MERCEDES-BENZ SLS AMG GT ROADSTER 2015 C197 Owner's Manual

The system calculates the route and subse-
quently start sthe route guidance with the
address entered.
i If you select
No
No,t he address can be stored
in the address book.
i The Destination Download function is
available if the corresponding mobile
phone network is available and data trans- fer is possible.
Route Assistance
This service is part of the mbrace PLUS Pack- age and cannot be purchased separately.
i You can also use the Route Assistance
function if your vehicle is not equipped with
an avigation system.
Within the framework of this service, you
receive aprofessional and reliable form of
navigation support without having to leave
your vehicle.
The customer service representative deter-
mines asuitable driving route based on your
curren tvehicle position and the desired des-
tination and guides you live through the cur-
rent sections of the route.
Search &Send "Search
&Send" is adestination entry
service. You can find further information on
"Search &Send" in the separate COMAND
operating instructions.
Vehicle remot eclosing The remot
eclosing feature can be used when
you have forgotten to lock the vehicle and you
are no longer nearby. The vehicle can then be
locked by the Mercedes-Benz Customer
Assistance Center.
The vehicle can be locked remotely up to four
days after the ignition was last switched off.
X Contact the following service hotlines: R
USA: Mercedes-Benz Customer Assis-
tanceC enter at 1-800-FOR-MERCedes
(1-800-367-6372)o r1-866-990-9007
R Canada: Customer Servic eat
1-888-923-8367
You will be asked for your PIN.
The next time you are inside the vehicle and
you switch on the ignition, the Tele Aid
Tele Aid
Doors Locked Remotely Doors Locked Remotely message appears
in the multifunction display.
USA only: alternatively, the vehicle can be
locked via:
R the Internet,u nder the "Owners Online"
section
R the telephone application (e.g. iPhone ®
,
Blackberry)
To do this, you will need your identification
number and password.
i The vehicle remote closing feature is
available when the relevant mobile phone
network is available and data connection is
possible.
Stolen vehicle recovery service If your vehicle has been stolen:
X Notify the police.
The police will issue anumbered incident
report.
X This number will be forwarded to the
Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance
Center together with your PIN.
The Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance
Center then attempt stolocate the mbrace
system. The Mercedes-Benz Customer
Assistance Center contacts you and the
local law enforcement agency if the vehicle
is located. However, only the law enforce-
ment agency is informed of the location of
the vehicle.
i If the anti-theft alarm system is active for
longer than 30 seconds, mbrace automat-
ically informs the Mercedes-Benz Cus-
tomer Assistance Center. Features
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Extendable rea
rspoiler
The rear spoiler improve sthe handlin gofthe
vehicle .Itadapt sthe vehicle's aerodynamics
to th eoperatin gconditions, dependen tonthe
spee doft hevehicle. Example
:Coupe
i If th
evehicle is equippe dwith AM Gadap-
tiv es por tsuspension system, th ebutton is
in th eswitch strip above th eair condition-
ing control panel.
Only use button 0043to exten dand retrac tthe
rear spoiler manually for cleaning. Button 0043
is no tused to operate th erear spoiler.
If you driv eatspeeds above 75 mph
(12 0km/ h),t he rear spoiler extends auto-
matically. Button 0043flashes until the rear
spoiler has extended and then lights up in red.
If you drive at speeds above 50 mph
(8 0k m/ h),t he rear spoiler remains
extended. Button 0043remain slit in red.
If you drive at speeds below 50 mph
(8 0k m/ h),t he rear spoiler retract sautomat-
ically. Button 0043flashes until the rear spoiler
has retracted and then goes out.
Extending and retracting ther ear
spoiler manually You can extend and retract the rear spoiler
manually for cleaning. G
WARNING
Body parts could becom etrappe difyou man-
ually retract the rear spoiler. There is arisk of
injury. Make sure that nobody is within the range of
movement of the rear spoiler. Release the
switc himmediately if somebod ybecomes
trapped. The rear spoiler then extends again.
When leaving the vehicle, always tak ethe
SmartKe ywith you and lock the vehicle. Never
leave children unsupervised in the vehicle.
! Do not enter an automatic car wash with
the rear spoiler extended. Otherwise, the
rear spoiler may be damaged.
Only extend the rear spoiler in order to
clean it by hand. Retrac titagain when you
have finished cleanin git.
X Close the trunk lid.
X Selec tkey position 2with the Start/Stop
button (Y page 119).
X To extend: press button 0043.
The rear spoiler is extended.
Button 0043flashes until the rear spoiler has
extended and then lights up in red.
X To retract: press and hold button 0043until
the rear spoiler is completely retracted.
Button 0043flashes until the rear spoiler has
retracted and then goes out.
Rear Spoiler retracts manually Rear Spoiler retracts manually
appears in the display.
i If you release button
0043while retracting
the rear spoiler, it extends again automati-
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Problems with the rear spoiler
Problem
Possible causes/consequences and
0050
0050Solutions The rear spoiler stops
before reaching the
end position when
retracting manually. You have opened the trunk lid while manually retracting the rear
spoiler.
X Close the trunk lid.
The rear spoiler extends or, if you press and hold button 0043,
continues retracting. The rear spoiler stops
before reaching the
end position when
retracting/extending
manually. You have switched off the ignition.
X Switch the ignition back on.
X Press button to extend/retract the rear spoiler.
The rear spoiler extends/retracts. The rear spoiler cannot
be retracted again after
manually extending it. You have opened the trunk lid while manually extending the rear
spoiler.
X Close the trunk lid. The rear spoiler does
not extendorr
etract
automatically. The rear spoiler's movement is blocked, e.g. by an object jammed
between the body and the rear spoiler.
X Remove the object. Garage door opener
Important safety notes G
WARNING
When you operate or program the garage door with the integrated garage door opener, per-
sons in the range of movement of the garage
door can become trapped or struck by the
garage door. There is arisk of injury.
When using the integrated garage door
opener, always make sure that nobody is
within the range of movement of the garage
door. G
WARNING
Combustion engines emit poisonous exhaust
gases such as carbon monoxide. Inhaling
these exhaust gases leads to poisoning. There is ar isk of fatal injury. Therefore never leave
the engine running in enclosed spaces with-
out sufficient ventilation. The HomeLink
®
garage door opener inte-
grated in the rear-view mirror allowsy ou to
operate up to three different door and gate
systems.
Use the integrated garage door opener only
on garage doors that:
R have safety stop and reverse features and
R meet current U.S. federal safety standards
When programing agarage door opener, park
the vehicle outside the garage.
i Certain garage door drives are incompat-
ible with the integrated garage door
opener. If you have difficulty programing
the integrated garage door opener, contact
an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
Alternatively, you can call the following
telephone assistance services:
R USA: Mercedes-Benz Customer Assis-
tanceC enter at 1-800-FOR-MERCedes
R Canada: Customer Service at
1-800-387-0100 Features
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i
Notes aboutt
he declaration of conformity
can be found here (Y page 22).
USA: FCC ID: CB2HMIHL4
Canada: IC: 279B-HMIHL4
Programming Programing buttons
Pay attention to the "Important safety notes"
(Y page 211). Integrated garaged
oor opener in the rear-view mir-
ror
Garage door remote control 0083is not part of
the integrated garaged oor opener.
X Before programing for the first time, clear
the integrated garaged oor opener memory
(Y page 214).
X Select key position 2with the Start/Stop
button (Y page 119).
X Press and hold one of buttons 0044to0085 on
the integrated garaged oor opener.
After ashort time, indicator lamp 0043lights
up yellow.
i Indicator lamp
0043lights up yellow as soon
as button 0044,0087or0085 is programed for the
first time. If the selected button has already been programed ,indicator lamp 0043will
only light up yellow after ten seconds have
elapsed.
X Release button 0044,0087or0085.
Indicator lamp 0043flashesy ellow.
X Point garaged oor remote control 0083
towards buttons 0044to0085 on the rear-view mirror at
adistance of 2to8i nches (5 to
20 cm).
i The required distance between remote
control 0083and the integrated garaged oor
opener depends on the garaged oor drive
system. Several attempts might be neces-
sary. You shouldt est every position for at
least 25 seconds before trying another
position.
X Press and hold button 0084on remote control
0083 until indicator lamp 0043lights up green.
If indicator lamp 0043lights up green or
flashes, then programing was successful.
X Release button 0084on remote control 0083for
the garaged oor drive system.
X If indicator lamp 0043lights up red: repeatt he
programing procedure for the correspond-
ing button on the rear-view mirror. When
doing so, vary the distance between remote
control 0083and the rear-view mirror.
i If the indicator lamp flashesg
reen after
successful programing, the garaged oor
system is using arolling code. After pro-
graming, you must synchronize the garage
door opener integrated in the rear-view mir- ror with the receiver of the garaged oor
system.
Synchronizing the rollingc ode
Pay attention to the "Important safety notes" (Y page 211).
Your vehicle must be within reach of the
garaged oor or exterior gate drive. Make sure
that neither yourv ehicle nor any persons/
objects are present within the sweep of the
door or gate.
X Select key position 2with the Start/Stop
button (Y page 119).
X Press the programing button of the door or
gate drive (see the door or gate drive oper- ating instructions, e.g. under "Programing
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Usually, you now have 30 seconds to ini-
tiate the next step.
X Press previouslyp rogramed button0044,0087
or 0085 of the integrated garage door opener
until the door closes.
The rolling code synchronization is then
complete.
Notes on programing the remote control
Canadian radio frequency lawsr equire a
"break" (or interruption) of the transmission
signals after broadcasting for afew seconds.
Therefore, these signals may not last long
enough for the integrated garage door
opener. The signal is not recognized during
programing. Comparable with Canadian law,
some U.S. garage door openers also feature a
"break".
Proceed as follows:
R if you live in Canada
R if you have difficulties programing the
garage door opener (regardless of where
you live) when using the programing steps
X Press and hold one of buttons 0044to0085 on
the integrated garage door opener.
After ashort time, indicator lamp 0043lights
up yellow.
X Release the button.
Indicator lamp 0043flashes yellow.
X Press button 0084of garage door remote
control 0083for two seconds, then release it
for two seconds.
X Press button 0084againf or two seconds.
X Repeatt his sequence on button 0084of
remote control 0083until indicator lamp 0043
lights up green.
If indicator lamp 0043turns red, repeat the
process.
X Continue with the other programing steps
(see above). Problems when programing
If you are experiencing problems programing
the integrated garage door opener on the
rear-view mirror, take note of the following
instructions:
R Check the transmitter frequency of garage
door drive remote control 0083.This can usu-
ally be found on the back of the remote
control.
The integrated garage door opener is com-
patible with devices that have units which
operate in the frequency range of 280 to
433 MHz .
R Replace the batteries in garage door
remote control 0083.This increases the like-
lihood that garage door remote control 0083
will transmit astrong and precise signal to
the integrated garage door opener in the
rear-view mirror.
R When programing, hold remote control 0083
at varying distances and angles from the
button that you are programing. Try various angles at adistance between 2and
12 inches (5to 30 cm) or at the same angle
but at varying distances.
R If another remote control for the same
garage door drive is available,r epeat the
same programing steps with this remote
control. Before performing these steps,
make sure that new batteries have been
installed in garage door drive remote
control 0083.
R Note that some remote controls only trans-
mit for alimited amount of time (the indi-
cator lamp on the remote control goes out). Press button 0084on remote control 0083again
before transmission ends.
R Align the antennac able of the garage door
opener unit. This can improve signal recep- tion/transmission.
Opening/closing the garage door Once programed, the integrated garage door
opener 0083will assume the function of the
garage door system's remote control. Please Features
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also read th
eoperatin ginstruction sfor the
garag edoor system.
X Select ke yposition 2wit hthe Start/Stop
button.
X Press button 0044,0087or0085 whic hyou have
programed to operate th egarag edoor.
Garage door system wit hafixed code: indi-
cator lamp 0043light supg reen.
Garage door system wit harolling code:
indicator lamp 0043flashes green.
i The transmitte
rwill transmit asignal as
lon gast hebutto nisp ressed. The trans-
mission is halted after amaximum of ten
seconds and indicator lamp 0043light sup
yellow. Press button 0044,0087or0085 again if
necessary.
Clearing th ememory X
Select ke yposition 2wit hthe Start/Stop
button.
X Press buttons 0044and 0085.
The indicator lamp light supyellow.
X Press and hold buttons 0044and 0085until the
indicator lamp turns green.
i Mak
esure that you clear th ememory of
th ei ntegrate dgarag edoor opener before
sellin gthe vehicle. Charg
emaintenance socket
The battery may drain if th evehicle is left sta-
tionar yfor lon gperiods. In this case,
Mercedes-Ben zrecommends attaching the
trickle charge rtothecharge maintenance
socket.
The charge maintenance socke tisdesigned
solely for connecting atrickle charger. A
trickle charge rcan be obtaine dfroman
authorized Mercedes-Ben zCenter, for exam-
ple. X
Switch th eignition off.
X Open th etrunk lid.
X Connect th ecabl ep rovide dinthetrunk to
th et rickle charger.
X Connect th etrickle charge rtocharge main-
tenance socket 0043.Consult th emanufac-
turer' soperatin ginstruction sonhow to do
so.
i At
rickle charge rconnected to charge
maintenance socket 0043only maintain sthe
curren tcharge leve lofthevehicle's elec-
trical system battery. If th evehicle's elec-
trical system battery is discharged, it needs
to be charge dwithab attery charger. You
will fin dfurther informatio nonchargin gthe
battery at (Y page 238). Floorma
tonthedriver's side G
WARNING
Object sinthedriver' sfootwell can restrict the
pedal travel or obstruc tadepressed pedal.
The operatin gand road safety of th evehicle is
jeopardized. Ther eisariskofana ccident.
Mak esure that all object sinthevehicle are
stowed correctly, and that they canno tenter
th ed river' sfootwell. Install th efloormats
securely and as specifie dinorder to ensure
sufficient clearance for th epedals .Don otuse
loos efloormats and do no tplac efloormats on
to pofo neanother. 214
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X
Slide the sea tbackwards.
X To install: place the floorma tinposition.
X Press studs 0043onto retainers 0044.
X To remove: pull the floorma toff retain-
ers 0044.
X Remove the floormat. Features
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Useful information
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Engine compartment ........................218
Maintenance ...................................... 222
Care .................................................... 223 217Maintenance and care

Useful information
i This Operator's Manual describes all
models and all standard and optional equip- ment of your vehicle available at the time of
publication of the Operator's Manual.
Country-specific differences are possible.
Please not ethat your vehicle may not be
equipped with all feature sdescribed. This
also applies to safety-related system sand
functions.
i Please read the information on qualified
specialist workshops (Y page 23).Engine compartment
Hood
Important safet ynotes G
WARNING
If the hood is unlatched, it may open up when the vehicle is in motion and block your view.
There is arisk of an accident.
Never unlatc hthe hood while driving. G
WARNING
When openin gand closin gthe hood, it may
suddenly fall int othe closed position .There is
ar isk of injury to person swithin range of
movement of the hood.
Open and close the hood only when no one is
within its range of movement. G
WARNING
Openin gthe hood when the engin eisover-
heated or when ther eisafire in the engine
compartmen tcould expose you to hot gases
or other servic eproducts. There is arisk of
injury.
Let an overheated engin ecool down before
openin gthe hood. If ther eisafire in the
engin ecompartment, keep the hood closed
and contact the fire department. G
WARNING
The engin ecompartmen tcontains moving
components. Certain components, such as
the radiator fan, may continue to run or start
again suddenly when the ignition is off. There is ar isk of injury.
If you need to do any work inside the engine
compartment:
R switc hoff the ignition
R neve rreach int othe area where ther eisa
risk of danger from movin gcomponents,
such as the fan rotation area
R remov ejewelry and watches
R keep items of clothing and hair, for exam-
ple, away from movin gparts
Opening the hood G
WARNING
Certain components in the engin ecompart-
ment ,such as the engine, radiator and parts
of the exhaust system ,can becom every hot.
Working in the engin ecompartmen tposes a
risk of injury.
Where possible, let the engin ecool down and
touc honly the components described in the
following. G
WARNING
When the hood is open and the windshield
wipers are set in motion, you can be injured by the wiper linkage. There is arisk of injury.
Always switc hoff the windshield wipers and
the ignition before openin gthe hood. 218
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