Dr
ivin g Br
eak ing- inno tes To
preser vetheengine during thefirs t
1, 000 miles(1 ,500 km):
R Drive at varying road spee dsand engine
spee ds.
R Donotdr ive fa ster than 85 mph(1 40 km/h).
R Onlybr ief lyallo wtheengine toreac hamax i‐
mum enginespee dof 4,5 00 rpm
(4,50 0rp m) .
R Mer cede s-AMG E53 4MA TIC+ :Dr ive th e
ve hicle indrive pr ogr am A or;.
R Mer cedes‑AMG E63 4MA TIC+ and
Mer cedes‑AMG E63 S4MA TIC+: Drive th e
ve hicle indrive pr ogra mA.
R Chang ege ar bef oreth eta ch ome terneedl eis
00C3 ofthewa yto there dar ea oftheta ch ome‐
te r.
R Donotshi ftdo wn age ar man uallyin order to
br ak e.
R Avoid overstrai ning theve hicle, e.g.driving at
full thro ttle . R
Donotde pres sth eaccelera torpeda lpas t
th epr essur epoint (kickdo wn).
R Onlyincr ease theengine speedgradually and
accelera tetheve hicle tofull spee daf te r
1, 000 miles(1 ,500 km).
This also app lieswhe nth eengine orpar tsof the
dr ivet ra in have been replaced.
Please alsoobser vethefo llo wing breakin g-in
no tes:
R Incer tain drivin gand drivin gsaf etysy stems,
th esensor sadjus taut omaticall ywhile acer‐
ta in dis tance isbe ing driven afte rth eve hicle
has been delivered orafte rre pair s.Fu llsy s‐
te m effectiv enes sis no tre ac hed untilth e
end ofthis teac h-in proce ss.
R Brak epads, brak edisc sand tires that are
eit her newor have been replaced onlyac h‐
ie ve optimum braking effect and grip afte r
se veralhundr edkilom eter sof driving. Com‐
pensat efo rth ere duced braking effect by
appl ying grea terfo rc eto thebr ak epedal. No
teson theloc king differe ntial Af
tera br eaking-i nper iod of2000 miles
(3000 km)theoil on theloc king differe ntia l
sho uld be chang edinaqu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop. Thisoilchang epr olon gstheser vice life of
th eloc king differe ntia l. Ope
ratio nof the ECOstar t/s topfunc tion Mer
cedes -AMG E53 4MA TIC+
The engine isswi tched offau tomatical lyin drive
pr ogr ams A and; ifall vehicle conditions
fo ran automatic engine stop areme tin thefo l‐
lo wing situat ions:
R youbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands tillin trans‐
miss ionposit ion005Bor005C.
R youen gage trans missi on positio n005D.
R youdepr essthebr ak epedal whendriving at
speeds below15 mp h(20 km/h).
The needle oftheta ch ome terpoints tozer oin
th emultifunc tiondispla y. 12
Driving and parking
Ac
tiv atin gDRI FTMOD E 0007
Pullst eer ing wheel paddle shifters 1 and
2 and hold forhal fa second.
If all activ ation conditions arefulf illed, the
ins trumen tclus terdisp lays theDRIFT MODE
Confirm :Paddle UPCancel: PaddleDOWN
messag eand theDRIFT warning lam p
fl ashes . 0007
Tocancel :pull steer ing wheel paddle shifter
1 .
The instrument clusterdisp lays themessag e
DRIFT MODE Canceled andtheDRIFT warn‐
ing lam pgoes out. 0007
Toconf irm: pull steer ing wheel paddle
shif ter2.
The instrument clustersho wstheDRIFT
MODE Active messag eand theDRIFT warn‐
ing lam pslight sup per mane ntly.
Deact ivat ing DRIFT MODE 0007
Pull steer ing wheel paddle shifters 1 and
2 and hold forhal fa second.
The DRIFT MODE Activemessageand the
DRIFT warning lam pgo out.
DRIF TMOD Eis aut omat icallydeact ivat ed inthe
fo llo wing situat ions:
R ESP®
is act ivat ed.
R thedr ive pr ogr am I (RACE) isswitc hed
of f.
R theve hicle isswitc hedoff.
R automatic switchof fis requ ired bytheve hi‐
cle. AMG
adaptivespor tsuspension 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 prove ddr iving charact eristic s.The all-
ro und leve lcon trol system ensur esthebes tpos‐
sible suspension andconstant groun dcle aranc e,
eve nwi th aladen vehicle. When driving at
speed, theve hicle islowe redaut omatic allyto
im prov edr iving safetyand toreduce fuelcon‐
sum ption. Youalso have theop tion ofmanuall y
adjus tingtheve hicle leve l.
The dam ping istun edindiv iduall yfo reac 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"
(Mer cedes‑ AMGE53 4MA TIC+ only) Dr
iving andparking 23
