Mercedes-Benz SL 2008 Owner's Manual page 6

A
ABC
see Active Body Control
ABC (Active Body Control)
Display message
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204, 205
ABS (Anti-lock Braking System) . . . . . 53
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233, 234
Acceleration
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Accident
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Active Body Control (ABC) . . . . . . . . 139
Active light system
see Light system (active)
Active Light System
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Active service system
see Service interval display
Adaptive brake lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Airbag
Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Driver's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Head/thorax airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF warning
lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Air conditioning
Activating/deactivating . . . . . . . . . 147
Activating/deactivating air-recir-
culation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Air-recirculation mode with con-
venience opening/closing feature . 152
Automatic air conditioning . . . . . . . 145
Controlling automatically . . . . . . . . 148
Cooling with air dehumidification . . 147
Demisting the windscreen . . . . . . . 151
Misted-up windows . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Setting the air distribution . . . . . . . 150
Setting the airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Setting the air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Setting the temperature . . . . . . . . . 148
Switching the residual heat func-
tion on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
see Climate control
AIRSCARF neck-level heating . . . . . . . 76
Antifreeze concentration . . . . . . . . . 306
Anti-lock braking system
see ABS
Anti-theft alarm system
see ATA
Anti-theft systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
ASSYST
see Service interval display
ASSYST service interval display . . . 193
ATA (anti-theft alarm system) . . . . . . 59
Switching off the alarm . . . . . . . . . . 60
Audible warning signal . . . . . . . . . . . 240
AUTO lights
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Automatic air conditioning
Malfunction indicator lamp . . . . . . 231
Automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Automatic transmission
Changing gear yourself . . . . . . . . . . 99
Display in the speedometer . . . . . . . 99
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Emergency running mode . . . . . . . 246
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
One-touch gearshifting . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Program selector button . . . . . . . . 100
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . 99
Shift ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Axle load, maximum permissible . . . 299
B
BAS (Brake Assist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Basic display (on-board computer) . 110
Battery
Changing (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Changing (KEYLESS GO key) . . . . . 259
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