R
donotshif tdo wn age ar man uallyin order to
br ak e.
R avoid overstrai ning theve hicle, e.g.driving at
full thro ttle .
R donotde pres sth eacceler ator pedal past
th epr essur epoint (kickdo wn).
R onlyincr ease theengine speedgraduallyand
accelera tetheve hicle tofull spee daf te r
1, 000 miles(1 ,500 km).
This also app lieswhe nth eengine orpar tsof the
dr ivet ra in have been replaced.
Please alsoobser vethefo llo wing breakin g-in
no tes:
R Incer tain drivin gand drivin gsaf etysy stems,
th esensor sadjus taut omaticall ywhile acer‐
ta in dis tance isbe ing driven afte rth eve hicle
has been delivered orafte rre pair s.Fu llsy s‐
te m effectiv enes sis no tre ac hed untilth e
end ofthis teac h-in proce ss.
R Brak epads, brak edisc sand tires that are
eit her newor have been replaced onlyac h‐
ie ve optimum braking effect and grip afte r
se veralhundr edkilom eter sof driving. Com‐ pensat
efo rth ere duced braking effect by
appl ying grea terfo rc eto thebr ak epedal. No
teson theloc king differe ntial Af
tera br eaking-i nper iod of2000 miles
(3000 km)theoil on theloc king differe ntia l
sho uld be chang edinaqu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop. Thisoilchang epr olon gstheser vice life of
th eloc king differe ntia l. No
teson driving &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
object sin thedr iver's foot we ll
Obj ectsin thedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal travelor bloc kadepr essed pedal.
This jeopardizes theoper ating androad
saf etyof theve hicle. #
Stow allobj ect sin theve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. #
Alw aysins tallth efloor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur e th
at ther eis alw ayssuf ficie ntroom for
th epedals. #
Donotuse loose floor mats anddonot
place floor mats ontopof one another. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
uns uitable foot we ar
Oper ationof thepedals maybe restrict ed
du eto uns uitable foot we arsuc has:
R Shoes withplat form soles
R Shoes withhigh heels
R Slipper s #
When driving alwayswe arsuit able
shoe sin order tobe able tooper ateth e
pedals safely. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whenswi tch‐
ing offth eignition whendriving
If yo uswit choffth eignition whiledriving,
saf etyfun ction sar ere strict ed orno long er
av ailable. Thismayaf fect thepo we rst eer ing Dr
iving andparking 13
9
Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gst andb ymode
Mul timedi asy stem:
, Vehicle .
î Vehicle Set-
ting s.
Standby Mode
% This function isno tav ailable forall model s. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
When youact ivat eth efunc tion,a pr om pt
appear s. #
Select Yes.
St andb ymode isact ivat ed. Dr
iving anddriving safetysy stems Dr
iving systems andyour responsibility Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipped withdr iving systems
whic hassis tyo uin drivin g,par kingand man eu‐
ve ring theve hicle. Thedriving systems areaids
and donotre lie ve youof your responsibili typer‐
ta inin gto road traf fic law. Payatt ention tothe
tr af fic condi tions atalltime sand interve ne
wh en nece ssary.Be awareof thelimit ations
re ga rding thesaf euse ofthese systems. Fu
nction ofthera dar senso rs Some
drivi ng and drivi ng safety systems use
ra dar sensor sto monit orthear ea infront of,
behind ornext to theve hicle (depending onthe
ve hicle's equipment).
Depending ontheve hicle's equipment, thera dar
sensor sar eint egr ated behind thebum pers
and/or behindtheMer cedes star.Ke ep these
par tsfree ofdir t,ice and slush (→pag e362).
The sensor smus tno tbe covered, forex am ple
by cycle rack s, ove rhang ingloads, sticke rs,fo il
or foils toprotect agains tst one chipping .In the
eve ntofdama getothebum persor radiat orgrill,
or follo wing acollis ionimpact ingthebum persor
ra diat orgrill, have thefunc tion ofthera dar sen‐
sor sch eckedat aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
The driver assis tance system mayno long er
wo rkproper ly. Ov
ervie wof driving systems anddriving
saf etysy stems In
this sect ion, youwill find informa tionab ou t
th efo llo wing drivin gsy stems anddriving safety
sy stems:
R 360° Camer a(→ pag e206)
R ABS (Anti-loc kBra king System)
(→ pag e16 6)
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
(→ page 177)
R AMG adaptive spor tsuspen sionsystem
(→ pag e19 5)
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st(→ pag e17 0)
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist(→ pag e220)
R ATTENTION ASSIST(→ pag e21 5)
R BAS(Brak eAssis tSys tem) (→ pag e16 6)
R HillSt artAs sis t
R DRI FTMOD E(→ pag e19 1)
R EBD (Ele ctronic Brakefo rc eDis tribution)
(→ pag e17 0) Dr
iving andparking 16
5
Ad
jus tingthe inst ru men tlighti ng #
Turn brightn esscontrol 1 upordown.
The lightin gof theIns trument Displayand in
th econ trol element sof theve hicle interior is
adjus ted. Menus
andsubmenu s Fu
nctions ontheSer vice menu oftheon-
boar dcom puter On-boar
dcom puter:
, Service #
Toselect thefun ction: swipeupwards or
do wn wardson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Fu nctio nson theServ icemenu:
R Messag ememor y(→ pag e428)
R Tires :
- Chec kingthetir epr essur ewit hth etir e
pr essur emonit oring system
(→ pag e392)
- Restar tin gth etir epr essur emonit oring
sy stem (→pag e393)
R ASSYST PLUS: callsuptheser vice duedate
(→ pag e350)
R Vehicl eswith aWi des cree nCo ckpit :Co ol-
ant: Coola nttemp eratur edispla y
R Engine OilLevel :engine oilleve l Callin
gup theassis tantdisplay On
-bo ardcom puter:
, Assist anc e
The follo wing displa ysareav ailable ontheassis‐
ta nt displ aymenu:
R Assis tant displ ay
R Attentio nleve l(→ pag e21 5) #
Toswitc hbe tw een thedisp lays :swipe
upw ards ordown wardson thelef t-hand
To uc hCon trol. St
atus displa yson theassis tant displ ay:
R 00D7 ATTENTION ASSIST: deactiv ated Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 229
R
Light lanemarkings: ActiveLa ne Keeping
Assis tenabled
R Green lane marking s:Ac tiveLa ne Keeping
Assis tactiv e
R ¸ Gray radar wavesnext to vehicle: Blind
Spo tAssis tor ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi stena‐
bled
R ¸ Green radar wavesne xt to vehicle:
Blind SpotAssis tor ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
act ive
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cdisp lays
( → pag e17 7) Call
ingupdispla yson thePe rfor ma nce
menu On
-bo ardcom puter:
, Performance #
Toselect adispla y:swipe upwards ordown‐
wa rdson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Dis playson thePerform ancemenu:
R Warm-up
R SETUP R
G-me ter
R Engi nedata
R Vehicl eswithout AMGTRACKPACE: RACE‐
TIME R(→ pag e23 1) Ex
am ple: warm-up
1 Digitalspeedom eter
2 Gear displa y
3 Engine oiltemp eratur e 4
Trans miss ionoiltemp eratur e
5 Boos tpr essur e
If th eengine ortransmission isno tat oper ating
te mp eratur e,themultifunc tiondispla ysho ws
te mp eratur e3 or4 inblue. Avoid using the
full engine powe routpu tdur ing this tim e. SE
TUP inMer cedes -AMG GTvehicles (exa mp le)
1 Drive sy stem setting:
Re duced/Moder ate/Spo rt/Dyna mic/Race
2 Susp ensiontuning :
Co mfort/Spor t/Sport+
3 Exhau stsystem:
Balanced/ Powe rful 230
Instru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter
R
Engi neoil/ti retemp eratur e
Based ontheanal ysis yo ucan checkand opti‐
mize driving charact eristic sfo ran yposi tion on
th etra ck.
Expor tingtrac ks orraces (USB ) #
Select Alltrack s.
An ove rview of all stor ed trac ks and races
ap pea rs. #
High light desired trac ks orraces. #
Sele ctÜ Options . #
Sele ctExport .
The select edtrac ks orraces can beexpor ted
to aUS Bstor ag ede vice conn ectedtothe
ve hicle.
Editing trac ks and recor dings #
Select Alltrack s. #
Highligh tth edesir edtrac k. #
Select Ü options . #
Select Rename orDele te.
or #
Select atrac k. #
High light thedesir edrecor ding. #
Sele ctÜ options . #
Sele ctWea ther orDele te. Se
tting Drag Race Mult
imed iasystem:
, Vehicle .
TRACK PACE.
Drag Race
Measur ingacceler ation #
Select Acceleration.
Measur ementbegins whentheve hicle accel‐
er ates. Measur ementisincr ement al,insteps
of 30 mph(50 km/h) uptoamax imum of
18 0mp h(300 km/h) orup tothese tto p
speed.
Measur ementcanbestopped earlyby
selecting Stoporby stopping theve hicle.
Quar ter-mil era ce #
Select Quar terMile.
Ti ming runs unti la mil eha sbe en trav eled or
to these tend distance. Mea
surement canbestopped earlyby
selecting Stoporby stopping theve hicle.
Manual star tfo rac ce lera tio nand quarter-
mil era ce #
Select Accel erat ionorQuar terMile . #
Select Man ualstart .
Thr eeredtraf fic lights appea rone afte rth e
ot her .The react ion timemeas uremen tst ar ts
when they chang eto green atthesame time.
The react ion timeis displa yedas soon asyou
dr ive of f.Ifyo udr ive of fto oear ly,th emes‐
sag eJump start.will appear andaccelera tion
or quartermile measu rement willbe can‐
celed .
Measur ingbraking #
Select Braking . #
Select StartRecord .
Meas urement isincr ement al,insteps of
30 mph(5 0km/h) toast ands till.If th ebr ak‐
ing procedur eis star tede.g. ataspeed of
99 mph(1 60 km/h) ,meas urement star ts as
soon as90 mph(1 50 km/h) hasbeen
re ac hed. Mult
imed iasystem 269
Disp
lays and functi onsinthest atus line
The date,time andcurrent settings aredis‐
pl ay ed. #
Tocall upthema inmenu :in anymen u,
selec t© inthest atus line. #
Toincr ease/decr easevolum e:select -or +
in thest atus line. #
Toswitc hsound off/on: select thespeak er
symbol inthest atus line. #
Toswitc hth edisp layof f:pr ess and hold
© untilth edispla yis deactiv ated.
or #
Swipe down from theto pof theto uc hsc reen
wit hone fing er. #
Toswitc hth edisp layon: swipe from the
ve ry bottom oftheto uc hsc reen upw ardwit h
one fing er.
or #
Swi peleft or right ontheto uc hsc reen using
one fing er.
or #
Tapth eto uc hsc reen twice inrapid succes ‐
sion.
or #
Simult aneousl ypr ess leftand right onthe
to pof theto uc hsc reen. AMG
rear passe nger comp artment Di
spla ying AMG enginedata
Re ar touc hsc reen:
, AMG #
Engine Data should beselect ed.
The current engi neoutpu t,trans mis sion oil
te mp eratur eand thete mp eratur eof the
cool antaresho wnontheto uc hsc reen.
% The AMG menu hastheth re efunc tions
En gine Data, Dynamic DataandVehicle
Data.
Yo ucan chang ebe tween thefunc tionswit h
a swipe tothelef tor right orby pressing on
0047 or0048. Displa
yingAMG dynamicdata
Re ar touc hsc reen:
, AMG #
Dynamic Datashould beselect ed.
The lateral and longitudin alaccelera tionas
we llas thecur rentl ysel ect eddrive pr ogr am
ar esho wn.
Di spl aying AMG vehicl edata
Re ar touc hsc reen:
, AMG #
Select Vehicle Data.
The vehicle leve l,th ecur rentl ysel ect eddrive
pr ogr am and thera tio ofspee dand brak e
fo rc ear esho wn. Ve
hicl ere ar Ad
jus tingthe ambi entlighti ng
Re ar touc hsc reen:
, Vehicle .
Ambien tLightin g #
Toselect anarea intheve hicl e:press an
ar ea.
The selected area, e.g. Front, isdisp laye d. 34
6
Multimedia system
R
freq uent operation inmount ainouste rrain or
on poor road sur faces
R whe nth eengine isoftenleft idling forlong
per iods
R oper ation inpar ticula rly dus tycond ition s
and /orif air -rec ircula tion mod eis freq uen tly
used
In these orsimilar operating conditions ,ha ve the
int erior airfilt er ,engin eair clean er,engin eoil
and oilfilt er etc. chang edmor efreq uent ly.The
tir es mus tbe checkedmor efreq uentl yif th e
ve hicle isoper ated under increased loads. Fur‐
th er information canbeobt ained ataqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop. Batt
erydisconne ctionperiods The
ASSYSTPL US service interva ldisp lay
can onlycalculat eth eser vice dueda te when
th ebat tery isconnect ed. #
Notedown theser vice duedatedispla yedon
th eins trument displaybef orediscon necting
th ebatt ery(→ pag e350). Engine
compartment Opening/closing
thehood &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifth eengine
hood isunlatc hedwhile driving
An unloc kedengin ehood mayopen upwhen
th eve hicle isin mo tion andblockyo ur vie w. #
Neverunla tchth eengine hoodwhile
dr iving. #
Beforeev erytrip, ensur eth at the
engine hoodislatc hed. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
when openingand closingtheengine
hood
When opening orclosing theengine hood,it
ma ysuddenl ydr op intoth eend position .
Ther eis arisk ofinjur yfo ran yone inthe
engine hood's rang eof mo vement. #
Onlyopen orclose theengine hood
when ther ear eno per sons inthe
engine hood's rang eof mo vement. &
WARNIN GDang erofburnswhen open‐
ing thehood
If yo uopen thehood when theengine has
ove rheat edordur ing afire intheengine
com partmen t,yo uco uld come intoco ntact
wit hho tga ses orother escaping operating
fl uids. #
Beforeopen ingthehood, allowthe
engine tocool down. #
Intheeve ntofafire intheengine com‐
par tmen t,ke ep thehood closed and
call thefire ser vice. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomo ving
par ts
Cer tain com pone ntsin theengine compart‐
ment maycon tinue tomo veorsuddenly
mo veagain evenaf te rth eignition hasbeen
switc hedoff,e.g. thecooler fan.
Ma kesur eof thefo llo wing beforeper form ing
ta sk sin theengine compartmen t: #
Swi tchth eignition off. Maint
enanc eand care35
1
#
Push handle 1ofthehood catchupw ards
and liftth ehood byappr oximat ely15 in
(40 cm). #
Toclose: lowe rth ehood andpress itfirm ly
in to theloc kwit hbo th hands. #
Ifth ehood canbelifte dalittle bitmor e,
re peat thepr ocedur euntil iteng ages cor‐
re ctly . En
gine oil Che
cking theengine oilleve lusing theon-
boar dcom puter
Re quirement s
The engin eoil leve lis de term ined during drivin g.
De term inin gth eengine oilleve lcan take up to
30 minut eswit hanor mal driving style and even
long erwit han act ive dr ivin gst yle.
In order torecei veare sult asquickl yas possi‐
ble:
R Warm uptheengine
R Park theve hicle onaleve lsur face
R Lea vetheengine running atidling spe ed
On-bo ardcom puter:
, Service.
Engine OilLeve l
Yo uwill see oneof thefo llo wing mess ages on
th emultifunc tiondispla y:
R Measuring Engine OilLevel.. .:measur ement
of theoil leve lis no tye tpo ssi ble. #
Repeat there qu estaf te ra maximu mof
30 minut esdriving. R
Engine OilLevel OKand thebar displa yfo r
indic atingth eoil leve lon themultifunc tion
displa yis green and isbe tween "min" and
"max": theoil leve lis cor rect.
R Engine OilLeve lAdd 1.0land thebar displa y
fo rindica tingtheoil leve lon themultifunc ‐
tion displa yis orang eand isbelo w"min": #
Add1.1 US qt(1l)engine oil.
R Red uce Engine OilLevel andthebar displa y
fo rindica tingtheoil leve lon themultifunc ‐
tion displa yis orang eand isabo ve"max ": #
Drain offexc ess engine oilthat has been
added. Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop.
R For Engine OilLevel Switch Ignition On: #
Switc hon theignition tocheckth eengine oil
le ve l.
R Engine OilLeve lSyst emInoperat ive:sensor
fa ulty ornotins erted. #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
R Engine OilLevel System Currently Unavail.: Maint
enance andcare353