Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class 2008 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 440)

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Practical hints
Opening/closing in an emergency (Cabriolet)
̈ You and your assistant should press
soft top compartment cover
f for-
ward and down with the palms of your
hands until it snaps into place in the
guide. Place your hands on the areas
indicated by the arrows.
At the same time, gently press material
tensioning frame
e down with the
palms of your hands.
h Locking
̈ Insert hex wrench into soft top locking
mechanism screw.
̈ Turn the soft top locking mechanism
screw with hex wrench counterclock-
wise in direction of arrow
h as far as it
will go.
The soft top is locked onto the wind-
shield frame.
̈ Have the soft top operation checked at
an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center
as soon as possible.
Warning!
G
Position hands as indicated by arrows so
that when you press soft top compartment
cover f forward and lower material ten-
sioning frame e, your hands cannot be-
come trapped. ! Make sure you turn the hex wrench counter-
clockwise as far as it will go. Otherwise the soft
top may not lock properly.
! If, after completing the soft top emergency
operation, the trunk cannot be opened using the
remote trunk lid release switch in the driver’s
door, the
Š button on the SmartKey, or the
trunk lid release handle in the license plate re-
cess, press the soft top compartment cover
down again as described above.
Do not open the trunk with the emergency key,
as this could otherwise damage the trunk lid and
the soft top compartment cover.