2019 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS CABRIOLET warning

Symbols
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agl ance ....................................................4
Coc kpit ....... ..................... ..................... ..........4 Gene
ralno tes... ............................................ 7
Oper ator's Manual ........................... ............... 7
Oper ating safety.............................................7
Qua lified speci alistwo rkshop .........................8
Cor rect useof theve hicle ...............................9
Limit edWarrant y............................................ 9 Seat
belts.................................................... 10
Re duced protect ion ...... ................................ 10 Seats
............................................................ 11
Ad jus ting theAMG Perfor mance seat........... 11 Dr
ivin gand parking .................................... 12
Dr iving ............ ........................ ............ .......... 12
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... ........................... 14 Au
tomatic transmiss ion.................... ............ 16
Dr iving and drivi ng safety systems ................1 8
Fu nctio nof theAMG DRIVE UNIT................. 24 Ins
trum ent Disp layand on-b oard
com puter............ ......................... ...............25
No teson theIns trument Displayand on-
boar dcom puter.............................. .............. 25
Calling updispla yson thePe rfor mance
menu ................................................ ............ 25
Displa yingandstar tin gRA CET IMERin
th ePe rfor mance menu................................. 27
Fu nctio nof theHead-up Display... ................2 8 Multimedia
system .................................... 30
AMG TRACKPACE ........................................ 30 Br
eak down assistance .............................. 35
Flat tire.........................................................3 5 Wheel
sand tires ...... .................................. 36
Ov ervie wof thetir e-c hang eto ol kit .............. 36
Changing awheel ......................................... 36 Co
verof jac ksupp ortpoints ........................ 37 Te
ch nical data............................................ 38
Oper ating fluids ............................................ 38
Ve hicle data... ............................................... 39 Displa
ymessag esand warning/indi‐
cat orlam ps................................................ 42
Displa ymessag es.........................................4 2
Wa rning and indic ator lam ps........................ 43 Inde
x........................................................... 44 2
Contents

Sel
ect ESP ®
SPOR Twh en theve hicle's own
ov ersteer ing and under steer ing charact eristic s
ar edesir ed,e.gondesig natedroads.
Dr ivin gwit hES P®
SPO RTorwit hESP ®
deactiv a‐
te dre qu ires an extreme lyqu alif ied and exper i‐
enc eddriver .
Mer cedes- AMGC63 and C63 S:when ESP®
SPOR Tis activ ated, the00BB ESP®
OFF warning
lam pand theESP SPOR Tmessag elight upcon ‐
tinuousl yin theins trument cluster.
Mer cede s-AMG C43 4MA TIC:when ESP®
SPOR Tis activ ated, theESP SPOR Tmessag e
lights upcon tinuousl yin theins trument cluster.
If ESP ®
SPOR Tis activ ated and one ormor e
wheel sst ar tto spin, the00E5 ESP®
wa rning
lam pon theins trument clusterflashes .ES P®
th en onlyst abiliz estheve hicle toalimit ed
deg ree.
ES P®
SPOR Talso hasthefo llo wing charact eris‐
tic s:
R ESP®
on lyim prove sdr iving stabilit yto alimi‐
te ddegr ee. R
ETS/4 ETStraction control isstill act ive.
R The engin e'storq ue ison lyrestrict ed toa
limit eddegr eeand thedr ive wheels canspin.
The spinn ingofthewheels results inacut‐
ting action forbe tter traction onloose surfa‐
ces.
R ESP ®
continu estoprov ide assis tance when
th ebr ak es arefirm lyapplied .
R Cross wind Assis tis no longeractiv e.
Char acteristics whenESP ®
is deactiv ated 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
dea ctivated
If yo udeac tivateES P®
,ES P®
can notcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation. 0007
ESP®
shoul don lybe deactiv ated inthe
fo llo wing situat ions. When
ESP®
is deact ivat ed, the00BB ESP®
OFF
wa rning lam pand theESP OFF messag elight up
con tinuousl yin theins trument cluster.
R Driving stabilit ywill nolongerbe improve d. R
The drive wheels couldspin.
R ETS/4 ETStra ction control isstill act ive.
R Crosswin dAss istis no long eract ive.
0009 Even when ESP®
is deact ivat ed, youar est ill
assis tedby ESP ®
wh en braki ng hard.
It ma ybe bes tto act ivat eES P®
SPO RTordeacti‐
va te ESP ®
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R When usingsnowch ains .
R Indeep snow .
R Onsand orgrave l.
0009 Spin ningth ewheels results inacutting
action, whichenhances traction.
0009 ActivateESP ®
as soo nas thesituation s
descr ibedaboveno long er apply .ESP ®
wi ll
ot her wise notbe able tostabiliz eth eve hicle
if th eve hicle star ts to skid orawheel star ts
to spin.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lam plight sup con tinu‐
ousl yeve nwh en ESP ®
is acti vated, ES P®
is no t
av ailable duetoamalf unction. Dr
ivin gand parking 19

Obser
veanyinf ormat ionwhic hma ybe displa yed
in theins trument cluster:
R Warning and indic ator lam ps
R Disp lay mess ages
ET S/4ET S(Electr onicTractio nSy stem)
ET S/ 4ETS tracti oncontr olispa rtof ESP ®
.
ET S/4 ETScan improve theve hicle's traction by
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R The drive wheels arebr ak ed individually if
th ey spin.
R Mor edr ive to rq ue istrans ferred tothewheel
or wheels withtra ction. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gES P®
(E lectr onicSta‐
bil ity Prog ram) 0007
Toactiv ateESP ®
SPORT :br ief lypress but‐
to n1.
Mer cedes -AMG C63 and C63 S:the00BB
ES P®
OFF warning lam pand theESP SPOR T
messag eappear intheins trument cluster. Mer
cede s-AMG C43 4MA TIC:the
ESP SPOR Tmess ageappear sin theins tru‐
ment cluster. 0007
Todeac tivateES P®
SPO RT:br iefly pr ess
but ton1.
Mer cedes -AMG C63 and C63 S:the00BB
ES P®
OFF warning lam pand theESP SPOR T
messag ego out intheins trument cluster.
Mer cede s-AMG C43 4MA TIC:the
ESP SPOR Tmess agegoes outintheins tru‐
ment cluster. 0007
Todeac tivateES P®
:pr ess and holdbu tton
1 unti lth e00BB ESP®
OFF warning lam p
and theESP OFF messag eappear inthe
ins trumen tclus ter. 0007
Toactiv ateESP ®
:br ief lypress butt on1.
The 00BB ESP®
OFF warning lam pand the
ESP OFF mess agego out intheins trument
clus ter.
Obser vetheinf ormation onwarning lam psand
displa ymess ages whic hma ybe sho wninthe
ins trumen tclus ter. 20
Driving andparking

No
teson theIns trum ent Displa yand on-
boar dcom puter
Ad dition alno tesre ga rding your Mer cedes-AM G
ve hicle:
R Vehicl eswith anIns trument Display
(s tandar d):ifyo uact ivat eman ualgearshif t‐
ing ,(0013 page16 )th eupshif tbar will
appear onthemultifunc tionortheHead-up
Displa y.
R Warning and indicat orlam ps:theve hicle is
also equipped withESP ®
OFF 00BB and
ESP SPOR Twa rning lam ps
(0013 page43).
R Youcan selectthefo llo wing displa ycon tent
in vehicles withWi descr eenCockpit:
- Tach ome ter(cla ssic display se tting)
- Date(pr ogr essiv edisp lay se tting)
- Gea rdisp lay
- Warm-up
- AMG TRAC KPA CE
- G-M eter
- Engine data -
Trip com puter
- Navig ation Call
ingupdispla yson thePe rfor ma nce
menu
On -bo ardcom puter:
0018 Performance 0007
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(0013 page27 ) Ex
am ple: wa rm-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 Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 25

0007
Tostar ta ne wlap: afte rth efirs tst or ed lap,
pr ess thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. 0007
Select New Lap.
A max imum of32 laps maybe stor ed. Ex
am ple: RACETIMER
1 Lap
2 Elapsed time
3 Averag espeed
4 Distance covered 0007
Todispl aythelap statis tics:af te rat lea st
tw ostor ed laps, press thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol. 0007
Select Lap List.
The lapstatis ticswill bedispla yed. 0007
Displa yth est atis ticsof thene xt lap byswip‐
ing upordown onthelef t-hand Touc hCon ‐
tr ol.
The fastes tlap isindicat edbyflashin gsym‐
bol 1. 0007
Torese t:stop RACETIMER andpress the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. 0007
Select Reset andpress thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol.
All laps willbedele ted. Fu
nction oftheHead -upDispla y
The Head- upDis playpr oje ctsint oth edr iver's
fi eld ofvision:
R Information from thena vig ation system
R Information from thedr iver assis tance sys‐
te ms
R Some warning mess ages Mer
cedes- AMGdisplaycont ent 1
Current engi nespe ed
2 Current speed
3 Currentl ysel ect edgear,ge arshif top tio ns
wit hman ualshif ting
4 Detected instructi ons and traf fic sig ns
Depe nding ontheve hicle's equipment, youcan
sele ctfur ther AMG displa ysinaddition tothe
st andar ddispla yson theDisplay Contentmenu.
If yo usele ctRA CET IMER,theHead-up Display
will showthelap and laptime. 28
Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

Disp
laymes sages Dr
ivin gsy stems Displa
ymess ages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
RACE START Canceled *P
ossible causesare:
R Youre leased theacceler ator pedal during RACE STAR T.
R Youdepr essedthebr ak epedal during RACE STAR T.
Yo ucan try RA CE STAR Tag ain at thene xt star t.
RACE STARTNot Poss ible
See Oper ator'sMan ual *P
ossible causesare:
R The condit ionsforactiv ation areno tme t(0013 page22). 42
Displa ymessa gesand warning/ indic ator lam ps

Wa
rning and indicat orlam ps Saf
etysy stems Wa
rning/indicat orlam p
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
00BB
Æ ESP ®
SPOR Tindicat orlam p ESP
®
SPOR Tis activ ated while theengine isrunning .
Whe nESP ®
SPOR Tis acti vated, ES P®
will stabiliz eth eve hicle onlyto alimit edextent. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
SPOR Tis us ed incor rectl y
Whe nyo uact ivat eES P®
SP OR T,ther eis an incr eased risk ofskidding andhaving anaccident. 0007
ActivateESP ®
SPO RTonlyin thecir cums tances descr ibed below. 0007
Obser vetheno teson activ ating ESP®
SPOR T(0013 page18 ).
00BB
00B4
ES P®
OFF indic ator lam p The
yello wES P®
OFF warning lam pis lit while theengine isrunning .
ESP ®
is de acti vated. 0007
Obser vetheno teson deactiv atingESP®
(0013 page18 ). Displa
ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps 43