Mercedes-Benz 2007 SL 550, Operator'S Manual

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Controls in detail
Locking and unlocking
Opening the doors from the inside
You can open a locked door from the in-
side. Open door only when conditions are
safe to do so.
1
Locking knob
2
Inside door handle
왘
Pull on inside door handle
2
in direc-
tion of arrow.
If the door was locked, locking knob
1
will move up.
Opening the trunk
You can open the trunk if the vehicle is sta-
tionary and the retractable hardtop is fully
opened or closed.
A minimum height clearance of
6.2 ft (1.88 m) is required to open the
trunk lid.
i
If you open a door, the side windows on that
side of the vehicle will lower slightly. The win-
dows close again when you close the door.
i
If the vehicle has previously been locked
with the SmartKey or KEYLESS-GO*, opening a
door from the inside will trigger the anti-theft
alarm system.
To cancel the alarm, do one of the following:
앫
Press button
Œ
or
‹
on the
SmartKey.
앫
Insert the SmartKey in the starter switch.
Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO*:
앫
Grasp an outside door handle.
The SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO must be
within 3 ft. (1 m) of the vehicle.
앫
Press the KEYLESS-GO* start/stop button
(
컄
page 40).
The SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO must be in-
side the vehicle.
Warning!
G
Only drive with the trunk closed as, among
other dangers such as blocked visibility, ex-
haust fumes may enter the vehicle interior.
i
If the trunk lid does not open, the trunk lid is
still locked separately (
컄
page 117).
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To facilitate trunk loading and unloading
when the hardtop is retracted, you can raise the
hardtop from its storage position in the trunk us-
ing the load assist feature (
컄
page 241). You
may also unhook the luggage cover.
Remember to re-secure the luggage cover after
loading/unloading the trunk. Otherwise you will
not be able to lower the retractable hardtop.