Opening/Closing In An Emergency; Operating Roll Bars Manually - Mercedes-Benz 2005 CLK-Class Cabriolet Operator's Manual

Opening/closing in an emergency

Operating roll bars manually

Releasing roll bars manually
If the roll bar system is malfunctioning, you
can release the roll bars manually.
Warning!
If the yellow roll bar warning lamp \ in
the clock does not go out after starting the
engine, or if it comes on while driving, then
the roll bar system is not operating properly
and may not activate in an accident. In this
case, raise the roll bars manually before
continuing to drive.
For safety reasons drive only with the roll
bars raised until the malfunction is repaired.
Have your vehicle checked at an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center.
Close the soft top ( page 248).
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With the roll bars released, the soft top
cannot be operated using the soft top
switch and the rear head restraints
cannot be lowered using the rear head
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restraint lowering switch.
Open the trunk ( page 106).
Fold back the luggage cover
( page 245).
Open ski sack roller blind
( page 246).
Take hex wrench out of its storage
location in the storage well casing.
Practical hints
Opening/closing in an emergency
1 Perforation
Push hex wrench through
perforation 1 in trim of rear wall in
trunk.
Warning!
Make sure no one is located in the roll bar's
path of motion while the next steps are be-
ing carried out.
When the roll bar is manually released, the
rear head restraints and the roll bar under-
neath shoot up almost instantaneously.
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