2021 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS CABRIOLET Owner's Manual

Closing
thetrunk lid &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom unsecu red
it ems intheve hicle
If object s,lugg ageor loads areno tsecur ed
or notsecur edsuf ficie ntly,they cou ldslip,
tip ove ror be throw nar ou nd and ther eb yhit
ve hicle occupants.
Ther eis arisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw aysst ow object sin suc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn around . #
Beforeth ejour ney,secur eobjects, lug‐
ga ge orloads agains tslipping ortipping
ove r. Obser
vetheno teson loadi ngtheve hicle. #
Pull thetrunk liddown wardsusing thehan‐
dle recess andpush itclos ed. Sw
itchin gse par atetrunk lock ing onoroff If
yo ucen trally unlocktheve hicle while separate
loc king isactiv ated, thetrunk willremain locked. #
Toswitc hon: slide theswitc hto position
0047. #
Toswitc hof f:slide theswitc hto position
0048. %
Ifan acciden thas been detected, thetrunk
will unloc keve nif sep aratelock ing is
switc hedon. Un
loc king andopening thetrunk from insid e
wit hth eemer gency release Re
quirement s:
R The 12Vve hicle batteryis conn ectedand
ch arge d. Openin
gand closin g71

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Press emer gency release button1 brief ly. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe trunk lid ope ning
hei ght restriction Mult
imed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
î Vehicle Setting s
5 Trunk LidRestric tion
This function allowsyouto avo idbum ping the
tr unk lid on alow ga rage ceiling, forex am ple. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Sof
tto p Opening
orclosing thesof tto pusi ng the
so ft-top swi tch &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
du eto thesof tto plowe ring une xpect‐
ed ly
If yo udo notfull yopen /close thesof tto p,
th esof t-to phy draulics willdepr essur izeafte r
a shor ttim e. #
Alw aysfully open orclose thesof tto p. &
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment when
ope ning orclos ingthesof tto p
Pa rts of thebody could become trapped. #
When opening orclosing, makesur e
th at no body partsarein thevicin ityof
mo ving componen ts. #
Release thebutt onifsomebody
becomes trapped. *
NO
TEPossible damag eto thesof tto p
when openingorclos ing The
softto pcan bedamag edwhen openin g
or closin g. #
Mak esur eth er eis suf ficie ntcle arance
ab ove it. #
Onlyload thetrunk belowthetrunk
separ ator so that itwill notbe pushe d
upw ards. #
Mak esur eth at thetrunk lidisclosed. #
Ifth esof tto pis dir ty,we tor froze n,do
no top en thesof tto p. 72
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NO
TEDama getothesof tto pcaused by
hea vyobject s Hea
vyobject splaced onthesof t-to pcom‐
par tmen tco vercan dama gethesof tto por
sof t-to pcom partmen tco ver. #
Donotpl ace heavyobj ects on thesof t-
to pcom partmen tco ver. #
Donotsi ton thesof t-to pcom partmen t
co ver. Fo
rsaf etyre ason s,Mer cedes-Ben zre comme nds
ope ning orclos ingthesof tto pwhen theve hicle
is statio nary.
To open orclose thesof tto pwhile youar edr iv‐
ing ,do notexc eed amaximum speedof30 mph
(50 km/ h).Toavo idint erru pting theclosing
pr ocess whileyouar esligh tly ex ceed ingthis
speed, donotdr ive at aspeed great erthan
37 mph(60 km/h). #
Mak esur eth at thetrunk partition isclosed. #
Close thetrunk lid. #
Switc hon theignition . #
Keep thebr ak epedal depressed whenthe
ve hicle isstatio nary. #
Toopen: pulland hold soft-to pswitc h1
until thesof tto pis full yopen.
The multifun ction displa ywill showtheopen‐
ing process ofthesof tto p. #
Toclose: press and hold soft-to pswitc h1
until thesof tto pis full yclosed.
The multifun ction displa ywill showtheclos‐
ing process ofthesof tto p. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
exc essiv espeed during thesof tto p
opening orclosing procedur e
If th eve hicle speed exceeds 37mph
(60 km/ h),thesof tto pwill stop dur ing the
opening orclosing procedur e. #
Reduce theve hicle speed tobelo w
37 mph(60 km/h) orstop theve hicle
in accor dance withth etraf fic condi ‐
tions . #
Ope rate thesof t-to pswitc hag ain to
open orclose thesof tto pfull y. The
current proce dure will bestopped ata
speed great erthan 37 mph(60 km/h). The
Open/Close ConvertibleTopCompletely mes‐
sag ewill besho wnonthemultifunc tiondispla y. #
Reduce your spee dand press orpull soft-to p
switc h1 again. Opening
andclosing 73

If
th esof tto pdoes notclose fullybecause of
st ro ng hea dwind s,drive mor eslow lyor stop. Re
loc king thesof tto p &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
du eto thesof tto plowe ring une xpect‐
ed ly
If yo udo notfull yopen /close thesof tto p,
th esof t-to phy draulics willdepr essur izeafte r
a shor ttim e. #
Alw aysfully open orclose thesof tto p. If
th esof tto phas notbeen completely lock ed,
th emultifunc tiondispla ywill showtheOpen/
Close Convert ibleTop Completely message.In
addition, youwill hear awa rning tone forup to
te nseco ndswhile dr ivi ng. #
Reduce theve hicle speed tobelo w37 mph
(60 km/ h)or stop theve hicle inaccor dance
wit hth etraf fic condi tions. #
Ope rate thesof t-to pswitc hag ain toopen or
close thesof tto pfull y. Opening
orclosing thetrunk partition The
trunk partition covers lugg ageor loads in
th etrunk .
Depen dingontheeq uipment, theve hicle maybe
eq uipped withamanual orpar tially electr ic
tr unk partition.
The softto pcan beopened onlywhen theman‐
ual trunk partition isclosed.
In vehicles withapar tially electr ictrunk parti‐
tion, this will automat icallyclos ewhen thesof t
to pis opened.
* NO
TEDama getothesof tto por load
due tolong objects The
softto por load maybe damag edwith
th esof tto popen. #
Donotplace anyove rly lon gobj ects
in side orbehi ndtheside parcel nets
when thetrunk partition isopen. #
Mak esur eth at theload does notpush
th etrunk partition upw ards. #
Allvehicl es:toopen, pushtrunk partition
2 intheopposit edir ect ion tothear ro w and
int oits upper endposit ionusing thehandle. #
Vehicl eswith amanual trunk partition :to
clos e,pu lltrunk partition 2bythehandle in
th edir ect ion ofthear row untilit re stson the
sides ofthetrunk . 74
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Vehicl eswith apar tiall yele ctrictrunk
par tition :pr ess butt on1.
Tr unk partition 2will open orclo seaut o‐
mat icall y.
% Ifth er eis asy stem failur e,thepar tiall yelec‐
tr ic trunk partition can beclosed manuall y. Ac
tiv atin gor deac tivatin gAI RC AP AI
RCA Pre duces thedr aftin thefront and rear
com partment swhen youar edr ivin gwit hth e
sof tto popen.
Pa rticular lytur bulent aircan reduce theef fect of
AIR CAP.This canoccur whenyouar edr ivin g
behin dano ther vehicle orifth er eis acr osswind,
fo rex am ple.
AI RCA Pcons ists of thefo llo wing compone nts:
R Awind deflect orabo vethewindshield
R Awind screen behind thetw ore ar seat head
re stra int s
When AIRCA Pis activ ated, thewind deflect or
and thewind screen willextend simu ltane ously . AIR
CAPcan beactiv ated ordeactiv ated at
speeds ofup toappr oximat ely10 0mp h
(1 60 km/ h). &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whe nre tracti ngAIR CAP
Some bodycou ldbeco metrap ped . #
Makesur eth at nobody holds ontothe
upper frame ofthewindshield or
to uc hes thewind deflect ororwind
scr een. #
Switc hon theignition . #
Toactiv ate: pul lbutt on1.
AIR CAPwill extend and theindicat orlam pon
butt on1 will light up. #
Todeac tivate: press button 1.
AIR CAPwill retract and theindicat orlam pon
butt on1 will goout. Openin
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If
th eve hicle ispar kedwit hth esof tto popen
and theignition isswitc hedoff,AIR CAPwill
re tract automatical ly.
When youre star tth eengine afte rha ving been
par ked, AIR CAPwill extend again au tomatical ly. Ins
tall ing and remo ving the folding wind
scr een &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whenus ing
th ewind screen inpoor visibility condi‐
tion s
The wind screen impair syo ur vie wto the
re ar. #
Use thewind screen onlyin good visibil‐
ity con ditions . &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due toan incorrectl yins talled wind
scr een
The wind screen maybecom eloose while
yo uar edr ivin gand endan gerot her road
user s. #
Install thewind screen asdescr ibed. #
Donotplace anyobjec tson theins tal‐
led wind screen. *
NO
TEThe wind screencan bedama ged
if ins talled when thesof tto pis closed The
vehicle interior orthewind screen can
be damag edifins talled when thesof tto p
clos ed. #
Toinstall, open thesof tto p. *
NO
TEDama getothewind screen due to
coll ision with seat backres ts The
wind screen maycollide withth efront
seat backres ts when installed. #
Adjus tth ebac kres tposition sof the
fr ont seats. The
folding windscreen isatt ached abovethe
re ar seat sto protect agains twind when youar e
dr ivin gwit hth esof tto popen. Onlyth efront
seats canbeoccupied whenthefo lding wind
scr een isins talled. The
bag containin gth efo lding windscreen is
att ached totheth ro ugh- loadin gfe atur ebehin d
th ere ar seat s.Ifth eth ro ugh- loadin gfe atur eis
bein gused, loosenthebag's lashing stra pand
st ow itin thetrunk .Fa sten thelashing stra pto
th elugg agehook .
Yo usho uld prefer abl yper form oper ations invo lv‐
in g th efo lding windscreen ontheside ofthe
ve hicle facing away from traf fic. #
Ope nallsid ewi ndo wsand thesof tto p. #
Foldthere ar seat sfo rw ardto remo vethe
bag. 76
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Remo vethefo lding windscreen from the
bag. #
Foldout folding windscreen 1assho wn. #
Foldout thetw obr ac kets 2 onthelef tand
ri ght. #
Align brac kets 2 offolding windscreen 1
wit htw ore ar fixtur es3 ontheve hicle. Pe
rfor m thefo llo wing steps inseq uence onboth
sides oftheve hicle: #
Pull handle 5inthedir ect ion ofthear row . #
Align folding windscreen 1withside fixtur e
4 ontheve hicle from aboveand insert. #
Push handle5onfolding windscreen 1
bac kas faras itwil lgo.
Fo lding windscreen 1isloc ked. Openin
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Fo
llowtheins truction sin reve rseor der to
re mo vethefo lding windscreen. Pr
oblems withth esof tto p The
softtopwi llno tope nor clos e.
Po ssible causes are:
R The ignition isno tswitc hedon. #
Mak esur eth at theignition isswitc hedon.
R The brak epedal isno tdepr essed withth e
ve hicle statio nary. #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal.
R The on-boar delectr icalsystem voltag eis too
lo w. #
Startth eengine.
R The trunk partition isno tclosed. #
Remo veoverhanging luggageand close the
tr unk partition .
R The trunk lidisopen . #
Close thetrunk lid(/ page71 ). R
Theso fttophas been opened andclosed
se veraltim esinarow .The softto pdr ive has
been switchedoffaut omatic allyand willbe
av ailable again afte rapp roxima tely ten
minut es. #
Repeat theopening orclosing procedur e
af te rapp roxima tely tenminu tes.
R Youar edr ivin gat aspee dgr ea terth an
37 mph(60 km/h). #
Reduce your spee dto belo w37 mph
(60 km/ h).
R The softto pmec hanical componen tsor con ‐
tr ol system aredef ective. #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Side
windo ws Opening
andclosing theside windo ws &
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment when
ope ning asid ewi ndo w
Whe nope ning asid ewi ndo w,par tsof the
body could bedraw nin or become trap pe d
be twee nth eside windo wand windo wframe. #
When opening ,mak esur eth at nobody
is touc hin gth eside windo w. #
Ifsomeone istrappe d,release thebut‐
to nimm ediate ly or pullit in orde rto
clos eth eside windo wag ain. &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whe nclos ingasid ewi ndo w
Whe nclos ingasid ewi ndo w,body parts
could betrapped intheclosing area inthe
pr ocess. #
When closing,mak esur eth at no body
par tsarein theclosing area. 78
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