Mercedes-Benz SLR-Class 2005 User Manual

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Controls in detail

Useful features

Roadside Assistance button

The Roadside Assistance button

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located below the center armrest cover.

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Press and hold the button (for longer
than two seconds)

A call to a Mercedes-Benz Roadside
Assistance dispatcher will be initiated.
The button will flash while the call is in
progress. The message

Connecting call

will appear in the

multifunction display.

When the connection is established, the
message

Call connected

appears in the

multifunction display. The Tele Aid system
will transmit data generating the vehicle
identification number, model, color and lo-
cation (subject to availability of cellular
and GPS signals).

A voice connection between the Roadside
Assistance dispatcher and the occupants
of the vehicle will be established.

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Describe the nature of the need for as-
sistance.

The Mercedes-Benz Roadside Assistance
dispatcher will either dispatch a qualified
Mercedes-Benz technician or arrange to
tow your vehicle to the nearest authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center. For services such
as labor and/or towing, charges may ap-
ply. Refer to the Roadside Assistance Man-
ual for more information.

These programs are only available in the
USA:

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Sign and Drive services: Services such
as jump start, a few gallons of fuel or
the replacement of a flat tire are ob-
tainable.

Warning!

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If you feel at any way in jeopardy when in the

vehicle (e.g. smoke or fire in the vehicle, ve-

hicle in a dangerous road location), please

do not wait for voice contact after you have

pressed the emergency button. Carefully

leave the vehicle and move to a safe loca-

tion. The Response Center will automatically

contact local emergency officials with the

vehicle’s approximate location if they re-

ceive an automatic SOS signal and cannot

make voice contact with the vehicle occu-

pants.

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