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Aut omatic transmission
Drive program Cha st he following charac-
te rist ics:
! Comfo rtab leengi neand suspensi on
tuning.
! Theve hicle pulls away mo regently in
fo rward and reverse gears, ex cept
whe ndrivi ng atfullthrottle.
! Fuelme teri ngflexibility isincr ease d.
Th ispr ovides th eve hicl ewith improved
dr ivin gsta bility on slippery road surf ac-
es ,fo rex ample.
! Theau tom atic tr ansmission shifts up
so one r.Th is mean sthat the vehicle
dr ives at lowe r en gine speeds an d the
wh eels are less likely to spi n.
Drive program Sha s the following charac-
te rist ics:
! Sporty engi neand suspe nsiont uning.
! Theve hicle pulls away in first gear.
! Theau tom atic tr ansmission shifts up
la te r. Manu
aldrive prog ram
! Warm upthee ngine quickly. Do not make
use of the engine’ sfull outpu tuntil its normal op-
erating temp erature has been reac hed.
On lysh ift th eau toma tic tr ansm ission toRwhen
th e ve hicle is statio nary.
Wh ere possi ble, avoid allowin ga drive wheelto
spin when pulling away ona slipp ery sur face.
You can cha ngege ars yourse lfwith the
st eering whe elge arshi ftbuttons or the
st eering wh eel ge arsh ift paddles* the
man ualdrive prog ramM. Th eengine,
tr an sm issi onand suspen sion tuning is
then dynami c,as for drive program S.
Wh en the autom atic tr ansmission isin po-
si tion D,yo uca nsh ift up ordown thro ugh
th egear susing the stee ring wh eelgear-
shift bu ttons or thestee ring wh eelgea r-
shift padd les* (
=page 264). The gear
cu rrently selec ted and engaged is sh ownin
the multi-func tion display.
Ac tivating
6 Press program sele ctor button 1re-
pe atedly until th eletter Mfor manual
dr ive pr ogram M appea rsin the multi-
fu nc tio ndisplay. Upshifting
6 Pressthe button on the ri ght-hand side
of thest ee ring wh eel.
or
6 Pullon the right-hand paddle*.
Th eau tom atic tr ansm issi onshif tsup to
the ne xtgear.
Downshi fting
6 Pressthe butt onon the le ft-h an d side
of thest ee ring wh eel.
or
6 Pullon the le ft-h an d paddle*.
Th eau tom atic tran sm ission shi fts
down to the ne xtgear.
i Ifyo u brake thevehicle or come toaha lt
wi tho utshifti ng dow n,theau toma tic tran sm is-
sion shift sdown tothe gear that will allow the
ve hicle toaccelerat eor pull away again. G
Risk of accid ent Do
notch an ge dow nfor addition alengi ne
br akin gon a slip pe ry ro ad surface .Th iscould
ca use the drive wheels to lo setheir grip and
th ev ehic le co uld ski d. 216_
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Au tomati ctra nsmi ssion
Kickdown
You can also use kick down for maximum
ac ce ler ation in ma nualdrivep rogram M.
! AMGve hicles :ki ck down is not pos sible in
th e manual gearshift progra m.
6 Depress th eac ce lerator pedal beyond
the pressure point.
The tran smissi onshiftst oalo we rgear
depending on the engine spee d.
6 Once the desired sp eedh asbeen
re ac hed, shift up again.
i Ifyo uapply fullth rot tle, the automa tictran s-
mi ssion shifts up tothe nextgear at maximum
engine speed. Th isprevent sth e engine from
overre vving.
! AMGve hicles :In them anual gearshift pro-
gram ,the aut oma tictransmis sion does not shift
up on its own eve natthe ma ximum perm issible
speed forth e respec tive gear. Whenthe engine
speed limi tis reac hed,thef uel supply is int er-
rupted toavoid overrevv ingtheengine. Makeab-
solu tely ce rtain that the engine speed does not
cl imb tothe red area in therevcount er.If thi s oc-
curs, the engine could be damaged. Dea
ctivat ing
6 Press prog ram selec torbutton 1re-
pe atedly until th elett erSor Cappea rs
in the multi-func tio ndisplay.
or
6 Resta rttheengine. 216_
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Instrum entclust er
Th eco olan t tem peratu regauge is inthe in-
strum entcl us ter on the le ft-h an d side.
Th eco olan t te mperatur emay riseto
12 0° C und ernormal operati ngconditions
an difth eco nc entr ation of antifr ee ze /
co rros ion inh ibitor is correct.
Th ered band inthe re vco unt erind icat es
the engi ne’s ove rrev ving rang e.Th e speed
is restr icte dto prote cttheengine when
the red band is rea ched.
! Donot dri veintheov errev ving range. Doing
so will dam ageth e engine. Th
eou tside temper ature disp lay is lo cated
in the lower left-h an dco rner of the instru-
me ntclus ter. There isashort del aybefore
a ch an ge inthe outsid etem per atur e is dis-
played.
Th e fuel gaug eisinth einst ru me ntclus ter
on th eleft-h an d side. Theye llow res erve
fu el segment displ aylights upif th efuel
level drops into the reserve range. Coolant temperat
ure ga uge Rev counter Outside tem
perature dis play G
Risk of accident When
thetem perature display ed isjust
ab ovefreezin gpo int, the roa dsu rface may
be icy, espe cially in wooded areas or on
br idge s.The vehicle cou ldskid if you fail
to ad apty ourd rivi ng styl e. You should
therefo realwa ysada ptyou r driving style
and spe edto suit the weather condi tions. Fuel ga
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On-board computer
6 Press #again if yo uwi sh tochan ge
th ecu rrent stat us.
Sw itchin gon ther ever sing came ra*au- tom
atical ly
i The view from thereversing camera is
sh ow nin theCOMA ND display.
6 Press (or& to sele ctthe
"A ssis tanc e" menu.
6 Press %or$ to sele ctthe
"Rea r-vie wca mera" func tion.
6 Press #. 6
Press #againif yo uwi sh tochan ge
th ecu rre ntstat us.
You swi tchbe tween:
! "Automat icin R gear" : thereversing
came rasw itch es on automa tically
wh en rever segea ris eng aged.
! "Off":th e re versingca mera does
not switch on.
In the"Ser vice" menu, youcan:
! callup messag es
! check* or monitor the tyr epressure
! callup ASS YST PLUS
! check theengine oi l level Calling
upmes sages
i Youw ill find a menuoverview on
(= page 275).
Yo uca ncall up malfun ctions wh ich ha ve
oc curred. The display shown depe nds on
wh ether amalfu nc tion hasoc curre dor
not. 6
Press (or& toselect the
"Se rvice" menu.
If ma lfun ctions have oc curred,the follo w-
ing entry, for ex ample,wil lappear inthe
disp lay: "2 me ssag es".
6 Press %or$ toselect the entry.
6 Press #to conf irm.
Yo u can scrol lthroug hthe messag es with
% or$ .Th epossible malfun ctions
ar e des cribed in the "Pra ctical advic e" sec-
tion ( =page 405).
i Ifyo utu rn thek eytoposition 0in the igni-
ti on loc kand then back to position 2,al lth e mes-
sages are del eted from themalfu nction me mory.
P54.32-3379-31 Service
menu G
Risk of acc ident The on-
boardc om puter only records and
di sp lay sma lfun ctions andwarn ings from
certain syst ems. For thisreason, yous hould
al wa ysma kesure th atyou rveh icle is safe to
use. Youco uldot herw ise ca us e an accident
by dr ivin g an uns afe ve hicle. 216_R
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On-board computer Checkin
gthe ty repres sures
Yo u wil lfi nd info rm ation about the tyre
pres sure monitor in th e"Ch ecking the tyre
pressur e electronically* "se ction
( = page 384).
Rest artin gthe tyre pres su re loss warn- ing syst
em
Yo uwi llfind info rm ation in the "Tyre pres-
su re loss warning syste m"section
( = page 383). Callin
gupASSYST PLUS
Yo uwi llfind info rmati on on ASSYST PLUS
in the"Ser vice"se ction(
=page 393). Checkin
gthe engine oil level
Yo uwi llfind information abo utche cking
the engine oi l levelu sing the on-board
co mpute rin the "Eng ine oil" se ction
( = page 377).
i Youw ill find a menu over view on
(= page 275 ).
In the "Settings" menu, youc an:
! switcht he dayti medriving lights on or
off !
switch the Intel ligent Light System on
or off
! set the li mit speed forw inter tyres
! activate or de activ atet he additional
speedo meter
! activate or deactiva tethe radar sens or
syste m*
Switc hing the daytime driving lights on or off
If
yo uha ve set"Daytime driving lamp s"and
the light sw itch isat 0,the follo wing light
up automatically while the engin eis ru n-
ning:
! Side lamps and dipp ed-be am head-
la mps
! Lice nc e plate lighting
6 Press ( or& to select the
"S ettin gs"menu.
6 Press % or$ to select
"Daytime driving lights" .
6 Press # .
6 Press # againif yo uw ishtocha nge
the current statu s. Th
eda ytime dri vinglights aresw itched
on or off accord ing to th eirp revious
sta te.
i If you turn the lig htswit ch to another posi-
ti on apart from 0,th e appropriate ligh tswi tches
on.
i Make su retha tthe ligh tsw itch is at B or
* when you switch off thed aytime driving
ligh tsin darknes swhile theve hicle is in motion.
Switc hing the Intelligent Light Sy stem on or off
Yo
uca nuse the "Intelligent Light System"
to set whether motorw ay mo de, theAc tive
Ligh t Syste m,corne ring light or the ex-
tende drange fogl ampsareactivated.
6 Press ( or& to sele ctthe
"Settings" menu.
6 Use % or$ tosele ct the
"Intellig entLigh t System".
6 Press # .
6 Press # again if you wis hto cha nge
the current statu s.
The Intel ligent Light Syst em is activ at-
ed ordeac tiva teddepe ndingon its pr e-
viou s sta te. Settings
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On-board computer Setting per
manent Speedtr onic
Fo rho w to set Spe edtroni c,please ref erto
th e" Drivin gsyste ms"se ction
( = pa ge 311).
Hiding or show ing the ad ditional speed- ome
ter
Yo uca nsh ow anaddit ional di gital speed-
om eter inthem ulti-f un ction disp lay. The
sp eed isdispl ayed inmiles per hour. Vehi-
cle swith a milesspeedom eter: the addi-
tiona l spee dome ter indicates km /h.
6 Press (or& to sele ctthe
"Sett ings" menu.
6 Press %or$ to sele ct
"A ux. speedo meter" .
6 Press #.
6 Press #again if yo uwi sh tochan ge
th ecu rrent stat us.
Th ead dition alspeedom eter isac tiv at-
ed or deactivated acco rding to its pre-
viou s stat e. Ac
tivating anddeactivating the radar se
nsor syst em*
If yo ur vehi cle is equip pedwith a 24GHz
radar sensor system, youca n deactivate or
ac tiva te it.
! Youm ustdeac tivatethe24 GHz rada rs en-
sor sys temi nce rtain coun tries and nearto radio
ast ronomical inst allations (
=page 528) .
6 Press (or& tosele ct the "Set-
ting s"menu.
6 Press %or$ tosele ct"Radar
sensor" .
6 Press #.
6 Press #againif yo uwi sh tochan ge
th ecu rre ntstat us.
If yo u deac tiva te the radar se nsorsystem,
the following systems ared eactivated:
! Distr onic Plus*
! BAS Pl us*
! Park As sist*
! Parkin gGu ida nce*
! Dista nce warning*
! PRE-SAFE ®
Brake*
i The set tings are re tained eve naf te ryo u re-
st art the engine. i
OnlyAMG vehicl eshave this funct ion.
The first disp layintheAM Gme nushows:
! the ge arsele cted
! the engine oil te mperatu re
! theve hicle elec tric al syst emvoltage
6 Use ( or& to sele ctthe "AMG"
menu.
1 Gear indi ca tor
2 Upshift instruc tion
3 Engin eoil te mp erature
4 Vehi cle electri calsystem vol tage
Wh enthe engi nereac hesthe overspe ed
ra ng ein the man ual shift pr ogram, youc an
see the upshift in str uction "up" next to
gear indic ator 1 . AMG
menu*
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Driving systems
Cr uise co ntrol displa yin the multi-f
unction display
Wh en yo u haveact ivat ed cruise con trol:
! the store dspee dis disp layed for5 se c-
ond sin the multi-fu nc tio ndispl ay
! the stor ed speed is displayed by a tri-
an gle in the speedo meter. Thespeed-
omete rran ge lights up between th eset
sp ee dand themaximum spee d. Selecti
ngast or ed speed
6 Pullthe cruise control le verbr iefly in
the dire ction of arrow 4. 6
Remov e yourfoot from the acce lerator
pedal.
Cr uise co ntro lad justs theve hicle’s
speed to the last speedst or ed. Setting
thespeed
6 Push the cruise contro l le verup 1 for
ah ighe rspee d or down 2foral ower
speed.
6 Pres sa nd holdthe crui secontr ollever
unt ilthe desired speed is set.
6 Release thecr uise contro llev er.
i Donotdeacti vate cr uise contr olifyo ua ccel-
erate. Assoon as you release theaccelerator
pedal, cruise control adj usts the vehicle’s speed
to thelast speed stored. Adj
ustment in1km /hincreme nts
6 Press the cruise contro lle ve rbriefly up
or down in th edirec tion of arrow 1
or 2 .
The mostrece ntly stor ed spee din-
cr ea sesor decreases. Adj
ustm entin 10 km /hincr ements
6 Push the cru ise control leve rbe yond
the de tent up 1 fora hi gher speed or
down 2for a lowe rspeed. Deactivati
ngcruise cont rol
Th erear ean um bero fwa ysofdea ctivat ing
cruise contro l:
6 Pullthe cruise control le ver brief lyto-
wards 3.
or
6 Apply th ebrake s.
or 6 Push the cruise co ntro lle ve rin thedi-
re ction of arrow 5.
Th eLIM indi cator lamp inthecr uise
co ntrol le veris lit.
Th elast speed st ored re mains st ored
until yo usw itch off th eengine. G
Risk of acc ident On
ly select astoredsp ee dif you know what
th at sp eedis and whe ther itis sui tablef or
the current situatio n.Otherwis e,sudde nac-
cel eratio n or br aking could enda nger yo uor
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Driving sys tems Crui
secontro lle ver
Th ecr uise control lev er is used toopera te
Distr onicPlus and variabl eSpeedtroni c.
Th e LIM indi cator la mpon the cruis econ-
tr ol leve r in dica teswh ich syste myouc an
select:
! LIM indi cator lamp off:
Distr onicPlus
! LIM indi cator lamp lit:
Va riabl eSp eedtron ic The cr
uise contr ollev eristhe upperm ost
le ve ron theleft ofthe st eering wheel.
1 Tostore the current speed orahigh er
sp eed
2 Tostore the current speed oralo we r
sp eed
3 Toswitch off Distro nicP lus
4 Toactiv ateD istron icPlus orto call up
th el astspeed stored
5 Toswitc hbetween Distronic Plus and
Spee dtronic
6 LIM indic ator la mp
7 Toset the spe cified minim um dista nce Di
stroni cPl us is notavaila bl e:
! when th eengine isnot running
! for up to two minutes after th eengine
is st arted
! if you depress th ebrakes wh iletheve-
hicle isin mo tion
! if yo urvehicle is secu redwi th the elec-
tri cpark ing br ake
! when th eautom atic tr ansm ission is in
pos itio n P, Ror N
! when you de activa te ESP ®
! when the bo nnet isop en
! when the driver ’sdo or isop en an dthe
dr iver has not faste nedhis/ herseat
belt G
Risk of accide nt Di
stro nic Plus br akes yo urvehicle, depend-
in go nits spe ed, at a maximu mof 4m /s2
.
Th isco rres ponds to approx im ately 40% of
yo ur vehicle’ sm axim um brak ing power. You
mu st also apply th ebrake syo urself ifthis
br ak ing power is notsuff icient toavoi da
co llis ion. P5
4.25-5016- 31 G
Risk of acc ident Th
e ve hicle ma ybe br aked when Distro nic
Plus is ac tivated.Fo r this reas on,deactivate
Distronic Plus ifth e ve hicle is to besetin
mo tion by othe rme ans (e.g .byto wing). 216_R
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