2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC ROADSTER trunk

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
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the
0086 symbo lint he mu ltifu nctio ndispl ay
ar es hown inora nge .
X Pre ssthe 0076 button tosave the setting .
Fur therinform ation on daytime running lamps
(Y page 97) .
Se ttin gthe brightn esso fthe ambi ent
li ghti ng
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheeltos elect the Sett. Set
t.menu .
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button toselect the
Lig ht Lig
htsubme nu.
X Pre ss0076 toconfi rm.
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button toselect the
Amb .Light +/- Amb
.Light +/- functio n.
The current setting appe ars.
X Pre ss0076 toconfi rm.
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button toadjus tthe
bri ghtn esst oa nylevel fromOff Off
toLev el5 Lev
el5
(b rig ht) .
X Pre ssthe 0076 or0038 button tosave the
se tting .
Se ttin gthe ambi entlighti ng color
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheeltos elect the Sett. Set
t.menu .
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button toselect the
Lig ht Lig
htsubme nu.
X Pre ss0076 toconfi rm.
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button toselect the
Amb .Light Col. Amb
.Light Col.fu nctio n.
X Pre ss0076 toconfi rm.
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button tosetthe
col ortoSOL AR SOL
AR,SOL AROrange SOL
AROrange orSOL AR SOL
AR
Red Red
.
X Pre ssthe 0076 or0038 button tosave the
se tting .
Ac tiv atin g/dea ctivati ngsurro undlight-
in ga nd exteri orlighti ngdelaye dswitch-
of f
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheeltos elect the Sett. Set
t.menu .
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button toselect the
Lig hts Lig
hts subme nu.
X Pre ss0076 toconfi rm.
X Pre ss0064 or0063 toselect the Sur‐ Sur
‐
rou ndLighting rou
ndLightingfunctio n.
If the Surround Lighting Sur
round Lightingfunctio nisa cti-
va ted ,the mu ltifu nctio ndispl ay sho wsthe li
ght cone andthearea arou nd the vehiclei n
ora nge .
X Pre ssthe 0076 button tosave the setting .
Dea ctivating exte riorlighti ng delaye ds witch -
off temp orarily:
X Befo releav ing the vehicle, tur nthe Sma rt-
Key topositio n0092 inthe igniti onlock.
X Tu rn the Sma rtKeytop ositio n 0048 inthe igni-
tio nlock.
Exteri orlighti ngdelaye ds witch -off isde acti -
va ted .
Exteri orlighti ngdelaye ds witch -off isrea ctiv a-
ted thenext timeyou startthe engine.
If yo uh avea ctivated theSurroundLighting Sur
roundLighting
fu nctio nand yout urnt he light switch to0058,
the followi ng functio nsarea ctivated when itis
da rk:
R surro undlighti ng:the exte riorlighti ng
rem ains litf or 40 second safter unlocki ng
wi th the Sma rtKey.Ifyo us tart the engine,
the surro und lighti ngissw itch edoff and
au toma ticheadlamp mod eisa ctivated
(Y page 97) .
R ex teri orlighti ngdelaye dswitch-o ff:the
exte riorlighti ng rem ains litf or 60 second s
af ter the engineissw itch edoff.Ify ou close
al lt he doors and thetrunk lid, the exte rior
li ghti nggoes off after 15second s.
Dep endingonyour veh icle's equipme nt,when
the surro und lighti ngand delaye ds witch -off
exte riorlighti ng areo n,the followi ng light up:
R pa rkin glam ps
R low-b eamh eadlam ps
R da ytime running lamps
R side marker lamps
R surro und lighti nginthe exte riorm irror s
Ac tiv atin g/dea ctivati ngthe interi or
li ghti ngdelaye dswitch-o ff
If yo ua ctivate the InteriorLighting Int
eriorLighting
Del ay Del
ayfunctio n,the interiorlighti ng rem ains
on for 20sec ond safter your em ove theSma rt-
Key fromt heigniti onlock.
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheeltos elect the Sett. Set
t.menu .
X Pre ssthe 0064 or0063 button toselect the
Lig ht Lig
htsubme nu.
X Pre ss0076 toconfi rm. 17
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nus and submen usOn-bo ard computer anddisplay s

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laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions Ser
viceR equir ed Ser
viceR equir ed
Do Not ShiftGea rs Do
Not ShiftGea rs
Vis itDealer Vis
itDealer You
cannotc hang et he trans mis sion position due toam alfunc tion .
Aw arning tone also soun ds.
If trans mis sion position 005Bissele cted:
X Dr ive toaq ualif iedspecialistwor kshop without shifting thet rans -
mis sion from position 005B.
If pos ition 005E, 005Cor005D issele cted:
X Not ifyaq ualif iedspecialistwor kshop orbre akd own service. Rev
ersing NotPos‐ Rev
ersing NotPos‐
sib leService sib
leService
Req uired Req
uired You
cannolonger shiftto trans mis sion position 005Edue toam al-
fun ction .
Tran smission pos ition s005D, 005Cor005B continu etob eavail able.
Aw arning tone also soun ds.
X Vis itaq ualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Tra
nsmission Mal‐ Tra
nsmission Mal‐
fun ctionStop fun
ctionStop Am
alfunc tion has occur red inthem echan ical trans mis sion compo -
ne nts.
Aw arning tone also soun ds.The trans mis sion shiftsa uto mat ically
to pos ition 005C.
X Pull overand stop thev ehicles afely assoo naspossibl e,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Sh ift thet rans mis sion topos ition 005D.
X Se cur ethe veh iclea gain strol linga way (Ypage 134).
X Not ifyaq ualif iedspecialistwor kshop orbre akd own service. Sto
pV ehicl eL eave Sto
pV ehicl eL eave
Eng ine Running Eng
ine Running
Wai tT ransm iss ion Wai
tT ransm iss ion
Coo ling Coo
ling The
trans mis sion hasoverheated.Pullin gaway canbetempo rarily
imp aire dornotpos sible.
X Pull overand stop thev ehicles afely assoo naspossibl e,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.Do notc ontin ue drivin g
und erany circum stanc es.
X Wait untilth ed isplay mes sage disap pearsbefore pullin gaway. Aux
iliary Batter y Aux
iliary Batter y
Mal function Mal
function The
auxiliary battery for thea uto mat ictrans mis sion isno longer
bein gcharged.
X Vis itaq ualif iedspecialistwor kshop atthen exto ppo rtuni ty.
X Un tilt he n, always shiftthet rans mis sion topos ition 005Dbefore
you switchoff thee ngine.
X Be for eleav ing thev ehicle, apply thee lectric park ingbrak e. 0084 The
trunk lidisopen .
X Clos ethe trunk lid. Disp
laymes sage s
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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
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Stowage
areas Stowage
spaces
Import antsafety notes G
WARNING
If object sint he passenger compartmen tare
stowed incorrec tly,they canslide orbe
thrown around andhitvehicle occupants. In
addition, cupholders, openstowage spaces
and mobile phonebrackets cannotalways
retain allobject sthey cont ain.There isa
risk ofinjury, particularly inthe event ofsud-
den braking oras udden change indirection.
R Always stowobject ssothat they cannot
be thrown around insuch situations.
R Always makesurethatobject sdon otpro-
trude fromstowage spaces,parcelnetsor
stowage nets.
R Close thelockable stowagespacesbefore
startin gajourney.
R Always stowandsecure heavy,hard,poin-
ted, sharp-edged, fragileorbulky object s
in the trunk .
Glove box X
To open: pullhandle 0043and open glove box
flap 0044.
X To close :fold glove boxflap 0044upuntil it
engages.
The glove boxflap cont ains brackets forcoins,
pens, andcredit andservice cards. The
glove boxcanbelocked andunlocked
using themechanical key.
X To lock: insert themechanical keyinto the
lock andturn itto position 0048.
X To unlock: insertthemechanical keyinto
the lock andturn itto position 0047.
Stowage compartment/telephone
compar tment under thearm rest X
To open: pushbutton 0043upand raise arm-
rest 0044.
The stowage compartmen tcan be locked and
unlocked centrally using theSmartK ey
(Y page 66).
i Depending
onthe vehicle equipment, a
USB portandaMedia Interface isinstalled
in the stowage compartmen t.AM edia Inter-
face isau niversal interfaceformobile audio
equipment, e.g.foraniPod ®
or MP3 Playe r. 226
Stowage
areasStowage andfeatu res

Rev
ersible flo or pane lint he trunk The
trunk floor islevel when youu sethe outer
sid eo fthe reve rsiblef loor panel .Ify ou turn
the floor panel over,yo uc an trans portobje cts
su ch asab evera gecrate onthe undersideo f
the panel .
X To turn over: lift reve rsiblef loor panel 0044
us ing tab 0043.
X Tu rn ove rand then re-insert reversiblef loor
pa nel 0044. Tw
oflexib lestra ps0044 are atta ched tothe
reve rsiblef loor panel ,use thes etos ecu re
obje cts,such aswind scre en0087,w henr eve rsi-
bl ef loor panel 0043hasb eent urne dover. Roo
fcarri er
! Thi
svehiclei sn otdes igned totrans port
item sonthe roo f.Ro ofcarr iers and othe r
dev icesw hich are mou nted onthe roofthat
ha ve not beenspecifi callyap pro ved forthis
mod elby Mer cedes-Be nzmus tnot be used
as they couldda mag ethe veh iclea nd the
retra ctableha rdto p(vario -roof ).
At the time ofgoi ng toprint, Mer cedes-Be nz
doe snotoffe rany roo fcarr iero ro the rroo f-
insta lled dev icesfor this mod el. !
Thi
svehiclei sn otdes igned totrans port
any item sonthe trunk lido rtoa llow lug-
ga ge carr iers or equ ipment ofany kind tobe
insta lled tothe trunk lid. Othe rwisethe vehi-
cle and theretra ctableha rdto pcouldbe
da mag ed. Fe
atures Cup
holder
Impo rtant safetynotes G
WARNI
NG
If obje ctsinthe passe nger comp artmentare
stow edinco rrectl y,they canslide orbe
throw naround andhitveh icleo ccu pants. In
ad dition, cupholder s,ope nstow ages paces
and mob ilep hone bra ckets canno talway s
reta inallo bje cts they conta in.The reisa
ris ko finju ry, particu larly inthe eventofsud-
den braking oras uddenc hange indirecti on.
R Alw ayss tow obje ctssothat they canno t
be throw naround insuch situ ations.
R Alw aysm ake sure that objectsdonot pro-
trud efrom stow ages paces, parcel nets or
stow agen ets.
R Close thelockab lestow ages paces before
star ting ajou rney .
R Alw ayss tow and secu rehea vy,hard, poin-
ted, sharp-e dged,fra gile or bulky obje cts
in the trunk. G
WARNI
NG
The heating eleme ntsofthe cup holder can
bec ome veryhot.Youc ouldbu rn yours elfo n
them.
The reisar isko finju ry.
Do not touchthe hot heating eleme ntsof
the cup holder .Alway sm ake sure that chil-
dre ncanno tacce ssthe hot heating ele-
ments ofthe cup holder .Neve rlea ve chi l-
dre nunsup ervi sed inthe vehicle.
! Only
uset he cup holder sfor conta inersof
the right size andwhich have lids. The
dri nks couldothe rwisespill. 22
8 Fe
aturesStow ageand features

Setting
thecompass North
America zonemap South
America zonemap
X Set your location usingthezone maps.
X Push around peninto opening 0087
(Y page 238)forapproximately threesec-
onds.
The zone current lyselected appearsincom-
pass display 0044(Ypage 238).
X To selec tthe zone: pusharound peninto
opening 0087(Ypage 238)untilthedesired
zone isselected.
If, after afew seconds, thedisplay incom-
pass display 0044(Ypage 238)changes direc-
tion, thezone hasbeen selected. Calibrating
thecompass X
Make surethatthere issufficient spacefor
you todrive inac ircle without impeding
traffic.
In order tocalibrate thecompass correctly,do
the following:
R calibrate thecompass inthe open andnotin
the vicinity ofsteel struct uresorhigh-volt-
age transm issionlines.
R switch offelectrical consumers suchasthe
climate control,windshield wipersorrear
window defroster.
R close alldoors andthetrunk lid.
X Switch onthe ignition.
X Push around peninto opening 0087
(Y page 238)forapproximately sixseconds,
until symbol C C
is shown incompass dis-
play 0044(Ypage 238).
X Drive yourvehicle inaf ull circle atapprox-
imately 3mph(5km/h) to6m ph
(10 km/h).
When thecalibration hassuccessfully been
completed, thecurrent direction isshown in
compass display0044(Ypage 238). Floo
rmats G
WARNING
Object sint he driver's footwell mayrestrict
the clearance aroundthepedals orblock a
depressed pedal.Thisjeopardizes theoper-
ating androad safety ofthe vehicle. Thereis
ar isk ofan accident.
Stow allobject ssecurely inthe vehicle so
that they donot getinto thedriver's foot-
well. When usingfloormats orcarpets, make
sure thatthey areproperly securedsothat
they donot slip orobstruct thepedals. Do
not place several floormats orcarpets on
top ofone another. Features
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so,
cont actyour local waste disposa lcom-
pany. Vehicle
toolkit
General notes The
vehicle toolkitcan befound inthe trunk
or inthe stowage wellunder thetrunk floor.
Apart fromcertain country-specific variations,
the vehicles arenot equip pedwith atire-
change toolkit.Some toolsforchanging a
wheel arespecific tothe vehicle. Formore
information onwhich toolsarerequired toper-
form awheel change onyour vehicle, consulta
qual ified speciali stworkshop.
Necessary tire-changing toolscaninclude, for
example:
R jack
R wheel chock
R lug wrench
R ratchet wrench
R alignment bolt
Vehicle swithaTIREFIT kit 0043
Tire seala ntfiller bottle
0044 Fuse alloca tionchart
0087 Tire inflation compressor
0085 Towing eye
X Lift the trunk floorup.
X Use theTIREFIT kit(Ypage 255).
i Example:
equipment andcountry-specific
variations possible. Vehicle
swithacollapsible spare
wheel The
collapsi blespare wheel canbefound in
the stowage wellunder thetrunk floor
(Y page 228). 0043
Folding wheelchock
0044 Fuse allocation chart
0087 Jack
0085 Sheet forfaulty wheel
0083 Alignment bolt
0084 Lug wrench
006B Towing eye
006C Valve extract or
006D Tire inflation compressor
X Remove thecollapsi blespare wheel
(Y page 295). Flat
tire Prepar
ingthe vehicl e
Your vehicle maybeequip pedwith:
R tires withrun-flat characteristics
(MOExt endedtires)(Ypage 254)
Vehicle preparation isnot necessary on
vehicles withMOExt ended tires.
R an emergency sparewheel (Ypage 294)
Vehicles withtheMercedes-Benz emer-
gency callsystem: inthe event ofaflat tire,
you can cont actthe Mercedes-Benz emer-
gency callsystem customer center.
Vehicles equippedwith MOExt ended tiresare
not equip pedwith aTIREFIT kitatthe factory.
It is therefore recommended thatyouaddition-
ally equip yourvehicle withaTIREFIT kitifyou
mount tiresthatdonot feature run-flat charac- Flat
tire
253Breakdown assistance