2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC ROADSTER Owner's Manual

i
Activa
teESP ®
as soo nasthe situa tions
de scri beda bove no longe rapply.E SP ®
wi ll
othe rwisenot beableto sta bilize the vehicle
if the vehicles tarts toski do raw heelsta rts
to spi n.
! Avoi
dspinning thedriven wheelsfor an
exte ndedperiodw ithE SP®
de acti vated .You
cou ldothe rwisedama gethe drivetra in.
De acti vati ng/ac tivatin gESP® X
To acti vate SPORThand ling mode :bri efly
pre ssbutton 0043.
The 0074 SPORThandling mod ewarning
la mp inthe instrum entcluster lights up.The
SPO RTHandling Mode SPO
RTHandling Modemes sage appe arsi n
the multifu nctio ndispl ay .
X To
deac tivate SPO RThand ling mode :
bri eflyp ress button 0043.
The 0074 SPORThandling mod ewarning
la mp inthe instrum entcluster goesout.
X To deac tivate ESP®
:pre ssbutton 0043unti l
the 00BB ESP®
OFF warning lamp lights up
in the instrum entcluster .
The 00E5 OFF OFF
message appe arsi nt he mu lti-
fu nctio ndispl ay .
X To acti vate ESP®
:bri eflyp ress button 0043.
The 00BB ESP®
OFF warning lamp inthe
ins trum entcluster goesout.T he 00E5 ESP®
ON ON
mes sage appe arsi nt he mu ltifu nctio n
di spl ay.
Cha racte risticso facti vate dSPORT han-
dli ng mode
If SPOR Thandling mod eisa ctivated and one
or more wheelssta rtto spi n,the 00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamp inthe instrum entcluster flashe s.
ESP ®
onl ystabilizes thevehiclet oal imite d
de gre e. Whe
nSPOR Thandling mod eisa ctivated :
R ESP ®
onl yimp rove sdriving stability to a
li mite ddegree
R trac tionc ontro liss till acti vated
R eng inetorq ueisno longe rlim ite da nd the
dri ve wheelsarea blet os pin
R ESP ®
sti llpro vides supp ort when youb rake
fir mly
Cha racte risticsw henE SP®
is deac tiva-
ted
If ESP ®
is de acti vated and one ormore wheels
sta rtto spi n,the 00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamp in
the instrum entcluster flashe s.In such situa -
tio ns, ESP ®
wi llnot stabilize the vehicle.
If yo ud eacti vate ESP ®
:
R ESP ®
no longe rimp rove sdriving stability
R eng inetorq ueisno longe rlim ite da nd the
dri ve wheelsarea blet os pin
R trac tionc ontro liss till acti vated
R Active BrakeAssi stisno longe ravailab le;
nor isitacti vated ifyo ub rake firmly with
as sista nce from ESP®
R PR E-SAFE ®
is no longe ravailab le,nor isit
acti vated ifyo ub rake firmly and ESP®
inte r-
vene s
R ESP ®
sti llpro vides supp ort when youb rake
fir mly EBD
(electro nicb rake force distrib u-
tio n)
Ge neral info rmatio n EBD
moni torsandcontro lsthe brakepre ssu re
on the rearwheelst oimp rove driving stability
wh ileb raking .
Impo rtant safetynotes i
Obs
ervethe "Impo rtant safety notes "sec-
tio nfor driving safety system s(Ypa ge57). G
WA
RNING
If EBD isma lfunctio ning,the rea rwheelsc an
lo ck, e.g.und er fullbra king .Thisi ncr eases
the risko fskidd ing and anacci dent.
Yo us houldt her eforeadapty ou rd riving
sty leto the differ ent handl ing characteri s- Dri
ving safe tysys tems
63Safety
Z

tics
.Havet he bra kesyste mc hecked ata
qu alifi ed speci alistw orksh op.
Ob serve inform ation reg arding indicator and
wa rning lamps (Ypage 211 )asw ella sd ispl ay
mes sage s(Ypa ge186 ). AD
APTIVE BRAKE
i Ob
serve the "Impo rtantsafety note s"sec-
tio n(Ypa ge 57).
ADAPT IVEBRAKE enhance sbraking safety and
off ers incr easedb raking comf ort.Inadditio n
to the braking functio n,ADAPT IVEBRAKE also
ha st he HOLD functio n(Ypa ge 152) andhill
sta rtas sist (Y page 120 ). Pro
tectiona gainst the ft Immo
bilizer
X To activ ate with the SmartK ey:rem ove
the Sma rtKeyfromt heigniti onlock.
X To activ ate with KEYLES S-G O:switch the
ig niti onoff and open the driver 'sdo or.
X To dea ctivate :sw itch onthe igniti on.
The immob ilize rprevents your veh iclef rom
be ing started withou tthe corr ectSma rtKey.
Wh enleav ing the vehicle, alwa ystake the
Sma rtKeywithy ou and lock the vehicle. The
eng inecan bestarted byany one with av alid
Sma rtKeythatisl efti ns idet he veh icle.
i The
immob ilize risa lway sd eacti vated
wh en yous tart the engine.
In the eventtha tthe eng inecann otbe star-
ted (yet the vehicle'sb attery ischa rged),
the syste misnotopera tional .Contact an
au thor izedM erced es-Benz Center orcal l
1-800 -FOR-MER Cedes(in the USA) or
1-800-38 7-0100(inC anad a). ATA
(anti-the ftalarm system) X
To arm: lock the vehiclew itht he Sma rtKey
or KEYL ESS-GO .
Indi cato rlam p0043 flashe s.The alarm system
is arm edafte rapproxima tely1 5s eco nds.
X To switcho ff:unl ock thevehiclew itht he
Sma rtKey orKEYL ESS-GO .
Av isua land audiblea larm istrig geredifthe
al arm system isarm edand youo pen:
R ad oor
R the vehiclew itht he mech anical key
R the trunk lid
R the hood
R the glove comp artment
R the stow ages pace und erthe arm rest
X To
sto pthe alarm with the SmartK ey:
pre ssthe 0036 or0037 button onthe
Sma rtKey .
The alarm isstop ped.
or
X Inse rtthe Sma rtKey intotheigniti onlock.
The alarm isstop ped.
X To
sto pthe alarm using KEYLES S-GO :
gra spthe outsid edoorh andle. The Sma rt-
Key mustbe outsid ethe veh icle.
The alarm isstop ped.
or
X Pre ssthe Start/ Stopbutton onthe dash-
bo ard .The Sma rtKey mustbe insidet he
veh icle.
The alarm isstop ped.
The alarm isnot stop ped, eve nifyou closethe
op en door tha ttrig ger edit,for exa mpl e.
If the alarm stayson for more than
30 seco nds,the Mer cedesme conne ct
eme rgency callsystem automa ticallys end s
am essage tothe Custom erCe nter. 64
Pro
tectiona gainstthef tSafe ty

This
isdone either bytext message ordata
conn ection .The emergenc ycall system
sends themessage ordata provided that:
R you have subscribed toMercedes me
conn ect
R the Mercedes meconn ectservice has
been activated properly
R the necessary mobilephonenetwork is
availabl e Protection
againsttheft
65Safety Z

Smar
tKey Import
antsafety notes G
WARNING
If children areleft unsupervised inthe vehi-
cle, they could:
R operate thevehicle's equipment
Additionally, childrencouldsetthe vehicle in
motion if,for example, they:
R release theparking brake
R shift theautomatic transmissionoutof
park position 005D
R start theengine
There isar isk ofan accident andinjury.
Never leavechildren oranimals unattended
in the vehicle.
When leaving thevehicle, alwaystake the
SmartK eywith youand lock thevehicle. This
also applie sfor the Digital Vehicle Keyifthe
"Digital Vehicle Key"functionisactivated via
Mercedes meconn ect. G
WARNING
If you attach heavyorlarge object stot he
SmartK ey,the SmartK eycould beuninten -
tionally turnedinthe ignition lock.This
could cause theengine tobe switched off.
There isar isk ofan accident.
Do not attach anyheavy orlarge object sto
the SmartK ey.Remove anybulky keyrings
before insertin gthe SmartK eyinto theigni-
tion lock.
! Keep
theSmartK eyaway fromstrongmag-
netic fields. Otherwise, theremote control
funct ioncould beaffected.
Str ong magnetic fieldscanoccur inthe
vicinity ofpowerful electrical installations.
Do not keep theSmartK ey:
R with electron icdevices, e.g.amobile phone
or another SmartKey
R with metallic objects,e.g. coins ormetal foil
R inside metallic objects,e.g. ametal case
This canaffect thefunct ionality ofthe
SmartK ey. Smar
tKeyfunctions 0043
0037 Locks thevehicle
0044 0054 Unlock sthe trunk lid
0087 0036 Unlock sthe vehicle
X To unlock centrally: pressthe0036 but-
ton.
If you donot open thevehicle withinapprox-
imately 40seconds ofunlocking:
R the vehicle islocked again.
R anti-t heftprotect ionisreactivated
X To lock centrally: pressthe0037 button.
The SmartK eycent rally locks/un locks:
R the doors
R the trunk lid
R the stowage compartmen tint he cent ercon-
sole
R the fuel filler flap
The turn signals flashonce when unlocking
and three times whenlocking.
You canalso setanaudib lesignal toconfirm
that thevehicle hasbeen locked. Theaudib le
signal canbeactivated anddeactivated using
the on-board computer (Ypage 179).
When itis dark, thesurround lightingalso
comes onifit is activated inthe on-board
computer (Ypage 178). KEY
LESS-GO
General notes Bear
inmind thattheengine canbestarted by
any ofthe vehicle occupants ifthere isaK EY-
LES S-GO keyinthe vehicle (Ypage 120). 66
Smar
tKeyOpening andclosing

Locking/u
nlockingcentr ally You
canstart ,loc ko runlo ckthev ehicle usin g
KE YLE SS-GO .Tod othis, you onlyneedc arry
th eS martKey with you.Youcancom bine the
fun ction sofKEYLESS -GO with those ofac on-
ven tional SmartKey. Unloc kthe veh icle by
usin gKEYLESS -GO ,for ins tan ce, and lockit
usin gthe 0037 buttonontheS martKey.
The driver'sd oor and thed oor atwhic hthe
han dleisused, mustbothbeclosed. The
Sm artKey must beouts idethev ehicle .When
loc kin go runlo cking with KEYLE SS-GO ,the
dist ancebetween thek eyand thec orres pon d-
ing door handlemust notbegreat erthan 3ft
(1 m).
Ac heck whic hperio dicall yestablishe saradio
con nectionb etween thev ehicle and the
Sm artKey determ inesw hether avalid Smart-
Key isin thev ehicle .This occ urs, forexam ple:
R when start ing thee ngine
R while driving
R when thee xtern aldoor handles aretouche d X
To unlock thev ehicl e:touch thei nn er sur-
fac eo fthe door handle.
X To lock thev ehicl e:touch sensor sur-
fac e0043 or0044.
Mak esure that you donot touch thei nn er
surf ace ofthed oor handle.
X Convenien ceclosing feature: touch
rec esse dsensor surf ace 0044for anext end ed
perio d.
Fur ther inform ationonthe con venience
clo singfeat ure (Ypage 77).
Deact ivatingand activat ing If
you donot intend touse aSmartKey foran
ext end edperio doftim e,you can deac tivate
th eK EYLESS -GO function ofthek ey. The Sm
artKey willthen use verylittle power ,
th ereb yconser vingb attery power .For thep ur-
poses ofact ivat ion/de activat ion,the veh icle
must notbenear by.
X To dea ctiv ate: pres sthe 0037 buttonon
th eS martKey twiceinr apid successio n.
The batterychecklamp (Ypage 69)ofthe
Sm artKey flash estwic ebrief lyand light sup
onc e,then KEYLE SS-GO isdeac tivated .
X To act ivat e:pres sany butt onontheS mart-
Key.
or X Inser tthe Sm artKey intot he ignitio nlock.
KE YLE SS-GO andallofits assoc iatedfea-
tur es are available again. Cha
nging thes ettings ofthel ocking
syst em
You canchan gethes ettin gs ofthel oc kin g
syst em. This mean sonlyt he driv er'sd oor ,the
lock able stowage compartmen tsinthev ehicle
int erio rand thef uel filler flapareunlo cked
when thev ehicle isunlo cked. This isusef ulif
you frequen tlytravel alone.
X To cha nge thes etting: pressand hold
down the0036 and0037 buttons simult ane-
ously forabout sixsec ond suntilth eb attery
indi catorlamp (Ypage 69)flash estwic e.
If th es ettin go fthe lockin gsyst em ischan ged
with inthes ign alran geofthev ehicle ,pres sing
th e0037 or0036 button:
R lock sor
R unlo ckst he veh icle
The SmartKey now function sasfollo ws:
X To unlock :pres sthe 0036 buttononc e.
X To unlock centrally:pres sthe 0036 button
twic e.
X To lock centr ally:pres sthe 0037 button.
The KEYLE SS-GO function ischan gedasfol-
lows:
X To unlock thed river 'sdoor :to uch the
inn ersurf ace ofthed oor handleonthed riv-
er' sd oor .
X To unlock centrally:to uch thei nn er sur-
fac eo fthe driv eror fro nt-pas senger door
han dle.
X To lock centr ally:to uch theo uter sen sor
surf ace onone ofthed oor handles. Sm
artKey
67Openingand closing Z

X
To res tore thefactory settin gs:pre ssand
hol dd ownthe 0036 and0037 buttons
si mu ltaneou slyf or appro xima telys ixsec-
ond suntilthe battery checklamp
(Y page 69)flashe stwice. Mec
hani calkey
Gen eral notes If
the vehiclec an no longer belocked or
unl ocke dwitht he Sma rtKey orwith KEYL ESS-
GO ,use the mech anical key.
If yo uu sethe mech anical key tounl ock and
op en the driver 'sdo or orthe trunk lid, the
anti -thef talarm system willbe trig gered.
Swi tch offthe alarm (Ypage 64).
Remo ving the mec hani calkey X
Pu sh release catch 0043inthe directi onofthe
arr ow and atthe same time remove
mech anical key 0044from theSma rtKey .
For further informa tiona bout:
R unl ocki ngthe driver's door (Y page 73)
R unl ocki ngthe trunk (Ypage 74)
R locking thevehicle( Ypa ge73)
In se rtin gthe mec hani calkey X
Pu sh mech anical key 0044comp letel yinto the
Sma rtKey untilite nga ges and release
catch 0043isba ck inits basicp osition. SmartK
eybatte ry
Impo rtant safetynotes G
WAR
NING
Batte riesc onta intoxi cand corr osive sub-
sta nces. Ifba tteri esare swallo we d,itcan
res ulti ns evere healthpro blems .The re isa
ris ko ffata linju ry.
Kee pbatteri esouto fthe rea chofchi ldren.
If ab attery issw allo we d,see km edica l
atte ntionimm ediatel y. 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 separatelya nd dis-
po sed ofinan envi ronme n-
tal lyres ponsi bler ecy cling
sy stem . Disp
oseofbatteri esinan
envi ronme ntallyres ponsi 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.
The Sma rtKey batteri esconta inpe rchl orate
ma teri al,w hich ma yrequire spe cialhan dling
and regard forthe envi ronme nt.National
gu ideline sm ustb eo bserved during dispo sal.
In Ca liforni a,see www.dts c.ca.go v/
Hazardo usWaste/Perc hlorate/ index .cfm .
Mer cedes-Be nzreco mme ndsthatyou have
the batteri esrep laced ataq ualifi ed spe cialist
wo rksh op. 68
SmartKe
yOpening and clos ing

Check
ingtheb atter y X
Pre ssthe0037 or0036 button.
The battery iswork ingproperl yifb atte ry
ch eck lamp 0043light supb riefly.
The battery isdisc harg edifbat tery check
lamp 0043does notlight upbrie fly.
X Chan getheb atte ry (Y page 69).
If th eS martKey battery isch eck edwithin the
sign alrec ept ion rangeofthev ehicle ,pres sing
th e0037 or0036 button:
R loc ksor
R unlo ckst he veh icle
i You
cangetabatte ry at any qualif iedspe-
ciali stwork shop.
Rep lacin gthe bat tery You
requi reaC R2 0253V cellbatte ry.
X Tak ethe mec hanical keyo utoftheS mart-
Key (Ypage 68). X
Pre ssmec hanical key0044 intot he Sm artKey
open inginthed irection ofthea rrow until
bat tery com partmen tcover 0043 open s.Do
no th old battery com partmen tcover 0043
clo sed while doingso.
X Remo vebat tery com partmen tcover 0043. X
Repeat edlytaptheS martKey again styour
palm untilbat tery 0087 falls out.
X Inser tthe newb atte ry wit hthe posi tivet er-
min alfac ing upward s.Use alint-fr ee cloth
to do so.
X Mak esure that thes urface oftheb atte ry is
fr ee oflint,gre ase and other contam inan ts.
X Inser tthe fron ttab so fbatte ry com partmen t
cov er0043 intot he hous ingand then pres sto
clo seit.
X Inser tm echan ical key0044 intot he Sm artKey
(Y page 68).
X Chec kthe fun ction ofall Sm artKey buttons
on thev ehicle . Sm
artKey
69Opening andclosing Z

Problems
withtheSmar tKey Problem
Possible
causes/co nsequences and0050 0050
Solutions You
cannolonger lock
or unlock thevehicle
using theSmartK ey. The
SmartK eybattery isdischarged ornearly discharged.
X Check theSmartK eybattery (Ypage 69)and replace itifneces-
sary (Ypage 69).
If this does notwork:
X Unlock (Ypage 73)orlock (Ypage 73)thevehicle usingthe
mechanical key. There
isinterf erence fromapowerful sourceofradio waves.
X Unlock (Ypage 73)orlock (Ypage 73)thevehicle usingthe
mechanical key. The
SmartK eyisfaulty.
X Unlock (Ypage 73)orlock (Ypage 73)thevehicle usingthe
mechanical key.
X Have theSmartK eycheck edataq uali fied specialist workshop. You
cannolonger lock
or unlock thevehicle
using KEYLE SS-GO. KEYLE
SS-GO was deactivated.
X Reactivate KEYLESS-GO (Ypage 66). The
SmartK eybattery isdischarged ornearly discharged.
X Check theSmartK eybattery (Ypage 69)and replace itifneces-
sary (Ypage 69).
If this does notwork:
X Unlock (Ypage 73)orlock (Ypage 73)thevehicle usingthe
mechanical key. There
isinterf erence fromapowerful sourceofradio waves.
X Unlock (Ypage 73)orlock (Ypage 73)thevehicle usingthe
mechanical key. KEYLE
SS-GO ismalfunction ing.
X Lock/ unlock thevehicle usingtheremote controlfunct ionofthe
SmartK ey.
X Have thevehicle andSmartK eycheck edataq uali fied specialist
workshop.
If the vehicle canalso notbelocked/unlock edusing theremote
cont rolfunct ion:
X Unlock (Ypage 73)orlock (Ypage 73)thevehicle usingthe
mechanical key.
X Have thevehicle andSmartK eycheck edataq uali fied specialist
workshop. 70
Smar
tKeyOpening andclosing