ESP MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS CABRIOLET 2019 Owner's Guide

Ov
ervie wof climat econtr olsystems No
teson climat econtr ol An
interior airfilt er mus talw aysbe used sothat
th eair con ditionin gsy stem, pollution leve lmon i‐
to ring and theair filt er ing func tion workcor‐
re ctly .Ma kesur eth at thefilt er isins talled cor‐
re ctly and thefilt er housin gin theengine com‐
par tmen tis closed correctly using thecap and
alw aystightl ysealed wheninoper ation. Usefil‐
te rs recomme ndedandapprove dby Mer cedes-
Benz .Alw aysha ve ser vice workcar ried out ata
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Ov
ervie wof thecontr olpa nel fordual -zone
aut omat icclimat eco ntr ol The
indicatorlam pson thebutt ons indicat eth at
th ecor responding functionisactiv ated. 1
0082 Setsthete mp eratur eon thedr iver's
side
2 008F Setstheair distribution
3 002D Setstheair flow orswitc hesoffclimat e
cont rol
4 0058 Setsclimat econtr olto aut omat ic
mode (0013 page12 5)
5 0064 Defrosts thewindshield
6 008A Callsuptheair con ditionin gmenu
7 006C Switchesthere ar wind owheat eron or
of f
8 0015 Activates ordeacti vatessync hroniza‐
tion (0013 page12 5) 9
0072 Switches air-re cir cul ation mod eon/
of f(0013 page 125)
A 005A Switches theA/C function on/
of f(0013 page12 4)
B 0082 Setsthefront passeng erside temp era‐
tur e Oper
ating theclima tecont rolsy stem Switc
hingclima tecont rolon/of f 0007
Toswitc hon: setth eair flow toleve l1 or
higher usingthe002D button. 0007
Toswitc hof f:se tth eair flow toleve l0 using
th e002D button.
0009 Ifclimat econ trol isswitc hedoff,th ewin‐
do ws mayfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchof f
cli mat econtr olonly briefly. Switc
hingtheA/C function onoroffvia the
cont rolpan el The
A/Cfunc tion heats ,cools anddehumidif ies
th eve hicle's interior air. 12
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Climat eco ntro l

Dr
ivin g No
teson Mer cedes- AMGvehicl es Obser
vetheno teson thefo llo wing topics inthe
Sup pleme nt,asyouma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers:
R Rear axle lockin gdif fere ntia l
R AMG Perfor mance exhaus tsy stem
R AMG ceramic high-per form anc ecom posit e
br ak esy stem
R AMG adaptivespor tsuspension system Switc
hingthepo we rsupp lyor ignit ionon
wit hout star ting theengine 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enleftunat tende din the
ve hicle
If ch ildr enarelef tunat tende din theve hicle,
th ey cou ld:
R ope ndoo rs,th er eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s. R
getou tof theve hicle andbehit by
oncom ingtraf fic.
R ope rate vehicle equipment andbecome
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,ch ildr encould alsosetth eve hi‐
cle inmo tion, forex am ple, by:
R releasing thepar king brak e.
R shif ting theaut omatic transmiss ionout of
par kposition 005D.
R star tin gth eengine 0007
Neverlea vechildr enand animals unat‐
te nde din theve hicle. 0007
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. 0007
Keep theSmar tKey out ofthere ac hof
ch ildr en. Re
quirement s:
R The Smar tKey isin theve hicle andisrecog‐
nized .
R The brak eped alisno tdep ressed. 0007
Toswitc hon thepo we rsupp ly:pr ess but‐
to n1 once .
Yo ucan activat eth ewindshield wipers,for
ex am ple.
The powe rsupp lyis switc hedoffag ain ifth efo l‐
lo wing condition sar eme t:
R Youopen thedr iver's door
R Youpr ess button1 twice. 12
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Driving and parking

1
Event ahead
2 Distance totheeve ntahead
3 "Foo tof fth eacceler ator" prom pt
A differ ent number ofsegment s2 will light up
ar ound thesymbol depending onthedis tance to
th eeve ntahead:
R Fewsegm ents:theev ent ahead isnear .
R Man ysegment s:theev ent ahead isfur ther
aw ay.
The "Foo tof fth eacceler ator" symbol 3will
appear onthemultifunc tiondispla yas wellas
th e"Ev ent ahead" symbol 1.Indrive pr o‐
gr am ;, "Foo tof fth eaccelera tor" symb ol3 wil
lals oapp ear onthehead-up displaybeside
th etransmission display.
When theve hicle nearsan event ,EC OAssis twill
calculat eth eop timal speed formaximu mfuel
econom yand recup erati ve ener gybased onthe
dis tance, speedand downh ill gr ad ient. "Foo tof f
th eacceler ator" symbol 3will appear onthe
multifu nctiondisplay.
If th edr iver lifts offth eaccelera torpeda lin
good time, there maini ngsegments onthedis‐
pla ywill turngr een until theev ent shownis
re ac hed. Thedrivet ra in will besetfo rmaximu m
fuel econom y.The vehicle willcoas t,wit hth e
comb ustion engineswi tched offif neces sary,
and recup erateon itsownus ing theelectr ic
mo tor.Re cup erati on willch arge thebatt ery.
If th er eis no response to"Foo tof fth eaccelera ‐
to r" prom pt3 ,th esegment swill remain white.
The eventwillbe sho wnfora shor ttime afte rit
has been passed.
If th eeve ntinvo lves ave hicle ahead andwhen
th ecoas t-do wn recomme ndation isgiv en, all
seg ments willimme diat ely turngr een once ther e is
are sponse tothe"F oo tof fth eacceler ator"
pr om pt3 .
If th esy stem does notint erve ne during the
eve ntahead, nothing will bedispla yed. The sys‐
te m ispass ive.
EC OAssis tis activ eonl yin drive pr ogr am ;
(maximu mrecup erati on) and A (redu ced
re cup erati on).
Ve hicl eswith a48 Von-b oardele ctrical sys‐
te m (EQ Boo sttech nology): Indrive pr ogr am
A, onlyth eeve nt"Vehi cle ahead" isdis‐
pl ay ed.
Sy stem limita tions
EC OAs sis tcan function mor epr ecis elyif th e
ro uteis main tained when routeguidan ceis
act ive. The basic function isalso available with‐
out active ro uteguidan ce.Notall informat ion
and traffic situ ations canbefore seen. Thequal‐
ity depen dson themap data.
EC OAssis tis onl yan aid. Thedriver isresponsi‐
ble forke eping asaf edis tance from theve hicle
in front, forve hicle speed andforbr aking in
good time. Thedriver mus tbe ready tobrak eat Dr
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all
tim esirre spectiv eof whe ther thesy stem
int erve nes.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofthero ad, high lyvariable
shade condition s,rain, sno w,fogor hea vy
spr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions.
R Ifth er eis dir ton thewindshield inthevicin‐
ity ofthemultifunc tioncamer aor thecamer a
is fogg ed up, damag edorobscur ed.
R Ifth etra ffic sign sar ehar dto detect, e.g. due
to dir tor sno wor insuf ficie ntlighti ng,or
beca useth ey areobsc ured.
R Ifth einf ormation onthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or outof date.
R Ifth esigns areambiguous, e.g.traffic sign s
in roadw orks orinadjacent lanes. Displa
yingECOAssis t On-boar
dcom puter:
0018 Assist ance DY
NA MIC SELECT switch Fu
nction oftheDY NA MIC SELECT switch Mer
cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers.
Use theDY NA MIC SELE CTswitc hto chang e
be tween thefo llo wing drive pr ogr ams:
R = (Individ ual):individual settings
R B (Spor tPlus): particular lyspor tydriving
st yle
R C (Spor t):spor tydrivin gst yle
R A (Comf ort): com fortable andeconomi‐
cal drivin gst yle
R ; (Eco): particular lyecon omical driving
st yle 0009
The drive pr ogr am select edappear sin the
multifu nctiondisplay of theon- boar dcom‐
put er.
Depen dingonthedr ive pr og ram, thefo llo wing
sy stems chang eth eir charact eristic s:
R Drive
- Engin eand trans miss ionman agemen t
- ActiveDis tan ceAssi stDIS TRONI C
R ESP ®
R Vehicl eswith AIRMA TICorDY NA MIC
BO DY CONT ROL:suspen sion
R Elec tric po we rst eer ing 13
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Driving and parking

Selec
tingthedr ive pr og ram 0007
Press DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h1 forw ards
or bac kwards.
The drive pr og ram sele cted app earsin the
multifu nctiondisplay. Conf
iguringdrive pr og ram I Mu
ltimed iasystem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
e DYNA MICSELECT
0019 Individual 0007
Select theindividual setting. Switc
hingtheoper ation feedba ckfordr ive
pr og ram on/o ff Multimedia
system:
0018 Vehicle 0019
e DYNA MICSELECT 0007
Switc hNotif ication forUser on0073 oroff0053.
When this func tion isact ive, acor responding
messag eis sho wninthemedia displaywhen
a dr ive pr og ram issele cted withth e
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h. Displa
yingvehicl edata Mul
timedi asy stem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
e DYNA MICSELECT 0007
Select Vehicle Data.
The vehicle datais displa yed. Displa
yingengine data Multimedia
system:
0018 Vehicle 0019
e DYNA MICSELECT 0007
Select Engine Data.
0009 The values forengine outputand engine tor‐
qu ema yde viat efrom thenomin alvalues.
It ems that can influen cethis are, forex am‐
ple:
R Sea leve l
R Fuelgrade
R Outside temp eratur e Dr
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0007
Ifge arshif tre comme ndation mess age1 is
sho wnonthemultifunc tiondispla y,shif tto
th ere comme ndedgear. Using
kickdow n Mer
cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers. 0007
Maxi mum acceler atio n:dep ress theaccel‐
er ator pedal beyond thepr essur epoint .
The automatic transmiss ionshiftsup tothene xt
ge ar when themaximum enginespeedis
re ac hed toprotect theengine from overrev ving. Glide
mode functio n Mer
cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers.
Wi th an ant icip ator ydr ivin gst yle, glide mode
helps youto reduce fuelconsum ption.
Glide mode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R thecombus tionengine isdiscon nectedfrom
th edr ivet ra in and theengine continues to
ru nin neu tral .
R thetra nsmiss ionposition 005Bisdispla yedin
gr een inthemultifunc tiondispla y.
R vehicl eswith a48 Von-b oardele ctrical
sy stem (EQ Boos tte ch nology): thecom‐
bus tion engine isswitc hedoffdepending on
th edr iving situation .All oftheve hicle func‐
tions remain active.
Gli de mode isactiv ated ifth efo llo wing condi‐
tion sar eme t:
R drive pr og ram ; issele cted.
R thespeed iswit hin asuit able rang e. R
thero ad's courseissuit able, e.g.no steep
uphill ordownhill inclinesortight bends.
R youar eno longerdepr essing theacceler ator
or brak epedal.
0009 Glide mode canalso beactiv ated ifyo uha ve
select edthe"Eco" setting forth edr ive in the
dr ive pr og ram =.
Gli de mode isdea ctivated again ifone ofthe
condi tions isno long erme t.
Gl ide mod ecan also be preve nted bythefo llo w‐
ing parame ters:
R Incline
R Downhill gradi ent
R Temp eratur e
R Height
R Speed
R Oper ating status oftheengine
R Traf fic situ ation
0009 Glide mod ecan beende dby pressing the
ri ght- hand steer ing wheel paddle shifter
( 0013 page14 2). Dr
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Pr
oblems withthetransm ission Pr
oblem
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
The transmission hasafa ulty gearshif t. The transm issionis losin goil. 0007
Have thetra nsmiss ioncheckedat aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop immediat ely.
The acceler ationcharact eristic sar e
de terior ating.
The transmission nolong ershif tsgear. The
transm issionis in emer gency operati on mod e.
It is only possi ble to shif tto one gear and reve rsege ar. 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
Switc hof fth eengine. 0007
Waitat leas tte nseco ndsbefore restar tin gth eengine. 0007
Shif tth etra nsmiss iontoposition 005Bor005E.
If 005B isselect ed,thetransmission onlyshif tsto one gear;if 005E isselec ted, thetransmission shiftsto
re ve rsege ar. 0007
Have thetra nsmiss ioncheckedat aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop immediat ely. Fu
nction ofthe4MA TIC
4MA TICensures that all four wheel sar edr iven
when needed. Toget her withESP ®
and 4ETS,
4MA TICimprove sth etra ction ofyour vehicle whene
vera dr iven whee lspins duetoinsuf fi‐
cie nttracti on.
If yo ufa ilto adap tyo ur drivin gst yle, 4MA TICcan
neit her reduce therisk ofan accident norover‐
ri de thelaws ofphysics. 4MA TICcannotta ke acc
oun tof road, weather and traf fic condi tions.
4MA TICisonly anaid. Youar ere sponsible espe‐
cially formaint ainingasaf edis tance from the
ve hicle infront, forve hicle speed, forbr aking in
good timeandforst ay ing inlane. 14
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0007
Hold remo tecontr ol5 atvarious anglesat
a dis tance betwee n1 in (1 cm) to3in (8 cm)
in front oftheinside rear vie wmir ror.Yo u
should test eve ryposition forat lea st25 sec‐
onds beforetrying ano ther position . 0007
Hold remo tecontr ol5 atthesame angles
at various distances infront oftheinside
re ar vie wmir ror.Yo usho uld test eve ryposi‐
tion forat lea st25 seconds beforetrying
ano ther position . 0007
Notethat som ere mo tecontr olstransm it
only fora limi tedper iod, press butt on6 on
re mo tecontr ol5 again bef oretransm ission
ends . 0007
Align theant enn aline ofthedoor opener unit
wit hth ere mo tecontr ol.
0009 Supportand additiona linf ormati ononpro‐
gr amm ing:
R Ontheto llfree Hom eLink®
Ho tlin eon
1- 800 -355- 3515 .
R OntheInt erne tat htt p://
www .homelin k.com/me rcedes. Opening/closing
aga rage doo r
Re quirement s:
R The corresponding buttonisprogr ammed to
oper ateth edoor . 0007
Press and hold buttons 1,2or3 until
th edoor opens orcloses. 0007
Ifindicat orlam p4 flashes yello wafte r
appr oximat ely20 seco nds:pr ess and hold th
epr ev iousl ypr essed buttonagain untilth e
door opens orcloses.
Clear ingthega rage doo rope nermemo ry 0007
Press and hold buttons 1and 3.
Indicat orlam p4 lights upyello w. 0007
Ifindicat orlam p4 flashes gree n: release
butt ons 1and 3.
The entire memo ryhas been deleted. Dr
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Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gst andb ymode
Mul timedi asy stem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
î Vehicle Setting s
0019 Standby Mode
0009 This function isno tav ailable forall model s. 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
When youact ivat eth efunc tion,a pr om pt
appear s. 0007
Select Yes.
St andb ymode isact ivat ed. Dr
iving anddriving safetysy stems Dr
iving systems andyour responsibility Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipped withdr iving systems
whic hassis tyo uin drivin g,par kingand man eu‐
ve ring theve hicle. Thedriving systems areaids
and donotre lie ve youof your responsibili typer‐
ta inin gto road traf fic law. Payatt ention tothe
tr af fic condi tions atalltime sand interve ne
wh en nece ssary.Be awareof thelimit ations
re ga rding thesaf euse ofthese systems. Fu
nction ofthera dar senso rs Some
drivi ng and drivi ng safety systems use
ra dar sensor sto monit orthear ea infront of,
behind ornext to theve hicle (depending onthe
ve hicle's equipment).
Depending ontheve hicle's equipment, thera dar
sensor sar eint egr ated behind thebum pers
and/or behindtheMer cedes star.Ke ep these
par tsfree ofdir t,ice and slush
(0013 page352). Thesensor smus tno tbe cov‐
er ed, forex am ple bycycle rack s, overhanging
loads, sticke rs,fo ilor foils toprotect agains t
st one chipping .In theeve ntofdama getothe
bum persor radiat orgrill, orfollo wing acollis ion
im pact ingthebum persor radiat orgrill, have the
function ofthera dar sensor sch eckedat aqu ali‐
fi ed specialis two rkshop. Thedriver assis tance
sy stem mayno long erwo rkproper ly. Ov
ervie wof driving systems anddriving
saf etysy stems In
this sect ion, youwill find informa tionab ou t
th efo llo wing drivin gsy stems anddriving safety
sy stems:
R 360° Camer a(0013 page19 2)
R ABS (Anti-loc kBra king System)
(0013 page15 7)
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
(0013 page 169)
R AIRMA TIC(0013 page18 3)
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st(0013 page16 1)
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist(0013 page208)
R ATTENTION ASSIST(0013 page20 1)
R BAS(Bra keAssis tSyst em) (0013 page15 7)
R HillSt artAs sis t(0013 page18 1)
R DYNA MIC BODY CONTR OL(0013 page18 2)
R EBD (Ele ctronic Brakeforc eDis tribution)
(0013 page16 1)
R ESP ®
(E lectr oni cSta bility Program)
(0013 page15 8) 15
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Driving and parking

R
ActiveSpe edLimi tAssi st(0013 page17 3)
R HOLD function (0013page18 1)
R STEER CONTR OL(0013 page 161)
R ActiveSt eer ing Assis t(0013 page17 5)
R ActivePa rking Assist(0013 page19 5)
R Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C
( 0013 page18 6)
R Rear vie wcam era(0013 page19 0)
R Cruise contr ol(0013 page16 7)
R Functio nof Blind Spo tAssi stand ActiveBli nd
Spo tAssi stwit hex itwa rning
(0013 page205)
R Traf fic Sign Assist(0013 page203) Fu
nction ofABS (Anti-loc kBr aking System) AB
Sre gulat esthebr ak epr essur ein critical driv‐
ing situation s:
R Dur ing braking, e.g.atfull brak eapplication
or insuf ficie nttiretracti on, thewheels are
pr eve nted from lock ing.
R Vehicle steer ability whilebraking isensur ed. If
ABS interve nes when braki ng, youwill feel a
pulsing inthebr ak epedal. Thepulsating brak e
pedal canbeanindicat ionofhazar dous road
con dition sand canserveas are minder totak e
ex tra car ewh ile dr ivi ng.
Sy stem limita tions
R ABSis act ive from speeds ofappr ox.5 mp h
(8 km/ h).
R ABSma ybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion ifa
malfunc tionhasoccurredand theye l‐
lo w 0025 ABSwa rning lam plight sup con tin‐
uousl yin theins trument clusteraf te rth e
engine isstar ted. Fu
nction ofBA S(Br akeAssis tSy stem) 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent caused by
a malf unctionin BA S(Br akeAssi stSys‐
te m)
If BA Sis mal functi oning,th ebr aking distance
in an eme rgency braking situation is
incr eased. 0007
Depr essthebr ak epedal withfull forc e
in emer gency braki ng situa tions. ABS
pr eve nts thewheels from locking . BA
Ssu ppo rts yo ur eme rgency braking situation
wit hadditional brak efo rc e.
If yo udepr essthebr ak epedal quickl y, BA Sis
acti vated:
R BASau tomatical lyboos tsthebr ak epr es‐
sur e.
R BAScan shorten thebr aking distance.
R ABS preve nts thewheels from locking .
The brak es will func tion asusual onceyo u
re lease thebr ak epedal. BASis dea ctivated. Dr
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