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Steer ing wheel paddle shifters →
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2 Comb inationswit ch
3 DIRECT SELEC Tleve r
4 Media display
5 Climat econt rolsy stems
6 PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam ps
7 Control pane lfo rth eMBUX multimedia sys‐
te m
8 Haza rdwa rning lam ps
9 Glovebox
A Stow agecom partment
B Control kn ob forvo lume andswitc hingsound
on/ off
C AMG Perfor mance exhaus tsy stem →
11
D ECO star t/ stop funct ion →
11
E ActivePa rking Assist
F Touc hpad G
ESP®
→
15
H AMG adaptivespo rtsuspension system →
19
I Manual gearshif ting(per man entsetting ) →
14
J DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
12
K Start/ stop butt on →
10
L Control pan elforth eMBUX multimedia sys‐
te m (ste er ing wheel)
M AMG steer ing-wheel buttons →
22
N Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel
O Contr olpanel for:
On-boar dcom puter
Cr uise control
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
P Diagno stics con nection
Q Unlocks thehood
R Elect ric pa rking brak e
S Light switch At
aglanc e– Coc kpit 5
Oper
ation oftheECO star t/s topfunc tion The
engineisau tomatical lyswitc hedoffif th e
fo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R Ifall vehicle conditions foran automatic
engine stop areme t.
R Youbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands tillin trans‐
miss ionposit ion005Bor005C.
R Youdepr essthebr ak epedal whendriving at
speeds below15 mp h(20 km/h).
The engine isrestar tedaut omatic allyif:
R Youre lease thebr ak epedal intra nsmiss ion
position 005Bwhen theHOLD function isno t
activ e.
R Youshif tfr om transm issionposi tion005D.
R Youen gage trans missi on positio n005B or005E.
R Youdepr esstheacceler ator pedal.
R Youper man ently act ivat eman ualgearshif t‐
ing .
R Youpull thelef t-hand steer ing wheel paddle
shif ter.
R Anautomatic engine star tis nec essar y. If
th eengine wasswitc hedoffby theEC Ostar t/
st op funct ionand youlea vetheve hicle, awa rn‐
ing tone sou nds and theengine isno tre star ted.
The Vehicle ReadytoDriv eSwitc hthe Ignit ion
Off Befor eEx iting displa ymessag ealso appear s
in themultifunc tiondispla y.Ifyo udo notswit ch
of fth eignition ,th eignition isaut omaticall y
switc hedoffaf te rone minut e. AMG
Perfor ma nce exhaus tsy stem Fu
nction oftheAMG Perfor ma nce exhaus t
sy stem
Chang ingtheposition oftheex haus tga sflaps
allo wsyouto select thesound charact eristic sof
th eAMG Perfor mance exhaus tsy stem:
R Closed exhaus tga sflaps: comfort ch aract er‐
is tic (balan ced)
R Open exhaus tga sflaps: sportycharact eristic
(po werful) Ope
ratin gthe AMGPe rfor ma nce exhaus t
sy stem #
Press butt on1.
The spor tycharact eristic (Powe rful) issele c‐
te dwhen indicat orlam p2 lights up. Dr
iving andparking 11
Au
tomatic trans mis sion Man
ualgearshif ting #
Toactiv ate/ deacti vate:pr ess button 1.
If ind icatorlam p2 islit, manua lge arshif t‐
ing isact ivat ed. The current gear isdispla yed
in themultifunc tiondispla y.
% Toper manen tly shif tth ege arsman uallyin
dr ive pr og ram = using thesteer ing wheel paddle
shifters,select theM (Manual) set‐
ting forth etra nsmiss ion.
* NO
TEDama getotheengine duetoshif t‐
ing uptoolat e The
automatic transmission doesnotshif tup
in manual modeeven when theengine' slim‐
iting speed isreac hed.
The fuel suppl yis int erru pte din order topre‐
ve nt theengine from overrev ving. #
Shif tup bef oreth eengine speedrea‐
ch es there dar ea intheta ch ome ter. #
Toshif tup: pull steer ing wheel paddle
shif ter2. #
Toshif tdo wn: pullsteer ing wheel paddle
shif ter1. If
th eengine speedistoohigh ortoolow, you
canno tch ang ege ar usin gth esteer ing wheel
paddle shifters.In this case, segme nts1 light
up red. Gear
shiftre comm endation The
gearshif tre comme ndation assists youin
adop tingan eco nomic aldrivin gst yle. 14
Driving and parking
Cha
racter istics when ESP®
is dea ctiv ated &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
dea ctivated
If yo udeac tivateES P®
,ES P®
can notcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation. #
ESP®
shoul don lybe deactiv ated inthe
fo llo wing situat ions. When
ESP®
is deact ivat ed, the00BB ESP®
OFF
wa rning lam pand theESP OFF messag elight up
con tinuousl yin theins trument cluster.
Dea ctivating ESP ®
ha sth efo llo wing effects:
R Driving stabilit ywill nolongerbe improv ed.
R The drive wheels couldspin.
R ETS/4 ETStraction control isstill act ive.
R Crosswin dAss istis no long eract ive.
% Even when ESP®
is deact ivat ed, youar est ill
assis tedby ESP ®
wh en braki ng hard. It
ma ybe bes tto act ivat eES P®
SPO RTordeacti‐
va te ESP ®
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R When usingsnowch ains .
R Indeep snow .
R Onsand orgrave l.
% Spin ningth ewheels results inacutting
action, whichenhances traction.
% ActivateESP ®
as soo nas thesituation s
descr ibedaboveno long er apply .ESP ®
wi ll
ot her wise notbe able tostabiliz eth eve hicle
if th eve hicle star ts to skid orawheel star ts
to spin.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lam plight sup con tinu‐
ousl yeve nwh en ESP ®
is acti vated, ES P®
is no t
av ailable duetoamalf unction.
Obse rvean yinf ormation whichma ybe displa yed
in theins trument cluster:
R Warning and indic ator lam ps
R Disp lay mess ages
ET S/4ET S(Electr onicTractio nSy stem)
ET S/ 4ETS tracti oncontr olispa rtof ESP ®
. ET
S/4 ETScan improve theve 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. Dr
iving andparking 17
AMG
adaptiv espo rtsuspension system,
selectin gth esusp ension tuning #
Toselect theComf ortsusp ension tuning:
pr ess butt on1 repeat edly until indicat or
lam ps2 and 3goout.
The AMG Suspens ionSystem COMFORT
messag eappear sin themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y. In
"Co mfort" mode, thedr iving charact eris‐
tic sof your vehicle arecomf ortable. #
Toselect theSpor tsusp ension tuning:
pr ess butt on1 repeat edly until indicat or
lam p3 lights up.
The AMG Suspens ionSystem SPORTmes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
"Spo rt"dr ivin gmod een sur esafirm ersus‐
pension tuning. #
Toselect theSpor tPlus suspension tun‐
ing: press butt on1 repeat edlyuntil indica‐
to rlam ps2 and 3light up.
The AMG Suspe nsionSystem SPORT+mes‐
sag eapp earsin themultifunc tiondispla y.
"Spo rtPlus" driving mode ensuresave ry
fi rm suspension tuning. Fu
nction oftheAMG steer ing-wh eelbut‐
to ns The
AMG steer ing-wheel buttons include two
additional control element son thesteer ing
wheel.
Yo ucan assig ntw ove hicle functionsofyour
ch oice tothelef tcon trol element .Yo ucan
ch ang ebe tween theav ailable function sby
pr essing thedispla ybutt ons 2repeat edly.The
cur rentl ysel ect edfunc tions aredispl ayed inthe
displa ybutt ons 2.
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R ESP®
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Driving andparking
Mer
cede s-AMG displa ycon tent 1
Protect ion from reac hin gth eov errevving
ra ng e
2 Current engine speed
3 Current spe ed
4 Current lyselect edgear,ge arshif top tio ns
wit hman ualshif ting
5 Inde xpoin ts
De pen dingon theve hicle's equipment, youcan
sele ctfur ther AMG displa ysinaddition tothe
st andar ddispla yson theDisplay Contentmenu.
If yo usele ctRA CET IMER,theHead-up Display
will showthelap and laptime. In
vehicles withAMG TRACKPACE, youcan also
displ aythefo llo wing content dependi ng on the
se ttin g:
R Speed andgear ind icat or
R Lap and sectortimes
R Accel erati on and braki ng
R Trac klayo ut graphics
When youre cei veacall, the0061 Incoming Call
messag ewill appear ontheHead-up Display.
In aud iomode, thest atio nnam eor trac kwill be
sho wntemp orarily when theaudio sourceis
being activelyoper ated.
Sy stem limita tions
The visib ilityisinf luenc edbythefo llo wing condi‐
tion s:
R Seat position
R The posit ioningof thedispla yimag e
R Light conditions
R Wetro ads
R Objectson thedispla yco ver
R Polar izat ion insung lasses %
Inextreme sunli ght, sectio nsofthedispla y
ma yappear washed out.Youcan correct this
by switc hingtheHead-up Displayof fand on
ag ain. Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 29
#
Select Export .
The select edtrac kcan beexpor tedto aUS B
st or ag ede vice conn ectedtotheve hicle.
Editing trac ks and recor dings #
Select Trac
ks. #
Select thedesir edtrac k. #
Select options u forth edesir edtrack. #
Select Rename orDele te.
or #
Select atrac k. #
High light thedesir edrecor ding. #
Sele ctZ options . #
Sele ctExport to...orDele te. Se
tting Drag Race Mult
imed iasystem:
4 TRACK PACE5
Drag Race
Measur ingacceler ation #
Select ZDragmode. #
Optional: seta ta rget speed.
Measur ementstops assoon asthespecif ied
ta rget speed hasbeen reac hed. #
Select Ac
cel erat ion. #
Pull away star tth emeasur ement.
Measur ementbegins whentheve hicle accel‐
er ates. Measur ementisincr ement al,insteps
of 30 mph(50 km/h) uptoamax imum of
15 0mp h(2 70 km/h) .
or #
Select 00D0Start.
A countdo wnisactiv ated. When thecount ‐
do wn has runou t,th emeasur ementstar ts.
Af terpul ling away,th ere act ion timeis dis‐
pla yed. Measur ementisincr ement al,insteps of
30 mph(50 km/h) uptoamax imum of
15 0mp h(2 70 km/h) .
Mea surement canbestopped earlyby selecting
Stop orstopping theve hicle.
Quar ter-mil era ce #
Z Drag mode #
Select Quar
termile. #
Option al:seta ta rget dis tance.
Mea surement stops assoon asthespecif ied
ta rget dis tance hasbe en reac hed. #
Pull away star tth emeasur ement.
Measur ementbegins whentheve hicle accel‐
er ates. Timing runs unti lth eta rget dis tance
or ama ximu mof one mileha sbe en trave led.
or #
Selec t00D0 Start.
Ti ming runs unti lth eta rget dis tance ora
ma ximu mof one mileha sbe en trave led.
Measur ementcan bestopped earlyby
selecting Stoporstopping theve hicle. MBUX
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