gr
ip road sur face isrequ ired, thetir es and vehi‐
cle mus talso beingood condition.
0009 RACE STAR Tis only available afte rth eve hi‐
cle has been brok en in(0013 page12 ).
0009 RACE STAR Tma yno tbe used on nor mal
ro ads. RACE STAR Tmu stonl ybe activ ated
and used ondedicat edrace circui ts, noton
pu blic roads.
Be sureto read thesaf etyno tesand infor‐
mation onESP ®
(0013 page18 ). 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding and having
an acci dent from whe elsspi nning
Whe nyo uuse RACE STAR T,indiv idual wheels
could spinandyouco uld lose contro lof the
ve hicle.
Depending ontheES P®
mode selected,ther e
is an incr eased risk ofskidding andhaving an
accident. 0007
Mak esur eth at no per son sor obs tacles
ar ein theclose vicinit yof your vehicle. Ac
tiv atin gRA CE STAR T
Re quirement s:
R thedoor s,thehood andthetrunk lidare
closed.
R theengine isrunning andthetra nsmiss ion
and engine areat nor mal oper ating temp era‐
tur e.
R thesteer ing wheel isin thest ra ight -ahead
posit ion.
R theve hicle ison leve lgr ound.
R theve hicle isstatio nary,thebr ak epedal is
depr essed (leftfo ot )and thepar king brak eis
re leased.
R thetra nsmiss ionisin position 005B.
R Mer cedes‑AMG E63 S4MA TIC+: DRIFT
MODE isdeactiv ated.
R one ofthedr ive pr ogr ams C, Bor
I isselect ed(0013 page15 ). 0007
Rapidl ydepr esstheacceler ator pedal fully.
The engine speedincreases.
0009 Ifth eactiv ation conditions areno tfulf illed,
RA CE STAR Tcanno tbe acti vated. The RACE STA
RTNot Possible SeeOperator 'sManual
messag eappear sin themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y. 0007
The RACE START Release braketostart mes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
0009 Inthis phase youcan adjustRA CE STAR T
de pendi ng on thero ad con dition s:youcan
va ry theengine speedbypulling onone of
th esteer ing wheel paddle shifters.The seg‐
ments inthemultifunc tiondispla yflic ke r
ra pidly .
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). Dr
iving andparking 21
A
Ac celer ation
see Kickdo wn
AMG Men u(on -boardcom puter) .................... 28
AMG adaptiv espor tsus pens ionsys‐
te m ........... ..................................................26
Sel ecti ngthesuspension setting ........... 26
Se tting .................. ........................... ...... 26
Suspension ............................................ 23
AMG ceramic high-p erform ance com‐
posi tebrak esy stem .................................. 14
AMG Perfor ma nce adjust able exhaus t
sy stem ........................................................ 14
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 13
Oper ating ............ ................................... 14
AMG perform ance seat
Se tting ...................................................11
AMG TRAC KPA CE
Conf iguring ............ ................................ 36
Drag Race <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>34
Ge ner alinf ormati on<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> ..33
Te leme try displa y.................................. 35 Tr
ac kRa ce <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>33
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> .........12
Au tomatic engine sto p(E CO star t/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> .........12
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 8
St eer ing wheel paddle shifters .............. 16 B
Boo stpres sur e(o n-bo ardco mp uter,
Pe rfor ma nce menu ).................................. 28 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 gears ....... ................................... 16
Manually ................................................ 16
Choc k.........................................................3 9
St or ag elocation .................................... 39
Choc k
see Choc k
Climat econtr ol
Filling capacity forPA Goil .....................4 2
Re frig er ant filling capac ity.....................4 2
Coc kpit .........................................................4
Ov ervie w .................................................4
Comf ortmod e
see AMGadap tivespor tsuspe nsion system
Coolant (engine)
Filling capacity ...................................... 42 46
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