ESP MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE 2006 Owners Manual

369
Con
trols
Features Opening
orclo sing the garage door
Once progr amme d,the integrated re mote
control will assumethe function of the ga-
rage door system’s rem oteco ntrol .Pl ease
re ad the op erating instru ctions for the ga-
rage do orsyste m.
6 Turn thekey to po sition 2in the ignition
lo ck.
6 Pressthe tra nsmi tter button on the in-
terior mirror wh ich ha sbee npro-
gr am me d to operate th egarage door.
Garag edo or syste mwith afixe dco de:
in dic ator lamp 1lights up permane nt-
ly.
Ga rage door system wit harolling code:
in dic ator lamp 1flas hesfo r a brie fpe-
ri od and then lights up forap prox imate-
ly tw oseco nds. This is repeat edforup
to 20 seco nd s.
i Thetransmit terwi lltran sm it a signal for as
lo ng asthetran sm itte r bu tton isbe ingpr es sed.
The trans mission proc edure is abort edaftera
maximum of 20 seconds and indicator la mp1
fl ash es.Pr ess thetran sm itte r but tonagain if
nece ssary. Clea
ring the remo tecontro lme mory
6 Turn the key to position 2in the ignition
lo ck.
6 Press an d hold tra nsmi tter buttons 2
and 4forab ou t20 se cond sun til indi-
cato rla mp 1flas he s rapidly.
The memor yiscleare d.
i You should clear the remot eco ntrol memo ry
before sellin gth ev ehicle.
iTofit and re move th efloormat smo reeasi ly,
slid ethe respec tive sea tbac kas far as pos sible. Flo
orma ts* G
Risk of acc ident Mak
esu re that any floormats or carp etsbe-
in g us eddo notc ause an obst ruction an d
ar eproper lysecur ed.
The fl oormats mu stalwa ysbe correctl y se-
cured using reta iner san d st uds.
Bef orest ar ting ajou rney ,c he ck that the
fl oormats are secu re andre po sition them if
necessa ry.An incorrectl y secure dfloo rmat
cou ldslip an dth us impa irco rrec tope ration
of the peda ls.
Do not plac eseveral fl oormats ontopof one
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381
Operation
Ty res andwh eels
! For safe tyreasons, Mercedes-Benz re com-
me ndsth at you only use tyres which have been
approved by Merced es-Benz specifi cally for your
ve hicle. These tyres are spec ially adapt edto
su it driving characteris tics ,co mf ort ,wear and
fo rus e wit hthe control sys tems, suchasAB Sor
ESP ®
.If yo u use ot herty res, Mercedes -Benz
ca nnot ac cept any respon sibility for damage
wh ichm ay oc cur. Information abou ttyr es can be
ob tained fro many Merced es-Benz Service
Cent re.
If you us etyres othe rth an thos ew hich have
been tested and recom mended for
Me rcedes-Benz, charac teristics suc has han-
dling, noise emissio ns,fuel co nsumption and
we arcould be adv erse ly aff ected. In addition,
wh en driving with a load, di mensiona lva ria tions
and different tyre deformation charac teristics
co uld ca uset he ty resto ma kecont act with
th eb odywork and axle component s.This could
ca use dam ageto th ety res or the veh icle.
! Retreaded tyres arene ithe rte sted nor rec-
om mended for Mercede s-Be nz,s ince previ ous
damage ca nnot alway sbe de tected on re treaded
ty res .As a result, Mercedes-Benz cannot guar-
an teevehi cle sa fety if retrea de dt yres arefitte d. Mo
difica tion work on the brake system
an d wheels isnot permitted, nor istheu se
of spac erplate sor brake dust shield s.Any
su ch mo difications wi ll invalidate the ve hi-
cl e’ s ge neral operating permit.
Fu rth ernote s:
! Only fit tyr esand wheels of the sa me
type andma ke.
! Only fit tyr esthat aredesig nedfo r the
whe elsto wh ich the yar efitted.
! Atleas tevery 14 days,yo ush ou ld
che ck:
! thetyr es and wheels for da mage
Da mag edwheels ca ncause pres-
su re loss in the tyres andlead to
fu rthe r da mag e. !
thet read depth on all tyr es
No te that if the tread depth is less
tha n3 mm ,gr ip on wet roa dswill be
se rious lyim paired anda tyre may
we aruneven ly. Turn thefron t
wh eels to full lock ifne cessary to
en able yo uto check theinne r edge
of the front tyre smore easily.You
must also alwa yscheck theinsi de
of the tyre tre adon the rea rwhe els.
! Run in new tyres atmod erates peeds
for thefirs t100 km.
! Check the tyre pressure regularly and
adjust itas nece ssary.
! Fit new tyres on the front wh eelsfirst if
tyres of the same size are requi redon
the front andrear wheel s.
! Rep lace the tyr esafter six ye arsat the
latest ,reg ardles so fw ear.This also ap-
plies to the spare wheel*.
! Adju stthe ty re pre ssurewh en theve hi-
cle islade n–see thetyre pre ssure ta-
ble inthef uelfi ller flap. Ty
resand wheels Points to
reme mber G
Risk ofaccide nt On
lyuse wheel s ofthedimen sions st ated in
th eveh icle re gist rati ondocumen ts.The re is
a ri skofdama geto the wheel brak es or sus-
pe nsion comp onents if yo uhave other tyres
fitted and the cleara nce of the wheels is no
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382 Operation
Tyres
andwh eels
! Store tyres in a cool, dry place, preferably in
th e dark .Pr otec tth ety res fro moil, grease, pet-
rol and diesel fuel.
Do not clea nyo ur wheels with acidic wheel
cl eaners sin ce thesecould co rrode theh eads
of wh eel bolts.
Ty res with aspe cified direc tion of rotati on
ha ve additional bene fits, e.g. ifaq uaplan-
in go ccurs. Th eseadvantage scan onl ybe
enjoy edifthe tyres arefitted correspond-
ing to th edirec tion of rotation.
An arrow on th esidewall of the tyre indi-
ca tes its co rre ctdire ction of rot ation.
i Youm ay fi ta spare tyre* agains tth e direc-
ti on of rotation.
The MOExtend ed emer gencyru nn ing sys-
te me nabl esyou to conti nuedriving the ve-
hicl eeven when allair is lost from one or
mo re tyres.
You may only use theMO Extended run-flat
syste minconju nction with the tyr epres-
sure loss warning syste morthe tyrepres-
sure monitor*. Yo
uwi llfind note son drivin g with aflat
tyr ein the Pra ctical advice section
( = page 492).
Onlycorrect tyre pres sures whe nthe tyres
are cold.
Th ep ress ureo f wa rmtyre ssh ou ldonl ybe
co rrected if it is to olow fort he curre nt
op erating co nd itio ns .Warm tyres always
have highe r pressu res tha ncol dones.
You wil lfi nd a table of tyre pressure sfo r
dif ferent operati ngcond ition son thein-
side ofyour vehicl e’sfu el filler flap.
i Tyre pressure values giv enfor low loads are
mi nim um values whic hoff eryou good ride com-
fort charact eristic s.
You can, ho weve r, also usethe values forhi gh er
loads. Th ese are permissible and will not ad-
ver sely affec tth e running of the veh icle.Howev-
er , ride comfort will be impaired tosome degree.
Als ocheck thety re pressure of the spare
wheel*. Di
rect ion of rot ation MO
Exte nded run-flat syst em* Ty
re tread G
Risk of accident Plea
se keep in mind that:
! tyre grip decreases rapidly on wet roads
when the tread depth is lessthan 3mm.
You shou ldthus replace tyre sthat have
insuff icient trea d.
! Winter tyre ssh ou ldbe replac ed when
th etrea d dept his 4 mm or less because
ot he rwis e they no lo nger pro vide ade-
qua tegrip.
! tyre sca nbe subjec tto different level s of
we ar. You shouldthus regu larlych eck
th etread dept h andth e condi tion of the
trea dac ross theen tire width of alltyre s.
If ne cessary, turn thesteering wheel so
th at youc an seethe ty retrea dmore
ea sily.
Yo ucoul dothe rwise los econtrol of theve hi-
cl ea nd cause an accide ntdueto th ere-
duced gr ipof thetyre s on thero ad. Ty
re pres su res G
Risk of accident If
th e pr essur ein atyre drops repea tedly, in-
sp ect the tyre for forei gn objects andch eck
whether the ty reor valve are leaking. 216_R
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388 Operation
Wi
nter driving
Ha ve your veh icle"winter pr oofed" ata
qualified specialist worksho p,e.g. a
Mercedes -Ben zS ervice Centre, atthe on-
set of wint er.This service include s th efo l-
lo wing:
! engine oi lcha nge,if the curre nt oi lha s
not been approved forwinter use
! thean tifreez e/ anti-corro sion concen-
tra tion wi llbe checked
! wash erflui dc oncentrate wil lbe added
to the winds cree nan dhea dlamp clean-
ing syst em*fluid
! the battery will bechecked
! aty re change
Us ewint ertyres attem peratu re sb elow
+7 °C and on snow or ice- cove red roads.
Only then can the maximu meffect of ABS
and ESP®
be ensured inwint ertoo.
Use winter tyr esof the sa me makeand
tr ead onallwheels tomain tain safe ha n-
dling characteris tics. Alw
aysobs erve thema ximu m permitt ed
speed specified forth ewint ertyres you
have fitted .If you fit winter tyres which
ha ve alo we rma ximu m pe rmitte d speed
th an that oftheveh icle,affix an approp ri-
ate warning sign showi ngthema ximum
permitt edspeed in the driver’s field of vi-
si on. Thisca nbe obt aine da ta qualified
specialist worksho p,e.g. at a
Merced es-Benz Service Cen tre.
In such circums tanc es,yo us hould also re-
str ict the maxim um speedof the vehicle to
the maximu mp ermi tted spee dfo r the wi n-
ter tyres using perm anent Speedtron ic1
(= page 311).
If you have fitted wi nter tyres:
6 Resta rtthetyr epressure monitor*
( = page 385). Wint
erdriving Win
tertyres G
Risk of accident You mu
strepla cewinter tyre swith atread
depth ofless than 4mm immedia tely.Th ey
ar eno lo nger suitab leforus ein winter. 1O
nly ava ilable for certain cou ntries G
Risk of accident If
you fit the spar ewheel* whe ndr ivin gwith
wi nter tyre s,plea se be aware that driving
stab ility will beimpa ired owing tounsta ble
corn ering charact eristics caused bythe
different ty res. You shou ldtherefo reada pt
your driving style an d drive ca refully.
Have the sparewheel* repl aced atthe near-
es tqu alified specialist workshopwhich
ha st he necessarys pecialis tkn ow ledg eand
to ols tocarry out the workrequire d.
Me rced es-Benz reco mmend sth at youu se
aM erce de s-Ben zSe rvice Centre forthis
purpo se.In pa rtic ular ,work relevant tosafe-
ty or on safety-relate dsyst emsmu stbe car-
ried outat aq ualifi ed spec iali stwo rksh op. 216_R
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389
Operation
Winter dr iving
Fo r sa fety reas ons ,Me rced es-B enz rec om-
me nds th atyouonl yuse snow cha ins
wh ich ha ve bee nspe cial ly approv edfor
Me rced es-Ben zve hicles.
If yo uar einte nding to fit sn owchains,
pl ea se bear thefo llowing points in min d:
! Snow chains cannot befitted on all
wh eel/tyre comb inat ions.
! Snow chains mu st not be fitted to
em ergen cyspare wheels ,e.g.
"M inispa re".
! Snow chains mu st onl ybe fitted to both
re ar wh eels. Comp lywith th ema nufac-
turer’s in stallatio ninst ructio ns.
! If snowchains are fit tedto th e fron twheels,
th er eis ar isk of the cha inscoming into conta ct
wi th th ebod ywork and axle comp onentswh en
th ev ehicle is inmoti on. Thi sma ydam aget he
ty re or theve hicl e.
Th e veh iclemayonly be driven at raised ve-
hicle rideheight ifsn ow chains arefitted
( = page 313).
You shoul dnot excee dth e maximum per-
mi ssible speed of50km /h. As soon as
yo uare back on snow-f reer oads, re move
the snow chains as soon aspossible. i
Youma ywi sh todeac tivateESP ®
wh en pull-
ing away with snow chai nsfitt ed (
=page 49).
The wheels are then able tospin under control
and genera tean increased propulsiv eforce
(cut ting ef fect).
Dri veparti cularly carefull yon slip pery
ro ads inwint er.Av oid sudd enaccelera-
tion, stee ring manoe uvresan dbr ak ing.
If the vehicle thre atens to skid or cannot
be stopped when moving at alow speed:
6 Movethe tra nsmi ssio n to position N.
6 Try to bring the vehicle un der co ntrol
us ing co rrective ste ering. Sn
ow chains Win
terdr iving G
Risk ofaccide nt Do no
tch an ge dow nfor additiona lengine
br ak ingon aslip per yro ad sur face . Th edr ive
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390 Operation
Driving tips
Yo
u wil lfi nd ba sicd riving tipsin the "Driv-
ing and parki ng" se ction (
=pag e256). On
long and steep downh illgradients ,es-
pecially if theve hicl eis lade n,youmu st se-
lect shift ran ge1,2 or 3in good time.
i Thisalso applies if you have activ ated cruise
co ntrol, Distroni c*orDistronic Plus* .
Th iswill us eth e brak ing effect ofthe
engine, so lessbrakingwill be required to
main tain the speed. Thisrelie vesth eload
on th ebrake systemandprevents the
brake sfrom ove rhea ting and we aring too
quickly. If yo une ed addit iona lb raking, de-
press the brake pedalrep eatedl yrather
tha ncontinu ously.
Do not park the vehicl e im mediat ely after
the brakes ha vebeen subjected to ahe avy
lo ad . Driv eon fora sh ortwh ileinste ad.Th e
airflo w willco olthe brakes more qui ckly. Th
ef ollo wing mayoccur if yo uhave driven
fo ra long time in heavy rain witho utbra k-
ing:
! Thebrakes respond with adel ay.
! You have to depress the brake ped al
mor efirm ly.
Yo um ust there fore ma inta in ag reater dis-
tance from the vehi cle in front. Driving ti
ps Coa
stingwi th the engine switched
of f G
Risk of acc ident Th
erei s no power assistance for th est ee r-
in gan d the serviceb rake when the engine is
not running.
St ee ring and br akingr equire s signi fica ntly
mo reeffo rt an dyou could lose contro lof the
ve hicle and cau sean acc iden t as are su lt.
Do not switch off the engine while the veh i-
cl ei sin mo tion. Braking
G
Risk of accident Do not chang
edown forad ditiona leng ine
br akin gon a slip pery road su rface. This
co uld ca use the drive wheel stol osetheir
gri pan dth e ve hiclec ouldskid. G
Risk of accident Nev
erdepress the br akepe dalcont inuous ly
while thev ehicle is in motion,e. g. by apply-
in g const antslight pedal pressu re.
Th isca uses the bra kesyst emtooverheat,
in cr ea sesth ebra king dist ance and can lead
to th ebr ak es failin g com pletely. G
Risk of accident Make su
rethat yo udo not endanger other
ro ad users when you ap ply the brak es. 216_R
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391
Operation
Driving tips
Yo ush ould brak efirm lyafter driving on a
wet or snow-cove redroad surfa ce before
st opping th eengine, espec iallyifroad salts
ha ve been spread .Th iswillhe at thebra ke
di sc s, thereb ydr ying them morequickl y
an d prot ecting them againstcorros ion.
You shou ldoccas ional lytest the effective-
ne ss oftheb rake sifyou usually onlybrake
with moderation. Todo so, brake th eveh i-
cl e from high spee d. Thiswill impro vethe
grip of the brakes.
Fo r sa fety reas ons ,Me rced es-B enz rec om-
men dsthat you on lyhave brak epads /
li nings fitte dthat have be enapproved for
Me rced es-Ben zv ehicles. Brake pads /
li nings wh ich have not be en approved for
Me rced es-Benz cou ldaffect you rvehicle ’s
op erating safety. AMG
vehicles
Th ehigh -per forman cebrake syst em isde-
signe dfo rhi gh loads .Th isma ylea d to
noi sewhen brak ing. Thisis depe ndent on:
! speed
! brak ing po wer
! ambient cond ition s,e.g. tem perature
an dhumi dity Th
ewea ran d tea ron individual brake sys-
te m comp one nts, e.g. brake pads/lini ng s
or disc s,de pends on:
! the in dividual drivi ng style
! theop erating co nditio ns
No gene rally appli cablemi leag eca nthe re-
fo re be specif ied. Wear is acco rdingly high
if an ag gressi vedriving sty leisem ployed.
Wh ile the vehicle canbe fully controlled
at ace rtain spee d on dry roads, youmu st
reduce yo urspeed onwetor icy ro adsto
achie vethesa me road safety.
If ice ha sfo rm ed onthe ro adsurface
(e.g. from fogor freezing rain ),alight film
of water wil lrapidly develop on the ice
wh en youbra ke,w hich consider ab lyre-
du cest yre gri p.Dri vepartic ular ly ca ref ully
in such weathe rcond itions. If
wat erhas acc umulatedon a road surface
to ace rtai ndep th,the re isad angerof aq-
uaplani ngoccu rring even if youar e driving
sl owl yan d yo urtyres have suffic ie nt tre ad
depth.
Fo r th isreas on, do not dri vein tyr eruts
an d brake caref ully.
If you have to drive throu ghwater, please
be ar inmi nd that wh en theve hicle is
ra ised ,the still water dept hmu stnot ex-
ceed 25cm, andt hat youmu stdrive no
fast erthan walki ngpace.
! Notethat vehicles in fron tor oncom ing
ve hicles create waves. This maym eanth at the
maximum permit tedwa ter dept his exceeded.
You mustobserve thes e notes ,othe rwise dam-
age mayoc curto the engi ne,electrics or trans-
mi ssion. Tyre grip Drivi
ngonwetro ads Driving on
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396 Operation
Ca
re i
Sunscr eenfoil re trofit tedto the inside of the
windows could int erfere wit hradioor mobile
phone rec eption, espec ially if these foil sare con-
duc tive or metallically coated. Information
abou tsuns cree nfo ilca n be obtained fro many
Me rced es-Benz Service Centre. Cleanin
gthe headlam ps
6 Clea nthe headlamp lens es with a
da mp cloth.
! Onlyus e was herfluid whic his suitable
for plas tic lense s.Unsuitable was herfluid could
damag ethe plas tic le ns es ofthehe adlamps.
Therefore ,do not use dry clot hs ,abrasive prod-
uc ts, solvents or cleaning agent sco ntaining
solven ts.Y ou could oth erwise scrat chor da m-
age the sur face ofthe lenses. Pla
stic trim
! Donot use dry, coars eor hard clot hsand do
no tscrub .Yo u will ot herwise scrat ch or damage
th e surfaces. Light
soiling
Wi pe pl astic part swi th ada mp ,lin t-free
cloth (e.g.a mi crofibre cloth). As a cl ean-
in g agen t,use asmall amoun toffo ami ng
gre aseso lvent (e.g. washing up liquid) di-
luted inwater.
Th esurface may have adiff erent shade af-
te rc lean ing. The norma lsh ade wi llre turn
if you waitfo r th esurface to dry.
He avy soiling
Wi pe pl astic part swi th ada mp ,lin t-free
cloth (e.g.a mi crofibre cloth). Us easo l-
vent-fre ean dn on-ca ustic clea ning agen t.
Mercede s-Be nz re comm ends th atyouus e
a Me rced es-B enz pro duct.
Th esurface may have adiff erent shade af-
te rc lean ing. The norma lsh ade wi llre turn
if you waitfo r th esurface to dry. Distronic
*or Dis troni cPl us*
1 Distroni c/Distronic Pl uscover
2 Add itional sensor sfor Di stronic Pl us
6 Turn the key to position0 in theignition
lo ck.
6 Cleancover 1in the radiato rgrille
with water, shampoo and a softcloth.
6 Clean the part ofthebu mper near the
se nsors 2. Driving
systems
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402 Practical advice
Wh
ere wil lI fin d...?
Vehi cles with "M inispa re"emergen cy sp
are wheel
1 Eme rgen cyspare wheel
2 Fast ening
3 Vehi cle to ol kit, jack ,fo lding wh eel
chock
Remo ving the "Minis pare" emer gency
sp arewhee l*
6 Turn fast ening 2anti-cl oc kw ise.
6 Remo veem ergen cyspare wheel 1. Ve
hicles with sparewh eel*
1 Spare wheel
2 Fast ening
3 Vehicle tool kit, jack, folding wheel
chock
Remo ving the spare wheel*
6 Turn fast ening 2anti-cl oc kw ise.
6 Remov espar ewheel 1. Setting
upthe folding wheelchock
Th e fold ingwh eel cho ckpre vent sth eve hi-
cle from rollin gaw ay,e.g. whencha nging a
whe el.
1 Tofold th epla tesup wa rds
2 Tofold th elowe rpla teout
3 Toinser tthe pl ate
P.
58.10-2099-31 P5
8.10-2100-31 P4
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404 Practical advice
Displ
aymessa ges
Th eon-board com puter shows warnings or
malfunct ions inthemu lti-fu nc tion disp lay.
Ce rta inme ssag es ar eac compani edbya
warn ing tone.
Hi gh -prior ity me ssag es are displayed in
red in the multi-f un ction dis play ,w hile me-
dium-priority messag es are displ ayed in
yell ow and low-p rior ity messages inwh ite.
Pl ease respon din ac cordance with the
messages and follow thead ditional not es
in this Owner’sM anua l.
You can con firm low-p rior ity messag es
wi th # orL .Th ese are then stor ed
in the messag emem oryand can be called
up if necessar y (
=page 285).Yo uca nnot
conf irm me ssag es of the highe stpriority.
If yo uselect the "Messa ges" entry in the
"Se rvice" me nuinthe on-board compu ter
( = page 285), you cansc roll th rough the
messages bypres sing the $ or%
bu ttons on the multi-f un ction ste ering
whe el. i
Turnin g the keytoposition 2in the ignition
lock or press ingt he KEY LESS GO*button twice
ac tiva tes all the warning and indicator la mps
(except for thetu rn signal indicator lamps) and
th e mul ti-func tion display. Pleas emake sure that
th ey are working properly before comm encing a
jour ney. Th
ef ollo wing tables show all the display
me ssag es. Th emessages arediv ided into
se ctions to make itea sier to fi ndthere-
spectiv eme ssage:
! The text-style messag es from
( = page 405) onward s are displ ayed al-
ph abeti cally
! Symbol messages from ( =pa ge 414)
onwa rds Display
messages G
Risk of accident No
messages can be displ ayed ifth ere is a
failure ofthe inst rumen tcl uster an d/orthe
mu lti-fun ction display. Youwill not then be
ab leto see inf orma tion about the vehi cle
stat us, such as spee dan dou tside te mp era-
ture, warning an dindi cato rlam ps,malfu nc-
ti on and warning messages orthef ailu reof
syste ms. The vehicle’ s handling chara cter is-
ti cs ma ybe affe cted.
Imme diately consu ltaqu alified specialist
wo rksh op whic hhasthen ecessary special-
is tk now ledg e an dto ols tocarry out the
wo rk re quired. Mercedes -Ben zre co mmends
th at youu seaMe rcedes -Ben zS ervice Cen-
tr e fo rthis purpose .In particu lar,workrele-
va nt to safety or on safety-rel at ed syst ems
mu stbe ca rried out at aqualifi ed speci alist
wo rksh op. 216_R
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