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Practical hints
Opening/closing in an emergency (Cabriolet)
Operating roll bars manually
Releasing roll bars manually
If the roll bar system is malfunctioning, you
can release the roll bars manually.
̈ Close the soft top (୴ page 261).
̈ Open the trunk (୴ page 110).
̈ Fold back the luggage cover
(
୴ page 264).
̈ Take hex wrench out of its storage
location in the storage well casing
(
୴ page 422).
1 Perforation
̈ Push hex wrench through
perforation 1 in trim of rear wall in
trunk.
2 Hex wrench
Warning! G
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.
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With the roll bars released, the soft top can-
not be operated using the soft top switch and the
rear head restraints cannot be lowered using the
rear head restraint lowering switch.
Warning! G
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.