2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC steering

Vehicles
withautomatic transmission: shift
the transmission toposition 005E.
The multifunction displayshows theBe Be
Aware ofObstacles NeartheVehi‐ Aware
ofObstacles NeartheVehi‐
cle Press 'OK'toConfirm cle
Press 'OK'toConfirm message. X
Press the0076 button onthe multifunction
steering wheeltoconfirm.
The multifunction displayswitches toPark-
ing Guidance.
Depending onyou rdistance fromthepark-
ing space, thePlease DriveBackward Please
DriveBackward
message willappea rint he multifunction dis-
play .
X Ifnecessary, reversetowards theparking
space. Thisisindicated byan arrow pointing
backwards.
Continue backingupuntil youhear atone.
Then stop; thestop position hasbeen
reached. Thearrow iswhite.
The Please SteerWheeltothe Right Please
SteerWheeltothe Right
or Please SteerWheel tothe Left Please
SteerWheel tothe Left
message appearsinthe multifunction dis-
play .
Backing upinto theparking space X
While thevehicle isstationary, turnthe
steering wheelinthe specified direction until
thearrow iswhite andawarning tone
sounds.
X To back upinto aparking space: maintain
the steering wheelangleandback upcare-
fully .
X Stop assoon asyou hear awarning tone.
The vehicle hasreached theposition in
which youneed tocountersteer.
The Please SteerWheeltothe Right Please
SteerWheeltothe Right
or Please SteerWheeltothe Left Please
SteerWheeltothe Left
message appearsinthe multifunction dis-
play .
X To countersteer: whilethe vehicle issta-
tionary, turnthesteering wheelinthe speci-
fied direction untilthearrow iswhite anda
warning tonesounds.
X To back upinto aparking space: maintain
the steering wheelangleandback upcare-
fully .
X Stop assoon asyou hear awarning tone.At
the latest, stopassoon asParking Assist
PARKTRONIC soundsthecontinuous warn-
ing tone.
The Parking Guidance Finished Parking
Guidance Finishedmes-
sage appea rsinthe multifunction display
and atone sounds. Youmay beasked to
steer inad ifferent direction andthen
change gear.Inthis case, further displaysin
the multifunction displaywill direct youto
the final position.
X Maneuver ifnecessary.
X Observe thewarning messages displayedby
Parking AssistPARKTRONIC (Ypage 155).
Cance lingParking Guidance X
Press theParking AssistPARKTRONIC but-
ton onthe center console (Ypage 156).
Parking Guidance isimmedia telycanceled
and Parking AssistPARKTRONIC isswitched
off.
Parking Guidance iscanceled automatical lyif
it is no longer possibl etog uideyou into the
parking space,orifam alfunction occurs.
The parking spacesymbol goesoutand a
warning tonesounds. Drivin
gsystems
159Drivingand par king Z

The
image fromtherear view camera is
availabl ethroughout themaneuvering proc-
ess.
To deactivat e:the rear view camera deacti-
vates ifyou shift thetrans mission toposition
005D,o rafter driving forwards ashort distance.
The inner segment softhe warning indicator
are display edinred ifthere isac omplete sys-
tem failure. Theindicator lampinthe
PARKTRONIC buttonlightsup.
If the system failsatthe rear ofthe vehicle:
R the rear segment sareshown inred when
backing up.
R the rear segment sarehidden whendriving
forwards.
Displays inthe mult imedia system The
rear view camera mayshow adistort ed
view ofobstacles, showthemincorr ectlyor
not atall. The rear view camera doesnotshow
object sint he following positions:
R very close tothe rear bumper
R under therear bumper
R in close range above thehandle onthe trunk
lid
! Object
snotatground levelmayappear to
be further awaythantheyactually are,e.g.:
R the bumper ofap arked vehicle
R the drawbar ofat railer
R the ball coupling ofat railer towhitch
R the rear section ofan HGV
R as lanted post
Use theguidelines onlyfororient ation.
Approach objectsnofurther thanthebot-
tom- most guideline. 0043
Yellow guidelineatad istance ofapprox-
imately 13ft(4.0 m)from therear area
0044 White guidelinewithout steeringinput –
vehicle widthincluding theexter iormirrors
(static)
0087 Yellow guidelineforthe vehicle width
including theexter iormirrors, atthe cur-
rent steerin gwheel angle (dynamic)
0085 Yellow lanemarking thecourse thetires
will take atthe current steeringwheel
angle (dynamic) 0083
Yellow guidelineatad istance ofapprox-
imately 3ft(1.0 m)from therear area
0084 Vehicle centeraxle (marker assistance)
006B Bumper
006C Red guide lineatad istance ofapprox-
imately 12in(0.30 m)from therear area
The guide linesareshown whenthetrans mis-
sion isin position 005E.
The distance specification sonly apply to
object sthat areatground level. Driving
systems
161Drivingandparking Z

0043
Front warning displa y
0044 Addi tiona lmeasur ement operational readi-
ness indicator forthe Parking Package
wi th rea rviewc ame ra
0087 Rear wa rning displa y
Vehi cles with the Parkin gPackage with
rear viewc ame ra:whe nthe Parking Package
wi th rea rviewc ame raisope rational
(Y page 154 ),ad diti onal measurement opera-
tiona lrea dine ssindi cator 0044appea rsinthe
mul timed iasystem. Ifthe Parking Package
wi th rea rwarning displa ysare activeorlight
up ,w arning displa ys0043 and 0087are also acti ve
or light upcorre sponding lyin the multimed ia
sy stem.
"Rev erse parking "func tion Backi
ngup straig htinto aparking space
wi thout steering input 0043
Whiteguide line withou tsteer inginpu t–
vehi clewidth inclu ding theexteri ormirro rs
(sta tic)
0044 Yellow guide line for the vehi clewidth
inclu ding theexteri ormirro rs,atthe cur-
rent steer ingwhe elangl e(dynami c) 0087
Yellow guide line atad istance ofapprox-
ima tely 3ft(1.0 m)from the reararea
0085 Redg uide line atad ista nce ofappro x-
im ate ly12 in(0.3 0m)fro mt herea rarea
X Ma kesure tha tthe rea rviewc amera isacti -
va ted (Ypage 160 ).
The lane and theguidel ines ares hown.
X Wi th the helpof wh ite guidel ine 0043 ,che ck
wh eth erthe vehiclew illf it into theparki ng
sp ace .
X Usi ngwhite guidel ine 0043 asag uide ,care-
fu llyb acku pu ntilyou rea chthe end posi-
tio n.
Re dg uide line 0085 isthe natthe end ofthe
pa rki ng space .The veh iclei sa lmostp aralle l
in the parki ng space .
Rev erseperpe ndicular parki ngwith
ste ering input 0043
Parki ng space marking
0044 Yellow guidel inef or the vehiclew idth
incl uding the exte riorm irro rs, atthe cur-
rent steering wheelang le(dyna mic)
X Driv epastthe parki ng space and bring the
veh iclet oas tands till.
X Ma kesure tha tthe rea rviewc amera isacti -
va ted (Ypage 160) .
The lane and theguidel ines ares hown.
X Wh ilet he veh iclei sa tas tands till,tur nthe
ste ering wheelint he directi onofthe park-
ing space untilyello wg uide line 0044 reache s
pa rki ng space marking 0043.
X Ma inta inthe steering inputand revers e
car efully. 16
2 Dr
ivi ng system sDrivi ng andp arki ng

Bea
rinm indthat theoutsid etempe raturedis-
pl ay indi cates thetempe raturemea suredand
doe snotrecor dthe roa dtempe rature.
The outsid etempe raturedispl ayisin the mul-
tifu nction displ ay(Y page 170 ).
Ac hang eint he outsid etempe ratureisshow n
in the multifunction displ ayafte rad elay . Co
olant temperature gage G
WARNI
NG
Ope ning thehoodwhent he engi neisover -
hea ted orwhe nthere isaf ire inthe engi ne
compa rtment couldexpo seyout oh otgases
or other serviceprod ucts. Thereisar isk of
inju ry.
Let anover heated engi necool downbefore
ope ning thehood.Ifthere isaf ire inthe
engi necompa rtment, keepthehoodclosed
and contact thefire departme nt.
! Ad
ispl ay mess ageiss how nifthe cool ant
tempe ratureistoo high.
If the cool anttempe ratureisover 248‡
(120 †),donot continu edriving. The
engi newillother wise be damag ed.
The coolanttempe raturegage isin the instru -
ment cluster onthe right-ha ndside
(Y page 32).
The Hmarki nginthe cool anttempe rature
ga ug ec orre sponds toac ool ant tempe rature
of approxi mate ly248 ‡(120 †).
Unde rnorma lope rati ngcondi tions andatthe
corre ctcool antlevel, the cool anttempe rature
ga ug em ayrise tothe Hmarki ng. Ope
rating theon-bo ard computer
Ove rview 0043
Multifunctio ndispl ay
0044 Right control panel
0087 Left control panel
X To acti vate theon-bo ard computer: turn
the SmartKe ytop ositio n0047 inthe ignition
lock.
You cancontrol themultifunction displ ayand
the setting sint he on-bo ardcompu terusing
the buttons onthe multifunction steering
whe el.
Le ftco ntrol panel 0059
0065 R
Ca llsu pthe menu andmenu bar 0063
0064 Pres
sbriefly:
R Scrol lsin lists
R Sele ctsasubmenu orfuncti on
R In the Audi o Audi
omenu :selects the
pre vious ornext station,whe n
the preset list or stati onlist is
acti ve,oran audiot rack orvid eo
scene
R In the Tel Tel
(teleph one) menu :
swi tches tothe phoneboo kand
sel ects aname ortele pho ne
numb er Di
splay sand ope ration
169On-board computer anddispl ays Z

0063
0064 Press
andhold:
R In the Audio Audio
menu: selects apre-
set listoras tation listinthe
desired frequency range,selects
an audio trackorvideo scene
using rapidscrolling
R In the Tel Tel
(Telephone) menu:
starts rapidscrolling ifthe phone
book isopen 0076 R
Confirms theselection ordisplay
message
R In the Tel Tel
(Telephone) menu:
switches tothe telephone book
and starts dialingthe selected
number 0038 Press
briefly:
R Back
R Switches offvoice-operated con-
trol fornavigation orthe Voice
Control System
R Hides display messages orcalls
up the last Trip Trip
menu function
used
R Exit sthe telephone book/redial
memory 0038 Press
andhold:
R Call supthe standard displayin
the Trip Trip
menu Right
control panel 0076 R
Rejects orends acall
R Exit sthe telephone book/redial
memory 0061 R
Makes oraccepts acall
R Switches tothe redial memory 0081
0082 R
Adjusts thevolume 0063 R
Mute 0059 R
Switches onvoice-operated con-
trol fornavigation orthe Voice
Control System You
canfind further information onvoice-oper-
ated controlfor navigation inthe manufactur- er's
operating instructionsinvehicles withan
Audio 20multimedia system.
Vehicles withtheCOMAND multimedia sys-
tem: youcan find further information onthe
Voice Control System inthe separate operat-
ing instruct ions. Multifunction
display 0043
Drive program (Ypage 125)
0044 Transmission position(Ypage 125)
0087 Text field
0085 Menu bar
0083 Time
0084 Outside temperature orspeed
(Y page 177)
Set thetime using themultimedia system;see
the Digital Operator's Manual.
X To display menubar0085:press the0059
or 0065 button onthe steering wheel.
If you donot press thebuttons anylonger,
menu bar0085isfaded outafter afew sec-
onds.
Text field 0087shows theselected menuor
submenu anddisplay messages.
Possible displaysinthe multifu nctiondis-
play:
R 0097Gearshift recommen dation,whenshifting
manually (Ypage 131)
R 005D Parking Guidance(Ypage 157)
R CRUISE CRUISE
Cruisecontrol(Ypage 142) 170
Displays
andoperat ionOn-board computerand displays

SETUP
0043
Engin emode Eco Eco/Comfort Comfort/Sport Sport/
Sport + Sport
+/Manual Manual
0044 Steerin gComfort Comfort/Sport Sport
0087 ESP ®
On On/Off Off
orSPORT handling mode
Sport Sport
SETUP displaysthe following information ,
funct ionsandsettin gs:
R the digital speedometer
R the gear indicator
R the engine mode
R the steering setting
R the settin gofthe ECO start/ stopfunct ion
R the ESP ®
(Electr onicStability Program)
mode
X Press 0059or0065 onthe steering wheel
to select theAMG AMG
menu.
X Press 0063repeatedly untilSETUP appears.
RACE TIMER Displaying
andstarting RACE TIMER
The RACE TIMER isonly inten dedforuse ona
closed racecircuit. Donot use thefunct ionon
public roads. 0043
Lap
0044 RACE TIMER You
canstart theRACE TIMER whenthe
engine isrunning orifthe SmartK eyisin posi-
tion 0048inthe ignition lock.
X Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheel toselect theAMG AMG
menu.
X Press the0063 button repeatedly untilthe
RACE TIMER appears.
X To star t:press the0076 button tostart the
RACE TIMER.
Displaying theintermed iatetime X
Press the0059 or0065 button toselect
Interm. Time Interm.
Time.
X Press 0076toconfirm .
The intermediate timeappears forfive sec-
onds.
Star ting anew lap 0043
RACE TIMER
0044 Fastest laptime (best lap)
0087 Lap
X Press 0076toconfirm NewLap New
Lap.
It is possible tostore amaximum ofsixteen
laps. The16th lapcan only becompleted with
Finish Lap Finish
Lap.
Stopping theRACE TIMER Menus
andsubmenus
181On-boardcomputerand displays Z

Safety
systems Display
messages Possible
causes/co nsequences and0050 0050
Solutions 002500E5
Currently Unavaila‐ Currently
Unavaila‐
ble SeeOperator's ble
SeeOperator's
Manual Manual ABS
(Anti- lockBraking System) andESP®
(Electronic StabilityPro-
gram) aretemporarily notavail able.
Other driving systems anddriving safetysystems mayalsomalfunc-
tion.
In addition, the00E5, 00BBand0025 warning lampslightupinthe
instrument cluster.
Possible causesare:
R Self-diagnosis isnot yetcomplete
R The on-board voltagemaybeinsufficient
G WARNING
The brake system continues tofunction normally, butwithout the
functions listedabove. Thewheels couldtherefore lockifyou brake
hard, forexample.
The steerabili tyand braking characteristics maybeseverely affec-
ted. Thebraking distance inan emergency brakingsituation can
increase.
If ESP ®
is not operational, ESP®
is unable tostabilize thevehicle.
There isan increased riskofskidding andanaccident.
X Carefu llydrive asuitabl edistance, makingslightsteering move-
ments atas peed above 12mph (20km/h ).
If the displa ymessage disappears,thefunctions mentioned
above areavail able again.
If the multifunction displaystill shows thedispla ymessage:
X Drive oncarefully .
X Visit aqualified speciali stworkshop immediately . 002500E5
Inoperative See Inoperative
See
Operator's Manual Operator's
Manual ABS
andESP®
are malfunctioning.
Other driving systems anddriving safetysystems mayalsomalfunc-
tion.
The 0027 (USAonly)or004D (Canad aonly), 00E5, 00BBand0025
warning lampsinthe instrument clusteralsolight up.
G WARNING
The brake system continues tofunction normally, butwithout the
functions listedabove. Thewheels couldtherefore lockifyou brake
hard, forexample.
The steerabili tyand braking characteristics maybeseverely affec-
ted. Thebraking distance inan emergency brakingsituation can
increase.
If ESP ®
is not operational, ESP®
is unable tostabilize thevehicle.
There isan increased riskofskidding andanaccident.
X Drive oncarefully .
X Visit aqualified speciali stworkshop immediately .184
Dis
play messagesOn-board comp uter anddisplays

Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 0083 The
hoodiso pen .
G WAR
NING
The open hoodm aybloc kyour vieww hen thev ehiclei sinm otion .
The reisar isko fana cciden t.
X Pull overand stop thev ehicles afely assoo naspossibl e,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur ethe veh iclea gain strol linga way (Ypage 134).
X Clos ethe hoo d. 0051 At
least oned oor isopen .Awarning tone also soun ds.
X Clos eallth ed oor s. 00CC
Pow erSteeringMal ‐ Pow
erSteeringMal ‐
fun ctionSee Opera‐ fun
ctionSee Opera‐
tor 'sManual tor
'sManual The
powe rsteer ing ismalf unction ing .
Aw arning tone also soun ds.
G WAR
NING
You willneed touse moreforce tosteer .
The reisar isko fana cciden t.
X Chec kwhether you areable toapply thee xtra for ce req uire d.
X Ifyou area blet os teer saf ely: careful lydri ve on toaq ualif ied
spe cialistwor kshop .
X Ifyou areu nable tosteer safely: donotd rive on.C ontac tthe
ne ares tqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 0058
Tru nkPartition Tru
nkPartition
Ope n Ope
n The
trunk partition isopen orthet runk isloade dtoo high .
X Stow thel oad suchthatthe trunk partition can closeunh indere d
and isno tp ush edupwar ds.
X Clos ethe trunk partition (Ypage 81). Pho
neNoService Pho
neNoService Your
vehiclei so utside then etwo rkpro vider'strans mit ter/ rec eiver
ran ge.
X Wait untilth em obile pho neoper ationalread inesssymb ol
appear sint he mult ifunction disp lay. 0059
Dec reaseSpeed Dec
reaseSpeed You
wantedt oo pen ther oofw hile thev ehiclew asinmot ion.
X Pull overand stop thev ehicles afely assoo naspossibl e,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Ope nthe roo f(Ypage 79). 0059
Var io-RoofL oweri ng Var
io-RoofL oweri ng The
roofisn otfull yopen edorclo sed .The hydr aulic saredepr essur-
iz ed.
X Full yopen orclo sether oof(Ypage 79). 206
Disp
laymes sage sOn -boar dcomp uter andd ispla ys