2019 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS SEDAN & MAYBACH ESP

In
this Oper ator's Manual, youwill find thefo l‐
lo wing symbols : &
DANG ER Dan gerdue tonotob ser ving
th ewa rning notic es
Wa rning notic es draw your att entio nto haz‐
ar ds that ma yend angeryour healt hor life, or
th ehealt hor life of other s. #
Obser vethewa rning notic es. +
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da ma gedue tofailur eto obser veenvi‐
ro nment alno tes En
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ro nment ally responsible disposal. #
Obser veenvironmen talno tes. *
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to obser venoteson mat erial damag e No
teson mat erial damag einf orm youof
ri sk swhic hma ylead toyour vehicle being
damag ed. #
Obser venoteson mat erial damag e. %
Useful instructions orfur ther information
th at coul dbe helpf ulto you.
X In
stru ction
(007B page)Fu
rther information onato pic
Display Inf
ormation onthemultifunc tiondis‐
pla y/media display
+ Highestmenu leve l,whic his to be
select edinthemultimedia system
* Corresponding submenus, whichar e
to be select edinthemultimedia sys‐
te m
*M arks acaus e Sym
bols 3

1
Steer ing wheel paddle shifter →
13
2 Comb inationswit ch
3 DIRECT SELEC Tleve r
4 PASSENGER AIRBAGindic ator lam ps
5 Disp lay (mult imedia system)
6 Start/ stop butt on
7 Climat econt rolsy stems
8 Glovebox
9 Stow agecom partment
A Cup holde r
B Hazardwa rning light s
C ActivePa rking Assist
D AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsystem with
air suspension (Mercedes‑ AMGS63 4MA TIC+
and S65 Con vertible only) →
19
Hyd ropneumat icsuspension (Mercedes‑ AMG
S 65 Coupe only) →
22 E
AMG Perfor mance exhaus tsy stem
(Mer cedes‑ AMGS63 4MA TIC+ only) →
12
F Control elem ents forth emultimedia system
G Activates /de activatesESP ®
→
15
H Manual gearshif ting(per man entsetting ) →
13
I DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h
J ECOstar t/ stop funct ion
K Contr olpanel forth emultimedia system
L Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel
M Contr olpanel for:
On-boar dcom puter
Oper ates cruise control
Oper ates ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
N Unloc ksthehood
O Elect ric pa rking brak e
P Light switch
Q Cont rolpanel for: At
aglanc e– Coc kpit 5

Re
duce dpr otection
The AMG sportseat isdesign edforth est andar d
th re e-point seatbelt. Ifyo uins talla dif fere nt
mu ltipo int sea tbe lt, e.g .spo rtor racing seat
bel ts, there stra int system cann otprov ide the
int ended leve lof protect ion.
Depen dingonthetype ofseat, ther ema ybe
opening sin theseat backres t.These opening s
ha ve no func tion. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor fata linj ury
due tomodif iedseat beltsystems
If yo ufe ed seat belts thro ugh theopening in
th eseat backres t,th eseat backres tma ybe
damag edorma yeve nbr ea kin theeve ntof
an acci dent. #
Only useth est andar dth re e-point seat
belt. #
Nevermodify theseat beltsystem. Fu
nction oftheseat beltextender
The seat beltextende rfo rth efront seat helps
yo ufa sten your seat belt.When thedoor is
closed, theseat beltextende rex tends.
The seatbe ltex tende rre tracts again in thefo l‐
lo wing cases :
R theseat belttongu eis eng aged intheseat
belt buckle
R The seat belttongu eis no teng aged inthe
seat beltbucklewithin 60seconds
R The respectiv edoor isopened
R Youfo ld theseat backres tfo rw ards
R Nobody issitt ing inthefront passeng erseat
The seat beltextende rmu stalw aysbe retract ed
wh ile th eve hicle isin mo tion. 10
Seatbel ts

Dr
ivin g Br
eak ing- inno tes To
preser vetheengine during thefirs t
10 00 mile s(1 500 km):
R drive at varying road spee dsand engine
spee ds.
R donotdr ive fa ster than 87 mph(1 40 km/h).
R onlybr ief lyallo wtheengine toreac hamax i‐
mum enginespee dof 45 00 rpm (450 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 donotshif tdo 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 eacceler ator pedal past
th epr essur epoint (kickdo wn).
R onlyincr ease theengine speedgradually and
acceler ateth eve hicle tofull spee daf te r
10 00 mile s(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 great erforc eto thebr ak epedal. Oper
ation oftheECO star t/s topfunc tion The
engineisau tomatical lyswitc hedoffif th e
fo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R youbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands tillin trans ‐
miss ionposit ion005Bor005C. R
ifall vehicle conditions foran automatic
engine stop areme t.
The 00D6 symbol appearsin themultifunc tion
displa ywhen theve hicle isstatio nary.
The engine isrestar tedaut omatic allyif:
R youre lease thebr ak epedal intransmission
position 005Bwhen theHOLD function isno t
activ e.
R youshif tfr om transm issionposi tion005D.
R youen gage trans missi on positio n005B or005E.
R youdepr esstheaccelera torpeda l.
R youper man ently act ivat eman ualgearshif t‐
ing .
R youpull thelef t-hand steer ing wheel paddle
shif ter.
R youch ang eth eve hicle leve l.
R anaut omat icengin est ar tis nec essar y.
If th eengine wasswitc hedoffby theEC Ostar t/
st op funct ionand youlea vetheve hicle, awa rn‐
ing tone sou nds. TheVehicleOpe rationa lSwi tch
the IgnitionOff Befo reExiti ngdispl aymessa ge
also appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.Ifyo u Dr
iving and parking 11

R
A (Comf ort): com fortable andeconomi‐
cal drivin gst yle
R C (Spor t):spor tydrivin gst yle
R B (Spor tPlus): particular lyspor tydrivin g
st yle
R Mer cede s-AMG S65 Coupe :N
(CU RVE): com fortable drivin gwit hcur ve
inc linat ionfunc tion
R Mer cedes- AMGS63 4MA TIC+: I
(RA CE): drivin glik eon ara ce trac k
% Drive pr ogr am I mayno tbe used on nor‐
mal roads. Drive pr og ram I mayonl ybe
activ ated and used ondedi catedrace cir‐
cui ts, noton public roads.
% Mer cedes-AM Grecomme ndsselecting the
dr ive pr og ram A when incity traf fic or
st op-and-go traf fic.
Depe nding onthedr ive pr og ram sele cted, the
fo llo wing vehicle charact eristic swill chang e:
R Drive (en gineman agemen t)
R Trans miss ionman agemen t
R ESP® R
Sus pen sion
R Mer cedes -AMG S63 4MA TIC+ :posi tion of
th eex haus tga sflaps
R Steer ing
R Availabilit yof theEC Ostar t/ stop funct ion
R Driver assis tance systems
R Mer cedes- AMGS63 4MA TIC+: availabilit y
of glide mode
R Mer cedes- AMGS63 4MA TIC+: 4MATIC+
% Youcan also chang eth efo llo wing vehicle
ch aract eristic susin gth ebutt ons inthecen‐
te rconsole:
R Mer cede s-AMG S63 4MA TIC+ :posi tion
of theex haus tga sflaps
R ECOstar t/ stop funct ion
R ESP ®
R Suspension
R Manual gearshif ting Displ
aying dyna micdata Multime
diasystem:
, Vehicle .
e DYNA MICSELECT #
Select Dyn.Data.
Dynamic datais displa yed, e.g. :
R G-force values
R Torque dist ribution
R Boos t
R Cur rent powe routpu t
R Variable all-wheel drive Au
tomatic trans mis sion Man
ualgearshif ting &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding and ofan
acci dent dueto shif ting down onslipper y
ro ad sur faces
If yo ushif tdo wn onslipp eryro ad sur faces to
inc rease theengine braking effect, thedr ive
wheels maylose traction . Dr
iving andparking 13

#
Ifge arshif tre comme ndation mess age1 is
sho wnonthemultifunc tiondispla y,shif tto
th ere comme ndedgear.
% Gear shiftre comme ndation isacti veonl yif
yo uha ve act ivat ed man ualgearshif tingwit h
th ebutt ononthecent ercon sole. Using
kickdo wn #
Maxim umacceler ation:depresstheaccel‐
er ator pedal beyond thepr essur epoint .
% Ifyo uha ve act ivat ed man ualgearshif ting
wit hth ebutt oninthecent ercon sole, the
tr ans missi on does notre act tothekic k‐
do wn. Dur
ing kickdo wn, youcan notch ang ege arsusin g
th esteer ing wheel paddle shifters.The auto‐
matic transmiss ionshiftsup tothene xt gear
when themaximum enginespeedisreac hed to
pr otect theengine from overrev ving. Dr
ivin gand drivin gsaf etysy stems Fu
nction ofESP ®
(Electr onicStabil ityPro‐
gr am) &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
mal functi oning
If ESP ®
is mal functi oning,ESP ®
canno tcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation.Inaddit ion,ot her
dr iving safetysy stems areswitc hedoff. #
Drive on car efull y. #
Have ESP ®
ch eckedat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. Yo
ucan selectbetween thefo llo wing modes of
ES P®
:
R ESP®
on R
SPO RThandling modeon
R ESP ®
of f
Char acteristics when ESP®
is activ ated
ESP ®
monit orsand improv es driving stabilit yand
tr act ion,par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R When pulling away on wetor slip pe ry road‐
wa y.
R When braking.
R Instro ng side winds when youar edr ivin g
fa ster than 43 mph(7 0km/h).
ESP ®
can stabiliz eth eve hicle byinterve ning in
th efo llo wing ways:
R One ormor ewheels arebr ak ed.
R The engine outputisadap tedaccor dingto
th esituation .
ES P®
is activ ated everytime theengine isstar‐
te d, rega rdless ofwhe ther ESP®
wa sin SPOR T
handling modeorwa sdeactiv ated bef oreth e
engine wasswitc hedoff. Dr
iving andparking 15

ESP
®
is int erve ning ifth eES P®
00E5 warning
lam pflashes intheins trument cluster:
R Donotde acti vate ESP ®
.
R Only depress theaccelera torpeda las faras
is necessar y.
R Adaptyo ur drivin gst yle to suit thecur rent
ro ad and weather condition s.
Cha racter istics ofact ivat ed SPOR Tha ndl ing
mod e &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding dueto inc or‐
re ct applica tion ofSPOR Tha ndli ngmod e
Whe nyo uact ivat eSP OR Than dlingmod e,
th er eis an incr eased risk ofskidding and
ha ving anaccident. #
Onlyactiv ateSPOR Thandling modein
th ecir cums tances descr ibed asfollo ws . Sel
ect SPOR Tha ndl ing mod ewh en theve hicle's
ow nov ersteer ing and under steer ing charact eris‐
tic sar edesir ed,forex am ple when drivin gon
spec iallydesig natedroads. On
lyahigh lyqu alif ied and exper ienced driver
should drive in SPOR Thandling modeorwit h
ES P®
deactiv ated.
If SPOR Thandling modeisactiv ated and one or
mor ewheels star tto spin, the00E5 ESP®
wa rn‐
ing lam pin theins trument clusterflashes .ES P®
th en onlyst abiliz estheve hicle toalimit ed
deg ree.
If SPOR Thandling modeisactiv ated:
R ESP®
onl yim prov es driving stabilit yto alimi‐
te ddeg ree.
R ETS/4 ETStra ction control isstill act ive.
R The engin e'storq ue ison lyrestrict ed toa
limit eddegr eeand thedr ive wheels canspin.
The spinn ingofthewheels results inacut‐
ting action forbe tter traction onloose surfa‐
ces.
R ESP ®
continu estoprov ide assis tance when
th ebr ak es arefirm lyapplied . Cha
racter istics when ESP®
is dea ctiv ated &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
dea ctivated
If yo udeac tivateES P®
,ES P®
can notcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation. #
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.
% 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 . 16
Driving and parking

R
Indeep snow.
R Onsand orgra vel.
% Spin ningth ewheels results inacutting
action whichpr ov ides better grip.
% 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) #
Toactiv ateSPORT handlingmode: brief ly
pr ess butt on1.
The 0074 SPORThandling modewarning
lam pin theins trument clusterlig hts up. The
SPORT handlingmode messa geappear son
th emultifunc tiondispla y. #
Todeac tivateSPO RThandl ingmode :
br iefly pr ess button1.
The 0074 SPORTha ndl ing mod ewa rning
lam pin theins trument clustergoes out. #
Todeac tivateES P®
:pr ess button 1 unti l
th e00BB ESP®
OFF warning lam plight sup in
th eins trument cluster.The 00E5 OFFmes‐
sag eappear son themultifunc tiondispla y. #
Toactiv ateESP ®
:br ief lypress butt on1.
The 00BB ESP®
OFF warning lam pin the
ins trumen tclus tergoes out.The00E5 OFF
messa geappear son themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y.
Obser vetheinf ormation onwarning lam psand
displa ymess ages whic hma ybe sho wninthe
ins trumen tclus ter. Dr
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