light MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE 2006 Service Manual

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trols
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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Op ening and closing In
dividual settin gs
If yo ufreq uently dri vealone, youmay wish
to chan ge the function of the KEYLESS GO
key. With this setting, onlythe dri ver’s
do or and the fuel filler flap unlock when
you gr aspt he driver’s door handl e.
6 To switc hon or of f:press the Œ
and ‹ button ssimulta neou sly fo r
ab out six secon dsuntil the battery
check lamp flashestwice.
Th eKE YLES SGO key will th enfunc tion
as follo ws:
6 Tounloc kthe driv er’sdo or: graspthe
door handl e.
6 Tounlock centrally: gras p the front-
pa sseng erdoor handl e.
Th elo ck ing knobs inthedoor spo pup .
The turn si gnals flas honc e.Thean ti-
the ftalar msyste m*is dea ctivated. 6
Tolock the vehicle centrally: touch
the door handl eouts ide.
Th elock ing kn obsin the do ors drop
do wn. The turn signals flash three
ti me s.Th ean ti-t heft alarm system*
is ac tiva ted. Re
storin gthe fact ory set tings
6 Press theŒ and‹ buttons si-
mult aneo uslyforab ou tsix seco nds un-
til the batter ycheck la mpflas hes
tw ice. Checkin
gthe batter ies
6 Press the‹ orŒ button.
Th eba tte ries inthere mo tecontro lare
fu nctiona lif the batter ycheck la mp
li ghts upbriefly. Ifit doe snot light up,
repla cethe batteri es immediately
( = page 474).
i You may inadv ertently loc kor unloc kth e
vehicle by pressing the bu ttons on theKE YLES S
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Sea ts
6 Make sure the key isin pos ition 1or 2
in the ignition lock orthat the respec-
ti ve door isope n.
Head restraint height
6 Hig heror lower: slideswitch 1upor
down.
i Theh ead restraint heigh tisa utoma tica lly
adj usted relativ etoth e seat fore-and-af tadj ust-
ment.
i Thehead restrain tof the fron t-passe nger
seat au tomatically mo ves to its lowermost posi-
ti on while theve hicle is in motion if the seat is
unoc cupied. You will then have a bet ter all round
view.
Seat hei ght
6 Slide sw itch 2 upor down inthedi re c-
tion of the arrow.
Seat cus hion angle
6 Up or do wn:slide sw itch 3 upor
down inthed irec tion of th earrow until
yo ur thig hsare lightl ysupported.
Se at cu shion length
6 Forwards orbackwards: slide sw itch
4 left or right inthe di rection of the ar-
row. Se
at fore-an d-aft adjust ment
6 Forwards orbackwards: slide
switch 5to the le ftor right.
i Thehe ad re strain t he ight is au tomati cally
adj usted relativ eto the seat fore-and-aft adj ust-
me nt.
Ba ckrest angle
6 Slide switch 6left or right inthedi re c-
tion of th ear row.
He ad re straint angle 6
Graspth etop of th ehe ad restraint and
pull itforward sor push it backwards. Lumbar
supp ort
Yo uca nad just thelumbar supp ortus ing
COMA ND (
=page 216). Mu
lti-co ntour se at*
Yo uca nset thec haracter istics ofthemul-
ti-contour se atfor th edrive ran dfront pas-
se ng er usingCO MAN D (
=pa ge 216).
P91.16-2446-31 G
Risk of inju ry Ma
kesure th attheba ck of you rhead issu p-
po rte dat about eye level bythe centre of
th ehe ad restrai nt.This will re duce therisk
of injur yto yo urhead and ne ckinthe ev ent
of an acciden tor si milar sit uations.
Never travel with outac orrectly adj usted
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Mirrors
Th ean ti-d az zle function of the re ar-vi ew
mirror andt he exterior mirror on the dri v-
er ’s side opera tesif th eign itio nis sw itched
on and in cide nt light from head lamps
strikes the sensor in the rear-vi ewmirror.
Th emi rror s’au tom atic an ti-d az zle function
do es not op erateifre ve rse gear isen gage d
an d the int erior lighting is switched on.
!If ele ctrolyte from a brok enmirror drips
on to thev ehicle ’s paint work, im mediately rinse
th epai ntwo rkthor ou ghlywith cl eanwa ter. Oth-
erwise, the elec trolyte could da magethe paint-
work.
El ec troly tecan only be rinsed off before it has
dried. To
ma kepark ingeasier ,th eex terior mirror
on the front-p asse ng er side swings into
parkin gposition as soon as re verse gear is
engaged.
You can onl yuse this park ing aid after sav-
ing th eparking position of the exterior mir-
ror on the front-pas seng er sid ewith the
memor yfunct ion(
=page 243).
1 Selectio nbut tonfo r right-ha nd orleft-
ha nd exterior mirror
6 Make sure the key isin position 2in the
ign itio n lock. Autom
atic an ti-dazzle mirr ors G
Risk of acc ident The mirr
ors’ au tomati can ti-d azzle func tion
wi ll not wor kif th eincide nt ligh tfr om head-
lamp sis un able to hit thesen sorin the inte-
ri or mirr orif,f or example, the rear window
bl ind* is ex tended.
In cide nt light co uld th en dazzle you. This
ma yprevent youfrom observingth et raffic
con dition s,thereb yca us ing an acc iden t. G
Risk of inju ry Elec
trolyt ema yesca peif th eglas sin an au-
toma tic anti-daz zlem irror brea ks.
Elec trolyt e is an ag gressive irrita ntandm ust
not beallo wedto come into contac t with
your skin,eyes or resp irat or y organs .If ele c-
tr olyt eco me sin to contact wi thyou reyes or
sk in,ri ns e thoro ughly with clean water im-
me diately. Con sulta doct orifnecessa ry. Ex
terior mirrorparking position
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Con
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Wea ring seat belts
1 Belt guide
2 Belt to ngue
3 Buc kle
4 Rele ase button
6 Pullthe beltsm oothl yfrom be lt
gu ide 1.
6 Route the belt over yo urshou lder.
6 Engage beltto ng ue 2 in bu ckle 3 .
6 Pull the shoulde rbelt upwards to tight-
en thebe ltac ross yo urbody. 6
Torelease theseat belt,p ress release
bu tton 4and guide the belt tongue
ba ck to the belt guid e.
The< seat belt warnin glam pin thein-
stru mentclus ter re minds you to makesure
al loccupants have fa sten ed the irse at
belts .Th es eat belt warning lamp <
ma ylight up continuo usly orflas h.Awa rn-
ing to nemay also sound.
The < seatbeltwa rningl am p go esout
and thew arning tone stops as soon as the
driver andfront passenger have faste ned
their seat belts.
P91.40-2669-31 G
Risk ofinju ry You could be
injur ed inan ac cident ifyou
us ese at belts which:
! aredama ged
! have bee nsubject edto a load in an ac-
cid ent
! have bee nmodified
The seat belts ca n then neither operate as
intend ednor perform their protective func-
tion as int ended.
! Do not rou tethebe ltstrap across sharp
ed ges .It co uld tear in the eve ntofan ac-
cid ent.
! Make sure thattheseat belt isnot
cau ght in th edoor or in theseat adj ust-
me nt me chan ism. It could be damaged.
! Yous hould ne vermo dify theseat belts
you rself. The ymight not func tion prop-
erly any more. !
Alwa yshave seat be lts whic hhave been
damaged or subjec tedto a heav ylo ad in
an ac cide nt re plac ed at a qualifie dspe-
cial istworkshop which has the neces-
sary spec iali stknowle dgean dt oolsfor
th ewo rk re quired .Me rced es-Be nzrec-
om mendsthatyou use a
Me rcede s-Be nz Service Centre forthis
purpose. In pa rticular ,wo rk rele vant to
saf etyor on saf ety-relate dsys tems
must be ca rried out at aqualified sp e-
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Li gh ts
Fo r reasons of safety, Mercedes -Ben zrec-
om mends that you drive with th elights
sw itchedo neven duringthe daytime.
In some coun tries ,de viati ons inthe opera-
ti on are possible du eto legal requi rements
an d self -imp osed obligati ons.In these
co unt ries , the dipped-beam headlamps
ar es witched on whe nthe engi neisstar t-
ed.
In co un tries in which da ytime drivin g lights
are no ta lega lre quir ement,you can
cha ngethis setting using th eon-boa rd
compute r (
= pa ge 286).
i If you drive in countries in whic htraffic
drives on the opposite side of the road tothe
co untry where theve hicleisr egiste red ,oncom-
ing traffic maybe dazzled bythe asy mmetrical
dipped- beam headlamps. Hav eth ehe adlamps
changed tosymm etrical dipped beam when driv-
ing in these countries. You can ob tain infor ma-
ti on about this from any Mercedes -Benz Service
Cent re. M
Lightsoff/ daylight driving lights
* Automatic he adlamp mo de /
dayt ime dr ivin gm ode
C Sidelamps, li cenc eplat ean din-
st rume ntlighting on
B Dipped-be am headlamp s or main-
beam headlamp son
ˆ Right- hand parki nglamp on
‚ Left-h an d park ing lamp on
C Side lamp indi ca torlamp
† Rearfoglamp indi ca tor la mp
‡ Front fog lamps in dica tor lamp i
Awa rning so un ds ifyou remo vethe key
from the ignit ionloc kand open the driv er’s door
wh ilethe side lamps or dipped- beam headlamps
are swit ched on. The "Swit choff ligh ts"m essa ge
appears in the mul ti-func tion display. Dip
ped-bea mheadlam ps
6 Toswitcho n:turn the light sw itch to
B .
The C greenside lamp indic ator
la mp next to the light swi tchlights up. Dayt
imedr iving lights
Make sure that daylig htdrivin g lig htsar e
se t on th eon- boardco mp uter
( = page 286)1
.
6 Turn the light switch to Mor* .
The dipped -beam head lamps, side
la mp sand lice nce pl ate lighting are
sw itchedon wh en the engin eisru n-
ning.
i Ifyo ut urnt he ligh t sw itch to anotherpo si-
ti on apar tfrom M or* ,th e appropriate
ligh tswit ches on. Li
gh ts Light
switch P5
4.25- 5009-31 1T
hisdoe snotapply in coun trie sin wh ich th ereis
a legal require mentto us edayli ghtdr ivi ng lights. 216_R
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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
Swi tching on ther ear fo glamp
6 Pull the light switch out to the second
de tent.
The † yellow re arfoglam pind icat or
la mp next to the light switch lig htsup.
1 Clea ning the he adlamps
6 Makesure theke yisin po sition 2in the
ig ni tion lock.
6 Push rocke rswi tch1 briefly up or
do wn.
Th e headla mps are clea nedwi th a high-
pr essure water jet.
i Theheadlamps are clea ned automatically if
at thesa me time: !
the en gine is ru nning
! thel ights are switchedon
! youha ve wiped with wa sher fluid fifteen
times
If you swit choff the ignition or press bu tton 1,
th ea utom atic headlamp clea ning mode is re set
and counting is resum edfrom 0.
1 Main -bea m headlamps
2 Headla mpflasher Main-beam
headlamps
6 Turn the light switch to Bor*
( = page 247). 6
Push thecombin ation sw itch inthedi-
re ction of arrow 1.
The main- beam headlam pscome on.
The A main-b ea m indi cator lamp in
the instru ment clu ster lights up. Headlamp flas
her
6 Pullthe comb inat ion sw itchbrie fly in
the dire ction of arrow 2.
Th eIntellige ntLight System adap ts the il-
lu mi nation of the front hea dlam psto the
resp ectiv ed riving situation so that the
ro ad is illum inat ed better.
i TheI ntelligent LightSy stem is only active
when it is dark.
Th eIntellige ntLight System consists of:
! Active light function
! Corne ring light function
! Mot orwa ymo de
! Extende drange foglamps He
adlam pclea nin gsyst em
P5 4.25 -5010-31 Combination
switch
P5 4.25 -5011-31 In
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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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Li gh ts Ext
ended range fo glamps
Th e exte nded rang efo glam ps reduce the
gl ar eexpe rien ced by thedr iver andim-
pr ove the illumination of the left-hand edge
of the carriagew aywh en driving on the
right-h andside.
6 Toswitch on:pull thelight sw itch out
to the second detent. Thefront
fo glamps and th erear fogla mp are ac-
tive.
Th e exte nded ran gefogla mp sare
ac tiv ated if yo uar edr ivi ng under
70 km /h.
6 Toswitch off:sw itch off the re ar
fog lamp.
i Theextended range foglamps are deac tivat-
ed automat ically at spe eds above 10 0km/ h.
Th eha zard warning lamps still op erate if
the ignition is switched of f.The hazard
wa rnin glam psaresw itchedon automa ti-
ca lly if an airbag has been deployed or if
yo u brake th eveh icle sharply and bri ngit
to a haltfrom asp ee d of morethan
70 km /h. 1
Hazard wa rning lamp button
6 Toswitchon or off: pres sha zard
warning lamp s button 1.
i Whenyouindicat eatu rn ,on lythet urnsig-
nal lamps onthat side of the veh icle ar esw itch ed
on if theha zard warning lamps are swit ched on.
If th eha zard warning lamps have been swi tched
on automat ically, press theha zard warnin glamp
bu tton once to sw itch th emoff. i
When you unloc kthe vehicle fro mthe out-
side ,th e in terior ligh ting is swit ched off. How ev-
er, as soon as you press one of the in terior
ligh ting but tons, the selec ted li ghtc omes on and
all thel ight sin theve hicle th at are not switch ed
on with abu tton are ac tiva ted.
If yo u do notloc kth eve hicle, all the ligh tsare
switc hed off after 30 minu tes. Ifyou ope nthe
door, thest owag eco mp artme nt,glove compart-
me nt and vanit ymirror ligh ting will swit chon
even ifyou do not use the key. Hazar
dwarning ligh tfu nc tion P5
4.25-5012- 31 Int
erior lighti ng 216_R
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