2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC ROADSTER seats

EASY-EN
TRY/EXIT feature
Imp ortant safety notes G
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If you driveoffwhile theE ASY-EN TRY/ EXIT
feat ure ismak ingadjust men ts,y ou coul d
lose control of thev ehicle .Ther eisar iskof
an acc iden t.
Always waituntilth ea djust men tproces sis
com pletebefo redriv ingoff. G
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When theE ASY-EN TRY/ EXITfeat ure adjust s
th es teeri ng wheel, youand other vehicle
occ upant s–particular lych ildre n–c ould
bec ome trapped. Thereisar iskofinjury.
While theE ASY-EN TRY/ EXITfeat ure ismak -
ing adjust men ts,m akes ure that no oneh as
any body partsint he sweep ofthes teeri ng
wheel.
If som ebody become strapped:
R pres sone ofthem emory function posi-
tio nb utto ns ,o r
R mov ethe swit chfor steeri ngwheel
adj ust men tint he oppo sited irection to
th at inwhic hthe steeri ngwheel ismov -
ing .
The adjust men tproces siss topped . G
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When theE ASY-EN TRY/ EXITfeat ure adjust s
th es teeri ng wheel andthed river' ss eat ,you
and other vehicle occupant s–particular ly
ch ildre n–c ouldb ecome trapped. Thereisa
risk ofinjury.
While theE ASY-EN TRY/ EXITfeat ure ismak -
ing adjust men ts,m akes ure that no oneh as
any body partsint he sweep ofthes eat and
th es teeri ng wheel. If
som ebody become strapped:
R pres sone ofthem emory function posi-
tio nb utto ns ,o r
R pres sone ofthem emory function mem -
ory buttons ,o r
R mov ethe swit chfor steeri ngwheel
adj ust men tint he oppo sited irection to
th at inwhic hthe steeri ngwheel ismov ing
The adjust men tproces siss topped . G
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If you useopen ingsint he bodywor kor
det ach able partsassteps, you could:
R slip and/ orfall
R damag ethe veh icle and caus eyours elfto
fall.
Ther eisar iskofinjury.
Always usesecure clim bingaids, e.g.as uit-
able ladder .
The EASY- ENTRY/ EXITfeat ure mak esget ting
in and outofyour vehicle easier .
You canactivat eand deac tivate theE ASY-
EN TRY/ EXITfeat ure intheo n-bo ard com pute r
(Y page 179).
Posit ionofthes teeri ng wheel when
th eE ASY-EN TRY/EXIT feature isact ive The
steeri ngwheel swingsup when you:
R rem ove theS martKey from thei gn ition lock
R open thed river' sd oor with KEYLE SS-GO in
posit ion1
R open thed river' sd oor and theS martKey is
in posit ion0092or0047
i The
steeri ngwheel movesupwards onlyif
it has nota lread yreac hed theu pper steer-
ing limit er.
Posit ionofthes teeri ng wheel fordriv-
ing The
steeri ngwheel ismov edtothel ast selec -
te dp osit ion when :
R thed river' sd oor isclo sed
R you insert theS martKey intot he ignition
loc k St
eerin gwheel
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or
R you press theStart /Stopbutton onceon
vehicles withKEYLE SS-GO
When youclose thedriver's doorwiththeigni-
tion switched on,the steering wheelisalso
automatically movedtothe previously set
position.
The lastposition ofthe steering columnis
stored whenyouswitch offthe ignition or
when youstore thesettingwith thememory
funct ion(Ypage 95).
Crash- responsive EASY-EXIT featur e If
the crash-r esponsive EASY-EXI Tfeature is
triggered inan accident ,the steering column
will move upwards whenthedriver's dooris
opened. Thisoccurs irrespect iveofthe posi-
tion ofthe Smart Keyinthe ignition lock.This
makes iteasier toexit thevehicle andrescue
the occupant s.
The crash-r esponsive EASY-EXI Tfeature isonly
operational ifthe EAS Y-EXI T/ENTRY featureis
activated inthe on-board computer
(Y page 179). Mirr
ors Inside
rearview mirror X
Anti-glare mode:flickanti-glare lever0043
forwards orback. Exterior
mirrors
Adjust ingthe exterior mirrors G
WARNING
You could losecontrolofyour vehicle ifyou
do the following whiledriving:
R adjust thedriver's seat,head restraint ,
steering wheelormirrors
R fasten theseat belt
There isar isk ofan accident .
Adjust thedriver's seat,head restraint ,
steering wheelandmirror andfasten your
seat beltbefore startingthe engine. G
WARNING
The exter iormirror onthe front -passenger
side reduces thesize ofthe image. Visible
object sareactually closerthantheyappear.
This means thatyoucould misjudge thedis-
tanc efrom road users traveling behind,e.g.
when changing lane.There isar isk ofan
accident .
For this reason, alwaysmake sure ofthe
actual distance fromtheroad users traveling
behind byglancing overyour shoulder. X
Make surethattheSmart Keyisin position
0047 or0048 inthe ignition lock.
X Press button 0043for the left exter iormirror
or button 0044for the right exteriormirror.
The indicator lampinthe correspon dingbut-
ton lights upinred.
The indicator lampgoesoutagain after
some time.Youcanadjust theselected 92
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ext
erior mirror usingbutton 0087aslong as
the indicat orlamp islit.
X Press button 0087up, down, tothe right orto
the left.
The exterior mirror mustbeset toap osition
that provides youwith agood overview of
traff iccon ditions .
The convex exterior mirror sprovide alarger
field ofvision.
The exterior mirror sareautomatic allyheated
after startingthe vehicle ifthe rear window
defrost erisswitched onand theoutside tem-
perature islow. Mirror heating lastsupto10
minutes .
i You
canalso heat upthe exterior mirror s
manually byswitchin gonthe rear window
defrost er.
Folding theexterior mirrorsino rout
electrically X
Make surethattheSmart Keyisin position
0047 or0048 inthe ignition lock.
X Briefly pressbutton 0043.
Bot hexterior mirror sfold inor out.
i Make
surethattheexterior mirror sare
alway sfolded outfully while driving. They
could otherwisevibrate.
Folding theexterior mirrorsino rout
aut omat ically If
the "Fold inmirror swhen lockin g"func tion is
activat edinthe on-board comput er
(Y page 180): R
the exterior mirror sfold inautomatic allyas
soon asyou lock thevehicle fromtheout-
side.
R the exterior mirror sfold out again automati-
cally assoon asyou unlock thevehicle and
then open thedriver's orfron t-passenger
door.
i The
exterior mirror sdon otfold outifthey
have been folded inmanually.
Exterior mirror push edout ofposition If
an ext erior mirror hasbeen pushed outof
position ,proceed asfollows:
X Vehicles
withoutelectrically folding
exterior mirrors: move theexterior mirror
into thecorr ectposition manually.
X Vehicles
withelectrically foldingexte-
rior mirrors: press andhold mirror -foldin g
button untilyouhear themirror clickinto
place (Ypage 93).
The mirror housing isengaged againand
you can adjust theexterior mirror sasu sual
(Y page 92). Automa
ticanti- glare mirrors G
WARN
ING
Elect rolyte mayescape ifthe glass inan
automatic anti-glare mirror breaks. Theelec-
trolyt eish armful andcauses irritation.It
must notcome intocontact with your skin,
eyes, respirator yorgans orcloth ingorbe
swallowed. Thereisar isk ofinjury.
If you come intocontact with theelectr o-
lyte, observe thefollowing:
R Rinse offthe electr olytefromyourskin
immediately withwater.
R Immediately rinsetheelectr olyteoutof
your eyes thoroughly withclean water.
R Ifthe electr olyteisswallowed, immedi-
ately rinse yourmouth outthor oughly. Do
not induce vomiting.
R Ifelectr olytecomes intocontact with your
skin orhair orisswallowed, seekmedical
atten tionimmediately. Mirr
ors
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Immedia telychange outofclothing which
has come intocontact withelectroly te.
R Ifan allergic reaction occurs,seekmedi-
cal attention immediately.
The rear-view mirrorandtheexterior mirroron
the driver's sideautoma ticallygointo anti-
glare mode ifthe follow ingconditions aremet
simul taneousl y:
R the ignition isswitched onand
R incident lightfrom headlampsstrikes the
sensor inthe rear-view mirror
The mirrors donot gointo anti-glare modeif
reverse gearisengaged orifthe interior light-
ing isswitched on. Parking
positionfor the exterio rmir-
ror onthe front-passenge rside
Setting andstoring theparking posi-
tion Usin
gthe memory button You
canstore theparking positionofthe front-
passe nger-side exteriormirrorusingmemory
button M0085.T hereverse gearmust notbe
engaged duringthe process.
X Make surethatthevehicle isstationary and
that theSmartKey isin positio n0048 inthe
ignition lock.
X Press button 0044for the exterior mirroron
the front-passenger side. X
Engage reverse gear.
The exterior mirroronthe front-passenger
side moves tothe preset parking position.
X Use button 0087toadjust theexterior mirror
to ap ositio nthat allows youtosee therear
wheel andthecurb.
The parking positioniss tored.
i If
you shift thetransmission toanother
positio n,the exterior mirroronthe front-
passe ngersidereturns tothe driving posi-
tion.
Usin greverse gear You
canadjust theexterior mirroronthe front-
passe ngersidetoap ositio nthat allows youto
see therear wheel onthat side assoon asyou
engage thereverse gear.Thissetting canbe
stored usingmemory buttonM0085.
X Ensure thattheSmartKey isin positio n0048
in the ignition lock.
X With theexterior mirroronthe front-
passe ngersideactivated, usebutton 0087to
adjust theexterior mirror.Therear wheel
and thecurb shoul dbevisib lein the exterior
mirror.
X Press memory buttonM0085 and one ofthe
arrows onbutton 0087within threeseconds.
The parking positioniss tored ifthe exterior
mirror doesnotmove.
X Ifthe mirror moves outofpositio n,repea t
the steps. 94
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steerin gwheeland mirrors

Callin
gupas tored parking position
set ting X
Turn theS martKey toposi tion0048 inthei gn i-
tio nlock.
X Sel ect thee xteri or mir ror onthef ront-
pass enger side usingbutto n0044.
X En gage revers egear .
The exterior mirror onthef ront-pa sse nger
side movestothes toredp ark ing posi tion.
The exterior mirror onthef ront-pa sse nger side
mov esback toits orig inal posi tion:
R as soon asyou excee das peedof9 mph
(15 km/h)
R ifyou pres sbutto n0043 for thee xteri or mir ror
on thed river' ss ide Mem
oryfunct ion St
ori ng set tings G
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If you usethem emory function onthed riv-
er' ss ide while driving,you coul dlose con-
tr ol of thev ehicle asaresult ofthea djust -
men tsbein gmade.Ther eisar isko fana cci-
den t.
On lyuse them emory function onthed riv-
er' ss ide when thev ehicle isstatio nary. G
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When them emory function adjust sthe seat ,
you and other vehicle occupan ts–p articu-
larly childre n–c ouldb ecome trapped. There
is ar isko finjury. While
them emory function ismak ingadjust -
men ts,m akes ure that no oneh asany body
part sint he sweep ofthes eat .
If som eonebecome strapped, pressam em-
ory posi tions wit ch orseat adjust men t
swit chimm ediat ely. G
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Childr encoul dbecome trapped ifth ey act i-
vat ethe mem oryfunction ,part icular lywhen
unat tende d.Ther eisar isko finjury.
Nev erleave childre nunsuperv isedinthe
veh icle.
When leavingthev ehicle ,always takethe
Sm artKey withyou and lockthe veh icle.This
also applies fortheD igital Veh icle Key ifth e
"Dig italVeh icle Key" function isact ivat edvia
Mer cedesme connect.
The mem oryfunction can beact ivat edatany
tim e,e.g .evenw hen theS martKey isno tin
th ei gn ition lock.
Wit hthe mem oryfunction ,you can store upto
th ree differe ntset tings, e.g.for three differe nt
peopl e.
The followin gsettin gs are store dasas ingle
mem orypres et:
R Posi tiono fthe seat ,back restand head
res traint
R Dr iver 'sside: steer ing wheel position
R Dr iver 'sside: positiono fthe exterior mirrors
on thed river' sa nd fron t-pass enger sides Mem
oryfunct ion
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Alw
aysm akes uret hatn either youn orthe bat-
tery iselectro statica llyc harge d.Ab uild -u po f
el ectro static cha rge can becau sed,for exa m-
pl e:
R by wearing clothing ma de from syntheti c
fib ers
R du et ofrictio nbetwe en clothing and seats
R ifyo up usho rpullt he battery across the
car peto ro the rsyntheti cmateri als
R ifyo uw ipet he battery with ac loth G
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Dur ing the charging pro ces s,ab attery pro-
du ces hydro gen gas.Ifas hortcirc uito ccu rs
or spa rks arec rea ted ,the hydro gen gasc an
ig nite .The re isar isko fane xplosion.
R Ma kesure tha tthe positive term inalofa
conne ctedbattery does not come into
conta ctwith veh iclep arts.
R Nev erplace meta lobjects ortool sona
ba ttery .
R Itis imp orta nttha tyou obser vethe
de scri bedo rder ofthe battery terminals
wh en conne ctinganddisconne ctingabat-
tery .
R Whe njum p-sta rting,makes uret hatthe
ba ttery polesw ithi de nti cal polarity are
conne cted.
R Itis pa rticu larly imp orta ntto obser vethe
de scri bedo rder wh en conne ctinganddis-
conne ctingthejumperc ables.
R Nev erconne ctor disconne ctthe battery
term inalswh ilet he eng ineisrunning . G
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Batte ryaci disc austic.The reisar isko f
inju ry.
Avoi dconta ctwith ski n,eyes orclo thing. Do
not inhalea nybattery gases .Don otlean
ove rthe battery .Keepc hild ren away from
ba tteri es.Washaway battery acidimm edi-
ate lywith plenty ofcle an water and seek
med icalatte ntio n. H
En
viron men talnote Batte
riesc onta inpo lluta nts.
It is ille ga ltod ispo se of
them with the household
ru bb ish. The ym ustb ec ol-
le cted separate lyand dis-
po sed ofinan envi ronm en-
tal lyres ponsi bler ecy cling
sy stem . Dis
pose ofbatteri esinan
envi ronm entallyr espo nsi ble
ma nner. Take discha rged
ba tteri estoaq ualifi ed spe -
cia list wo rksh oportoac ol-
le ctio npoint for used bat-
teri es.
! Hav
ethe battery regular ly che cked ata
qu alifi ed spe cialist wo rksh op.
Co mpl ywitht he ser vice intervalsin the
Ma inte nance Booklet,or conta ctaq ualifi ed
spe cialist wo rksh opfor more informa tion.
! Alw
aysh avew orko nb atteri escar riedo ut
at aq ualifi ed spe cialist wo rksh op.
Shou ldit, inexce ptiona lcirc um stances ,be
ab sol ute lynece ssaryto disconne ctthe 12-
vol tbattery yoursel f,plea se obser vethe fol-
lo wi ng:
R Secu rethe vehiclet op revent itfrom roll-
ing away.
R Swi tch offthe igniti on.
R Dis conne ctthe negative term inalfirst and
then thepositive term inal.
The trans mission islocked inpo sitio n005D
afte rdisconne ctingthebattery .
After theworkhasb eend one,ins tallthe
ba ttery andreplace the cove rofthe positive
term inalclamp firmly .
Co mpl ywiths afety precau tions and take pro-
tecti vemea sures when handl ing batteri es. Ri
sk ofexp losion. Fir
e,op en flames andsmoking are
pro hibi ted when handl ing the bat-
tery .Avoi dc rea ting sparks. Battery
(vehi cle)
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Tire
andLoadin gInfor matio nplacard 0043
Recomm endedtire pressu res
The Tire and Loading Info rma tionp laca rd ison
the B-pillar on the driver 'sside (Ypage 280 ).
The Tire and Loading Info rma tionp laca rd con-
tai ns the reco mme ndedtire pre ssu res forcold
tire s.The reco mme ndedtire pre ssu res are
va lidf or the maxim um permi ssiblel oa da nd up
to the maxim um permi ssiblev ehicles peed.
Tire pres sure table The
tirepressu retab leison the insideo fthe
fu el fillerf lap. Itsho wsthe tire pressu refor all
tire spermi tted atthe factory forthisv ehicle;
see illu stra tion(exam ple) . The
tirepressu retab leconta insthe reco m-
mend edpre ssu res forcoldtiresfor vario us
op era ting cond itions, i.e.d iffe rin gloa da nd
sp ee dc ond itions.
If at ire size pre ced esatire pre ssu re,the fol-
lo wi ng tire pressu reinfo rma tioniso nlyv alid
for thattire size; see illu stra tion(exam ple) . The
load cond itions "partia llyl ad en "a nd "ful ly
la de n" ared efine dint he tab lefor diffe rent
num bers of occu pants and amounts oflug-
ga ge .The actu alnum bero fseats ma ydiffe r. Some
tirepressu retab less howo nlyt he rim
di am ete rsins tea dofthe fulltire size, e.g.R18 .
Ri md iame terisp arto fthe tire size and canbe
fou ndonthe tire side wa ll(Y page 284 ).
If the tire pressu res have been set tothe lowe r
va lues for lighte rloa ds and /or lowe rroa d
sp ee ds,the pre ssu res shouldb ereset to the
hi ghe rvalues :
R ifyo uw anttod rive with an incr eased load
and /or
R ifyo uw anttod rive athighe rroa ds peeds
The tirepressu res forincr eased load sa nd/or
hi ghe rroa ds peeds, showninthe tire pressu re
tab le,m ayhave an egati ve effect ondrivin g
comf ort.
If the tire pressu reisnot setcorr ectly,thi sc an
le ad toan exce ssive build-u pofheata nd a
su dd en loss ofpre ssu re.
For mor einfo rma tion,conta ctaq ualifi ed spe-
cia list wo rksh op. 27
2 Tire
pres sureWhe elsa nd tire s

Numbe
rofseats Ma
xim um num bero fseats 0043 indicates the
ma xim um num bero foccu pants allo we dto
tra vel inthe vehicle. Thisinf orm ation can be
fou ndonthe Tire and Loading Info rma tion
pl aca rd.
i Th
es pecificat ions sho wnonthe Tire and
Loa ding Info rma tionp laca rd inthe illu stra -
tio na reexa mpl es.T he num bero fseats is
veh icle-s pecificand candiffe rfromt he
de tai lssho wn. Then um bero fseats inyour
veh iclec an be fou ndonthe Tire and Load-
ing Info rma tionp laca rd. De
termi ning the correc tloa dl im it
Ste p-by -stepinstruc tions Th
ef ollowi ng ste pshave been devel oped as
req uired ofallm anufact urers und erTitle 49,
Co de ofU.S. FederalRegulat ions, Part575
pu rsu ant tothe "Nati ona lTraffica nd Mo tor
Ve hicle Safety Act of1966 ".
X Ste p1:Loc ate the stateme nt"The com -
bi ned weight ofoccu pants and cargosho uld
neve rexce edXXX kgorXXX lbs." onyour
veh icle’sT irea nd Loa ding Info rma tionp lac-
ar d.
X Ste p2:Dete rminethe com bined weight of
the driver and passe nge rstha twillb er iding
in your veh icle.
X Ste p3:Sub tractthe com bined weight of
the driver and passe nge rsfro mX XXkilo-
gra ms orXXX lbs.
X Ste p4:Th er esulting figu re equalsthe avail-
ab leam ount ofcar goand lugg ageloa d
cap acity. For exampl e,ifthe "XXX" amount
eq uals1400 lbsa nd the rewillbe five 150-l b
pa sse nge rsinyour veh icle, the amount of av
ailabl ec argo and lugg ageloa dc apaci tyis
650 lbs( 14 00 -750 (5x1 50) =650lbs).
X Ste p5:Dete rminethe com bined weight of
lu gg agea nd car gobeing load ed on the vehi-
cle .Tha tw eigh tm aynot safel ye xce edthe
av ailabl ec argo and lugg ageloa dc apaci ty
cal culated inste p4 . Ex
ampl e:ste ps1to3
Th ef ollowi ng tab lesho wsexa mpl eson howt o
cal culate tota land car goload cap acitiesw ith
va rying seati ng conf igur ati ons and num bera nd
si ze ofoccu pants. Thef ollowi ng exa mpl esuse
al oa dlim itof 1500 lbs( 68 0k g).Thi sisf or
il lus trati onpurpo seso nly. Ma kesure you
ar eu sing the actu alload limi tfor your veh icle
sta ted onyour veh icle'sT irea nd Loa ding Info r-
ma tionp laca rd (Y page 280 ).
Th eg reate rthe com bined weight ofthe occu -
pa nts, thelowe rthe ma xim um lugg ageloa d.
Ste p1 Ex
ampl e1 Ex
ampl e2 Co
mbi nedm ax-
imu mw eigh t
of occu pant s
and cargo
(da tafro mt he
Tire andLoad-
in gI nfor ma-
tio np laca rd) 1500
lbs
(68 0kg) 1500
lbs
(68 0kg) Lo
adi ng the vehicle
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