2019 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS COUPE suspension

1
Steer ing wheel paddle shifters →
16
2 Comb inationswit ch
3 DIRECT SELEC Tleve r
4 Multimedia system displa y
5 Glovebox
6 Start/ stop butt on →
12
7 Climat eco ntro lsy stems
8 Contr olelement sfo rth emultimedia system
9 Hazar dwa rning lam ps
A PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam p
B Stow agecom partment
C Control pane lfo rth emultimedia system
D Contr olkn ob forvo lume andswitc hingsound
on/ off
Swit ches themultimedia system on/ off
E AMG Perfor mance exhaus tsy stem →
14
F ECO star t/ stop funct ion →
13 G
ActivePa rking Assist
H Activates /de activatesESP ®
→
18
I AMG adaptivespo rtsuspension system →
23
J Manual gearshif ting(per man entsetting ) →
16
K DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
15
L Control pan elforth emultimedia system
(s te er ing wheel)
M AMG DRIVE UNITactuat or →
24
N AMG DRIVEUNI Tbu ttons →
24
O Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel
P Contr olpanel forth eon- boar dcom puter
Oper ates cruise control
Oper ates ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
Q Diagno stics con nection
R Open sth ehood
S Elect ric pa rking brak e
T Light switch At
aglanc e– Coc kpit 5

Dep
endingonthedr 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 Sus pensi on
R Position oftheex haus tga sflaps
R Steer ing
R Availabilit yof theEC Ostar t/ stop funct ion
R Availabilit yof glide mode
0009 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
R ESP® Fu
nction oftheDY NA MIC SELECT switch This
section desc ribes thefun ction ofthe
DY NA MIC SELECT switchfo rthe
Me rcedes‑ AMGC63 and
Mer cedes‑ AMGC63 Smod els.
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 Mer cede s‑AMG C63 S:I (RACE):dr iv‐
ing likeon ara ce trac k
The I (RACE)dr ivi ng progr am mayno tbe
us ed on nor mal roads. I (RACE) mus ton ly
be act ivat ed and used ondedic ated race cir‐
cui ts, noton public roads. Mer
cedes-AM Grecomme ndsselecting thedr ive
pr og ram A when incity traf fic or stop-and-go
tr af fic.
Depe nding onthedr ive pr ogr am select ed,the
fo llo wing vehicle charact eristic swill chang e:
R Drive
- Engin eand trans miss ionman agemen t
- ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
R AMG Dynamics
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)drivin gpr ogr am has thefo l‐
lo wing proper ties:
- The vehicle exhibits driving charact eris‐
tic ssuit edforra ce circui ts.
- Allvehicle systems aredesigned formaxi‐
mum sportiness. Dr
iving andparking 15

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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 tycharact eristic (Powe rful) is
act ivat ed when theex haus tsy stem is
activ ated.
0009 Youcan chang eth efo llo wing vehicle charac‐
te rist ics using thebutt ons inthecent ercon ‐
sole:
R Position oftheex haus tga sflaps
R ECOstar t/ stop funct ion
R Suspension
R Manual gearshif ting
R ESP® Au
tomatic trans mis sion Man
ualgearshif ting 0007
Toactiv ate/ deacti vate:pr ess button 1.
If ind icatorlam p2 islit, manua lge arshif t‐
ing isact ivat ed. The current gear isdispla yed
in themultifunc tiondispla y.
0009 Toper manen tly shif tth ege arsman uallyin
dr ive pr og ram = using thesteer ing wheel paddle
shifters,select theM (Manual) set‐
ting forth etra nsmiss ion.
000E NO
TEDama getotheengine duetoshif t‐
ing uptoolat e The
automatic transmission doesnotshif tup
in manual modeeven when theengine' slim‐
iting speed isreac hed.
The fuel suppl yis int erru pte din order topre‐
ve nt theengine from overrev ving. 0007
Shif tup bef oreth eengine speedrea‐
ch es there dar ea intheta ch ome ter. 16
Driving and parking

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

Ta
nk cont entand fuel reser ve
Cap acity Mod
el Total cap acity
Al lmo dels 17.4 gal(66. 0liter s) Model
ofwhic hre ser ve
fuel
Mer cedes- AMGC43
4MA TIC 1.
8 ga l(7 .0 liter s)
All other models 2.6gal(1 0. 0l) Qua
lityand capa cityofengine oil MB
-Fre igabe orMB- Appr oval Gasol
ineeng ine MB-Freigabe orMB-
Appr oval
Mer cedes -AMG C43
4MA TIC 229.
5,229. 6
All other models 229.5,229. 51 Mer
cede s-AMG C63 and Mercede s-AMG
C 63 S:onl yuse engine oilsof viscosi tyclass
SA E0W -40 orSA E5W -40.
The follo wing values referto an oilchang e,
inc ludin gth eoil filt er .
Re plac eme ntamoun t Mode
lR eplacement
am ount
Mer cede s-AMG C43
4MA TIC 6.
9US qt(6.5liter s)
All other models 9.5USqt(9.0 liter s) Cool
antcapacity Capacity
Model
Capacity
Mer cedes- AMGC43
4MA TIC 11
.5 US qt
(1 0.9 lite rs)
All other models 11.7 US qt(11.1 liter s) Re
frig er ant filling capacity Fi
lling capacityforre frig er ant and PAGoil Model
Refrig er ant
Mer cedes- AMGC43
4MA TIC 22.2
±0.4 oz
(630 ±10 g)
All other models 21.5 ±0.4 oz
(6 10 ±10 g) Model
PAGoil
All model s2 .8±0.4 oz
(80 ±10 g) Ve
hicl edata Ve
hicl edimens ions The
heightsspeci fied mayva ry as are sult ofthe
fo llo wing fact or s:
R Tire s
R Load
R Conditio nof thesuspension
R Option aleq uipment Te
ch nica lda ta 39

A
Ac celer ation
see Kickdo wn
AMG DRIVEUNI T............ ........................ ........ 24
Menu (on-boar dcom puter) .................... 25
St eer ing-wheel buttons .......................... 24
AMG adaptiv espo rtsuspension sys‐
te m ........... ........... .......................................23
Sel ecti ngthesuspension setting ........... 23
Suspension .................................... ........ 23
AMG ceramic high-p erform ance com‐
posi tebrak esy stem .................................. 14
AMG DRIVEUN IT
see AMGPe rfor mance steer ing wheel
AMG Perfor ma nce adjust able exhaus t
sy stem ........................................................ 14
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Oper ating ............... ................................ 14
AMG perform ance seat
Se tting ...................................................11
AMG Perfor ma nce steer ing wheel ...........2 4 AMG
TRAC KPA CE
Conf iguring ............................................ 33
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Gene ralinf ormatio n........................ .......3 0
Te leme try displa y............................ ...... 32
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Au thorized Mercedes- BenzCenter
see Qualif iedspec ialistwo rkshop
Au thorized workshop
see Qualif iedspecialis two rkshop
Au tomatic engine star t(E CO star t/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Au tomatic engine sto p(E CO star t/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Au tomatic trans mis sion
Dr ive pr ogr ams............ ....................14,15
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h................. 14,15
Kic kdo wn ...............................................17
Manual gearshif ting...............................1 6
Oil temp eratur e(on- boar dcom puter,
Pe rfor mance menu) ...............................2 5
St eer ing wheel paddle shifters .............. 16 B
Boo stpres sur e(o n-bo ardco mp uter,
Pe rfor ma nce menu ).................................. 25
Br ak es
AMG ceramic high-perform anc e
com posit ebr ak esy stem ........................ 14
Ne w/r epla ced brak epad s/brake
discs ...................................................... 12
No teson breaking-in ane wvehicle .......1 2 C
Cha nging awheel
Ra ising theve hicle ................................. 37
Cha nging gears ....... ................................... 16
Manually ................................................ 16
Choc k.........................................................3 6
St or ag elocation .................................... 36
Choc k
see Choc k
Climat econtr ol
Filling capacity forPA Goil .....................3 9
Re frig er ant filling capac ity.....................3 9 44
Index

Re
ar axle locking differe ntial ...................1 3
Re ser ve
Fu el .......................................................3 9
Ro ofload .................................................... 41 S
Seat belts
Re duced protect ion ...............................1 0
Selec tingage ar
see Changing gears
Ser vice center
see Qualif iedspec ialistwo rkshop
SETUP (on-boar dcom puter,Pe rfor m‐
ance menu )................................................ 25
Shif tpa dd les
see Steer ing wheel paddle shifters
Shif ting gears
Gea rshif tre comme ndation <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Specialis two rkshop .................................... 8
Spor tPlus suspension setting
see AMG adaptivespor tsuspension system Spor
tsuspension setting
see AMG adaptivespor tsuspension system
Spor tsexhaus t
see AMG Perfor mance adjustable
ex haus tsy stem
St art/s topfunc tion
see ECOstar t/ stop funct ion
Ste ering wheel padd leshif ters ................ 16
Sulfur content............................................ 38
Suspension AMG adaptivespor tsuspension sys‐
te m ..... ............................................. ......2 3
Sel ecting thesuspension setting ........... 23 T
Ta nk cont ent
Fu el .......................................................3 9
Re ser ve(fuel) .................................. ...... 39
Te leme try disp lay
Calling up........................................ ...... 32
Te mp eratur e
En gine oil(on -boardcom puter,Pe r‐
fo rm anc emen u)............................ ........ 25 Tr
ans miss ionoil(on -boardcom puter,
Pe rfor mance menu) ...............................2 5
Ti re inf lation com pressor
see TIREF ITkit
Ti re -chang eto ol kit
Ov ervie w ...............................................3 6
TIRE FITkit <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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St or ag elocation .................................... 35
Ti re s
Ins talling ................................................ 36
Re mo ving ..............................................3 6
To ol
see Vehicle tool kit
To rque (on-b oard comp uter,Pe rfor m‐
ance menu )................................................ 25
Tr ac kRa ce
Se tting ...................................................3 0
Tr actio nco ntr ol
Fu nctio n/no tes ...................................... 21
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Tr unk lid
Openi ngdime nsions .............................. 39 Inde
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