MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE 2006 Repair Manual

40 Safety
Oc
cupant safety
Suita bleseats
1 Onlyuse chi ldrestr aint syste mswith automa tic
child seat reco gn ition.
2 Movethe fro nt-pas senge rse at to its rea rmostand
up permo stpositio n.Mo ve th ehe ad restrai ntto its
up permo stpositio n. We
ight and ageca tego ries Ch
ild restra int syst emonthe front-
passeng erseat Ch
ild restra intsyst emonthe le ft and
righ tre ar seat Ca
tegory 0:
up to approx imate ly9months as
reco mmended 1 Un
iver sal oras recomme nded Ca
tegory 0+:
up to13 kg
up to approx imate ly18 months as
reco mmended 1 Un
iver sal oras recomme nded Ca
tegory I:
9 to 18 kg
be tweenapp roxima tely 8m onthsand
4y ears Unive
rsal2
or as re commend ed Un
iver sal oras recomme nded Ca
tegory II /III:
15 kg to 36kg
bet ween approx im ately 3½ and 12years Unive
rsal2
or as re commend ed Un
iver sal oras recomme nded 216_R
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Safety
Oc cupa nt safety Re
comme nded child restra intsyst ems
1 Move th efron t-pa sse ngerseat to it srea rmo stand
uppermo stpo sitio n.Mo vethe he ad restraint to its
uppermo stpos ition. 2
Thechild re stra int syste mmustno t be fitted to
th erear seat. We
ight and age
cat egories Man
ufact urer Type Appro
valnu mber Daimle
rChrys ler
order nu mber Au
tomati cch ild seat
re co gn ition Ca
tegor y0:
up to 10kg
up to ap proximately
9m onths Bri
tax-Rö mer BABY SAFE PL
US E1
03 30 1146 B6 6 86 8212 Yes
B6 6 86 8213 No
2 Ca
tegor y0+:
up to 13kg
up to ap proximately
18 months Bri
tax-Rö mer BABY SAFE PL
US E1
03 30 1146 B6 6 86 8212 Yes
B6 6 86 8213 No
2 Ca
tegor yI:
9 to 18 kg
bet ween approxi mate-
ly 8m onthsand
4y ears Bri
tax-Rö mer DUO
PLUS E1
03 30 1133 B6 6 86 8217 Yes
B6 6 86 8218 No
1 Cat
ego ry II /III:
15 to36 kg
bet ween approxi mate-
ly 3½ and 12 years Bri
tax-Rö mer KID E1
03 30 1148 B6 6 86 8308 No
1 B6 6 86 8309 Yes
B6 6 86 8302 No
1 B6 6 86 8303 Yes216_R
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42 Safety
Oc
cupant safety
Wa rningstick ers Automa
tic ch ildseat rec ognition
1 9 warning lamp
Th ef ront-passeng erseat sens or system
au toma tica lly iden tifies whethe raspecial
Mercede s-Be nz child se atwith autom atic
ch ild seat re cognition has been fitted. The
9 warning lamp nextto theinstru- G
Risk of inj ury On
the fr ont-pass enger seat, only usechild
re straint syste ms with auto matic chi ldseat
re cognition which arerecom mended for
Me rcedes -Ben z.You canobt aini nfor mation
ab out this from anyMe rced es-Ben zSe rvice
Cen tre.
If ar earw ard-facing child res trai nt syst em is
used onthefro nt-pas seng er seat,it mus tbe
a sp ecia lMe rcedes -Ben zre arwa rd-fa cing
chil dseat with au tomatic chil dseat recogni-
ti on. P6
8.60-2140-31 If an
yother type ofrearwa rd-fa cing child re-
st raint system is used on the fr ont-pas sen-
ge rse at, thefron t-pa ssen gerairbag is not
dea ctivat ed andth ech ild co uld be se riousl y
or fatall y in jure db yth einflating air bag.To
dr aw attention tothis dang er, there is an ap-
propr iate wa rningst icker ontheda shboa rd
as we llas on bot hsides of thesun visor on
th epass engerside.
If afo rw ard-facin gchi ldrestr aint sys tem
with outau toma tic child seat recogni tion is
us ed on th efront-pas senge rseat, make
su re thefront-passenge rse at ismove d toits
re armo st position.
Do not leave children un supervi sedin the
ve hicle, even ifthey are secu redi n a child
re stra int system.
! They wo uld be unable to rescue them-
se lves if danger threatened, e.g .exces-
si ve heat.
! They could be injur ed on movi ng pa rtsin
th e ve hicle, e. g.seats.
! They could open the do orsand thereby
enda nger them selves andot hers. Do not pl
acean yob jects under thec hild
re stra int syst em,e. g. a cushion. Th eentire
base of th echi ldrestr aint syst emmust al-
wa ysbe re sting onthe vehi clese at cushion.
An incorrectly fitt ed chil drestraint system
canno tperform itsprotective function in the
eve ntofan ac cident, and could even lead to
in ju ries.
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43
Safety
Oc cupa nt safety
me ntclu ster wil lbe lit ifthi sis th eca se.
The front -pas se nger fron tairbag isdeac ti-
vate d.
iThe windowb ag,th e sidebag and theb elt
te nsioner on the fron t-passenger side are still ac-
ti ve even if the fron t-passeng erfront airbag
is deac tiva ted. ISOFIX
child se atsecu ring syst emin the
rear
IS OF IXis a stan da rdised secu ring syst em
fo rspecial chi ldse ats in ther ear.The reare
se cu ring rings fort wo childrestraint sys-
te ms between the seatcushion and the
ba ckrest on the le ftand right-ha nd side sof
the outer re arseats. G
Risk of inju ry If the
9 warning lamp does notlig ht
up wh enthe chil drestraint syste misfitted,
this meansth efront -pas senge rfr ont airbag
ha s no tbeen dea ctivat ed . The ch ild could
suff erlife- threat eningi njur ies if thef ront-
pa sseng erfront airbag is inflat ed .If the
warn ing lamp does no tlight up,proce ed as
fo llow s:
! Donotu se a rearwa rd-fa cing child re-
str aint syst emonthefron t-pas seng er
se at.
! Fita rearwa rd-faci ng ch ild restrai ntsys-
tem on a su itab lerear seat.
or !
Only usea forward -facing chi ldrestrain t
syst emon th efront-pas senge rseat and
move thefron t-pass enger seat to its
rear most position.
! Have the automa tic ch ild se at reco gn i-
ti on checked ataq ualified sp ec iali st
workshop which hasth ene cessary spe-
ci alis t knowledge andto ols tocarry
ou tthe work requ ired .Me rced es-Benz
re co mmend sth at youuse a
Me rced es-Benz Service Ce ntre for this
pu rpose. In pa rticular ,wo rk rele vant to
saf ety or on saf ety-relate dsystems
must becar ried out at a qualifie dsp e-
cia list wor ksho p.
To ensure that the automa tic ch ild se at
recog nition system functions correct ly,n ev-
er pla ceobjects (e.g.acu shion) under
th ec hild restr aint syst em.Th een tire base
of thechi ldrestr aint sys tem mu st alw aysbe
rest ingo nth e veh icle seat cushion. Anin-
cor rectly fitted child restraint sys tem cannot
perfo rmits protec tive fun ction in the event
of an accident, and cou ldeven le adto inju-
ries. G
Risk of inj ury Ac
hild restraint sys tem secu red by the
IS OFIX childseat se curing syste mdoe snot
pr ovid esuffi cien tpr otecti onforc hild ren
weighi ngmo re th an22 kg. For this re ason,
do not secure childr enweig hing mo rethan
22 kgin a child re straint system secure d by
th eIS OFIX child seat securing syste m. Ifthe
chil dweighs morethan 22 kg, sec urethe
chil drestrai nt sys temu sing alap- sh ould er
bel t. 216_R
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44 Safety
Oc
cupant safety
1Securing ring
2 Upho lsteredfitting
3 Inst allati ondevice
6 Foldupho lstered fitting 2upwa rds.
6 Turn installation devi ce3 vertica lly so
that upholster edfitting 2doe snot
fo ld downward s.
6 Fit the ch ilds eaton th etwo se curing
rings 1. Fo llow the manufact urer’ sin-
sta llat ion ins truction swh en fitting the
chil dseat. G
Risk of inj ury If
th ech ildr estrai nt sys temisnot fitted cor-
re ctly to a suitab lese at,th echi ldma ynot be
secured in the even tof an ac cidentor sud-
den br akingan dm aybe seriously or fatally
in ju re d. Therefore, follow the manufact ur-
er ’s installat ion instr uction sw henfitting the
child restrai ntsys tem.
On the rear se ats, on ly usechild res trai nt
sy stem swith an ISOFIX childseat secu ring
syste mwhich have been recom mended for
use inMe rcede s-Be nz veh icle s.
An incor rectly fitt ed childrest raint system
cou ldcom elo ose and fata lly inju rethechild
or other vehicle occ upants.W henfittin gthe
child restraint sy stem ,ma ke su rethat it is
en gage dinth es ecuringr ings on bot hsides. G
Risk of inju ry If
th echi ldrestra int syst emorits secu ring
syste m,e.g. theIS OFIX childseat secu ring
system, isdamaged or subje cted to a lo ad
in an accident, the ch ild se curedin th ere-
straint system may be se riously or fatall y
in ju re d in the event ofan ac cident, heavy
br ak ing or sudde nch an ge indire ction.
Yo umu sttheref oreha ve chi ldrestr aint sys-
te ms that are da maged or have been
su bjec tedto aheavy loa din an acc iden t
ch ec ked immedi ately along with their
mounti ngsat aqualifie dsp ec iali stwo rkshop
an dre place difneces sary.Th iswi llha ve the
necessary speci alistk no wled ge and tools to
carry ou t the wo rk required .Me rced es-Ben z
re co mm ends that you use aMe rcede s-Be nz
Se rvice Centre for th ispu rpose .In particu-
la r, wo rk rele vant to safet y or on safety-
relate dsy stem smu st be carried outat a
qu alifie dsp ecialist wor ksho p. P91.12-2939-31216_R
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Safety
Oc cupa nt safety Ov
erride feat ur efor controls inthe rear
Yo uca ndisable the rear side window con-
trols for the re arcompar tment. 1
Ove rride sw itchfor the rear compart-
ment
2 Indic ator la mp
6 Toswitchon or off: press button 1.
In dic ator la mp2inthe button lights
up .The ove rride feat ur e in there ar pas-
se ng er co mpar tmentis en abled.
i Ifthe override feature is enabled, it is still
possible toopen the rear side win dows usin gthe
swit ches on the driv er’s door. G
Risk of inju ry Do
not leav ech ildre nun supervi sed in the
ve hicle, eve nif they are secu red in a child
restrai ntsys tem. They could:
! injuret hemselve son parts of the ve hicle
! beseverel y or ev en fatally inju redby
prolonged exposur eto inte nseh eat G
Risk of accide nt Ac
tiva te the override feature for ther ear
com partme ntwhen chil dren aretrav ellin gin
the vehicle. The childr en can otherwis eopen
wi ndows whilethev ehicle is in moti onand
th ereb yin ju re them selves andothers. P54.25-5001-31216_R
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46 Safety
Driving safety sys
tems
In this sectio n,youw illf ind info rmati on
abou t the adap tive brak elamp sand the
fol lowing driving safety systems:
! ABS (A nt
i-lo ck B rak
ing S ys
tem)
! BAS (B ra
ke AS sist)
! BAS Plus* (B rake AS sist
Plus)
! ESP ®
(E lect
ronic S ta
bility P rogr
am)
! EBV (electronic brake-power distr ibu-
tion)
! ADAPT IVE BRAKE
! Dista ncewa rning*
! PRE -SAFE ®
Brake*
i In wintry driving conditio ns,you will only
ach ieve them axim um effec tof ABS, BAS, ESP ®
and ADAP TIVE BRAKE ifwi nter ty res(M +S)are
used ,wi th snow chains ifnece ssary . AB
Sad just sth e brak epr essure in such a
way th atthe whee lsdo not lock whe nyou
brake. This allo wsyout oco ntinue st eering
the vehicle when braki ng.
ABS work sfrom asp ee dof about 8km /h
upwards, regardless of road-su rface condi-
tions.
ABS works on slippery surfac es, even
wh en yo uonl ybr ake ge ntly. Braking
Yo
uwi llfe el thebra kepedal pulsat e ifABS
interven eswhen bra king .
If AB Sinterven es:
6 Continu eto depress thebra kepedal
wi th forc euntil the bra king situa tion is
ove r.
Fo rfull brak ing ap plica tion:
6 Depress the brak epeda lwi th ma xi-
mum force. Driving safet
ysyst ems G
Risk of accident Th
er isk of an ac cident in crea sesif yo u:
! drivet oo fast, pa rticular ly when corner-
in g an d on wetor sl ippe ry ro ads
! drive too clos eto the vehi cle in front Th
edri ving sa fety syst ems described in this
section are unable to reduce this ri sk or
ov erride thelaws of physics.
Yo ushould therefore alw ays adapt yo urdri v-
ing style to suit thepr ev ailing road and
we athe rcon dition s and maintai nasu fficient
distance from othe r roadusers an dobjec ts
on theroad. ABS
(Anti-loc kBraking System) G
Risk of accident Do not depress
thebr ak e peda lsev eral
ti mes in quick su ccession (pu mping). De-
pr es sth e br akef irml yan d evenl y.Pumpi ng
th e br akep edalreduces the br akin gef fect. 216_R
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Driving safety sys tems
BA Sop era tesin em erge ncybrakin gsitua-
tion s.If you depre ssthebrake pedal qui ck-
ly ,BA Sau tom atica lly boost sthe braki ng
fo rce and thus shortens thestopping dis-
tanc e.
6 Keep thebrake pedal depressed firmly
un til the emergen cybrakin gsitua tion is
ove r.
AB Sp reve nts the whe elsfrom lock ing.
Th ebrakes willfu nc tion asusual onceyou
release the brak e pedal. BASis deactivat-
ed. BA
SPlus provide sbraki ngassist ance in
ha zardou s si tuations anduses radar sen-
sor techn olog ytoassess the traffic situ a-
ti on. BAS Plus assist syo uwh en bra king at
speeds in excess of approx imate ly
30 km /h.
BA SPlus is able todete ctob stacles which
ar ein the path of yo urvehicle fora long
period of tim e.Ifyou approac hadetected
obstac lerapid ly,BA SPlus calcul at es the
brake pre ssurene cessary to avoid aco lli-
si on. If yo udepress the brak e pedal forc e-
fu lly, BA SP lusa utom atically boosts the
braki ngforc et oa level appropriate to the G
Risk of accide nt Yo
ushou ldalways adapt yourdrivin gs tyle
to suit thepr eva ilingroadan dweathe rcon-
di tions and ma intain a suffici entd ista nce
fr om other road users and objec tson the
road.
The wheels may loc kwhenbr ak ing ifAB Sis
faulty. This li mitsthe stee rability of thev ehi-
cle when br aking an dth eb raking dist ance
ma yin cr ea se.
If ABS isdea ctivat eddue to a malfunc tion ,
then BASand BASP lus* arealso deactivat-
ed. BAS
(Brak eAss ist) G
Risk ofaccide nt If
BAS is faulty,th ebraki ngsyste mrema ins
availa blewith fullbr ak ebo osting effect.
Howe ver,br ak ing force is notautomati cally
in crease din em erge ncy braking sit uations
an dth es topping dist ance may increase. BAS PLUS*
(Br
akeASsist PLUS) G
Risk of acc ident BA
SPlus isonly an aidd esig nedt o ass ist
drivi ng. You are re spon sibl e fo ryourveh i-
cl e’ s distance from other vehicles, fort he
sp eed of you r vehicle and for bra king in
go od time .Always payatte ntion to the traf-
fi c co nditio ns.Yo uma yotherwi sefail
to re cogn ise dange rsintime, causean acci-
dent andinju re your selfan d ot hers. 216_R
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Driving safety sys
tems
tra ffic situation. PRE-SAFE ®
is ac tiv ated si-
mu ltane ouslyif BA SPlus reque sts a parti c-
ul ar ly high braking pressure.
6 Keep the brake pedaldepressed until
the emergen cysitua tion isove r.
ABS prev en ts the wheels fr omlocki ng.
Th ebrake sfu nction again as normal whe n:
! you relea sethe brake pe dal
! there areno ob stac lesde tecte d inthe
path of your vehicle
! there is nolong er arisk ofcollision
BA S Pl usisthen de activa ted.
BA SPlus also react sto stationar yob sta-
cl es at spe edsofup toapprox imate ly
70 km /h,e. g. stopped or parked ve hicles.
Fo rBA SPlus to assist you when driving,
the radar sensor syste mmust beswitched
on andop era tiona l.Yo uca ncheck thisby
switc hing on Distroni c Pl usor vi athe "Ra-
dar sensor" menu on the on-board comp u-
ter. i
Information about switch ing on the radar
sen sors ystemc anbe fo und on (= page 287).
Fo llowing ase vere impact or intheevent
of damag e to the front of the vehicle as a
re sult of an acci dent, have th e setting and
function of the radar sensor sche cked at a
Mercede s-Be nz Service Cen tre. If BA
SPlus isno ta vailable due to amal-
fu nc tion in the radar sensor system, the
bra king syst em rem ains available with full
bra keboos ting effectand BA S.
i The adaptiv ebr ake lamps are only available
in ce rtain coun tries.
Th ebrake lamps flas hin quick su cces sion
if the vehicl e is braked sudd enlyfrom a
spee dof more than 50km /h orifBAS or
BAS Plus *inter vene sdurin gbraki ng. Th is
wa rnspas sing vehicl es.
Th e hazar dwa rning lamps switch on auto-
ma tically and th ebra kelightsco me onper-
ma nently wh en they ar eap plied agai nif
the vehicle is braked to haltfrom asp eed
of mo rethan 70km /h inthis wa y.
Th eha zard wa rnin gla mp s sw itchof f again
auto matica lly wh en yo uex ceed a spee dof
10 km /h. G
Risk of accident BAS Plus
onlyco nsider scl earl ydete cted
ob jects when provid ing br akin gass ista nc e.
Det ection can be impa ired inpa rtic ular if:
! thesensors aredirty or co vered
! itis snow ing or rain ing heav ily
! there is interfere ncef rom an othe rradar
sou rce
! there is stron gra da r re flec tion, e. g.in
multi- storeyvehi clep arks
BAS Plus does not react to:
! people or animals
! oncom ingve hicles and cross traf fic
BA SPlus ma y no tdetect nar rowv ehicle s,
e. g. motor cyclesandve hicles travelling on
ap arall elbu t offset cou rse. Ad
aptive brak e lamps 216_R
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Driving safety sys tems
ESP ®
mo nito rs the driving stab ility and
the tr action ,i.e .tra nsferof power from the
tyres to the road surf ace.
ESP ®
dete ctswh en awhe elsp inso rthe ve-
hicl e enters aski d.ESP ®
stabilises th eve-
hicl eby br aking indiv idua lwh eels ,limit ing
th e en gine powe rou tput, and ass ists you
wh en pulling away on a wet or slippery
ro ad surfac e. ESP ®
also stabilises the vehi-
cl e when brakin g.
Whe nESP ®
int ervene s,the v warning
lamp flashes intheinst ru me ntclus ter.
!The ignit ionmust be swit ched off (key in po-
sit ion 0or 1in the ignit ion loc k)ifthe vehicle is
to be towe dw itht he fron tor rear axle rais ed. Ap-
plication of the bra kes by ESP®
co uld ot he rwise
des troy the bra king system on thefront /rear ax-
le. ETS (ele
ctro nictractio nco ntro l syst
em)
Th etra ction co ntrol syste misac om po-
nent of ESP®
.
The trac tion contro lsyst em br akes the
drive wheels indi vidually if th ey start to
sp in.Y ou cantheref orepu llaw ay oraccel-
erate on slip pery surfac es, e.g. on roads
that areslippery onone side.
The tract ionco ntro l syst emis st illact ive if
you de activ ate ESP ®
. De
acti vatin g/activa ting ESP ®
ESP ®
is ac tiva ted autom atical ly whe nthe
ig ni tio nis sw itch ed on.
It ma y be best to deactivate ESP®
in the
fo llo wing situations:
! if sn owcha insar e bein gused
! inde ep sn ow
! onsand or gravel ESP
®
(E lec tron icStability Program) G
Risk ofaccide nt If
the v warning lam pflas hes in th ein-
strument cl uster, procee das follows:
! Under no circ um stance ssho uld you de-
ac tivate ESP®
.
! Only depresst he accel erator pedalas
fa r as necessary when pulling away.
! Adapt yo urdriv ing style tosuitthe pre-
va iling roa dan dweather con dition s.
Ot he rwis e, the vehicle could be gin to skid.
ESP ®
canno tred uceth erisk of an accid ent
if yo udri ve toofa st. ESP ®
ca nn ot ov erride
the laws ofphysi cs. G
Risk of acc ident Th
etract ionc ontrol syst emcannot reduce
th erisk ofan accident ifyou drive too fast.
The trac tion control system canno toverride
th elaws of physics. 216_R
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