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 Drive th eve hicle indrive pr ogr am A.
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.
The engine isrestar tedaut omatic allyif:
R youre lease thebr ak epedal intra nsmiss ion
position 005Bwhen theHOLD function isno t
activ eand theve hicle does notst ar tto
mo ve. 12
Driving and parking
No
teson theIns trum ent Displa yand on-
boar dcom puter
Ad dition alno tesre ga rding your Mer cedes-AM G
ve hicle:
R Vehicl eswith anIns trument Display
(s tandar d)onl y:ifyo usele ctthePerform -
ance menu, theupshif tbar will appear onthe
multifu nctiondisplay.
R Ifyo uswit chon theEC Ostar t/ stop funct ion
and select drive pr ogram A,theengine
electr onics switchfrom eight- cylinder mode
to four -cylinder mode, ifnec essar y.The mul‐
tifunc tiondispla ysho wsthe/ symbol in
th est atus area.
R Addition alno te rega rding thewa rning and
indic ator lam ps:theve hicle isalso equipped
wit hth e. SPORThandling modewarning
and indic ator lam p(→ pag e44 ).
R Youcan selectthefo llo wing displa ycon tent
in vehicles withWi descr eenCockpit:
- Tach ome ter(cla ssic display se tting)
- Date(pr ogr essiv edisp lay se tting)
- Gea rdisp lay -
Warm-up
- Trac kPa ce
- G-Me ter
- Engi nedata
- Trip com puter
- Navig ation Call
ingupdispla yson thePe rfor ma nce
menu
On -bo ardcom puter:
Perf ormance 0007
Toselect adispla y:swipe upwards ordown‐
wa rdson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Dis playson thePerform ancemenu:
R Warm-up
R SETUP
R G-me ter
R RACET IMER(vehic leswithout AMGTRA CK
PA CE)
R Engin edat a Ex
am ple: warm-up
1 Digital spe edome ter
2 Gear displa y
3 Engin eoil temp eratur e
4 Trans miss ionoiltemp eratur e
5 Charg e-airpressur e
If th eengine ortransmission isno tat oper ating
te mp eratur e,themultifunc tiondispla ysho ws Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 27
1
Parame ter1 (e.g. speed)
2 Parame ter2 (e.g. steer ing ang le)
3 Speed trend (Par ame ter1)
4 Steer ing ang letrend (Par ame ter2)
5 Time differe nce betwee nlap A and B(only
wh en twolaps aresel ect ed).
0009 The follo wing values canbesetfo rpar ame‐
te rs 1and 2,forex am ple:
R Spe ed
R Lon gitudin al/lat eral acc eler ation
R Steer ing ang le
R Engine speed R
Engine oil/tir ete mp eratur e
Based ontheanal ysis yo ucan checkand opti‐
mize driving charact eristic sfo ran yposi tion on
th etra ck.
Expor tingtrac ks orraces (USB ) 0007
Select Alltrack s.
An ove rview of all stor ed trac ks and races
ap pea rs. 0007
High light desired trac ks orraces. 0007
Sele ctÜ Options . 0007
Sele ctExport .
The select edtrac ks orraces can beexpor ted
to aUS Bstor ag ede vice conn ectedtothe
ve hicle.
Editing trac ks and recor dings 0007
Select Alltrack s. 0007
Highligh tth edesir edtrac k. 0007
Select Ü options . 0007
Select Rename orDele te.
or 0007
Select atrac k. 0007
High light thedesir edrecor ding. 0007
Sele ctÜ options . 0007
Sele ctWea ther orDele te. Se
tting Drag Race Mult
imed iasystem:
Vehicle TRACKPACE DragRace
Measur ingacceler ation 0007
Select Acceleration.
Measur ementbegins whentheve hicle accel‐
er ates. Measur ementisincr ement al,insteps
of 30 mph(50 km/h) uptoamax imum of
18 0mp h(300 km/h) orup tothese tmaxi‐
mum speed.
Measur ementcanbestopped earlyby
selecting Stoporby stopping theve hicle.
Quar ter-mil era ce 0007
Select Quar terMile.
The timemeas uremen tru ns unti la mil eha s
be en trave led orapr ev iousl yse tdis tance
(e .g. 1/4 mile,1/3 mileor 1/2 mile)has
be en reac hed. Mult
imed iasystem 33
Ta
nk cont entand fuel reser ve
Missing values werenotav ailable attim eof
goin gto print .
Capa city Model
Total cap acity
Mer cedes -AMG E53
4MA TIC+
All other models 21.1US gal(8 0.0 l) Model
Ofwhi chreser ve
Mer cedes- AMGE53
4MA TIC+
All other models 3.2USgal(1 2. 0l) Qua
lityand capa cityofengine oil Missin
gva lues werenotav ailable attim eof
goin gto print . MB-
Freig abe orMB -Appr oval Gasol
ineeng ine MB-Freigabe orMB-
Appr oval
Mer cedes -AMG E53
4MA TIC+
All other models 229.5,229. 51 Mer
cede s-AMG E53 4MA TIC+ ,Mer cede s-
AMG E63 S4MA TIC+ andMercede s-AMG
E 63 S4MA TIC+ :only useengine oilsof viscos‐
ity class SAE0W -40 orSA E5W -40.
The follo wing values referto an oilchang e,
inc ludin gth eoil filt er .
Missin gva lues werenotav ailable attim eof
goin gto print .
Re plac eme ntamoun t Mode
lR eplacement
am ount
Mer cede s-AMG E53
4MA TIC+
All other models 9.5USqt(9.0 liter s) Cool
antcapacity Capacity
Model
Capacity
All models 16.2 US qt
(1 5.3 lite rs) Re
frig er ant filling capacity Fi
lling capacityforre frig er ant and PAGoil Model
Refrig er ant
All model s2 2.2±0.4 oz
(630 ±10 g) Model
PAGoil
All model s2 .8±0.4 oz
(80 ±10 g) Te
ch nica lda ta 41
A
Ac celer ation
see Kickdo wn
AMG Men u(on -boardcom puter) .................... 27
AMG adaptiv espo rtsuspension sys‐
te m ........... ..................................................25
Sel ecti ngthesuspension setting ........... 25
Se tting .................. ........................... ...... 25
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 ............ ................................ 35
Drag Race <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>33
Ge ner alinf ormati on<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> ..32
Te leme try displa y.................................. 34 Tr
ac kRa ce <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>32
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 7
St eer ing wheel paddle shifters .............. 16 B
Boo stpres sur e(o n-bo ardco mp uter,
Pe rfor ma nce menu ).................................. 27 Br
ak es
AMG cerami chig h-pe rfor mance
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 8
St or ag elocation .................................... 38
Choc k
see Choc k
Climat econtr ol
Filling capacity forPA Goil .....................4 1
Re frig er ant filling capac ity.....................4 1
Coc kpit .........................................................4
Ov ervie w .................................................4
Comf ortmod e
see AMGadap tivespor tsuspe nsion system
Coolant (engine)
Filling capacity ....................................... 41 46
Index
D
Dash board
see Cockpit
Deale rship
see Qualified speci alist wo rkshop
Dif fere ntial lock
see Rear axle lockin gdif fere ntia l
Di spl aymes sages
RA CE STAR TCa ncel ed<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> ........44
RA CE STAR TNo tPo ssible SeeOper‐
at or's Manual ........................................4 4
Dr ag Race
Se tting .......... .................................. .......3 3
DRIFT MODE
Ac tivati on cond itions ........... ..................22
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 21
Swi tching off<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 22
Swi tching on<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 22
Dr ive pr og rams
se eDY NA MIC SELE CT
Dr iving safetysy stem
ES P®
(Ele ctro nic Stabilit yPr og ram) .......17 Dr
ivin gsy stem
AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsys‐
te m ..... ............................................. ......2 3
Dr ivin gtips
AM Gce ramic high-pe rfor mance
com posit ebr ak esy stem .................. ...... 14
No teson breaking-in ane wvehicle .......1 2
Dyna micda ta
Di spla ying ...................................... ........ 15
DY NA MIC SELECT ................................14,15
Dr ive pr ogr ams............. ...................14,15
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>14,15 E
E1 0 .............................................................. 40
ECO star t/s topfunc tion<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 12
Au tomatic engine star t.......................... 12
Au tomatic engine stop ........................... 12
Me thod ofoper ation .............................. 12
Engine ECOstar t/ stop funct ion.................. ...... 12
Engine oil
Capacit y.......................................... .......4 1 MB-F
reigabe orMB- Appr oval .................4 1
Qua lity .......... .........................................41
Te mp eratur e(on- boar dcom puter,
Pe rfor mance menu) ...............................2 7
ESP ®
(Electr onicStabil ityProg ram)
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ..............19
Fu nctio n/no tes ...................................... 17
SPOR Tha ndl ing mod e<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 17
St atus displa y(on -boardcom puter,
Pe rfor mance menu) ...............................2 7 F
Fu el
E1 0 ........................................................ 40
Fle xible fuelvehicles ............................. 40
Fu elreser ve <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 41
Gasolin e................................................ 40
Qualit y(g asolin e)...................................4 0
sulfur content ........................................4 0
Ta nk cont ent <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011>41 G
G-me ter(o n-b oard comp uter,Pe r‐
fo rm ance menu) ........................................ 27 Inde
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