R
Donotdr ive on unkno wnterrain that isno t
easil yvisi ble and stay on mar kedro utes.
R Alw ayske ep thedoor sand windo wsclos ed
whi letheve hicle isin mo tion.
R Deactiv ateAc tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
and cruise contr ol.
R Adaptyo ur drivin gst yle to thete rrain.
R Donotuse theHOLD function onsteep
do wnhill oruphill gradients withslipper yor
loose surfaces.
Dr ivi ng on sand
Whe ndr ivi ng on sand ,al so obs erve thefo llo wing
ins truct ions :
R Shif tto alowe rge ar.
R Drive qu ickl yto ove rcome thero lling resis t‐
ance, other wise theve hicle maydig itself in.
R Drive in thetra cksof other vehicles ifpossi‐
ble. Makesur eth at thefo llo wing prereq ui‐
sit es areme t:
- The tireru ts areno tto odeep
- The sand isfirm enough
- The ground clearance issuf ficie nt R
Lowe rth etir epr essur ein all four wheel s.
Con traryto theinf ormation onthetir epr es‐
sur eplat e(fuel filler flap), youcan lowe rth e
tir epr es su re to120kP a(1 .2 bar/1 7.4 psi ).
Mer cedes- AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers.
% Once youstop driving onsand, immediat ely
incr ease thetir epr essur eag ain.
Yo ucan find informa tionon tirepr ess urefo r
th eve hicle's fact or y-ins talled tires on the
fo llo wing labels:
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar don
th eB‑pillar ofyour vehicle (/page39 1).
R Tire pressur eta ble ontheinside ofthe
fuel filler flap (/ page38 7).
Fo rding
Also obser vethefo llo wing informatio nwhen
fo rd ing:
R Drive at no mor eth an 6mp h(1 0 km/h) .
R Obse rveth emaximum permissible ford ing
dep th(/ pag e42 4). R
Beforefo rd ing, shiftth etra nsf ercase tothe
LO WRAN GEoff-r oad gear (/ page14 9).
R Swi tchof fau tomatic climatecontr ol
(/ page 126).
R Ensur eth at abo wwav edoes notfo rm asyou
dr ive.
R Donotst op inthewa terand donotswi tch
of fth eengine. Ensur eth eEC Ostar t/ stop
funct ionisswitc hedoff(/ page14 0).
Dr ivi ng inmount ainousterrain
Also observeth efo llo wing informatio nwhen
dr ivin gin moun tainous terrain:
R Obse rveth eva lues oftheappr oach/depar‐
tur eang leand ofthemaximum gradient
(/ page42 4).
R Engage thedif fere ntia llo ck sif necessar y
(/ page15 1).
R Avoid high engine speeds.
R Use thebr aking powe rof theengine when
dr iving downhill.
R Shif tto alowe rge ar on uphill gradien tsand
on long,steep downhill gradients. 13
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If
all conditions have been fulfilled, activation
indicat orlam ps5 light up.Assoon asthedif‐
fe re ntia llo ck sar eactiv e,function indicator
lam ps4 light up.
The Different ialLock Engaged ABSandESP
Unavaila blemessag eand the00BB00E50025
wa rning and indic ator lam pson theins trument
clus terapp ear.
% Ifone ormor ere qu iremen tshave notbe en
ful filled, theDiff erent ialLock Activation Con-
ditions NotFulfilled messageappear s.
If th etransf ercase isno tin LO WRAN GE,
th emessag eDiff erent ialLock sAvailable
Only inLOW RANGE appearswhen you
switc hit on.
The gear chang emus tbe restar ted.
Diseng agingthedif fere ntial locks #
Press thebutt ons intheor der 3, 2, 1.
or #
Tosimult aneously disengageall differe ntia l
lo ck s: press butt on1.
or #
Todiseng ageth edif fere ntia llo ck sfo rth e
re ar and fron taxle s:press butt on2.
The differe ntia llo ck sar eonly diseng aged when
th efunc tion indicat orlam pshave gone outagain
4.
If yo upar kth eve hicle withth edif fere ntia llo ck s
eng aged, they will bedeact ivat ed aut omat ically
when theve hicle isstar tedag ain. Insome cases,
yo uha ve todrive afe w me ters bef oreth edif fer‐
ential locksarepr oper lydise ng aged. Ther efor e,
ch eckif func tion indicat orlam ps4 areof f
when youre star tth eve hicle.
Obser veanyinf ormat ionwhic hma ybe displa yed
in theins trument cluster:
R Warning and indic ator lam ps
R Disp lay mess ages Fu
nction of4MA TIC
4MA TICensur esthat all four wheel sar edr iven
when needed. Toge ther wit hES P®
and 4ETS,
4MA TICimprove sth etra ction ofyour vehicle
whene vera dr iven whee lspins duetoinsuf fi‐
cie nttracti on. If
yo ufa ilto adap tyo ur drivin gst yle, 4MA TICcan
neit her reduce therisk ofan accident norover‐
ri de thelaws ofphysics. 4MA TICcannotta ke
acc oun tof road, weather and traffic condi tions.
4MA TICisonly anaid. Youar ere sponsible espe‐
cially formaint ainingasaf edis tance from the
ve hicle infront, forve hicle speed, forbr aking in
good timeandforst ay ing inlane.
% Inwint ryroad con dition s,themaximum
ef fect of 4MA TICcan beachie vedonl yif yo u
use wint ertires (M+ Stir es), withsn ow
ch ains ifnec essar y. Re
fueli ng Re
fueli ngtheve hicl e &
WARNIN GRisk offire or explosion from
fuel
Fu els arehighly flammab le. #
Fire,open flames ,smo kingand creat ion
of spar ksmus tbe avo ided. 15
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