2020 MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS SEDAN light

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Steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles →
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2 Comb inationswit ch
3 Instrument Display →
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4 DIRECT SELEC Tleve r
5 Start/ stop butt on →
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ECO star t/ stop funct ion →
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6 Media display
7 Climat econt rolsy stems
8 Hazar dwa rning light s
9 PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam p
A Glovebox
B Stow agecom partment
C Cup holde r
D Control kn ob for:
Vo lume andswitc hingsound on/off
Swit ches theMBUX multimedia system
on/ off E
Calls upnavig ation
F Calls upthera dio
Calls upmedia
G Calls upthete lephon e
H AMG exhaus tsy stem →
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I AMG adaptivespo rtsuspension system →
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J ESP®
→
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K Manual gearshif ting →
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L Calls upfavo rite s
M Calls upvehicle functions
N ActivePa rking Assist
O DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
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P Touc hpad
Q Control pan elforth eMBUX multimedia sys‐
te m
R AMG steer ing-wheel buttons →
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S Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel At
aglanc e– Coc kpit 5

T
Control pan el:
On -bo ardco mp uter →
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Cr uise contro l
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C U
Diagno stics con nection
V Open sth ehood
W Elect ric pa rking brak e
X Light switch 6
Ataglanc e– Coc kpit

Oper
ation oftheECO star t/s topfunc tion The
engineisau tomatical lyswitc hedoffif th e
fo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R Ifall vehicle conditions foran automatic
engine stop areme t.
R Youbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands tillin trans‐
miss ionposit ion005Bor005C.
R Youdepr essthebr ak epedal whendriving at
speeds below15 mp h(20 km/h).
The 00D6 symbol appearsinthemultifunc tion
displa ywhen theve hicle isstatio nary.
The engine isrestar tedaut omatic allyif:
R Youre lease thebr ak epedal intra nsmiss ion
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 esstheacceler ator pedal.
R Youper man ently act ivat eman ualgearshif t‐
ing . R
Youpull thelef t-hand steer ing wheel gear‐
shif tpaddle.
R Anautomat iceng inestar 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 and theengine isno tre star ted.
The Vehicle ReadytoDriv eSwitc hthe Ignit ion
Off Befor eEx iting displa ymessag ealso appear s
in themultifunc tiondispla y.Ifyo udo notswit ch
of fth eignition ,th eignition isaut omaticall y
switc hedoffaf te rone minut e. AMG
exhaus tsy stem Oper
ating theAMG exhaus tsy stem #
Press butt on1.
The spor tycharact eristic (Powe rful) issele c‐
te dwhen indicat orlam p2 lights up. 12
Driving and parking

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Toper manen tly shif tth ege arsman uallyin
dr ive pr og ram = using thesteer ing wheel
ge arshif tpaddles ,selec tth eM (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 gearshif t
paddle 2. #
Toshif tdo wn: pullsteer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 1. If
th eengine speedistoohigh ortoolow, you
canno tch ang ege ar usin gth esteer ing wheel
ge arshif tpaddles .In this case, segme nts1
light upred. Gear
shiftre comm endation The
gearshif tre comme ndation assists youin
adop tingan eco nomic aldrivin gst yle. #
Ifge arshif tre comme ndation mess age1 is
sho wnonthemultifunc tiondispla y,shif tto
th ere comme ndedgear. Using
kickdow n #
Maximum acceleration: depress theaccel‐
er ator pedal beyond thepr essur epoint .
The automatic transmiss ionshiftsup tothene xt
ge ar when themaximum enginespeedis
re ac hed toprotect theengine from overrev ving. 14
Driving and parking

SPOR
Tor dea ctivated bef oreth eengine was
switc hedoff.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lam pflashes inthe
ins trumen tclus ter,one orseveralve hicle wheels
has reac hed itsgrip limit :
R Adaptth edr iving style to suit thepr ev ailin g
ro ad and weather condition s.
R Donotdeac tivateES P®
unde ran ycir cum ‐
st anc es.
R Onlydepr esstheaccelera torpeda las faras
is necessar y.
Cha racter istics when ESP®
SPOR Tis act iva‐
te d &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
SPOR Tis us ed incor rectly
Whe nyo uact ivat eES P®
SP OR T,ther eis an
incr eased risk ofskidding andhaving anacci‐
dent. #
ActivateESP ®
SPO RTonlyin thecir‐
cums tances descr ibed below. Sel
ect ESP ®
SPOR Twh en theve hicle's own
ov ersteer ing and under steer ing charact eristic s
ar edesir ed,e.g.on desig natedroads.
Dr ivin gwit hES P®
SPO RTorwit hESP ®
deactiv a‐
te dre qu ires an extreme lyqu alif ied and exper i‐
enc eddriver .
If ES P®
SPOR Tis activ ated and one ormor e
wheels star tto spin, the00E5 ESP®
wa rning
lam pon theins trument clusterflashes .ES P®
th en onlyst abiliz estheve hicle toalimit ed
deg ree.
ES P®
SPOR Talso hasthefo llo wing charact eris‐
tic s:
R ESP®
on lyim prove sdr iving stabilit yto alimi‐
te ddegr ee.
R ETS/4 ETStraction 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 .
R Cross wind Assis tis no longeractiv e.
Char acteristics whenESP ®
is deactiv 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. When
ESP®
is deact ivat ed, the00BB ESP®
OFF
wa rning lam pand theESP OFF messag elight up
con tinuousl yin theins trument cluster.
Dea ctivating ESP ®
ha sth efo llo wing effects:
R Driving stabilit ywill nolongerbe improv ed.
R The drive wheels couldspin.
R ETS/4 ETStraction control isstill act ive.
R Crosswin dAss istis no long eract ive. 16
Driving and parking

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Even when ESP ®
is de acti vated, youar est ill
assis tedby ESP ®
wh en braki ng hard.
It ma ybe bes tto act ivat eES P®
SPO RTordeacti‐
va te ESP ®
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R When usingsnowch ains .
R Indeep snow .
R Onsand orgrave l.
% Spin ningth ewheels results inacutting
action, whichenhances traction.
% 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 yeve nwh en ESP ®
is acti vated, ES P®
is no t
av 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 improve theve 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 withtra ction. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gES P®
(E lectr onicSta‐
bil ity Prog ram) #
Toactiv ateESP ®
SPORT :br ief lypress but‐
to n1.
The 00BB andÆ warning lam psappear in
th eins trument cluster. Dr
iving and parking 17

#
Press butt on1 repeat edly until theselect ed
se tting isdispla yed.
Depen dingonthenumber ofindicat orlam ps
2 lighting up,thefo llo wing suspen sionset‐
tin gis selec ted:
R 0–"Comf ort" suspension setting
R 1–"Spor t"suspension setting
R 2–"Spor tPlus" suspension setting The
currentl ysel ect edsuspe nsion setting is
sho wnasadi spl aymessa geinthemedia dis‐
pla y. Fu
nction oftheAMG steer ing-wh eelbut‐
to ns The
AMG steer ing-wheel buttons aretw oaddi‐
tion alcon trol element son thesteer ing wheel.
Yo ucan assig ntw ove hicle functionsofyour
ch oice tothelef tcon trol element .Yo ucan
ch ang ebe tween theav ailable function sby
pr essing displaybutt ons 2repeat edly.The cur‐
re ntly select edfunc tions aredispl ayed indispla y
butt ons 2. The
follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R ESP®
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R AMG adaptivespo rtsuspension system
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R AMG exhaus tsy stem (/ page12 )
R ECO star t/ stop funct ion(/ page12 )
R Manual gearshif ting(/ page13 )
If yo uha ve assig nedafun ction toone ofdispla y
butt ons 2,youcan operat eth is func tion with
cor responding button1.
The assignment ofdispla ybutt ons 2remains
st or ed even afte ra ne wengine star t,but the
oper ating status ofthere spectiv efunction is
re se tto thebasic setting.
Yo ucan chang ebe tween thedr ive pr og rams
wit hro tary act uat or3. The selec teddr ive pr o‐
gr am appear sin displa ybutt on4. Bypressing
displa ybutt on4, youcan direct lyacc ess the
dr ive pr ogr am = (Individua l). 20
Driving andparking

Fu
nction oftheHead -upDispla y
The Head- upDis playpr oje ctsinf ormat ionabove
th ecoc kpit intoth edr iver's field ofvision, e.g.
th espeed oftheve hicle, information from the
na vig ation system ordriver assis tance systems
and some warning mess ages.
Depe ndingon theve hicle's equipment, differe nt
cont entcan besho wnintheth re ear eas ofthe
Hea d-up Display.
Mer cede s-AMG displa ycon tent 1
Protect ion from reac hin gth eov errevving
ra ng e
2 Detected instructi ons and traf fic sig ns 3
Current speed
4 Currentl ysel ect edgear,ge arshif top tio ns
wit hman ualshif ting
5 Current engi nespe ed
Dep endingontheve hicle's equipment, youcan
sele ctfur ther AMG displa ysinaddition tothe
st andar ddispla yson theDisplay Contentmenu.
In vehicles withAMG TRACKPACE, youcan dis‐
pla yaddit ionalco nten t:
R Spee dand gear displa y
R Lap and sectortimes
R Accel erati on and braki ng
R Trac klayo ut graphics
% The conten tth at can bedispla yedwill vary
dependin gon these ttings.
When youre cei veacall, the0061 Incoming Call
messag ewill appear ontheHead-up Display.
In aud iomode, thest atio nnam eor trac kwill be
sho wntemp orarily when theaudio sourceis
being activelyoper ated. Sy
stem limit s
The visib ilityofthedispla yswill beaffect ed by
th efo llo wing condition s:
R Seat position
R Imag eposit ionsetting
R Ambient light
R Wetro adw ay
R Objects onthedispla yco ver
R Polar izat ion insung lasses
% Inextreme sunli ght, sectio nsofthedispla y
ma yappear washed out.Youcan correct this
by deactiv atingandreact ivatin gth eHead-up
Displa y. Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 23