2020 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS CABRIOLET stop start

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Steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles →
16
2 Comb inationswit ch
3 Instrument Display →
25
4 DIRECT SELECT leve r
5 Media display
6 Glovebox
7 Start/ stop butt on →
12
8 Climat eco ntro lsy stems
9 Contr olpanel forth emultimedia system
A Hazar dwa rning lam ps
B PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam ps
C Stow agecom partment
D Control kn ob forvo lume andswitc hingsound
on/ off
Swit ches themultimedia system on/ off
E AMG Perfor mance exhaus tsy stem →
14
F ECO star t/ stop funct ion →
13 G
ActivePa rking Assist
H Activates and deacti vatesAIR CAP
I Opens andcloses thesof tto p
J Opens thestow agecom partment
K Open sand closes theside windo ws
L Activates /de activatesESP ®
→
18
M AMG adaptivespo rtsuspension system →
23
N Manual gearshif ting →
16
O DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
15
P Touc hpad
Q Control pan elforth emultimedia system
(s te er ing wheel)
R AMG steer ing-wheel buttons →
24
S Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel electrically
Switc hesthesteer ing wheel heateron/ off
T Contr olpanel for:
On-boar dcom puter →
25 At
aglanc e– Coc kpit 5

Dr
ivin g Br
eak ing- inno tes To
preser vetheengine during thefirs t
1, 000 miles(1 ,500 km):
R drive at varying road spee dsand engine
spee ds.
R donotdr ive fa ster than 85 mph(1 40 km/h) .
R allo w theengine toreac hamax imum engine
spee dof 4,5 00 rpm (4,500 rpm) onlybr ief ly.
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 avoidoverstra inin gth eve hicle, e.g.driving at
full thro ttle .
R donotde pres sth eaccelera torpeda lpas t
th epr essur epoint (kickdo wn).
R onlyincr ease theengine speedgradually and
acceler ateth eve hicle tofull spee daf te r
1, 000 miles(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 ,br ak 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 grea terfo rc eto thebr ak epedal. Fu
nction ofEmo tion Start The
Emo tion Startfuncti onisonl yav ailab le
fo rthe Mercedes‑ AMGC63 and C63 Smod ‐
els. #
Startth eve hicle withth est ar t/ stop butt on
and simult aneousl ypull one ofsteer ing
wheel gearshif tpaddles 1or2.
R The idlespee dis inc reased brief lywhen
st ar tin gth eengine.
R The exhaus tga sflaps areopen ed(spo rty
ch aract eristic )(/ page13 ).
Ob serveth eno teson star tin gth eve hicle inthe
ve hicle Operator's Manual. No
teson theloc king differe ntial Af
tera br eaking-i nper iod of2000 miles
(3000 km)theoil on theloc king differe ntia l 12
Driving and parking

Basi
c/Advanced /Pro/Ma ster
6 Trans miss ionposit ion:
D/ M G-m
eter (exa mp le)
While theve hicle isin mo tion, theG-me ter
sho wsthefo rc es that areexe rted on theve hicle
occupants both laterally and inthedir ect ion of
tr av el. The maximum values appear inredin the
coordinat esy stem. #
Torese tth eG-m eter: press thelef t-hand
To uc hCon trol. #
Select Yes. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. En
gin edat a(e xa mp le)
1 Current powe routpu t
2 Current torq ue
Wh encur rent powe r1 orcur rent torq ue 2
ac hieve sth emaximum value, thedigit alvalue is
br ief lystatio nary.The bardispla ywill cont inue. Displa
yingandstar ting RACE TIMER onthe
Pe rfor ma nce menu
On -bo ardcom puter:
4 Performance
The follo wing functionsar epossible intheRA CE
TIMER:
R Select ingdispla ysand star tin g
R Stopping
R Startin gane wlap
R Displaying lapstatis tics
R Resettin g 28
Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

1
Lap
2 Lap time
RA CE TIMER isint ended onlyfo ruse ondesi gna‐
te dra ce trac ks.Do notus eth efunc tion onpub‐
lic roads. #
Toselect adispla yand star t:swipe upor
do wn onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Select Start and press thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol. #
Tosto p:sel ect Stop andpress thelef t-hand
To uc hCon trol. #
Tostar ta ne wlap: afte rth efirs tst or ed lap,
pr ess thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Select New Lap.
A max imum of32 laps maybe stor ed. Ex
am ple: RACE TIMER
1 Lap
2 Elapsed time
3 Averag espeed
4 Distance covered #
Todispl aythelap statis tics:af te rat lea st
tw ostor ed laps, press thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol. #
Select Lap List.
The lapstatis ticswill bedispla yed. #
Displa yth est atis ticsfo rth ene xt lap byswip‐
ing upordown onthelef t-hand Touc hCon ‐
tr ol.
The fastes tlap isindicat edbyflashin gte xt
1. #
Torese t:stop RACE TIMER andpress the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Select Reset andpress thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol.
All laps willbedele ted. Fu
nction oftheHead -upDispla y
The Head- upDis playpr oje ctsth efo llo wing into
th edr iver's field ofvision:
R Information from thena vig ation system
R Information from thedr iver assis tance sys‐
te ms
R Some warning mess ages Ins
trumen tDisp lay and on-boar dcom puter 29

Quar
ter-mil era ce #
Select Quar terMile.
The timemeas uremen tru ns unti la mil eha s
be en trave led orapr ev iousl yse tdis tance
(e .g. 1/4 mile,1/3 mileor 1/2 mile)has
be en reac hed.
% The poss iblevalues forse tting theend dis‐
ta nce arede term ined bythesy stem and
cann otbe freel ych osen.
Measur ementcanbestopped earlyby selecting
Stop orby stopping theve hicle.
Manual star tfo rac ce lera tio nand quarter-
mil era ce #
Select Accel erat ionorQuar terMile . #
Select Man ualstart .
Thr eeredtraf fic lights appea rone afte rth e
ot her .The react ion timemeas uremen tst ar ts
when they chang eto green atthesame time.
The react ion timeis displa yedas soon asyou
dr ive of f.Ifyo udr ive of fto oear ly,th emes‐
sag eJump start.will appear andaccelera tion
or quartermile measu rement willbe can‐
celed . Measur
ingbraking #
Select Braking . #
Select StartRecord .
Meas urement isincr ement al,insteps of
30 mph(5 0km/h) toast ands till.If th ebr ak‐
ing procedur eis star tede.g. ataspeed of
99 mph(1 60 km/h) ,meas urement star ts as
soon as90 mph(1 50 km/h) hasbeen
re ac hed.
St oring and calling upmea surement values
When ameasur ementhas been completedor
canc eled, themeasur edtime canbestor ed. #
Aftera measu rement, selectSave measu re-
ment? .
The stor ed measur ementscan bedispla yedvia
th eHisto rymenu item.
Editing measuremen ts #
Select History . #
Highlight thedesir edmeasur ement. #
Select Üoption s. #
Select Weather orDelet e. %
The measur ementscan bedispla yedby cat e‐
gor y,e.g. accelera tionmeasur ements,by
appl ying afilt er . Calling
upthete leme try disp lay Multime
diasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
TRACK PACE5
Telemetr y
The teleme try displa ysho wscurrent vehicle data
as adigit alvalue and asadiagr am.Uptofour
par ame ters can beselect edthat areto be
sho wninthedispla y.
Fo rex am ple:
R Engin espee d
R Whee lang le
R Spe ed
R Steer ing ang le #
Setth edesir edpar ame ters. #
Setth etime.
The setpar ame ters areeva luat edinthedia‐
gr am forth etime set. Multimedia
system 33

Com
puter
see On-boar dcom puter
Cool ant(engi ne)
Filling capacity ......... ............................. 40 D
Dashboar d
see Cockpit
Deale rship
see Qualified speci alist wo rkshop
Displa ymessag es
ä Malfunction Drive at Max. 50
mp h.......................................................4 3
Õ Tract ion Con trol Inoperativ e
See Operat or'sMan ual.......................... 44
Ele ctroni cRe ar AxleDif fere ntia lLoc k
Cu rrent lyUn available ............................ 44
Ele ctroni cRe ar AxleDif fere ntia lLoc k
Inop erati ve <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 44
RA CE STAR TCa ncel ed<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> ........43 RA
CE STAR TNo tPo ssible SeeOper‐
at or's Manual ........................................4 3
Dr ag Race
Se tting ............................................ .......3 2
Dr ive pr og rams
se eDY NA MIC SELE CT
Dr iving safetysy stem
ES P®
(Ele ctro nic Stabilit yPr og ram) .......18
Dr ivin gsy stem
AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsys‐
te m ..... ............................................. ......2 3
Dr ivin gtips
AM Gce ramic high-pe rfor mance
com posit ebr ak esy stem .................. ...... 14
No teson breaking-in ane wvehicle .......1 2
DY NA MIC SELECT ................................14,15
Dr ive pr ogr ams............. ...................14,15
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>14,15 E
E1 0 .... .......................................................... 39 ECO
star t/s topfunc tion<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 13
Au tomatic engine star t.......................... 13
Au tomatic engine stop ........................... 13
Me thod ofoper ation .............................. 13
Emo tion Start
St artin gth eve hicle ................................ 12
Engine ECOstar t/ stop funct ion........................ 13
Engine oil
Capacit y................................................ 40
MB- Freig abe orMB- Appr oval .................4 0
Qua lity .......... .........................................40
Te mp eratur e(on- boar dcom puter,
Pe rfor mance menu) ...............................2 6
ESP ®
(Electr onicStabil ityProg ram)
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ..............20
ESP ®
SPO RT<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 18
Fu nctio n/no tes .....................................1 8
St atus displa y(on -boardcom puter,
Pe rfor mance menu) ...............................2 6
ESP ®
SPOR T
Fu nctio n/no tes .....................................1 8 48
Index

Po
we rout put (on-b oard comp uter,
Pe rfor ma nce menu ).................................. 26 Q
Qua lified specia listwo rkshop .................... 8 R
RA CE START
Ac tivati ng ........... ................................. ..22
Ac tivati on cond itions ........... ..................22
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 22
RA CETIME R(o n-b oard comp uter,Pe r‐
fo rm ance menu) ........................................ 28
Re ar axle locking differe ntial ...................1 2
Re ser ve
Fu el .......................................................4 0
Ro ofload .................................................... 42 S
Seat belts
Re duced protect ion ...............................1 0
Selec tingage ar
see Changing gears Ser
vice center
see Qualif iedspec ialistwo rkshop
SETUP (on-boar dcom puter,Pe rfor m‐
ance menu )................................................ 26
Shif tpa dd les
see Steer ing wheel paddle shifters
Shif ting gears
Gea rshif tre comme ndation <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> 17
Specialis two rkshop .................................... 8
Spor tPlus suspension setting
see AMG adaptivespor tsuspension system
Spor tsuspension setting
see AMG adaptivespor tsuspension system
Spor tsexhaus t
see AMG Perfor mance adjustable
ex haus tsy stem
St art/S topbutt on
Emo tion Start.................................. ...... 12
St art/s topfunc tion
see ECOstar t/ stop funct ion
Ste ering wheel padd leshif ters ................ 16
Sulfur content............................................ 39 Suspension
AMG adaptivespor tsuspension sys‐
te m ..... ...................................................2 3
Sel ecting thesuspension setting ........... 23 T
Ta nk cont ent
Fu el .......................................................4 0
Re ser ve(fuel) ........................................ 40
Te leme try disp lay
Calling up.............................................. 33
Te mp eratur e
En gine oil(on -boardcom puter,Pe r‐
fo rm anc emen u).................................... 26
Tr ans miss ionoil(on -boardcom puter,
Pe rfor mance menu) ...............................2 6
Ti re inf lation com pressor
see TIREF ITkit
Ti re -chang eto ol kit
Ov ervie w ...............................................3 7
TIRE FITkit <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011>..36
St or ag elocation .................................... 36 50
Index