warning MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS CABRIOLET 2021 Owner's Guide

The
system updat ecan bedownloaded man‐
ually atalat er time (/page239).
Yo uwill beinformed when thedo wnload iscom‐
ple teand thesy stem updat eis ready forins talla‐
tion .
% Park theve hicle safely inasuit able location
bef orest ar tin gth eins tallation .
Re quiremen tsforth eins tallation :
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
R The engin eis no tru nning .
R Notesand warnings have been read and
acc epted.
R The parkingbr ak eis applied.
If all requ iremen tsareme t,th esy stem updat eis
ins talled. Themultim ediasystem cann otbe
oper ated dur ing theins tallation andvehicle func‐
tions arere strict ed.
If er ro rs should occurduring theins tallation ,th e
multime diasystem automaticall yatt em ptsto
re stor eth epr ev ious version. Ifre stor ation ofthe
pr ev ious version isno tpossible ,a symbol
appear son themultimedia system displa y.Con ‐ sult
aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop toresol ve
th epr oblem. Re
setfunction Multimedia
system:
4 System 5
Reset
Pe rsonal datais dele ted, forex am ple:
R Statio npr ese ts
R Con nectedmobile phones #
Select Yes.
If PIN protect ion isactiv ated, apr om ptappear s
ask ing ifyo ualso wish torestor eth is to thefa c‐
to ry settin gsdur ing are se t. #
Select Yes. #
Enterthecur rent PIN .
The PINisrese t.
or #
Select No.
The current PIN stay sth esame afte rre se t‐
ting. %
Ifyo uha ve forg ottenyo ur PIN ,an aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Ben zCen tercan deactivateth e
PIN protect ion foryo u.
A pr om ptappear sag ain asking whe ther you
re all ywish torese t. #
Select Yes.
The multimedia system isrese tto thefa ct or y
se ttings. Fi
t& Hea lthy ENE
RGIZIN GCOMF ORT Ov
ervie wof theENER GIZIN GCOMF ORTpr o‐
gr am
Pr ogr am overview
R Refresh: Canmaketa rgeted chang estothe
int erior climat eto refresh vehicle occupants.
Cooling airflow and ionizat ion purifytheair .
The vehicle interior isillu minat edwithcool
color sand theseat isventil ated .
R Warmth:Can increase thecomf ortle ve lof
th eve hicle occupants. Thevehicle's panel,
seat andsteer ing wheel heating prov ide cozy 24
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Multimedia system

Multimedia
system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Menu #
Alternativ ely:ifth emap isdispla yedin full
scr een mode, press theTo uc hCon trol, the
contr oller or theto uc hpad.
The map menuappear s. #
Activate0073 º.
The traf fic map showsthefo llo wing informatio n,
fo rex am ple:
R Traf fic inci dents ,fo rex am ple:
- Roadw orks
- Road bloc ks
- Warning mess ages
The symbols fortr af fic inci dents aredis‐
pl ay ed incolor (onthero ute) or gra y(of fth e
ro ute).
R Traf fic flow informatio n:
- Traf fic jam (red line)
- Slow-mo ving traf fic (or ang eline)
- Hea vytraf fic (yel lo w line) -
Free-f lowing traffic (gr een line)
R Disp lay fo rtr af fic del ayson thero utelas ting
at leas ton emin ute
R Warning mess agesymbols :
- Symbo lÔ
- Addition alroad safetyno teswhen
appr oaching atraf fic inci dent, e.g.the
end ofatra ffic jam
If th eve hicle approaches adang erarea
on thero ute, awa rning mess ageis dis‐
pla yedon themap. Awa rning mess age
ma yalso beissued (/page26 1).
Displa yingtraf fic incid ents
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Conten t #
ActivateTra fficInci dents 0073.
Ro adw orks ,ro ad bloc ks,local area repor ts
(e.g. fog) and warning mess ages aredis‐
pla yed. Ac
tiv atin gfree flowan dtraf fic dis pla y #
ActivateFre eFlo wing Tra fficand Traffic
Del ays0073.
% Thetraf fic del ayisdispla yedfo rth ecur rent
ro ute. Traf fic del ayslas ting oneminut eor
long erareta ke nint oconsi deratio n.
Di spl aying details #
Displa yingthetra ffic map (/page259). #
Movethemap (/page262). #
When atra ffic repor tsymbol isunder the
cr oss hair,pr ess onthecent ralcon trol ele‐
men t.
The traffic re por tde tails aredispla yed.
or #
Press onthecent ralcon trol elemen t. #
Selec tInf ormat iononTraff icReport s.
The map showsthetraf fic re por tsymbols in
th evicinit y.
Tr af fic re por tinf ormation isdispla yedin the
st atus line:
R Traf fic re por tsymbol 260
Multimedia system

R
Reason forth etra ffic repor t,e.g. traffic
con gestion
R Warning mess age(highligh tedin red) #
Toselect atraf fic re por tsymb ol:sel ect
Next orPre vious. #
Press onthecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The traffic re por tde tails aredispla yed.
Issuing hazardwa rnings
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Announc ement s #
Activate0073 Annou nceTrafficWa rnings .
Wa rning mess ages areissued andtailbac ks
whic hpose arisk areannounced. Map
andcom pass Map
andcom pass overview 1
Savesth ecur rent vehicle position
2 Movesth emap
3 Select sth emap orient ation andmap view
4 Select sth efunc tion depending ontheeq uip‐
ment :
• Sends ahazar dwa rning viaCar -to-X . •
Filt ersth edispla yof POIs inthevicin ity
accor dingtoPOI categor y
5 Switc hesthedispla yof per sonal POIsym‐
bols onthemap onoroff
6 Switc hesone ofthefo llo wing displa yson or
of fdepending ontheeq uipment :
• We ather informat ion
• Sat ellit emap
• Traf fic inci dents
7 Switches thetra ffic map displa yon oroff
The map andsatellit eimag esaresho wninglobe
pr oject ion.This allowsfora re alis ticmap displa y
in all map scales. Themap uses elevatio nmod el‐
ing .
Dep endingonthemap data,im por tant buildi ngs
in ma nyciti esaredep icted realis ticallyon the
map insmal lmap scale s(e.g. 1/32 mi(20 m),
1/1 6mi (50 m)). Other buildings aresho wnas
model s.
% Youcan setth eunit ofmeasur ementofthe
map scale (/page235) .
If av ailable, online informat ionisdispla yed, e.g.
par kingga rage occupancy . Multimedia
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Emer
gency Re
mo ving the safetyve st The
safetyve stsar elocat edinthestow agecom ‐
par tment sin thedr iver and front passeng er
door . #
Toremo ve:pu llou tsa fety vest bag byloop. #
Open thesaf etyve st bag and pulloutthe
saf etyve st. 1
Maximum numberofwa shes
2 Maximum wash temp eratur e
3 Donotbleac h
4 Donotiron 5
Donottumble dry
6 Donotdr yclean
7 Class 2saf etyve st
The requ iremen tsdef ined bytheleg alstandar d
ar eon lyfulfille d ifth esaf etyve st isthecor rect
size andisful lyclos ed.
The safetyve st mus tbe replaced inthefo llo wing
situat ions:
R The reflect ive st rips aredamag edordir ty
R The maximum permissible numberofwa shes
is exceed ed
R The fluor esc ence has faded Wa
rning triang le Re
mo ving the warning triang le #
Push both sides ofwa rning triang leholder
1 inthedir ect ion ofthear row and open it. #
Remo vewarning triang le2. Br
eakdo wnassis tance 33
3

Se
tting upthewa rning triang le #
Foldside reflect ors1 upw ards toform atri‐
ang leand attachat theto pusing upper
pr ess-s tud2. #
Foldlegs 3down and outtotheside. Fi
rs t-aid kit(sof t-si ded) overview Fir
st-ai dkit (softsided) 1isin thetrunk inthe
lef t-hand orright-h andstor ag ene t,depending
on themodel. Flat
tire No
tesin theeve ntofaflat tire &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto aflat
tir e
A flat tirese verely affects thedr iving charac‐
te rist ics aswellas thesteer ing and braking
of theve hicle.
Ti re swith outrun-flat charact eristics : #
Donotdr ive wit haflat tire. #
Chan getheflat tireimm ediat elywit han
emer gency sparewheel orspar ewheel.
Alt ernat ivel y, consu ltaqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop.
Ti re swith run-flat charact eristics : #
Obse rveth einf ormation andwarning
no teson MOExt ended tires (run-f lat
tir e). 33
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Breakdo wnassis tance

If
apr essur eloss warning mess ageappear sin
th emultifunc tiondispla y,proceed asfollo ws :
R Chec kth etir es fordama ge.
R Ifdr iving on,obser vethefo llo wing notes.
Dr iving distance possible inemer gency
mode afte rthe pres sur elo ss wa rning: Load
condit ion Driving distance pos‐
sible inemer gency
mode
Pa rtiall yladen 50miles (80km)
Fu lly laden 19mile s(30 km) The
driving distance possi ble in eme rgency
mod ema yva ry dependin gon thedr iving style.
Obser vethemaximum permissible speedof
50 mph(80 km/h).
If atir ehas gone flat and cannotbe replaced
wit han MOEx tende dtir e, youcan useast and‐
ar dtir eas ate mp orarymeasur e. TIREFIT
kitstorage location The
TIREF ITkit islocat edunder thetrunk floor . 1
Tire inflation compressor
2 Tire seala ntbottle 1
Bag
Depending onthemodel, theTIREFI Tkit may
also belocat edinother places underthecar go
com partmen tfloor orinbag 1inthetrunk . Using
theTIR EFIT kit Re
quirement s:
R Tire seala ntbottle
R TIREFIT sticke r
R Tire inflation compressor
R Gloves(depending ontheve hicle equipment) 336
Breakdo wnassis tance

If
th eindicat or/warning lampsintheins trument
clus terdo notlig ht up atlow temp eratur es,itis
ve ry likelyth at thedisc hargedbatt eryhas fro‐
zen .In this case youma yne ither jump-start the
ve hicle norcharge thebatt ery.
The service life of abatt eryth at has been
th awe dma ybe dramaticall yshor tened .The
st ar tin gch aract eristic sma ybe impair ed,espe ‐
ciall yat low temp eratur es.
It is recomme ndedthat youha ve ath aw ed bat‐
te ry checkedat aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
All vehicl es
* NO
TEDama gecau sed bynum erou sor
ex tende datt em ptsto star tth eengine Nu
me rous orextende datt em ptsto star tth e
engine maydamag eth ecat alytic converter
due tonon-co mbusted fuel. #
Avoid numer ousand extende datt em pts
to star tth eengine. Obser
vethefo llo wing pointsdur ing star tin g
assis tance and when chargin gth ebatt ery:
R Onlyuse undamag edjum per cables/c harg‐
ing cables withasuf ficie ntcross -secti onand
insu late dte rm inal clam ps.
R Non-insulat edpar tsof thete rm inal clam ps
mus tno tcom eint ocon tactwi th other metal
par tswhile thejum per cable/c harging cable
is con nect edtothebatt ery/jum p-start con‐
nectio npoi nt.
R The jumper cable/c harging cable mustno t
com eint ocon tactwi th anypar tswhic hma y
mo vewhen theengine isrunning .
R Alw aysmak esur eth at nei ther youno rth e
batt eryis elect rostatic allych arge d.
R Keep away from fire and open flames .
R Donotlean overth ebatt ery.
Obser vetheadditional follo wing pointswhen
ch argin gth ebatt ery:
R Onlyuse batterych arge rs tested and
appr oved forMer cedes-Benz.
R Read thebatt erych arge r's oper ating instruc‐
tions beforech argin gth ebatt ery. Obser
vetheadditional follo wing pointsdur ing
st ar tin gassis tance:
R Startin gassis tance mayonly beprov ided
using vehicles, batteries orother jumpstar t
de vic es wit hano min alvoltag eof 12 V.
R The vehicles mustno tto uc h.
R Vehicl eswith aga soline engine: Jump
st ar tth eve hicle onlywhen theengine and
ex haus tsy stem arecold. St
arting assistance andchargin gth e12 V
batt ery Pr
epar ingstar ting assistance /char ging #
Secur eth eve hicle byappl ying theelectr ic
par king brak e. #
Automatic trans mis sion :Shi ftthetra ns‐
mission toposition 005D. #
Manu altransm ission: Shiftth etra nsmis‐
sion toneu tral . #
Swi tchof fth eignition andallelectr icalcon‐
sumer s. #
Open thehood. 34
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Brea kdo wnassista nce

pr
essur ete lltale when oneormor eof your
tir es issign ifican tly unde rinf late d. Ac cor d‐
ing ly,if th elow tirepr essur ete lltale illumi‐
nat es, yousho uld stop and checkyo ur tires
as soo nas poss ible, andinflateth em tothe
pr oper pressur e.Driving onasignif icantly
under inflated tirecauses thetir eto ove rheat
and canlead totirefa ilur e.Un der inflation
also reduces fuelefficie ncy and tiretrea d
li fe ,and mayaf fect theve hicle's handling
and stopping ability.Please note that the
TPMS isno ta subs titutefo rpr oper tiremain‐
te nance ,and itis thedr iver's responsibili ty
to maint aincorrect tirepr ess ure, eve nif
und erinf latio nha sno tre ac hed theleve lto
tr ig ge rill umina tionoftheTPMS low tirepr es‐
sur ete lltale.
Yo ur vehicle hasalso been equipped witha
TPMS malfunction indicatortoindic atewhen
th esy stem isno toper ating proper ly.The
TPMS malfunct ionindicat oriscombin edwith
th elow tirepr essur ete lltale. When thesy s‐
te m detects amal functi on,theindicat or
lam pwill flash forapp roxima tely amin ute and
then remain continuously illumina ted.
This sequence willcontinue upon subseq uent
ve hicle star t-ups aslon gas themalfunct ion
ex ists.
When themalfunct ionindicat orisillumina‐
te d, thesy stem mayno tbe able todetect or
sig nal low tirepr ess ureas intende d.TPM S
mal functi onsmayoccu rfo ra va riet yof rea‐
son s,inc ludin gth eins tallation ofinc om pati‐
ble replacemen tor alternat etir es orwheels
on theve hicle that prev ent theTPMS from
func tioningproper ly.
Alw aysch eckth eTPMS malfunct iontelltale
af te rre placing oneormor etir es orwheels
on your vehicle toensur eth at there place‐
ment oralternat etir es and wheels allowthe
TPMS tocontinu eto function proper ly. The
system checks thetir epr essur eand thetir e
te mp eratur eof thetir es installed totheve hicle
by means ofatir epr essu resensor .
The tirepr essur eand thetir ete mp eratur e
appear intheon- boar dcom puter(/ page360). If
th er eis asubs tantia lpr ess ureloss orifth e
tir ete mp eratur eis exc essiv e,youwill bewarned
in thefo llo wing ways:
R Viadispla ymes sages(/ page43 9).
R Viath e0077 warning lam pin theins trument
clus ter(/ page460)
The tirepr essu remonit oring system isonl yan
aid. Itis thedr iver's responsibili tyto setth etir e
pr essur eto there comme ndedcoldtirepr ess ure
su itab leforth eoper ating situation .
In mos tcases, thetir epr essur emonit oring sys‐
te m wil lau tomatical lyupdat eth ene wrefere nce
va lues afte ryo uha ve chang edthetir epr essur e.
Yo ucan ,ho we ver,also updat eth ere fere nce val‐
ues byrestar tin gth etir epr essur emonit oring
sy stem manually (/page360).
Sy stem limit s
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R The tirepr essur ehas been setinc orrectly
R Sud den press urelos scau sed byafo re ign
obje ctpene tratin gth etir e, forex am ple Whee
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R
Ther eis amalfunct ioncaused byano ther
ra dio signal source
Chec kingthetir epr essur ewit hth etir epr es‐
sur emoni toring system
Re quirement s:
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
On- boar dcom puter:
4 Service 5
Tires
One ofthefo llo wing displa ysappear s:
R Cur rent tirepr ess ureand tirete mp eratur eof
th eindividual wheels: R
Tire pressure willbedisplayed afterdriving a
few minutes
R Tire Pressure MonitorAct ive: thete ac h-in
pr oce ssofthesy stem isno tye tcomple te.
The tirepr essur esarealr eady being moni‐
to re d. #
Com pareth etir epr essur ewit hth ere com‐
mend edtirepr ess urefo rth ecur rent operat‐
ing cond ition (/ page 357). Obse rveth e
no teson tirete mp eratur e(/ page355).
% The values displa yedin theon- boar dcom‐
put erma yde viat efrom those ofthetir e
pr essur ega ug eas they referto sea leve l.At
high elevatio ns, thetir epr essur eva lue indi‐
cat edbyapr essur ega ug ear ehigh erthan
th ose shownbytheon- boar dcom puter.In
th is case, donotre duce thetir epr essur e.
Re star ting thetir epr essur emoni toring sys‐
te m
Re quirement s:
R The recomme ndedtirepr ess ureis cor rectl y
se tfo rth ere spectiv eoper ating status onall
of thewheels (/page355). Re
star tth etir epr essur emonit oring system in
th efo llo wing situat ions:
R The tirepr essur ehas chang ed.
R The wheels ortires have been chang edor
ne wlyins talled.
On- boar dcom puter:
4 Service 5
Tires #
Swipe down wardson Touc hCon trol on the
lef t-hand sideofthesteer ing wheel.
The Use Current Pressures asNew Refer-
ence Values? messageis sho wninthemulti‐
func tion displa y. #
Torestar t,pr ess Touc hCon trol on thelef t-
hand sideofthesteer ing wheel.
The Tire Press. MonitorRestart edmessag eis
sho wninthemultifunc tiondispla y.
Cur rent wa rning mess ages aredele tedand
th eye llo w0077 warning lam pgoes out.
Af teryo uha ve been driving fora fe w
minut es,thesy stem checks whe ther thecur‐
re nt tirepr ess ures arewi thin thespecif ied
ra ng e. The current tirepr ess ures areth en
accep tedas refere nce values andmon itor ed. 360
Wheels andtires

Be
sureto also payatt ent ion tothefo llo wing
re lat ed topic:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page355) Ti
re pres sur elo ss wa rning system Fu
nction ofthetir epr essur eloss warning
sy stem
The tirepr essur eloss warning system warnsth e
dr iver by means ofdisp lay messa geswhen ther e
is ase vere tirepr es su re loss.
Sy stem limit s
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Incorrectly settir epr ess ure
R Sud den press urelos scau sed,fo rex am ple,
by afo re ign obje ctpene tratin gth etir e
R Steady pressur eloss inseveraltir es
The system has are strict ed ordel aye dfunc tion
par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Poor ground condit ions,e.g.snowor gra vel
R Driving with sno wch ains R
When adoptingave ry spor tydriving style
wit hhigh corner ing speeds orsudden accel‐
er ation
R Drivin gwit hahigh load
The tirepr essur eloss warning system isonl yan
aid. Itis thedr iver's responsibili tyto setth etir e
pr essur eto there comme ndedcoldtirepr ess ure
su itab leforth eoper ating situation andtocheck
it.
Be sureto also obse rveth efo llo wing further
re lat ed subje cts:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page355)
R Displa ymessag esabout thetir es
(/ page439)
Re star ting thetir epr essur eloss warning
sy stem
Re quirement s:
R The recomme ndedtirepr ess ureis cor rectl y
se tfo rth ere spectiv eoper ating status onall
wheels . Re
star tth etir epr essur eloss warning system in
th efo llo wing situat ions:
R The tirepr essur ehas chang ed.
R The wheels ortires have been chang edor
ne wlyins talled.
On- boar dcom puter:
4 Service 5
Tires #
Swipe down wardson Touc hCon trol on the
lef t-hand sideofthesteer ing wheel.
The Tire Pressure ControlSystem Active
Restart :Press Touch Controlmessag eis
sho wninthemultifunc tiondispla y. #
Tobegin restar t,pr ess Touc hCon trol on the
lef t-hand sideofthesteer ing wheel.
The Tire Pressure NowOK?messag eis
sho wninthemultifunc tiondispla y. #
Select Yes. #
Toconf irm restar t,pr ess Touc hCon trol on
th elef t-hand sideofthesteer ing wheel.
The Run FlatIndic atorRestart edmessag eis
sho wninthemultifunc tiondispla y. Wheels
andtires 36
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