cooling MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE 2006 Owners Manual

210 COM
AND
CO MA ND automatic air con dition ing
i Thecomp onent sand operating principles of
COMA NDcanbe foun d on (
=page 59).
Yo u can ope rate the autom atic air condi-
tioni ngusing COMA NDor the buttons on
the upper se ction of the centre console
( = page 336).
Seve ralsp ecia lautomatic ai r-condi tioning
functio ns can onl ybe adjust ed using
COMA ND:
You can onl yope rate thefo llowing auto-
matic air-condi tioning functions using
COMA ND:
! Temperat ure
! Air di stribution
! Airflow
! Swi tch off cooling with dehumidifica-
tion ("+ ")
! Control th e air condi tioning central ly
("Mono" )
! Footw elltemp eratu re
! Blow ersettings fort he air vents
! Departu retim ewi th au xiliary heating Yo
uca na cces sth eme nufor the autom at-
ic air condi tioning via the air-condi tioning
funct ion line.
Ai r-condi tion ingfu ncti online with func-
tion s(s ub me nus)
1 Temper ature ,lef t-ha nd side
2 Airdist rib ution, left-hand side
3 Airflo w,left-ha nd side
4 Centralai r-cond itio ning menu
5 Airflow , right-ha nd side
6 Air dist ribu tion, right- hand side
7 Temper atur e, right- handside Yo
uca n set the te mperature separately for
the dri ver’s side andfront-pas seng er sid e.
6 Air-condi tioning fu nction line Tem-
perature, selec tle ft 1 or right 7.
6 Tochange the temp erat ure: slide
q m ror tu rnym z.
6 Toconf irm thes elec tion: press n. CO
MA ND auto matic airc onditio ning
P82.86-5003 -31 Setting the tem
perature
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212 COM
AND
CO MA ND automatic air con dition ing
6 Air-cond itio ning function line Select
air-cond itio ning centr alme nu.
Sw itch ingthe coolin gw ith deh
umidificat ion on oroff
You can switch off theco oling with dehu-
mi dification of the automat icaircon dition-
in gw ith th e "+ "fu nction. i
Condensa tema y drip from the undersi deof
th eve hicle wh en it is in cooling mode.
6 Air-condi tioni ngfunc tion line  Select
air-cond itio ning centr almenu.
6 Toselect " + ":slide qm ror turn
y m z.
6 Toconfirm the select ion: press n.
A tick appe ars when the cooli ngfunc-
tion isde activ ated.
" + "appears in the central me nu on
the air-condi tioning functio nline. Cont
rolling the air cond ition ing ce
ntrally
Yo u can use the"Mono" function to setal l
the air-con ditioning zones inthe vehicl eto
the same settings .If the "Mono" func tion is
sw itch ed on andyou adjust theaircond i-
tioning on the drive r’s si de , the sechan ges
wi llal so be mad ein all th eair- cond itioning
zone s.
6 Air-condi tioning function line  Select
ai r-condi tioning central me nu.
6 Toselect "Mono" :slide qm ror turn
y m z.
6 Toconf irm thes elec tion: press n.
A tick appe arsw henthe function is se-
lected. G
Risk of acc ident If
you deactivate theco olin g with dehumi di-
fi ca tion function, the veh icle will not be
coo ledan dth eai rw illn ot be deh umidifiedin
ho tweather conditio ns.The windows could
mi stup more quickl y.Th isma yprevent you
fr om ob serving the traf fic conditions, there-
by causi ng an ac cident.
P82.86-5684-31 H
Environ mental note The
cooling systemuses there frigerant
R134A. Th is refrig er ant doe sno td am age
the ea rth’soz one laye r.
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COM
AND
CO MA ND autom atic air conditioning
The "Mon o"function is autom atical ly
sw itchedof fifyo u:
! cha ngeau tom atic airco nditi oning set-
tings for the front-passenger side with
COM AND
! press a ro cker sw itch for the automatic
ai rco nd itio ning on the front-p assenger
side Adjustin
gthe foot we lltem perature
i This set ting is effec tive in automatic mode,
espec ially at low out side temp eratur es.
Yo ucan use the"Footw ell tempe ratu re"
fu nction to set the temperatu re differe nc e
be twe enthe footwel lan dth eres tof the
ve hicle interior.
Th e gre aterthevalue you set, the high er
th ete mper atur ein thefo otwe ll.
6 Air-con ditioning functio nline  Select
ai r-condi tioni ngcentral menu.
6 Toselect "Footwel ltem perature" :
slide qm ror turn ym z.
A sc ale appears. 6
Tochan ge the tem perature differ-
enc e:slide qm ror turn ym z.
6 Toconf irm the selec tion: press n.
Setting the blower settin gsforthe air vents
i
This set ting is effec tive in aut omatic mode,
espec ially at high ou tsid etemp eratures.
Th isfunction allo ws you to det ermi ne the
way the airi sblown th rough the air vents
in au tom atic mo de. The blower settings
chi efly deter mine the air distr ibut ion and
th eairflo w. Youca nselect:
! Focused (high blowe rsetting)
! Medium (stand ard setting)
! Diffus e( low blowe rse tting) If the veh
iclehas be come very warm and
th eau tom atic air conditi oning is cooling
the interior, the blowe rsettings arebr iefly
cance lled.
6 Air-cond itioning function lineAir-
condi tioning centr almenu sele ct
"A irflo w".
A sele ction list appears.
Th ecu rre ntsetting isindi cated by a
dot.
6 Tochange the blower setting s:slide
q m ror turn ym z.
6 Toconfirm the selec tion: pressn.
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Con
trols
Auto matic air conditioning Ge
nera lno tes
Th eautoma tic air condi tioning isonl yope r-
ational when th eengine isrunning. Op ti-
mu mop eration is onl yac hiev ed when you
ar ed riving with the windows and slidi ng /
ti ltin g su nroo fclos ed.
i Ifth e air distribution is controlled au tomati-
ca lly,you can adj ustthe temp erature, footwell
te mperature and airflow .It is bes tto start with
th ef ollowi ngbasic se tting:
! Setth eair dis trib ut ion to automati cco ntrol
(= page 338)
! Tem perature: 22 °C ( =page 338)
! Footwell temperature: 0 (= page 213)
! Airflo w:me dium( =page 213)
In autom atic mo de, theau tom atic airc on-
di tioni ng cool sor heats the vehicl ein terior
de pend ing on the:
! select edtemperat ure
! outside temper ature
! sunlight Th
eintegra tedco mbin ationfilter larg ely fil-
ters out pa rticles of dust and comp letely
filt ersou t po llen.
i Theinte rval for replacing thefilter depends
on envir onme ntal influences su chasheavy air
pollu tion . Th einte rval may beshort erthan that
indica tedin theS ervice Booklet .Ad amaged fil-
te r redu cesth eam ount ofair sup plied to theve-
hicl einte rior.
Ve ntilat e the vehicle fo r a brief peri oddur-
in gw arm weath er, e.g .using the summe r
opening featu re (
=page 351). This helps
yo u to achie vethe desired interior te mper-
at ure more quickly. 6
Toswitcho ff:press the ,rocker
sw itch up ordown.
Th eindi catorlamp in the ro cker sw itch
come son. Youwi ll see "Climate control
of f" in the centr alme nu.
6 Toswitcho n:press the ,rocker
sw itch up ordown.
Th eindi catorlamp in the ro cker sw itch
goe sout. You wil lsee the previous set-
ti ng s in the ce ntralme nu. G
Risk ofaccide nt Follow the
settin gsrecom mended on the
fo llow ing pages forheat ingorcooling. The
wi ndo wscould otherwise mist up .Th isma y
preve ntyou from obse rving the tr afficc ondi-
ti ons, thereb y causing an ac cident. Switc
hing the automatic
ai rc ondit ioningon andoff G
Risk of acc ident When the automati
cairco nd itio ning is
sw itch ed off,airs upplyan dair circ ulation
ar ea lso switch edoff.Only select this set-
ti ng briefly when th eslidi ng /tilting sunroof
is closed .The windows cou ldothe rwise mist
up. Thisma yprevent youf rom obs erving the
tr af fic con ditions, thereb y causing an ac ci-
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Au tomati cair cond itio ning
6 Toswitcho n:pres sth eU rocker
sw itch up ordown.
Th eindi cator lamp inthe U rock er
sw itch ligh tsup.
6 Toswitcho ff:pres sth eU rocker
sw itch up ordown.
or
6 Adjust th eairdistrib ution
( = page 211).
or
6 Adju stthe airflo w ( =page 338).
Th eindi cator lamp inthe U rock er
sw itch goes out. Thea utom atic air
condi tioning issw itch ed off.
Yo uca nco ntrol th eairdistrib ution
( = page 211) or airflow manually.
Th etemperatu recanbe set separa tely for
ea ch side ofthe vehicle usin gtem peratu re
tu mb ler switch 2and a. Va
ry the tem perature setting s in small in-
cr em ents only. 22 °C istheideal temper a-
tur eto sta rtwith.
6 To in crease or reduce the temp era-
tur e:press the tem perature control
swit chup ordown.
Th eautomat icaircondi tioning adjusts
to the set tem peratu re.
i Youcana lso set the te mperature using
COMAND ( =page 210).
6 Toswitcho n:press the Qairflo w
co ntrol switchu por down.
Th eairflow is increased or redu ced.
Th eindi cator lamp inthe U rock er
switc hgo es out.
i You can also setth e airflow using COMAND
( = page 211).
i You should only re tain this se tting until the
windscree niscl eared again.
6 Toswitcho n:press the ;rocker
switc hupor down.
Th eindi cator lamp in the rocke rswitch
com eson. Th
eau tom atic air cond itio ning switch-
es tothe followi ngfunc tions:
! Cool ing with dehumi dification on
! High airflow
! High tem perature
! Air dist ribution in the dire ctionof
the wind screen andfro ntside win-
dows
6 Toswitch off:press the ;rocker
sw itch up or down.
Th eindi cator la mpin the button go es
ou t.Th e previo uslyselect ed setting s
take effect again. The cooling fu nction
wi th dehumidifica tion remai nson.
i The fu nction canalso beswit ched off usi ng
th ete mp erature control swit ches orthe airflow
co ntrol swit ches. Wi
ndows mis tedup on the inside
6 Make sure tha t the"+ "fu nction in
CO MA ND is switch ed off (
= page 212).
6 Make sure that air-re circ ulat ion mode
is switch edoff (
= page 339).
6 Make sure tha tau tom atic mo deis
sw itch ed on (
=page 338). Contr
olling the air conditioning
automa tica lly Setting
the tem perature Sett
ingthe airflow manually Demis
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Fea tures
6 Pressciga rette li ghter1 .
Cigarette lighter 1will pop out auto-
mat ical ly wh en the heat ing elem entis
red-h ot.
The sock etsca nbe used fo rac cess ories
wi th ama ximum power con sump tion of
18 0w atts.
6 Make sure the key is in po sition 2in
the ignition lock. Cen
tre co nsole
The 12V so cket is lo cated inthefron t cen-
tr e co nsol e.
1 12 V socket Ve
hicle swith the smoking pa ckage* have
ac igar ette lighter in the centre console in-
ste adofthe 12Vsocket.
Th ecool ing outpu tof the coolbox depends
on th eam bient te mperatur ean d the cool-
in g leve lse lect ed.
i When you switch on the coolbox, you must
wait a sh ortwhile until cooling be gins.
If a larg enumb erofcurrent consumers
ar es witched on or the batt eryis not su ffi-
ci en tly cha rged ,the coolb oxredu ces its
co oling outpu tor switch esitsel fof f. You
wil lbe alerted to this bythe flas hing indi-
ca tor lamp in the switch .C ool ingw ill
sw itch back onwhen there is suffici ent
vol tage again. 1
Toset the te mperature
2 Handle
3 Toswitch cooling on or off Opening the
coolbox
6 Pull ha ndle2 on the cover.
6 Fold the cover forward. Switc
hing on cooling
6 Pres sswi tch 3to ON.
Th ein di ca tor lamp in the switch flashes
fo r ap proximatel y30se conds and then
lights upconstantl y. 12 V
sock ets
P68.00-4355-31 Coolbox*
G
Risk of fire Do
not cov erthe coolbox ventilation grille in
th e boot and do not ca rry an y fl am mable
su bs tanc es inthe boot,o therwi se there is a
ri sk of fire. P86.61-2058-31216_R
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Operation
En gine comp artm ent
Cool ant consists of water andan tifr eeze or
co rros ionin hi bitor .On lych eckth eco ola nt
le ve lwh en theve hicle ison ale ve lsu rfac e
an d th eengi nehas co oled down. Chec
king the coola ntlevel
Th e ex pansion tank islocated inthe engine
com partment on the right-hand sid ewhen
vi ew ed in the direc tion oftra vel.
Exampl e(CL 500)
1 Cap
2 Expans ion tank
6 Slowly turn cap 1through half a tu rn
an ti-clockwis eto allo w ex ce ss pres-
su re to es cape.
The reissufficien tcoo lant inexpan sion
tank 2ifthe coola ntrea ches the
mar ker bar inthe filler nec kwh en cold
or is appro ximat ely 1.5 cm higherwhen
warm.
6 Top up th eco olan tif necess ary. 6
Replace cap 1andt ighten itun til it
engages.
You will find fu rthe rin for ma tion about
cool antin the "Technica ldata "section
( = page 523).
Th ewas herflui d reservoir is loca ted in
the engine com partment on the le ft-h an d
side when vie wedin th edirection of trave l.
It su ppliest he wind screen washer syst em
and thehead lamp cleaning system.
1 Cap
6 Add washer flui d co ncentra teto the
wa sher fluid all ye arroun d. Coo
lant G
Risk of inju ry The
cooling system is pressu rised. Th ere-
fo re, only unscr ew the cap once the en gine
ha s coo led dow n.You could ot herwise be
sca lded byhotcool ant. P0
1.00-2804-31 Wi
ndsc reen washer syst emand
headlam pcleaning system
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524 Te
chnic aldata
Service prod uctsan dca pac ities
Th eco olan tis am ixtu re of water, anti-
fr eeze andco rrosion inh ibitor. Itpe rforms
the following tasks in the coolings ystem:
! Anti -corros ion prote ction
! Anti free ze protection
! Raising the bo ilin gp oint
! Always use a suitable coolant mixture, even
in co un tries wit hhigh temp eratur es.
Ot he rwise, thecooling system willno tbe suffi-
ci ent lyprotec ted from corrosion ,and the boiling
point will be toolow.
If an tifr eeze andco rros ion inh ibitor is
prese ntin the corre ctconcentration, the
bo ilin gp oint of theco olant willbe around
13 0° C.
Th eant ifre ez eand corros ion inh ibitorcon-
ce ntrati onintheco oling syst emshou ld:
! beatleas t50%. Thiswillpro tect the
co oling syste magai nstfreez ing do wn
to around –37° C.
! not exce ed 55%(anti free ze prot ection
down to –45°C ), oth erwise heat will
not bedissipat edso eff ective ly.
If the ve hicleis los ing coola nt, top it up
wi th equal amounts of wat erand an ti-
fr eeze andco rros ion inh ibitor. Mercede
s-Be nz rec om mendsa nantifreeze
and corros ion inh ibitor whic hhasbeen ap-
proved for Mer cede s-Be nz.
! Thec ooling sys tem con tains a supply
which must be renewed af ter1 5 years, or af ter
250,000 km at the la test.
Th ew arrant ywill only remain valid if youto pup
th e coolan twi th an antifre eze and corrosion in-
hi bitor that has been approved by
Me rced es-B enz. Your "Servi ceBooklet "provides
information about antifre eze and corrosion in-
hi bitors that have been approved by
Me rced es- Benz.
Ov eraperiod oftime, the brak efluid ab-
sorbs moistur efrom the air; this reduces
its boiling po int. i
There is usually a notic ein the eng inec om-
partment toremind youwh en the nex tbrak eflu-
id change is due.
Th ew ash erfluid reservoir holds approx i-
ma tely 6.5l itres.
Th eh eadlam pclea ning system an dthe
wind screen wa shersy stem have a co m-
mo nsu pply from the wash erfluid reser-
vo ir.
6 Fillthe wind screenw ashe rflui d re ser-
voi rwith a solution of wa ter and wind-
screen washer fluid concentra te.A dapt
the mixing ratio tothe outsid etem per-
atures. Brake fluid
G
Risk of accident If
the boiling point ofthe brak ef luid is too
lo w, vapour pocket s mayfor min th e brake
syst emwhen the brak es are applied ha rd
(e .g. when drivin gdo wn hill). This woul dim-
pa irbr ak ing eff icie nc y.
Ha ve thebr ak e fluid renew edevery
tw oy ears with abrake fluid approved by
Me rced es-Ben z. Win
dscreen washer syst em G
Risk of fire Wa
sher fl uid co ncentrate is hig hly flamma-
bl e. Fire ,na ked fl amesand sm okingar epro-
hi bite dwhen wa sher fluid concent rateis
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