
ET
S/4ET Scan impr ovetheve 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. #
Todeac tivateES P®
SPO RT:br iefly pr ess
but ton1.
The 00BB andÆ warning lam psinthe
ins trumen tclus tergo out. #
Todeac tivateES P®
:pr ess and holdbu tton
1 unti lth e00BB andESP OFF warning
lam psappear intheins trument cluster. #
Toactiv ateESP ®
:br ief lypress butt on1.
The 00BB andESP OFF warning lam psgo
out intheins trument cluster.
Obser vetheinf ormation onwarning lam psand
displa ymess ages whic hma ybe sho wninthe
ins trumen tclus ter. AMG
adaptiv espo rtsuspension system Fu
nction oftheAMG adaptiv espor tsusp en‐
sion system
The AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsystem is
an air suspension system withva riable damping
fo rim prove ddr iving charact eristic s.The all-
ro und leve lcon trol system ensur esthebes tpos‐
sible suspension andconstant grou nd clea rance,
eve nwi th aladen vehicle. When driving at 18
Driving and parking

speed,
theve hicle islowe redaut omatic allyto
im prov edr iving safetyand toreduce fuelcon‐
sum ption. Youalso have theop tion ofmanuall y
adjus tingtheve hicle leve l.
The dam ping isadjus tedindividually foreac h
whee land isinf lue nced bythefo llo wing fact or s:
R The drivi ng style, e.g. spor ty
R The road con dition ,e.g .bum ps R
The individual selectionof "Spo rt", "Spo rt
Plus", "Comfort" or "Econ omy"
The AMG adaptivespor tsuspension system
includes thefo llo wing compone ntsand func ‐
tion s:
R Airsuspen sionwithva riable spring rate and
aut omat icleve lcon trol R
Speed -dependentlo we ring toreduce fuel
con sum ption
R Manuall yselec table high leve lse tting for
gr eat erground clearance
R ADS PLUS (Adap tiveDam ping System with
con stant dam pingfo rc eadjus tment)
R DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc hand leve lbutt on
R Suspen sionsetting butt on Dr
ivin gand parking 19

Selec
tingtheAMG adaptiv espor tsusp en‐
sion system setting #
COMF ORTsusp ension setting: press but‐
to n1 repeat edly until indicat orlam ps2
and 3goout.
The AMG Suspens ionSystem COMFORT
messag eappear sin themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y. The
driving charact eristic sof your vehicle are
comf ortable. #
SPOR Tsuspension setting: press butt on
1 repeat edlyuntil indicat orlam p3 lights
up.
The AMG Suspens ionSystem SPORTmes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
The suspension isadap tedto be firm er. #
SPOR T+suspension setting: press butt on
1 repeat edlyuntil indicat orlam ps2 and
3 light up.
The AMG Suspens ionSystem SPORT+mes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
The suspension isadap tedto be very firm .
Se tting theve hicl eleve l &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent because
ve hicle leve lis toohigh
If yo udr ive at ahigh ervehicle leve l,th edr iv‐
ing charact eristic sma ybe impair eddue to
th ehigher vehicle centerofgrav ity .
The vehicle candrift outw ards, forex am ple,
when steer ing orcor ner ing. #
Alw aysch oose ave hicle leve lwhic his
suit edtothedr iving style and thero ad
sur face condi tions. &
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment from vehi‐
cle lowe ring
Whe nlowe ring theve hicle, people could
become trapped ifth eir limbs arebe tween
th eve hicle body andthetir es orunder neath
th eve hicle. #
Mak esur eno one isunder neathth e
ve hicle orintheimmediat evicin ityof
th ewheel arch es when theve hicle is
being lowe red. &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
du eto theve hicle lowe ring
Ve hicl eswith AIRBO DY CONT ROLor
le ve lcontr olsystem: when youunlo adlug‐
ga ge orlea vetheve hicle, theve hicle firs t
ri ses slightly andthen retur ns tothese tle ve l
shor tly af te rw ards. Dr
ivin gand parking 21

No
teson theIns trum ent Displa yand on-
boar dcom puter
Ad dition alno tesre ga rding your Mer cedes-AM G
ve hicle:
R Vehicl eswith anIns trument Display
(s tandar d)onl y:ifyo usele ctthePerform -
ance menu, theupshif tbar will appear onthe
multifu nctiondisplay.
R Addition alno te rega rding theindicat orand
wa rning lam ps:theve hicle isalso equipped
wit hth eES P®
00E5, ESP®
OFF 00BB and
ES P®
SPOR TÆ indicat orand warning
lam ps(/ page40).
R Youcan selectthefo llo wing displa ycon tent
in vehicles withaWi descr eenCockpit:
- Tach ome ter(cla ssic display se tting)
- Date(pr ogr essiv edisp lay se tting)
- Gea rdisp lay
- Warm-up
- Trac kPa ce
- G-me ter
- Engi nedata -
Trip com puter
- Navig ation Oper
ating theon-boa rdcom puter &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoperat einf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegrat edintheve hicle
when driving, youwill bedistract edfrom the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. #
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. Obser
vetheleg alrequ iremen tsforth ecount ry
in whic hyo uar ecur rently drivi ng when operat‐
ing theon- boar dcom puter. %
The on-boar dcom puterdispla yswill appear
on themultifunc tiondispla y. The
on-boar dcom puterisoper ated using left-
hand Touc hCon trol 3 and left-han dbac k/
hom ebut ton2.
Whe nth eon- boar dcom puterisbeing operated,
dif fere nt aco ustic signa lswillsou ndasoperati ng
fe edbac k,e.g. when theend ofalis tis reac hed
or when youar esc rolling thro ugh alis t. In
stru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter 23

Dis
play son thePerform ancemenu:
R Warm-up
R SETUP
R G-M eter
R RACETIME R(vehicles without AMG TRACK
PA CE)
R Engin edat a Wa
rm-up (exa mp le)
1 Digit alspeedom eter
2 Gear displa y
3 Engine oiltemp eratur e
4 Trans miss ionoiltemp eratur e
5 Boos tpr essur e
If th eengine ortransmission isno tat oper ating
te mp eratur e,themultifunc tiondispla ywill show te
mp eratur e3 or4 inblue. Avoid using the
full engine powe routpu tdur ing this tim e. Ex
am ple: SETUP
1 Drive sy stem setting:
Re duced/Moder ate/Spo rt/Dyna mic/Race
2 Exhau stsystem:
Balanced/ Powe rful
3 ESP®
status :
On /O ff
4 Trans miss ionposit ion:
D/ M
5 Suspen sion tuning:
Comf ort/ Spo rt/Spor t+ Ins
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#
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 con‐
te nt intoth edr iver's field ofvision:
R Information from thena vig ation system
R Information from thedr iver assis tancesys‐
te ms
R Some warning mess ages Ins
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AMG
TRAC KPA CE Gener
alinf orma tion Wi
th AMG TRAC KPA CE, thedr iving charact eris‐
tic son race trac ks can beana lyzed and opti‐
mize d.Youcan drive pr ev iousl yst or ed race
tr ac ks (e.g. Hockenhei mring ),or newtrac ks can
be recor ded andstor ed. The driven lap times are
st or ed forev erytra ck.The secan beana lyzed
and compar edtoother laptimes toachie vethe
bes tpossible race results. Addition ally,acc eler a‐
tio nand brakin gpr oce durescan bemeas ured
and stor ed.
Please note:Use AMG TRACKPACE onlyon
closed-of fro utes out side thepublic traffic area.
Ad aptyo ur drivin gst yle to your per son alabilit ies
and theen vironmen talcon dition s.As thedr iver ,
yo uar esole lyresponsible fordr iving your vehi‐
cle. Park your vehicle safely beforeoper ating the
applic ation. Se
tting Trac kRa ce Mult
imed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
TRACK PACE5
Track Race
Re cor dingatrac k #
Select Reco rdTrac k. #
Atthedesir edstar tin gpoin t,selec tSt art
Reco rd.
The trackre cor ding star ts at this point .Dur‐
ing trac kre cor ding, sect orscan besetto
de term ine interva ls. #
Tofinis htrac kre cor ding, select Stop orcross
th est ar tin gline again. #
Enterth ewe ather and thetrac kname.
Sear ching bytrac kname #
Select AllTra cks . #
Select ª Search. #
Enterthetra ck nam e.
Tr ac ks wit hth esear ched name aredis‐
pla yed. Measur
ingthetim eon thetrac k #
Sele ctTimin g.
An ove rview of near bytrac ks appear s.
The distance and dire ction tothest ar tin g
line ofthetrac kis displa yed. #
Select thedesir edtrac k.
If yo uha ve already driven on this trac k, you
can select adr iven time asare fere nce time .
Ti mek eepi ngbegi nsautomatical lywhen the
st ar tin gline hasbeen cross ed.
% When Zoomisselec ted, thetra ck displa y
can beswitc hedfrom 2Dto3D.
Di spla ying theana lysis #
Select LapTimes.
An ove rview of all thedr iven tracksappea rs. #
Select atrac k.
The follo wing datais displa yed:
R Lap and sectortimes
R Averag eand maximum permissible speed
R Driver
R Vehicle Multimedia
system 29

Measur
ementcanbestopped earlyby
selecting Stoporby stopping theve hicle.
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. Multimedia
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