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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
