2020 MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GT tires

Dr
ivin gand parking ................................. 10 2
Dr iving ............ .................................... ........102
Ra ce trac kope ratio n........... ........................110
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... .........................1 13
Au tomatic transmiss ion.............................. 116
Re fuel ing...... ............................................... 120
Pa rking .......................................................1 22
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stems .............1 30
Ve hicle towing instruct ions .........................1 60 Ins
trument Displa yand on-b oard
co mp uter ...... .............................................161
Ins trument Displayove rview .......................1 61
Ov ervie wof thebutt ons onthesteer ing
wheel .................. ........................................1 62
Oper ating theon- boar dcom puter.............. 162
Se tting thedesign ....................................... 164
Se tting thear ea foradd itional values .........1 64
Ov ervie wof displa yson themultifunc ‐
tion displa y... ..............................................1 65
Ad jus ting theins trument lighting ................1 65
Menus andsubmenus ................................. 165 Vo
ice Contr olSy stem ............................... 17 5
No teson oper ating safety................ ...........1 75
Oper ation .......................................... ..........1 76
Using theVo ice Cont rolSy stem effec‐
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Esse ntialvo ice com mand s.......................... 178 Multimedia
system .................................. 189
Ov ervie wand oper ation .................. ............ 189
Sy stem settings .............................. ............ 198
AMG TRAC KPA CE ...................................... 208
Na vig ation .......................................... .........213
Te lephon e........................................ ...........2 37
Online andInterne tfunctions ..................... 259
Media ......................................................... 265
Ra dio .......................................................... 277
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tenance andcare... .......................... 287
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y........ 287
En gine compartment ...................... ............ 288
Cleanin gand care.......................................2 94 Br
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Emerg ency<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Batt ery(v ehi cle)<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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To w star tin gor towing away <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Ele ctrica lfu ses ............ ................................319 Wheel
sand tires ...... ................................321
No teson noise orunusua lhandling char‐
act eristic s...................................................3 21
No teson regular lyinsp ecting wheels and
tir es ............................................................ 321
No teson sno wch ains ................................ 322
Ti re pressur e.............................................. 322
Loading theve hicle .................................... 329
Ti re labeling ................................................ 333
Def inition ofterm sfo rtir es and loading ..... 338
Cha nging awhee l..... .................................. 341 Te
ch nical data.......................................... 351
No teson tech nica lda ta <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Ve hicle identif ication plate,VIN and
engine number ............................................ 351
Oper ating fluids .......................................... 353 Con
tents 3

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NO
TEImpairment oftheoper ating effi‐
cie ncy ofthere stra int systems from
ins talling accessor ypar tsor from repair s
or we lding Air
bags andEmerge ncy Tensi oni ng Device s,
as wellas con trol unit sand sensorsfo rth e
re stra int systems, maybe installed inthefo l‐
lo wing areas ofyour vehicle:
R Door s
R Door pillars
R Doo rsi lls
R Sea ts
R Cockpit
R Instrument cluster
R Cen terconsole
R Lateral roof frame #
Donotins tallacc essor ypar tssuc has
audio systems inthese areas. #
Donotcar ryout repair sor we lding. #
Have afte rm arke tins tallation ofacc es‐
sor ies carried out ataqu alif ied spec ial‐
is two rkshop. Yo
uco uld jeopar dizeth eoper ating safetyof your
ve hicle ifyo uuse parts,tir es and wheel sas well
as acc essor iesreleva nt tosaf etywhic hha ve not
be en approve dby Mer cedes-Ben z.Saf ety-re le‐
va nt systems, e.g.thebr ak esy stem, maymal‐
func tion.Onl yuse Mercedes- BenzGenuine Parts
or par tsof equal qualit y.Onl yuse tires, wheels
and accessor iesthat have been specif ically
appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle model.
Mer cedes-Ben zGenuine Parts ar esubject to
st rict qualit ycon trol. Eac hpar thas been spe‐
ciall yde veloped, manufactured orselec tedfo r
Mer cedes-Ben zve hicles andfine-tu nedforth em.
Ther efor e, onl yMer cedes- BenzGenuine Parts
should beused.
Mor eth an 300,0 00 differe nt Mer cedes-Be nz
Ge nui ne Parts ar eav ailable forMer cedes-Benz
model s.
All author ized Mercedes-B enzCent ersmaint ain
a supply ofMer cedes-B enzGenuine Parts fo r nece
ssaryser vice andrepair work.In addition,
st ra tegically locatedpar tsdeliv erycent erspr o‐
vide forqu ick and reliable partsser vice .
Alw aysspecify theve hicle identif ication number
(VIN) (/page35 1) when order ing Mer cedes-
Benz Genuine Parts. Oper
ator's Manual
This Oper ator's Manual describesallmodels and
all standar dand optio nal equipme ntavailable for
yo ur vehicle atthetime ofthis Opera tor's Man‐
ua lgoing topress. Countr y-specif icdif fere nces
ar epo ssi ble. No tethat your vehicle mayno tbe
eq uipped withall featur esdesc ribed. Thisisalso
th ecase forsy stems andfunc tionsre leva nt to
saf ety. Ther efor e, theeq uipment onyour vehicle
ma ydif ferfr om that inthedescr iption sand illus‐
tra tion s.
The original purchase agreement foryo ur vehicle
cont ains alis tof all ofthesy stems inyour vehi‐
cle.
Should youha ve anyqu estion scon cerning
eq uipment andoper ation, please consult an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter. 18
Generalno tes

This
also applies whentheengine 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 tan ceisbei ng 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. No
teson driving &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
object sin thedr iver's foot we ll
Obj ectsin thedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal travelor bloc kadepr essed pedal. This
jeopardizes theoper ating androad
saf etyof theve hicle. #
Stow allobj ect sin theve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. #
Alw aysins tallth efloor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur e
th at ther eis alw ayssuf ficie ntroom for
th epedals. #
Donotuse loose floor mats anddonot
place floor mats ontopof one another. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
uns uitable foot we ar
Oper ationof thepedals maybe restrict ed
du eto uns uitable foot we arsuc has:
R Shoes withplat form soles
R Shoes withhigh heels
R Slipper s #
When driving alwayswe arsuit able
shoe sin order tobe able tooper ateth e
pedals safely. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whenswi tch‐
ing offth eignition whendriving
If yo uswit choffth eignition whiledriving,
saf etyfun ction sar ere strict ed orno long er
av ailable. Thismayaf fect thepo we rst eer ing
sy stem and thebr ak efo rc eboos ting,fo r
ex am ple.
Yo uwill then need touse consider ablymor e
fo rc eto steer and brak e. #
Donotswitc hof fth eignition whiledriv‐
ing. &
DANG ER Risk offata linj uries due to
ex haus tga ses
Combus tionengines emitpoisonous exhaus t
ga ses suchas carbon monoxide.Inhaling
th ese exhaus tga ses ishazar dous tohealt h
and canlead topoisonin g. #
Neverlea vetheengine running inan
encl osedspa cewithout sufficie ntventi‐
la tio n. Dr
iving and parking 10
5

Ra
ce trac koper ation Inf
orma tion onrace trac koper ation %
Racetrac kope ratio nis und erstood asthe
oper ation oftheve hicle inextreme situa ‐
tio ns when itis us ed on race trac ks or
closed-of ftr ac ks.
Yo ur vehicle maybe used onboth public roads
and race trac ks.The vehicle operating loads dif‐
fe rdepe nding onuse, whichrequ ire dif fering
ma intena nce interva ls.
When theve hicle isoper ated on ara ce trac k, the
com pone ntparts ar esubject tohigher loads
th an on thero ad.
To acc oun tfo rth ese loads, thefo llo wing meas‐
ur es inpar ticular areta ke nas partof themain‐
te nance interva ls:
R Chec kingand replacing individual compo‐
nen ts
R Overhauling completeassem bliesafte rspe‐
cif icper iods ofuse Ad
dition alch ecks mus talw aysbe car ried out on
th eve hicle beforeand afte reac huse onara ce‐
tr ac k.
* NO
TEDama getocom pone ntparts
th ro ugh arise intemp eratur eaf te roper‐
ation onara ce trac k Swi
tching theve hicle offdir ectl yaf te roper a‐
tion onara ce trac kcan lead toacon tinued
te mp eratur eincr ease ofthecom ponen t
par tsas are sult ofheating whiletheve hicle
is statio nary.
The com ponent partsma yth er eb ybe per ma‐
nen tly damag edinexc eption alcases. #
Donotswitc hof fth eve hicle immedi‐
at ely. Car ryout cool down laps atlow
speed withminimal brak eapplication.
Assemblies understra in, suc has the
engine andthebr aking system, cool
do wn faster this wa y. #
Alw aysallo waTr ac k-Chec kto be car‐
ri ed out atan aut hor ized Mercedes-
Benz Centerbef oreand afte ruse onthe
ra ce trac k. Mo
torspor teq uipment ,e.g. six-point seatbelts,
ar eonl yint ended foruse wher ero ad traf fic re g‐
ulations donotappl y.This also applies tomodif i‐
cations toboth thesuspension andaerodynamic
com ponen tpar ts.
Yo ucan obtain further information onser vicin g
yo ur vehicle from anaut hor ized Mercedes-Ben z
Cent er. No
teson thech aract eristics ofindi vidual
ve hicl easse mblie s Due
tospecif icvehicle operating loads inrace‐
tr ac kope ratio n,additio nal requ iremen tsmus t
be obser ved.
The follo wing vehicle assemblies areaf fect ed in
pa rticular :
R Brak esy stem
R Wheels andtires
R Suspension
R Aerodynamic componen ts 11
0
Driving and parking

When
driving onara ce trac k, mak esur eth at the
br ak efluid isno tmor eth an 12 mont hsold.
Br ak ecali per,br ak ehose sand brak eline s
Chec kth efo llo wing fordama geeac htime
bef oredr iving theve hicle onara ce trac k:
R The dustboo tson thebr ak ecaliper s
R The brak ehoses andbrak elines
Re place them ifneces sary.
Br ak eco olin g
Spe cialai rdef lect or sand chann elsareins talled
on thefront and rear axle sso that thebr ak es
ar ecooled sufficie ntly.The ysupply thebr ak e
discs withcooling air.Chec kth at they arein per‐
fe ct condi tionandcorrectl yins talled eachtim e
bef oredr ivin gth eve hicle onara ce trac k. Exces ‐
si ve wearcan becaus edbydriving overcurbs,
fo rins tance. Forth is reason ,re gular lych eck
th ey areall com pleteand installed securely.
In addi tion, checkth at theair guide platesare
seat edsecur elyand clean beforeand afte rdr iv‐
ing theve hicle onara ce trac k. Obser
vetheinf ormation onthecooling ofcom‐
ponen tswhic har esubject toloads when drivin g
on ara ce trac k(/ page 110). Wh
eelsan dtir es No
teson wheels
* NO
TERestrictions relatin gto suspension
se ttin gsand driving charact eristic s Dr
ivin gwit hwheels withdif fering dimens ions
of thefo llo wing featur escoul dlead torestric‐
tions relatin gto thesuspension settings and
dr iving charact eristic sof theve hicle:
R Diame ter
R Wheel offset #
Onlyuse thewheels prov ided by
Mer cedes- AMGforuse onara ce trac k. #
Onlyuse wheels withappr ovedge ome‐
tr y. Do
notus eslic k tires. Suspensi on and body
components mayot her wise besubject edto
exc essiv elyhigh loads. Obser
vethefo llo wing noteson chang inga
wheel:
R Chan gethewheels afte r9,320 miles
(1 5,000 km)onara ce trac kat thelat est.
R Toensur econ cent ricity and late ra ltr uenes s,
ch eckth ewheel contact surface fordama ge
when chang ingawheel. Theseshoul dalso
be meas ured intheev ent ofimbalance.
The wheel boltsaresubject edtohigh wearwhen
used onara ce trac k. To ensur eth ewheels are
bolt edsecur elyon aper manen tbasis, replace
th ewheel boltsinthefo llo wing situat ions:
R Afterapp roxima tely 620 miles(1 ,000 km) on
a ra ce trac k.
R Afterte nbo lting proce duresat thelat est.
No teson tires &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent from dam‐
ag ed tires
Dama gedtir es can cause tirepr essur eloss.
As are sult, youco uld lose contro lof your
ve hicle. 11
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Driving and parking

#
Chec kth etir es regular lyforsigns of
dama geand replace anydamag edtires
immediat ely. Chec
kth etir es fordama geand thecor rect tire
tr ea ddep thboth bef oreand afte ruse onara ce‐
tr ac k. Onl yth en isitsaf eto drive on ara ce trac k
and onpublic roads.
As are sult ofthedr iving style and athigh ambi‐
ent temp eratur es,when driving onara ce trac kit
ma ybe neces saryto com pens atefo rth e
inc rease inpressur ein wa rm tires by releasing
air .Ev en forwa rm tires ,th especif iedtirepr es‐
sur ema yonl ybe exceed edbymax. 0.5bar.
Af terth etir es have cool eddown again, youmus t
re adjus tth etir epr essur ein accor dance withth e
specif ications inorder todrive on public roads. Sus
pens ion Sus
pens ionsettings
The fact or yse tting prov ides agood compromise
fo rdr iving onpub licroads and onara ce trac k. Ve
hicl emeasur ements
Ev en smal lch ang estothesuspension settings
alt er thedr iving charact eristic sof theve hicle. To
ensur eop timal driving charact eristic s,thespeci‐
fi ed values andtoler anc esoftheindividual sus‐
pension settings mustbe com plied with.The
dr iving charact eristic sof theve hicle mayot her‐
wise beundesir able.
Ve hicle measur ements arere qu ired inthefo llo w‐
ing situat ions:
R The vehicle height haschang edinrelation to
th eop timiz edsetting.
R The vehicle isfreq uentl ysubject edtovery
high loads, e.g.when driving overcurbs.
Ther efor e, checkth eve hicle height atregular
int erva ls and, ifnec essar y,per form vehicle
measur ements. No
teson suspension components
Despit ere gular checks,and rega rdless of
whe ther there leva nt suspe nsion com ponents
ar ein goo dcond ition, thefo llo wing compone nts
mus tbe replaced afte ra cer tain amount ofuse
on thera ce trac k:
R Whe elbol ts(/ page 112)
R Whee lhub sinclu ding thewheel bearings No
teson engine oil Chec
kth eengine oilleve lbef oreoper atingin
ra ce trac kmod e. DY
NA MIC SELECT switch Fu
nction oftheDY NA MIC SELECT switch Use
theDY NA MIC SELE CTswitc hto chang e
be tween thefo llo wing drive pr og rams:
R o (Slipper y):optimized pulling away and
dr ivin gch aract eristic sin wint ryand slippe ry
ro ad con dition s
R = (Individual): ind ividual setting s Dr
ivin gand parking 11
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Ov
ervie wof displa yson themu ltifunct ion
disp lay 1
Outs idetemp eratur e
2 Time
3 Displa ysection
4 Trans miss ionposit ion
5 Drive pr og ram Fu
rther displa yson themultifunc tiondispla y:
0097 Gear
shiftre comme ndation (/page 119)
é Parking AssistPA RK TRONI Cdeac tiva ted
( / pag e15 1)
00B2 Cr
uis econtr ol(/ page 137)
ç ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page 139)
ê ActiveBr ak eAssi st(/ pag e13 7)
00B0 La
ne Keeping Assist(/ page15 8)
00D6 ECO
star t/ stop funct ion
00D9 HOLD
function(/ page14 3)
00CE Ad
aptiveHig hbeam Assis t(/ page91 )
Ve hicl eswith Traf fic Sign Assis t:De tected
ins tructi ons and traf fic sig ns (/ page 156). Ad
jus tingthe inst ru men tlighti ng
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
÷ LightSetting s #
Select Instr.Cluster Lighting. #
Seta br ightn essvalue.
The bright nessof theIns trument Displaywill
be adap ted. Menus
andsubmenu s Calling
upfunctions ontheser vice menu of
th eon-boa rdcom puter On-boar
dcom puter:
4 Service #
Toselect afunction: swipeupwards or
do wn wardson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Fu nctio nson theServ icemen u:
R Messag ememor y(/ page362)
R Tires:
- Chec kth etir epr essur ewit hth etir epr es‐
sur emonit or(/ page32 7)
- Restar tth etir epr essur emonit or
(/ page328)
R ASSYST PLUS: calluptheser vice duedate
(/ page28 7) Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 16
5

Ke
eping theair -water duct free #
Keep thear ea between thehood andthe
winds hieldfree ofdepos its,e.g .ice, snow
and leaves. Cleani
ngand care No
teson washing theve hicl ein acar wash &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
re duced braking effect afte rwa shing the
ve hicle
The braking effect isreduced afte rwa shing
th eve hicle. #
Afterth eve hicle hasbeen washed,
br ak ecar efully whilepaying attention to
th etraf fic condi tions untilth ebr aking
ef fect hasbee nful lyrestor ed. *
NO
TEDama gedue touns uitable car
wa sh #
Beforedr iving intoacar wash mak e
sur eth at thecar wash issuit able for
th eve hicle dimensions. #
Ensur eth er eis suf ficie ntgrou nd clear‐
ance between theunderbody andthe
guide rails ofthecar wash. #
Ensur eth at theclear ance widthof the
car wash, inpar ticular thewidt hof the
guide rails, issuf ficie nt. To
avo iddamag eto your vehicle when usinga
car wash, ensur eth efo llo wing beforehand:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cand the
HOLD functio nar edea ctivated.
R theex tenda ble re ar wing iscom pletely
re tract ed.
R theside windo wsarecom pletely clos ed .
R theblo werfo rth eve ntil ation/he ating is
sw itched off.
R thewindshield wiperswitchis in position 005A.R
theSmar tKey isat amin imum distance of
10 ft(3 m) away from theve hicle, other wise
th eta ilg atecould openunintentio nally.
R incar washes withacon veyo rsy stem: neu‐
tr al 005C iseng aged.
% Incar washes withacon veyo rsy stem: ifyo u
wo uld liketo lea vetheve hicle while itis
being washed, makesur eth eSmar tKey is
locat edintheve hicle. Theparkposition 005D
is other wise automaticall yeng aged.
% If,afte rth ecar wash, youre mo vethewa x
fr om thewindshield andwiper rubber s,this
will preve ntsme aring and reduce wiper
noise. Inf
ormat iononusing apo we rwa sher &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whenus ing
hig h-pr essurecle ani ng equipm entwith
ro und -spr ay nozzl es
The waterje tfr om aro und -spr ay nozzl e(d irt
gr ind er) maycau sedama getotires and sus‐
pe nsi on components that isno tvisi ble. 29
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Main tenance andcare