2019 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS COUPE wheel

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

pr
ov iding themaximum leve lof assis tance
(ON ).
If yo uact ivat eES P®
,th eleve lof assis tance from
tr acti oncontr oliscontr olled au tomatical ly.Dis‐
pla ybutt on1 then sho wsthecur rent drive pr o‐
gr am . RA
CE START Fu
nction ofRA CE START
RA CE START isonl yav ailab lefor
Me rcedes‑ AMGC63 and C63 Smod els.
RA CE STAR Tena bles optima lve hicle acceler a‐
tion from ast ands till.Fo rth is, asuit ably high-
gr ip road sur face isrequ ired, thetir es and vehi‐
cle mus talso beingood condition.
0009 RACE STAR Tis only available afte rth eve hi‐
cle has been brok en in(0013 page12 ).
0009 RACE STAR Tma yno tbe used on nor mal
ro ads. RACE STAR Tmu stonl ybe activ ated
and used ondedicat edrace circui ts, noton
pu blic roads.
Be sureto read thesaf etyno tesand infor‐
mation onESP ®
(0013 page18 ). 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding and having
an acci dent from whe elsspi nning
Whe nyo uuse RACE STAR T,indiv idual wheels
could spinandyouco uld lose contro lof the
ve hicle.
Depending ontheES P®
mode selected,ther e
is an incr eased risk ofskidding andhaving an
accident. 0007
Mak esur eth at no per son sor obs tacles
ar ein theclose vicinit yof your vehicle. Ac
tiv atin gRA CE STAR T
Re quirement s:
R thedoor s,thehood andthetrunk lidare
closed.
R theengine isrunning andthetra nsmiss ion
and engine areat nor mal oper ating temp era‐
tur e.
R thesteer ing wheel isin thest ra ight -ahead
posit ion.
R theve hicle ison leve lgr ound. R
theve hicle isstatio nary,thebr ak epedal is
depr essed (leftfo ot )and thepar king brak eis
re leased.
R thetra nsmiss ionisin position 005B.
R one ofthedr ive pr og rams C, Bor
I issele cted (0013 page15 ). 0007
Rapidl ydepr esstheacceler ator pedal fully.
The engine speedincreases.
0009 Ifth eactiv ation conditions areno tfulf illed,
RA CE STAR Tcanno tbe acti vated. The RACE
STA RTNot Possible SeeOperator 'sManual
messag eappear sin themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y. 0007
The RACE START Release braketostart mes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
0009 Inthis phase youcan adjustRA CE STAR T
de pendi ng on thero ad con dition s:youcan
va ry theengine speedbypulling onone of
th esteer ing wheel paddle shifters.The seg‐
ments inthemultifunc tiondispla yflic ke r
ra pidly . 22
Driving andparking

0009
Ifth ebr ak epedal isno tre leased afte ra
shor twhi le,RACE STAR Tis cance led. The
RAC ESTAR TCa ncel edmes sage appear sin
th emultifunc tiondispla y. 0007
Take your foot offth ebr ak e, but keep the
acc elerat orpedal depresse d.
The vehicle pullsaway atmax imum acceler a‐
tio n.The RACE STARTActivemes sage
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
RA CE STAR Tis de acti vatedwhen theve hicle rea‐
ch es aspeed ofappr oximat ely31 mp h
(50 km/ h).
RA CE STAR Tis de acti vatedimmediat elyif yo u
re lease theacceler ator pedal during RACE
ST AR Tor ifan yof theactiv ation conditions are
no long erfulf illed. TheRACE STARTCanceled
messag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
0009 Afterusi ng itse veraltim esinshor tsucc es‐
sion ,RA CE STAR Tis una vailable untila cer ‐
ta in dis tance hasbe en driven. AM
Gadap tivespo rtsuspension system Fu
nction oftheAMG adaptiv espor tsusp en‐
sion system
The AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsystem is
an electr onicall ycon trolled damping system for
im prov ed driving comfortand increased driving
saf ety.
The dam ping isadjus tedindividually toeac h
wheel anddepends onthefo llo wing fact or s:
R thedr iving style, e.g. spor ty
R thero ad con dition ,e.g .bum ps
R theindividual selectionofSpor t,Spor t+or
Comf ort
0009 The mode canalso besetusing the
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h.To do this, the
same suspension tuningmustbe select ed
fo rth eAMG adaptivespor tsuspension sys‐
te m and theDY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h.
0009 When theve hicle isstar tedag ain, the"Com‐
fo rt"se tting isact ivat ed aut omat ically. AMG
adaptiv espo rtsuspension system,
selecti ngthesusp ension setting 0007
Toselect theComf ortsusp ension set‐
ting :pr ess butt on1 repeat edly until indica‐
to rlam ps2 and 3goout.
The AMG Suspe nsionSystem COMFOR T
messa geappear sin themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y. Dr
iving and parking 23

In
"Co mfort" mode, thedr iving charact eris‐
tic sof your vehicle arecomf ortable. 0007
Toselect theSpor tsusp ension setting:
pr ess butt on1 repeat edly until indicat or
lam p3 lights up.
The AMG Suspens ionSystem SPORTmes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
"Spo rt"dr ivin gmod een sur esafirm ersus‐
pension tuning. 0007
Toselect theSpor tPlus suspension set‐
ting :pr ess butt on1 repeat edly until indica‐
to rlam ps2 and 3light up.
The AMG Suspe nsionSystem SPORT+mes‐
sag eapp earsin themultifunc tiondispla y.
"Spo rtPlus" driving mode ensuresave ry
fi rm suspension tuning. Fu
nction oftheAMG DRIVEUNIT
Th eAMG DRIVEUNIT isavailab leonl yfo r
the mode lsMe rcedes- AMGC63 and
Mer cedes- AMGC63 S. The
AMG Drive Un itcon sistsof twoaddition al
con trol elemen tson thesteer ing wheel.
Using displaybutt ons 2,youcan decide whic h
tw ofun ction syo uwo uld liketo oper atewit hth e
lef t-hand AMGDRIVEUNIT control elemen t.Yo u
can chang ebe tween theav ailable function sby
pr essing there spectiv edispla ybutt on.
Yo ucan selectbetween thefo llo wing functions:
R ESP®
(0013 page18 )
R AMG adaptivespo rtsuspension system
(0013 page23)
R AMG Perfor mance exhaus tsy stem
(0013 page13 ) R
ECO star t/ stop funct ion(0013 page13 )
R Manual gearshif ting(0013 page16 )
The select edfunct ionsaredispla yedin displa y
butt ons 2.
By pressing button1, youcan operat eth e
select edfunctions.
The select edfunctions remain stor ed eve naf te r
a ne weng inestar tbut arere se tto their basic
se tting.
Yo ucan chang ebe tween thedr ive pr ogr ams
wit hro tary adjus ter3. The selected drive pr o‐
gr am app earsin disp lay butt on4. Bypressing
disp lay butt on4, youcan direct lyacc ess the
dr ive pr og ram = (Individual)
(0013 page15 ).
Mer cedes- AMGC63 S:ifadjus table traction
con trol isactiv ated, setpo we rassi stanc ein
inc rements using thero tar yad jus ter3
(0013 page21 ). 24
Driving and parking

Ov
ervie wof thetir e-c han getool kit
Apar tfr om some country- specif icvariant s,vehi‐
cles areno teq uipped withatir e-c hang eto ol kit.
Fo rmor einf ormation onwhi chtire-c hangeto ols
ar ere qu ired and appr ovedfo rper form ing a
wheel chang eon your vehicle, consult aqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop.
Yo ure qu ire th efo llo wing tools, forins tance, to
ch ang eawheel:
R Jack
R Choc k
R Lugwr enc h
R Alignmen tbolt
The tire-c hang eto ol kit islocat edunder the
tr unk floor . 1
Lugwr enc h
2 Folding choc k
3 Jack Se
tting upthefo lding chock Chan
gingawheel 0007
Besureto also obse rveth eno teson chang ‐
ing awheel intheOper ator's Manual ofyour
ve hicle.
Ve hicl eswith AMG ceramic high-pe rfor m‐
ance composit ebr aki ng system: 36
Wheels andtires

000E
NO
TEDama getothecer amic brak edisk
when chang ingawheel Mer
cedes -AMG vehicl eswith ceramic
br ak edis ks:dur ing remo valand reposition ‐
ing ofthewheel, thewheel rim ma yst rike
th ecer amic brak edisk anddamag eit. 0007
Take par ticular care. 0007
Ask another per son forassi stanc eor
use asec ondcen tering pin. 0007
Whe nch ang ingthewheel, avoidexe rting any
fo rc eon thebr ak ediscs.
This canlead toimpair edcom fort dur ing
br aking. Co
verof jac ksupp ortpoi nts 0007
Besure toalso obse rveth eno teson chang ‐
ing awheel intheOper ator's Manual ofyour
ve hicle.
To protect theve hicle body,th eve hicle hascov‐
er sins talled next to thejac ksuppor tpoint son
th elongitudin almember panels. Co
verof jac ksupp ortpoints 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom incor rect
pos itioning ofthejac k
If yo udo notposi tionth ejac kcor rectl yat
th eappr opriatejac king point oftheve hicle,
th ejac kcould tipwithth eve hicle raised. 0007
Onlyposit ionthejac kat theappr opri‐
at ejac king point oftheve hicle. The
base ofthejac kmus tbe position edver‐
tically underthejac king point ofthe
ve hicle. 000E
NO
TEVehicle damag efrom thejac k If
yo udo notposi tionth ejac kcor rectl yat
th eappr opriatejac ksuppor tpoint ofthe
ve hicle, thejac kcould tipove rwit hth eve hi‐
cle raised. 0007
The jackis design edexclu sively for
jac king uptheve hicle atthejac ksup‐
por tpoint s. Wheels
andtires 37

Heig
htwhe nopen ed Model
1 1
Heig ht
whe n
open ed
Mer cedes- AMGC43 4MA TIC 71.6 in
(1 81 9mm)
All other models 71.5 in
(1 81 5mm) Ve
hicl edimens ions Mer
cedes- AMG C43
4MA TIC
Ve hicle length1 84.8in
(4693 mm)
Ve hicle widthincluding out‐
side mirrors 79.4
in
(20 16mm)
Ve hicle height 55.2in
(1 402 mm) Mer
cedes- AMGC43
4MA TIC
Wheelbase 111.8in
(28 40mm)
Tu rning radius 39.7ft
(1 2.10 m) All
other models
Ve hicle length1 87.0 in
(4 75 1mm)
Ve hicle widthincluding out‐
side mirrors 79.4
in
(20 16mm)
Ve hicle height 55.2in
(1 40 1mm)
Wheelbase 111.8in
(28 40mm)
Tu rning radius 38.7ft
(1 1. 80 m) 40
Tech nica lda ta