keyless MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE 2006 Owner's Manual

470 Practical advice
Loc
king /u nloc king in an emergen cy
If yo u can notlo ck or unlock the vehicle us-
ing th ekey or the KEY LESS GO*key ,use
the emer gencykey element to un lock the
driver ’sdoor.
i Ifyo u unloc kth e ve hicle wit hthe em ergency
key ele ment,th eanti-t heft alarm system* will be
tr ig ge red (
=page 54) as soon as the driver’s
door is opened.
There are se veral way sof disabling the alarm:
! Press theŒ or‹ buttonon the key.
! Inse rttheke yintothe igniti on loc k.
! Press theK EYLESS GO*bu tton
(= pa
ge 223).
! Lock orunloc kth eve hicl e usi ngKEYLESS
GO*. Unl
ocki ng the drive r’sdoor
Releasi ngand remov ingth eemergency key
el ement
1 Release catch
2 Emerge nc y ke yelement
6 Pullthe rele ase catch in the direction of
the arrow andat thesa me timere mo ve
em erge ncykey element 2comp lete ly
from the key. 1
Tounlock th edriver’s door:
6 Inse rt th eeme rgen cy key elem ent to
the stop into the lock.
6 Turn the key anti-c lockwi sefirmly to
the st opandh old it in this positio n.
6 Quickly pull th edoor hand le.
Th elock ing kn obpops up.
Th edo or is unlo cked.
6 Turn the emer gencyke ye leme ntback
an drem ove it.
6 Pullth e do orhand le again. Loc
king /u nlocki ngin an emergency Unlo
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Practical advice
Loc king /u nlocki ngin an emergency
If yo uc annot centrally lock yo urvehicle us-
in g th ekey or the KEY LESS GO* key:
6 Close the driver’ sdoor.
6 Press down the lo ckingk nob onthe
dr iver ’s do or inside th eve hicle.
i Make su rethat youha ve thev ehicle keyw ith
yo u and have not lef tit in theve hicle be cause
af te rth en extstep, the ve hicle wil lbeloc ked.
6 Press down the lo ckingk nob ofthe
op en front-p asse ng er door.
6 Clos ethe front-p asse ng er door.
Th eve hicle is lo cked.
i If it is no longer possible toclose theb oot
using theremot eco ntrol swit ch*,press down on
th ee dge of the boo tlid by hand until it engages
or pre sstheclosing button* on the boo tlid. If
the boot cannot beunlo cked usingthe
key orKEYLES SGO* ,us et he emergen cy
key elem ent.
If yo u unl ockthe boot with the em erge ncy
key element, the anti -the ftalar msystem*
wi llbe trigger ed (
=page 54) as soon as
the driver ’s doo risopene d.
i There are sev eral way sof disabling the
alarm:
! Press theŒ or‹ button onthe ke y.
! Inse rtthek eyinto the igniti onlock.
! Press theKEYLESS GO* but ton
( =
pag e223).
! Lock orunlock theve hicle us ing KE YLESS
GO*.
! The boot lid au tomatically swings upwards.
Th erefore, make sure that the re is suf fici ent
cl earance. Un
lockin gth eb oot
1 Boot lock
2 To op enthe boot
6 Remo vetheemergen cykey elem ent
( = page 470) fr omthek ey.
6 Inse rtemergen cykey elem entin to
boot lock 1.
6 Turn the emerge ncy ke yelement anti-
clockwi seto the stop andpul lthe han-
dl eon boot lid 2 .
Th ebo ot is unlo cked. Loc
king the ve hicle Unlo
cking the boot
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481
Practical advice
Replacing the wiper blades
! Only fold the windscreen wipers away from
th ewi nd screen or rear window when thewipers
are vertical .Othe rwise, youco uld dam aget he
bo nnet.
Un der no circumst ances sh ould you open the
bo nnet when the wiper arm sare fol dedfo r-
wa rds. Othe rwise, you could dam ageth e bonnet. !
Do not fold thewi pe r arm sontoth ewi nd-
screen or rear window wit hout wiper blades.
They may ot herwise dam agethe windscreen or
rear wind ow.
For your convenie nce, have this wo rkcarried
ou ta ta qualified spe cialist workshop, e.g .a
Me rcedes-Benz Servi ceCentre.
Fo lding the wiper blades into a vertical po
sit ion
Vehic les with key
6 Turn the key to position 1in the ignition
lo ck.
6 Set the windscreen wipe rsto po sition
u onthe comb inat ion sw itch
( = page 253).
6 Turn the key to pos ition 0or remo veit
wh en thew iper arms are vertical .
Ve hicles with KEYLESS GO*
6 Switchof fthe en gine.
6 Remove your foot from theb rake ped-
al.
6 Set the windscreen wipe rsto po sition
u onthe comb inat ion sw itch
( = page 253). 6
Pressthe KEY LESS GO button rep eat-
ed ly until the windscree nwipers star t.
6 Pressthe KEY LESS GO button when
the wiper ar msare verti cal. Re
placin gthe wip erblades
6 Fold th ewiper arm away from the
glass.
! When doing so, on lyho ldthew iper arms,
ot he rw ise youma ydamage thewi per blades.
6 Set the wipe rbla de atright angles to
the wiper ar m.
Windscre enwiper arm andwi per bl ade
6 Remo ve the wiper bladefrom th eho ld-
er on thewi per arm. Re
placin gthe wiper blades G
Risk of inju ry Befor
ech an ging thew iper bl ades, switch
the ignition to 0.T he windscr eenwi pe rs
may othe rwise mov ean dinjure you. G
Risk of accide nt Wipe
rbl ad es arewear parts. Repl aceth e
wi pe rbl ad es twice ayear, id eally in the
spring andin th eau tumn .The wind ow s will
othe rwise not beprope rly wi pe d. This may
preve ntyou fr om obse rvingth etraf fic co ndi-
ti ons, thereb ycausing an accident. Rem
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Practical advice
Batter ies
! Alwa ysdis conn ectth e ba tter yin the order
de scribed below .You may ot herwise damage the
ve hicle elec tronics.
! Switch offth einte rnal func tion sof theve hi-
cl ene twork be fore disc on nect ingth es tarter ba t-
te ry.It is not necess arytoswi tch offth ein te rnal
functi onsof thev ehicle netw orkif th eve hicle
ha s been parke dupfo r more than one hour with
no key in thei gni tion loc k.
Swit chingof fthe inter nalfunc tions of the vehi
cle network
i On vehic les wi th KE YLESS GO, remov ethe
KEYLESS GObutton (=
page 230) and useth e
KEYLESS GO keyin the same wayas th enormal
ke y.
6 Move the tra nsmi ssion sele ctor lever
to P.
6 Switchof fal lelec trical co nsumers.
6 Turn the key to position 0in the igni-
tion lock.
6 Turn the key to position 1in the igni-
tion lock. 6
Wai t30 seco nds.
Th e inter nalfu nctions of the vehicle
ne twork are switc hedof f.
6 Turn the key to pos ition 0in the ig ni-
tion lock.
! Do not remo vetheke y. Di
sco nnecting thes tarter bat tery
6 Open thebo nne t.
6 Remov ethe negative termi nalu sing a
10 mm op en-jawe dspan ner.
6 Rem oveth ecov erfrom the pos itive ter-
minal.
6 Remo vethepositive ter minalcl am p
fr om the batter y.
6 Pull of fthe breather hose.
i For your convenience, have the ba ttery re-
mo ved at a qualified spe cialist worksh op,e.g. a
Me rcedes-Benz Servi ceCentre.
6 Fold th ebar on the star ter battery up-
wards andr em ove the starterbattery. Dis
conn ecti ngthe star terb attery Removing the
starter battery Ch
arging the battery G
Risk of inj ury Never
charge aba tter ywhile itis in stalle din
th eve hicle, unle ssyou use aba ttery charger
th at has been tested andap proved for
Me rcedes -Ben zv ehicle s. Wit hth ese battery
charg ersit is possibl eto charge the battery
with outfirst rem ovingit fro mthe vehicle. Ot h-
erwi se,the vehi cle’ sel ec troni c syst emmay
be damaged. Befor ech arging theb atte ry,
ch eckt he centra lven t for correct seating.
Ba tteries without a central vent mustbe re-
moved befor ech arging.
On lych arge the batter yin awell ventil ated ar-
ea. As the ba tter yis bei ngcharged, gases can
escape and gener atemino rexpl osions, which
ma yin ju re you and other pe rsons or cause
da ma getothe pa intwork or aci dcor rosion on
the vehi cle. G
Risk of inj ury You
canob tain info rmation ab ou tba tteries
an db attery chargerswith which it ispo ssi ble
to charg eth eba tter ywhile itis installe din the
vehi cle from aqu alifie dsp ecia list wo rksh op,
e.g .aM erce de s-Be nz Service Cen tre. 216_R
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Practical advice
Towing
Observe the le galrequ iremen tsfor the
countr yconc erne dw hentow ing.
Having th evehicl eca rried away on a tran s-
po rter ortrailer is prefer able totowing it.
We reco mm end the use of a rigid towing
ba rif tow ing is ne cessar y. !
Makesure that theelec tric parkin gbr ak eis
released. If the ele ctric parking brake is fault y,
release the elec tric parking brake manually
(= page 472).
! Whentowing, pull away slowly and smoot h-
ly .Too much trac tive force could dam age eit her
of theve hicles. Donot use theto wi ng eye for re-
co very purposes.
! Youm ayonly to wthev ehicle a max imum
dis tance of50 km.A max imum towing speed of
50 km /hmustnotbe ex ceede d.
Th e propeller shaft sto the driven axles mustbe
remov edifto wi ng for more than 50 km.
! Inserttheke yin to thei gn ition loc k under-
neat hth eK EYLESS GObutton on vehic leswi th
KEYLESS GO. Tu rnthe key toposition 2in the
ignition lo ckand shift the au tomatic trans mis-
sio nto N.The nturnth e ke yto pos ition 0again
and leave itin the ignitio n. Befo
re towing the vehi cle, ma kesure that
the ba ttery is conne cted andch arge d.Oth-
er wi se:
! you cannot swi tchon the ignition
! you cannot shift the tr ansm issi on to N
us ingt he selec torle ver
Yo u wil lhave to use the ignition lock under-
neath the KEYLESS GO* buttonon ve hicles
with KEYLE SSGO* (
=page 229).
To w-star ting the vehicle isnot permitted.
If the en gine does not star t, tr yjum p-star t-
ing it (
=page 497).
If it isnot possible to ju mp-start the veh i-
cle ,have it towed to the ne ares tqu alifie d
specialist worksho p,e.g. a Me rced es-Benz
Se rvice Centre.
If the vehicle has su ffer ed tran smission
dama ge, onl ytow itwith th eprope ller
sh aft disc onnec ted.
Th e ig nition mu stbe switche doff ifyo uare
towing the ve hicle with the front /reara xle
raised. Interventi onbyESP ®
cou ldoth er-
wi se damag eth e brak e system. To
wing G
Risk of accide nt Ha
ve the vehicle to wedus inga rigi dtowi ng
ba rif:
! theengine is not runn ing
! there is a brak esyst em ma lfun ction
! there is a malfun ction in the power sup-
pl yo rthe veh icle ’s electric alsyst em
The re is nopow erassista ncefor th esteer-
in ga nd theb rake syst emwhen the engine is
not running. Youwill then re quire consi dera-
bly morefor ce tostee ran dto brak e.
When to wing or tow- starti nganother vehi-
cl e, its weig htshou ldnot begrea ter than the
pe rmis sible gross weight of yo urvehicle
( = pa ge 518).
The transmission isin position Pwhen the
co nsum erbattery isno tco nnecte d. Poi
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