SL/R230: Instrument Cluster Question
Thread Starter
Member
Joined: Mar 2017
Posts: 154
Likes: 36
From: East Hampton NY
GLC300/GLC300C4
Instrument Cluster Question
Wondering if there is a way to set a default for what you want to see in the lower section of the speedo/Tach right now it defaults to the total miles on the speedo side and the trip on the tach side I like seeing the digital speed on the tach side is there a way to make that the default so I don't have to change to that every Time I start the car?
Ed
Ed
MBworld Guru
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 10,782
Likes: 1,011
NO LONGER ACTIVE
No, the R230 was made before the days of the fully user-customizeable instrument clusters. You can choose whether it displays the digital speed or outside temp on the left side, about the odometer. And whatever screen you leave it on (odometer, trip computer, radio, nav, phone, etc) should be remembered between starts. I usually leave mine on the radio display so the up/down buttons change stations.
MBworld Guru
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 10,782
Likes: 1,011
NO LONGER ACTIVE
MBworld Guru
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 10,782
Likes: 1,011
NO LONGER ACTIVE
Ed, do you have an owner's manual? If not, you can download a PDF from mbusa.com. Go here:
https://www.mbusa.com/en/owners/manuals
https://www.mbusa.com/en/owners/manuals
Trending Topics
Member
Joined: Dec 2018
Posts: 131
Likes: 15
2003 SL500
Last edited by Blazeracer; Dec 21, 2018 at 01:08 PM.
MB World Stories
The Best of Mercedes & AMG
Manual Mercedes? 6 Times Sindelfingen Let Drivers Have All The Fun
Verdad Gallardo
Mercedes SLR McLaren 722 S Is Extremely Rare Example Modified by McLaren
Verdad Gallardo
8 Classic Boxy Mercedes Designs That Have Aged Like Fine Wine
Verdad Gallardo
Flawlessly Restored Mercedes 190E Evo II Heads to Auction
Verdad Gallardo
Electric Mercedes C-Class Unveiled: 11 Things You Need to Know
Verdad Gallardo
Mercedes EQS Gets A Major Update: Everything You Need to Know
Verdad Gallardo
5 Underrated Mercedes-Benz Models That Don't Get the Love They Deserve
Verdad Gallardo
Mercedes 300D Has Pushed Well Past 1 Million Miles and It Ain't Stopping
Verdad Gallardo
10 Most Reliable Mercedes-Benz Models You Can Buy Used
Verdad Gallardo
MBworld Guru
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 10,782
Likes: 1,011
NO LONGER ACTIVE
I guess the logic in the early R230 clusters was just different from the newer ones, and even other MBZ cars of the same model year. Oh well! One thing that happens on my 2011 SL is that the transmission mode always reverts back to "C" for comfort after a start. All other MBZ's I've owned have retained the last setting (Sport/Summer or Comfort/Winter). Of course this one has the VGs# "sport shift" with manual mode, so maybe that's a factor.
Thread Starter
Member
Joined: Mar 2017
Posts: 154
Likes: 36
From: East Hampton NY
GLC300/GLC300C4
Ed, do you have an owner's manual? If not, you can download a PDF from mbusa.com. Go here:
https://www.mbusa.com/en/owners/manuals
https://www.mbusa.com/en/owners/manuals
MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 1,442
Likes: 260
From: Netherlands
2005 R 230 SL350 (M112 3.7). Sold the 1966 W113 230SL recently
MB has a habit of not explaining al sorts of funnies, built in their cars. I learned about a relation between head light washers action and the windscreen wipers on this forum, for example. Nothing about that in the manual. I’d call that a flaw.
Junior Member
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 38
Likes: 14
From: Dayton, OH
2009 SL550, 2016 E350, 2019 AMG GT rdstr
I guess the logic in the early R230 clusters was just different from the newer ones, and even other MBZ cars of the same model year. Oh well! One thing that happens on my 2011 SL is that the transmission mode always reverts back to "C" for comfort after a start. All other MBZ's I've owned have retained the last setting (Sport/Summer or Comfort/Winter). Of course this one has the VGs# "sport shift" with manual mode, so maybe that's a factor.
MBworld Guru
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 10,782
Likes: 1,011
NO LONGER ACTIVE
Yeah, it could be a year's modification or it could have to do with the TCU or EGS firmware. Mine is a MY2011 with "SL Wheel Package", a.k.a. AMG Sport Package, which (among other things) adds the "M" mode to the transmission and the steering wheel shift paddles. It always reverts to "C" mode when the engine is started. I sued to be a bit annoyed by this, because I always drove my other MBZ's in "Sport" mode and left it there, but the VGS3 shift map is sportier, even in Comfort mode, so I can deal with it.
As for the outside temp vs. digital speed setting, that should be retained - it's been that way "forever" across all models.
As for the outside temp vs. digital speed setting, that should be retained - it's been that way "forever" across all models.
