belt MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS CABRIOLET 2017 Owner's Guide

Ste
ering wheel Ad
justin gthe steering wheel electrically &
WARNING Risk of inju rythro ugh adjust‐
ing vehicle settings while thev ehicle is in
motion
Yo uc ould lose cont roloft hevehicle in the
fo llowing situations:
R ifyo ua djus tthe driver's seat, theh ead
re stra ints, thes teering wheel or them ir‐
ro rw hile thev ehicle is in motion
R ifyo uf asteny our seat belt whilet hevehi‐
cle is in motion #
Befor estarti ngthee ngine: adjus tthe
driver's seat, theh ead restra ints, the
st eering wheel or them irro ra nd fasten
yo ur seat belt. &
WARNING Risk of entrapment forc hil‐
dren when adjusting thes teering wheel
Children could injur ethemselves if they
adjus tthe steering wheel. #
Neverlea ve children unat tende dint he
ve hicle. #
When leaving thev ehicle, alw ayst ake
th ek eywit hyou and loc kthe vehicle.
This also applies tomobil ephones if the
"Digital Car Keyint he smartphone"
function is activated via theM ercedes
connect me weba pp. The
steering wheel can be adjus tedw hen the
po we rsupp lyis switched off. 1
Adjusts thed ista nce tothes teering wheel
2 Adjusts theh eight #
Save thes ettings wit hthe memor yfunction
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Seats and stowing

wiper blade in
thed irection of ar row1
be yond thep oint of resis tance.
The wipe rblade engages in ther emo valp osi‐
tion wit haclick. #
Toremo vethew iper blade: pressrelease
knob 2,pullthew iper blade in thed irection
of ar row3and remo ve.
Fi ttin gthe wiper blades #
Push then ew wiper blade ont othe wiper arm
in thed irection of ar row1until release
knob 2engages. #
Press thew iper blade be yond thep oint of
re sis tance in thed irection of ar row3on
th ew iper arm.
The wiper blade engages wit hanoticeable
clic kand mo vesf reely again. #
Foldthew iper ar mbacko ntot he wind‐
screen. Mir
rors Operating
theo utside mir rors &
WARNING Risk of inju rythro ugh adjust‐
ing vehicle settings while thev ehicle is in
motion
Yo uc ould lose cont roloft hevehicle in the
fo llowing situations:
R ifyo ua djus tthe driver's seat, theh ead
re stra ints, thes teering wheel or them ir‐
ro rw hile thev ehicle is in motion R
ifyo uf asteny our seat belt whilet hevehi‐
cle is in motion #
Befor estarti ngthee ngine: adjus tthe
driver's seat, theh ead restra ints, the
st eering wheel or them irro ra nd fasten
yo ur seat belt. &
WARNING Risk of accident du etomis‐
judgement of dis tances when using the
outside mir ror
The outside mir rors reflect objects on a
smaller scale. The objects in vie wareinfact
closer than they appear.
As aresult, youm aymisjud gethed ista nce
betwee nyou and ther oad user driving
behi ndyou, e.g .when changing lanes. #
Therefore, alw aysl ook over your shoul‐
der in order toensur ethat youa re
aw areoft he actual dis tance between
yo ua nd ther oad user sdrivin gb ehind
yo u. Ligh
tand sight 127

function is activated via
theM ercedes
me connect weba pp. The elect
ricp arkin gb rake is applied if thet rans‐
mission is in position jand one of thef ollow‐
ing condition sisfulfilled:
R The engin eisswitched off.
R The seat belt tongu eisn otinser tedint he
seat belt buckle of thed rive r's seat and the
driver's door is opened.
% Toprev ent application: pull theh andle of the
electric parking brake.
In thef ollowing situations, thee lectric parking
brak eisa lso engaged:
R The ActiveD ista nce Assi stant DI STRO NIC is
bringing thev ehicle toas tandstill.
R The HOL Dfunction is keeping thev ehicle sta‐
tionar y.
R ActiveP arking Assis tiskeeping thev ehicle
st ationar y. This is onl
ythe case if one of thef ollowing con‐
ditions is also fulfilled:
R The engine is switched off.
R The seat belt tongu eisn otinser tedint he
seat belt buckle of thed rive r's seat and the
driver's door is opened.
R Ther eisas ystemm alfunction.
R The po wersupply is insuf ficient.
R The vehicle is stationar yfor alengt hyperiod.
When thee lectric parking brak eisapplied,
the ! indicator lam plights up in thei nstru‐
ment clus ter.
The electric parking brak eisnotautomatically
applied if thee ngine is switched of fbythe ECO
st art/ stop function.
Fu nction of thee lectric pa rking brake
(releasing automatically)
The elect ricp arkin gb rake isreleased when the
fo llowing condition sarefulfilled:
R The engin eisrunning.
R Thes eatb eltt ongue is inser tedi ntot he seat
belt buckle of thed rive r's seat. R
The transmission is in position hork and
yo ud epress thea ccelera torp eda lory ou
shif tfromt ransmission position jtoh or
k.
R Ifth et ransmission is in position k,the boot
lid mus tbeclosed.
If th es eat belt tongu eisn otinser tedi ntot he
seat belt buckle of thed rive r's seat, thef ollow‐
ing condition smustbef ulfilled:
R The driver's door is closed.
R Youm ovet he transmission out of transmis‐
sion position joryouh ave prev iously
driven fasterthan 3k m/ h.
R Ifth et ransmission is in position k,the boot
lid mus tbeclosed.
If th ee lectric parking brak eisreleased,
the ! indicator lam pinthe instrument clus‐
te rg oes out. 16 0
Driving and pa rking

Information on Hill
StartA ssist Hill
StartA ssisth olds thev ehicle foras hort
time when pulling away on ahill under thef ol‐
lowing conditions:
R The transmission is in position hork.
R The electric parking brak eisreleased.
This gives youe nough tim etomovey our foot
from theb rake pedal tothea ccelera torp edal
and depress it befor ethe vehicle begins toroll. &
WARNING Risk of accident and inju ry
caused bythev ehicle rolling away
Af teras horttime, Hill StartA ssistnol onger
holds thev ehicle and it can rollaw ay. #
Therefore, swiftl ymove your foot from
th eb rake pedal tothea ccelerator
pedal. Ne vera ttem pttolea vethev ehi‐
cle if it is being held byHillStart Assist. HOLD function
HOLD function
The HOL
Dfunction holds thev ehicle at astand‐
st ill without requ iring youtod epress theb rake
pedal, e.g. when pulling away on steep slopes.
Sy stem limitations
R The incline mus tnotbe grea tert han 30%.
Ac tivating/deactivatin gthe HOL Dfunction &
WARNING Risk of an accident du etothe
HOLD function being acti vatedw heny ou
lea vethev ehicle
If yo ul eave thev ehicle while onl ythe HOLD
function is braking thev ehicle, thev ehicle
can rollaw ay inthef ollowing situations:
R Ifth er eisam alfunction in thes ystemor
in thep owe rsupply.
R Ifth eH OLD function is deactivated by
depressing thea ccelera torp eda lort he
brak epedal, e.g. byavehicle occupant. R
Ifth ee lectrics in thee ngine compart‐
ment ,the batter yorthe fuses ar etam‐
pered wit horifthe batter yisdisconnec‐
te d. #
Alw aysd eactivat ethe HOLD function
and secur ethe vehicle agains trolling
aw ay befor eleaving thev ehicle. *
NO
TEDama gefrom auto matic braking When
ActiveB rake Assi st,A ctiv eDista nce
Assi stDISTRONI Corthe HOLD function are
activated, thev ehicle brakes autonomously
in cer tain situations.
To avo id damag etothevehicle, deactivate
th ese sy stems in thef ollowing or similars it‐
uations: #
During towing #
Inac arwa sh Re
quirements:
R The vehicle is stationar y.
R The driver's door is closed or thes eat belt on
th ed rive r's side is fastened. 18 8
Driving and pa rking

R
The engine is running or ha sbeena utomati‐
cally switched of fbythe EC Ostart/s top
function.
R The electric parking brak eisreleased.
R ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cisdeacti‐
va ted.
R The transmission is in position h,kori.
Ac tivatin gthe HOL Dfunction #
Dep ress theb rake pedal and af teras hort
time quickl ydepress fur ther until theë
displa yappear sinthe multifunction displa y.#
Release theb rake pedal.
Deactivating the HOLD function #
Depress thea ccelerator pedal topull away.
or #
Depress theb rake pedal until theë dis‐
pla yd isappear sfromt he multifunction dis‐
pla y. The HOLD function is deactivated in
thef ollow‐
ing situations:
R ActiveD ista nce Assi stDISTRONI Cisactiva‐
te d.
R The transmission is switched toposition j.
R The vehicle is secured wit hthe electric park‐
ing brake.
In thef ollowing situations, thev ehicle is held by
th et ransmission position jorby thee lectric
parking brake:
R The seat belt is unfas tened and thed rive r's
door is opened.
R The engine is switched off.
R Ther eisam alfunction in thes ystemort he
po we rsupply is insuf ficient. AI
RB ODYC ONT ROL AIR
BODY CONT ROLfunction
AI RB ODYC ONTROL is an air suspension sy stem
wit hvariable dampin gfor impr oveddriving com‐ fo
rt.T he all-round le velc ontrol sy stem ensures
th eb estp ossible suspension and const ant
groun dclearance, evenw ithal aden vehicle.
When driving at speed, thev ehicle is lo wered
automaticall ytoimprove driving saf etya nd to
re duce fuel consum ption. The option of manually
adjustin gthe vehicle le velisa lsoavailable.
AI RB ODYC ONTROL comprises:
R Air suspension wit hautomatic all-round le vel
control
R Speed-dependent lo wering toreduce fuel
consum ption
R Manuall yselec table high-le vels etting for
greater ground clearance
R ADS PLUS (Adaptiv eDamping Sy stem with
const ant dampin gforce adjustment)
R DYNA MIC SELECT switc hand le velb utton Drivin
gand parking 18 9

Sy
stem limitations
AT TENTION ASSIS Tisactiveint he 60 km/h to
200 km/h spee drange.
Th ef unctionality of ATTENTION ASSIS Tis
re stricted, and warnings ma ybedelayedorn ot
occur at all in thef ollowing situations:
R Ifyo uh ave been driving forl ess than 30
minutes.
R Ifth er oad condition is poor (une venr oad
sur face or po tholes).
R Ifth er eisas tron gs idew ind.
R Ifyo ua dop tas porty drivin gstyle (hig hcor‐
nering speeds or high ratesofa cceleration).
R Ifth eS teering Assis tfunction of ActiveD is‐
ta nce Assi stDISTRONI Cisactive.
R Ifth et ime has been se tincor rectly.
R In acti vedriving situations, if youc hange
lanes and vary your spee dfrequ ently.
The ATTENTION ASSIS Ttiredness or alertness
assessment is dele teda nd restar tedw hen con‐
tinuing thej ourne yinthefollowing situations:
R Ifyo us wit ch offt he engine. R
Ifyo uu nfas teny our seat belt and open the
driver's door (e.g. chang edrive rs or take a
break).
Setting ATTENTION ASSI ST
Multimedia sy stem:
, Vehicle .
k Assistance .
ATTEN-
TION ASSIST
Setting options #
Select Standard, SensitiveorOff.
Suggesting aresta rea #
Select Suggest rest area . #
Activate Oor deacti vate thef unction ª.
If AT TENTION ASSIS Tdetects fatigue or
increasing la ckof attention ,itsuggests a
re st area in thev icinit y. #
Selectas uggestedr esta rea.
Yo ua reguided tothes elected rest area. Tr
af ficS ign Assist Fu
nction of Traf ficS ign Assist Tr
af ficS ign Assi stdetects traf fics igns wi thmul‐
tifunction camera 1and assi stsy ou bydisplay‐
ing de tected speed limits and overtakin grestric‐
tions in thei nstrument clus ter.If th es ystem
de tects that youa redrivin gontoas ectio nof
ro ad in thew rong direction of tr avel, it trigger sa Drivin
gand parking 207

Overvie
woftransfer redd ata Servic
ecallT ransfer redd ata
MB Inf ocall
Breakdown assis‐
ta nce call R
Current vehicle
location
R Vehicle identifica‐
tion number
R Service code
R Selected data
about thes tatus
of thev ehicle Mercedes-Benz emer
gency call sy stem Information on
theM ercedes-Benz emer‐
ge ncy call sy stem
The Mercedes-Benz emer gency cal lsyst em only
function sinareas wher emobile phone co verage
is available from ther ele vant contract pa rtner.
Insu fficien tnetwo rkcoverage from ther ele vant
contract pa rtner ma yresult in an emer gency call
no tb eing transmitted.
The ignition mu stbe switched on befor eanauto‐
matic emer gency cal lcan be made. Overvi
ewoftheM ercedes-Benz emer gency
call sy stem
The Mercedes-Benz emer gency cal lsyst em can
help todecisivel yreduce thet ime between an
acciden tand thea rrival of emer gency services
at thes iteoft he accident. It helps locat ean
acciden tsiteinp laces that ar edifficul tto
access.
The emer gency cal lcan be made au tomatical ly
( → pag e310)orm anually .Only ma keemer‐
ge ncy calls if youoro ther sa rein need of res‐
cue. Do no tmakeane mergency cal lintheeve nt
of ab reak down or asimilar situation.
Messages in the multimedi asystemd ispla y:
SOS READY :emergency cal lavailable
SO SN OT READY:t he ignition is no tonorthere
is am alfunction wit hthe emer gency cal lsyst em.
During an activ eemer gency call, Gappears
in thed ispla y.
Yo uc an find mor einformatio nontheregional
av ailabilit yofthe Mercedes-Benz emer gency call
sy stem at :http://www.mercedes-benz.com/
connect_ecall. %
If an emer gency cal lisunavailable, ames‐
sag etot his ef fect also appea rsinthem ulti‐
function displa yofthe instrument clus ter.
Au tomatic eme rgency call
Re quirements:
R thei gnition is switched on.
R thes tarter batter yissufficiently charge d.
If re stra int sy stems suc hasairbags or seat belt
te nsioner shave been activated af terana cci‐
dent, theM ercedes-Benz emer gency cal lsyst em
ma yautomaticall yinitiat eane mergency call.
The emergency cal lhas been made:
R Avoice connection is made totheM ercedes-
Benz emer gency cal lcentre.
R Am essa gewitha cciden tdataist ransmit ted
to theM ercedes-Benz emer gency cal lcentre.
The Mercedes-Benz emergency cal lcentre
can transmit thev ehicle position dat atoone
of thep ublic emer gency service scallc en‐
tres. 308
Multimedia sy stem

Information on cleaning and car
eAvoiding vehicl edamage
Re versing camera
and 360° Camera R
Open thec amer acover wit hthe multimedia sy stem
(→ pag e200).
R Use clear waterand asoftc loth toclean thec amer alens. Do no
tuse ah igh-pressur ewater jet.
Exhaus tpipes
Clean withcleaning agents recommended byMercedes-Benz,
particularly in thew inter and af terw ashing thev ehicle. Do no
tuse acidic cleaning agents. Note
sonc areoft he interior &
WARNING Risk of inju ryfrom pla stic
parts breakin goffafte rt he use of sol‐
ve nt-based car eprodu cts
Ca reand cleanin gproducts con tainin gsol‐
ve nts can cause su rfaces in thec ockpit to
become porous. When
thea irbags ar edeplo yed, plastic parts
ma ybreak away. #
Do no tuse anyc areorc leaning prod‐
ucts containing sol vents toclean the
cockpit. &
WARNING Risk of inju ryor deat hfrom
bleached seat belts
Bleaching or dyeing seat belts can se verely
we aken them.
This can, fore xamp le, caus eseat belt sto
te ar or fail in an accident. #
Neverb lea ch or dy eseat belts. 360
Maintenance and care

Obser
vethef ollowing information: Cleaning and car
eA voiding vehicl edamage
Seat belts Clean withlukewa rmand soap ywater. R
Do no tuse chemical cleanin gagents.
R Do no tdryseat belts byheating them toove r80°Cor
ex posing them todirect sunlight.
Display Cleanthes urface carefully wi tham icro fibr ec loth and
TFT/LCD displa ycarep roduct. R
Swit chofft he displa yand le titcool down.
R Do no tuse an yother cleaning products.
Plastic trim R
Cleanw ithad ampm icrofibr ecloth.
R Forh eavy soiling: use car eproduct recommended by
Mercedes-Benz. R
Do no tattac hstickers,f ilms or similar.
R Do no tallowc osmetics, insect repellent or sun cream to
come in contact wi th theplastic trim.
Re alwo od/t rime le‐
ments R
Clea nwitham icro fibr ec loth.
R Piano-lacquer blac klook: clean wit hadampcloth and
soap solution.
R Forh eavy soiling: use car eproduct recommended by
Mercedes-Benz. Do no
tuse sol vent-based cleaning agents, polishe sorwaxes.
Ro of lining
Clean withabrush or dr yshampoo.
Carpet Use carpetand textil ec leaning agents recommended by
Mercedes-Benz. Maintenance and care
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Displa
ymessages
Possible causes/consequences and M
MSolutions
6 Restraint sys. malfunction
Consult workshop *T
herestra int sy stem is faulty . &
WARNING Risk of inju ryor fata linjur ydue toam alfunctio nintherestra int sy stem
If th er estraint sy stem is malfunctioning, restra int sy stem components ma ybetriggered unintentionally or
might no tbetriggered at all in thee vent of an accident. Thi smayaffect thes eat belt tensioner or airbag, for
ex ample. #
Have ther estraint sy stem checkeda nd repaired immediately at aqualified specialis tworks hop. De
tection of arestraint sy stem malfunction:
R The 6 restra int sy stem warning lam pdoes no tlight up when thei gnition is switched on.
R The 6 restra int sy stem warning lam plight supc ontinuousl yorrepeatedl yduring ajourne y. #
Consult aqualified specialis tworks hop immediatel y.430
Displa ymessages and warning/indicator lamps