Fording
depth Off-road level 3 60 cm
Mercedes-AMG vehicles
Further information about off-road fording
(Y page 175). Approach/departure angle
The table shows approach and departure
angles :and ;when the vehicle is loaded and
ready to drive.
For vehicles with steel springs, loaded and ready
to drive means: a full tank, all fluids topped up
and the driver is in the vehicle.
On vehicles with the AIRMATIC package or the
ON&OFFROAD package, loads up to the maxi-
mum permissible load have no influence on
approach and departure angles.
All vehicles (except vehicles with AMG body- styling) : : ;
;
Vehicles without the Off-
Road Engineering pack-
age
Normal level 25° 20°
Raised level 30° 25°
Vehicles with the Off-
Road Engineering pack-
age
Normal level 25° 20°
Off-road level 1 28° 23° : : ;
;
Off-road level 2 30° 25°
Off-road level 3 33° 27°
Mercedes-AMG vehicles
Normal level (in sports
mode with AMG RIDE CON-
TROL) 19° 19°
Raised level 22° 21°
Vehicles with AMG bodystyling
: : ;
;
Vehicles without the Off-
Road Engineering pack-
age
Normal level 22° 20°
Raised level 27° 25°
Vehicles with the Off-
Road Engineering pack-
age
Normal level 22° 20°
Off-road level 1 25° 23°
Off-road level 2 27° 25°
Off-road level 3 29° 27°
For further information about approach/depar-
ture angles, see (Y
page 179). Maximum gradient-climbing capabil-
ity
Note that the vehicle's gradient-climbing capa-
bility depends on the off-road conditions and the road surface conditions.
Vehicles with the ON&OFFROAD package:
the maximum gradient climbing ability is 100 %
when the LOW RANGE off-road gear is selected.
Vehicles without the ON&OFFROAD pack-
age: the maximum gradient climbing ability is
80 %.
Carefully depress the accelerator pedal and
make sure that the wheels do not spin when
driving on steep terrain. Vehicle data for off-road driving
389Technical data Z
