warning MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE 2006 Service Manual

384 Operation
Tyres
andwh eels
6 Before restar ting, use the tablein the
fu el filler flap toensu retha tthe tyre
pressure is set corre ctly for the opera t-
in gc ircu ms tances in allfour tyr es.
6 Obs erve th enote sin the Tyre pres-
su res (
=page 382) secti on.
i Youw ill find a menu over view on
(= page 275 ).
6 Make sure th ekey is in po sition 2in the
ig ni tion lock .
6 Press (or& toselect the
"Se rvice" menu.
6 Press $or% toselect
"Ty r.pr ess .".
6 Press #.
The following messag e isdisplayed:
"R un Flat Indicator active
Restart possible with OK" .Conf
irmi ng a re start
6 Press # .
The followi ngmessa geappe ars in the
mult i-fu nc tion disp lay:
"T yre pressur enow OK?".
6 Press $ or% to select "Yes".
6 Press # .
The followi ngmessa geappe ars in the
mult i-fu nc tion display: "Run Flat Ind ica-
tor restarted" .
After atea ch-inp hase, the tyre pres-
sure loss warning syste mwillmo nitor
the tyres forp ressure loss.
Ca ncel ling a restart
6 Press theL button.
or
If th efol lowing messag eappear sin the
mult i-fu nc tion display: "Tyre pr essure now
OK?"
6 Press $ or% to select "No".
6 Press # . Th
ety re pres sure mo nitor only fu nctio ns if
th eco rre ctwh eelelec troni csunits ar efit-
te dt oallwh eels .The se mo nitor the pres-
su re in all four tyres which youse twh en
you started the tyr epre ssuremo nitor. The
tyr epressure monitor warns you if the
pre ssuredrops inone or more of the ty res.
i Youwillfind a menu overv iew on
( = page 275).
6 Make sure the key is inposition 2in
the ignition lock.
6 Press ( or& to sele ctthe
"Se rvice" menu.
6 Press $ or% to sele ct
"Tyr.pr ess." .
6 Press # .
i Youcannot read thecu rrent tyre pressures
un tilth eve hicle is in motion. The following mes-
sage is display edinstea d ifthe vehicl e is st ation-
ary: "Tyre pressures displayed aft erdriv ing a few
mi nu tes". G
Risk of acc ident Th
etyr epressure loss warning syste mcan
only gi vereli able warning sifyou hav eset
the correc ttyre pre ssure. Ifan inco rrect tyre
pr es su re isset, th ese incorr ect values will
be mo nitore d. Checkin
gthe ty repres sure
elec tron icall y* 216_R
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385
Operation
Ty res andwh eels
i Thetyre pressure values indi ca ted in theon-
board computermaydiffe r from those measured
at a filling station with a press urega uge. The on-
board computer will generally giv eamo re ac cu-
rat eva lue. i
The operat ion of thety re pressure monitor
ca nsu ffer int erferenc eif radio tran sm itting
eq uipm ent,e. g. wi reles she adphones or two-w ay
radios ,is be ing ope rated in or near theve hicl e.
i Ifyo uco rrec tth ety re pressure or change
th ew heels, this is usually det ecteda utomatical-
ly by thety re press uremo nitor. After a few
minute sof dr iving,thewa rning th resh olds for
th ep ressure los swarning are adapt edtothe
new tyre pressure. Atyre pressure warning is
th en clea red au tomatically. Res
tartin gthe ty repres sure monitor
Al lexis ting wa rning messag esare clea red
an d the warning lamp goesout when you
restart the tyre pressure monitor. The cur-
rent tyre pressure sse t then be come the
refere nceva lues used bythe monito ring
syst em.
Yo uma yrestart th etyre pressure monitor
in thef ollo wing situati ons:
! After th etyr epressure ha sbee nmo di-
fied
! After awheel or tyre cha nge
i Youw ill find a menuoverview on
(= page 275). 6
Make sure the key is in po sition 2in
the ignition lock .
6 Press (or& toselect the
"Se rvice" menu.
6 Press $or% toselect
"Ty r.pr ess .".
6 Press #.
Th ec urrent pressure in ea chindividual
tyre isdisp layed, orthefo llowing
message appears: "Tyre pres suresd is-
played after driving a few minutes" .
6 Press %.
Th efo llowing message appe ars in the
mu lti-fu nc tio ndisplay: "Use current
press urevalu esas new reference val-
ues" .
6 Press #.
Th efo llowing message appe ars in the
mu lti-fu nc tio ndisplay: "Tyre pressure
monitor restarte d".
Afte rafew minu tesof driving, the cu r-
rent tyre pressure swill beadopted as
new re fere nc evalues and will be moni-
tor ed. G
Risk of accide nt The
tyre pres su re mo nito r does notwarn
you of an incorrectly set tyre pressure. The
ta ble in the fuel fillerflap will help you de-
cid e whet her thetyre pressu res sho uld be
cor rected.
The tyre pres sure monitor isno t able to
warn you of asudde nloss ofpressure, e.g.
fo llowi ngpenetratio nby afo reig nobject .If
th is occ urs, bring the ve hiclet oaha ltby
br ak ing ca refully. Do notma keany sudd en
st ee ring movemen ts whendoing th is.
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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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400 Practical advice
Wh
ere wil lI fin d...?
The warnin g tri angle is se cured onthe in-
si de of the boot lid.
1 Warn ing tri angle
2 Latch
6 Turn latch 2in the directi onof th ear-
row and remove warni ngtrian gle 1. Setting up the
warningt rian gle
1 Stand
2 Side ref lect ors
3 Press- stud
6 Foldstand 1out sideway san d down.
6 Foldside ref lect ors 2upwa rds to fo rm
at rian gle andlock the mat the top us-
ing press- stud 3.
i Observet he legal requir ement sin all coun-
tr ie sco ncerne d. i
Check th e exp iry dat esofthefirs t-aid kit
co ntent sann ually, and replac ethemif neces-
sary.
! Make sur eth at thest ow agec ompart mentis
cl osed while theve hicle is in motio n.
Th e firs t-ai dk itis in the stowa gecompar t-
me nt und erthe front-passenger se at.
1 Handle
2 Cover Opening the
stowage comp artment
6 Pull ha ndle1 upw ards.
6 Pull cover 2forwards inthedire ction
of the arrow.
6 Rem ove the firs t-a idkit from the stow-
age comp artm ent. Wh
ere will I find...? Wa
rning trian gle
P58.00-2076-31 P58
.00-2069-31 First-a
idkit
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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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417
Practical advice
Displa ymes sages in
op era tive
Se eOwner's Manual G
Risk of accide nt
ESP ®
an d there fore also PRE-SAFE ®
ha ve been deactivated due to a mal-
funct ion. The vwarning lamp al so
li ghts upin th einstru me nt clu ster.
BAS Pl us*and th ePRE-SAFE ®
Br ak e*
may al sohave failed. 6
Drive on carefully.
6 Visit aqualified specialist worksho p im me-
diat ely. in
op era tive
Se eOwner's Manual G
Risk of accide nt
ESP ®
an d there fore also PRE-SAFE ®
ha ve been deactivated due to a mal-
funct ion. The vand— warning
lamps also li ghtupin the instrument
cluster.
Br ak e boost isimpaired andits fu nction
is ensur edby a replacem ent el ectrical
function as long as the engine isrun-
ning . The brake syste mis st illav ailable
as usual. When brak ing, youwi ll fe el
th eb rake pedal pulsate.
BAS Pl us*and th ePRE-SAFE ®
Br ak e*
may al sohave failed. 6
Drive on carefully.
6 Visit aqualified specialist worksho p im me-
diat ely. Di
sp lay sy mbol Di
spla yme ssages Poss
ible cause /consequ ence Pos
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418 Practical advice
Displ
aymessa ges cu
rrently una vailab le
Se eOwne r's Manual G
Risk of acc ident
ESP ®
and PRE-S AFE ®
are temp orarily
un avai lable. Itis po ssible th attheself
di ag no sis is not yet com plet e. The
v warning lamp als olights upinthe
in st ru me ntclus ter. The brake system is
st ill availa ble as usual.
BA SPlus *an dt he PRE-SA FE®
Brak e*
may alsohave failed. 6
Drive ashort di stan ce with gentl este erin g
movement sat asp ee dof above 20km /h.
Th eme ssag ego es outwh en ESP ®
is avai l-
ab leagai n. ESP
®
an dP RE-SAFE ®
ha ve been deacti-
vat ed due to anundervolt age.Theb at-
te ry is possib lynot beingcha rged .The
bra kesyst emisstill avai labl eas us ual.
BA SPlus *an dt he PRE-SA FE®
Brak e*
may alsohave failed. 6
Drive oncarefully.
6 Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho pimm e-
di at ely. If
th emessage appears and thev
wa rning la mpflas he s at the same ti me,
ETS hasb eend eactivated to preve nt
the brakes onthe drive wheels fr om
ove rhea ting.
BA SPlus *an dt he PRE-SA FE®
Brak e*
may alsohave failed. 6
ETS isreact ivat ed as soon as thebra kes
have cool eddown.
Th e display messag ean dthe v warning
lamp goout. Di
sp laysymb ol Di
sp lay messages Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Po
ssib leso lution 216_R
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423
Practical advice
Displa ymes sages Release
parki
ngbrake Th
e red indi cator lamp fo r theelectric
parki ngbrake is flas hing and th eyellow
warning lamp for the electric parking
br ak eis lit. You also hear awar ning
tone.
Th e electri cparking brake is faulty, the
br ak ing ef fect islimi ted. Wh
ile the vehicle isin mo tion:
6 Release the electric parki ngbrake hand le.
With theve hicle stat iona ry:
6 Switch off the igni tion and press the elec-
tr ic park ingbr ake hand leun til the warning
me ssage inthe multi-fu nc tio ndi sp laygoes
out. Di
sp lay sy mbol Di
spla yme ssages Poss
ible cause /consequ ence Pos
sibl eso lution 216_R
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424 Practical advice
Displ
aymessa ges Pa
rking brake
Se eOwne r's Manual Th
ered indic ator la mpfor the electric
parki ngbrak e is either lit or not lit and
the yellow wa rning la mp for th eelectric
parki ngbrake islit.
Th e el ectri cparkin gbrake hasma lfun c-
tione d. To release:
6
Pull theelec tric park ing br ak eha nd le.
or 6 Pullaw ay care fully ( =page 258).
6 Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p.
or 6 Release theelec tric park ingbrak eman ual-
ly ( =page 472).
6 Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p.
To apply: 6 Switch of fthe ig nition and press th eelec-
tr ic parki ngbrake handle until thewarning
me ssag ein th emu lti-fu nc tio ndi splay goes
out. Di
sp laysymb ol Di
sp lay messages Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Po
ssib leso lution 216_R
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425
Practical advice
Displa ymes sages Pa
rking br ake
Se eOwner's Manual Th
e red indi cator lamp fo r theelectric
parki ngbrake isflas hing.
Th ere wasa mal func tion in the po wer
su pply totheele ctric parki ngbra keor
th e electr icpark ing brak ehas been re-
leased ma nually. 6
Pull th eele ctric parki ngbra kehand le.
or 6 Pullaway carefully ( =page 258).
or
6 Press the electri cpa rking brake hand le
un tilth ewa rning messag ein the multi-
fu nc tion disp lay go esout. Pa
rking br ake
Se eOwner's Manual Th
e red indi cator lamp fo r theelectric
parki ngbrake is flas hing and th eyellow
warning lamp for the electric parking
brak eis lit.
Th eelec tric parki ngbrake hasmal func-
tioned. 6
Switch theig ni tion of fand on againand ap-
ply orrelease theelec tricpark ing br ake.
or
6 Pullaway carefully ( =page 258).
6 Visit aqualified specialist worksho p.
or 6 Release the elect ric park ingbrakeman ual-
ly ( =page 472).
6 Visit aqualified specialist worksho p. Di
sp lay sy mbol Di
spla yme ssages Poss
ible cause /consequ ence Pos
sibl eso lution 216_R
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