2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GT R ROADSTER wheel

Symbols
........................................................ 5 At
agl ance ....................................................6
Coc kpit ....... ..................... ..................... ..........6
Wa rning and indic ator lam ps........................ 10
Ov erhead controlpanel ................................ 12
Doo rcontr olpa nel and seatad jus tment .......14
Emerg enciesand brea kdo wns ............ .......... 16 Digita
lOp erator' sMa nua l......................... 18
Callin gup theDigit alOper ator's Manual ...... 18 Gene
ralno tes... .......................................... 19
Pr otect ing theen vironmen t... ....................... 19
Genui neMer cedes-Ben zpar ts...................... 19
Oper ator's Manual ......... .................. .............2 0
Ser vice andvehicle operation ......... .............. 21
Oper ating safety...........................................2 2
Decl arati on ofconf ormity forwireless
ve hicle component s... ..................................2 3
Dia gno stics con nection .................. .............. 23
Qualif iedspec ialistwo rkshop ....................... 24
Cor rect useof theve hicle ............................2 5 Pr
oblems withyo ur vehicle ............... ............ 25
Re por tingsaf etydef ects ...............................2 5
Limit edWarrant y.......................................... 26
QR cod efo rre scue card... ............... .............2 6
Dat ast or ag e... ..............................................2 6
Cop yright ...................................................... 29 Occup
antsafety.... ..................................... 31
Re stra int system .............................. .............3 1
Sea tbel ts<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> 33
Airb ags<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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PR E-S AFE ®
sy stem ....................................... 45
Saf elytranspor tingchildr enintheve hi‐
cle ...... ..........................................................4 6
No teson pets intheve hicle ............ .............5 2 Opening
andclosing .................................. 54
Smar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 54
Doo rs<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Tr unk ................................................ ............ 63
So fttop............................................ ............ 66
Side windo ws<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 71
Anti-t heftpr otect ion ........................ .............7 5 Seats
andstowing ...................................... 77
No teson thecor rect driver's seatpos i‐
tion <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011>.......77
Sea ts<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 77
St eer ing wheel ..............................................8 4
Eas yentr yand exitfeatur e...........................8 6
Oper ating thememor yfunc tion .................... 87
St ow agear eas .............................................. 88
Cup holde r.................................................... 90
As htrayand cigarette light er.........................9 1
Soc kets ........... ..............................................92
Ins talling/ remo ving thefloor mats ............... 93 Light
andvisibility ..................................... 95
Ext erior lighting ............................................ 95
Int erior lighting ............................................. 99
Wi ndsh ield wipe rand windsh ield wa sher
sy stem ........................................................ 100
Mir rors <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 101
Oper ating thesun visor s... .......................... 104 Clim
atecontr ol........................................ 105
Ov ervie wof climat econt rolsy stems ..........1 05
Oper ating theclimat econ trol system ......... 105 2
Contents

Dr
ivin gand parking ................................. 10 9
Dr iving ............ .................................... ........109
Ra ce trac kope ratio n........... ........................117
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... .........................1 21
Au tomatic transmiss ion.................... .......... 123
Re fuel ing...... ............................................... 127
Pa rking .......................................................1 30
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stems .............1 38
Ve hicle towing instruct ions .........................1 68 Ins
trument Displa yand on-b oard
co mp uter ...... ............................................169
Ins trument Displayove rview .......................1 69
Ov ervie wof thebutt ons onthesteer ing
wheel ..........................................................1 70
Oper ating theon- boar dcom puter.............. 170
Se tting thedesign ....................................... 172
Se tting thear ea foradd itional values .......... 172
Ov ervie wof displa yson themultifunc ‐
tion displa y... ..............................................1 73
Ad jus ting theins trument lighting ................1 73
Menus andsubmenus ................................. 173 Vo
ice Contr olSy stem .............................. 183
No teson oper ating safety................ ...........1 83
Oper ation....... ................................... .........184
Using theVo ice Cont rolSy stem effec‐
tiv ely <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011>...185
Esse ntialvo ice com mand s.........................1 86 Multimedi
asy stem .................................. 197
Ov ervie wand oper ation .................. ............ 197
Sy stem settings .............................. ............ 206
AMG TRACKPACE .......................................2 16
Na vig ation .......................................... .........221
Te lephon e........................................ ...........2 45
Online andInterne tfunctions ..................... 267
Medi a....... ..................................................273
Ra dio .......................................................... 285
Sound .........................................................2 92 Maint
enanceand care....... ......................295
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y........ 295
En gine compartment ...................... ............ 296
Cleanin gand care.......................................3 02 Br
eakdo wnassi stance .............................31 2
Emerg ency............. .....................................312
Fla ttir e<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011><0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>....312
Batt ery(v ehi cle) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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00110011001100110011> 318
To w star tin gor towing away <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Ele ctrica lfus es<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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elsand tires <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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No teson noise orunusua lhandling char‐
act eristic s...................................................3 30
No teson regular lyinsp ecting wheels and
tir es ............................................................ 330
No teson sno wch ains .................................3 31
Ti re pressur e...............................................3 31
Loadi ngtheve hicle .................................... 338
Ti re labeling ................................................ 342
Def inition ofterm sfo rtir es and loading ..... 347
Cha nging awhee l..... .................................. 350 Te
ch nical data.......................................... 360
No teson tech nica lda ta <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Ve hicle identif ication plate,VIN and
engine number ...........................................3 60
Oper ating fluids .......................................... 362 Con
tents 3

1
Steer ing wheel paddle shifters →
126
2 Comb inationswit ch →
96
3 Start/ stop butt on →
110
4 Media display →
197
5 Switches theseat heating on/off →
82
6 Switc hestheseat ventil ation on/o ff →
83
7 Switc hesAIRSC ARFon/of f →
83
8 Front camer a →
161
9 Haza rdwa rning lam ps →
97
A Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C →
158
B PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam p →
43
C Glovebox →
90
D Touc hpad →
197
E Control kn ob forvo lume andswitc hingsound
on/ off →
197
Swi tches themultimedia system on/ off →
197
F ECO star t/ stop funct ion →
115 G
Extend sand retracts activeaer odyn amics
pr ofile →
156
H AMG Perfor mance exhaus tsy stem →
116
I AMG E-SELEC Tsel ect orleve r →
123
J Activates /de activatesESP ®
→
140
K AMG adaptivespo rtsuspension system →
157
L Manual gearshif ting →
126
M DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
121
N Stow agecom partment →
89
O Climat econ trol systems →
105
P Control pan elforth emultimedia system
(s te er ing wheel) →
170
Q AMG steer ing-wheel buttons →
155
R Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel →
85
S Contr olpanel forth eon- boar dcom puter →
170
Oper ates cruise control →
145
Oper ates ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C →
148 At
aglanc e– Coc kpit 7

*
NO
TEImpairment oftheoper ating effi‐
cie ncy ofthere stra int systems from
ins talling accessor ypar tsor from repair s
or we lding Air
bags andEmerge ncy Tensi oni ng Device s,
as wellas con trol unit sand sensorsfo rth e
re stra int systems, maybe installed inthefo l‐
lo wing areas ofyour vehicle:
R Door s
R Door pillars
R Doo rsi lls
R Sea ts
R Cockpit
R Instrument cluster
R Cen terconsole
R Lateral roof frame #
Donotins tallacc essor ypar tssuc has
audio systems inthese areas. #
Donotcar ryout repair sor we lding. #
Have afte rm arke tins tallation ofacc es‐
sor ies carried out ataqu alif ied spec ial‐
is two rkshop. Yo
uco uld jeopar dizeth eoper ating safetyof your
ve hicle ifyo uuse parts,tir es and wheel sas well
as acc essor iesreleva nt tosaf etywhic hha ve not
be en approve dby Mer cedes-Ben z.Saf ety-re le‐
va nt systems, e.g.thebr ak esy stem, maymal‐
func tion.Onl yuse Mercedes- BenzGenuine Parts
or par tsof equal qualit y.Onl yuse tires, wheels
and accessor iesthat have been specif ically
appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle model.
Mer cedes-Ben zGenuine Parts ar esubject to
st rict qualit ycon trol. Eac hpar thas been spe‐
ciall yde veloped, manufactured orselec tedfo r
Mer cedes-Ben zve hicles andfine-tu nedforth em.
Ther efor e, onl yMer cedes- BenzGenuine Parts
should beused.
Mor eth an 300,0 00 differe nt Mer cedes-Be nz
Ge nui ne Parts ar eav ailable forMer cedes-Benz
model s.
All author ized Mercedes-B enzCent ersmaint ain
a supply ofMer cedes-B enzGenuine Parts fo r nece
ssaryser vice andrepair work.In addition,
st ra tegically locatedpar tsdeliv erycent erspr o‐
vide forqu ick and reliable partsser vice .
Alw aysspecify theve hicle identif ication number
(VIN) (/page360) when order ing Mer cedes-
Benz Genuine Parts. Oper
ator's Manual
This Oper ator's Manual describesallmodels and
all standar dand optio nal equipme ntavailable for
yo ur vehicle atthetime ofthis Opera tor's Man‐
ua lgoing topress. Countr y-specif icdif fere nces
ar epo ssi ble. No tethat your vehicle mayno tbe
eq uipped withall featur esdesc ribed. Thisisalso
th ecase forsy stems andfunc tionsre leva nt to
saf ety. Ther efor e, theeq uipment onyour vehicle
ma ydif ferfr om that inthedescr iption sand illus‐
tra tion s.
The original purchase agreement foryo ur vehicle
cont ains alis tof all ofthesy stems inyour vehi‐
cle.
Should youha ve anyqu estion scon cerning
eq uipment andoper ation, please consult an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter. 20
Gener alno tes

#
Remo vetrap pe dplants orother flam‐
mable material. #
Ifth er eis damag e,con sult aqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop immediat ely. *
NO
TEDama getotheve hicle In
thefo llo wing situat ions,in par ticular ,th er e
is arisk ofdamag eto theve hicle:
R The vehicle becomes grounded, e.g.ona
high curb oran unpavedro ad
R The vehicle isdriven toofa st over an
obs tacle ,e.g. acurb ,spe edbump orpot‐
hole
R Ahea vyobject strike sth eunderbody or
ch assis components
In situatio nssuc has this, thebody ,th e
und erbody ,ch assis components,wheels or
tir es coul dbe damag edwithout thedamag e
being visible. Componen tsdamag edinthis
wa ycan unexpec tedly failor ,in thecase of
an acciden t,ma yno tabsorb theloads that
ar ise asintend ed. If
th eunderbody panelingisdamag ed,flam‐
mable materials suchas lea ves, grass or
twigs cancollect between theunderbody and
th eunderbody paneling.Thesematerials may
ignit eif th ey come intocont actwith hot
par tson theex haus tsy stem. #
Have theve hicle checkedand repair ed
immediat elyat aqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop.
or #
Ifdr iving safetyis im pair edwhile con‐
ti nui ng your jour ne y,pull over and stop
th eve hicle immediat elyin accor dance
wit hth etraf fic condi tions,and cont act
a qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Dec
laration ofconf ormity forwi reless vehi‐
cle comp onent s
US A:"The wireless devic es ofthis vehicle com‐
ply withPa rt15 oftheFCC Rules. Opera tionis
subje ctto thefo llo wing twocon dition s:1) These
de vice sma yno tcause harmful interfere nce, and
2) The sedevice smu stacc eptan yint erfere nce re
cei ved, includin gint erfere nce that ma ycaus e
unde sired operation .Chan gesor modif ications
no tex pressl yappr ovedby thepar tyresponsible
fo rcom pliance could void theuser's author ityto
oper ateth eeq uipment. "
Canada :"The wireless devices ofthis vehicle
com plywit hth eIndus try Canada license-exempt
RSS standar d(s).Operationis subj ecttothefo l‐
lo wing twocon dition s:(1) These device sma y
no tcause interfere nce, and(2)The sedevice s
mu stacc eptan yint erfere nce, including interfer‐
ence that ma ycaus eunde sired oper ationof the
de vice. " Diagnos
ticsconnection
The diagnos ticsconnection isonl yint ended for
th econ nect ionofdiagnos ticdevices ataqu ali‐
fi ed specialis two rkshop. Gener
alno tes 23

Limit
edWa rranty
* NO
TEDama getotheve hicle arising
fr om violation ofthese oper ating instruc‐
tion s. Damag
eto theve hicle canarise from viola‐
tion ofthese oper ating instruction s.
This damag eis no tco veredeit her bythe
Mer cedes-Ben zim plied warrant yor by the
Ne w‑ orUsed- Vehicle Warrant y. #
Followtheins truction sin these oper at‐
ing instruction son proper operation of
yo ur vehicle aswellas on possible vehi‐
cle damag e. QR
code forre scue card
The QRcode issecur edinthefuel filler flap and
on theopposit eside ontheB-pillar .In theeve nt
of an acci dent, rescue services canusetheQR
code toquickl yfind theappr opriatere scue card
fo ryo ur vehicle. Thecurrent rescue cardcon‐
ta ins themos tim por tant informa tionab ou tyo ur ve
hicle inacom pact form ,e.g. thero utin gof the
electr iclines.
Fu rther information canbeobt ained athttp: //
www .mercedes-benz .de/qr-code. Data
storage Electr
oniccontr olunit s Ele
ctro nic contr oluni tsareins talled inyour vehi‐
cle. Some ofthese areneces saryfo rth esaf e
oper ation ofyour vehicle, whilesome assistyo u
when drivin g(dr iver assis tance systems). In
addition, your vehicle prov ides comfort and
ent ertainm ent func tions,whic har ealso made
possible byelectr oniccontrol units.
Elect ronic contr oluni tscont ain da ta memor ies
whi chcan temp orarily orper manent lystor e
te ch nica linf orma tionab ou tth eve hicle's operat‐
ing stat e, com ponent loads, maintenance
re qu iremen tsand tech nica leve nts orma lfunc‐
tio ns. In
gener al,th is inf ormatio ndocum entsth est at e
of acom ponent part,amodul e,asy stem orthe
sur round ingssuc has:
R Operatin gst atus ofsystem com ponen ts(e.g.
fi ll le ve ls, batt eryst atus ,tir epr essur e)
R Status messagescon cerningth eve hicle or
its individua lcom ponent s(e.g. number of
wheel revo lution s/speed, longitudin alacc el‐
er ation ,lat eral acc eler ation ,displa yof fas‐
te ned seatbe lts)
R Malfunctio nsorfaults inim por tant system
com ponen ts(e.g. lights, brak es)
R Information oneve nts lead ing tovehicle
damag e
R System react ionsin spec ialdrivin gsit uatio ns
(e. g.airbag deployment,int erve ntio nof sta‐
bilit ycon trol systems)
R Ambien tcon ditions (e.g.temp eratur e,rain
sen sor)
In addition toprov iding theactual control unit
func tion,th is dat aassis tsthemanuf acturerin
de tecting andrectify ingmal functi onsand opti‐
mizi ngvehicle functions. Themajority ofthis 26
General notes

dat
ais temp oraryand isonl ypr ocessed inthe
ve hicle itself. Onlya small portion ofthedat ais
st or ed intheeve ntor fault mem ory.
When your vehicle isser viced, tech nica lda ta
fr om theve hicle canberead out byser vice net‐
wo rkem ployees (e.g. workshops, manufactur‐
er s) or third par ties (e.g. breakdo wnservice s).
Ser vice sinc lude repair services, maintenanc e
pr ocesses ,wa rrant yclaim sand qualit yassur ‐
anc emeas ures, forex am ple. Theread out isper‐
fo rm ed via theleg allypr escr ibed portfo rth e
diagnos ticsconnection intheve hicle. The
re spectiv eser vice networklocations orthird
par ties collec t,pr oces sand usethedat a.The y
documen tte ch nica lst atus esoftheve hicle,
assis tin findi ng ma lfunctio nsand improv ing
qu alit yand aretransm itted tothemanuf acturer,
if neces sary.Fu rther mor e,themanuf actureris
subject toproduct liability .Fo rth is, themanu‐
fa ctur errequ ires tech nica lda ta from vehicles.
Fa ult mem ories intheve hicle canberese tby a
ser vice outle tas par tof repair ormaint enanc e
wo rk. Dep
endingontheselect edequipment, youcan
im por tdat aint ove hicle convenie nce and info‐
ta inm ent func tionsyo urself .
This includes, forex am ple:
R Mult imed iadata suchas music ,fi lms orpho‐
to sfo rpla yba ckinan integratedmultimedia
sy stem
R Address book datafo ruse inconnection with
an integr ated hands-fr eesystem oran inte‐
grat ednavig ation system
R Entere dna vig ation destinations
R Dat aabout theuse ofInt erne tser vices
This datacan besave dlocall yin theve hicle orit
is locat edon ade vice whichyo uha ve connect ed
to theve hicle (e.g.asmar tphone, USBflash
dr ive or MP3 player). Ifth is dat ais stor ed inthe
ve hicle, youcan deleteitat anytim e.This data
is sen tto third par ties onlyat your requ est,par‐
ticular lywhen youuse onlineser vices inacc ord‐
anc ewit hth ese ttings that youha ve select ed.
Yo ucan stor eor chang econ venie nce settings /
ind ividu aliza tionin theve hicle atanytime. Depending
ontheeq uipment, this inc ludes, for
ex am ple:
R Setting sfo rth eseat andsteer ing wheel posi‐
tion s
R Suspension andclimat econ trol settings
R Cus tomizations suchas interior ligh ting
If yo ur vehicle isaccor dinglyeq uipped ,yo ucan
co nn ect your smar tphon eor ano ther mobile end
de vice totheve hicle. Youcan contro lth is by
means ofthecon trol element sint egrat edinthe
ve hicle. Imagesand audiofrom thesmar tphon e
can beoutput viathemultimedia system. Cer‐
tai ninf orma tionis simu ltane ously trans ferred to
yo ur smar tphon e.
De pen dingon thetype ofintegr ation, this can
inc lude:
R General vehicle data
R Position data
This allowsyouto use selected apps onyour
smar tphon e,suc has navig atio nor musi cpla y‐
bac k.Ther eis no further interaction between the
smar tphone andtheve hicle; inpar ticular ,ve hi‐
cle datais no tdir ectl yaccessible. Whichtype of Gener
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th
ejour ney,that thest atus ofthefront
passeng erairbag iscor rect (/ page 43).
* NO
TEImpo rtant poin tsto remember if
th efront passeng erseat isunocc upied In
an acciden t,th ecom ponen tsof the
re stra int system maydeplo yunnec essarily
on thefront passeng erside if:
R Ther ear ehea vyobjec tson thefront
passeng erseat.
R The seat belttongu eis eng aged inthe
seat beltbuckleofthefront passeng er
seat andthefront passeng erseat is
unocc upied. #
Stow object sin asuit able place. #
Onlyone person should useeachseat
belt atanyone time. Depending
onthede tected acci dent situation,
th ehead airbag onthefront passeng erside may
deplo y.The airbag isdeplo yedre ga rdless of
whe ther thefront passeng erseat isoccupied. Pr
otection bytheair bags Dep
endingontheacciden tsituation ,an airbag
ma ysupplement thepr otect ion offere dby acor ‐
re ctly fastened seatbelt. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
inc orrect sea tpos ition
If yo ude viat efrom thecor rect sea tpos ition,
th eairbag cannotper form itsintended pro‐
te ctiv efuncti onand deployme ntma yev en
cause further injur ies.
In order toavo idrisk s, eac hve hicle occupant
mus talw aysmak esur eof thefo llo wing:
R Fasten seat belts correctly .Pr egna nt
wo men mustta ke par ticular careto
ensur eth at thelap belt neverlie sacr oss
th eabdomen.
R Adoptth ecor rect sea tpos ition and keep
as faraw ay as poss iblefrom theairbags.
R Obser vethefo llo wing informatio n. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at ther ear eno
objec tsbetween theairbag andvehicle
occupant. To
avo idtherisk sre sulting from thedeplo yment
of an airbag, eachve hicle occupant must
obser vethefo llo wing informatio nin par ticular :
R Beforest ar tin gyo ur jour ne y,adjus tyo ur seat
co rrect ly;th edr iver's seat andfront
passeng erseat should bemo vedas farbac k
as possi ble.
When doingso,alwaysobser vetheinf orma‐
tion onthecor rect driver's seatpos ition
(/ page 77).
R Onlyhold thesteer ing wheel bythesteer ing
wheel rim. This allow sth eairbag tobe fully
deplo yed.
R Alw ayslean agains tth eseat backres twhen
th eve hicle isin mo tion. Donotlean forw ards
or agains tth edoor orside windo w.Youma y
ot her wise beinthedeplo yment area ofthe
airbag s.
R Alw ayske ep your feet on thefloor .Do not
put your feet on thecoc kpit, forex am ple. Oc
cupan tsaf ety 39