2019 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS COUPE traction control

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
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Tr
actio nco ntr ol Fu
nction oftraction control
Ad jus tabletrac tio nco ntr olison lyavailab le
on theMer cedes- AMGC63 Smod el. 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. Ad
jus table traction control isused toenhanc e
per form anc eon ara ce trac kand isonly activa‐
te dwhen ESP®
is deactiv ated. Youcan adjust
th eleve lof assis tance from tracti oncontr oland ,
in do ing so,adjus tth ebalance between stabilit y
and agilit ygr aduall ywhile accelerating .
Tr act ion control suppo rts yo uon lyin me tering
th eengine output. AsESP®
is deactiv ated, ESP®
does notst abiliz eth eve hicle ifth eve hicle star ts
to skid. 0009
Deactiv atingESP®
and using adjustable trac‐
tion control requ ires ahighl yqu alif ied and
ex per ienced driver .
Ad jus table traction control ma yno tbe used
on nor mal roads. Adjus table traction control
ma yonl ybe activ ated and used ondedica‐
te dra ce circui ts, noton public roads.
Be sureto read thesaf etyno tesand infor‐
mation onESP ®
(0013 page18 ).
Ad jus tingtrac tio nco ntr ol
Re quirement s:
R ESP®
is deact ivat ed. The 00BB andESP OFF
wa rning lam pslight upintheins trument
clus ter(0013 page20).
Yo ucan adjustth eleve lof assis tance from trac‐
tio ncontr oland ,in do ing so,adjus tth ebalance
be tween stabilit yand agilit ygradually while
acc eler ating.
Ta ke thefo llo wing parame ters int oacc ount :
R Cur rent road con dition s
R Type oftireused
R Road charact eristic s R
Tire condi tion,such astemp eratur eor we ar
R Personal driving style Dis
play butt on1 showsthecur rent tracti on
contr olleve lwit han LEDsegme ntdispla y. 0007
Toinc rease orreduce theleve lof assis tance
fr om tracti oncontr ol,tur ncontr ol2 clock‐
wise orcoun ter-cloc kwise.
Disp lay bu tton 1 and theins trument cluster
sho wthese tle ve l.
If th edispla ybutt onsho wsleve l1 wit honl y
one LEDsegme ntlitup, traction control is
deact ivat ed (OFF ).Ifleve l9 is sho wnand all
LE Dsegme ntslight up,traction control is Dr
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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
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