transmission MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS CABRIOLET 2019 User Guide

R
The seat belttongu eis no tins ertedin the
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat andthe
dr iver's door isopened.
R Ther eis asy stem malfunct ion.
R The powe rsupp lyis insuf ficie nt.
R The vehicle isstatio naryfo ra lengt hyper iod.
When theelectr icpar king brak eis applied, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
appear sin theins trument cluster.
The electr icpar king brak eis no taut omaticall y
applied ifth eengine isswitc hedoffby theEC O
st ar t/ stop funct ion.
Electr icpar king brak efunction (releasing
aut omat ically)
The electr icpar king brak eis released whenthe
fo llo wing condition sar efulf illed:
R The engin eis running .
R The seatbe ltto ngu eis ins ertedint oth eseat
belt buckleofthedr iver's seat.
R The transmiss ionisin position 005Bor005E and
yo udepr esstheaccelera torpeda lor you shif
tfr om transmission position005Dto005B or
005E.
R Ifth etransmission isin position 005E,the
tr unk lid mu stbe closed.
If th eseat belttongu eis no tins ertedint oth e
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat, thefo llo w‐
ing con dition smus tbe fulf illed:
R The driver's door isclos ed.
R Youmo vethetra nsmiss ionout oftransmis‐
sion position 005Doryouha ve prev iousl y
dr iven faster than 2mp h(3 km/h).
R Ifth etransmission isin position 005E,the
tr unk lid mu stbe closed.
When theelectr icpar king brak eis released, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
in theins trument clustergoes out. Appl
ying/rele asing theelectr icpa rking
br ak ema nuall y
Appl ying 0007
Push handle 1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica‐
to rlam papp earsin theins trument cluster. 15
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Driving and parking

000E
NO
TEDama gefrom automatic braking If
one ofthefo llo wing functionsis switc hed
on, theve hicle brak es aut omatically incer‐
ta in situat ions:
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
R HOLD functio n
R ActivePa rking Assist
To avo iddamag eto theve hicle, deactiv ate
th ese systems inthefo llo wing orsimilar sit‐
uation s: 0007
Dur ing towing 0007
Inacar wash Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle isstatio nary.
R The driver's door isclosed ortheseat belton
th edr iver's side isfastened.
R The engine isrunning orhasbe en automati‐
cally switc hedoffby theEC Ostar t/ stop
funct ion. R
The electr icpar king brak eis released.
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis de acti ‐
va ted.
R The transmis sionisin position 005B,005Eor005C.
Ac tiv atin gthe HOL Dfunc tion 0007
Dep ress thebr ak epedal andafte ra shor t
time quickl ydepr essfurther until the00D9
displa yappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y. 0007
Release thebr ak epedal.
Deactiv atingtheHOLD function 0007
Depr esstheacceler ator pedal topull away.
or 0007
Depr essthebr ak epedal untilthe00D9 dis‐
pla ydisappear sfrom themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y.
The HOLD functionisdeactiv ated inthefo llo w‐
ing situat ions:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va‐
te d.
R The transmission isswitc hedtoposition 005D.R
The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e.
In thefo llo wing situat ions,th eve hicle isheld by
th etra nsmiss ionposition 005Dorby theelectr ic
par king brak e:
R The seat beltisunf astened andthedr iver's
door isopened.
R The drive sy stem isswitc hedoff.
R Ther eis amalfunct ioninthesy stem orthe
po we rsupp lyis insuf ficie nt. DY
NA MIC BODY CONT ROLfun ction DY
NA MIC BODY CONTR OLcontinuousl yadjus ts
th ech aract eristic sof thesuspension dampersto
th ecur rent operati ng and drivi ng cond itions.
The damp ing istun edindiv idually foreac hwhee l
and isaffect ed bythefo llo wing fact or s:
R The road sur face condi tions
R Vehicle load
R The drive pr ogr am select ed
R The driving style 18
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Driving and parking

0007
Wher eneces sary,select thepar king direc‐
tion :fo rw ards orreve rse.
Ve hicle path3 issho wn, depending on
select edpar king space 4and thepar king
dir ect ion. 0007
Conf irm select edpar king space 4.
0009 The turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedonaut o‐
maticall ywhen thepar king procedur e
begins. Theturnsignal indicat orisswitc hed
of faut omaticall ywhen youswit chto005B .
Yo uar ere sponsible forsele cting thetur nsignal
in accor dance withth etraf fic condi tions.If nec‐
ess ary, select thetur nsignal accordingly. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto vehi‐
cle swinging outwhile parking orpulli ng
out ofapar king space
While parking orexitin gapar kingspace, the
ve hicle swings outand candrive ont oar eas
of theonc oming lane.
This could cause youto coll ide wi th object s
or other road user s. 0007
Payatt ention toobject sand other road
user s. 0007
Wher enec essar y,stop theve hicle or
cancel thepar king procedur ewit h
Ac tivePa rking Assist. 0007
If,forex am ple, thePlease Engage Reverse
Gear messag eappear sin themultimedia sys‐
te m disp lay: sele ctthecor responding trans‐
mission position.
Ve hicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
The vehicle drives intoth eselect edpar king
space.
On com pletion ofthepar king procedur e,the
Parking AssistFinished, TakeContr olof Vehicle
displa ymessag eappear s.Fu rther maneuv ering
ma yst ill be nec essar y. 0007
Aftercom pletion ofthepar king procedur e,
saf eguar dth eve hicle agains tro lling away.
When requ ired bylegalrequ iremen tsor local
con dition s:tur nth ewheels towa rdsth ecurb.
0009 Youcan stop theve hicle andchang eth e
tr ans missi on positio ndu ring thepar king pro‐
cedur e.The system then calculat esane w ve
hicle path.The parking procedur ecan
th en be con tinued. Ifno newvehicle pathis
av ailable, thetransmission positionwillbe
ch ang edagain. Ifth eve hicle hasnotye t
re ac hed thepar king space, thepar king pro‐
cedur ewill becanc eled, should age ar be
ch ang ed.
Exit ingapa rking spacewit hAc tiv ePa rking
Assis t
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedwit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist.
Please note that youar ere sponsible forth eve hi‐
cle and surround ingsdur ing theent ire par king
pr ocedur e. 0007
Startth eve hicle. 19
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Driving and parking

Manuall
y 0007
Deactiv ate0053 Automatic Daylight Saving
Time. 0007
Select Daylight Saving Time. 0007
Select OnorOff.
Se tting thetim eand date form at
Mul timedi asy stem:
0018 System 0019
& TimeandDate
0019 Set Form at 0007
Setth edat eand time form at003B.
Se tting thetim ema nua lly
Re quirement s:
R The Manual TimeAdjustm entfunc tion is
switc hedon.
Multime diasystem:
0018 System 0019
& TimeandDate
0019 Set Time 0007
Setth ehour s. 0007
Navig ateto theright tosetth eminut es. 0007
Setth eminut es. 0007
Conf irm chang eswhen exitin gth emenu.
The dateis setaut omaticall yvia GPS. Connectivity
Switc
hingtransmission oftheve hicl eposi ‐
tion on/off
Mul timedi asy stem:
0018 System 0019
ö Connec tivity 0007
Select Transm itVehicle Pos.. 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Blue
tooth® Inf
orma tion abou tBlu etoo th®
Bl ue tooth®
tech nol ogy isast andar dfo rshor t-
ra ng ewi reless datatransf erup toappr oximat ely
32. 8ft (10 m).
Yo ucan useBlue tooth®
to connect your mob ile
phon eto themultimedia system and usethefo l‐
lo wing functions,forex am ple:
R han ds-free system withaccess tothefo llo w‐
ing option s: -
con tacts (0013 page 295)
- call lists (0013 page298)
- text mes sage s
R Interne tconnection
R listening tomusi cvia Blue tooth®
audio
(0013 page32 5)
R transf erring business cards (vCards) intoth e
ve hicle
Blue tooth®
is are gis tere dtrademar kof Blue‐
to othSpecial Interes tGr oup (SIG) Inc.
0009 Interne tconn ection viaBlue tooth®
is no t
av ailable inall coun tries.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gBlue tooth®
Re quirement sfo rsw itchin gof fBlue tooth®
:
R App leCa rPlay™ isno tactiv e.
Mul timed iasystem:
0018 System 0019
ö Connec tivity 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 Bluetoo th®
. Multimedia
system 25
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em
ployeedeals withyo ur appoin tment.The
inf ormat ionisthen sent toyour desir ed
ser viceout let.
This serviceout letwill then con tact you
wit hin 24hour s.
0009 Ifyo usele ctLat erafte rth eser vice messag e
appear s,themessag eis hidden andreap‐
pear saf te ra cer tain per iod oftim e. Tr
ansf erre ddata during ase rvice call Obser
vethecon ditions ofuse forMer cedes me
connect andother services. These canbe
obt ained intheMer cedes meportal:htt ps:/ /
me. secur e.mercedes -benz.com
When youmak easer vicecall viaMer cedesme
co nn ect ,dat awill betransm itted.
The follo wing datais transmit tedifaser vice call
is made viaMer cedes meconnect:
R Vehicle identif ication number
R Reason forth einitiat ionofthecall Mer
cedes-Benz emergency callsystem Inf
orma tion ontheMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsystem
Yo ur vehicle iseq uipped withth eMer cedes- Benz
emer gency callsy stem ("eCall ").This featur ecan
help save lives intheev ent ofan acciden t.eCall
in no wayre places assistance prov ided from
dialing 911.
The Mercedes-B enzemer gency callsy stem is
av ailable forat lea sttenye arsst ar tin gfrom the
manuf acturingdate.
Mer cedes-Benz eCallonl yfunctions inareas
wher emobil ephone coverage isavailable from
th ewir eless service prov ider s.Ins ufficie ntnet‐
wo rkcoverage from thewir eless service prov id‐
er sma yre sult inan emerg encycallnotbeing
tr ansmitt ed.
eCal lis ast andar dfeatur ein your Mer cedes-
Ben zve hicle. Inorder tofunction asintended ,
th esy stem relies onthetransmission ofdat a
de tailed inthe"Mer cedes- Benzemergency call
sy stem datatra nsmiss ion"sectionthat follo ws
( 0013 page309). To
disable eCall,acus tomer mustvisit an
au thor ized Mercedes-B enzService depar tment
to deactiv ateth eve hicle's communication mod‐
ule.
Deactiv ationofthis mod ulepreve nts the
act ivat ion ofanyand allMer cedes mecon‐
nect services. Afterthe deactivatio nof
eC all,aut omati ceme rgency calland manua l
emer gency callwill notbe availab le.
The igniti onmus tbe swi tched onbef orean auto‐
matic emerg encycallcan bemade .
0009 eCallis activ ated atthefa ct or y.
0009 eCall canbedeactiv ated byan aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Ben zdealer .Please note that in
th eeve ntow ner shipof theve hicle istrans‐
fe rred toano ther ow ner inits deacti vated
st at e, eCall willremain deactivated unles s
th ene wow ner visits an author ized
Mer cedes-B enzdealer shiptoreact ivat eth e
sy stem.
Ov ervie wof theMer cedes- Benzemergency
call system
eCall canhelp toreduce thetime between an
acciden tand thear riva lof emer gency service s Mu
ltimed iasystem 30
7

000E
NO
TEDama gedue toinc orrect useof
th eto wing eye When
ato wing eyeis used toreco vera ve hi‐
cle, theve hicle maybe damag edinthepr oc‐
ess. 0007
Onlyuse theto wing eyeto tow aw ay or
to w star tth eve hicle. To
w star ting theve hicl e(eme rgency engine
st ar t) Ve
hicl eswith automatic transmiss ion
000E NO
TEDama getotheaut omatic trans‐
mission duetotow star tin g The
automat ictransm issionma ybe damag ed
in thepr ocess oftow star tin gve hicles with
aut omatic transmission. 0007
Vehicles withaut omatic transmission
mus tno tbe tow star ted. 0007
Vehicles withaut omatic transmission must
no tbe tow- star ted. Electr
icalfuses No
teson electr icalfuses 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tooverloaded lines
If yo uman ipulat eor bridg eafa ulty fuse orif
yo ure place itwit hafuse withahigher
am per age, theelectr icline could beove rloa‐
ded.
This could result inafire . 0007
Alw aysre place faulty fuseswit hspec i‐
fi ed newfuses containin gth ecor rect
am per age. 000E
NO
TEDama gedue toinc orrect fus es Electr
icalcom pone ntsorsystems maybe
damag edbyinc orrect fus es, ortheir func ‐
tion ality maybe signif icantlyim pair ed. 0007
Onlyuse fuses that have been approved
by Mer cedes-Ben zand whic hha ve the
cor rect fus era ting . Blo
wn fuse smu stbe replaced withfuses ofthe
same rating ,wh ich yo ucan recogni zeby the
colo rand fusera ting .The fuse rating sand fur‐
th er information tobe obser vedar elis tedin the
fuse assignment diagram.
Fu se assignment diagram: onthefuse boxin
th etrunk (0013 page37 6).
000E NO
TEDama geormalfunct ionscaused
by mois ture Mois
turema ycause damagetotheelectr ical
sy stem orcause itto malfu nction. 0007
When thefuse boxis open, makesur e
th at no mois turecan enterthefuse
bo x. 0007
When closing thefuse box,mak esur e
th at theseal ofthelid isposition edcor‐
re ctly onthefuse box. If
th ene wlyinser tedfuse alsoblows,ha ve the
cau setrace dand rectif ied at aqu alif ied spec ial‐
is two rkshop.
Ensur eth efo llo wing beforere placing afuse:
R The vehicle issecur edagains tro lling away 37
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Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
Check Engine OilLevel
(Add 1quart) 000E
NO
TEEngi nedama gecau sed bydriving withinsuf ficie ntengi neoil 0007
Avoid long journeys wit hins ufficie ntengi neoil. 0007
Whe nne xt refuel ing, add 1qu artof eng ineoil.
To pup engin eoil (0013 page34 1).
No teson engine oil(0013 page41 5).
00B2
Che ckEngine OilAtNext
Re fue ling *T
heengine oilleve lhas dropped totheminimum leve l.
000E NO
TEEngi nedama gecau sed bydriving withinsuf ficie ntengi neoil 0007
Avoid long journeys wit hins ufficie ntengi neoil. 0007
Checkth eengine oilleve lwhen next refuel ing.
Ad dengin eoil (0013 page34 1).
No teson engine oil(0013 page41 5). Tr
ansmis sion Di
spla ymessag es
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
* The transmission ismalfunct ioning.Thetransmission shiftsto position 005Cautomatic ally. 452
Displa ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps

Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
Transmission Malfunction
St op 0007
Pull overand stop theve hicle safely assoon aspossible, paying attention toroad and traf fic condi tions. 0007
Swi tchth etra nsmiss iontoposition 005D. 0007
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
N Permanently Active Risk
of Roll ingAway *
While theve hicle isrolling orwhile youar edr ivin g,thetra nsmiss ionhas been shiftedto position 005C. 0007
Depr essthebr ak epedal tostop and, when theve hicle isstatio nary,shif tth etransmission toposition 005D. 0007
Tocontinu eyo ur jour ne y,shif tth etransmission toposition 005Bor005E.
St op Vehicle LeaveEngine
Runnin gWait Transm ission
Cooling *T
hetransmission isove rheating. Pullingaway ma ybe temp orarily im pair edornotpossible. 0007
Pull overand stop theve hicle safely assoon aspossible, paying attention toroad and traf fic condi tions.Do not
continu edr ivi ng und eranycir cums tances. 0007
Lea vetheengine running . 0007
Waitunt ilth edispla ymessag edisappear sbef orepulling away.
To Deselect Por N,
Depress BrakeandStart
Eng ine *
Yo uha ve attem pte dto shif tth etra nsmiss ionout ofposition 005Dor005C intoano ther transmission position. 0007
Depr essthebr ak epedal. 0007
Startth eengine.
Apply Braketo Shift from
'P' *
Yo uha ve attem pte dto shif tth etra nsmiss ionout ofposition 005Dand intoano ther transmission position. 0007
Depr essthebr ak epedal.
Serv iceRequired DoNot
Shift Gears VisitDealer *T
hetransmission ismalfunctionin g.The transmission positioncannolong erbe shif ted. Displa
ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps 453

Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions 0007
When thetransmission isin position 005B,consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop anddonotch ang eth etra ns‐
mission position. 0007
Forall other transmission positions,parkth eve hicle safely. 0007
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop orbreakdo wnservice.
Reversing NotPossible
Service Required *T
hetransmission ismalfunctionin g.Re versege ar can nolongerbe eng aged. 0007
Visit aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Only Shift to'P' when Vehi-
cle isStationary *
The transmission canonly beshif tedto position 005Dwhen theve hicle isstatio nary.
Driv er'sDoo rOp en &
Tra nsmi ssion Not inPRi sk
of Veh icleRo lling Awa y *
The driver' sdo or isno tfu lly clo sed and thetransmission isin position 005E,005Cor005B. 0007
Shif tth etra nsmiss iontoposition 005Dwhen youpar kth eve hicle.
To Engage Transmiss. Posi-
tion RFirst Depress the
Brake *
Youha ve trie d to switc hto trans missi on positio n005E. 0007
Dep ress thebr ak epedal. 0007
Shif tth etra nsmiss iontoposition 005E.
Auxiliary BatteryMalfunc-
tion *T
heauxilia rybatt eryfo rth etra nsmiss ionisno long erbeing charge d. 0007
Visit aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. 0007
Untilthen, manuall yse tth etra nsmiss iontoposition 005Dbeforeyo uswit choffth eengine. 0007
Beforelea ving theve hicle, apply theelectr icpar king brak e. 45
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Displa ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps

Ve
hicl e Dis
playmessag es
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
00CA Operation OnlyPossible in
Transmission PositionP *
Yo uha ve attem pte dto displace theball coupling andthetra nsmiss ionisin position 005E,005Cor005B. 0007
Depr essthebr ak epedal. 0007
Shif tth etra nsmiss iontoposition 005D.
006F Rear LeftBack restNot
Latc hed (Exam ple) *T
hecor responding rear seat backres tis no teng aged. 0007
Foldthecor responding seatbackres tbac kuntil iteng ages.
006F
Front LeftSeat Backrest
Not Locked (Exam ple) *T
heseat backres tof thecor responding front seat isno teng aged. 0007
Foldtheseat backres tbac kuntil iteng ages.
00CC *T
hesteer ing ismalfunct ioningSteer ing capability iscon sider ablyim pair ed. 462
Displa ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps