Mercedes-Benz SL 2008 Owner's Manual page 9

Index
Adaptive brake lamps . . . . . . . . . . . 54
BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
ESP ® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
TM
SBC brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Driving system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Active Body Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Distronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Parktronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
RACE START (SL 63 AMG) . . . . . . . 138
SBC Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Speedtronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Driving tip
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Distronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Driving on wet roads . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Fording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
DVD audio
Operation (on-board computer) . . . 114
DVD video
Operation (on-board computer) . . . 115
E
Easy-entry/exit feature
Activating/deactivating (on-
board computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Easy-entry feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
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Easy-exit feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Electrical/electronic equipment
Retrofitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Electronic Stability Program
®
see ESP
e mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Emergency key element
Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Emergency locking
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Emergency release
Interior stowage compartments . . . 257
Emergency running mode
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . 246
Emergency unlocking
Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Engine
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Running irregularly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Starting problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Starting with KEYLESS GO . . . . . . . . 96
Starting with the key . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Engine diagnostic warning lamp . . . 237
Engine electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Checking the oil level (dipstick) . . . 179
Checking the oil level (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Display message
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178, 224, 225
Filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Temperature display (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
®
ESP (Electronic Stability Program) . 54
Activating/deactivating (except
SL 63 AMG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Activating/deactivating
(SL 63 AMG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 234
Exterior lighting
Delayed switch-off (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Anti-dazzle mode (automatic) . . . . . 81
Folding in/out (automatically) . . . . . 81
Folding in/out (electrically) . . . . . . . 80
Folding in when locking (on-board
computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Parking position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81