2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC fuel reserve

Inst
rumen tclus ter Funct
ion Pag
e 0043
Sp
eedo meterwit hseg-
men ts 16
8 Warn
ingand indicat or
lamp s: El
ec tric park ingbrak e(red) 21
3 0049
USAo nly 0024
Canad aonly 0024
Elec tric park ingbrak e
(yello w) 21
3 00BA
Distanc ewarning 21
6 00BB
ESP®
OF F 21
2 0025
ABS 21
1 Br
ake s(red) 21
1 0027
USAo nly 004D
Canad aonly 0058
Low-beam headlamps 98
0060
Parkinglamp s 98
0057
High-beam headlamps 99
00E5
ESP® 21
2 0044
003E003D
Turnsignals 99
0087
Mult
ifunction disp lay 17
0 0085
Tac
hom eter 16
8 Funct
ion Pag
e Warn
ingand indicat or
lamp s: 0074
SPORT handlingm ode
in theM erce des- AMG
SL C4 3 21
3 005E
Rearfoglamp 98
005A
Thisindicat orlamp
has nofun ction 00B9
CheckEngine 21
4 0077
Tirep ressur emonitor 21
7 0075
Restraintsyst em 39
00E9
Seat belt s 20
9 0083
Coolan
ttem perat ure gage 16
9 Warn
ingand indicat or
lamp s: 00AC
Coolan t 21
4 0084
Fue
llev el ind icat or Warn
ingand indicat or
lamp s: 00B6
Reservefuel levelwit h
fuel filler flap location indi-
cat or(rig ht) 21
4 006B
In
st rum entc lus terligh ting 16
8 In
for mat ionondisp layin gthe out side tempe ra-
tur eint he mult ifunction disp laycan befoun d und
er"Out side tempe rature disp lay"
(Y page 168). 32
Inst
rumen tclust erAtag lan ce

Do
not getinto thevehiclea gain du rin gthe
ref ueling pro ces s.Othe rwise, electro static
cha rge couldbu ildu pagain.
! Do
not used iese ltor efue lveh icles with a
ga sol ine eng ine.Don otsw itch onthe igni-
tio nifyou acc identa llyr efue lw itht he wrong
fu el.O the rwise, the fuel willente rthe fuel
sy stem .Even sma llam ounts ofthe wrong
fu el cou ldres ulti nd amaget ot he fuel sys-
tem andtheengine.Notifyaq ualifi ed spe-
cia list wo rksh opand have the fuel tank and
fu el lines drainedc omp letel y.
! Ove
rfilling the fuel tank couldda ma gethe
fu el system .
! Ta
ke car enottospilla ny fuel on painte d
su rfa ces .You cou ldothe rwised amaget he
pa intw ork.
! Use
afilter when adding fuel fro maf uel
can. Thefuel lines and/or thefuel inje ctio n
sy stem couldothe rwiseb eb locke dbyparti-
cle sfromt hefuel can.
If yo uo verfillthe fuel tank, fuel cou ldspray
ou tw hent he fuel pu mp nozzl eisr em ove d.
For furthe rinfo rma tiono nfueland fuel qu ality
(Y page 300 ). Ref
ueling
Ge neral info rmatio n The
fuel fillerf lapi su nlocke dorloc ked auto-
ma tica llyw heny ou unlock orlock the vehicle
wi th the Sma rtKeyorusing KEYL ESS-G O.
The positio no fthe fuel fillerc ap isdisp laye d
00B6 inthe instrument cluster .The arrow next
to the filling pump indicates the side ofthe
veh icle. On
the insideo fthe fuel fillerc ap,you willfind
info rma tiono nthe reco mme ndedfuel.
Ope ning the fuelfille rf lap 0043
Toopen the fuel fillerf lap
0044 Toinsert the fuel fillerc ap
0087 Tire pre ssu retab le
0085 Instr uctionlabe lfor fuel typ etob erefu-
el ed
X Swi tch the engineoff.
X Re mov ethe Sma rtKeyfromt heigniti on
lo ck.
X Pre ssthe fuel fillerf lapi nt he directi onof
ar row 0043.
The fuel fillerf laps wing su p.
X Tu rn the fuel fillerc ap cou nter-c lockwi se
and remove it.
X Inse rtthe fuel fillerc ap into theholder
bra cket onthe insideo ffue lfille rf lap 0044.
X Co mpl etelyins ert the fillern eck ofthe fuel
pu mp nozzl einto thetank, hookinp lace
and refuel.
X Onl yfillt he tank untilthe pump nozzl e
sw itch esoff.
i Do
not adda nymor efuelafter the pump
stop sfilling for the first time .Othe rwise, fuel
ma ylea ko ut.
Cl os ingt he fue lfille rf lap X
Re place thecap onthe fillern eck and turn
clo ckwi seunti lite ngages audibly.
X Close thefuel fillerf lap.
i Cl
ose thefuel fillerf lapb efor el oc king the
veh icle.
i If
yo ua redrivin gw itht he fuel fillerc ap
op en, the 00B6 reservefuelw arning lamp
fla she s.The 00B9 Check Engi newarning Ref
ueling
133Dr ivi ng andp arki ng Z

Do
not drink ortake drugsand drive orallo w
any one todrive whoh asbeen drinking or
taki ngdru gs.
Emi ssionc ontro l G
DA
NGE R
Co mbu stion eng inesemitp oiso no us
exh aust gases such ascar bonm onoxide.
Inha ling the seexh aust gases isha zar dous to
he alth and canresulti np oiso ning. Thereisa
ris ko ffatal inju ry.T he ref ore ,neve rlea ve the
eng inerunning anencl osedspace withou t
ad eq uate venti latio n.
Ce rta ineng inesystem saredesigne dtok eep
the level ofpoisono uscomp onents inexh aust
fu mes withi nlegallimits .
The sesystem sonlyw orka tpeake ffici ency if
the yareser viced exa ctly inacc ordance with
the manuf actu rer'ssp eci ficati ons. Alwaysh ave
wo rkon the enginecarriedo utataq ualifi ed
sp eci alistw orksh op.M erced es-Benz recom-
mend sthaty ou usea na uthor izedM erced es-
Benz Center forthisp urpo se. Inpartic ular ,
wo rkreleva ntto safety oron safety -related
sy stem smustb ec arrie do utataq ualifi ed spe-
cia list wo rksh op.
The enginesetti ngsmustnot becha nge d
und erany circum stances .Furthe rmo re,all
sp eci fic ser vicew orkm ustb ec arrie do utat
reg ular inte rvalsand inacc ordance with the
Me rced es-Benz servicerequirem ents .Deta ils
can befou ndinthe Mainte nance Booklet. EC
Od isplay
The ECO disp lays hows youh ow eco nomi cal
yo ur drivin gs tyle is.T he ECO disp laya ssists
yo ui na chievin gthe mos teconomi caldrivin g
sty lefor the selecte dsetti ngs and prevailing
cond itions. Your drivin gs tyle can signi ficantl y
infl uence thevehicle's cons umption. 0043
Accel eration
0044 Coasting
0087 Consta nt
0085 Add itiona lran ge ach ieved
Ra nge 0085issho wnund erBon usfr. Start Bon
usfr. Start
and represents theadditio nal range achieved
si nce thebeginning ofthe journey asaresult
of an adapted drivin gs tyle.
If the fuel level hasd ropp ed into thereserve
ra nge ,the Fue lLow Fue
lLowmes sage issho wninthe
mu ltifu nctio ndispl ay instea dofran ge 0085.T he
00B6 warning lamp inthe instrument cluster
al so lights up(Ypage 214 ). 13
8 Dr
ivi ng tipsDrivi ng andp arki ng

Engine
Wa
rning/
ind icat or
lam p 00510051
Signa ltyp e
Possi blecauses/cons equences and0050 0050
Solu tions 00B9
0051
The yellow CheckEnginew arning lamp lightsupw hile thee ngine isrun ning.
Ther emaybe am alfunc tion,for exam ple:
R in thee ngine man agem ent
R in thef uel inject ion syst em
R in thee xhaust system
R in thei gn ition syst em
R in thef uel syst em
The emis sion limit values maybeexc eeded andthee ngine may beinemer -
gen cymod e.
X Visi taq ualifi edspec ialist workshop immediat ely.
In som estate s, you must immediat elyvisitaq ualifi edspec ialist workshop as
soon asthey ellow CheckEnginew arning lamp lightsup.This isdue tothel egal
requi rementsine ffect inthese state s.Ifin doubt ,che ck whet hersuchlegal reg-
ulati onsa pply inthes tate inwhic hyou are curren tlydriv ing. 00B6
0051
The yellow reservefuel warn inglamp lightsupw hile thee ngine isrun ning.
The fuel levelhas dro pped intot he res erverange.
X Refuel atthen ear est gas statio n. 00B6
0051
The yellow reservefuel warn inglamp flashes while thev ehicle isin mot ion.
In addit ion,the 00B9 CheckEnginew arning lamp maylight up.
The fuel fillercap isno tc losed correctlyorthef uel syst emisleak ing.
X Chec kthatthe fuel fillercap iscor rectlyclosed.
X Ifth ef uelfiller capisnot corr ectly closed :clo sethef uel fillercap.
X Ifth ef uelfiller capisclosed :visi taq ualifi edspec ialist workshop. 00AC
0051
The redcoolant warn inglamp lightsupw hile thee ngine isrun ningand the
coo lant temper aturegage isat thes tart of thes cale.
The temper aturesensor forthec oolant temper aturegage ismalf unctionin g.
The coolant temper atureisn olon ger bein gmonito red. Thereisar iskofeng ine
damag eifthe coo lant temper atureist oo high .
X Pull overand stop thev ehicle safe lyand switchoff thee ngine ,payin gatten-
tio nt or oad andtraff iccon dition s.Do notc ontin ue driv ingunde rany circum -
st anc es.
X Sec ure thev ehicle again stroll ing away (Ypage 134).
X Con sult aqualifi edspec ialist workshop. 214
Indica
torand warning lampsOn-boar dcomp uter and displa ys

Other
identifications, forexample:
R 0W -30
R 5W -30
R 5W -40 Fuel
Importa ntsafety notes G
WARNING
Fuel ishighly flammabl e.Improper handling
of fuel creates arisk offire and explosion.
Avoid fire,open flames, smoking andcreat-
ing sparks underallcircumstances. Switch
off the engine and,ifappli cable, theauxili ary
heating beforerefueling. G
WARNING
Fuels aretoxic andharmful tohealth. There
is ar isk ofinjury.
You must avoid fuelscoming intocontact
with skin, eyesandclothes orbeing swal-
lowed.
Do not inhale thefuel vapors. Keepchildren
awa yfrom fuels.
Keep doors andwindows closedduringthe
refueling process.
If you orothers comeintocontactwith fuel,
observe thefollowi ngpoints:
R Immediately rinsethefuel offyour skin
with soap andwater.
R Ifyou getfuel into your eyes, immediately
rinse youreyes throughly withclean
water. Seekmedical attentionimmedi-
ately.
R Seek medical attentionimmediately iffuel
has been swallowed. Donot induce vomit-
ing.
R Immediately changeoutofclothing which
has come intocontactwith fuel. Tank
capacity Model Total
capa-
city SLC
300 18.5
USgal
(70 .0l) Merce
des‑AM Gvehic les 15.8
USgal
(60.0 l) Model Of
whic h
reserve SLC
300 Approx.
2.4 USgal
(9.0 l) Merce
des‑AM Gvehic les Approx.
2.1 USgal
(8.0 l) Gasol
ine Fuel
grade
! Do
not use dieselto refue lvehicl eswith a
gaso lineengine. Donot switch onthe igni-
tion ifyou accide ntallyrefuelwith the wrong
fuel .Otherwi se,the fuel willenter thefuel
system. Evensmallamou ntsofthe wrong
fuel couldresul tind ama getothe fuel sys-
tem andtheengine. Notifyaqualified spe-
cial istworkshop andhave thefuel tank and
fuel lines drained comple tely.
! Only
refue lusing premi um-gra deunlea ded
gaso linewith atlea st95 RON thatconforms
to Europe anstandard EN228 oran equ iva-
lent specifi cation.
Fuel ofthis specifi cation cancontain upto
10% ethanol .Yourv ehicl eisE 10-compati-
ble. You canrefue lyou rv ehicl eusing E10
fuel .
Fuel thatdoes notconform toEN 228 can
lea dtoincrease dweara sw ella sd ama geto
the fuel system, engineandexhau stsystem.
! Only
usethefuel recommende d.Opera ting
the vehicl ewithother fuelscan leadtod am-
age tothe fuel system, engineandexhau st
system.
Observe thenotes onopera tingfluids. 300
Servic
eproducts andfilling capaci tiesTechn ical data