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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 ...............................8
Limit edWarrant y............................................ 9 Seat
belts.................................................... 10
Re duced protect ion ...... ................................ 10
Fu nctio nof theseat beltextende r................ 10 Dr
ivin gand parking .................................... 11
Dr iving ............ ............ ........................ .......... 11
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... ........................... 12
Au tomatic transmiss ion................................13
Dr iving and drivi ng safety systems ................1 5 Ins
trum ent Disp layand on-b oard
com puter............ ......................... ...............28
No teson theIns trument Displayand on-
boar dcom puter.............................. .............. 28
Calling updispla yson thePe rfor mance
menu ................................................ ............ 28
Displa yingandstar tin gRA CET IMERin
th ePe rfor mance menu................................. 29
Fu nctio nof theHead-up Display... ................3 1 Multimedia
system .................................... 32
AMG TRACKPACE ........................................ 32 Br
eak down assistance ............................... 37
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0011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011><0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>......37 Wheel
sand tires ...... .................................. 38
Ov ervie wof thetir e-c hang eto ol kit .............. 38
Changing awheel ......................................... 38
Ins talling/ remo ving thelongitudin al
member panel..............................................3 9 Te
ch nical data............................................ 40
Oper ating fluids ............................................ 40
Ve hicle data... ............................................... 41 Disp
laymes sagesand warning/indi‐
cat orlam ps................................................ 44
Dis play messa ges... ...................................... 44
Wa rning and indic ator lam ps........................ 44 Inde
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#
Donotshi ftdo wn onslipper yro ad sur‐
fa ces toinc rease theengine braking
ef fect. #
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. %
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.
* 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. #
Shif tup bef oreth eengine speedrea‐
ch es there dar ea intheta ch ome ter. #
Toshif tup: pull steer ing wheel paddle
shif ter2. #
Toshif tdo wn: pullsteer ing wheel paddle
shif ter1. If
th eengine speedbecomes toohigh ortoolow,
yo ucan notch 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. 14
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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
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