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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
2
Conte nts
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Reduced pr otection
The AMG sport seat and the AMG Performance
seat are designed forth est andard thre e-point
seat belt. If you ins tall ano ther multipoint seat
belt, e.g. sport or racing seat belts, there stra int
sy stem may not pr ovide the cor rect le vel of pro‐
te ction.
Depending on the type of seat, there may be
openings in the seat backrest. These openings
ha ve no function.
&
WARNING Risk of injury orfata l injury
due tomodified seat belt sy stems
If yo ufe ed seat belts thro ugh the opening in
th e seat backrest, the seat backrest may be
damaged or may even break in theeve nt of
an accident.
#Only use thest andard thre e-point seat
belt.
#Ne ver modify the seat belt sy stem.
Seat belts 11
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K
Kic kdow n................................................... 19
Using ..................................................... 19
L
Limited Warranty
Ve hicle ..................................................... 6
Locking dif fere ntial
see Rear axle locking dif fere ntial
M
Menu (on-board co mputer)
AMG displa ys......................................... 30
Pe rformance .......................................... 30
Mercedes-Benz service center see Qualified specialist workshop
N
Note s on breaking-in a new vehicle ......... 13
O
On-board computer AMG menu ............................................ 30 Pe
rformance menu ................................ 30
Operating fluids
Fu el (gasoline) ....................................... 35
Operating saf ety
Information .............................................. 4
Operator's Manual Vehicle equipment ................................... 4
P
Pe rformance (on-boa rdcompu ter,
Pe rformance menu) .................................. 30
Po we r output (on-board co mputer,
Pe rformance menu) .................................. 30
Prog rams
see DYNA MIC SELECT
Q
Qualified specialist workshop .................... 5
R
RACE START
Ac tivating .............................................. 24
Ac tivation conditions ............................. 24Fu
nction ................................................ 23
RACETIMER (on-board co mputer, Per‐
fo rm ance menu) ........................................ 32
Re ar axle locking dif fere ntial .................. .13
Re ser ve
Fu el ...................................................... .36
Ro of load .................................................... 37
S
Seat Adjusting (per form ance seat) ................ 12
Seat belts Reduced pr otection .............................. .11
Selecting a gear
see Shifting gears
Service center see Qualified specialist workshop
SETUP (on-board computer, Perform‐
ance menu) ................................................ 30
Shifting gears ............................................ 18
Gearshift recommendation .................... 19
Manually ................................................ 18
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