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road
surfa ceisrequ iredandthevehicl eand tires
must beingood working order.
Do not activate start-off assiston pub licroad s.
Observe thesafety notesondrivi ngsafety sys-
tems (Ypag e61).
Be sure toread thesafety notesandinformatio n
on ESP ®
(Y pag e64).
Ac tivating start-off assist X
Deactivate ESP®
(Y pag e187) .
X Turn thesteering wheelto the straigh t-ahead
posi tion.
X Firmly depressthe brake pedalwith yourleft
foot andkeep itdepre ssed.
X Shift thetransmissi ontoposi tion 005B.
X Use theDYNAMIC SELECTbuttontosele ct
the Sdrive progra m(Y pag e129) .
X Quickly depressthe accele ratorpedalfull y.
X Take yourfoot offthe brake, butkeep the
accele ratorpedaldepre ssed.
The vehicl epul lsawa yat maximu maccele r-
ation.
i Activate
ESP®
as soon asthe accele ration
process hasended. ESP®
wil lotherwi senot
be ableto stabi lizethevehicl eif the vehicl e
starts toskid orawhee lstarts tospin.
Ca nceling start-off assist
X Remo veyou rfoot from theaccele ratorpedal.
X Rea ctivate ESP®
. RACE
START (Mercedes-AMG vehi-
cle s)
Important safetynotes i
RACE
START mustnotbeused onnormal
road s.RACE START mustonlybeactivated
and used ondedi cated roadcircui ts,outsi de
of pub licroad use.
i RACE
START isonly available in
Mercede s‑AMGvehicles. G
WARNING
If you useRACE START, individualtires may
start tospin andthevehicl ecould skid.
Dependi ngon the sele cted ESP®
mode, there
is an increase drisk ofskiddi ngand havingan accide
nt.Make surethatnopersons, animals
or obstacl esare withi nrange ofthe vehicl e.
RACE START enablesoptima laccele rationfrom
a standing start.Forthis, asui tably high-gri p
road surfa ceisrequ iredandthevehicl eand tires
must beingood working order.
i Observe
thesafety notesondrivi ngsafety
systems (Ypag e61).
Be sure toread thesafety notesandinforma-
tion onESP ®
(Y pag e64) .
Co nditio nsfor activatio n You
canactivate RACESTART if:
R the doors, hoodandthetrunk lidare closed .
R the engine isrunning andthetransmissi on,
all -wheel driveclutch andtheengine areat
opera tingtempera ture.
R the steering wheelis in the straigh t-ahead
posi tion.
R the vehicl eis stationary andthebrake pedalis
depre ssed(leftfoot).
R the transmissi onisin posi tion 005B.
R drive progra mS, S+ orRACE issele cted
(Y pag e130)
Ac tivating RACESTART X
Depress thebrake pedalwith yourleft foot
and keep itdepre ssed.
X Pul land hold both steering wheelpad dleshift-
ers.
X The RACE START Confirm: PaddleUP RACE
START Confirm: PaddleUP
Cancel: PaddleDOWN Cancel:
PaddleDOWNmessa geapp ears in
the multi function display.
X Rel ease bothsteering wheelpad dleshifters.
i If
the activati onconditions arenolonger ful-
fill ed, RACE START iscanceled .The RACE RACE
START NotPossible SeeOperator 's START
NotPossible SeeOperator 's
Manual Manual
messageapp ears inthe multi function
disp lay.
X To canc el:pullthe left steering wheelpad dle
shifter (Ypag e137).
or X To con firm: pullthe right steering wheelpad -
dle shifter (Ypag e137) .
The RACE RACE
START START
Availabl e Availabl
eDepress Depress
gas gas
pedal pedal
messageapp ears inthe multi function
disp lay. 160
Drivi
ngsystemsDrivi ngand parking

can
take overthestee ringbefore thevehi clehas
exite dthe parking spacecomp letely .Thi sis
us efu l,for exa mpl ewhe nyo urecog nizethatitis
al rea dypos sibleto pu llou tof the parking space.
Can celing Active Parki ngAssis t X
Stop themove ment ofthe multifunction
stee ring wheelor stee ryo urs elf.
Active Parking Assistwillbe cance ledat once.
The Acti vePark ingAssistCanc eled Acti
vePark ingAssistCanc eled
mess ageap pea rsinthe mul tifunction displ ay.
or X Pre ssthe PAR KTRONIC button (Ypage 164 ).
Active Parking Assistisswi tched offand
Active Parking Assistisimme diatel ycan-
cel ed. The Acti vePark ingAssistCan‐ Acti
vePark ingAssistCan‐
cele d cele
dmess ageap pea rsinthe multifunction
di spl ay.
Active Parking Assistiscance led au toma tically
if:
R the electri cpa rking brakeisenga ged
R transm ission position 005D issel ected
R pa rking using Active Parking Assistisno lon-
ger possible
R youare driving faster than 6mph (10km/h )
R awhe elspi ns, ESP ®
interv enesorfails. In
su ch case sthe 00E5 warning lamp lights upin
the instru ment cluster
A wa rning tonesounds. Theparking symbo ldi s-
ap pea rsand themul tifunction displ aysho wsthe
Acti ve Acti
vePark ing Park
ingAssi st Assi
stCanc eled Canc
eled message.
Whe nActive Parking Assistiscance led, you
mus tstee rand brakeagain yo urs elf.
If asy stem malfuncti onoccu rs,the vehi cleis
bra ked toastand still.To drive on, dep ress the
acce lerato rag ain. Rear
viewcame ra
Gen eral notes Re
ar vie wcame ra0043 isan opti calparking and
mane uvering aid. Itsho wsthe areabeh indyour
vehi clewith guide lines inthe multime diasy s-
tem displ ay.
The areabeh indthe vehi cleisdispl ayed asa
mirr orima ge,asinthe rearvie wmirr or.
Obs erve thenotes oncleani ng (Ypage 269 ).
i The
text showninthe multime diasy stem
di spl aydep ends onthe langu agesetti ng.The
fol low ing are exampl esofrea rvie wcame ra
mess ages inthe multime diasy stem displ ay.
Impo rtant safetynotes The
rearvie wcame raisonly anaid. Itis not a
rep laceme ntfor your attenti ontoyour imme di-
ate surrou nding s.You arealwa ysresp onsible
for safemane uvering andparking. Makesure
that there arenoper sons, animal sor obje ctsin
the mane uvering areawhe nyo uare mane uver-
ing orparking.
Unde rthe follow ing circu msta nces, therear
vie wcame rawillnot functi on,orwillfuncti onin
a limite dmanne r:
R ifthe trunk lid is ope n
R in hea vyrain,snow orfog
R at nigh tor invery dark place s
R ifthe came raisexpo sedtovery bright light
R ifthe areais lit by fluores cent bulbsor LED
li ghti ng(the displ aymay flicker)
R ifthere isasu dde ncha nge intempe rature,
e.g. whendri ving intoahea ted garag ein win-
ter Dri
vin gsys tems
169Drivin gand parking Z

R
ifthe camer alens isdirt yor obst ructed.
Obser vethe noteson clean ing
(Y page 269)
R ifthe rear ofyour vehic leisdamaged. Inthis
case, havethecamer aposit ionand setting
chec kedataqualified specialist workshop.
The field ofvision andotherfunc tionsof the rear
view camer amay berest ricteddue toaddition al
acc essor iesonthe rear ofthe vehic le(e.g.
licen seplate holder ,rear bicyc lerack ).
i The
contrast ofthe display maybeaffec ted
by the sudden presenceof sunligh tor oth er
light sourc es,e.g. when exitingagarage. Pay
part icular attent ion inthis situat ion.
i If
usability issever elyrest ricted, e.g. due to
pixel errors,have thedisplay repairedor
replac ed.
Activa ting/d eactivating therea rview
cam era X
To acti vate:make surethattheSmar tKey is
in posit ion0048inthe ignit ionlock .
X Make surethattheActi vationbyRgear Acti
vationbyRgear
func tionisselec tedinthe multim ediasystem;
see theDigit alOperat or'sManual.
X En gage reversegear.
The area behin dthe vehic leisshown with
guide linesinthe multim ediasystemdisplay.
The image fromthe rear view camer ais avail-
able throughout themane uverin gproc ess.
To deact ivate:the rear view camer adeact i-
vate sif you shift thetransm ission to005D oraft er
drivin gfor wards ashor tdist ance.
The innersegme ntsof the warnin gindic atorare
displayed inred ifthe reisacom plete system
failure. Theindic atorlamp inthe PARK TRONIC
butt onlight sup.
If the syst emfails atthe rear ofthe vehic le:
R the rear segme ntsare shown inred when
back ingup.
R the rear segme ntsare hidden whendriving
for wards. Messa
gesinthemu ltim edia systemdis-
pla y The
rear view camer amay show adist orted view
of obst acles, showtheminc orre ctly or not atall.
The rear view camer adoes notshow objectsin
the followin gposit ions:
R very closeto the rear bumper
R under therear bumper
R in clos erang eabove thehandle onthe trunk
lid
! Obj
ectsnot atgroun dlevel mayappear to
be furt her away thantheyact ually are,e.g.:
R the bumper ofapark edvehic le
R the drawbar ofatrailer
R the ball couplin gof atrailer towhitch
R the rear sectionofan HGV
R aslant edpost
Use theguideline sonly fororien tation.
Appr oach objectsno furt her than thebott om-
most guideline . 0043
Yellow guidelineatadist anceof approx -
imate ly13 ft(4. 0m) fromthe rear ofthe
vehic le
0044 Whit eguide linewitho utste erin ginput –
vehic lewidth including theexterior mirrors
(st atic )
0087 Yellow guidelineforthe vehic lewidth
inc luding theexterior mirrors, atthe curr ent
ste erin gwheel angle(dynamic )
0085 Yellow lanemark ingthe cour sethe tires will
tak eat the curr entsteerin gwheel angle
(dynamic ) 170
Driving
systemsDriving andparking

Disp
laymes sages Poss
iblecauses/co nsequences and 0050 0050
Solu tions Sto
pVeh icleShi ft Sto
pVeh icleShi ft
to PLea veEng ine to
PLea veEng ine
Run ning Run
ning The
auto matictrans mis sion hasoverheated.
X Dr ive oncar eful ly.
The auto matictrans mis sion isavail able again whenthedisp lay
mes sage goesout .
If th emult ifunction disp laystill sho wsthedisp laymes sage :
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 142).
X Wait untilth eauto matictrans mis sion hascooled down andthedis-
play message hasdisap peared. Aux
iliary Batter y Aux
iliary Batter y
Mal function Mal
function The
auxi liary battery for theauto matictrans mis sion isno lon ger bein g
ch arg ed.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop .
X Un tilth en ,always shiftthetrans mis sion topos ition 005Dbefore you
swit choff theen gin e.
X Be for eleav ingtheveh icle, apply theelec tric park ingbrak e. Tra
ns. OilOverhea‐ Tra
ns. OilOverhea‐
ted Driveonwit h ted
Driveonwit h
Car e Car
e Mer
cedes -AMG vehicles: thetrans mis sion oilhas overheated.
Man ualdrive pro gram0063 and thete mpo rarily act ive man ualdrive
pro gramare nolon ger avail able. Theengin epowe rout put isred uce d.
X Allow theveh icleto cool down . 4ma
tic Currently 4ma
tic Currently
Una vailable Una
vailable 4M
ATIChas overheated.The vehicleis on lydri ven bythefron twhee ls.
X Dr ive on.
The airflow cools 4MATIC mor equic kly.
Whe nth edisp laymes sage goesout ,4M ATIC isavail able again and
th eveh icleis dri ven byallfou rwhee ls. 4ma
tic Inoperati ve 4ma
tic Inoperati ve 4M
ATIC ismalf unction ing .The vehicleis on lydri ven bythefron t
whee ls.
X Vis itaqualif iedspecialistwor kshop . 0084 The
trunk lidisopen .
X Clos eth etrunk lid. 0083 The
hoodis open .
A warn ingtone also soun ds.
G WAR
NING
The open hoodmay blockyour viewwhen theveh icleis in mot ion.
The reisaris kof an acc iden t.
X Pull overand stop theveh iclesaf ely assoo nas pos sible,payin g
att ention toroa dand traff icco nd ition s.
X Se cur eth eveh icleagain strol lingaway (Ypage 142).
X Clos eth ehoo d. Disp
laymes sage s
217On -boar dcomp uter anddi sp lay s Z

Load
ingguid elines G
WAR
NING
If obj ect s,luggage orloads arenot secured or
not secured sufficiently, they could slip,tip
over orbe flun garoun dand thereb yhit veh icle
occ upant s.Ther eis arisk ofinjury, particu-
larly intheeven tof sudden brakingorasud-
den chan geindirec tion.
Always store object sso that they can not be
flun garoun d.Sec ure object s,luggage or
loads againstslippin gor tipping beforethe
jo urn ey. G
WAR
NING
Combus tioneng inesemit poiso nous exhaust
gases suchascar bon mon oxide. Exhaust
gases canentertheveh icle interio rif th e
tr unk lidisopen when theeng ineisrun ning,
espec iallyifth eveh icle isin mot ion.Ther eis a
risk ofpoiso ning.
Always switchoff theeng inebefo reopen ing
th etrunk lid.Nev erdriv ewith thetrunk lid
open . G
WAR
NING
The exhaust tailpipe andtailpipe trim can
bec ome veryhot .If you com eint ocon tact
with these part sof theveh icle,you could burn
yourse lf.Ther eis arisk ofinjury.
Always bepart icular lycar eful aroun dth e
exh aust tailpipe andthetail pipe trim. Allo w
th ese com ponentsto coo ldown beforetouch-
ing them.
The handlingchar acteris ticsof aladen vehicle
are depen denton thedist ribut ionoftheload
with intheveh icle.
Obse rvethefollo wing noteswhen loadin gand
tr ans port ingaload:
R Nev erexc eed themax imum permissible
gro ssveh icle mass orthegro ssaxle weight
rat ing fortheveh icle (includin gocc upant s).
The values arespec ified ontheveh icle iden - tif
icat ion plat eon theB- pillar ofthedriv er's
door .
R The trunk isthepref erred place tocar ry
obj ect s.
R Posit ionheavy loadsasfar forwards aspos-
sible andaslow down inthetrunk asposs ible.
R The load must notprot rude above theupper
edge oftheseat backrests.
R Always placetheload again sttherear orfro nt
seat backrests.Mak esure that theseat
back restsare securely lockedintoplace .
R Always placetheload behin dunoc cupie d
seat sif poss ible.
R Use thecar gotie-do wn rings and theparc el
net sto trans port loads andluggage .
R Use cargotie-do wn rings and fasteningmat e-
rials appro priatefor theweight andsizeof the
load.
R Sec ure theload withsufficiently stron gand
wear- resistant tie-do wns .Pad shar pedges for
prot ection. St
owage areas St
owage spaces
Imp ortant safety notes G
WAR
NING
If obj ect sin thepasse ngercom partmen tare
st owed incorrect ly,they can slide orbe
th rown aroun dand hitveh icle occupant s.In
addit ion,cup holde rs,open stowage spaces
and mobi lephon ebrac ketscan not always
ret ain allobj ect sth ey con tain .Ther eis arisk
of injury, particular lyin theeven tof sudden
brak ingorasudden changeindirec tion.
R Always stow object sso that they can not be
th rown aroun din such situatio ns.
R Always makesure that obj ect sdo not pro-
tr ude fromstowage spaces,parc elnet sor
st owage nets.
R Close theloc kable stowage spacesbefo re
st art ing ajo urn ey.
R Always stow and secure heavy, hard,poin-
ted ,shar p-edged, fragileorbulky object sin
th etrunk .
Obse rvetheloadin gguidelin es(Y page 239). St
owage areas
239Stowage andfeatures Z

Stowage
compartmentunderthearm rest X
To open: onvehicles withmovable armrests,
make surethatthearmrest isin the rearmost
position.
X Press button 0043and fold thearmrest up.
Depending onthe vehicle equipment, thearm-
rest canbemoved backwards orforwards ina
longitudinal direction.
Depending onthe vehicle's equipment, thefol-
lowing maybeinthe stowage compartmen t:a
multimedia connector unitwith anSD card slot
and 2USB ports, e.g.foruse with aniPod ®
,
iPhone ®
or MP3 player(see theDigital Opera-
tor's Manual).
Stowage compartments inthe rear
passenger compartment Stowage
compartmentinthe rear
passenger compartmentcenter console X
To open: pulldown thetop ofstowage com-
partment 0043bythe edge ofthe handle.
i Depending
onthe vehicle's equipment,
there maybeanopen stowage spaceabove
the stowage compartmen t. Parcel
nets
Stowage netsarelocated:
R in the front -passenger footwell
R on the back ofthe driver's andthefront -
passenger seat
R on the left and right-hand sideinthe trunk
Observe theloading guidelines(Ypage 239)
and thesafety notesregarding stowagespaces
(Y page 239). Thr
ough-loading facilityinthe rear
passenger compartment X
To open: folddown seatarmrest 0043.
X Pull thecent erhead restraint onthe rear
bench seatintotheuppermost position
(Y page 94). X
Slide locking mechanism 0087inthe direction
of the arrow.
X Swing flap0044fully tothe side.
Flap 0044isheld open byamagnet.
X To close :swing flap0044inthe trunk backuntil
it engages.
X Fold armrest 0043upfully ifnecessary. Stowage
areas
241Stowage andfeatu res Z

Observe
theloadi ngguide lines(Ypage 239). Cargo
compart mentenlargement
Importa ntsafety notes G
WARNING
If the rear bench seat/rear seatandseat
backrest arenot engaged theycould foldfor-
wards, e.g.when braking suddenly orinthe
event ofan accident.
R The vehicle occupant wouldthereby be
pushed intotheseat beltbythe rear bench
seat/rear seatorby the seat backrest. The
seat beltcannolonger offertheintended
level ofprotection andcould evencause
injuries.
R Objects orloads inthe trunk cannot be
restrained bythe seat backrest.
There isan increased riskofinjury.
Before everytrip,make surethattheseat
backrests andtherear bench seat/rear seat
are engaged.
! Before
folding thebackrest inthe rear com-
partment forwards, makesurethattherear
compartment armrestandthecup holder are
folded in.They mayotherwise bedamaged .
Observe theloadi ngguide lines(Ypage 239).
The left-hand andright-hand rearseat backrests
can befolded forwards separately toincrease
the trunk capacity. Fol
ding therear seat backrest forward
and back Foldin
gthe rear seat backrests forward X
Fully insert thebackrest headrestraints if
necessary (Ypage 95).
X Move thedriver's orfront -passenger seat
forward ifnecessary.
X Pull left-hand orright-hand releasehandle0044
of the seat backrest forward.
Corresponding seatbackrest 0043isreleased .
X Fold backrest 0043forward.
X Move thedriver's orfront -passenger seat
back ifnecessary. X
Insert theseat beltinto seat-belt holder0043.
Foldin gthe rear seat backrest back
! Make
surethattheseat beltdoes not
become trappedwhenfolding therear seat
backrest back.Otherwise, itcould bedam-
aged. 242
Stowage
areasStowage andfeatur es

X
Move thedriver's orfront -passenger seat
forward ifnecessary.
X Fold seatbackrest 0043back untilitengages.
Red lock status indicator 0044isno longer visi-
ble.
X Adjust thehead restraint sif necessary
(Y page 95).
X Move thedriver's orfront -passenger seat
back ifnecessary. Securing
loads
Observe thefollowing notesonsecuring loads:
R Observe theloading guidelines(Ypage 239).
R Secure theload using thecargo tie-down
rings.
R Distribute theload onthe cargo tie-down
rings evenly.
R Do not use elastic strapsornets tosecure a
load, asthese areonly intended asan anti-slip
protect ionforlight loads.
R Do not route tie-downs acrosssharpedges or
corners .
R Pad sharp edges forprotect ion. 0043
Cargo tie-down rings Stowage
wellunder thetrunk floor Under
thetrunk flooryoucan find abracket for
TIREFIT andthevehicle toolkit,etc.
X To open: pullhandle 0043up. X
Hook handle 0043into raintrough 0044.
To enlarge thetrunk youcan remove thetrunk
floor.
X To remove: liftthe trunk flooralmost torain
trough 0044and pullitout. Stowage
areas
243Stowage andfeatur es Z