos eall thedoor s. 00CC
Pow erSteering Mal‐ Pow
erSteering Mal‐
fun ctionSee Opera‐ fun
ctionSee Opera‐
tor 'sManual tor
'sManual The
powe rst eer ing ismalf unction ing .
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
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You willneed touse morefor ce tosteer .
The reisaris kof an acc iden t.
X Chec kwhet heryou areable toapply theex tra for ce req uire d.
X Ifyou areabl eto steer safely: careful lydri ve on toaqualif ied
spe cialistwor kshop .
X Ifyou areuna bletosteer safely: donotdri ve on.Con tactth e
ne ares tqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 0058
Tru nkPartition Tru
nkPartition
Ope n Ope
n The
trunk partition isopen .
The trunk isloade dto ohigh andtheload ispre ven ting auto matic
clo singof thetrunk partition .
X Stow theload suchth at thetrunk partition can closeunh indere d
and isno tpush edupwar ds.
X Clos eth etrunk partition (Ypage 93). Pho
neNoServic e Pho
neNoServic e Your
vehicleis out side thene two rkpro vider'strans mitter/ rec eiver
ran ge.
X Wait untilth emob ilepho neoper ationalread inesssymb ol
appear sin themult ifunction disp lay. 0059
Dec reaseSpeed Dec
reaseSpeed You
wantedto open theroo fwhile theveh iclewas inmot ion.
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Ope nth eroo f(Y page 91). Disp
laymes sage s
233On -boar dcomp uter anddi sp lay s Z

Warning/
indic ator
lamp 00510051
Sign altype
Poss iblecause s/cons equen cesand 0050 0050
Sol utions 00AC
0051
The redcoola ntwar ning lamp comes onwhi lethe engine isrunning.
The coola ntleve lis too low.
If the coola ntleve lis correct, theairflowtothe engine radiator may beblocked
or the electric engineradiator fanmay bedefective .
The coola ntistoo hotand theengine isno longer being coole dsuffi ciently .
X Observe theadditiona ldisp laymessa gesinthe multi function display.
X Pul lover andstop thevehicl esafel yand switch offthe engine, paying atten-
tion toroad andtraffic conditions.
X Secure thevehicl eaga inst rolling awa y(Y pag e147).
X Leave thevehicl eand keep asafe dista ncefrom thevehicl euntil theengine
has coole ddow n.
X Che ckthe coola ntleve land add coola nt,obser vingthewarni ngnotes
(Y pag e270) .
X Ifyou have toadd coola ntfrequ ently, havetheengine coolingsystem
checked.
X Make surethattheairsup plytothe engine radiator isnot blocked ,e.g. by
snow, slush orice.
X Do not start theengine againuntil thecoola nttempera turegage isbel ow the
H marking (Ypag e193) .Otherwi se,the engine couldbe dama ged.
X Drive tothe neares tqua lified speci alist worksho p.
X Avoid heavyloa dson the engine asyou doso, e.g. drivinginmountai nouster-
rain andstop-and-go traffic. 00AC
0051
The redcoola ntwar ning lamp comes onwhi lethe engine isrunning.
The coola nttempera turegage hasexceede dthe Hmarking (Ypag e193). The
airfl owtothe engine radiator may beblocked orthe coola ntleve lmay betoo
low .
G WARNING
The engine isnot being coole dsuffi ciently andmay bedama ged.
Do not drive when yourengine isoverhe ated.Thiscancaus esome fluidswhi ch
may have leaked into theengine compartment tocatch fire.
Steam fromtheoverhe atedengine canalsocaus eserio usburns whichcan
occur justbyopeni ngthe hood.
There isarisk ofinjury .
X Observe theadditiona ldisp laymessa gesinthe multi function display.
X Pul lover andstop thevehicl esafel yand switch offthe engine, paying atten-
tion toroad andtraffic conditions.
X Secure thevehicl eaga inst rolling awa y(Y pag e147) .
X Leave thevehicl eand keep asafe dista ncefrom thevehicl euntil theengine
has coole ddow n.
X Che ckthe coola ntleve land add coola nt,obser vingthewarni ngnotes
(Y pag e270).
X Ifyou have toadd coola ntfrequ ently, havetheengine coolingsystem
checked. Indi
cator andwarnin glamps
243On-boardcomput erand displays Z

The
integr atedgarage dooropener iscom-
patible withdevices thathave units which
operate inthe frequency rangeof280 to
433 MHz.
R Replace thebatteries ingarage doorremote
cont rol0083. This increases thelikelihood that
garage doorremote control0083 will trans mit
a stron gand precise signaltothe integr ated
garage dooropener.
R When programming, holdremote control0083
at varying distances andangles frombut-
ton s0044 to0085 which youareprogramming.
Try various anglesatadistance between
2and 8inches (5to20cm) oratthe same
angle butatvarying distances .
R Ifafurther remote control0083 isavailabl efor
the same garage doordrive, repeat the
same programming stepswiththisremote
cont rol0083. Before performin gthese steps,
make surethatnew batteries havebeen
installed ingarage doordrive remote control
0083.
R Note thatsome remote controlsonly trans -
mit foralimited amount oftime (theindica-
tor lamp onthe remote controlgoes out).
Press button 0084onremote control0083 again
before transmission ends.
R Align theanten nacable ofthe garage door
opener unit.Thiscanimprove signalrecep-
tion/ transmission.
Opening/clo singthegara gedoor Aft
erithas been programmed, theintegr ated
garage dooropener performs thefunct ionof
the garage doorsystem remote control.Please
also read theoperating instructions forthe
garage doorsystem.
X Turn theSmart Keytoposition 0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 126).
X Press either button 0044,0087or0085 which you
have programmed tooperate thegarage
door.
Garage doorsystem withafixed code: indi-
cator lamp0043lights upgreen.
Garage doorsystem witharolling code:indi-
cator lamp0043flashes green.
The trans mitterwill trans mitasignal aslong
as the button ispressed. Thetrans mission
is halted afteramaximum often seconds
and indicator lamp0043lights upyellow.
X Press button 0044,0087or0085 again ifneces-
sary. Clearing
thememor y Make
surethatyouclear thememory ofthe
integr atedgarage dooropener beforeselling
the vehicle.
X Turn theSmart Keytoposition 0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 126).
X Press andhold button s0044 and 0085.
The indicator lampinitially lightsupyellow
and then green.
X Release buttons0044 and 0085.
The memory ofthe integr atedgarage door
opener inthe rear-view mirroriscleared. Compass
Calling upthe compass Compass
0044display sthe compass directionin
which thevehicle iscurrent lytraveling: N N,
NE NE,
E E,
SE SE,
S S,
SW SW,
W W
or NW NW.
To receive acorrec tdisplay inrear-view mir-
ror 0043, thecompass mustbecalibrated and
the magnetic fieldzone set. Featur
es
265Stowage andfeatu res Z

Engine
compartm ent Hood
Imp ortant safety notes G
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If th ehood isunlat ched, itmay open up
when theveh icle isin mot ionand blockyour
view. Thereis arisk ofan acc iden t.
Nev erunlat chthehood while driving.Bef ore
ever ytrip, ens ure that thehood isloc ked. G
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When openingand closingth ehood ,it may
sudde nlyfall intoth eclo sed posit ion.Ther e
is arisk ofinjury topers onswith inran geof
mov emen tof thehood .
Open andclosethehood onlywhen noone
is with inits ran geofmov emen t. G
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Open ingthehood when theeng ineisove r-
heat edorwhen there isafir ein theeng ine
com partmen tcoul dexp ose you tohot gases
or other servicepro duct s.Ther eis arisk of
inj ury.
Let anove rheatedeng inecoo ldown before
open ingthehood .If th ere isafir ein the
eng inecom partmen t,ke ep thehood closed
and contactth efir edepar tment . G
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The enginecom partmen tcon tain smov ing
com ponents.Cert aincom ponents,suc has
th eradiat orfan ,may continue torun orstart
again sudde nlywhen theign ition isoff .
Ther eis arisk ofinjury.
If you needto do any work inside theeng ine
com partmen t:
R swit choff theign ition
R nev erreac hint oth earea whereth ere isa
risk ofdang erfrom mov ingcom ponents,
suc has thefan rotatio narea R
rem ove jewelry andwatc hes
R ke ep items ofclo thing and hair, forexam -
ple, away from mov ingpart s
To ens ure theflow offresh airthroug hth eair
ven tsint oth eveh icle interio r,please observe
th efoll owin gno tes: (Y page 122)
Open ingthehood G
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Cert aincom ponentsin theeng inecom part-
men t,suc has theeng ine,radiat orand parts
of theexh aust system, canbecome very
hot .Wor kingin theeng inecom partmen t
pose sa risk ofinjury.
Wher eposs ible, lettheeng inecoo ldown
and touch onlythecom ponentsdesc ribedin
th efoll owin g. G
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When thehood isopen andthewind shield
wiper sare setinmot ion,you can beinjured
by thewiper linkage. Thereis arisk ofinjury.
Always switchoff thewind shieldwiper sand
th eign ition befo reopen ingthehood .
! Mak
esure that thewind shieldwiper sare
no tfold edaway from thewind shield.You
coul dot her wise damag eth ewind shieldwip-
ers orthehood . X
Mak esure that thewind shieldwiper sare
tur ned off.
X Pull release lever0043 onthehood .
The hood isrele ased. 268
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compartm entMa intenance andcare

X
Reac hint oth egap, pullhoodcat chhan -
dle 0044upand lifthoo d0043.
If you liftthehoo dby appr oximat ely15in
(40 cm), thehoo dis open edand held open
auto maticallyby thegas- filled strut .
Closin gth ehood X
Lowe rth ehoo dand letitfall from aheig ht
of appr oximat ely8in (20 cm).
X Chec kth at thehoo dhas engage dpro perly.
If th ehoo dcan berais edslig htly, itis no t
pro perlyen gage d.Open itagain andcloseit
wit halit tle mor efor ce. Engine
oil
Not eson theoil level De
pen dingon your drivingstyle, theveh icle
co nsumes upto0.9US qt(0.8 lite rs)of oilpe r
60 0mi les(1 ,000 km).Th eoilco nsumpt ion
may behigh erthan this when theveh icle is
ne wor ifyou frequen tlydriv eat high engin e
spee ds.
De pen dingon theen gin e,theoil dipst ickmay
be inadiff ere ntloc atio n.
When check ing theoil leve l:
R park theveh icle onaleve lsurf ace
R theen gin esho uld beswit ched off for
appr oximat elyfivemin utesif th een gin eis
at norm aloper atingte mpe rature
R ifth een gin eis no tat norm aloper atingte m-
per atur e,e.g .if th een gin ewas onlystart ed
brie fly,wait about 30min utesbef ore carry-
ing out themeas urement Check
ingtheoil level usingth eoil dip -
st ick G
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Cert aincompo nentsin theen gin eco mpar t-
men t,suc has theen gin e,radiat orand parts
of theex haust system, canbecome very
hot .Wor kingin theen gin eco mpar tment
pose sa ris kof injury.
On lytouch thefoll owin gco mpo nentsdesc ri-
bed.
If work isbein gcar ried outonpublic roads,
pay attentio nto theroad andtraff icco nd ition s
and secure thearea asappr opriate . Ex
ample
X Pull outoildipst ick0043.
X Wipe offoildipst ick0043.
X Slo wly slide oildipst ick0043intoth eguide
tub eas far asitwill go,and takeit out
again .
If th eleve lis bet ween MINmark0087 and
MA Xmar k0044, theoil leve lis co rrect .
X Ifth eoil leve lhas dropped toMIN mark0087
or below, add1.1US qt(1l)of engin eoil.
Add ingengine oil G
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Cert aincompo nentsin theen gin eco mpar t-
men t,suc has theen gin e,radiat orand parts
of theex haust system, canbecome very
hot .Wor kingin theen gin eco mpar tment
pose sa ris kof injury.
Wher eposs ible, lettheen gin eco ol down
and touch onlytheco mpo nentsdesc ribedin
th efoll owin g. Engine
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269Maintenan ceand care Z