2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC ROADSTER park assist

Alar
msystem
see ATA( Anti-The ftAlar msystem)
Amb ientlighting
Se tting theb rightne ss (on -board
co mput er)...................................... 178
Se tting thec olor (on -board com-
put er) .............................................1 78
AMG menu (on-bo ardcomputer) .....180
AMG sports suspension
(Me rcede s-AMG SLC43)
Function/notes .............................153
Anti -lockbraking system
see ABS (Anti-lock BrakingSystem)
Anti -skid chains
see Snow chains
Anti -theft alarm system
see ATA (Anti-Theft Alarmsystem)
Ashtray ............................................... 230
Ass istanc edisplay (on-bo ard
co mputer) .............. ............................ 176
Ass istanc emenu (on-bo ardcom-
puter) ..................... .............................175
ASS YST PLUS
Displ aying aservi cemessa ge....... .246
Hidi ngaservi cemessa ge....... ....... 246
Res etting theservi ceinterva ldis-
pla y....... ....... .................................. 246
Service message....... ..................... 245
Specia lservi cerequ ireme nts....... ..246
ATA (Anti-Theft Alarm syste m)
Activating/d eactivating ................... 64
Function ...........................................64
Swi tching offthe alarm <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011[ 64
ATTE NTIO NASSIST
Activa ting/d eactiva ting<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011[ 176
Disp laym essage <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 198
Functi on/note s.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 163
Audi omenu( on-board computer) ....174
Audi osystem
see DigitalOpe rator'sManua l
Auth orized Merc edes-Be nzCente r
see Qualifie ds pecia list wo rksho p
Auth orized worksho p
see Qualifie ds pecia list wo rksho p
AU TO lights
Disp laym essage <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 194
see Lights Auto
matic carwas h(care) ............... 247
Auto matic engine start (ECO
start/ stopfunc tion)<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 122
Auto matic engine switch-o ff(ECO
start/ stopfunc tion)<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 121
Auto matic headlamp mode................ 97
Auto matic transmiss ion
Accel erator pedalposition ............. 128
Ch ang inggear.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 128
Disp laym essage <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 204
Drive program.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 128
Drive programd ispl ay <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011[ 125
Drivi ngtips.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 128
DYNAM ICSELECT button .............. 124
Emerg encyrunningmod e.............. 132
Enga ging drive pos ition <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 127
Enga ging neu tral <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 126
Enga ging park pos ition automa ti-
cal ly<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 126
Enga ging reve rsegear.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 126
Enga ging the park pos ition ............ 126
Ge ars hift reco mmend ation ............ 131
Kickd own.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 128
Ma nua lshifting <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 129
Oil temp erature (on-boa rdcom-
pu ter, Mercedes-AM GSLC43) ...... 180
Ove rview <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 125
Pro blem (ma lfunction) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011[ 132
Pu lling away <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 120
Sel ector lever <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 125
Starti ngthe engi ne<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011[ 120
Steer ingwheelp ad dles hifters ...... 129
Tra nsmi ssion pos ition displ ay........ 125
Tra nsmi ssion pos itions <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 127
Auto matic transmissione me r-
ge ncym ode <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 132 B
Back button<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 219
BAS (Brake Assist Sys tem) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011[ 57
Battery (SmartKe y)
Ch ecki ng<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 69
Imp orta ntsafety notes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011[ 68
Re placi ng <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 69
Battery (vehi cle)
Ch arg ing <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 260
Disp laym essage <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 196 In
dex
5

PASS
ENGE RAIRBAG indicator
lamps ............................................... 39
Pets inthe vehicle ........................... 56
PRE-S AFE®
(anticipat oryoccu-
pant protec tion).............................. .5 3
Rest raintsyst em warn ingl amp ...... .. 39
Se at belt ........ .................................. 39
OCS
Faul ts............ .................................. .4 9
Operation ......... ................................ 46
Self-test ...... .....................................4 8
Odomet er......... ..................................1 71
Oil
see Engine oil
On-bo ardcomputer
AMG menu .....................................180
Assista ncemenu ........................... 175
Audi omenu ....... ....... ..................... 174
Conve nience submenu .................. 179
Displ aymessa ges....... ................... 183
Displ aying aservi cemessa ge....... .246
Factory settings submenu ............. 180
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 168
Instrument clustersub menu ..........177
Ligh ting submenu .......................... 177
Menu overview....... .......................171
Messa gememory .......................... 183
Navi gationmenu ............................ 172
Opera tion.......................................169
RAC ETIMER ................................... 181
Service menu................................. 177
Settings menu...............................177
Standard displa y.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 171
Tel ephone menu <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 174
Tri pm enu <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 171
Veh icles ubme nu<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 179
Vid eoDVD operation<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011[ 174
Ope ratin gsafe ty
Decl aration ofconfo rmity................ 27
Imp orta ntsafety notes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011[ 26
Ope ratin gsystem
see On-bo ardcomp uter
Ope ratio n
Digi talOpe rator'sManua l................ 22
Ope rator's Manual
Veh iclee quipm ent <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 24
Outs idetempe rature display ........... 168Ove
rhead contro lpane l<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011[ 36 P
Paddl eshifters
see Steer ingwheelp ad dles hifters
Pai ntcode numb er<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 298
Pai ntw ork (cleani ng instruc tions) ...248
Pan icalarm <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 38
Parki ng
Imp orta ntsafety notes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 134
Pa rking brake<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 135
Pos ition ofexter iorm irror, front-
pa sse nger side <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 94
Re ar vie wc amera <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 160
see PARKTRONIC
Parki ngaid
Pa rking Guidance <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 157
see Exteri ormir rors
see PARKTRONIC
Parki ngAssist PA RKTRO NIC
Dea ctiva ting/a ctivating<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011[ 156
Imp orta ntsafety notes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 154
Pro blems (malfunctions )................ 157
Senso rrang e.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 154
Wa rning displ ay<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 155
Parki ngbrake
App lying automa tically. <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 136
App lying orreleasing manu ally ...... 136
Disp laym essage <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 186
Ele ctric parking brake<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011[ 135
Emerg encybraking <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011[ 136
Ge nera lnotes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 135
Re leas ing automa tically. ................ 136
Wa rning lamp <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 213
Parki ngGui danc e
Disp laym essage <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 200
Imp orta ntsafety notes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 157
Parki nglamps
Swi tching on/off.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 98
PA RKTRO NIC
Drivi ngsystem <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 154
Functi on/note s.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 154
PA SSE NGER AIRB AG
Disp laym essage <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 192
Indi cato rlam ps<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 39
Pro blems (malfunction) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 192
Pe ts inthe vehic le<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 5614
In
dex

Cockp
it Funct
ion Pag
e 0043
St
eer ing wheel paddle shift-
ers 12
9 0044
Comb
inationswit ch 99
0087
In
st rum entc lus ter 32
0085
Hor
n 0083
Park
ingAssist PARKTRO NIC
warn ingdispl ay 15
4 0084
Ove
rheadcon trol pan el 36
006B
Climat
econtrol syst ems 10
6 006C
Ign
ition lock 11
8 St
art /S topb utto n 11
8 Funct
ion Pag
e 006D
Ad
jus tsthes teer ing wheel
man ually 89
006E
Ad
jus tsthes teer ing wheel
elec tricall y 89
006F
Cruis
econtrol leve r 14
2 0070
Ele
ctric park ingbrak e 13
5 0071
Diag
nostics con nection 27
0072
Open
sthe hood 24
1 0073
Ligh
tswit ch 97Cockp
it
31Atag lan ce

Cent
erconsole Cent
erconsole, upper sect ion Funct
ion Pag
e 0043
Mult
imed iasyst em 21
9 0044
0072
Seatheating 88
0087
00CE
AIRSCA RF 89
0085
008F
ParkingAssist
PA RKTRO NIC 15
4 0083
00D6
ECOstart /stopf unc-
tio n 12
1 Funct
ion Pag
e 0084
002F
Hazard warn inglamps 99
006B
008D
PASS EN GER AIRBA G
OF Find icat orlamp 46
006C
00BB
ESP® 61
006D
00CC
DYNAMICSELECT but -
to n 12
4 i
Inveh icleswitht he COMA NDmult imed ia
syst em, youcan findf urther inform ation:
R on them ultimed iasyst emintheD igital
Oper ator'sMan ual
R on theV oiceC ontrol Sys temi nthe sepa-
rat eO perator'sMan ual i
Inveh icleswitht he Audi o20m ultimed ia
syst em, youcan findf urther inform ation:
R on them ultimed iasyst emintheD igital
Oper ator'sMan ual
R on voic e-con trolled navigat ioninthem an-
ufac turer'so per atin ginstruct ions 34
Cent
erconsoleAt ag lan ce

G
WARNING
If BAS ismalfu nctioning, thebraki ngdis-
tance inan emerge ncybraki ngsitua tionis
increas ed.There isar isk ofan accide nt.
In an emerge ncybraki ngsitua tion, depre ss
the brake pedalwith full force. ABSprevents
the whee lsfrom locking.
Braking X
Keep thebrake pedalfirmly depre sseduntil
the emerge ncybraki ngsitua tionisover.
ABS prevents thewhee lsfrom locking.
The brakes willfunction asusu alonce you
rele ase thebrake pedal.BAS isdea ctivated. Ac
tive Brake Assist
Gene ralinfo rmation i
Observe
the"Impo rtantsafety notes" sec-
tion (Ypag e57).
Active BrakeAssist consists ofad ista nce
war ning function withanautonomous braking
function andAdapti veBrake Assist.
Active BrakeAssist canhelp youtominimi ze
the risk ofac ollision with thevehicl einf ront
or redu cethe effects ofsuch acollision.
If Active BrakeAssist detects thatthere isa
risk ofcolli sion, youwillbew arned visually
and acou stical ly.I fy ou do not react tothe vis-
ua lcolli sion warning orthe warning tone,
au tonomous brakingcan beinitia tedincritical
situa tions. Ifyou applythe brake yourself ina
critical situation, Adapti veBrake Assist ofthe
Active BrakeAssist system supports you.
Important safetynotes In
particu lar,the detection ofobstacl escan be
impa iredif:
R there isdirt onthe sensors oranythi ngelse
covering thesensors
R there issnow orhea vyrain
R there isinterference byother radarsource s
R there arestrong radarreflectio ns,forexam-
ple inparki nggara ges
R an arrow vehicleist raveli nginfront, e.g.a
motorbike R
av ehicl eist raveli nginfront onadiffer ent
line
R you aredrivi nganew vehicl eorservici ngon
the Active BrakeAssist system hasjust
been carrie dout
Observe theimporta ntsafety notesinthe
"Brea king-in notes"section (Ypag e117).
Follo wing dama getothe front endofthe vehi-
cle, have theconfigu rationandopera tionof
the rada rsensor checked ataq ualified spe-
cial istworksho p.This alsoa ppliest oc ollisions
at slow speedswhere thereisno visib ledam-
age tothe front ofthe vehicl e.
Ac tivating /deactivating Active
BrakeAssist isau tomatical lyactive
after switching onthe ignitio n.
You canactiva teor dea ctivate ActiveBrake
Assist using the on-board computer
(Y pag e176) .When deactivated, thedista nce
war ning function andtheautonomous braking
function arealsod eactivated.
If Active BrakeAssist isdea ctivated, the00D4
symb olapp ears inthe assi stance graphicdis-
pla y.
Di stance warningfunctio n Gene
ralinfo rmation
The dista ncewarni ngfunction canhelp youto
minimi zethe risk ofafront-end collision with a
vehicl eahea dorredu cethe effects ofsuch a
colli sion. Ifthe dista ncewarni ngfunction
detects thatthere isar isk ofac ollision, you
wil lbew arne dvisuallya nd acou stical ly.
Important safetynotes
i Observe
the"Impo rtantsafety notes" sec-
tion fordrivi ngsafety systems (Ypag e57). G
WARNING
The dista ncewarni ngfunction doesnot
react:
R to peop leor anima ls
R to oncoming vehicles
R to crossing traffic
R when cornering 58
Drivi
ngsafety systemsSafety

The
distance warningfunctionmay notgive
warnings inall critic alsituations. Thereisa
risk ofan accident .
Always paycareful attentiontothe traff ic
situation andbeready tobrake.
Always adaptyourspeed tosuit theprevail-
ing road andtrafficcondit ions. G
WARNIN
G
The distance warningfunctioncann ot
alway sclearly identify objectsand complex
traff icsituations.
In such cases, thedistance warningfunction
may:
R give anunnec essary warning
R not give awarning
There isar isk ofan accident .
Always paycareful attentiontothe traff ic
situation anddonot rely solely onthe dis-
tanc ewarning function.
Function Start ingatas peed ofapproximately 4mph
(7 km/ h),the distance warningfunctionwarns
you ifyou rapidly approach avehicle infront .
An inter mittentwarning tonew illthen sound,
and the00BA distance warninglampwilllight
up inthe instr ument cluster.
X Brake immediately inorder toincrease the
distance fromthevehicle infront .
or X Take evasive action,provided itis safe todo
so.
Due tothe nature ofthe system, particularly
complicated butnon- critic aldriving conditions
may alsocause thesystem todisplay awarn-
ing.
With thehelp ofthe radar sensor system, the
distance warningfunctioncan detect obsta-
cles thatareinthe path ofyour vehicle foran
exten dedperiod oftime.
Up toas peed ofapproximately 44mph
(70 km/ h),the distance warningfunctioncan
also react tostation aryobstacles, suchas
stopped orparked vehicles. Autonomous
brakingfunction If
the driver doesnotreact tothe distance
warning signalinac ritic alsituation, Active
Brake Assist canassist withtheautonomous
braking function.
If the autonomous brakingfunctionrequires a
particularly highbraking force,prevent ative
passenger protectionmeasures (PRE-SAFE®
)
are activated simultaneously.
Vehicles withoutActiveDistance Assist
DISTRONIC: theautonomous brakingfunction
is availab lein the following speedranges:
R 4-6 5mph(7-105 km/ h)for moving
objects
R 4-3 1mph(7-50k m/h )for stationa ry
objects
Vehic leswith Active Distance Assist
DI STRONIC: theautonomous brakingfunction
is ava ilable inthe followi ngspee dranges :
R 4-1 24mph (7-200 km/h )for moving
objects
R 4-3 1mph(7-50k m/h )for stationa ry
objects
Due tothe nature ofthe system ,parti cula rly
compli catedbutnon-critical drivingconditio ns
may alsoc aus ethe autonomous brakingfunc-
tion tointervene.
If the autonomous brakingfunction requiresa
parti cularlyhigh braki ngforce, preventa tive
pas senger protection measures(PRE-SAFE ®
)
are activa tedsimu ltaneo usly(Ypag e53).
Adaptive BrakeAssist Gene
ralinfo rmation
i Observ
ethe "Imp ortant safetynotes" sec-
tion (Ypag e57).
With thehelp ofAdapti veBrake Assist, thedis-
tance warning signalcan detect obstaclesthat
are inthe path ofyou rvehicl efor an extended
peri odoftime.
If Adapti veBrake Assist detects arisk ofcolli -
sion with thevehicl einf ront, itcalcu latesthe
braki ngforce necessa ryto avoi dac ollision. If
you applythe brakes forcefully,A dapti ve
Brake Assist willautomatica llyincreas ethe
braki ngforce toaleve lsuitabl efor the traffic
conditio ns.
Adapti veBrake Assist providesbraki ngassi s-
tance inhaza rdoussitua tions atspee dsabo ve Driv
ingsafety systems
59Safety Z

ignit
eifinc ontac twith the exhaus tsyst em
or part softhe engin ethat heat up.There is
ar isk offire.
Carry outregular checkstomake surethat
the reare noflamm ableforeign mate rialsin
the engin ecom part men torint he exhaus t
syst em.
Durin gacoldstar t,the engin eruns athigher
speeds toenable thecatalytic convert erto
reach itsoperat ingtem perat ure.Thesound of
the engin emaychan gedurin gthis time.
Autom atic transm ission X
Depr essthebrak epedal andkeep it
depres sed.
X Shif tthe transm ission toposit ion005D.
Tran smiss ionposit iondisplay 005Disshown
in the multif unction display.
i You
canstartthe engin eint ransm ission
posit ion005Dand 005C.
Sta rting procedur ewiththeS ma rtKey To
star tthe engin eusing theSmar tKey inst ead
of KE YLE SS-GO, pulltheStart/ Stop butt onout
of the ignit ionlock .
X Turn theSmar tKey toposit ion0049
(Y page 118)inthe ignit ionlock andrelease
it as soon asthe engin eisr unn ing.
Using KEYLESS-GO tosta rtthee ngine The
Start/ Stop butt oncan beused tostar tthe
vehic lemanually withoutinse rting the Smar t-
Key intot he ignit ionlock .The Start/ Stop but-
ton must beinse rted inthe ignit ionlock and
the Smar tKey must beinthe vehic le.This
mode forstar tingt he engin eoperat esinde-
pende ntly of the ECO start/sto pautom atic
engin estartfunc tion .
X Depr essthebrak epedal andkeep it
depres sed.
X Press theStart/ Stop butt ononc e
(Y page 118).
The engin estarts. Pulling
away
Gener alnotes G
WARN
ING
If the engin espeed isabove theidling speed
and youengag etransm ission position003A
or 0046,t hevehic lecould pullaway sud-
denly. Thereisar isk ofan acc ident .
When engagingtransm ission position003A
or 0046,a lwaysfirmlydepres sthe brak e
pedal anddonot simult aneously accelerat e.
! Change
gearingood timeand avoid spin-
nin gthe wheels. Youcould otherwise dam-
age thevehic le.
Depr esstheaccelerat orcaref ullywhen pulling
away.
The vehic lelock scentrally onceyou have
pulled away.Thelockingknobs inthe doors
drop down.
You canopen thedoors fromt heinsid eatany
tim e.
You canalso deact ivatethe autom aticlocking
feat ure (Ypage 179).
It is only possible toshift thetransm ission
fro mp osition 005Dtothe desired positionifyou
depres sthe brak epedal. Onlythenist he shift
lock released .
i Upshif
tstak eplace athigher engine
speeds afterac old star t.This helps thecat-
alytic convert erto reach itsoperat ingtem -
perat uremore quickly.
Inf ormat iononthe autom aticrelease ofthe
elect ricpark ingbrak e(Ypage 136).
Hill startassist Hill
star tassist helps youwhen pulling away
for ward orinreve rseonanuphill gradien t.It
holds thevehic lefor ashor ttim ea fter you
have removedyour footfromt hebrak epedal.
This gives youenoug htimet om ove your foot
fro mt hebrak epedal tothe accelerat orpedal
and todepres sitb efor ethe vehic lebegin sto
roll. 120
DrivingDriving
andparking

G
WARNING
After ashort time, hillstart assistwil lnol on-
ger brake yourvehicl eand itcoul droll awa y.
There isar isk ofan accide ntand injury .
There fore,quickly move yourfoot from the
brake pedaltot he accele ratorpedal.Never
lea vethe vehicl ewhen itis held byhillstart
assi st.
Hill start assistisnot active if:
R you arepulling awayonal evelroad oron a
dow nhill gradient
R the transmissi onisin posi tion 005C
R the electric parkingbrake isapp lied
R ESP ®
is malfu nctioning EC
Os tart/stop function
Introduc tion The
ECO start/stop functionswitches the
engine offautomatical lyifthe vehicl eiss top-
ped under certain conditions.
The engine startsautomatica llywhen the
drive rwants topul lawa ya gain. The ECO
start/stop functiontherebyhelpsyou to
redu cethe fuel consumpti onand emiss ionsof
you rvehicl e.
Important safetynotes G
WARNING
If the engine isswi tched offautomatica lly
and youexit thevehicl e,the engine is
restarted automatical ly.T he vehicl emay
begi nmoving. Thereisar isk ofaccide ntand
injury .
If you wishtoe xitthe vehicl e,alw ayst urn
off the ignitio nand secure thevehicl e
aga inst rolling awa y. Gene
ralnote s 0043
ECO start/stop display
The ECO start/stop functionisactiva ted
whene veryou switch onthe engine using the
SmartKey orthe Start/Stop button.
If the engine hasbeen switched offautomati-
call ybythe ECO start/stop function,the00D6
ECO symb olisshow nint he multi function dis-
pla y.
Automatic engineswitch-off If
the vehicl eisb raked toas tandstil lwith the
transmissi onin005B or005C,t heECO start/stop
function switches offthe engine automatical ly.
The ECO start/stop functionisopera tional
when:
R the indica torlamp inthe ECO button islit
green
R the outsi detempera tureiswithi nthe range
that issui table forthe system
R the engine isat normal operatingtempera -
ture
R the settempera tureforthe vehicl einterior
has been reache d
R the battery issuffi ciently charged
R the system detects thatthewinds hieldis
not fogged upwhen theair-condi tioningsys-
tem isswi tched on
R the hood isclosed
R the drive r'sdoor isclosed andthedrive r's
seat beltisf astened
All ofthe vehicl e'ssystems remainactive
when theengine isstoppe dautomatical ly.
Automatic engineswitch-off cantake placea
maximu moffour times inar ow (initi alstop,
then three subsequ entstops).
The HOLD function canbeactiva tedifthe
engine hasbeen switched offautomatical ly.I t
is then notnecessa ryto continue applying the
brakes duringthe automatic stopphase.When
you depre ssthe accele ratorpedal,the engine Drivi
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