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Symbols
........................................................ 3 At
agl ance ....................................................4
Coc kpit ....... ..................... ..................... ..........4 Gene
ralno tes... ............................................ 7
Oper ator's Manual ........................... ............... 7
Oper ating safety.............................................7
Qua lified speci alistwo rkshop .........................8
Cor rect useof theve hicle ...............................9
Limit edWarrant y............................................ 9 Seat
belts.................................................... 10
Re duced protect ion ...... ................................ 10 Seats
............................................................ 11
Ad jus ting theAMG Perfor mance seat........... 11 Dr
ivin gand parking .................................... 12
Dr iving ............ ........................ ............ .......... 12
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... ........................... 14 Au
tomatic transmiss ion.................... ............ 16
Dr iving and drivi ng safety systems ................1 7 Ins
trum ent Disp layand on-b oard
com puter............ ......................... ...............27
No teson theIns trument Displayand on-
boar dcom puter.............................. .............. 27
Callin gup displ ayson thePe rfor mance
menu ................................................ ............ 27
Dis play ing and star tin gRA CET IMERin
th ePe rfor mance menu................................. 28
Fu nctio nof theHead-up Display... ................3 0 Multimedia
system .................................... 32
AMG TRACKPACE ........................................ 32 Br
eak down assistance ............................... 37
Fla ttir e<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011><0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>......37 Wheel
sand tires ...... .................................. 38
Ov ervie wof thetir e-c hang eto ol kit .............. 38
Changing awheel ......................................... 38 Te
ch nical data............................................ 40
Oper ating fluids ............................................ 40
Ve hicle data... ............................................... 42 Displa
ymessag esand warning/indi‐
cat orlam ps................................................ 44
Dis play messa ges... ...................................... 44
Wa rning and indic ator lam ps........................ 44 Inde
x........................................................... 46 2
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Au
tomatic trans mis sion Man
ualgearshif ting 0007
Toactiv ate/ deacti vate:pr ess button 1.
If ind icatorlam p2 islit, manua lge arshif t‐
ing isact ivat ed. The current gear isdispla yed
in themultifunc tiondispla y.
0009 Toper manen tly shif tth ege arsman uallyin
dr ive pr og ram = using thesteer ing wheel paddle
shifters,select theM (Manual) set‐
ting forth etra nsmiss ion.
000E NO
TEDama getotheengine duetoshif t‐
ing uptoolat e The
automatic transmission doesnotshif tup
in manual modeeven when theengine' slim‐
iting speed isreac hed.
The fuel suppl yis int erru pte din order topre‐
ve nt theengine from overrev ving. 0007
Shif tup bef oreth eengine speedrea‐
ch es there dar ea intheta ch ome ter. 0007
Toshif tup: pull steer ing wheel paddle
shif ter2. 0007
Toshif tdo wn: pullsteer ing wheel paddle
shif ter1. If
th eengine speedistoohigh ortoolow, you
canno tch ang ege ar usin gth esteer ing wheel
paddle shifters.In this case, segme nts1 light
up red. Gear
shiftre comm endation The
gearshif tre comme ndation assists youin
adop tingan eco nomic aldrivin gst yle. 16
Driving and parking
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Cha
racter istics when ESP®
is dea ctiv ated 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
dea ctivated
If yo udeac tivateES P®
,ES P®
can notcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation. 0007
ESP®
shoul don lybe deactiv ated inthe
fo llo wing situat ions. ES
P®
is deact ivat ed ifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn‐
ing lam plight sup con tinuousl yin theins trument
clus ter:
R Driving stabilit ywill nolongerbe improve d.
R Crosswind Assistis no long eractiv e.
R The drive wheels couldspin.
R ETS/4 ETStra ction control isstill act ive.
0009 Even when ESP®
is deact ivat ed, youar est ill
assis tedby ESP ®
wh en braki ng hard.
In thefo llo wing situat ions,it ma ybe better to
act ivat eSPO RThandling modeordeactiv ate
ESP ®
:
R When usingsnowch ains . R
Indeep snow .
R Onsand orgrave l.
0009 Spin ningth ewheels results inacutting
action whichpr ov ides better grip.
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 . Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gES P®
(E lectr onicSta‐
bil ity Prog ram) Dr
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