General notes............................................... 4
Operator's Manual .......................................... 4
Operating saf ety............................................ .4
Qualified specialist workshop .........................5
Cor rect use of theve hicle ...............................5
Limited Warranty ............................................ 6
At agl ance .................................................... 8
Cockpit ........................................................... 8
Seat belts .................................................... 11
Re duced pr otection ....................................... 11
Seats........................................................... 12
Ad justing the AMG per form ance seat .......... .12
Drivin g........................................................ .13
No tes on breaking-in a new vehicle .............. 13
No tes on there ar axle locking dif fere ntial .... 13
Operation of the ECO start/ stop function ....1 3
AMG Performance exhaust sy stem ............... 14Ti
ps forth e AMG ceramic high-per form ‐
ance composite brake sy stem ..................... .15
DYNA MIC SELECT switch ...........................16
Fu nction of theDY NA MIC SELECT switch ..... 16
Fu nction of theDY NA MIC SELECT switch ..... 16
Confi guring drive program I .......................... 17
Automatic transmission ............................18
Manual gearshifting ...................................... 18
Gearshift recommendation ........................... 19
Using kickdown ............................................ 19
Glide mode function .................................... .19
Drivin gand drivin gsaf ety sy stems .......... 21
Fu nctions of ESP®(Electronic Stability
Program) ...................................................... .21
Ac tivating/deactivating ESP
®(Electronic
St ability Prog ram) .........................................2 3
RACE START ................................................. 23
AMG adaptive spo rtsuspension sy stem .......2 5
Instrument Display and on-board
computer.................................................... 30
No tes on the instrument display and on-
board computer ............................................ 30
Calling up displa ysinthePe rformance
menu ............................................................ 30
Displaying and starting the RACETIMER
in thePe rformance menu ............................. 32
Fu nction of the Head-up Display .................. .33
Wheels and tires ........................................ 34
Changing a wheel ........................................ .34
Tech nical data ............................................ 35
Operating fluids .. .......................................... 35
Ve hicle data .................................................. 36
Display messages and warning/indi‐
cator lamps ................................................ 39
Display messages ........................................ .39
Wa rning and indicator lamps ........................ .41
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