warning lights MERCEDES-BENZ CLK CABRIOLET 2004 Owners Manual

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Getting started
Driving
The < seat belt warni ng lamp in the
instrument cluster reminds you to ensure
that all occupants are wearing their seat
belts.
If the driver has not fastened his seat belt,
the < seat belt warning lamp lights up
if the doors are closed and the engine is
running. In addition, an intermitten tsignal
sounds from a speed of 25 km /hupwards.
The intermittent signal ceases:
! as soon as the driver has fastened his
seat belt
! after a maximum of 93 seconds
! when the vehicle is stationary
The < seat belt warning lamp only goes
out once the driver has fastened his seat
belt. !
Children less than 1.50 m tall and
yo un ger than 12 years ofage cannot
wear the seat belts properly. Always
secure these children in suitable child
re straint systems on seats designe dfor
this purpose ( =pag e62). Please follow
the manufacturer's installation instruc-
tions when installing child restraint sys-
tems.
! Do not secure any objects with a seat
belt if it is also being used by one of the
vehicle 'soccupan ts. G
Risk ofinjury The seat belt only prov
ides its intended
degree of protection if the seat backrest is
positioned as close to the vertical as possi-
ble, allowing th eoccupant to sit upright.
Avoid sea tpositions which do not allow the
seat belt to be routed correctly ( =
pag e25).
Therefore, po sition the bac kres ts as close to
the vertical as possible. Never drive with the
backrest inclined too far backwards. G
Risk of injury Airbags are de
signed not to be triggered in
al lac cident situations, since aco rrectly fas-
tened seat belt will often besufficient for
providing an effective degree of protection.
Airbags are not a substitute for seat belts.
To reduce the risk of severe or eve nfatal
in jury, make sure that all occupants – in par-
ticular, pregnant women – always wear their
seat be lts correctly, are seated inan upright
positio nand have their seats positio ned
almost vertic ally ( =
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52 Safety
Occupant safetyi
Belt tensioners do not correct:
! inco rrect sitting positions
! incorrectly worn seat belts
Belt tensioners do not pull occ upants back
towar dsthe backrests.
The belt force limiter reduces the belt
force on the occupant when a belt ten-
sioner is activated.
The belt force limiter is fine-tuned to the
front airbag, which takes over from the
seat belt a part of its restraining forces,
thus spreading the forces exerted on the
occupant over a greater area.
The automatic comfort-fit feature on the
front seats reduces the retraction force of
the seat belts.
When the igniti onisswit ched on, the belt
tensioner will be triggered:
! only if the res traint systems are opera-
tional (the 1warning lamp lights up
after the ignition is switched on and
goes out when the engine is running)
( = page 12) !
forea ch lap- shou lder sea tbe lt, pro-
vided the belt tongue is engaged inthe
seat belt buckle
! if a head-on or rear-end col lision occurs
and the veh icle decelerates or acceler-
ates rapidly ina longitudinal direction
during the initial stages ofthe collision
! on the front-passenger side only ifthe
front-passenger seat is occupied and
the belt tongue is engaged in the seat
belt buckle
! in the event of a severe fronta limpact
if the vehicle decelerates rapidly in a
longitudinal direction during the ini tial
stages of the collision
If the be lttensioners are tri ggered, you will
hear a bang that is genera lly harmless to
your hearing. A small amount of dust may
also be released. The 1warning lamp
lights up.
An indication that a belt tensioner in there ar has
been trigger edisthat the seat belt buckle is
pu lled down and is almost flush with the topof
the seat. G
Risk ofinjury The
belt tensioners in the rear only function
correctly ifthe buckl escan be pulled down
unimpeded.
Since this downwards movementmust not
be restricted:
! Do not grasp the buckles.
! Do not pl ace any obj ects un derneath
the buckles.
Ot he rwi se, the action of the belt tensioners
will beimpaired or completely ineffective.
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54 Safety
Occupant safety
Your vehicleisequipped with the follo wing
airbags:
! Driver's front airbag accommodated in
the steering wheel housing
! Front-passenger fron tairbag above the
glove compartment
! Sidebags (Coupé)
! in the middle of the doors
! in the rear sidewall
! Head /thorax airba gs(Cabriolet)
! in the outer sides of the front seats
! in the rear sidewall
! Windowbags (Coupé)
!along the roof frame betw een the
front and rear doors Airbag
deploym ent
The airbag inflates in milliseconds. The
1 warning lamp lights up. i
Ifth e airba gsare triggered, you will hear a
bang and asmall amount ofdust may also be
released. This bang will not damage your hearing
and the dust does not constitu te ahealth hazard.
Airbag inflation slows down and restricts
the mo vement of the vehicle occupant.
If a vehicle occupant comes into contact
with an airbag which has been triggered,
the airbag will release some hot gas. This
feature is designed to reduce the force act-
ing on the occupant's head and ch est.
These airbags are theref orein a depress u-
rised state follo wing the accident. !
Do not lean forwards , e.g. over the pad-
ded boss of the steering wheel, particu-
la rly while the vehicle is in motion.
! Do not put your feet on the dashboard.
! Only hold the steering wheel by the rim.
This allows the airbag to inflate fully.
If you hold the ins ideo f the steering
wheel, you could be injured if the airbag
is triggered.
! Do not lean on the doo rsfrom inside the
vehicle.
! Donot place any objects onthe airba gs
or between the airbags and the vehicle's
oc cupants.
! Donot ha nganyha rd obje cts, e.g. coat
hangers ,on the grab handles or coat
hook s.
Because of the high speed at which airbags
have to inflate, it is not possib leto rule out
entire lythe risk of injurie scaused by an
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64 Safety
Occupant safety
Rearward-facing child seat warning symbol Automat
icchild seat rec ognition
The sensor system for the front-passenger
seat automatical lyrecognises whether a
special Mercedes-Benz rearward-facing
chi ldseat is fitted. If this is the case, the
PASSEN GER AIRBAG OFF warning lamp on
the centre console lights up. G
Risk of inju ry A rearward-faci
ngchild restraint system
must not be used on a seat protected by an
ai rbag install edinfront ofthe seat unless
the airbag is deactivated. To make this clear,
an appropriate warning sticker is affixed to
either side of the front-passenger sun visor. G
Risk of inju ry A rearward-faci
ngchild restraint system
must not be used on a seat protected by an
ai rbag install edinfront ofthe seat unless
the airbag is deactivated.
On the front-pass enger seat, only use child
restraint systems with automatic child seat
recognition which have been recommended
for Mercedes-Be nzvehicl es. You can obt ain
information from any Mercedes-Benz Serv-
ice Centre.
If yo u usearearward-facing child seat on
the front-passenger seat, it must be a spe-
cial Mercedes-Be nzrearward- facing child
seat with automatic ch ild seat recognition. If other rearward-facing child seats are used
on th efront-passenger seat, the front-pas-
senger airbag is not deactivated and the
child could be seriously or fatally injured by
the airb aginflating. To makethis clear,an
appropriate warning symbol is affixed in the
cockpit.
If you use a forward-facing child seat with-
out automatic child seat recognition on the
fr ont-passenger seat, you must move the
fr ont-passenger seat to its rearm ostp osi-
tion.
Do not leave children unsupervised in the
vehi cle, even if they are sec ured in a child
restraint syst em. They would otherwise be
unable to res cue them selves if danger
threatens ,e.g.ex ces sive heat. Or the ycould
oth erwi se be injured by moving parts in the
vehic le, such as seats, or open the doors
and th ereby endanger themselves and oth-
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Safety
Driving safety systems Braking
If ABS cuts in while you are braking, you
will feel:
!
the vehicle vibrating
! the brake pedal pulsating
This will indicate to you that ABS has been
acti vated. Always adapt your driving style
to suit the prevai ling road and weather
conditions.
6 Continue to depress the brake pedal,
even when ABS has been activ ated. Brake Assist operates
inemergency brak-
ing situation s.If you depress the brake
pedal quickly, BAS boosts the braking
force automatically and thus shortens the
stopping distance.
6 Depress the brake pedal firm lyuntil the
emergency-braking situation is ove r.
ABS prevents the wheels from locking.
When you release the brake pedal, the
brakes work as norm al again. BAS is then
deactivated. The Electronic Stabilit
y Program monitors
the traction, i.e. the power transmission
between the tyres and the road, and the
stability of the vehicle.
ESP detects when a wheel is spinning or
when the vehicle has begun to skid. ESP
stabilises the vehicle by applying specific
braking to individual wheels and limiting
the engine power output. ESP assists you
in particular when pulling away on a wet or
slip pery road surface.
If ESP cuts in, the vwarning lamp
flashes in the speedometer.
The v ESP warning lamp in the instru-
ment cluster lights up when you turn the
key to po sition 2in the ignition lock. It
goes out when the engine is running. This
ind icates that ESP is operational. G
Risk of accident Always adapt your driving style to suit the
prevailin
groad and weather conditions and
maintain a suffi cient distance from other
road users and objects onthe road. BAS
G
Risk of accident If BAS malfunctions, the brake system is still
available with the full brake boosting effect.
In an emer
gency braking situation, however,
th e braking fo rce is not automatically
bo osted and may lengthen the stopping dis-
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Safety
Driving safety systems
Deactivating ESP
The button islocated on the centre con-
sole.
1 To ac tivate /deactivate ESP
6 Press and hold button 1until the
v warning lamp in the instrument
cluster comes on.
ESP is deactivated. Ac
tivating ESP
6 Press button 1.
The v warning lamp in the instru-
ment cluster goes out.
ESP is react ivat ed.
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Risk of accident ES
Pis deactivated if the vwarning lamp
in th e instrument cluster lights up continu-
ously when the engine is running .The risk of
you r vehicle skidding is then increased in
certa insituations.
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198 Controls in detail
Driving systemsDistr
onic dis plays in the speedometer
1 Stored speed
i For de sign reasons, the spe eddisplayed in
the speedometer may differ slightly from the
sp eed set with Distronic. 1
Segments
If Distronic detects a vehic lein front:
! the display shows the vehicle travelling
in front
! segments inthe speedometer light up.
The segments indicate how great the
difference isbetween the speed you
have set and the speed at which the
vehicle in front is travelling. The
l distance warning lamp in the
instrument cluster lights up if the distance
to the vehicle in front is too small.
The intermittent warning signal ceases
and thel dist an ce warning lamp
goes out once you have re-established
the required distance between your
vehicle and the vehicl ein front.
i Distronic cau sesyou rveh icle to brake at a
maximum of2m/s 2
. This is appro xima tely 20%
of the maximum braki ng force of your vehicle.
P54.30-5167-31 209 P54.30-5167-31 209
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Risk of accident If
Di stronic detects a risk of collision with
the vehicl ein front:
! thel distance warning lamp in the
instrumen tcluster will light up
! an int ermittent warning signal will sound
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204 Controls in detail
Driving systems
Setting the specified distance forDistr
onic
You can set the speci fied distance for
Distronic by varying the time span
between 1.0 and 2.0 seconds. This time
span specifies the distance to be main-
tained from the veh icle in front by Dis-
tronic in rel ation to your vehicle's speed.
You can see the distance inthe multi-func-
tion display or speedometer disp lay.
1 Toswitch the distance warning func-
tion on /off
2 Toset the speci fied distance Increasing the specified distance
If you increase the specified distance,
Distronic maintains a greater distance
from the vehicle in front.
6 Turn thumbwheel 2towards ¯.
Decreasing the specified distance
If you decrease the specified distance,
Distronic maintains a shorter distance
from the vehicle in front.
6 Turn thumbwheel 2tow ards ® . Distance warning function
Thi
sfunction warns you when the distance
to the vehicle in front istoo small, even
when Di stronic is deactivated:
! The l distance warning lamp in the
instrument cluster lights up.
! You may hear an intermittent signal. You must brake yourself to maintain the
correct distance from the vehicle in front
and
toavoid crashing.
i Distronic does not always clearly recognise
compl ex road and traffic situations . You will then
receive an incorrect dis tanc ew arning signal or
none at all.
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Risk of accident Pa
y careful att ention to th etraffic situation
if:
! thel distance warning lamp in the
instrument cluster li ghts up
! and/ oran intermittent signal sounds
If ne cessary, you may have to brake oravoid
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Controls in detail
Driving systems
Swi tching on the dis tance warning
function
6 Press button 1(=page 204).
The ind icator lamp in the button lights
up. You will see a loudspeaker symbol
in the multi-function display.
Swit ching off the distance warning
function
6 Press button 1(=page 204).
Indicator lamp 1in the button goes
out. You will not see a loud speaker
symbol in the mul ti-function display. Tips for driving with Distronic
The following contains descriptions of cer-
tain road and traffic conditions in which
you must pay particular attention. In such
situations, brake if necess ary. Distronic is
then dea ctivated. Cornering, going into
and coming out of
a bend
When going into a bend, Distronic may not
detect vehicles travelling in front or it may
detect them too early. The vehicle may
brake sudden lyor brake late. Drivi
ngon a different line
Distronic may not detect a vehicle travel-
ling on a different line. The distance to the
vehicle in front will be too short.
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Practical advice
Tr ou bleshooting Problem Possible cause Suggested solutions
The indicator lamp in the
±button in
the Thermatic /Thermotronic* control
panel lights up or flashes when you press
the button. The air-condi tioning system
cannot be switched on. The cooling system is losing refri
gerant. 6
Have the climate control system
checked at a qualified specialist work-
shop, e.g. a Mercedes-Benz Service
Centre. The PASSEN
GER AIRBAG OFF warning
lamp is lit on the centre console. A ch
ild seat is fitted to the front-passen-
ger seat. The front-passenger airbag has
been dea ctivat ed. There is no child seat fitted to the front-
pas
senger seat. The child seat recognition
system has malfunctioned. 6
Have the child seat recognition checked
at a qualified specialist worksho pwhi ch
has the necessary specialist kno wledge
and tools to carry out the work required.
Mercedes-Benz recommends that you
use a Mercedes-Benz Service Centre for
this purpose.
In particular, work relevant to safety or
on safety-related systems must be car-
ried out at a qualified specialist work-
shop.
G Otherwise, there is a risk of injur y. selbs
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