MERCEDES-BENZ SL ROADSTER 2019 Owner's Manual

Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions The
yellow 0024warninglamp andthered 0049 (USAon ly) or0024
(Can adaonly) ind icat orlamp lightup.
The electric park ingbrak eis malf unction ing .
To releas e:
X Swi tchoff theign ition and turnit bac kon .
X Releas eth eelec tric park ingbrak eman ually.
or X Releas eth eelec tric park ingbrak eauto matically(Y page 147).
If th eelec tric park ingbrak est ill can notbe release d:
X Do notdri ve on.
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . The
red0049 (USAon ly) or0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp
flas hes and theyellow 0024warninglamp lightsup.
The electric park ingbrak eis malf unction ing .
To releas e:
X Swi tchoff theign ition and turnit bac kon .
X Releas eth eelec tric park ingbrak eman ually.
To apply :
X Swi tchoff theign ition and turnit bac kon .
X Ap ply theelec tric park ingbrak eman ually.
If th ered 0049 (USAon ly) or0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp
co ntinu estoflas h:
X Do notdri ve on.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 314).
X Sh ift thetrans mis sion topos ition 005D.
X Turn thefron twhee lstoward sth ecur b.
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Disp
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Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions The
yellow 0024warninglamp lightsup. The red0049 (USAon ly)
or 0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp flashes forabout tensec onds
aft ertheelec tric park ingbrak ehas been applie dor release d.Itth en
goe sout orrem ainslit .
The electric park ingbrak eis malf unction ing .
X Swi tchoff theign ition and turnit bac kon .
X Ap ply theelec tric park ingbrak e.
If it is no tpos sibleto apply theelec tric park ingbrak e:
X Sh ift thetrans mis sion topos ition 005D.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop .
If it is no tpos sibleto release theelec tric park ingbrak e:
X Releas eth eelec tric park ingbrak eauto matically(Y page 147).
If th eelec tric park ingbrak est ill can notbe release d:
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . The
yellow 0024warninglamp lightsup. Ifyou man ually apply or
rel ease theelec tric park ingbrak e,thered 0049 (USAon ly) or0024
(Can adaonly) ind icat orlamp flashes .
The electric park ingbrak eis malf unction ing .It is no tpos sibleto
apply theelec tric park ingbrak eman ually.
X Sh ift thetrans mis sion topos ition 005D, astheelec tric park ing
brak eis no tapplie dauto matically.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 0049
(USA
on ly) 0024 (Canada
on ly)
Par kingBra keInop‐ Par
kingBra keInop‐
era tive era
tive The
yellow 0024warninglamp lightsup. The red0049 (USAon ly)
or 0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp flashes forabout tensec onds
aft ertheelec tric park ingbrak ehas been applie dor release d.Itth en
goe sout orrem ainslit .
The electric park ingbrak eis malf unction ing ,e. g. bec ause ofove r-
vol tag eor und ervoltage.
X Remo vethecaus efor theove rvolt age orund ervoltage, e.g. by
ch arg ing thebat tery or res tarting theen gin e.
X Ap ply orrelease theelec tric park ingbrak e.
If it rem ainsimp ossible toapply orrelease theelec tric park ing
brak e:
X Swi tchoff theign ition and turnit bac kon .
X Ap ply orrelease theelec tric park ingbrak e.
If th eelec tric park ingbrak est ill can notbe release d:
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop .
If th eelec tric park ingbrak est ill can notbe applie d:
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 210
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Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions The
yellow 0024warninglamp lightsup and thered 0049 (USA
on ly) or0024 (Canadaonly) ind icat orlamp flashes .
It is no tpos sibleto apply theelec tric park ingbrak eman ually.
X Sh ift thetrans mis sion topos ition 005D.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 0027
(USAon ly)
004D (Canadaonly)
Che ckBrakeFluid Che
ckBrakeFluid
Lev el Lev
el The
reisno ten ough brakeflui din thebrak efluid reservoir.
In addit ion,th e0027 (USAon ly) or004D (Canadaonly) warn ing
lamp lightsup intheins trumen tclus terand awarn ingtone soun ds.
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The brak ingeffectmay beimp aire d.
The reisaris kof an acc iden t.
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.Do notco ntinu edri vin g
und erany circum stanc es.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 146).
X Con sult aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop .
X Do notadd brak efluid .This does notco rrec tth emalf unction . 0026
Che ckBrakePad Che
ckBrakePad
Wea r Wea
r The
brak epads /linin gshav ereac hedtheir wear limit.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . PRE
-SAFEInoper a‐ PRE
-SAFEInoper a‐
tiv eSee Opera‐ tiv
eSee Opera‐
tor 'sManual tor
'sManual Im
por tantfun ction sof PRE -SAF E®
hav efail ed. Allot her occup ant
saf etysyst ems ,e. g. air bags ,rem ainavail able.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop immediat ely. Act
ive Brake Act
ive Brake
Ass ist Functions Ass
ist Functions
Cur rently Limite d Cur
rently Limite d
See Operator'sMan ‐ See
Operator'sMan ‐
ual ual Ac
tive Brake Assis tis tempo rarily ino per ative.
Pos siblecaus esare:
R theradar sensor syst emistempo rarily ino per ative, e.g. due to
elec tromag netic radi ation emi tted bynearby TVorradi ostati ons
or other sour cesof elec tromag netic radi ation
R thesyst emisout side theoper ating tempe rature range
R theon -boar dvol tag eis toolow
Whe nth ecaus esstate dabov eno longer apply, thedisp laymes sage
disap pears.
Ac tive Brake Assis tis oper ationalagain .
If th edisp laymes sage does notdisap pear:
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 146).
X Rest arttheen gin e. Disp
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iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions Act
ive Brake Act
ive Brake
Ass ist Functions Ass
ist Functions
Lim itedSee Opera‐ Lim
itedSee Opera‐
tor 'sManual tor
'sManual Ac
tive Brake Assis tis unav ailable duetoamalf unction .
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Act
ive Brake Act
ive Brake
Ass ist Functions Ass
ist Functions
Cur rently Limited Cur
rently Limited
See Operator'sMan ‐ See
Operator'sMan ‐
ual ual Ac
tive Brake Assis twit hcr oss -traf fic fun ction orPRE ‑SAF E®
PLU Sis
deac tivat ed and tempo rarily ino per ative.
Pos siblecaus esare:
R thesyst emisout side theoper ating tempe rature range
R theon -boar dvol tag eis toolow
R theradar sensor syst emistempo rarily ino per ative, e.g. due to
elec tromag netic radi ation emi tted bynearby TVorradi ostati ons
or other sour cesof elec tromag netic radi ation
R Mer cedes -AMG vehicles: ESP®
is deac tivat ed
Whe nth ecaus esstate dabov eno longer apply, thedisp laymes sage
disap pears.
Ac tive Brake Assis twit hcr oss -traf fic fun ction and PRE‑SAFE®
PLU S
are function alagain .
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 146).
X Rest arttheen gin e.
X Mer cedes -AMG vehicles: swit chESP®
on again (Ypage 68). Act
ive Brake Act
ive Brake
Ass ist Functions Ass
ist Functions
Lim itedSee Opera‐ Lim
itedSee Opera‐
tor 'sManual tor
'sManual Ac
tive Brake Assis twit hcr oss -traf fic fun ction orPRE ‑SAF E®
PLU Sis
no tavail able duetoamalf unction .
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 212
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Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions Rad
arSensors Rad
arSensors
Dir tySee Opera‐ Dir
tySee Opera‐
tor 'sManual tor
'sManual The
radar sensor syst emismalf unction ing .
Pos siblecaus esare:
R dir ton sen sors
R heav yrain orsnow
R when drivin gon inter- urban roadswithout traff icor infras truct ure,
e. g. indes ert-like area s
At least onedri vin gsyst emordrivin gsaf etysyst emismalf unction -
ing oristempo rarilyunav ailable :
R Ac tive Brake Assis t
R Ac tive Brake Assis twit hcr oss -traf fic fun ction
R Ac tive Distanc eAs sis tDI ST RONI C
R Ac tive Steer ing Assis t
R Ac tive Lan eKee pingAs sis t
R Ac tive Blind Spot Assis t
R PRE -SAF E®
PLU S
If th eradar sensor syst eminfron tis dir ty, Active Blind Spot Assis t
will notper formaco urs e-co rrec ting brak eapplic ation.
On ce thecaus eof thepro blem isno longer presen t,th edri vin gand
dri ve saf etysyst ems willbeavail able again .The displaymes sage
disap pears.
If th edisp laymes sage does notdisap pear:
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 146).
X Swi tchoff theen gin e.
X Clean allsen sors(Y page 275).
X Rest arttheen gin e.
The displaymes sage disap pears. 0067
Mal functionSer ‐ Mal
functionSer ‐
vic eReq uired vic
eReq uired The
rollbars arefault y.
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NING
The rollbars willthen pos siblyno tbe extend ed intheeve ntofan
acc iden t.
The reisan increas edriskof injury.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop immediat ely. Disp
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iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 0075
SRS Malfunction SRS
Malfunction
Ser viceReq uired Ser
viceReq uired The
restrain tsyst emismalf unction ing .The 0075 warninglamp also
ligh tsup intheins trumen tclus ter.
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NING
The airbags orEm erg ency Ten sion ingDevic es may either betrig-
ger eduninten tion ally or,intheeve ntofan acc iden t,may notbe
tr igge red.
The reisan increas edriskof injury.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop immediat ely.
Fur ther inform ation about theres train tsyst em(Ypage 41). 0075
Fro ntLeftMal fun c‐ Fro
ntLeftMal fun c‐
tio nSer vice tio
nSer vice
Req uired Req
uiredorFro nt Fro
nt
Rig htMalfunction Rig
htMalfunction
Ser viceReq uired Ser
viceReq uired The
restrain tsyst emhas malf unction ed atthefron ton thelef tor
rig ht.The 0075 warninglamp alsolightsup intheins trumen tclus -
te r.
G WAR
NING
The airbags orEm erg ency Ten sion ingDevic es may either betrig-
ger eduninten tion ally or,intheeve ntofan acc iden t,may notbe
tr igge red.
The reisan increas edriskof injury.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop immediat ely. 0075
Lef tSid eCur tain Lef
tSid eCur tain
Air BagMalfunc‐ Air
BagMalfunc‐
tio nSer vice tio
nSer vice
Req uired Req
uiredorRig ht Rig
ht
Sid eCur tainAir Sid
eCur tainAir
Bag Malfunction Bag
Malfunction
Ser viceReq uired Ser
viceReq uired The
reisamalf unction inthelef t-han dand /orrig ht-hand head bag.
The 0075 warninglamp alsolightsup intheins trumen tclus ter.
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NING
The leftor right head bagmay either betrigge reduninten tion ally or,
in theeve ntofan acc iden t,may notbe trigge red.
The reisan increas edriskof injury.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop immediat ely. 214
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Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions Fro
nt-passenger Fro
nt-passenger
Air BagDisabl ed Air
BagDisabl ed
See Operator'sMan ‐ See
Operator'sMan ‐
ual ual The
fron t-pass enger fron tair bag and fron t-pass enger knee air bag
are disab ledduri ngthejo urn ey, althoug h:
R an adult
or
R aper son oftheco rresp ondin gst atur eis on thefron t-pass enger
seat
If addit ionalfor cesare applie dto theseat ,th esyst emmay interp ret
th eoc cup ant'sweigh tas lower than itact ually is.
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NING
The fron t-pass enger fron tair bag and fron t-pass enger knee air bag
may notbe trigge redintheeve ntofan acc iden t.
The reisan increas edriskof injury.
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 146).
X Swi tchth eign ition off.
X Hav eth eoc cup ant onthefron t-pass enger seat getout ofthe
veh icle.
X Kee pth eseat unoccupied ,clo sethefron t-pass enger door and
swit chon theign ition .
X Obs erveth ePA SS EN GER AIR BA Gind icat orlamp sin thece nter
co nsole and themult ifunction disp layand checkth efol lowin g:
Se at uno ccupied andignition swit ched on:
R aself -diagn osis iscar riedout .The PASS EN GER AIR BA GOF F
and PASS EN GER AIR BA GON indicat orlamp smus tligh tup
sim ultane ousl yfor appr oximat elysixsec onds.
R thePA SS EN GER AIR BA GOF Find icat orlamp mustth en ligh t
up and remainlitaft ertheself -diagn osis.If th eind icat orlamp
is on ,OCS hasdisab ledthefron t-pass enger fron tair bag and
fr on t-pass enger knee bag (Ypage 48)
R theFro nt-passenger AirBagEnabledSee Operator's Fro
nt-passenger AirBagEnabledSee Operator's
Man ual Man
ual orFro nt-passenger AirBagDisabledSee Oper‐ Fro
nt-passenger AirBagDisabledSee Oper‐
ato r's Manual ato
r's Manual displaymes sage smus tno tappear inthemul-
ti fun ction disp lay
X Wait foraper iod ofat least 60sec onds unt ilth ene cessar ysys-
te m checks hav ebeen compl eted.
X Mak esur eth at thedisp laymes sage sdo notappear inthemult i-
fun ction disp lay.
If th ese cond ition sare fulfilled ,th efron t-pass enger seat canbe
oc cup iedagain .Whe ther thePA SS EN GER AIR BA GOF For ON indi-
cat orlamp remainslit or goe sout depe ndson how OCS classifies
th eoc cup ant.
If th eco nd ition sare notfulf illed ,th esyst emisno toper ating cor-
rec tly.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop immediat ely.
Obs erveth eaddit ionalinf orm ation onOCS (Ypage 48). Disp
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Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions Fro
nt-passenger Fro
nt-passenger
Air BagEnabled Air
BagEnabled
See Operator'sMan ‐ See
Operator'sMan ‐
ual ual The
fron t-pass enger fron tair bag and fron t-pass enger knee air bag
are enabled duringthejo urn ey, althoug h:
R ach ild, asma lladult oran obj ectweigh ingless than thesyst em's
weigh tth res hold isloc ate don thefron t-pass enger seat
or
R thefron t-pass enger seat isuno ccupied
The systemmay detectobj ects or for cesapplyin gaddit ionalweigh t
on theseat .
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The fron t-pass enger fron tair bag and thefron t-pass enger knee bag
may bedepl oyed uninten tion ally.
The reisan increas edriskof injury.
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 146).
X Swi tchth eign ition off.
X Ope nth efron t-pass enger door .
X Remo vethech ild and thech ild res train tsyst emfrom thefron t-
pass enger seat .
X Mak esur eth at there arenoobj ects on theseat addin gto the
weigh t.
The systemmightother wise detectth eaddit ionalweigh tand
int erp ret theseat occup ant'sweigh tas gre aterth an itact ually is.
X Kee pth eseat unoccupied ,clo sethefron t-pass enger door and
swit chon theign ition .
X Obs erveth ePA SS EN GER AIR BA Gind icat orlamp sin thece nter
co nsole and themult ifunction disp layand checkth efol lowin g:
Se at uno ccupied andignition swit ched on:
R aself -diagn osis iscar riedout .The PASS EN GER AIR BA GOF F
and PASS EN GER AIR BA GON indicat orlamp smus tligh tup
sim ultane ousl yfor appr oximat elysixsec onds.
R thePA SS EN GER AIR BA GOF Find icat orlamp mustth en ligh t
up and remainlitaft ertheself -diagn osis.If th eind icat orlamp
is on ,OCS (Occup ant Class ification Sys tem) has disab ledthe
fr on t-pass enger fron tair bag and fron t-pass enger knee air bag
(Y page 48)
R theFro nt-passenger Air BagEnabledSee Operator's Fro
nt-passenger Air BagEnabledSee Operator's
Man ual Man
ual orFro nt-passen ger AirBagDisabledSee Oper‐ Fro
nt-passen ger AirBagDisabledSee Oper‐
ato r's Manual ato
r's Manual displaymes sage smus tno tappear inthemul-
ti fun ction disp lay
X Wait foraper iod ofat least 60sec onds unt ilth ene cessar ysys-
te m checks hav ebeen compl eted.
X Mak esur eth at thedisp laymes sage sdo notappear inthemult i-
fun ction disp lay.
If th ese cond ition sare fulfilled ,th efron t-pass enger seat canbe
oc cup iedagain .Whe ther thePA SS EN GER AIR BA GOF For ON indi- 216
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Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions cat
orlamp remainslit or goe sout depe ndson how OCS classifies
th eoc cup ant.
If th eco nd ition sare notfulf illed ,th esyst emisno toper ating cor-
rec tly.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop immediat ely.
Obs erveth eaddit ionalinf orm ation onOCS (Ypage 48). Ligh
ts Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 0049
Che ckLeftLow Che
ckLeftLow
Bea m Bea
m(Exam ple) The
corresp ondin gbulb isfault y.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop .
or X Chec kwhet heryou arepermittedto rep lace thebulb yours elf
(Y page 113).
LE Dligh tsour ces:thedisp laymes sage fortheco rresp ondin glamp
on lyappear swhen alltheLE Ds inthelamp havefail ed. 0049
Act ive Headlamps Act
ive Headlamps
Ino perative Ino
perative The
active ligh tfun ction isfault y.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 0049
Mal functionSee Mal
functionSee
Ope rator'sMan ual Ope
rator'sMan ual The
exterio rligh ting ismalf unction ing .
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 0049
Aut oLam pFun cti on Aut
oLam pFun cti on
Ino perative Ino
perative The
lightsen sor isdef ective.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 0049
Swi tch OffLights Swi
tch OffLights The
lightsare still swit ched on when youleaveth eveh icle. Awarn -
ing tone also soun ds.
X Turn theligh tswit chtopos ition 0058. Disp
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iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions Ada
ptiveHighbeam Ada
ptiveHighbeam
Ass ist Currently Ass
ist Currently
Una vailableSee Una
vailableSee
Ope rator'sMan ual Ope
rator'sMan ual Ad
apt ive Highbea mAssis tis deac tivat ed and tempo rarily ino per a-
ti ve.
Pos siblecaus esare:
R The windsh ield inthecam era'sfie ldof vis ion isdir ty.
R Vis ibilit yis imp aire ddue toheav yrain ,sn ow orfog .
X Clean thewin dsh ield.
If th esyst emdetects that thecam eraisfull yoper ationalagain ,th e
Ada ptiveHighbeamAssist NowAvailable Ada
ptiveHighbeamAssist NowAvailable message isdis-
played .
Ad apt ive Highbea mAssis tis oper ationalagain . Ada
ptiveHighbeam Ada
ptiveHighbeam
Ass ist Inoperative Ass
ist Inoperative Ad
apt ive Highbea mAssis tis fault y.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . Engin
e Disp
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iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions 00AC
Che ckCoolant Che
ckCoolant
Lev elSee Opera‐ Lev
elSee Opera‐
tor 'sManual tor
'sManual The
coolan tlev elistoolow.
! Av
oid longer journ eys when there isins ufficien tco olan tin the
en gin eco olin gsyst em. You could other wise damag eth een gin e.
X Ad dco olan t,obs erving thewarn ingnotesbef ore doin gso
(Y page 267).
X Ifyou need toadd coolan tmor eoft en than usual, haveth een gin e
co olan tsyst emchecke dat aqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 00AC The
fanmot orisdef ective.
X Ifth eco olan tte mpe rature gage isbelo wtheH mar king
(Y page 191), drive on tothene xt qualif iedspecialistwor kshop .
X Av oid heav yloads ontheen gin eas you doso, e.g. dri vin gin
moun tainous terrain and stop- and -gotraff ic. 218
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