2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC ROADSTER key

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illgrad ient s !
On
long,steep gradie nts, you mus tred uce
th el oad ontheb rake s.To use engin eb rak-
in g, shi ftto alowe rgear ingoo dtime. Thi s
hel psyou toavo idoverh eatingt he bra kes
and wear ingt hemo utexce ssi vel y.
Whe nmakingu seofthee ngineb raking
ef fect ,iti sp ossib lethat ad rive whee lmay
no tturnf or som etime,e.g. inthec aseo f
sudd enlych ang ingo rslipper yroads urfac e
co nd ition s.Thi scouldcau sedam agetothe
dri ve train .Thist ypeo fdam age isno tc ov-
ere dbythe Mer cedes -Ben zw arrant y.
Chan geinto alowe rgear ingoo dtimeo nlon g
and steep down hillgradie nts. Thi sise spec ially
imp ortant ifth ev ehicle islade n.
Thi salso appli esifyou haveactivat edcruise
co ntro lo rA ctiveD istan ceAssis tD ISTR ON IC.
Hea vyandligh tloa ds G
WAR
NING
If you restyour foot on theb rake peda l
whil edrivin g,theb raking sys temc anover-
heat .Thisi nc rea sest he stopp ingd ista nc e
and canevencause theb raking sys temt o
fail .The re isar isko fana cciden t.
Nev eruse theb rake peda lasaf ootre st.
Nev erdepr esstheb rake peda land the
acc eler ator peda latthe sam etime.
! De
pre ssing theb rake peda lcon stan tly
res ultsine xces sive and premat ure wear to
th eb rake pads .
If th eb rake sh aveb eens ubj ectedt oa heav y
load ,don otstop thev ehicle imm ediately, but
dri ve on foras hortwhil e.Thi sallow sthe air-
flo wt ocoolthe bra kesm oreq uickly.
Wet road s If
you havedriven foral ongt imeinh eav yrain
wit hout braking ,the re may beadelayed reac-
ti on from theb rake sw hen braking fort he first
ti me. Thism ayalso occur afterthev ehicle has
bee nwash edordriven thro ugh deepwater.
You then hav etod epr ess theb rake peda l
mo refirmly. Main tain ag reater dis tanc ef rom
th ev ehicle in fron t.
Af terd rivin go naw etroad orhav ingt he veh i-
cl ew ash ed, brakefirmly whilepayin gattenti on to
thet raffic co nd ition s.Thi sw illwarm upthe
bra kediscs,the reby dryi ngthem morequic kly
and protectingt hema gain stcorrosi on.
Lim ited brak ing performa nce onsalt-
tr eat edroad s If
you drive on salt edroads, alayer ofsalt resi-
due may form ontheb rake discsand brake
pads .Thisc an res ult inas igni fic ant lylon ger
bra king distanc e.
R In order topre ven tany salt build -up,apply
th eb rake so ccasion ally whilepayin gatten-
ti on tothet raffic co nd ition s.
R Care fullydepr ess theb rake peda land the
beg inning and endo faj ourney.
R Main tain ag reater dis tanc et ot he veh icle
ahea d.
Ser vici ngtheb rake s !
The
brakeflui dlevel may betool ow, if:
R ifth er ed bra kewarn ingl amp lightsup in
th ei nstru ment clust erand
R you hear awarningt onew hilet he engin e
is run ning
Obs erveaddit ionalwarn ingm essag esinthe
mult ifunction display.
The brakeflui dlevel may betool ow due to
bra kepad wear orleak ingb rake lines.
Hav ethe bra kesys temc hecked imm edi-
at ely. Consult aqualif iedspecialis twork-
sho ptoa rrang ethis.
! As
theE SP®
sys temo perat es aut omati-
cal ly,thee nginea nd thei gn ition mus tbe
swit ched off( theS martKey mustbeinp osi-
ti on 0092 or0047 inthei gn ition lock),ift he
elec tric par king bra keistested on abraking
dyn amo meter(ma ximum 10sec onds).
Br ak ingt rigg ere dautom atically byESP®
may causesev ere dam agetotheb rake sys -
te m.
Al lc he cksa nd main tenan cewor konthe bra ke
sys temm ustb ec arrie do utataq ualif iedspe-
ci alis tworks hop .
Hav ebrake pads inst alled andbrakeflui d
rep laced ataq ualif iedspecialis tworks hop .
If th eb rake sys temh asonlybee nsubj ectto
mo der atel oad s,you should test thef unction -
alit yofyour brakesa treg ular inte rvals.
In fo rm ation onBAS(Brak eA ssist) (Y page 57). 140
Dri
ving tipsDri ving andp ark ing

shorter
thedistance tothe obstacle, the
shorter thefrequency ofthe intermitt entwarn-
ing tones becomes. Whentheminimum dis-
tance isreached, youhear acont inuous warn-
ing tone.
Deac <0057004C005900440057004C0051004A0012004400460057004C005900440057
004C0051004A> ParkingAssist
PARKTRONIC 0043
Deactivates/act ivatesParking Assist
PARKTRONIC
0044 Indicator lamp If
indicator lamp0044lights up,Parking Assist
PARKTRONIC isdeactivated. ParkingGuidance
is also deactivated.
i Parking
AssistPARKTRONIC isautomati-
cally activated whenyouturn theSmartKey
to position 0048inthe ignition lock. 156
Driving
systemsDriving andparking

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

Indi
catorand warning displa y 0043
Yello windicat orlamp/ redwarn inglamp
Blin dSpotA ssist isno ta ctive atspee dsbelow
appr oximat ely20mph (30km/h). Vehiclesin
th em onito rin gr ange are then notind icat ed.
When BlindSpotA ssist isact ivat ed, indicat or
lamp 0043inthee xteri or mir rorslight supy ellow
at spee dsofup to20 mph (30km/ h).A t
spe eds above 20mph (30km/h ),the indicator
la mp goesoutand Blind Spot Assistisope ra-
tiona l.
If av ehiclei sd ete cted within theblind spot
moni toringrang eatspeeds above 20mph
(30 km/h ),wa rning lamp 0043onthe corre -
spo nding sidelights upred .Thisw arning is
al wa ysemi tted when avehiclee nter sthe blind
spo tmonitori ngrang efrom behindorfrom the
sid e.Whe nyou ove rtake avehicle, the warning
only occu rsifthe differ ence inspe edisless
than 7mph(12 km/h ).
The yellow indicator lamp goesoutifreve rse
gea rise nga ged .Int his event,Blind Spot
Assi stisno longer active.
The brightne ssofthe indicator/w arninglamps
is ad juste dautoma ticallya cco rding tothe
amb ient light.
Co llis io nw arning
If av ehiclei sd ete cted inthe moni toringrang e
of Blind Spot Assistand yous witch onthe cor-
res pond ingturn signal ,ad oublew arning tone
sou nds. Redw arning lamp 0043flashe s.Ifthe
turn signal rema inson, vehicles dete cted are
ind icated bythe flashi ng ofred warning
la mp 0043.T here are nofurther warning tones. Sw
itchin gonB lind Spo tAssist
X Ma kesure that Blind Spot Assist
(Y page 176 )isa ctivate dint he on-bo ard
comp uter.
X Tu rn the Smar tKeytopos ition 0048 inthe igni-
tion lock.
Wa rning lamps 0043inthe exter iorm irrors
li ght upred forappro xima tely1.5seco nds
and then turnyellow .
Lan eKeeping Assist Gen
eral notes Lane
Keeping Assi stmoni torstheareainf ront
of your veh iclew ithc ame ra0043,w hich is
mou nted atthe top ofthe windsh ield .L ane
Kee ping Assi stdete ctslane mar kings onthe
roa dand warns youb efore youl eave your lane
uni ntentio nally.
If yo us elect km km
on the on-bo ardcomp uterin
the Displa yUnitS peed- /Odometer Dis
playUnitS peed- /Odometer func-
tion (Ypage 177 ),Lane Keeping Assi stis
acti vestar ting atas peed of60 km/h .Ift he
mil es mil
esdispl ayuni tiss elected ,the assis tance
rang ebegins at40 mph .
Aw arning maybegiven ifaf ront wheel passe s
ove ral anem arking. Itwi llwa rnyoub ym eans
of inter mitte ntvib rati oninthe stee ring wheel
for upto1.5 seco nds.
Impo rtant safetynotes G
WARNI
NG
Lane Keeping Assi stcanno talway sc learl y
dete ctlane mar kings .
In such cas es, Lane Keeping Assi stcan:
R give an unne cessarywarning
R not give aw arning
The reisar isko fana ccident. 16
6 Dri
ving sys temsDriving and parkin g

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
8 Me
nus and submen usOn-bo ard computer anddisplay s

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 007A
0025
00E5 Ino perativeSee Ino
perativeSee
Ope rator'sM anual Ope
rator'sM anual EB
D( elec tron icbrak eforce dist ribution),AB Sa ndESP®
are mal-
fun ction ing.
Ot her drivin gs yst ems anddrivin gs afet ys yst ems mayalsomalfunc-
ti on .
In addit ion,the 00E5 ,00BB and0025 warninglamp sligh tupint he
ins trumen tclus tera nd aw arning tone soun ds.
G WAR
NING
The brak esyst em continu estofun ction norm ally, butwithout the
fun ction slist ed abov e.The fron ta nd rear whee lsco uld there fore
loc kify ou per formaf ullbrak eapplic ation,for exampl e.
The steer abilit yand brak ingcharac teris tics may besev erelyaff ec-
te d. The brak ingdist anceina ne me rge ncyb rak ing situati oncan
inc reas e.
If ES P®
is no to per ational, ESP®
is unab leto stabiliz ethe veh icle.
The reisan increas edrisko fskiddin gand anacc iden t.
X Dr ive oncar eful ly.
X Vis itaq ualif iedspecialistwor kshop immediat ely. 0049
(USA
on ly) 0024 (Canada
on ly)
Tur nO ntheIgn i‐ Tur
nO ntheIgn i‐
tio nt oReleas e tio
nt oReleas e
the ParkingB rake the
ParkingB rake The
red0049 (USAonly) or 0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp lights
up.
You attemp tedt or elease thee lectric park ingbrak ewhile thei gn i-
ti on was switched off.
X Sm artKey :tur nthe Sm artKey topos ition 0047inthei gn ition lock.
X KEYLESS -GO: swit chon thei gn ition . 0049
(USA
on ly) 0024 (Canada
on ly)
Ple ase Release Ple
ase Release
Par kingB rake Par
kingB rake The
red0049 (USAonly) or 0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp
flas hes and awarning tone soun ds.Acondition for auto matic
rel ease ofthee lectric park ingbrak eisn otfulf illed (Ypage 135).
You aredrivin gw itht he elec tric park ingbrak eapplie d.
X Releas ethe elec tric park ingbrak emanually. The
red0049 (USAonly) or 0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp
flas hes and awarning tone soun ds.
You areusin gthe elec tric park ingbrak efor eme rgencyb rak ing
(Y page 135). 0049
(USA
on ly) 0024 (Canada
on ly)
Par kingB rake See Par
kingB rake See
Ope rator'sM anual Ope
rator'sM anual The
yellow 0024warninglamp lightsup.
The electric park ingbrak eism alfunc tion ing .
To apply :
X Swi tcht he ignition off.
X Pre ssthee lectric park ingbrak ehandle foratleast tens econ ds.
X Sh ift thet rans mis sion topos ition 005D.
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 186
Disp
laymes sage sOn -boar dcomp uter andd ispla ys

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