2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC ROADSTER reset

Decla
rations ofconf ormi ty
Ve hicl ecom pon entsw hich receive
an d/o rtrans mi trad iowav es USA:
"Thewireles sdevices ofthis veh icle
co mpl ywithP art1 5o fthe FCC Rules .Opera-
ti on issubj ecttot he twof ollow ingt wo cond i-
ti on s:1) The sedev ices may notc ause har mful
in te rfere nce, and 2)The sedev ices mus t
acc ept any inte rfere ncer eceiv ed, includin g
in te rfere ncet hatm aycau seund esired opera-
ti on .C han ges ormo dificat ion snotexpre ssly
appr oved bythep arty res pon sibleforc om pli-
anc ecouldvoid theu ser ’saut hor ityt oo perat e
th ee quip men t."
Can ada:"The wireles sdevices ofthis veh icle
co mpl ywithI nd ust ryCan ada licen se- exemp t
RSS stand ard(s).O perat ion issubj ecttot he
fo llow ingt wo cond ition s:(1) The sedev ices
may notc ause inte rfere nce, and (2)The se
dev ices mus taccept any inte rfere nce, includ-
in gi nterfe renc et hatm aycau seund esired
ope ration ofthed evice. " Diag
nosticsconne ction
The diagnosticsc onnect ioni su sed forc on-
ne ctingd iagnostic equip mentataq ualified
spe cialis tworks hop . G
WAR
NING
If you conn ecte quip men ttoad iagnostics
co nn ection inthev ehicle, itmay affectthe
ope ration ofveh icle sys tems .Asar esult ,
th eo perat ings afet yo fthe veh icle co uld be
aff ected. The reisar isko fana cciden t.
On lyco nn ecte quip men ttoad iagnostics
co nn ection inthev ehicle, whic hisa ppr oved
fo ry our vehicle by Mer cedes -Ben z. G
WAR
NING
Obj ects inthed river 'sfoot well may restric t
th ec lear anc earound thep eda lsor bloc ka
depr essedpeda l.Thi sjeo par dizes theo per-
at inga nd road safetyo fthe veh icle. The reis
ar isko fana cciden t.
St ow allobj ects sec urelyin thev ehicle so
th at they do notg et into thed river 'sfoot -
well. Whenusingfloor mat sorcarpet s,mak e sur
ethatthe ya repro perlysec uredsothat
th ey do notslip orobs truct thep eda ls.Do
no tp lac es evera lfloor mat sorcarpet son
to po fone ano ther.
! If
th ee nginei ss wit ched offa nd equip -
men tonthe diag nosticsc onnect ioni su sed ,
th es tarter bat tery may discharg e.
Con nectinge quip men ttot he diag nosticsc on-
ne ction can lead toemi ssionsm onitor ing
in fo rm ation bein greset,for examp le.Thism ay
lead tothev ehicle fail ingt om eetthe req uire -
men tsof then exte missi onstestd uringt he
main inspe ction . Qu
alified specia listwor kshop
An author ized Mer cedes -Ben zC enterisa
qualif iedspecialis tworks hop .Ith as then eces-
sar yspecialis tknowle dge ,too lsand qualif ica-
ti on stoc orrectly car ryout thew orkr equire d
on your vehicle. Thisise spec ially thec asef or
wor kreleva ntto saf ety.
Obs ervethe notesi nt he Main tenan ceBook-
let .
Al ways havethe follow ingw orkc arrie do utat
an aut hor ized Mer cedes -Ben zC enter:
R wor kreleva ntto saf ety
R ser vicea nd main tenan cewor k
R rep airwor k
R alt era tion s,inst allat ionwor kand mo difica-
ti on s
R wor kone lectron icco mpo nents Cor
rect use
If you removea nywarn ings tick ers, you oroth-
ers could failtorec ogn izec ertai nd anger s.
Lea vewarn ings tick ersi np osition .
Obs ervethe follow ingi nfor mati onwhen driv-
in gy our vehicle:
R thes afet yn otes inthis man ual
R tech nical datafor thev ehicle
R traff icrule sand reg ulat ions
R laws andsafetys tand ard spertainingt o
mo torv ehicles Op
erating safet y
27Introduc tion Z

minor
deforma tion.Thisisthe case if,for
exampl e,very rigid vehicl eparts such aslongi-
tudina lbody members arehit,and suffici ent
decel eratio noccurs asaresul t.
If the restraint systemcontrolunitdetects a
side impa ctor ifthe vehicl erolls over, the
app licable components ofthe restraint system
are depl oyedindepe ndently ofeach other
depe nding onthe apparent typeofaccide nt.
R Side impactair bag onthe side ofimpa ct,
indepe ndently ofthe Emergency Tensioning
Device andtheuse ofthe seat beltonthe
driver' sseat
The side impa ctair bag onthe front
pass enger sidedeploysunder thefollo wing
conditions:
- the OCS system detects thatthefront
pass enger seatisoccupi edor
- the seat beltbuckle tongue isengage din
the belt buckle ofthe front passenger
seat
R Head bagonthe side ofimpa ct,indepe nd-
ently ofthe use ofthe seat beltandinde-
pendently ofwhether thefront-passenger
seat isoccupi ed
R Emergency TensioningDevices, ifthe sys-
tem determines thatdeployme ntcan offer
add itional protection inthis situa tion
R Head bagsonthe driver' sand front-
pass enger sideincertain situations when
the vehicl erolls over, ifthe system deter-
mines thatdeployme ntcan offer additional
protection tothat provid edbythe seat belt
i Not
allair bags aredepl oyedina na cci-
dent. Thevario usair bags work indepe nd-
ently ofeach other .
How theairbag works isdetermined bythe
severi tyof the accide ntdetected, especially
the vehicl edecel eratio noraccele ration and
the apparent typeofaccide nt:
R Head-on collision
R Side impact
R Rol lover NECK
-PROhead restraints
Important safetynotes G
WARNING
The function ofthe head restraint maybe
impa iredifyou :
R attach objects suchascoat hangers to
the head restraints, forexampl e
R use head restraint covers
If you doso, the head restraints cannotfulfill
their intended protective functioninthe
event ofan accide nt.Inadd ition, objects
attached tothe head restraints couldendan-
ger other vehicleoccupa nts.There isan
increase drisk ofinjury.
Do not attach anyobjects tothe head
restraints anddonot use head restraint cov-
ers.
Method ofoperation NECK-PRO
headrestraints reducethe likel i-
hood ofhead andchest injurie s.The NECK-
PRO head restraints onthe driver' sand front-
pass enger seatsaremoved forwardsand
upw ards inthe event ofar ear-end collision of
ac ertain severity.This provid esbetter head
supp ort.
If the NECK-PRO headrestraints havebeen
triggere dina na ccide nt,you must reset the
NECK-PRO headrestraints onthe driver’ sand
front-passenger seat(Ypage 53).Other-
wise ,the add itional protection willnot be
avai lablein the event ofanother rear-end colli-
sion. Youcanrecognize whenNECK-PRO head
restraints havebeen triggered bythe fact that
they have moved forwardsand cannolonger
be adju sted.
Mercede s-Benzrecommends thatyouhave
the NECK-PRO headrestraints checkedfor
functionali tyat aq ualified specia listworkshop
after arear-end collision. 52
Occ
upant safetySafety

You
canusetheswitc honthe cen tercon sole
to close allside windows simultaneously.
X Open thecoverinthe lower centercon sole.
The switc hfor all side windows isunder the
cov er. X
To open allside windows: pressbutton0043
to the point ofresist ance.
X To open allside windows fully:press
switc h0043 beyond thepoint ofresist ance.
X To close allside windows: pullswitc h0043.
All side windows begintheclosin gproc e-
dure simult aneously. Therear side windows
close afterthe fron tside windows.
If, afte ropenin gthe windows, youclose one
side window usingtheswitc hint he door con-
tr ol panel:
R the fron tside window closesfirs ta nd
R the nthe cor respon dingrearside window
close s.
Convenience closingwithKEYLESS-GO G
WARN
ING
When usingtheconvenienc eclosin gfeat ure,
part softhe body could betrapped inthe
closin garea when aside window isbeing
close d.There isar isk ofinjury.
Obser vethe com plete closin gproc edure
when theconvenienc eclosin gfeat ure is
operat ing.Make surethatnobody partsare
in close proximityduring theclosin gproc e-
dure. Proc
eedasfollows ifsomeo neistrapped:
X Release therecessed sensorsurfac eonthe
door handle.
X Imm ediately pulland hold thedoor handle
and keep thedoor handle pulled.
The side windows open.
With KEYLE SS-GO youcan close allside win-
dows simult aneously. TheKEYLE SS-GO key
must beoutsid ethe vehic le.All the doors
must beclose d. X
Touch recessed sensorsurfac e0043 onthe
door handle untilthe side windows arefully
close d.
i Make
sureyouonly touchrecessed sensor
surfac e0043.
X To inter rupt convenience closing:release
rec essed sensorsurfac e0043 onthe door
handle. Reset
tingthes ide windows
If as ide window cannolonge rbec lose dfully,
you must reset it.
X Close allthe doors .
X Turn theSmar tKey toposit ion0047or0048 in
the ignit ionlock .
X Pull thecorrespon dingswitc honthe door
con trol panel untilthe side window iscom -
pletely closed(Ypage 76).
X Hold theswitc hfor an addition alseco nd.
If the side window opensagainslightly:
X Imm ediately pullthecorrespon dingswitc h
on the door control panel untilthe side win-
dow iscom pletely closed(Ypage 76).
X Hold theswitc hfor an addition alseco nd.
If the respec tives ide window remains
close dafterthe butt onisreleased, thenit Side
windows
77Openingandclosing Z

R
Immedia telychange outofclothing which
has come intocontact withelectroly te.
R Ifan allergic reaction occurs,seekmedi-
cal attention immediately.
The rear-view mirrorandtheexterior mirroron
the driver's sideautoma ticallygointo anti-
glare mode ifthe follow ingconditions aremet
simul taneousl y:
R the ignition isswitched onand
R incident lightfrom headlampsstrikes the
sensor inthe rear-view mirror
The mirrors donot gointo anti-glare modeif
reverse gearisengaged orifthe interior light-
ing isswitched on. Parking
positionfor the exterio rmir-
ror onthe front-passenge rside
Setting andstoring theparking posi-
tion Usin
gthe memory button You
canstore theparking positionofthe front-
passe nger-side exteriormirrorusingmemory
button M0085.T hereverse gearmust notbe
engaged duringthe process.
X Make surethatthevehicle isstationary and
that theSmartKey isin positio n0048 inthe
ignition lock.
X Press button 0044for the exterior mirroron
the front-passenger side. X
Engage reverse gear.
The exterior mirroronthe front-passenger
side moves tothe preset parking position.
X Use button 0087toadjust theexterior mirror
to ap ositio nthat allows youtosee therear
wheel andthecurb.
The parking positioniss tored.
i If
you shift thetransmission toanother
positio n,the exterior mirroronthe front-
passe ngersidereturns tothe driving posi-
tion.
Usin greverse gear You
canadjust theexterior mirroronthe front-
passe ngersidetoap ositio nthat allows youto
see therear wheel onthat side assoon asyou
engage thereverse gear.Thissetting canbe
stored usingmemory buttonM0085.
X Ensure thattheSmartKey isin positio n0048
in the ignition lock.
X With theexterior mirroronthe front-
passe ngersideactivated, usebutton 0087to
adjust theexterior mirror.Therear wheel
and thecurb shoul dbevisib lein the exterior
mirror.
X Press memory buttonM0085 and one ofthe
arrows onbutton 0087within threeseconds.
The parking positioniss tored ifthe exterior
mirror doesnotmove.
X Ifthe mirror moves outofpositio n,repea t
the steps. 94
MirrorsSeats,
steerin gwheeland mirrors

Switching
the"windshield defrosting"
function onoroff X
Turn theSmartK eytoposition 0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 118).
X To switch on:press the0064 button.
The indicator lampinthe 0064 button lights
up.
The climate controlsystem switches tothe
following functions:
R high airflow
R high temperature
R air distribution tothe windshield andfront
side windows
R <0044004C00550010005500480046004C005500460058004F00440057004C0052
0051[ modeoff
X To switch off:press the0064 button.
The indicator lampinthe 0064 button goes
out. Thepreviously selectedsettingsare
restored. Air-recirculation moderemains
deactivated.
or X Dual-zone automatic climatecontrol:press
the 0058 button.
The indicator lampinthe 0064 button goes
out. Airflow andairdistribution aresetto
automatic mode. MAX
COOL maxim umcool ing
The MAX COOL functionisonly availa blein
vehicles forthe USA.
MAX COOL isonly operational whenthe
engine isrunning.
X To activate: pressthe00C9 button.
The indicator lampinthe button lightsup.
X To deactivat e:press the00C9 button.
The indicator lampinthe button goesout.
The previously selectedsettingsare
restored.
When youactivate MAXCOOL, climate control
switches tothe following functions:
R maximum cooling
R maximum airflow
R <0044004C00550010005500480046004C005500460058004F00440057004C0052
0051[ modeon Removing
condensation fromthe
window s
Windows foggeduponthe inside X
Act ivate the005A or0056 cooling withair
dehumidification function.
X Dual-zone automatic aircondition ing:acti-
vate the0058 mode button.
X Ifthe windows continue tofog up,activate
the 0064 "Windshield defrosting"function.
i You
should onlyselect thissettin guntil the
windshield isclear again.
Windows foggeduponthe outside X
Act ivate thewindshield wipers.
X Air-c onditioning system:pressthe009C or
009B button.
X Dual-zone automatic aircondition ing:press
the 008F button untilthe009C or009B
symbol appears inthe display .
i You
should onlyselect thissettin guntil the
windshield isclear again. Rear
window defroster
General notes The
rear window defroster hasahigh current
draw. Youshould therefore switchitoff as
soon asthe rear window isclear. Otherwise,
the rear window defroster switchesoffauto-
matically afterseveral minutes.
If the battery voltage istoo low, therear win-
dow defroster mayswitch off.
<002400460057004C005900440057004C0051004A001200470048004400460057
004C005900440057004C0051004A> X
Turn theSmartK eytoposition 0048inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 118).
X Press the006C button.
The indicator lampinthe 006C button lights
up orgoes out. Operat
ingthe climate controlsystems
113Climat econtrol

Bea
rinm indthat theoutsid etempe raturedis-
pl ay indi cates thetempe raturemea suredand
doe snotrecor dthe roa dtempe rature.
The outsid etempe raturedispl ayisin the mul-
tifu nction displ ay(Y page 170 ).
Ac hang eint he outsid etempe ratureisshow n
in the multifunction displ ayafte rad elay . Co
olant temperature gage G
WARNI
NG
Ope ning thehoodwhent he engi neisover -
hea ted orwhe nthere isaf ire inthe engi ne
compa rtment couldexpo seyout oh otgases
or other serviceprod ucts. Thereisar isk of
inju ry.
Let anover heated engi necool downbefore
ope ning thehood.Ifthere isaf ire inthe
engi necompa rtment, keepthehoodclosed
and contact thefire departme nt.
! Ad
ispl ay mess ageiss how nifthe cool ant
tempe ratureistoo high.
If the cool anttempe ratureisover 248‡
(120 †),donot continu edriving. The
engi newillother wise be damag ed.
The coolanttempe raturegage isin the instru -
ment cluster onthe right-ha ndside
(Y page 32).
The Hmarki nginthe cool anttempe rature
ga ug ec orre sponds toac ool ant tempe rature
of approxi mate ly248 ‡(120 †).
Unde rnorma lope rati ngcondi tions andatthe
corre ctcool antlevel, the cool anttempe rature
ga ug em ayrise tothe Hmarki ng. Ope
rating theon-bo ard computer
Ove rview 0043
Multifunctio ndispl ay
0044 Right control panel
0087 Left control panel
X To acti vate theon-bo ard computer: turn
the SmartKe ytop ositio n0047 inthe ignition
lock.
You cancontrol themultifunction displ ayand
the setting sint he on-bo ardcompu terusing
the buttons onthe multifunction steering
whe el.
Le ftco ntrol panel 0059
0065 R
Ca llsu pthe menu andmenu bar 0063
0064 Pres
sbriefly:
R Scrol lsin lists
R Sele ctsasubmenu orfuncti on
R In the Audi o Audi
omenu :selects the
pre vious ornext station,whe n
the preset list or stati onlist is
acti ve,oran audiot rack orvid eo
scene
R In the Tel Tel
(teleph one) menu :
swi tches tothe phoneboo kand
sel ects aname ortele pho ne
numb er Di
splay sand ope ration
169On-board computer anddispl ays Z

R
00CE Adaptive Hig hbe amAssi st
(Y page 100 )
R 00D6 ECOstart/sto pfunctio n(Ypa ge 121 )
R 00D9 HOLD functio n(Ypage 152) Men
usand submen us Men
uoverview
Usi ngthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee ring
wh eel,op en the menu bar.
Ope rating theon-b oard comp uter
(Y page 169 ).
Dep endingonthe vehiclee quipm ent,you can
sel ect the followi ng menu :
R Tri p Tri
pmenu (Ypage 171 )
R Nav i Nav
imenu (navigation instruc tions)
(Y page 172 )
R Aud io Aud
iomenu (Ypage 174 )
R Tel Tel
menu (telepho ne) (Ypage 174 )
R Dri veAssist Dri
veAssistmenu (assi sta nce)
(Y page 175 )
R Ser v. Ser
v.menu (Ypage 177 )
R Set t. Set
t.menu (setting s)(Y page 177 )
R AMG AMG
menu (Merce des-AMG SLC43)
(Y page 180 ) Trip
menu
Stan dard display X
Pre ssand holdthe 0038 button onthe
stee ring wheelunti lthe Tri p Tri
pmenu with trip
od ome ter0043and odome ter0044appe ars. Trip
computer "From Start" or"From
Res et" 0043
Distance
0044 Driv ingtime
0087 Aver ages peed
0085 Aver agef uelconsu mption
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee r-
ing wheeltos elect the Trip Tri
pmenu .
X Pre ssthe 0063 or0064 button tosel ect
Fro mStart Fro
mStart orFro mReset Fro
mReset.
The values inthe FromStart Fro
mStart subme nuare
cal cul ate dfrom thestartof ajou rney whilst
the values inthe FromReset Fro
mReset subme nuare
cal cul ate dfrom thelast time thesubme nuwas
res et(Y page 172 ).
In the followi ng cas es, the trip comp uteris
au toma ticallyr eset Fro mStart Fro
mStart:
R the igniti onhasb eens witch edoff for more
tha nfourh ours.
R 999 hourshave been exce eded.
R 9,9 99 mileshave been exce eded.
Whe n9,999 hou rsor 99, 999 mileshave been
exce eded,the trip comp uterisa utoma tically
res etFro mReset Fro
mReset.
EC Od isplay X
Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee r-
ing wheeltos elect the Trip Tri
pmenu .
X Pre ssthe 0063 or0064 button tosel ect
ECO DISPLAY ECO
DISPLAY.
If the igniti onrem ains switch edoff for longe r
tha nfourh ours, the ECO displ aywillbe auto-
ma tica llyr eset.
For more informa tiono nthe ECO displ ay,s ee
(Y page 138 ). Me
nus and submen us
171On -bo ard computer anddisplay s Z

Disp
laying ther ange andc urrent fuel
consu mption X
Press the0059 or0065 buttono nthe steer -
in gw hee ltos elec tthe Tri p Tri
pmen u.
X Press 0063 or0064 tosel ectthe display
wit ha ppr oximat erange 0043 and curren tfue l
co nsump tion 0044.
Ap pro ximat erange 0043 that can becover ed
is cal cul ated acc ordin gtoy our curren tdriv-
in gs tyle and thea mo unt offue lint he tank .
If th ere ison lyas ma llamo untoffue llef ti n
th ef ueltan k,av ehicle bein grefuele d00A8
appe arsinst ead ofappr oximat erange 0043.
Rec uper ation display 0087sho wsyou if
en erg yhasbee nrecuper ated from the
ki ne tice nergyi no verrun mo deand savedin
th eb atte ry. Rec uper ation display 0087
depe ndso nthe engin einstal led and is
th ere fore nota vai lable inall veh icles .
Digit alsp eed ometer X
Press the0059 or0065 buttono nthe steer -
in gw hee ltos elec tthe Tri p Tri
pmen u.
X Press the0063 or0064 buttont os elec tthe
digi tals pe edo met er.
Ag earshiftrec ommen dation 0097may also
appe arinthed isplay.
Obs ervethe info rm ation ongear shiftrec om-
men dation when shiftin gm anually
(Y page 131).
Mer cedes -AMG SLC4 3:ag ear shiftrec om-
men dation issho wninthes tatu sb arofthe
mult ifunction display andnotint he digi tal
spe edo met erdis play.
Res etting value s X
Press the0059 or0065 buttono nthe steer -
in gw hee ltos elec tthe Tri p Tri
pmen u.
X Press the0063 or0064 buttont os elec tthe
fun ction that you wish tores et. X
Press 0076 toconfirm your selection .
X Press 0064 tosel ectYes Yes
andpress0076 to
co nfirm .
You canresetthev alu esofthef ollow ingf unc-
ti on s:
R Trip odo met er
R "Fr om Start "tripc om puter
R "Fr om Rese t"trip compu ter
R EC Od isplay
If you resetthev alu esintheE CO display, the
valu esinthe" From Start "tripc om putera re
also reset.Ify ou resetthev alu esinthe" From
St art "tripc om puter, thev alu esintheE CO dis-
play arealso reset. Na
viga tion sys temm enu
Disp laying naviga tion inst ructi ons In
theNav i Nav
imen u,them ultifun ction display
sho wsnav igat ioninst ruc tion s.
Obs ervethe addit ionalinfo rm ation onnav iga-
ti on intheD igital Ope rator's Man ualofthe
mult imediasyst em.
X Swi tcho nthe mult imediasyst em(seethe
Di git alOpe rator's Man ual)
X Press the0059 or0065 buttono nthe steer -
in gw hee ltos elec tthe Nav i Nav
imen u.
Rou tegui dance notactive 0043
Direc tion oftrave l
0044 Curr entroa d 172
Men
usands ubmen usOn-boa rdcom putera nd displa ys