2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC height

G
WARNING
If child renareleft unsu pervi sedinthe vehi-
cle, they could,inparticu lar:
R Open doors, thereby endange ringother
perso nsorroad users
R Get outand bestruck byoncoming traffic
R Opera tevehicl eequipme ntand become
trappe d,for exampl e
In add ition, childrencoul dsetthe vehicl ein
motion, forexampl e,ifthey:
R Rel ease theparki ngbrake.
R Cha nge thetransmissi onposi tion
R Start thevehicl e
There isar isk ofaccide ntand injury .
Never leavechild renunsu pervi sedinthe
vehicl e.
When leaving thevehicl e,alw ayst ake the
SmartKey withyouand lock thevehicl e.
Keep theSmartKey outofthe reach ofchil-
dren. G
WARNING
If perso ns,particu larlychild ren aresubjec-
ted toprolo nged exposu reto extreme heat
or cold, there isar isk ofinjury ,possi bly
even fatal.Never leavechild renunattended
in the vehicl e. G
WARNING
If the child restrai ntsystem issub jected to
dire ctsunli ght,parts maygetvery hot.Chil-
dren mayburn themsel vesonthese parts,
particu larlyonthe metal partsofthe child
restrai ntsystem. Thereisar isk ofinjury .
If you leavethe vehicl e,taking thechild with
you ,alway se nsure thatthechild restrai nt
system isnot expose dtod irectsunli ght.
Protect itwith ablanket, forexampl e.Ifthe
child restrai ntsystem hasbeen expose dto
dire ctsunli ght,letitcool downbefore secur-
ing the child init. Never leavechild renunat-
tended inthe vehicl e.
Alwa ysensure thatallvehicl eoccupa ntshave
their seatbeltsfastened correctly andaresit- ting
prope rly.P articu larattention mustbepaid
to child ren.
Observe thesafety notesonthe seat belt
(Y pag e40)and thenotes oncorrect useof
seat belts(Y pag e41).
Ab ooster seatmaybenecessa ryto achie ve
prope rseat beltposi tioning forchild renover
40 lbs (18 kg)until theyreach aheightwhere
at hree-poi ntseat beltcan be prope rlyfas-
tened withoutab ooster seat. Spec
ialseatbe ltretractor G
WARNING
If the seat beltisr ele ased whiledrivi ng,the
child restrai ntsystem willnol onger be
secure dprope rly.The speci alseat belt
retractor isdisa bleda nd the inertia real
draw sinap ortion ofthe seat belt.The seat
bel tcannot beimmed iatelyrefastene d.
There isan increas edrisk ofinjury ,possi bly
even fatal.
Stop thevehicl eimmed iately,pay ing atten-
tion toroad andtraffic conditions. Reacti-
vate thespeci alseat beltretractor and
secure thechild restrai ntsystem properly.
The seat beltonthe front-passenge r'sside is
equ ipped with aspeci alseat beltretractor.
When activated,thespeci alseat beltretractor
ensure sthat the seat beltcannot slacken once
the child seatissecure d.
Install ingachild restrai ntsystem:
X Make sureyouobser vethe child restrai nt
system manufacturer's installationinstruc-
tions.
X Pul lthe seat beltsmoothly outofthe belt
loop .
X Engage seatbelttongue inbel tbuckle .
Activating thespeci alseat beltretractor:
X Pul lthe seat beltoutfull yand let the inertia
reel retract itaga in.
Whil ethe seat beltisr etracting, youshou ld
hear aratcheting sound.The speci alseat
bel tretractor isenabl ed.
X Push thechild restrai ntsystem downsothat
the seat beltist ight anddoes notloos en. 54
Chi
ldren inthe vehi cleSafety

e.g.
blanket s,coats, bags,protec tivecov-
ers, child seats orbooster seats.
R When theseat heating isswitched on,the
seat surface canbedamaged asaresult
of objec tsbeing placed onthe seats, for
example, seatcushions ,child seats and
protec tivecover snotapproved by
Mercedes- Benz.
! Make
surethatthere arenoobjec tsinthe
footwell underorbehind theseats when
movin gthe seats back. There isar isk that
the seats and/or theobjec tscould bedam-
aged.
i The
head restraints areequipped withthe
NECK- PROsystem (Ypage 52).Forthis rea-
son, itis not possible toremove thehead
restr aints fromtheseats.
For more information ,con tact aqualified
specialist workshop. Adju
sting theseats manually X
Seat fore-a nd-aftadj ustm ent:liftlever 0043
and slide theseat forwards orbackwards.
X Release lever0043again.
Make surethatyouhear theseat engage in
position .
X To adj ust the backrest angle:relieve the
pressure onthe backr est.
X Pull handle 0044and move backresttothe
desired angle.
X Release handle0044again.
The backr estmust audibly engage.
X To adj ust the seat height: pullhandle 0087
upwards orpush itdown repeatedly until
the seat hasreached thedesired height. Adju
sting theseats electrically 0043
Back restangle
0044 Seat fore-and-aft adjustm ent
0087 Seat cushion angle
0085 Seat height
i You
canstorethe seat settings using the
memory function (Ypage 95). Adju
sting thehead restraints G
WARN
ING
You could losecontrol ofyour vehicle ifyou
do the following whiledriving:
R adjust thedriver's seat,head restraint,
steerin gwheel ormirror s
R fasten theseat belt
There isar isk ofan acciden t.
Adj ust the driver's seat,head restraint,
steerin gwheel andmirror andfasten your
seat beltbefore startingthe engine. X
To raise/lower: pushthehead restraint
upwards orpull itdown intothedesired
position . Seats
87Seats,steering wheelandmirrors Z

Rear
viewc ame ra
Gen eral notes Re
ar vie wc ame ra0043 isan opti calparking and
mane uvering aid. Itsho wsthe areabehind
yo ur veh iclew ithg uide lines inthe multime dia
sy stem.
The areabehind the vehiclei sd ispl ay ed asa
mir ror ima ge,asinthe rearviewm irror.
i The
text showninthe multime dias ystem
di spl aydep ends onthe langu ages etti ng.
The followi ng are exampl esofrea rview
came radispl aysint he mul time dias ystem.
Impo rtant safetynotes The
rearviewc ame raisonly anaid. Itis not a
rep laceme ntfor your attenti ontoyour imm edi-
ate surrou ndings. Youa realwa ysres pons ible
for safe mane uvering andparking .Makes ure
that there arenoper sons ,animal sorobje cts
in the mane uvering areaw heny ou are mane u-
veri ngorparking .
Unde rthe followi ng circu msta nces, therear
vie wc ame rawillnot functi on,orwillfuncti on
in alim ite dm anne r:
R ifthe trunk lidi so pen
R in hea vyrain,snow orfog
R at nigh torinv ery dark place s
R ifthe came raisexpo sedtovery bright light
R ifthe areaislitby fluore scent bulbso rLED
li ghti ng(the displ aymay flicker)
R ifthere isas uddenc hange intemp erature ,
e.g. when driving intoaheated garag ein
wi nter R
ifthe came ralens isdirty orobs tructe d.
Obs erve thenotes oncleani ng
(Y page 251 )
R ifthe rearofyou rv ehiclei sd am aged. Inthis
cas e,ha ve the came rapos ition and setti ng
checke dataq ualifi ed spe cialist wo rksho p.
The fieldof vis iona nd othe rfuncti onsofthe
rea rviewc ame ramay beres tricte ddueto
ad ditiona lacce ssorieso nthe rea rofthe veh i-
cle (e.g. license plate holder ,bicycl erack) .
On veh icles with hei ght-a djustab lecha ssis,
le avi ng the stand ardheight can resulti ni na c-
cura ciesint he guidel ines, dep endi ngon tech-
nica lcondi tions .
i The
contra stof the displ aymay beaffec-
ted bythe sudd en pre sence ofsunli ght or
othe rlight sou rces ,e.g. when exiting a
ga rag e.Pa yp articu lara ttenti oninthis situa-
tion.
i If
us ab ility issev erelyres tricte d,e.g. due
to pixel erro rs,have the displ ayrep aired or
rep laced .
i The
rearviewc ame raispro tected from
rai ndro psand dustby mea nsofaflap. Whe n
the rearviewc ame raisacti vate d,this flap
ope ns.
The flapc loses againw hen:
R youh avef inishe dthe mane uvering proc-
ess
R yous witch offthe engi ne
R youo pent he trunk
Obs erve thenotes oncleani ng
(Y page 251 ).
For techni calreasons ,the flapm ayrema in
ope nbriefl ya fterthe rea rviewc ame rahas
bee ndeactiva ted.
Ac tivati ng/de acti vatin gthe rear view
came ra X
To acti vate :make sure that theSmar tKey
is in pos ition 0048 inthe igniti onlock.
X Ma kesure that theActi vationbyRgear Acti
vationbyRgear
functi onissel ected inthe multime dias ys-
tem; seetheDigitalOpe rator'sManua l.
X Engag ereve rse gear.
The rearviewc ame raflapo pens. The multi-
med iasystem showsthe areabehind the
veh iclew ithg uide lines. 16
0 Dri
ving sys temsDriving and parkin g

X
Reac hintot he gap, pullhoodcatch han -
dle 0044upand lifthoo d0043.
If you lifttheh oodb yappr oximat ely15in
(40 cm), theh oodiso pen edand held open
auto maticallyby theg as-filled strut .
Closin gthe hood X
Lowe rthe hoo dand let itfall from aheight
of appr oximat ely8in( 20 cm).
X Chec kthatthe hoo dhasengage dproper ly.
If th eh oodc an be rais edslig htly, itis no t
pro perlyen gage d.Open itagain andcloseit
wit hal ittl em oref orce . Engine
oil
Not eson theo illevel De
pen dingo nyour drivingstyle, thev ehicle
co nsumes upto0.9U Sqt(0.8 lite rs)o fo ilpe r
60 0m iles (1,000 km).Th eo ilco nsumpt ion
may behigh erthan this when thev ehicle is
ne wo rify ou frequen tlydriv eathigh engin e
spee ds.
De pen dingo nthe engin e,theo ildipst ickmay
be inad iffere ntloc atio n.
When check ing theo illeve l:
R park thev ehicle onaleve lsurf ace
R thee ngines hould beswit ched off for
appr oximat elyfivem inute sifthe engin eis
at norm aloper atingtem perat ure
R ifth ee nginei sn otatnorm aloper atingtem -
per atur e,e.g .ift he engin ew asonlystart ed
brie fly,wait about 30min utesbefore carry-
ing out them easurem ent Check
ingtheo illevel usingthe oildip -
st ick G
WAR
NING
Cert aincompo nentsi nt he engin ecom par t-
men t,suc hasthe engin e,radiat orand parts
of thee xhaust system, canbecome very
hot .Workin gint he engin ecom par tment
pose sarisko finjury.
On lytouch thef ollowin gcom ponentsd esc ri-
bed.
If work isbein gcarried outonpublic roads,
pay attentio nt ot he road andtraff icco nd ition s
and secure thea rea asappr opriate . Ex
ample
X Pull outoildipst ick0043.
X Wipe offoildipst ick0043.
X Slo wly slide oildipst ick0043intot he guide
tub etot he stop, and takeito utagain .
If th el eve lisb etween MINmark0087 and
MA Xm ark0044,t heoilleve lisc orrec t.
X Ifth eo illeve lhas dro pped toMIN mark0087
or below, add1.1U Sqt(1l )o fengineo il.
Add ingengine oil G
WAR
NING
Cert aincompo nentsi nt he engin ecom par t-
men t,suc hasthe engin e,radiat orand parts
of thee xhaust system, canbecome very
hot .Workin gint he engin ecom par tment
pose sarisko finjury.
Wher eposs ible, letthee nginec ooldown
and touch onlythec om ponentsd esc ribe din
th ef ollowin g. 242
Engine
compartm entMa intenan ceand care

Tire
labelin g
Ov erv iew 0043
UniformT ireQ ualityG radin gS tand ard
(Y page 287 )
0044 DOT, Tire Ide ntifi cationNumbe r
(Y page 286)
0087 Maxim um tire load (Ypage 286 )
0085 Maxim um tire pressu re(Y page 274 )
0083 Manuf actu rer
0084 Tire ma teri al(Y page 287 )
006B Tire size designa tion,load -be aring capacity
and spee dr ating (Ypage 284 )
006C Loadind ex (Y page 286 )
006D Tire nam e
The markin gsdescri beda bove areo nthe tire
in ad ditio nt ot he tire nam e(sales designa tion)
and themanuf actu rer'snam e.
i Ti
re data isveh icle-s pecificand maydevi-
ate fromt hedata inthe exampl e.
Tire size des ignati on,loa d-b eari ng
ca pac ityand speedratin g G
WA
RNING
Excee ding the stated tire load -be aring capa-
city and theappro ved maxim um spee d
cou ldlead totire dama georthe tire burst-
ing .The re isar isko faccident.
The refore ,onlyu setire typesand sizes
ap pro ved foryour veh iclem odel.O bserve the
tire load rating andspee dr ating
req uired foryour veh icle. 0043
Tire width
0044 Nom inalasp ec tratio in%
0087 Tire cod e
0085 Rimd iame ter
0083 Loadbearing index
0084 Spe edrating
Ge neral: dependi ng on the manuf actu rer's
sta nda rds,the size imp rinted inthe tire wall
ma ynotconta inany letters orma yconta in
one letter thatpreced esthe size descri ption.
If the reisno letter preced ingthe size descri p-
tio n(as sho wnabove ):the searep asse nge r
veh iclet iresa ccord ing toEur opeanm anufac-
tur ing standa rds.
If "P "p reced esthe size descri ption: theseare
pa sse nge rvehiclet iresa ccord ing toU.S. man-
uf actu rings tanda rds.
If "L T" pre ced esthe size descri ption: theseare
li ght truck tire saccord ing toU.S. manuf actu r-
ing standa rds.
If "T "p reced esthe size descri ption: comp act
eme rgency wheelswith high tire pressu retha t
ar eo nlyd esigne df or temp oraryusei na n
eme rgency .
Tire width: tirewidth 0043sho wsthe nomi nal
tire width inmil limete rs.
He ight-w idth ratio :as pe ct ratio 0044 isthe size
ra tio betwe enthe tire height and tirewidth
and issho wninpe rcen t.The aspe ct ratio is
cal cul ate dbydivid ing the tire width bythe tire
he ight.
Tire code: tire code0087 speci fiest he tire type.
"R "r ep res ents radial tire s;"D" represents
di ag ona ltire s;"B" represents diag ona lrad ial
tire s. 28
4 Al
la bo ut whee lsan dt iresWhe elsa nd tire s

Rim
Thi sist he partof the whe elon whi chthe tire
is mou nted.
GAW R(Gro ssAxleWei ght Ratin g)
The GAW Risthe maxi mum grossaxlew eigh t
rati ng. The actu alloa do nana xlem ustn eve r
excee dthe gros saxlew eigh trati ng. The gros s
axl ew eigh trati ng can befou ndonthe vehi cle
id entif ication plate onthe B-pi llar on the driv-
er's side.
Spe edrating
The speedrati ngispa rtof the tire identif ica-
tion. Itspe cifiesthe speedrang efor whi chthe
tire isap pro ved .
GVW (GrossVehi cleW eight)
The gros svehi cle weigh tincl udes the weigh t
of the vehi cleincluding fuel,tool s,the spare
whe el,a cce ssoriesinsta lled, occu pants, lug-
ga ge and thedrawbarnose weigh t,ifap plica -
bl e. The gros svehi cle weigh tm ustn ot excee d
the gros svehi cle weigh trati ng GVW Rasspeci-
fie do nthe vehi cleidentif ication plate onthe
B-pi llar on the driver' sside.
GVWR (GrossVehi cleW eight Ratin g)
The GVW Risthe maxi mum permis siblegros s
we igh tofa fullyloa ded vehicle(the weigh tof
the vehi cleincluding alla cce ssories,occu -
pa nts, fuel,lu gga geand thedrawbarnose -
we igh t,ifap plica ble). The gros svehi cle weigh t
rati ngisspe cified on the vehi cleidentif ication
pl ate onthe B-pi llar on the driver' sside.
Maxi mum loaded vehicle we ight
The maxi mum weigh tist he sumo f:
R the curb weigh tofthe vehi cle
R the weigh tofthe acce ssories
R the loadlim it
R the weigh tofthe facto ryinsta lled opti onal
equ ipment
Ki lopasc al(kP a)
Metri cunitf or tire pressu re.6.9 kPa corre -
spo nds to1p si.A nother unitfor tire pressu re
is ba r.100 kilopa scals(kPa )are the equivalent
of 1b ar. Lo
ad index
In addition tothe load-be aring index, the load
ind exmay also be imp rinte donthe sidewallo f
the tire.Thiss pecifi esthe load-be aring cap a-
city more precise ly.
Curb weight
The weigh tofa vehi clewith stand ardequip-
ment including the maxi mum capacityof fue l,
oil and coolant. Italso incl udes the air-condi -
tioni ngsystem andoptionalequ ipment ifthes e
are insta lled inthe vehi cle,but doe snot
incl udep asse ngers orlugga ge.
Maxi mum load rating
The maxi mum loadrating isthe maxi mum per-
mis siblewe igh tink ilogra msorlbsf or whi cha
tire isap pro ved .
Maxi mum permis sibl et ire press ure
Ma ximu mpermis sibletire pressu refor one
tire .
Maxi mum load on onet ire
Ma ximu mloado nonetire .Thisi sc alcul ate d
by divid ing the maxi mum axleloa do fone axle
by two.
PSI (pounds persquare inch)
As tand ardunitofm easure for tire pressu re.
As pec tratio
Re lations hipbetw eentireheight and tirewidth
in per cent.
Tire press ure
Thi sisp ressu reinsi dethe tire applying anout-
wa rdforce toeach squ are inch ofthe tire's
su rfa ce. The tirepressu reisspe cified in
pou nds persquare inch (psi) ,ink ilopa scal
(kPa )orinb ar.T he tire pressu resho uldo nly
be corre ctedwhenthe tire sarecold .
Co ldtire press ure
The tiresarecold :
R ifthe vehi clehasb eenp arked with the tires
ou to fdirect sunli ght foratleas tthree hours
and
R ifthe vehi clehasn otbee ndriven further
than 1mile( 1.6 km) 288
Al
la bo ut wh eelsand tiresWhee lsand tires

Rais
ingt he vehic le G
WARNI
NG
If yo ud on otpos ition the jack corre ctlyat
the appro priate jacki ngpointofthe vehicle,
the jack couldtip ove rwitht he veh icle
rai sed .The re isar isko finju ry.
Only position the jack atthe appro priate
jacki ngpointofthe vehicle. The base ofthe
jack mustbep ositioned vertically,d irectl y
und erthe jacki ngpointofthe vehicle.
! Only
position the jack atthe appro priate
jacki ngpointofthe vehicle. Othe rwise, you
cou ldda mag ethe veh icle.
Obs erve thefollowi ng when raising thevehi-
cle :
R To raise the vehicle, only uset he veh icle-
spe cificjack that hasb eent este dand
ap pro ved byMer cedes-Be nz.Ifus ed inco r-
rectl y,the jack couldtip ove rwitht he veh i-
cle raised .
R The jack isdes igned only toraise and hold
the vehiclef or as horttime whileaw heel
is bei ng cha nged .Itm ustn ot be used for
per formi ngmai ntenance workund erthe
veh icle.
R Avoi dchanging thewheel onuphilla nd
dow nhillslopes .
R Befo reraising thevehicle, secu reitfrom
rol ling away by applying the parking brake
and inserting wheel chocks .Don otdisen-
ga ge the parking brakewhilet he veh iclei s
rai sed .
R The jack mustbep lace do naf irm,flata nd
non-sl ipsurfa ce. Onaloo se surfa ce, alarge ,
fla t,load -bea ring underlay mus tbeu sed. On
as lipp ery surfa ce, anon-sl ipund erlay mus t
be used, e.g. rubber mats .
R Do not usew oodenb locks orsim ilar obje cts
as ajack underlay.O the rwise, the jack will
not beableto ach ieve its load -bea ring capa-
city duet ot he res tricte dheight.
R Ma kesure that thedistance betweenthe
und ersideo fthe tire sand the ground does
not excee d1.2in(3 cm).
R Neve rplace your hands and feetunder the
rai sed vehicle.
R Do not lieu nder the vehicle.
R Do not startthe engi newhen the vehiclei s
rai sed . R
Do not openorclose ad ooro rthe trunk lid
wh en the vehiclei sr aised .
R Ma kesure that noper sons arepresent in
the vehiclew hent he veh iclei sr aised . X
Usi nglugw rench 0043,l oosent he boltson
the wheel youw isht oc hange byabou to ne
ful lturn. Donot unscrew theboltscom-
pl etel y. The
jacki ngpoints are locate djust behindthe
front wheel hou sing sand just infront ofthe
rea rwheelhou sing s(arrow s).
Vehi cles with AMG equipmen t:the vehicle
ha sc ove rsinsta lled topro tect thevehicle
bod ynext tothe jacki ngpoints onthe outer
sil ls. Cha
ngingaw heel
291Whe elsa nd tires Z

Filling
capacit ies Mod
el Ref
riger ant All
mod els 19
.4±0 .4oz
(55 0±1 0g) Mod
el PAG
oil All
mod els 2.
8o z
80 g Veh
icle data Gener
alnot es
Pleas enotet hatfor thes pec ifiedvehicled ata:
R The heightss pec ifiedm ayvar yasar esult of
- Tir es
- Load
- Con dition ofthes usp ension
- Opt ionalequipm ent
R Opt ionalequipm entred uce sthe max imum
payload Dime
nsion sand weight s Mod
el 00430043
Opening height Mer
cedes -AMG
SLC 43 70
.75i n
(17 97mm ) All
oth ermod els 70
.5in
(17 95mm ) Mi
ssingv alue sw ere not available attim eof
goin gtop rint. Mer
cedes- AMG
SLC 43 Veh
icle lengt h 16
3.1i n( 41 43 mm ) Ve
hicle lengt h
when opening/clos -
ing ther oof Veh
icle widt h
inclu dingexterio r
mir rors 78
.9in(20 06mm) Veh
icle heigh t 51
.2in(13 03mm) Veh
icle heigh t
when opening/clos -
ing ther oof 61
.7in(1566 mm) Wh
eelba se 95
.7in(24 31mm) Tu
rning radiu s All
oth ermod els Veh
icle lengt h 16
2.7i n( 41 33 mm ) Ve
hicle lengt h
when opening/clos -
ing ther oof 17
0.2i n( 43 24 mm ) Ve
hicle widt h
inclu dingexterio r
mir rors 79
.0in(20 06mm) Veh
icle heigh t Veh
icle heigh t
when opening/clos -
ing ther oof 61
.06i n( 1551 mm) Wh
eelba se 95
.7in(24 30mm) Tu
rning radiu s 34
.5ft(10 .52 m) Veh
icle data
305Tec hnicald ata Z