MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE 2006 Owner's Manual

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Pr
otection of the envi ronment
Introdu
ction Protec
tion of the envir onme nt H
Environ menta lno te Da
imlerC hrys ler’ sde clared policy isone of
inte grated environmental prote ction.
The ob jectives arefo r th ena tural re sources
which form theba sis of ou rex ist en ce on this
pl an et to be used spa ring lyan din am anner
whic h takesthe req uire me ntso fbo thna ture
an dhu ma nity in to ac count.
You tooca n help to protect the environm ent
by ope rating yo urveh icle in an en vironmen-
tally responsi blema nne r.
Fu elconsu mption andth erate ofengine,
tr an sm ission, br akean dtyre we ardepend
on thefollowing fa ctors:
! Operatin gconditions ofyou rveh icle
! Your persona ldr ivin g st yle
You caninflue ncebo th fact or s. Therefore,
plea se bearthe fo llowing inmi nd:
Opera ting cond itio ns
! Avoid shor t trip sas thes eincreas efuel
co nsum ption.
! Make su re thatthet yrep ressures areal-
ways correct.
! Donot car ryany unneces sary weight in
the vehi cle.
! Keep aneye on the vehi cle’ sf ue lco n-
su mp tion.
! A re gularl y ser vice dv ehicle will con trib-
ut eto enviro nmental pro tection. You
sh ould therefore adhere to theservice
intervals.
! Always have maintenan cewor kcarried
out at a qualifie dsp ecialist workshop,
e. g. a Mercede s-Be nz Service Centre. Pers
onaldriving style
! Donot depres sthe acce lerator pedal
when starting theen gine.
! Donot warm up the engine with theve-
hicle stationar y.
! Drive car efully an dma intain a sa fedis-
tanc e from the vehicle in fron t.
! Avoid freque nt, sudden accel eration.
! Change gea rin go odtime and use each
ge ar onlyup to 2/3 of its maximu m en-
gi ne sp eed.
! Switch off the engine instatio nary tr af-
fi c.
Retur ning used veh icles
If you wish to re turn your Mer cede s-Be nz
to be di sposed of inan envi ronme ntally-
re sponsi blemanne r,ple asecontact
Me rcedes -Ben zo nthe foll owingn um bers:
! Germany:
00800 1 777 7777
! International:
+49 6995 30 72 77 216_R
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2 In
tro duction
Oper ating safety Operati
ngsafety G
Risk of acc ident If
work onelec tron iceq uipment and itss oft-
wa reiscarrie dout incorr ectly, this equip-
me ntcould stop fun ctioni ng .Th eelec tronic
sys tems aren etwo rked vi ainterfac es.T am-
pe ring with thes e electroni csys tems could
ca us em alfu nc tions in syst ems whi chhave
not be en modified. Such malfun ctions can
seriously jeopardise thecar’s operating
sa fety and hence yo urown safety.
Ot he rwork ormo dificat ions incorr ectly car-
ried outo nthe veh iclecould also jeop ardise
ope ratingsafety.
Som esaf ety syst ems only func tion wh en
th een gine is ru nning. Therefore, donot
switch off the engine when drivin g. G
Risk of accident Al
wa ys ha vema intenance work car ried out
at a qualifi ed spec iali stwo rksh op whic h has
the necessa ry sp eciali stknowle dgea nd
to ols tocarry ou t the work requ ired.
Me rced es-Ben zre co mm ends thatyou use a
Me rced es-Ben zS ervice Cen tre fo rthispur-
pos e.
In particu lar,workrele vant tosaf etyor on
sa fety-rel at ed syst emsmus t be car ried out
at aqu alified specialist workshop. G
Risk of accident A heav
yimp act to the vehi cleu nderbody,
tyre s or wheels (e.g. bottom ingout in rough
terrai nor when driving over an obstacl eat
hi gh spe ed) can da magethe ve hicle. This
al so appliesto vehicles whic hare eq uipped
with under body protec tion.
In such cases, ha veyour veh icle checked
at a qualifie dsp ecialist workshop which has
th enecessary speci alistkno wled ge and
to ols tocarry out the workrequire d.
Me rced es-Benz re comm ends th atyou use a
Me rced es-Benz Service Cen tre fo rthisp ur-
pos e.
In particu lar, wor krelev ant to saf ety or on
sa fety-rel at ed syst emsmu st be car ried out
at a qualifie dsp ecialist wor ksho p. 216_R
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Introdu
ction
Opera tingsafety
Me rced es-Ben zma y in stru ct its Serv ice
Centres to carr yout te chnica lin spe ctions
on certain vehicl estoimprove the irqu ality
or safety.
If yo u did not pur chaseyou rve hicl efrom
an author ised dealer ship and you rvehicle
has not yet bee ninspected at a
Me rced es-B enz Servi ceCentre, th ereis a
po ssi bilit ytha tyo ur vehicle may not have
be en registered inyour name with
Me rced es-Ben z.Merc edes-Ben zwi llonly
be able toinfo rmyou ab outvehic le inspec-
ti ons ifMercede s-Be nz is in possessio n of
yo ur registration data.
It is advi sable to have your vehicle re gis-
tere dat aMe rcedes -Ben zSe rvice Centre.
In fo rm Merc edes-Benz as soon as possible
if yo uraddress has chan gedor there has
be en ach ang eof vehicle owne r.Obse
rveth efo llowing info rm ationw hen
driving your vehicle:
! The sa fety notes inthi sma nual
! The "Tec hn ical da ta"sec tion inthis
manual
! Nationa lroa dtra ffic regul ations
! Nationa lroa dtra ffic lice nsi ng reg ula-
tions Ve
hicl eregistra tion Co
rre ctuse G
Risk ofinju ry There are
various warning sticke rsaffixed to
you rve hicle. Theirpurpose is todraw your
attention, andth eattention ofoth ers, to var-
ious danger s.Therefore, donot remove any
warning sticke rs unless thestick erclear ly
states that you maydo so.
If yo ure move any war ningstickers, you or
others cou ldfailto recognise certain dan-
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At a glan
ce
Ex terior view . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Cockpit . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . ..8
In str um ent cluster . . . . . . . . . . . 12
On -boa rdcompute rand
CO MA ND. . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . 16
Cent recon sole. . ... . . . . . . . . . . 18
Ov erhe ad control pane l. . . . . . . 20
Do orcontrol panel . . . . . . . . . . . 21
St owage compar tment s.. . . . . . 22 216_R
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6 At a
glance
Exterior view Ext
erio rview
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At a glan
ce
Exterio rvi ew Fun
ction Pa
ge 1 Boot
Spare
wheel*
"Minispare" emergen cy
spare wheel*
TI RE FIT
Vehicl etoo lkit 346
402
402
401
401
2 Rear
bulbs 477
3 Rear window hea
ting 339
4 Fuel filler
flap
Petrol 373
373
5 Doors
Lo
cking andunl ocking
Op ening andc losing 222
222 Fun
ction Page
6 Ex
terior mirrors
Pa rking pos ition 239
240
7 To
wing 499
8 Ty
res an dwh eels
Flat tyre
Checking th etyre
pressure electro nica lly*
Tyre pressure loss warni ng
system
Ve hicle tool kit for vehic les
with
! TIRE FIT kit
! "Minispare" emergen cy
spare wheel*
! Spare wheel* 381
483
384
383
401
402
402 Fun
ction Page
9 Op
ensth eb onnet
En gine oil
Coolant 375
376
379
a Fr
ont bulbs 477
b Windscreen wipers
Re
placing th ewiper blades
Cl ea ning th ewi pe r bl ades 253
481
395
c Cl
ea ning th ewindows 395
d Slid
ing/ tilti ngsunroof 349
e He
adl am p cl eaning system 249216_R
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8 At a
glance
Cockpit Cockpit
Left-hand-
drive vehic les
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At a glan
ce
Cockpit Fun
ction Pa
ge 1 Co
mbinatio nsw itch
! Main -beam headl am ps
! Turn sign als
! Winds cree nwi pers 249
257
253
2 Cru
isecontrol le ver
! Cruise control
! Variab le Speedtronic
! Distroni c*1
! Distroni cPlu s*1
1N otavail ab leinall coun tries 290
309
293
300
3 Mu
lti-fu nc tion stee ring
whe el 273
4 In
st rume ntcluster 271
5 Sele
ctor lever 261 Fun
ction Page
6 Cont
rolpanel with
bu ttons and ro tary
cont rols for Ve
hicl elevel 313
ESP
® 49
Pa
rktro nic/ Park Assist* 314
317
Sw
ivels the COMAND
displ ay 59
Setting the
instr umen t
lighting and COMAND
displ ay 271
7 COMA
NDdisplay 59
8 Ov
erhead control panel 252
9 Automatic
air condi tioning
Centr econ sole,upp er
section 336
18 Fun
ction Page
a Gl
ove compar tment 355
b CD
and DV Dplayer /
ch an ger* 77
c Centre
consol e,lower
secti on 19
d Ign
itio n lock /
KEY LESS GO* button 229
e Adju
ststh e st eering wheel
Steeri ng wh eelheating* 238
238
f He
adl am p cl eaning system 249
g El
ectri cpa rking brake 258
h Light switch 247
j Night View
Assis t* 329
k Door con
trol panel 21216_R
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