2019 MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GT 4-DOOR COUPE Owner's Manual

Mer
cede s-AMG GT63 4MA TIC+ andGT63 S
4MA TIC+
The engin eis aut omatic allyswitc hedoffif th e
fo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R youha ve select eddrive pr ogr am A.
R youbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands tillin trans‐
miss ionposit ion005Bor005C.
R ifall vehicle conditions foran automatic
engine stop areme t.
The green 00D6 symbol appearsin themulti‐
func tion displa yand inthedispla ybutt onwhen
th eve hicle isstatio nary.
If no tall theve hicle conditions areme t,th eye l‐
lo w 00D5 symbol appearsin themultifunc tion
displa yand inthedispla ybutt on.
The engine isrestar tedaut omatic allyif:
R youre lease thebr ak epedal intra nsmiss ion
position 005Bwhen theHOLD function isno t
activ e.
R youshif tfr om transm issionposi tion005D.
R youen gage trans missi on positio n005B or005E.
R youdepr esstheacceler ator pedal. R
youper man ently act ivat eman ualgearshif t‐
ing .
R youpull thelef t-hand orright-h andsteer ing
wheel paddle shifter.
R anaut omat iceng inestar tis nec essar y.
If th eengine wasswitc hedoffby theEC Ostar t/
st op funct ionand youlea vetheve hicle, awa rn‐
ing tone sou nds. TheVehicleOpe rationa lSwi tch
the IgnitionOff Befo reExiti ngdispl aymessa ge
also appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.Ifyo u
do notswitc hof fth eignition ,th eignition is
aut omaticall yswitc hedoffaf te rth re eminut es. Deactiv
atingoractiv ating theECO star t/
sto pfunc tion #
Press displ aybutt on1.
The displa ybutt onindicat escur rent status
2 oftheEC Ostar t/ stop funct ion:
R 00D6 OFF(red): deactiv ated
R 00D6 (green): activated
R 00D5 (yello w): inactiv e Dr
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Dep endingonthemodel andtheve hicle
eq uipment, thebutt onmayalso belocat ed
at adif fere nt positio nin thecent ercon sole. ECO
displa yfunction The
ECOdispla ysummar izesyour drivin gch ar‐
act eristic sfrom thest ar tof thejour neyto its
com pletion andassis tsyouin achie vingth e
mos teconomical driving style.
Yo ucan influen ceconsum ption ifyo u:
R drive wit hpar ticular care
R drive th eve hicle indrive pr ogr am A
R obser vethege arshif tre comme ndations The
inner segment lights upand theout erseg‐
ment fills up:
R 1 moderat eacc eler ation
R 2 gentle decel erati on and rolling
R 3 con sistent spe ed
The inne rseg ment does notlight upand the
out ersegment empties:
R 1 spor tyacc eler ation
R 2 hea vybrakin g
R 3 fluct uatio nsinspee d
Yo uha ve driven econ omicall ywhen:
R theth re eout ersegment sar ecom pletely fil‐
led simult aneousl y
R theEC Odispla ylights up
The additional rang eac hieve das are sult ofyour
dr ivin gst yle in com parison toadr iver wit ha
ve ry spor tydriving style is sho wnunder Bonus
fr. Start .The rang edispl ayed does notindicat ea
fi xe dre duction incon sum ption. ECO
Assis tfunct ion All
vehicl es(exc ep tMer cedes- AMGGT63
4MA TIC+ andGT63 S4MA TIC+):
EC OAssis tanalyz esdat afo rth eve hicle's expec‐
te dro ute. This allowsthesy stem tooptimally
adjus tth edr iving style fo rth ero uteahead, save
fuel andrecup erate.
EC OAssi stisavailable inthefo llo wing drive pr o‐
gr ams:
R o (Slipp ery)
R A (Comf ort)
R = (Individ ual):onlywit hdr ive se tting
"R educed" or"Moder ate" (→ pag e14 8)
If th esy stem detects aneve ntahead, e.g .a
spe edlimit oratraf fic cir cle ,it ap pea rson the
multifu nctiondisplay. 14
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Av
ailable routere sults 1
Event ahead
2 Distance totheeve ntahead
3 "Foo tof fth eacceler ator" prom pt A
differ ent number ofsegment s2 will light up
ar ound thesymbol depending onthedis tance to
th eeve ntahead:
R Fewsegm ents:theev ent ahead isnear
R Man ysegment s:theeve ntaheadis fur ther
aw ay
When theve hicle nearsan event ,EC OAssis twill
calculat eth eop timal speed formaximu mfuel
econom yand recup erati ve ener gybased onthe
dis tance, speedand downh ill gr ad ient. "Foo tof f
th eacceler ator" 3 symbol willappear onthe
multifu nctiondisplay.
If th edr iver lifts offth eaccelera torpeda lin
good time, there maini ngsegments onthedis‐
pla ywill turngr een until theeve ntsho wnis
re ac hed. Thedrivet ra in will besetfo rmaximu m
fuel econom y.In the= drive pr og ram wit h
dr ive se tting "Redu ced" or"Mod erate", theve hi‐
cle will coas t,wit hth ecombus tionengine
switc hedoffif neces sary.
If th er eis no response to"Foo tof fth eaccelera ‐
to r" 3 prom pt,th esegment swill remain white. The
eventwillbe sho wnfora shor ttime afte rit
has been passed.
If th eev ent invo lves ave hicle ahead andwhen
th ecoas t-do wn recomme ndation isgiv en, all
seg ments willimme diat ely turngr een once ther e
is are sponse to"Foo tof fth eacceler ator" 3
pr om pt.
If th esy stem does notint erve ne during the
eve ntahead, nothing will bedispla yed. The sys‐
te m ispass ive.
In theA drive pr og ram, onlyth ere sult "Vehi‐
cle ahead "is displa yed.
Sy stem limita tions
EC OAs sis tcan function mor epr ecis elyif th e
ro uteis main tained when routeguidan ceis
act ive. The basic function isalso available with‐
out active ro uteguidan ce.Notall informat ion
and traf fic situ ations canbefore seen. Thequal‐
ity depen dson themap data.
EC OAssis tis onl yan aid. Thedriver isresponsi‐
ble forke eping asaf edis tance totheve hicle in
fr ont, forve hicle speed andforbr aking ingood
time. Thedriver mus tbe ready tobrak eat all Dr
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esirre spectiv eof whe ther thesy stem inter‐
ve nes.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofthero ad, high lyvariable
shade condition s,or due torain, sno w,fogor
hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions.
R Ifth er eis dir ton thewindshield inthevicin‐
ity ofthemultifunc tioncamer aor thecamer a
is fogg ed up, damag edorobscur ed.
R Ifth etra ffic sign sar ehar dto detect, e.g. due
to dir tor sno wor insuf ficie ntlighti ng,or
beca useth ey areco vered.
R Ifth einf ormation onthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or outof date.
R Ifth esigns areambiguous, e.g.traf fic sig ns
on cons tructi onsites orinad jacent lanes. Di
spla yingEC OAs sis t On-bo
ardcom puter:
, Assistance #
Select ECO Assist. AM
GPe rfor ma nce exhaus tsy stem Fu
nction oftheAMG Perfor ma nce exhaus t
sy stem
Chang ingtheposition oftheex haus tga sflaps
allo wsyouto select thesound charact eristic sof
th eAMG Perfor mance exhaus tsy stem:
R Closed exhaus tga sflaps: comfort ch aract er‐
is tic (balan ced)
R Open exhaus tga sflaps: sportycharact eristic
(po werful) Ope
ratin gthe AMGPe rfor ma nce exhaus t
sy stem #
Press displa ybutt on1.
The displa ybutt onindic ates thecur rently
sel ect edsou ndcharact eristic 2:
R Buttonsy mbo l(b lue) :ba lanced
R Butt onsymbo l(r ed ):po we rful 14
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DY
NA MIC SELECT switch Fu
nction oftheDY NA MIC SELECT switch Use
theDY NA MIC SELE CTswitc hto chang e
be tween thefo llo wing drive pr ogr ams:
R o (Slipp ery): optim ized pulling away and
dr ivin gch aract eristic sin wint ryand slippe ry
ro ad con dition s
R = (Individual): ind ividual setting s
R A (Comf ort): com fortable andeconomi‐
cal drivin gst yle
R C (Spor t):spor tydrivin gst yle
R B (Spor tPlus): particular lyspor tydrivin g
st yle
R I (RACE): drivin glik eon ara ce trac k
% The drive pr ogr am I (RACE)is available
on lyforth eMer cedes‑ AMGGT63S4MA TIC
+ mode lor forve hicles withAMG DYNA MIC
PL US pac kage .
The I (RACE) drive pr ogr am mayno tbe
used onnor mal roads. I (RACE) mus ton ly be
activ ated and used ondedicat edrace cir‐
cui ts, noton public roads.
Mer cedes-AM Grecomme ndsselecting thedr ive
pr ogr am A when incity traffic or stop-and-go
tr af fic.
Depe nding onthedr ive pr og ram sele cted, the
fo llo wing vehicle charact eristic swill chang e:
R Drive
- Engin eand trans miss ionman agemen t
- ActiveDis tan ceAssi stDIS TRONI C
R AMG Dynamics
- The four agilit yfun ction sBas ic,
Ad vanced ,Pr oand Master areaut omati‐
cally select eddepending onthedr ive pr o‐
gr am.
- The steer ing, shifttimin gpoint ,all-wheel
dr ive and stabiliz ationfun ction sar eadap‐
te dto theselect eddrive pr og ram.
- When ESP®
is activ ated, agility function
Pr ois sele cted indrive pr ogr am I
RA CE. The Masterfunction isau tomati‐
cally selected when ESPisdea ctivated.
R Position oftheex haus tga sflaps R
Sus pen sion
R Steer ing
R Availabilit yof theEC Ostar t/ stop funct ion
R Availabilit yof glide mode
R The I(RA CE)drive pr og ram has thefo l‐
lo wing proper ties:
- Manual gearshif tingis act ivat ed aut omat ‐
icall y.
- The vehicle exhibits driving charact eris‐
tic ssuit edforra ce circui ts.
- Allvehicle systems aredesigned formaxi‐
mum sportiness.
- The chassis hasapar ticular lytig ht sus‐
pe nsi on and damp ing system.
- Glide mode isno tav ailable.
- ECOstar t/ stop funct ionisno tav ailable.
- The spor tysoun dch aract eristic ofthe
ex haus tsy stem isactiv ated.
% Youcan callupvehicle charact eristic svia
th ePe rfor mance menuintheon- boar dcom‐
put er Dr
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Yo
ucan callupvehicle charact eristic svia
th ePe rfor mance menuintheon- boar dcom‐
put er(→ pag e230).
% Youcan also chang eth efo llo wing vehicle
ch aract eristic susin gth ebutt ons inthecen‐
te rconsole:
R Position oftheex haus tga sflaps
R ECOstar t/ stop funct ion
R Suspension
R Manual gearshif ting Select
ingthedr ive pr og ram #
Press DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h1 forw ards
or bac kwards.
The selec teddr ive pr ogr am appear sin dis‐
pla y2 and inthemultifunc tiondispla yin
th eins trument cluster. Conf
iguringdrive pr og ram I Mu
ltimed iasystem:
, Vehicle .
e DYNA MIC
SE LECT .
Individual #
Select theindividual setting. Switc
hingtheoper ation feedba ckfordr ive
pr og ram on/o ff Multimedia
system:
, Vehicle .
e DYNA MICSELECT #
Switc hNotif ication forUser on0073 oroff0053.
When this func tion isact ive, acor responding
messag eis sho wninthemedia displaywhen
a dr ive pr og ram issele cted withth e
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h. Displa
yingvehicl edata Mul
timedi asy stem:
, Vehicle .
e DYNA MICSELECT 14
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Disp
laying engin eda ta Mult
imediasystem:
, Vehicle .
e DYNA MICSELECT #
Select Engine Data.
% The values forengine outputand engine tor‐
qu ema yde viat efrom thenomin alvalues.
It ems that can influen cethis are, forex am‐
ple:
R Sea leve l
R Fuelgrade
R Outside temp eratur e Au
tomatic trans mis sion E-S
ELEC Tse lect or leve r Fu
nction oftheE-SELECT selectorleve r &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enleftunat tende din the
ve hicle
If ch ildr enarelef tunat tende din theve hicle,
th ey cou ld:
R ope ndoo rs,th er eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R getou tof theve hicle andbehit by
oncom ingtraf fic.
R ope rate vehicle equipment andbecome
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,ch ildr encould alsosetth eve hi‐
cle inmo tion, forex am ple, by:
R releasing thepar king brak e.
R shif ting theaut omatic transmiss ionout of
par kposition 005D.
R star tin gth eengine #
Neverlea vechildr enand animals unat‐
te nde din theve hicle. #
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. #
Keep theSmar tKey out ofthere ac hof
ch ildr en. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto inc or‐
re ct gearshif ting
If th eengine speedishigher than theidle
speed andyouen gage thetransmission posi‐
tion 005Bor005E, theve hicle mayacceler ate
shar ply. #
Ifyo uen gage thetransmission position
005B or005E alwaysdepr essthebr ak e
pedal firm lyand donotacc eler ateat
th esame time. Use
theE- SE LECT select orleve rto chang eth e
tr ans missi on positio n.The current trans mis sion
po sitio nis displ ayed inthemultifunc tiondispla y. Dr
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005D
Park position
005E Reversege ar
005C Neut ral
005B Drive po sitio n
En gaging reve rsege ar R #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpush theE-
SE LECT select orleve rupw ards pas tth efirs t
point ofresis tance.
The trans mis sion positio ndispl aysho ws005E
in themultifunc tiondispla y. Eng
aging neutralN #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpush theE-
SE LECT select orleve rup ordown tothefirs t
point ofresis tance.
The trans mis sion positio ndispl aysho ws005C
in themultifunc tiondispla y.
Sub sequently releasing thebr ak epedal will
allo wyo uto mo vetheve hicle freel y,e.g. topush
it or tow itaw ay.
If yo uwa nttheaut oma tictransm ission to
re main inne utr al005C 005C
even ifth eignit ionis
switc hedoff: #
Startth eve hicle. #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andengageneutral
005C. #
Release thebr ak epedal. #
Switc hof fth eignition .
% Ifyo uth en exitth eve hicle leaving the
Smar tKey intheve hicle, theaut omatic trans‐
mission remains inneutr al005C. Eng
aging parkpositio nP #
Obser vetheno teson par king theve hicle
(→ pag e15 6). #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal untiltheve hicle is
st atio nary. #
When theve hicle isstatio nary,press butt on
005D.
Pa rk position isonl yeng aged when thetrans‐
mission position display005D issho wninthe
multifu nctiondisplay. Ifno transmissi onposi‐
tion displ ay005D appear s,sec ureth eve hicle
to preve ntitfrom rolling away.
Pa rk position 005Diseng aged aut omatic allyif one
of thefo llo wing condition sis me t:
R youswit choffth eignition whentheve hicle
is statio naryand thetransmission isin posi‐
tion 005Bor005E.
R youopen thedr iver's door when theve hicle
is statio naryor when drivin gat ave ry low
speed andthetra nsmiss ionisin position 005B
or 005E. 15
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