2009 Mercedes CLK-Class Owner's Manual - Page 324
2009 Mercedes CLK-Class Manual
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Practical hints Opening/closing in an emergency X Simultaneously push tool 2 downward and move the gear selector lever out of park position P. X Remove tool 2. The gear selector lever is unlocked. Opening/closing in an emergency Operating roll bars manually (cabriolet) Releasing roll bars manually If the roll bar system is malfunctioning, you can release the roll bars manually. X X Fold back the luggage cover (Y page 197). Take the hex wrench from the MercedesBenz literature pouch. i The gear selector lever is locked again as soon as you move it back to park position P. G 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. i 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 restraint lowering switch. X X 1 Perforation X Push hex wrench through perforation 1 in trim of rear wall in trunk. G Warning! Make sure no one is located in the roll bar's path of motion while the next steps are being carried out. When the roll bar is manually released, the rear head restraints and the roll bar underneath shoot up almost instantaneously. Close the soft top (Y page 194). Open the trunk (Y page 77). 322