Oper
ator's Manua l
This Supplement prov ides informatio non allthe
im por tant func tions ofyour AM Gve hicle that are
eit her notdesc ribed ordifferfr om thedescr ip‐
tion sin theve hicle Operator's Manual. This
inf ormation supplements orreplaces thecor re‐
sponding sectionsintheve hicle Operator's Man‐
ual. Under nocircums tances does theSupple‐
ment replace theOper ator's Manual.
This Supplement describesallmodels, and
st andar dand optio nal equipme ntforyo ur vehi‐
cle, asavailable atthetime ofgoing topress.
Countr y-specif icdif fere nces arepo ssi ble. Bea r
in mind that your vehicle mayno tfe atur eall
fun ction sdesc ribed here.This isalso thecase
fo rsy stems andfunc tionsre leva nt tosaf ety.
Ther efor e, theeq uipment onyour vehicle may
dif ferfr om that inthedescr iption sand illustra‐
tion s.
The original purchase contract documen tation
fo ryo ur vehicle contains alis tof all ofthesy s‐
te ms inyour vehicle. Should
youha ve anyqu estion scon cerning
eq uipment andoper ation, please consult an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter.
The Oper ator's Manual, theSupplement andthe
Maint enance Bookletar eim por tant docum ents
and should be kept intheve hicle. Oper
ating safety &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto mal‐
functions orsystem failur es
If yo udo notha ve thepr escr ibed service/
maint enanc ewo rkor anyre qu ired repair s
car ried out, this could result inmalfunctions
or system failur es. #
Alw aysha ve thepr escr ibed service/
maint enanc ewo rkas wellan yre qu ired
re pair scar ried out ataqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjuryas
a re sult ofincor rect mod ifica tions to
electr oniccomponen tpar ts
Modif ication toelectr oniccomponen ts,their
sof twareor wir ing could impair their func tion
and/or thefunc tion ofother networke dcom‐
ponen tpar ts.Inpar ticular ,sy stems releva nt
to saf etyco uld also beaffect ed.
As are sult, they ma yno long erfunction as
int ended and/or endangertheoper ating
saf etyof theve hicle. #
Neverta mp erwit hth ewir ing and elec‐
tr onic componen tpar tsor their soft‐
wa re. #
Yousho uld have all workon electr ical
and electr oniccomponent scar ried out
at aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Obser
vethe"On-boar delectr onics"sect ionin
"T ec hnical data"intheve hicle Operator's Man‐
ual. Gener
alno tes 7
R
Position oftheex haus tga sflaps
R Steer ing
R Availabilit yof glide mode
% Youcan also chang eth efo llo wing vehicle
ch aract eristic susin gth ebutt ons inthecen‐
te rconsole:
R Position oftheex haus tga sflaps
R Sus pen sion
R ESP®
R Availabilit yof theEC Ostar t/ stop func‐
tion Fu
nction oftheDY NA MIC SELECT switch %
This chap terdescr ibesthefunc tion ofthe
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc hfo rth e
Mer cede s‑AMG E63 4MA TIC+ and
E 63 S4MA TIC+ . Use
theDY NA MIC SELE CTswitc hto chang e
be tween thefo llo wing drive pr ogr ams:
o (Slippery): optim ized pulling away and
dr ivin gch aract eristic sin wint ryand slip‐
per yro ad con dition s
= (Individual):ind ividual setting s
A (Comfort): com fortable andeconomic al
dr ivin gst yle
C (Sport):spor tydrivin gst yle
B (Sport+): particular lyspor tydrivin gst yle
I (RACE): drivin glik eon ara ce trac k
(Me rcedes‑A MGE63 S)
The I (RACE) drive pr og ram ma yno tbe
used onnor mal roads. I (RACE) mus ton ly
be activ ated and used ondedicat edrace cir‐
cui ts, noton public roads.
Mer cedes-AM Grecomme ndsselecting thedr ive
pr ogr am A when incity traffic or stop-and-go
tr af fic.
Depe nding onthedr ive pr og ram sele cted, the
fo llo wing vehicle charact eristic swill chang e:
R Drive: -
Engin eand trans miss ionman agemen t
- ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
R ESP ®
R Availabilit yof theEC Ostar t/ stop funct ion
R Position oftheex haus tga sflaps
R Sus pen sion
R Steer ing
R The I(RA CE)drive pr ogr am has thefo l‐
lo wing proper ties:
- The vehicle exhibits driving charact eris‐
tic ssuit edforra ce circui ts.
- Allvehicle systems aredesigned formaxi‐
mum sportiness.
- The susp ension hasapar ticula rly tight
susp ension anddam pingsy stem.
- Glide mode isno tav ailable.
- The spor tycharact eristic (Powe rful) is
act ivat ed when theex haus tsy stem is
activ ated. Dr
iving andparking 15
#
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.
% Gear shiftre comme ndation isacti veonl yif
yo uha ve act ivat ed man ualgearshif tingwit h
th ebutt ononthecent ercon sole. Using
kickdo wn #
Maxim umacceler ation:depresstheaccel‐
er ator pedal beyond thepr essur epoint .
Dur ing kickdo wn, youcan notch ang ege arsusin g
th esteer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles .The auto‐
mat ictransm issionshif tsup tothene xt gear when
themaximum enginespeedisreac hed to
pr otect theengine from overrev ving.
% Ifyo uha ve act ivat ed man ualgearshif ting
wit hth ebutt oninthecent ercon sole, the
tr ans missi on does notre act tothekic k‐
do wn. Glide
mode function Wi
th an ant icip ator ydr ivin gst yle, glide mode
helps youto reduce fuelconsum ption.
Glide mode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R The com bustion engin eis switc hedoff.All of
th eve hicle functionsremain active.
R The J symbo lwil lapp ear onthemulti‐
func tion displa y.
Glide mode isact ivat ed ifth efo llo wing condi‐
tion sar eme t:
R The ECOstar t/ stop funct ionisactiv ated.
R Mer cedes- AMGE53 4MA TIC+: Drive pr o‐
gram = isselect edwithth edr ive se tting
"Moder ate" or"Reduced". Dr
iving andparking 17
Belo
waspe edof95 mph(1 50 km/h) toappr ox‐
imat ely70 mph(115 km/h) 4MATIC+is conti nu‐
ou sly deacti vatedag ain.
% DRIF TMODE isonl yav ailable afte rth eve hi‐
cle has been brok en in(/ page12 ).
Ac tiv atin gand deac tivatin gDRI FTMOD E
Re quirement s:
R ESP®
is deact ivat ed (/ page20).
R Drive pr ogr am I(RA CE)isselect ed
(/ page15 ).
R The door s,thehood andthetai lgat ear e
clos ed.
R The engin eis running andthetra nsmiss ion
and engine areat nor mal oper ating temp era‐
tur e.
R The transmiss ionisin manual mode–man‐
ual shif ting isactiv ated (/ page16 ). Ac
tiv atin gDRI FTMOD E #
Pullst eer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles 1and
2 and hold forhal fa second.
If all activ ation conditions arefulf illed, the
multifu nctiondisplay sho wsthemessag e
DRIFT MODE Confirm :Paddle UPCancel:
Paddle DOWNandtheâ warning lam p
fl ashes . #
Tocancel :pull steer ing wheel gearshif tpad‐
dle 1.
The mult ifunction displa ysho wstheDRIFT
MODE Canceled messageand theâ
wa rning lam pgoes out. #
Toconf irm: pull steer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 2.
The mult ifunction displa ysho wstheDRIFT
MODE Active messag eand theâ warning
lam plight sup.
Deactiv ating DRIFT MODE #
Pull steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles 1and
2 and hold forhal fa second.
The DRIFT MODE Activemessageand the
â warning lam pgo out.
DRIF TMOD Eis aut omat icallydeact ivat ed inthe
fo llo wing situat ions:
R ESP®
is act ivat ed.
R Manual shiftingis deact ivat ed –th ege arbo x
is in posit ion005B.
R The I (RACE) drive pr og ram isswitc hed
of f.
R The vehicle isswitc hedoff.
R Automatic switchof fis requ ired bytheve hi‐
cle. Dr
iving andparking 23
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 ,th etra nsmiss ion
se t-up M(manual) andthecur rent gear will
appear onthemultifunc tiondispla y.
R Ifyo uswit chon theEC Ostar t/ stop funct ion
and select drive pr ogr am A, theengine
electr onics willswitc hfrom eight- cylinder
mode tofour -cylinder mode, ifnec essar y.
The multifunct iondispla ywill showthe/
symbol inthest atus area.
R Addition alno te rega rding theindicat orand
wa rning lam ps:theve hicle isalso equipped
wit hth eES P®
ON ,ES P®
OFF 00BB and
ES P®
SPOR TÆ indicat orand warning
lam ps(/ page48).
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. Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 29
Ta
nk cont entand fuel reser ve
Cap acity Mod
el Total cap acity
Al lmo dels 21.1US gal
(80. 0liter s) Model
Ofwhic hre ser ve
All mod els3 .2US gal
(1 2.0 liter s) Qualit
yand capa cityofengine oil MB-
Freig abe orMB -Appr oval Gasol
ineeng inesE ngineoilspecif ica‐
tions
Mer cedes- AMGE53
4MA TIC+ 229.
51,229 .52,
229 .61
229 .71*
Mer cedes- AMGE63
S 4MA TIC+ 229
.5*
229 .51 *
Re comme ndedforlo we stpossible fuelcon‐
sum ption (lowe stSA Evis cos ityclassineach
case ;obs erve possible restrictions ofthe
appr ovedSA Evis cos ityclasse s).
To achie vethelowe stpossible fuelconsum ption,
it is recomme ndedtouse theengine oilspecif i‐
cation smar kedin theta ble forth elowe stSA E
viscosi tyclass .Po ssible restrictions ofthe
appr ovedSA Evis cos ityclasse smu stbe
obser ved.
Mer cedes- AMGE63 S4MA TIC+: onlyuse
engin eoils ofviscos ityclass SAE0W -40 orSA E
5W -40.
The follo wing values referto an oilchang e,
inc ludin gth eoil filt er .
Missin gva lues werenotav ailable atthetime of
going topress.
Capacit y Model
Capacity
Mer cedes- AMGE53
4MA TIC+
All other models 9.5USqt(9.0 liter s) Cool
antcapacity Missing
values werenotav ailable atthetime of
going topress.
Capacit y Model
Capacity
Mer cedes- AMGE53
4MA TIC+
Mer cedes- AMGE63
4MA TIC+ 14
.0 US qt
(1 3.3 lite rs)
Mer cedes- AMGE63
S 4MA TIC+ 16
.2 US qt
(1 5.3 lite rs) Re
frig er ant filling capacity Missin
gva lues werenotye tav ailable atthetime
of going topress. 44
Tech nica lda ta
Com
puter
see On-boar dcom puter
Cool ant(engi ne)
Filling capacity ......... ............................. 44 D
Dash board
see Cockpit
Deale rship
see Qualified speci alist wo rkshop
Displa ymessag es
ä Malfunction Drive at Max. 50
mp h.......................................................4 7
DRI FTMODE Current lyUn available
See Operat or'sMan ual.......................... 47
Ele ctroni cRe ar AxleDif fere ntia lLoc k
Cu rrent lyUn available ............................ 48
Ele ctro nic Rear AxleDif fere ntia lLoc k
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RA CE STAR TCa ncel ed<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> ........47 RA
CE STAR TNo tPo ssible SeeOper‐
at or's Manual ........................................4 7
Dr ag Race
Se tting ............................................ .......3 6
DRIFT MODE
Ac tivati ng ........... ................................. ..23
Ac tivati on cond itions ........... ..................23
Dea ctivating ........... ............................... 23
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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 4
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
Dyna micda ta
Di spla ying ...................................... ........ 16 DY
NA MIC SELECT ................................1 4,15
Dr ive pr ogr ams............ ....................14,15
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011>14,15 E
E1 0 .............................................................. 43
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................................................ 44
MB-F reigabe orMB- Appr oval .................4 4
Qua lity .......... .........................................44
Te mp eratur e(on- boar dcom puter,
Pe rfor mance menu) ...............................3 1
ESP ®
(Electr onicStabil ityProg ram)
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ..............20
ESP ®
SPO RT<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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