2021 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS CABRIOLET ad blue

Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and M
MSolutions
¯ AdBlue system fault Emer.
op.: max. XXX mph Start
not poss. in XXX miles *
Po we rre striction due totheAd Blue ®
sy stem fault. Af terth e dis tance displ ayed has been co vered, it will no longer
be possible tostart the engine. #
Consult a qualified specialist workshop immediatel y.
¯
AdBlue system fault Engine
start not possible *
The AdBlue ®
sy stem is malfunctioning. You can no lon gerst art the engine. #
Consult a qualified specialist workshop immediatel y.482
Display messages and warning/indicator lamps

1,
2, 3 ...
4MATIC Function................................................ 15 5
12 V battery
see Battery (vehicle)
12 V so cket
see Soc ket (12 V)
48 V on-board electrical sy stem
see EQ Boo sttech nology
360° Came ra
Button................................................... 209
Ca re...................................................... 368
Fu nction................................................ 206
Opening the camera co ver (r eve rsing
camera)................................................. 209
Selecting a view................................... .209
Setting favo urites.................................. 209
Swit ching automatic operation
on/off (r eversing camera).................... .209 A
A/C function Activating/deactivating (control
panel).................................................... 13 4
ABS (Anti-lock Braking Sy stem) .............. .170
Ac celeration
see Kickdown
Ac cess data
Editing (Blue tooth®
)...............................3 24
Setting (Blue tooth®
).............................. 323
Ac cident and Breakdown Manage‐
ment
Mercedes me connect.......................... .318
Ac oustic locking verification signal
Ac tivating/deactivating........................... 73
Ac tivating/deactivating automatic
vo lume adjustment
Ad vanced sound sy stem........................3 53
Burmes ter®
sur round sound sy stem..... 352
Ac tive Blind Spot Assi st
Brake application................................... 197
Fu nction................................................ 19 5
Sy stem limitations................................. 19 5Tr
ailer operatio n.................................... 197
Ac tive bonn et(pedestrian pr otection)
Operation.............................................. 355
Re setting...............................................3 55
Ac tive Brake Assi st
Fu nction/no tes..................................... 189
Setting................................................... 19 3
Ac tive Di stance Assist DISTRO NIC
Ac tive Emergency Stop Assis t............... 188
Calling up a spee d................................. 182
Fu nction................................................ 17 9
Increasing/decreasing speed................ 182
Ro ute-based speed adap tatio n.............. 184
Selecting............................................... 182
St oring a speed.....................................1 82
Switching off/deactivating.................... 182
Switching on/activating........................ 182
Sy stem limitations................................. 17 9
Ac tive Eme rgency Stop Assist ................ .188
Ac tive headlamps...................................... 12 2
Ac tive Lane Keeping Assist
Ac tivating/deactivating......................... 200
Ac tivating/deactivating thewa rning...... 201
Fu nction................................................ 19 8500
Index

Sy
stem limits.........................................1 98
Tr ailer operation.................................... 19 8
Ac tive Parking Assist
Exiting a parking space......................... .216
Fu nction................................................. 213
Pa rking................................................. .215
Sy stem limitations................................. 213
Ac tive Se rvice Sy stem PLUS
see AS SYST PLUS
Ac tive Speed Limit Assi st
Displ ay.................................................. 183
Fu nction................................................ 183
Ac tive Steering Assist
Ac tivating/deactivating......................... 187
Ac tive Emergency Stop Assis t............... 188
Fu nction................................................ 186
Sy stem limits.........................................1 86
Ad aptive brake lights ................................ 174
Ad aptive cruise control
see Active Dis tance Assi stDISTRONIC
Ad aptive Highbeam Assist Plus
Fu nction................................................. 124
Switching on/of f................................... 12 5Ad
Blue ®
Ad ditives................................................ 421
Capacity................................................ 422
No tes..................................................... 15 8
Purity..................................................... 421
To pping up............................................. 15 9
Ad ditional door lo ck.................................... 75
Ad diti ves
Ad Blue ®
................................................. 421
Engine oil.............................................. 422
Fu el........................................................4 19
Ad diti ves (AdBlue ®
)
see AdBlue ®
Ad diti ves (engine oil)
see Additives
Ad diti ves (fuel)
see Fuel
Ad dress book
see Contacts
Ad justing bass, mid- range and treble
settings
Adva nced sound sy stem........................3 53Ad
justing mid- range, treble and bass
settings
Adva nced sound sy stem........................3 53
Ad justing the balance/ fader
Adva nced sound sy stem........................3 53
Burmes ter®
sur round sound sy stem..... 353
Ad justing the bass, mid- range and
treble
Burmes ter®
sur round sound sy stem..... 352
Ad justing the mid- range, treble and
bass
Burmes ter®
sur round sound sy stem..... 352
Ad justing the sound focus
Burmes ter®
sur round sound sy stem..... 353
Ad justing treble, mid- range and bass
settings
Adva nced sound sy stem........................3 53
Burmes ter®
sur round sound sy stem..... 352
ADS PLUS damping sy stem
see AIRMATIC
Ad vanced sound sy stem
Ad justing the balance/fader................. 353 Index
501

Au
tomatic mir rorfo lding function
Ac tivating/deactivating......................... 13 2
Au tomatic transmission
DIRECT SELECT le ver............................. 15 0
Drive program display............................ 14 9
Drive programs...................................... 14 8
DY NA MIC SELECT switch...................... 14 8
Engaging drive position........................ .152
Engaging neutral................................... .151
Engaging pa rkposition.......................... 15 2
Engaging reve rsege ar........................... .151
Kickdown............................................... 154
Manual gear changing.......................... .153
St eering wheel gearshift paddles.......... 15 3
Tr ansmission position displa y................ 15 0
Tr ansmission position s..........................15 0
Au tomatic transmission (problem)
see Transmission (problem)
Axle load Perm issible............................................ 414
Tr ailer operation.................................... 429 B
Bad weather light...................................... 124Ball ne
ck
Fo lding out/in....................................... 220
BA S (Brake Assist Sy stem)....................... 17 0
Battery see Battery (vehicle)
Battery (k ey)
Re placing.................................................74
Battery (vehicle) Charging................................................ 384
Charging (Remo teOnline)...................... 13 9
No tes..................................................... 381
No tes (s tarting assis tance and
ch arging)............................................... 382
Re placing.............................................. 386
St arting assis tance................................ 384
Belt see Seat belt
Bic ycle rack
Load capacity........................................ 428
Tr ailer operation.................................... 224
Blind Spot Assist Activating/deactivating......................... 19 8
Fu nction................................................ 19 5Sy
stem limitations................................. 19 5
Blo wer
see Climate control
BlueTEC see AdBlue ®
Blue tooth ®
Information............................................ 258
Setting up an Internet connection.........3 23
Switching on/off.................................. .258
Switching profile (DUN/PAN)................ 324
Blue tooth ®
audio
Ac tivating.............................................. 339
De-authorising (de-regis tering) the
device.................................................... 340
Information............................................ 337
Overview............................................... 338
Sear ching for a track............................. 340
Sear ching for and auth orisingthe
device.................................................... 338
Selecting a media pla yer....................... 339
Switching device via NFC...................... 340
Bonnet Resetting (active bonnet)...................... 355 504
Index

Cruise control
Activating.............................................. 17 7
Buttons.................................................. 17 7
Calling up a spee d................................. 17 7
Deactivating.......................................... 17 7
Fu nction................................................. 176
Re quirements........................................ 17 7
Selecting............................................... 17 7
Setting a speed...................................... 17 7
St oring a speed.....................................1 77
Sy stem limitations................................. 176D
Dashboa rd
see Cockpit
Data acquisition Vehicle.................................................... 33
Data import/export Function/no tes..................................... 262
Importing/exporting............................. 263
Data pr otection rights
Data storage............................................ 36
Data storage
Data pr otection rights............................. 36 Electro
nic control units.......................... .33
Online services........................................35
Ve hicle.................................................... 33
Date Setting the time and date automati‐
cally....................................................... 257
Deactivating the alarm (A TA )...................... 93
Deale rship
see Qualified speciali stwo rkshop
Declaration of conformity Electromagnetic compatibility.................25
Jack......................................................... 28
Specific absor ption rate.......................... 25
TIREFIT kit............................................... 29
Wi reless vehicle components.................. 25
Decorative foil (cleaning instructions) .... 365
DeNOx agent see AdBlue ®
De stination
Editing intermediate destinations......... .274
Editing the pr evious destinations.......... 285
Ex tern al................................................. 285
Saving (cur rent vehicle position)........... 285 Saving as a
favo urit e............................. 285
Saving asglobal favo urit e...................... 285
St oring a map position..........................2 85
Dest ination entry
En tering a 3 wordaddress..................... 275
Entering a POI or address...................... 270
Entering an intermedia tedestination.....2 74
Entering geo-coordinates....................... 275
Selecting a contact................................ 275
Selecting a POI...................................... 273
Selecting from the map......................... 276
Selecting pr evious destinations............ .273
De tecting inat tentiveness
see ATTENTION ASSIST
Diagnostics connection .............................. 29
Diesel Low outside temp eratures..................... 419
No tes..................................................... 419
Digital Owner's Manual .............................. 20
Digital TV
see TV
Dinghy towing
see Tow- bar sy stem 508
Index

DIRECT SELECT le
ver
Engaging drive position........................ .152
Engaging neutral................................... .151
Engaging pa rkposition.......................... 15 2
Engaging pa rkposition automatically....1 52
Engaging reve rsege ar........................... .151
Fu nction................................................ 15 0
Display (care) ............................................ .369
Display (multimedia sy stem)
Settings................................................. 256
Display (on-boa rdcompu ter)
Displ ays on the multifunction displa y.... 229
Displ aymessage
Calling up (on-board compu ter)............ .430
No tes....................................................4 30
Display messages ¯ - - - km/h ..................................... 457
ç - - - km/h ..................................... 458
È - - - km/h ..................................... 457
# 12V battery See Owner's Man‐
ual......................................................... 472K
12V battery See Owner's Man‐
ual......................................................... 437
Û 48 V battery See Owner's Man‐
ual..........................................................4 74
: Active Light Sy stem inoperative... 439
¯ AdBlue sy stem fault Emer. op.:
max. XXX mphSt art not poss. in XXX
miles .................................................... .482
¯ AdBlue sy stem fault Emer‐
ge ncy op. in XXX km See Owner's
Manual.................................................. 481
¯ AdBlue sy stem fault Engine
st art not possible................................. .482
¯ AdBlue sy stem fault See Own‐
er's Manual ............................................ 481
5 Add 1 litre engine oil when
next refuelling....................................... 483
é ATTENTION ASSIST inoperative ....456
é ATTENTION ASSIS T:Take a
break!....................................................4 56:
Automatic driving lights inoper‐
ative...................................................... 438
Á Change key bat teries ...................4 34
J Checkbrake fluid le vel................. 455
5 Check engine oil le vel when
next refuelling....................................... 483
ï Checktrailer hitch lo ck................ 441
h Check tyre(s) ................................ 476
! Clean the fuel filter ...................... 448
J Close boot separator .................... 437
K Convertible Top Operation pos‐
sible to60 km/h................................... 436
ÿ Coolant Stop vehicle Switch
engine off..............................................4 46
! currently una vailable See Own‐
er's Manual ............................................ 467
÷ currently una vailable See Own‐
er's Manual .......................................... .468
5 Engine oil le vel cannot be
measured .............................................. 485 Index
509

5
Engine oil le velRe duce oil le vel.... 484
5 Engine oil le velSt op vehicle
Switch engine off.................................. 484
5 Engine oil pressure Stop
Switch off engine.................................. 485
ä Fault Drive at max. 80 km/h........ 464
6 Front left malfunction Consult
wo rkshop (e xample).............................. 431
_ Front left seat backrest not
loc ked (e xamp le).................................. .445
! inoperative See Owner's Man‐
ual......................................................... 468
÷ inoperative See Owner's Man‐
ual......................................................... 469
T inoperative See Owner's Man‐
ual......................................................... 470
G Inoperative................................... 472
: Intellige nt Light Sy stem inoper‐
ative...................................................... 439 Á
Key not de tected (red displ ay
messa ge)............................................... 435
Á Key not de tected (white displ ay
messa ge)............................................... 434
: Left dipped beam (e xamp le)........ .438
6 Left wind owbag malfunction
Consult workshop (e xample)................ .431
¢ Lowe ring...................................... 465
: Malfunction See Owner's Man‐
ual......................................................... 438
ð Maximum speed exceeded ........... 459
Ø ..................................................... 480
ç Off................................................4 58
ë Off................................................ 456
K Open/close top comple tely.......... 437
! Parking brake See Owner's
Manual .................................................. .451
É Please reduce speed .................... 466
Ý Please wait 48 V battery charg‐
ing ........................................................ .474 _
Rear left seat backrest not
loc ked (Example)................................... 445
h Rectify tyre pressure.................... 477
Ø Refill Ad Blue See Owne r’s
Manual.................................................. 480
! Release parking brake .................. 454
¸ Replace air cleaner ......................448
Á Replace key.................................. 434
8 Reser vefuel le vel......................... 448
6 Restra int sys. malfunction Con‐
sult workshop........................................ 431
# See Owner's Manual....................4 73
Ù Steering malfunction Incre ased
ph ysical ef fort See Owner's Manual ......443
Ù Steering malfunction Stop
immediately See Owner's Manual .........443
# Stop vehicle Lea veengine run‐
ning ........................................................ 474
# Stop vehicle See Owner's Man‐
ual......................................................... 47351 0
Index

É
Stop vehicle Vehicle too low......... 465
ç suspended...................................4 58
: Switch off lights ........................... 439
: Switch on headla mps................... 439
K Top lo wering................................. 436
Ø Top up AdBlue Emergency op.
in XXX miles See Owner's Manual......... 480
+ Top up coolant See Owner ’s
Manual.................................................. 446
¥ Top up washer fluid ...................... 445
! Turn on the ignition torelease
th e parking brake..................................4 55
d Vehicle is operational Switch
off ignition before exiting....................... 441
É Vehicle rising Please wait............ .466
É Vehicle rising................................4 66
h Warning tyre defect..................... .477
h Wheel sensor(s) missing ...............476
K While stationar y,apply the
brakes before operating the soft top.....4 36 Ø
XX,X l Top up AdBlue Switch on
ignition, wait 60 sec. or eng. start
not poss................................................ .481
Ac tive Blind Spot Assi stcur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ...........462
Ac tive Blind Spot Assi stinope rative ...... 462
Ac tive Blind Spot Assi stnot available
when towing a trailer See Owner's
Manual .................................................. 463
Ac tive bonnet malfunction See Own‐
er's Manual........................................... 443
Ac tive Brake Assi stFunctions cur‐
re ntly limited See Owner's Manual ........470
Ac tive Brake Assi stFunctions limited
See Owner's Manual.............................. 471
Ac tive Dis tance Assi stavailable again ...4 59
Ac tive Dis tance Assi stcur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ...........458
Ac tive Dis tance Assi stinope rative ........ 458 Ac
tive Lane Keeping Assist Camera
view restricted See Owner's Manual..... 463
Ac tive Lane Keeping Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ...........463
Ac tive Lane Keeping Assist inopera‐
tive........................................................ 463
Ac tive Steering Assist cur rently
una vailable due tomultiple emer‐
ge ncy stops...........................................4 60
Ac tive Steering Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ...........459
Ac tive Steering Assist inoperative ......... 459
Ad aptive Highbeam Assist Plus Cam‐
era view restricted See Owner's
Manual.................................................. 440
Ad aptive Highbeam Assist Plus cur‐
re ntly una vailable See Owner's Man‐
ual......................................................... 440
Ad aptive Highbeam Assist Plus inop‐
erative.................................................. .440 Index
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