Engine MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE 2006 User Guide

54 Safety
Anti-theft systems
Th
eim mo biliser preve ntsyou r ve hicle
fr om bein gst ar tedby an un author ised per-
so n. Ac
tivatin gthe immobiliser
6 With the key: remo vethe key from the
ig ni tion lock.
6 With KEYL ESS GO*:press the
KEYLESS GO button.
Th eengi neswitc hesof f. De
acti vating thei mm obiliser
6 With the key:switch onthe ig nitio n.
6 With KEY LESS GO*: press the
KEYL ESSGO button twi cewithout
depressing th ebrake.
i The immobiliser is always deactiva ted when
you start the engine. A
visual and audible alarm istrig ge redif
th ealarm system is pr imed andyou open:
! ado or
! the boot lid
! the bonnet
Th ealarm is also triggered if a do oris
op ened usin g theem erge ncyke yeleme nt.
i Thea larmis not switch ed off even if you
close an open doo ragain.
1 Indica torlamp 6
To prim e:lock theve hicle usin g the
key.
Th ealarm system is prim ed . In dica tor
la mp 1flashe s.It wi llbe possib lefor
th ealarm of theant i-th eftalarm sys-
tem to betrig gered after approxim ately
30 seco nds.
6 To dea ctivate: unlock the vehicle us-
ing th ekey.
i Youcan as sign thefo llow ingfu nctions to
th ep rogram mable bu tton in thece ntre console
(= page 199):
! Inte rior motion det ection
! Tow-away pro tection
! Inte rior motion de tection and tow-a waypro-
tect ion
You can deactivat eth ef un ctions by pre ssing the
program mable button. Switc
hing offthe ala rm
6 With thekey:insert the key in to th eig-
nition lock.
or
6 Press theŒ or‹ button on the
key. An
ti-theft systems Imm
obiliser An
ti-theft alarm syst em
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AND
COM AND navigat ionsystem* (introducti on)
If possib le,ca rry ou tthe updat ewh enthe vehicle
is stationary. The DVDread spe edishigher when
th eve hicle is stationary than when it is inmo-
ti on, so theup dat ew ill be quicker.
If yo uca rry ou t theupdat ew ith th e en gine
swit ched off and the ve hicle ba ttery does not
ha ve sufficient charge, COMA ND may aut omati-
ca lly swit choff during the process in order to
prot ectth eba tter y. Ifthi soc curs,re star tth e up-
date with the engine running. Load
ing a DVD into the sing le DVD drive
1 Disc sl ot
2 Ejectbut ton
6 Press eject button 2.
If ad isc is load ed ,it wi llbe ejec ted.
6 Take th edisc out of slot 1 .
6 Slide the DVD into slot 1 with the
pr inte d side facingupwa rds.
COMA NDdraws th eDVD in.
Co ntinue reading from the "U pdating pr oc-
ess" section(
=page 131). Load
ing a DVD into the DVD changer*
1 Disc sl ot
2 Magazine tr aybutton s1 to 6
i Each maga zine tr aybutton 2indicat esthe
status of the correspondin gma gazine tray by
me ansof an LE D.
! LEDoff = magazine tray is empty
! LEDc onstan tly lit = mag azine tray is loaded
6 Press on eof ma gazine tra ybuttons 2.
If a disc is lo aded ,it wi llbe ej ected.
6 Take the di scout of slot 1 .
6 Waituntil the LEDf ormagaz inebutton
2 which you pressed flas he s quickly.
6 Slide the DVD into slot 1with the
pri nted side facingupwa rds.
COMA NDdraws th eDVD in. G
Risk of poi soning Ne
ver leave the engine running in enc losed
sp aces.The exhaust gasesc ont ain ca rbon
mo noxide .Inhal ingexh aust fume s con sti-
tutes a health hazardand couldl ea dto loss
of consciousness or ev endeath. P82.86-5619-31 P8
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Con
trols
Opening andclos ing
6 Tolock the vehic lecentr ally: press
the ‹ button.
Th e turn sign alsflas ht hree ti mes if the
do ors and boot lid ar eclos ed . Th elo ck-
in g knobs inthe doors drop down .The
an ti-th eftalarm system*is pri med and
the active drive authori sation systemis
ac tiv ated. In
divi dual se ttings
If yo ufreque ntly drive alone, youma ywi sh
to cha ngethe function of the ke y.Pre ssing
the Πbutton wi llthen onl yunlock the
dr iver’s door and thefuel fill erflap.
6 Toswitch on oroff: pres s the Œ
and ‹ buttons simu ltane ouslyf or
ab out si xse conds untilbattery check
lamp 4flas hestw ice.
Th e key willthen func tio nas follows:
6 Tounlock the driver ’sdo or: press the
Πbutton onc e.
The turn sign als flas h once. The lock ing
knob inthe doorpo ps up.Th eant i-the ft
alarm system* is deactiva ted. 6
Tounlock centrally: press the Œ
bu tton twice.
Th e turn signals flash once.Th elo ck ing
knob sin the door spop up. The anti-
the ftalarm system*is dea ctivated.
6 Tolock thev ehicle centrally: press
the ‹ button.
The turn signals flas hth ree times. The
lo ck ing knobs inthe doors drop down.
The anti-t he ft alarm system* isprim ed
an dth eac tive drive authori sation sys-
te m isac tiva ted. Re
storing thefactory settin gs
6 Press theŒ and‹ buttons si-
multan eously fora bout six seco nds un-
til battery check la mp 4flashes twice. Chec
king the batteries
6 Press the‹ orŒ button.
Th eba tteries in the rem oteco ntrol are
fu nctiona lif batter y check la mp4
li ghts upbrief ly.If it do es not light up,
replac ethe bat teries im mediately
( = pa ge 474).
i Youma yin ad vertent lyloc kor unloc kth eve-
hicl eby pre ssing th ebu tton son there mote con-
tr ol. Th
e it em sof optional equipment which can
be supplied with yo urvehicl einclud et wo
KE YLES SGO keys.
When you gras p the door handle, you rve-
hicl eun lock s the following centrally if itis
still set to the factory setting (
=page 22 4):
! the doors
! the boot lid
! thefuel fill erflap KEYLESS GO key*
G
Risk of acc ident Neve
r leave child renu nsup ervi sedin the ve-
hicle. They cou ldopen alocked door from
the inside even ifit ha sbeenlo ck ed, or st art
th e ve hicle if a vali dKEYLES SGOke y is le ft
in the ve hicle or with the KEYLE SSGO but-
to nne ar the ignit ion lock orthey could re-
leas ethe electric parki ngbrake ,there by
endangeri ngthem selves and others .Sw itch
of fthe engine and take the KEYLES SGO key
with you,eveni fyou areonlylea ving theve-
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Op ening and closing
KE YLESS GO key
1 ‹ Locking button
2 Š Boot lid unlo ckingb utton
3 ΠUnlocki ngbutton
4 Batter ych eck lamp
! Donot expose theKE YLES S GO key tohigh
lev els of elec trom agnetic radiation. It may ot her-
wi se no lo nger function correctly.
i If your ve hicle ha sbeen parked up for a long
period youmustpull on the door handle toacti-
va te the KEYLESS GO function. i
Youca na lsou setheKE YLES SG Okeyinthe
same way as a normal key with remot econtrol.
Th ei gni tion loc kis locat edunderne athth e
KE YLESS GObutton (
=page 230). Pull out the
KE YLESS GObuttonfo ra cce sstotheigni tion
loc k.
i Youcanalso use theK EYLESS GOkeyto
cl ose the side windows and the sli ding/ tiltin g
sunroof sim ulta ne ously (
=page 351). Importa
ntnotes
Alw ayscarry the KE YLES SGO key onyour
person.
Never store the KE YLES SGO key together
with:
! electro niceq uipment, e.g. amo bile
phone
! metal lic ob jects, such ascoins or foil
Th is co uld im pa irits effectiven ess.
To lock orunlock the vehicl efrom the out-
side using the KE YLES SGO key, th ekey
must beno mor eth an a me tre aw ay from
a do or or the boot.
To permit th eengine to be st arted with the
KEY LESS GO button on the ig nition lock:
! the KEYLE SSGO ke ymu stbe inthe
passenger comp artment !
all the doorsmu stbe clos ed
If the engi nehas been started using the
KE YLESS GO button, youcan switch off the
engine using:
! the KEY LESS GO button
! the key, if tra nsmi ssio nposition Phas
been sele cted
If the KEYLESS GOkeyis rem oved from the
vehicl e(in lu ggage or an articl eof clothing,
fo re xamp le), it willno longer be possible
to lock or st art the ve hicle. Facto
rysettings
6 Tounlock ce ntrally: gras pth edoor
handle.
Th etu rn signals flash once .The loc king
knob sinth edoors pop up.Th ea nti-
the ftalar msyste m*is de activated. The
surround lighting also li ghts up inthe
dark if ithas be en switch ed on usin g
COMA ND.
If yo udo not op en either ado or or the
bo ot lida fter yo u haveunlock ed theve-
hicl e, it willrelo ckitselfaf ter appro xi-
ma tely 40 seconds. P8
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Con
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Key po sitions
Ig nition lock
0 Toremove thekey
1 Power supply forso me consu mers,e. g.
th esea tadjustment func tion
2 Ignition (pow ersupply for all consu m-
ers) and dr ive po sition
3 Tosta rt th een gine (
=page 256)
i The indicat orand warning lamp sinth e in-
st ru me ntclus ter lig htup when you swi tchonthe
ignition. They go out when the engine isrunning.
This shows that the indicator and warning lamps
fo rea ch sys tem are operational. Pre
ssin g the KEYLESS GO button without
depressing th ebrake pedal corre spon ds to
the differen t key po sitions in the ignition
lock.
Th eengi nestarts im mediat ely if yo ude-
press the brake ped alwh ile pressing the
KEYLESS GO button.
1 KEYL ESSGO button Positi
on 0
Th eon- boardelec troni cshave the
st at us 0,thesa me asthe ke yhavi ng
been re movedfrom th eignition lock,
unti lKEYLESS GObutton 1 ispres sed. Positi
on 1
6 PressKEYLESS GObutton 1once.
The seatsca n now beadjusted ,fo r ex-
amp le.
i Ifyo unow pre ssKEY LESS GO button 1
tw ice in thi sposition an dthe driver’s door is
op en, the power supply is swit ched off again. Positi
on2(igni tion)
6 PressKEYLESS GObutton 1twice.
i Ifyo unow pre ssKEY LESS GO button 1
once inthis position and thed river’s door is
open, the power supply is swit ched off again. Ke
ypo sitio ns Key
with remo tecontr ol
P54.25-5003-31 KEYLESS GO*
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Li gh ts Autom
atic hea dlam pmo de
The side lamps, dipp ed-bea m headlamps
an dlic en ce plate li ghtingaresw itched
on or off automa tica lly, depe nding on the
brightnes sof the ambient light. 6
Toswitcho n:turn the light sw itch to
* .
The side lamps aresw itched on or of f
au tom atica llywh en the key is inpo si-
tion 1in theignition lock.
Th edip ped-be am headlamp s, si de
la mp sand lice nce plate lighting are
swit chedon or off automatic ally wh en
the engine isrunning.
i Ifthe side lamps or dipped-b eamhe adlamps
ar e swit ched on automat ically, thegree nside
lamp indicat orlamp C nexttoth eligh tswitch
also ligh tsup. Fr
ont foglamps and rear foglamp
i Whenthe lig htswit chis at * ,you cannot
swit chon the fron tor rear foglamps. Inthis ca se,
tu rn the lightswit ch to B. 6
Toswitchon: turn th elight swit chto
B .
The C gree nside la mpindi ca tor
la mp next to the light sw itch lights up.
Front fog lamps
6 Pullthe light sw itch out to the first
sto p.
The ‡ green front fogla mp indicator
la mp next to the light sw itch lights up. G
Risk of acc ident If
the ligh tsw itch is at position *:
! the headlamp scould automati cally
switch offte mporarily as a conse quence
of stro ng glar e(e.g. from oncomi ngtraf-
fi c)
! the li ghtsdo not switch onautoma tical ly
in foggy conditions
Tu rn the light switch toB ingo od time ,
ot herw ise yo uc ould endanger yoursel fan d
others.
When it isda rk,onl yturnth el ight sw itch
fr om * toB when theve hicle is sta-
ti onary .You could oth erwi se cau sean acci-
dent if theheadl ampswere to switch off
temp orarily.
The automat ichead lamp fe atur eis only an
ai d. The dri verisr espo nsi ble for the vehicle
li gh ting at all time s. G
Risk of accident Wh
enit is dark, only turn the light switch
from * toB when the vehi cle is sta-
ti on ary. Youcou ldotherwise ca usean ac ci-
de nt if thehead lampswere to switch off
temp orarily.
Turn the light switch toB beforest ar ting
a jou rney in foggy conditions. Othe rwis e,
yo ur veh icle ma yno tb es eenan d yo ucould
therefo reendan geryo urse lfan dot he rs. 216_R
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Li gh ts Ac
tive light function
Fo r th eActive light function, the dipp ed-
be am headlamps swivel ho rizo ntally. The
an gle is ad justed inacco rda ncewi th the
curr ent driving situ ation.
i Thea ctive light functi on isnotac tive wh en
th eve hicle is stationary. Cor
nering light function
Sp ecia lhe adlamp s fulfil th eco rnering light
fu nction. Intight corner s, they lightup the
ar ea ofthero ad into which yo uare tur ning.
6 Make sure the engine isrunning.
6 Make sure that thed ipped -bea m head-
lamps aresw itch ed on wh enit is dark
( = page 247).
i If you are driving slower than40 km /h,the
co rnering li ghtfun ction is swit ched on byboth
th etu rn signa l andthe tu rningof the steer ing
wheel. Whendriving at speeds of bet ween
40 km /h and 70 km /h,the co rnering ligh tfu nc-
ti on is on lyswit ched on by turning the steering
wheel. Above 70km/h,the corneri ngligh tfu nc-
ti on is swit ched off.
6 Toswi tchon: switch on the tur nsignal
with th ecom bina tion switch
( = page 257). The
cornerin glig ht on theside ofthe
turn signal go eson.
or
6 Turn the steering wh eelin thedes ired
direc tion.
The cornerin glig ht on theside ofthe
ca rc losest to the corner goes on.
i If you sw itch on thetu rn signa lfo ro ne side ,
bu t tu rnthes teer ingwh eel inthe othe rdir ection ,
th eco rnering ligh tw ill go on on the side of the
tu rn sign al.
i Ifyo utu rn thes teer ing wheel in one dire c-
ti on and then imm ediately turn it in the ot her,the
co rner ing ligh tson bo thsides of theve hicle will
be switche d on tempo rarily at the sa metime.
i Thec ornering ligh ton the outside of the
bend goes on ifyou engage rev ersegear. The
tu rn signal has no eff ecton the cornering ligh t.
6 Toswitch off:sw itch of fthe tur nsig-
na lwi th the comb inat ion sw itch.
The cornerin glig ht goes out.
or
6 Turn the steering whe elba ck to the
st ra ight-ahea d position.
i Theco rnering li ghtfu nc tion remai nson unt il
you swit choff the tu rnsignal ,eve nif th e steering
wheel is in the straigh t-ah ead position. The
cornering ligh tfu nc tion may remain on for a
short time. Thecornering ligh tfunc tion remains
on for a max imum ofthre eminute s. Itisthen
swit ched off even if thetu rn si gnal is still
swi tchedon or you have turned thes teer ing
wh eel tofull loc k. Motorw
aymode
Motorw aymo de im prove sthe illumi nation
of th ero ad by:
! controlling the brigh tness
! adjust ing thehe adlamp ran ge
! switchin gon a mo torw ay spotlight 1
i The mot orway spot ligh tis sw itch ed on if you
are driving fas terth an 110k m/hand do not
ma keany large steerin gmo vement sfor approxi-
ma tely 1,000 m.Your vehicle the nha stw o addi-
ti on al ligh tsourc eson the inside of the
he adlamp. 1O
nve hicle swith Night ViewAssist, th emo torway
spotl ight is replace dby th einfrare dlight source. 216_R
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Driving and parking !Donot depress theaccelera tor pedal when
start ingth e engine.
Select orlever
P Park position
R Rever segear
N Neutral
D Drivepos ition
6 Before star ting the engine, makesure
tha t po sition Pis sele cted.
Yo uwi ll fi nd furthe r in format ion ab ou tthe
selecto rlev erin the "S elector leve r" se c-
tion ( =page 261). Sta
rtin gth e engine with the key
6 Turn the key to pos ition 3(= page 229)
in theigni tion lock an d releas eit.
Th eengine sta rtsautom atical ly. Sta
rtin gthe engine with KEYLESS GO*
Yo uma y star tyo ur vehicle using the
KEY LESS GO button witho utinsert ing
the key into the ignition lock. Driving an
dparking G
Risk of acc ident Do
notkeep anyobj ects in the dri ver’s foot-
we ll. Make sure that floor matsor car pets in
the driver’ sfo ot well :
! donotobst ruct the peda ls
! arese cu rely fa stened
Ob ject s cou ldothe rwis egetcau ghtbe-
tween the pedals ifyou ac celerate orbrak e
sudde nly. Yo uwill then notbe ableto brake
or accelerate asintended. This cou ld lead to
accid ents andinjury. St
arting the engine G
Risk of poi soning Ne
ver leave the engine running in enc losed
sp aces.The exhaust gasesc ont ain ca rbon
mo noxide .Inhal ingexh aust fume s con sti-
tutes a health hazardand couldl ea dto loss
of consciousness or ev endeath. P2
7.60-2865- 31 G
Risk of accident Your
vehicle can be st artedas lo ngas th e
KE YLES SGO keyis in the vehi cle. Fo r this
re as on, chi ldre nshou ldne verbe le ftun su-
pe rvised in the vehicle .T he yco uld unint en-
tion ally start the vehi cle.
Ta ke the KEY LESS GO key with you when
leavin gthe vehicle,ev en if you are only leav-
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Con
trols
Dr iving and parking
Th e KEY LESS GO button is located on the
da shbo ard betwe entheste ering co lumn
an d the centre console.
1 KEY LESS GO button
6 Depres sthe brake pe dal.
6 PressKEY LESS GO button 1once.
Th e eng ine st ar ts autom atically.
6 Pres sa nd hold KE YLES SGO button 1
un tilt he engine isrunning.
! Reverse gear may only be selec tedw hen
th ev ehic leis stationary, othe rwise theautomat-
ic transmis sion will be damaged. Donot dri veat
hi gh engine speeds until the eng ineh aswarmed
up. This will pro tect theengine. !
AMGve hicles :a tlow engine temperatures
(below 20° C),th e maximum engine speed is lim-
ited toprotec tth ee ngine .Avoid operating the
engine at full-t hrottle when cold, in order topro-
tect th e engine and avoid inconveniences.
i Thevehiclewi ll loc kitsel fce ntrally onc eyo u
ha ve pulled away. The loc king knobs in thedoors
drop down. You can open thedoors from the in-
side at any time.
Yo u can alsosw itch offth eau tomati cdoo r lock
(= page 208).
6 Depress the brake pedaland holdit
do wn.
6 Push th ese lect or lever down Dor up R
be yon dthe pressure point.
i Wait forthe shift pro cess tocomplet ebe-
fore pulling away.
6 Release the brake pe dal.
6 Depress the ac celera tor pedal.
Th e electri cpa rking brake isreleased
au tom atically (
=pag e258).
Th e red ! indi ca torlamp in the in-
st rum entcl uster goe sout.
i Aftera coldstart ,th eau tomati ctran sm is-
sio nwi llsh iftat a high er eng inespeed. This helps
th ec ataly tic conv erterto reac hits opera ting
temp eraturemo requickly. 1
Toindicate arig ht turn
2 Toindicate aleft turn
6 Push the combin ation sw itch inthedi-
re ction of arrow 1or2 .
Th eco mb inat ion sw itch retur nsto its
origin alpos itio n au tom atical ly after
la rg e st eering mov ements.
i Briefly press theco mb inatio nswit chinthe
appropriate dire ction tosignal a minor change in
direc tion. The corresponding turn signal flas hes
th re etime s. Pu
llin gawayP8
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Con
trols
Dr iving and parking
Ap plying the electri cpar king brak ema n-
ually
6 Press handle 1.
The red! indicator lamp inthein-
st ru me ntclus ter comes on.
i Onsteep slopes, turn thef ront whee lsto-
wa rds the kerb.
i Youcan apply thee lect ric parking brake
even when there is no key in the ignition lock.
Ap plying the electri cpa rkin gbra keau-
tomatically
Yo ur ve hicle’s electri cparki ngbrake is ap-
pl ied automa tically if HOL D (
=pa ge 311)
or Distron icPlus * (
=page 300) brings
you rveh icle to aha ltand at least one of
th ef ollo wing cond itio ns isfulfilled:
! The en gine issw itch ed off.
! The driver ’sdo or isop ened and the
seat belt is notinserted in the buckle.
! The bonn et isreleased.
! The bo otlid is op ened while the auto-
mat ic tr ansmissi onis in position R.
! Theve hicle is sta tiona ry for along
pe riod. The
red! indicator la mpin th einstru-
ment cluster com eson.
i Inadditio ntoth e el ectric parkin gbr ak e,
park position Pcan als obe engaged auto mati-
ca lly.
Em ergenc ybrak ingus ing th e elec tric
par king brake
In an emergency ,you can also brak eyour
ve hicle while it is in mo tion using theelec-
tri cpark ing br ake.
6 Pres sthe hand lefor the electri cpark-
in g br akewh iletheve hicle isin mo tion
( = page 258).
i Yourveh icle will be braked for as long as you
keep the elec tric parking brake handle press ed.
The long er you press theelec tric parking brake,
th em ore firmly thevehicle will be bra ked.
The red! indicator la mpin th einstru-
me ntclus ter flas he sdur ing the braki ng
pr oc edur e,the"R elea se parking br ak e"
message appear s inthemu lti-funct ion dis-
play an dyou wi llhe ar awa rning tone.
If yo uhave br ought yo urvehicle to a co m-
plete halt, th eele ctric parki ngbrake is
then applied. 6
Movetheau tomatic tr ansmi ssion se-
le ct or leve r to P. With the key
6
Turn the key to position 0in the igniti on
lo ck (
=page 229) an drem ove it.
Th eim mo biliser is ac tivated. With KEYLESS GO*
6
Pressthe KEY LESS GO button next to
the steerin gcolum n.
The engine is sw itch ed off an dallthe
lights in the ins trum ent clu ster go out.
The status oftheon-bo arde lect ro nics
corre spon ds to key po sition 1
( = page 229). Stopping the engine
G
Risk of acc ident Do
not remove the keyfrom the ig nition lock
until thev ehicle isstat iona ry.Th ereis no
po we rassistance for the stee ring and the
br ak es when theen gine isnot running.
Yo uw illthen need to use considerab lymo re
forc etos teer and to bra ke.
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