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 y,ESP ®
is no tav ailable duetoamalf unction.
Obse rvean yinf ormation whichma 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 improv eth eve 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 withtraction . AMG
adaptive spor tsusp ension system Fu
nction oftheAMG adaptiv espor tsusp en‐
sion system
The AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsystem is
an air suspension system withva riable damping
fo rim prov ed driving charact eristic s.The all-
ro und leve lcon trol system ensur esthebes tpos‐
sible suspension andconstant grou nd clea rance,
eve nwi th aladen vehicle. When driving at
speed, theve hicle islowe redaut omatic allyto
im prove driving safetyand toreduce fuelcon‐
sum ption. Youalso have theop tion ofmanually
adjus tingtheve hicle leve l.
The dam ping istun edindiv idually foreac hwhee l
and isaffect ed bythefo llo wing fact or s:
R thedr iving style, e.g. spor ty R
thero ad con dition ,e.g .bum ps
R theindividual selectionof"Spor t","Spor t
Plus", "Comfort" or "Econ omy"
The AMG adaptivespor tsuspension system
includes thefo llo wing compone ntsand func ‐
tion s:
R airsuspen sionwithva riable spring rate and
aut omat icleve lcon trol
R speed- dependentlowe ring toreduce fuel
con sum ption
R manuall yselec table high-le velse tting for
gr eat erground clearance
R ADS PLUS (Adap tiveDam ping System with
con stant dam pingfo rc eadjus tment)
R DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc hand leve lbutt on
R suspen siontuning butt on 16
Driving and parking
AMG
adaptiv espo rtsuspension system,
selectin gth esusp 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. 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.
Se tting theve hicl eleve l 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent because
ve hicle leve lis toohigh
If yo udr ive at ahigh ervehicle leve l,th edr iv‐
ing charact eristic sma ybe impair eddue to
th ehigher vehicle centerofgrav ity . The
vehicle candrift outw ards, forex am ple,
when steer ing orcor ner ing. 0007
Alw aysch oose ave hicle leve lwhic his
suit edtothedr iving style and thero ad
sur face condi tions. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment from vehi‐
cle lowe ring
Whe nlowe ring theve hicle, people could
become trapped ifth eir limbs arebe tween
th eve hicle body andthetir es orunder neath
th eve hicle. 0007
Mak esur eno one isunder neathth e
ve hicle orintheimmediat evicin ityof
th ewheel arch es when youlowe rth e
ve hicle. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment from vehi‐
cle lowe ring
Ve hicl eswith AIRBO DY CONT ROLor
le ve lcontr olsystem: When youunlo adlug‐
ga ge orlea vetheve hicle, theve hicle firs t 18
Driving and parking
te
mp eratur e3 or4 inblue. Avoid using the
full engine powe routpu tdur ing this tim e. Ex
am ple: SETUP
1 Drive sy stem setting:
Re duced/Moder ate/Spo rt/Dyna mic/Race
2 Exhau stsystem:
Balanced/ Powe rful
3 ESP®
status :
On /O ff/SPOR Thand ling mode
4 Trans miss ionposit ion:
D/ M
5 Suspen sion tuning:
5 Comf ort/ Spo rt/Spor t+ Ex
am ple:G-me ter
While theve hicle isin mo tion, theG-me ter
sho wsthefo rc es that areex ertedon theve hicle
occupants both laterally and inthedir ect ion of
tra vel.The maxim umvalues appear inredin the
coordinat esy stem. 0007
Torese tth eG-m eter: press thelef t-hand
To uc hCon trol. 0007
Select Yes . 0007
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
If yo upr ess and hold thelef t-hand Touc hCon ‐
tr ol, thefunc tion willberese timmediat ely. Ex
am ple: engine data
1 Current powe routpu t
2 Current torq ue Dis
playin gand star ting RACETIMER inthe
Pe rfor ma nce menu
On -bo ardcom puter:
Perf ormance
0009 The RACETI MERfun ction isavailable onlyin
ve hicles without AMG TRACKPACE. In
stru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter 21
The
follo wing functionsar epossible inRA CE‐
TIME R:
R Selec tingand star tin gdispla ys
R Stopping
R Startin gane wlap
R Displaying lapstatis tics
R Resettin g 1
Lap
2 Lap time
RA CETIMER isint ended onlyfo ruse ondesi gna‐
te dra ce trac ks.Do notus eth efunc tion onpub‐
lic roads. 0007
Toselect adispla yand star t:swipe upor
do wn onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. 0007
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. 0007
Select Start and press thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol. 0007
Tosto p:sel ect Stop andpress thelef t-hand
To uc hCon trol. 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. 22
Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter
0009
The possible values forse tting theend dis‐
ta nce arede term ined bythesy stem and
cann otbe freel ych osen.
Measur ementcanbestopped earlyby selecting
Stop orby stopping theve hicle.
Manual star tfo rac ce lera tio nand quarter-
mil era ce 0007
Select Accel erat ionorQuar terMile . 0007
Select Man ualstart .
Thr eeredtraf fic lights appea rone afte rth e
ot her .The react ion timemeas uremen tst ar ts
when they chang eto green atthesame time.
The react ion timeis displa yedas soon asyou
dr ive of f.Ifyo udr ive of fto oear ly,th emes‐
sag eJump start.will appear andaccelera tion
or quartermile measu rement willbe can‐
celed .
Measur ingbraking 0007
Select Braking . 0007
Select StartRecord .
Meas urement isincr ement al,insteps of
30 mph(5 0km/h) toast ands till.If th ebr ak‐
ing procedur eis star tede.g. ataspeed of 99
mph(1 60 km/h) ,meas urement star ts as
soon as90 mph(1 50 km/h) hasbeen
re ac hed.
St oring and calling upmea surement values
When ameasur ementhas been completedor
canc eled, themeasur edtime canbestor ed. 0007
Aftera measu rement, selectSave measu re-
ment? .
The stor ed measur ementscan bedispla yedvia
th eHisto rymenu item.
Editing measuremen ts 0007
Select History . 0007
Highlight thedesir edmeasur ement. 0007
Select Üoption s. 0007
Select Weather orDelet e.
0009 The measur ementscan bedispla yedby cat e‐
gor y,e.g. accelera tionmeasur ements,by
appl ying afilt er . Calling
upthete leme try disp lay Multime
diasystem:
Vehicle TRACKPACE Telemetry
The teleme try displa ysho wscurrent vehicle data
as adigit alvalue and asadiagr am.Uptofour
par ame ters can beselect edthat areto be
sho wninthedispla y.
Fo rex am ple:
R Engin espee d
R Whee lang le
R Spe ed
R Steer ing ang le 0007
Setth edesir edpar ame ters. 0007
Setth etime.
The setpar ame ters areeva luat edinthedia‐
gr am forth etime set.
0009 The time canrang efrom amini mumof
30 seco ndstoamax imum of20 min utes. Mult
imed iasystem 27
Heig
htwhe nopen ed Model
1 1
Heig ht
whe n
open ed
Mer cedes- AMGE53 4MA TIC
+ 68.5
in
(1 74 0mm) Ve
hicl edimens ions Mer
cedes- AMG E53
4MA TIC+
Ve hicle length1 90.6in
(48 42mm)
Ve hicle widthincluding out‐
side mirrors 80.9
in
(2055 mm)
Ve hicle height 56.3in
(1 430 mm)
Wheelbase 113.1 in
(28 73mm)
Tu rning radius 39.7ft
(1 2.10 m) We
ight sand loads Please
note that forth especif iedvehicle data:
R items ofoptional equipment increase the
curb weight andreduce thepa yload.
Ro ofload Mer
cedes- AMGE53
4MA TIC+
Maxim umroof load 165lb (75 kg ) Maximum
speeds Missi
ngvalues werenotav ailable attim eof
goin gto print .
The follo wing values onlyappl yto vehicles with
th eAMG Driver's Packag e. Ma
xim um spee ds Mer
cedes -
AMG E53
4MA TIC+ Ma
xim um spee d
1s tge ar 31mp h(50 km/h)
2nd gear 51mp h(83 km/h)
3r dge ar 74mp h(119 km/h)
4t hge ar 102mp h(1 64 km/h)
5t hge ar 137mp h(22 1km/h)
6t hge ar 155mp h(250 km/h)
7t hge ar 155mp h(250 km/h)
8t hge ar
9t hge ar Te
ch nica lda ta 33
Wa
rning and indicat orlam ps Saf
etysy stems Wa
rning/indicat orlam p
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
. SPOR Thandling mode
wa rning lam p SPO
RThandling modeisactiv ated while theengine isrunning .
Whe nSPOR Tha ndl ing mod eis acti vated, ES P®
onl yst abiliz estheve hicle toalimit edextent. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding dueto inc orrect applica tion ofSPOR Tha ndli ngmod e
Whe nyo uact ivat eSP OR Than dlingmod e,ther eis an incr eased risk ofskidding andhaving anaccident. 0007
Onlyactiv ateSPOR Thandling modeinthecir cums tances described asfollo ws . 0007
Obser vetheno teson activ ating SPOR Thandling mode(→pag e14 ). 34
Display messa gesand warning/ indic ator lam ps
A
Ac celer ation
see Kickdo wn
AMG Men u(on -boardcom puter) .................... 20
AMG adaptiv espor tsus pens ionsys‐
te m ........... ...................................................18
Sel ecting thesuspension setting ........... 18
Se tting <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 18
Sus pens ion <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 16
AMG Perfor ma nce adjust able exhaus t
sy stem .............. .......................................... 11
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 11
Oper ating ......... ...................................... 11
AMG TRAC KPA CE
Conf iguring ............................................ 28
Drag Race <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>26
Ge ner alinf ormati on<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> ..25
Te leme try displa y............................ .......2 7
Tr ac kRa ce <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> ................25
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
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> .........10
Au tomatic engine sto p(E CO star t/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> .........10
Au tomatic trans mis sion
Dr ive pr ogr ams............ ........................ ..11
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h....................... 11
Kic kdo wn ...............................................13
Manual gearshif ting...............................1 2
Oil temp eratur e(on- boar dcom puter,
Pe rfor mance menu) ...............................2 0
St eer ing wheel paddle shifters .............. 12 B
Boo stpres sur e(o n-bo ardco mp uter,
Pe rfor ma nce menu ).................................. 20
Br ak es
Ne w/r eplace dbr ak epads/ brak e
disc s...................................................... 10
No teson breaking-in ane wvehicle .......1 0 C
Cha nging gears ....... ................................... 12
Manually ................................................ 12
Clim atecontr ol
Fillin gcapac ityforPA Goil .....................3 2
Re frig er ant filling capac ity.....................3 2
Coc kpit .........................................................4
Ov ervie w .................................................4
Comf ortmod e
see AMGadap tivespor tsuspe nsion system
Coolant (engine)
Filling capacity ...................................... 32 D
Dashboar d
see Cockpit
Dealer ship
see Qualif iedspecialis two rkshop
Dr ag Race
Se tting ...................................................2 6
Dr ive pr og rams
se eDY NA MIC SELE CT Inde
x35