2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC ROADSTER stop start

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After
atime ,the electri cparking brake
sec ures the vehiclea nd relieves theservice
bra ke.
Whe nthe HOLD functio nisa ctivated ,the
trans mission isau toma ticallys hifted toposi-
tio n005D if:
R the driver 'ssea tbelti sn otfas tene dand the
dri ver 'sdo or isop en
R the engineissw itch edoff, unless itis au to-
ma tica llys witch edoff bythe ECO start/
stop functio n.
The electri cparking brakesec ures the vehicle
au toma ticallyi fthe HOLD functio nisa ctivated
wh en the vehiclei ss tatio nar yand:
R as ystem malfunctio noccu rs
R the powe rsupplyi sn otsufficie nt
If am alfu nctio nint he electri cparking brake
occu rs,the trans mission mayalsob eshifted
into positio n005D automa tically. Ada
ptiv edampin gsystem
Ge neral notes i
Merc
edes-AMG SLC4 3:the adaptive
da mpi ngsystem iscal ledA MG RIDE CON-
TR OL spo rtssuspe nsion.
As uspe nsi on with the adaptive dampi ngsys-
tem provides imp rove ddriving comf ortand
conti nuouslycontro lsthe calibra tio no fthe
da mpe rs.The dampi ngcha racteri stics adapt
to the current opera ting anddriving situa tion.
The dampi ngistune dind ividu ally to each
wh eeland depends on:
R your driving style,e .g.s po rty
R the roadsurface cond itions
R the selecte ddrive pro gram( Ypa ge 124 ). Se
lecti ng the Comfort orEcon omy
driv eprog rams In
the Comfort andEcon omy drive pro grams,
the driving characteri stics ofyour veh iclea re
more comfortable. Sel ect one ofthes edrive
pro grams ifyo uf avor am ore comf ortabled riv-
ing style.A lsos elect thes edrive pro grams
wh en driving fastons traight roa ds, e.g.on
stra ight stre tche sofhighw ay.
In urba nt raf fic and stop -starttraf fic, drive pro -
gra mCis reco mme nded.
X Pre ssDYNAM ICSELEC Tbutton 0043repeat-
ed lyunti lthe Comfort orEcon omy drive
pro gramisselecte d.
Se lecti ng Spo rtmode The
firmer settingofthe suspe nsion tuni ngin
the Spo rtdri ve pro grame nsures evenbetter
conta ctwith the road.Sel ect thisd rive pro -
gra mw hene mp loying asporty driving style,
e.g .onw indi ng cou ntry roads.
X Pre ssDYNAM ICSELEC Tbutton 0043asma ny
time sasn ece ssaryunti lthe Spo rtdri ve
pro gramisselecte d.
Se lecti ng Spo rtPlus mode The
firmer suspe nsion setti ngsinthe Spo rt
Pl us drive pro grame nsureeve nbetter conta ct
wi th the road.Sel ect thism odew hene mp loy-
ing asporty driving style,e .g.o nw indi ng cou n-
try roadsor, idea lly, wh en driving onclosed
ra ce circ uits.
X Pre ssDYNAM ICSELEC Tbutton 0043repeat-
ed lyunti lthe Spo rtPlus drive pro gramis
sel ecte d. Dri
ving sys tems
153Dr ivi ng andp arki ng Z

att
ent ion totraff iccon dition sand oper ate
th ee quipm entwhen thev ehicle isstatio n-
ary.
When telepho ning,you must observet he legal
requi rementsfor thec oun tryi nw hichy ou are
cur ren tlydriv ing.
X Swit chon them obilephon e(see them anu-
fac turer’s oper atinginstruct ions).
X Swit chon them ultimed iasyst em(see the
Dig ital Oper ator'sMan ual)
X Estab lish aBluet ooth®
con nectiont ot he
mult imed iasyst em(Ypage 222).
X Pres sthe 0059 or0065 buttononthes teer-
ing wheel toselec tthe Tel Tel
men u.
You willsee oneo fthe followin gdisplay mes-
sages inthem ultifun ction display:
R Pho neREADY Pho
neREADYorthen am eo fthe net work
prov ider:the mobi lephon ehasfoun dan et-
work andisready torec eive .
R Pho neNoService Pho
neNoService:there isno net work
availabl eorthe mobi lephon eiss ear ching
for anetwork .
Accept ingacall If
som eonecalls you when youareintheTel Tel
men u,ad isplay message appear sint he mult i-
fun ction display.
You canaccept acallatany timeregardle ssof
th em enus elec ted.
X Pres sthe 0061 buttononthes teeri ng wheel
to acc ept anincomin gcall.
Rej ectin gorendi ngacall X
Pres sthe 0076 buttononthes teeri ng wheel
to reject orend acall.
Select inganent ryinthep hone book X
Pres sthe 0059 or0065 buttononthes teer-
ing wheel toselec tthe Tel Tel
men u.
X Pres sthe 0063 ,0064 or0076 buttonto
swit chtothep hon ebook .
X Aut horize acc ess tothep hon ebook onthe
phon e. X
Pres s0064 or0063 toselec tthe nam esone
aft ertheo ther.
or X To star tr ap idscr olling: pressand hold
th e0064 or0063 buttonfor longer than one
sec ond.
The nam esinthep hon ebook aredisplaye d
quick lyon ea fter theo ther.
Rapid scroll ing stops when yourelease the
butt onorreac hthe end ofthel ist .
X If
only onetelephone num berisstored
for anam e:pres sthe 0061 or0076 button
to start dialin g.
or X If
th ere ismor ethano nenum berfora
pa rticula rnam e:pres sthe 0061 or0076
butt ontodisplay then um bers .
X Pres sthe 0063 or0064 buttontoselec tthe
num beryou want todial.
X Pres sthe 0061 or0076 buttontostart dial-
ing .
or X To exit thet ele phone book: pressthe
0076 or0038 button.
Red ialin g The
on-bo ard com pute rsave sthe last nam es
or num bers dialed inther edi almem ory.
X Pres sthe 0059 or0065 buttononthes teer-
ing wheel toselec tthe Tel Tel
men u.
X Pres sthe 0061 buttontoswit chtothe
redi almem ory.
X Pres sthe 0063 or0064 buttontoselec tthe
desir ednam eornum ber.
X Pres sthe 0061 or0076 buttontostart dial-
ing .
or X To exit ther edial mem ory:pres sthe 0076
or 0038 button. Assist
ancemenu
Intr odu ction De
pen dingo nyour vehicle'sequipm ent,int he
Dri veAssist Dri
veAssistmen u,you have thef ollowin g
opt ions: Menu
sand subm enus
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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

X
Press the0038 button onthe steerin g
wheel.
X Confirm Yes Yes
with 0076.
The RACE TIMER interrupts timing ifyou stop
the vehicle andturn theSmart Keytoposition
0047 inthe ignition lock.Ifyou turn theSmart -
Key toposition 3and then press 0076tocon-
firm Start Start,t
imingiscont inued.
Resetting thecurr entlap
X Stop theRACE TIMER.
X Press the0059 or0065 button toselect
Reset Lap Reset
Lap.
X Press 0076toreset thelaptime to"0".
Deleting alllaps If
you switch offthe engine, theRACE TIMER is
reset to"0" after 30seconds .Alllaps are
deleted.
You cann otdelete individual storedlaps.Ifyou
have stopped 16laps, thecurren tlap does not
have tobe reset.
X Reset thecurren tlap.
X Press 0076toconf irmReset Reset.
Reset Race-Timer ? Reset
Race-Timer ?appears inthe multi-
funct iondisplay.
X Press the0064 button toselect Yes Yes
and
press the0076 button toconf irm.
All laps aredeleted.
Overall statistics 0043
RACETIME Roverall evaluation
0044 Total timedriven 0087
Average speed
0085 Dist ance covered
0083 Maximum speed
If you save atleast onelapand then stop
RACETIME R,an overall evaluation isavailabl e.
X Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheel toselect theAMG AMG
menu.
X Press the0063 button repeatedly untilthe
overall evaluation appears.
Lap statistics 0043
Lap
0044 Lap time
0087 Average lapspeed
0085 Lap length
0083 Top speed during lap
This funct ionisonly availabl eify ou have
stored atleast twolaps andhave stopped the
RACETIME R.
X Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheel toselect theAMG AMG
menu.
X Press the0063 button repeatedly untilthe
lap evaluation isshown.
Each lapisshown inas eparate submenu.
The fastest lapisindicated byflashing sym-
bol 0043.
X Press the0063 or0064 button toselect a
different lapevaluation. 182
Menus
andsubmenusOn-board computerand display s

Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 00AC
Coo lantT ooHot Coo
lantT ooHot
Sto pV ehicl eT urn Sto
pV ehicl eT urn
Eng ine Off Eng
ine Off The
coolan tist oo hot .
Aw arning tone also soun ds.
G WAR
NING
Do notd rive when yourengin eiso verhe ated.This cancaus esom e
flui dswhic hmayhav eleak edintot he engin ecom par tmenttoc atch
fir e.
St eam from theo verhe atedenginec an also causeserious burns
whic hcan occur justbyo pen ingtheh ood.
The reisar isko finjury.
X Pull overand stop thev ehicles afely and switchoff thee ngine,
payin gatten tion toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur ethe veh iclea gain strol linga way (Ypage 134).
X Leav ethe veh iclea nd keep asafed istanc efromt heveh icleu ntil
th ee ngineh ascooled down .
X Mak esuret hatthe air supp lyto thee nginer adi ato risn ot
bloc ked, e.g. by snow, slushorice .
X Do notstart thee nginea gain untilth ed isplay mes sage goesout
and thec oolan ttem perat ure gage isbelo wthe Hmar king
(Y page 169). Other wise ,the engin ecouldbe damag ed.
X Pay attention tothec oolan ttem perat ure gage ,observ ing the
warn ingnotes( Ypage 243).
X Ifth et em perat ure increas esagain ,visit aq ualif iedspecialist
wor kshop immediat ely.
Un der norm aloper ating cond ition sand atthec orrect coolan tlev el,
th ec oolan ttem perat ure gage mayriset ot he Hmar king
(Y page 169). 003D
See Operator'sM an‐ See
Operator'sM an‐
ual ual The
battery isno tb ein gcharged.
Aw arning tone also soun ds.
Pos siblecaus esare:
R ad efec tive altern ator
R at ornp oly- V-belt
R am alfunc tion inthee lectron ics
! Do
notd rive any further. Other wise thee nginem ayove rheat.
X Pull overand stop thev ehicles afely and switchoff thee ngine,
payin gatten tion toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur ethe veh iclea gain strol linga way (Ypage 134).
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 196
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Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions Tir
eP ressu reMon i‐ Tir
eP ressu reMon i‐
tor InoperativeNo tor
InoperativeNo
Whe elSensors Whe
elSensors The
whee lsmoun tedd onothav eas uitable tire pre ssur esensor .
The tire pre ssur emonitor isdeac tivat ed.
X Moun twhee lswit hsuitable tire pre ssur esensor s.
The tire pre ssur emonitor isact ivat edauto maticallyaft erdrivin g
for afew min utes. Tir
eP ress. Moni‐ Tir
eP ress. Moni‐
tor Inoperative tor
Inoperative The
tire pre ssur emonitor isfault y.
X Vis itaq ualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Veh
icle Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions Shi
ftto'P' or Shi
ftto'P' or
'N' toStartEngine 'N'
toStartEngine You
haveattemp tedt os tart thee nginew itht he trans mis sion in
pos ition 005Eor005B.
X Sh ift thet rans mis sion topos ition 005Dor005C. App
lyBraketo App
lyBraketo
Shi ftfrom' P' Shi
ftfrom' P' You
haveattemp tedt os hift thet rans mis sion topos ition 005B, 005Eor
005C without depressing theb rak epedal .
X De pre sstheb rak epedal . To
Shiftout ofP To
Shiftout ofP
or N,Depress or
N,Depress
Bra keand Switch Bra
keand Switch
on Engine on
Engine You
haveattemp tedt os hift thet rans mis sion outofpos ition 005Dor
005C intoa nother trans mis sion position withthe engin eswit ched off.
X De pre sstheb rak epedal .
X Start thee ngine. Dri
ver'sDoorO pen Dri
ver'sDoorO pen
&T ransm ission Not &T
ransm ission Not
in PR isko fVehi‐ in
PR isko fVehi‐
cle RollingA way cle
RollingA way The
driver 'sdoor isno tfull yc losed and thet rans mis sion isin pos i-
ti on 005E, 005Cor005B.
Aw arning tone also soun ds.
G WAR
NING
The vehiclem ayrollaway.
The reisar isko fana cciden t.
X Whe npark ing thev ehicle, shi ftthet rans mis sion topos ition 005D. Onl
yS elect Park Onl
yS elect Park
(P) WhenV ehicl e (P)
WhenV ehicl e
is Stationary is
Stationary The
vehiclei sm oving .
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. App
lyBraketo App
lyBraketo
Sel ect R Sel
ect R You
haveattemp tedt os hift from position 005Btopos ition 005E.
X De pre sstheb rak epedal .
X Sh ift thet rans mis sion topos ition 005E. 204
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Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 0059
Ope n/CloseV ario- Ope
n/CloseV ario-
Roo fC omple tel y Roo
fC omple tel y The
roofisn otloc ked.
X Pull overand stop thev ehicles afely assoo naspossibl e,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Push orpull and hold ther oofswit ch unt ilth er oofisf ullyo pen or
clo sed (Ypage 79). 0059
Sta rtEngine See Sta
rtEngine See
Ope rator'sM anual Ope
rator'sM anual The
on-boar dvoltag eist oo low.
X Start thee ngine.
X Aftera ppr oximat elytens econ ds, repeat theo pen ingorclo sing
pro cedure (Ypage 79). The
roofhas been openedand closed several times inar ow .The
roo fdrive has been switched off auto maticallyfor safetyr eas ons.
You canopen andclosether oofa gain afterappr oximat elyten
min utes.
X Swi tcho ffthei gn ition and turnitb acko n.
X Repeat theo pen ingorclo singp roce dure (Ypage 79). Clo
seRearS ide Clo
seRearS ide
Win dows Win
dows You
leavethe veh iclea nd atleast oner ear side window isopen .
X Clos ethe side windows (Ypage 76). 00B2
Che ckWasher Fluid Che
ckWasher Fluid The
wash erflui dlevel in thew ash erfluid reservoir has dropped
belo wthe min imum .
X Ad dw asherflui d(Ypage 244). Wip
erMalfuncti on‐ Wip
erMalfuncti on‐
ing ing The
windsh ield wiper saremalf unction ing .
X Vis itaq ualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Haz
ard Warning Haz
ard Warning
Fla shersMalfun c‐ Fla
shersMalfun c‐
tio ning tio
ning The
hazard warn inglamp sarefault y.
X Vis itaq ualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Sm
artKey Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 00AF
Key DoesN ot Key
DoesN ot
Bel ong toVehicl e Bel
ong toVehicl e You
haveputthew rong Sm artKey inthei gn ition lock.
X Use thec orrect Sm artKey. 00AF
Tak eY ourK eyfro m Tak
eY ourK eyfro m
Ign ition Ign
ition The
SmartKey isin thei gn ition lock.
X Remo vetheS martKey. 00AF
Obt ain aNewKey Obt
ain aNewKey The
SmartKey needs tobe rep lace d.
X Vis itaq ualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Disp
laymes sage s
207On -boar dcomp uter andd ispla ys Z

Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 00AF
Rep laceK eyBat ter y Rep
laceK eyBat ter y The
SmartKey battery isdisc harged.
X Chan getheb atte ry (Y page 69). 00AF
Don 'tForget Your Don
'tForget Your
Key Key The
SmartKey isno tint he ignition lock.You haveopen edthed riv-
er' sd oor withthe engin eswit ched off.
The mult ifunction disp laysho wsthed isplay mes sage amaximum of
60 sec onds and issim plyarem inder.
X Tak ethe Sm artKey withyou when youleavethe veh icle. 00AF
Key NotDetected Key
NotDetected
(re dd isplay mes sage ) The
SmartKey isno tint he veh icle.
Aw arning tone also soun ds.
If th ee nginei ss wit ched off,you can nolonger lockthe veh iclec en-
tr ally orstart thee ngine.
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 Loc ate theS martKey.
X Pre ss0076 onthes teer ing whee ltoc onfirmt hedisp laymes -
sage . Be
caus ethere isint erf ere ncef romas tron gs our ceofradi owaves,
th eS martKey isno td etec tedw hilstthe engin eisr unnin g.
Aw arning tone also soun ds.
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 Inser tthe Sm artKey intot he ignition locka nd bring intok ey
mod e. 00AF
Key NotDetected Key
NotDetected
(whit edisplay mes sage ) The
SmartKey iscur ren tlyu ndetec ted.
X Chan gethel oc ati on oftheS martKey inthev ehicle.
If th eS martKey still can notb ed etec ted:
X Inser tthe Sm artKey intot he ignition locka nd turnittot he
des iredp osition . 00AF
Rem ove 'Start'B ut‐ Rem
ove 'Start'B ut‐
ton andInsert Key ton
andInsert Key The
SmartKey isco ntinu ally undetec ted.
KE YLE SS-GO istempo rarily malf unction ing orisdef ective. Aw arn-
ing tone also soun ds.
X Inser tthe Sm artKey intot he ignition locka nd turnittot he
des iredp osition .
X Vis itaq ualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 208
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