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Coc kpit ....... ..................... ..................... ..........4 Gene
ralno tes... ............................................ 7
Oper ator's Manual ........................... ............... 7
Oper ating safety.............................................7
Qua lified speci alistwo rkshop .........................8
Cor rect useof theve hicle ...............................9
Limit edWarrant y............................................ 9 Occup
antsafety.... .... ................................. 10
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Ad jus ting theAMG Perfor mance seat........... 11 Dr
ivin gand parking .................................... 12
Dr iving ............ .................................... .......... 12DY
NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... ............... ............ 14
Au tomatic transmiss ion.................... ............ 16
Dr iving and drivi ng safety systems ................1 8
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stru men tDi spl ayand on-b oard
co mp uter ...... .............................................. 29
No teson theIns trument Displayand on-
boar dcom puter.............................. .............. 29
Oper ating theon- boar dcom puter................2 9
Callin gup displ ayson thePe rfor mance
menu ................................................ ............ 31
Dis play ing and star tin gRA CE TIM ERon
th ePe rfor mance menu................................. 32
Fu nctio nof theHead-up Display... ................3 3 Multimedia
system .................................... 35
AMG TRACKPACE ........................................ 35 Br
eak down assistance .............................. 40
Flat tire.........................................................4 0 Wheel
sand tires ...... ................................... 41
Ov ervie wof thetir e-c hang eto ol kit .............. 41
Chan gingawheel .......................................... 41 Te
ch nical data............................................ 43
Oper ating fluids ............................................ 43
Ve hicle data... ............................................... 45 Displa
ymessag esand warning/indi‐
cat orlam ps................................................. 47
Dis play messa ges... ...................................... 47
Wa rning and indic ator lam ps........................ 48 Inde
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Contents
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 #
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. 12
Driving and parking
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Afterdr ifting andbeforecontinuing thejour‐
ne y,ch eckth ewheels andtires fordama ge.
In par ticula r,ch eckth etir etread depthand
tir econ tact surface overth eent ire widt hof
th etir es (see theve hicle Operator's Manual). AMG
adaptivespor tsuspension system Fu
nction ofAMG adaptive spor tsusp ension
sy stem
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 groun dcle aranc e, eve
nwi th aladen vehicle. When driving at
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" or"Comf ort" 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 24
Driving and parking
Ov
ervie wof thetir e-c han getool kit
Apar tfr om some country- specif icvariant s,vehi‐
cles areno teq uipped withatir e-c hang eto ol kit.
Fo rmor einf ormation onwhi chtire-c hangi ng
to ols arere qu ired and appr oved forper form ing a
wheel chang eon your vehicle, consult aqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop.
Yo ure qu ire th efo llo wing tools, forins tance, to
ch ang eawheel:
R Jack
R Choc k
R Lugwr enc h
R Alignmen tbolt
The tire-c hang eto ol kit islocat edintool bag 1
under thecar gocom partmen tfloor . To
ol bag cont ains:
R Jack
R Gloves
R Lugwr enc h
R Alignmen tbolt
R Folding choc k
R Ratche tfo rjac k Se
tting upthefo lding chock Chan
gingawheel #
Besureto also obse rveth eno teson chang ‐
ing awheel intheOper ator's Manual ofyour
ve hicle.
Ve hicl eswith AMG ceramic high-pe rfor m‐
ance composit ebr aki ng system: Wheels
andtires 41
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NO
TEDama getothecer amic brak edisk
when chang ingawheel Mer
cedes -AMG vehicl eswith ceramic
br ak edis ks:dur ing remo valand reposition ‐
ing ofthewheel, thewheel rim ma yst rike
th ecer amic brak edisk anddamag eit. #
Take par ticular care. #
Ask another per son forassi stanc eor
use asec ondcen tering pin. #
Whe nch ang ingthewheel, avoidexe rting any
fo rc eon thebr ak ediscs.
This canlead toimpair edcom fort dur ing
br aking. 42
Wheels andtires