2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GT R ROADSTER height

1
Opens thedoor →
59
2 00370036Loc ks/unl ocks theve hicle →
59
3 Oper ates theoutside mirrors →
101
4 0062 Opens/closes theright side windo w →
71
5 0062 Opens/closes thelef tside windo w →
71
6 Adjus tsthehead restra int s →
81
7 Adjus tsthefront seat mechanicall y →
77 8
Oper ates thememor yfunc tion →
87
9 Setstheseat fore -and -aftpos ition →
79
A Adjus tstheseat cushion inclination →
79
B Adjus tstheseat height →
79
C Adjus tstheseat backres tinclin ation →
79
D Adjus tsthe4-w aylumbar support →
80 At
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NO
TEDama gecau sed byobject sin the
fo ot we llor behin dth eseat The
automatic adjustmentof theseat posi‐
tion mayre sult indamag eto theseat and/or
th eobjec t. #
Stow object sin asuit able place. Re
versing thePRE- SAFE®
sy stem mea sures If
an acc iden tdid notocc ur,th epr e-em ptive
measur esthat we retak en arere ve rsed.
Yo uwill need toper form certainse ttings your‐
self . #
Ifth eseat beltpre-t ension ingisno tre duced,
mo vetheseat backres tbac kslightl y.
The locking mechanism releases. Saf
elytransp orting childr enintheve hicl e Alw
aysobser vewhen childr enaretrave ling
in theve hicl e %
Also strictly observe thesaf etyno tesfo rth e
specif icsituation. Inthis wa yyo ucan recog‐ nize
potentia lri sk sand avoiddang ersif ch il‐
dr en aretrav eling intheve hicle
(/ page47 ).
Be dilig ent
Bear inmind that neg lectingto secur each ild in
th ech ild restra int system mayha ve ser ious con‐
seq uences. Alwaysbe dilig entinsecur ingach ild
car efull ybef oreeve ryjou rney .
To improve protect ion forch ildr enyoung erthan
12 yearsold orunde r5 ft (1.50 m)inheight ,
Mer cedes- Benzre comme ndsyouobse rveth e
fo llo wing informatio n:
R Alw ayssecur eth ech ild inach ild restra int
sy stem suitable forth is Mer cedes -Benz vehi‐
cle.
R The child restra int system mus tbe appr opri‐
at eto theag e, we ight andsize ofthech ild.
R The vehicle seatmustbe suit able forins tal‐
ling ach ild restra int system. Gener
icterm "child restra int system"
The gener icterm child restra int system isused
in this Opera tor's Manua l.A ch ild restra int sys‐
te m is, forex am ple:
R abab ycar seat
R are ar wa rd-faci ng child seat
R afo rw ard-f acin gch ild seat
R ach ild boos terseat withabac kres tand seat
belt guide
The child restra int system mus tbe appr opriate
to theag e, we ight andsize ofthech ild.
Obser vinglaws and legalrequ irement s
Alw aysobser vetheleg alrequ iremen tswhen
using ach ild restra int system intheve hicle.
Obser vingstandar dsforch ild restra int sys‐
te ms
All child restra int systems mustmee tth efo llo w‐
ing standar ds:
R U.S. Feder alMo torVe hicle SafetySt andar ds
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Occupa ntsaf ety

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When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whe nad jus ting theseats
When youadj usta seat ,yo uor other vehicle
occupants couldbecome trapped, e.g.onthe
seat guide rail. #
When adjustingaseat, makesur eth at
no onehas anybody partsinthesw eep
of theseat. Obser
vethesaf etyno teson "Airbags" and"Chil‐
dr en intheve hicle". &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto the
dr iver's seat notbeing engaged
If th edr iver's seat isno teng aged, itcould
mo veune xpectedl ywhile theve hicle isin
mo tion. This
could cause youto lose control of the
ve hicle. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at thedr iver's seat
is eng aged bef orest ar tin gth eve hicle. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom adju sting
th eve hicle settin gswhile theve hicle isin
mo tion
Yo uco uld lose contro lof theve hicle inthe
fo llo wing situat ions:
R ifyo uadj ustth edr iver's seat, thehead
re stra int ,th esteer ing wheel orthemir ror
while theve hicle isin mo tion
R ifyo ufa sten your seat beltwhile theve hi‐
cle isin mo tion #
Beforest ar tin gth eengine: adjustth e
dr iver's seat, thehead restra int ,th e
st eer ing wheel orthemir rorand fasten
yo ur seat belt. &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped if
th eseat height isadjus tedcar elessl y
If yo uadj ustth eseat height carelessly ,yo u
or other vehicle occupants couldbetrapped
and ther eb yinjur ed.
Childr eninpar ticular couldacciden tally
pr ess theelectr icalseat adjus tmentbutt ons
and become trapped. #
While moving theseats, makesur eth at
han dsorother body partsdo notget
und ertheleve rasse mbly oftheseat
adjus tmentsy stem. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tohead
re stra int swhic har eno tins talled orare
adjus tedincor rectl y
If hea dre stra int sar eno tins talled orare
adjus tedincor rectly ,th ehead restra int scan ‐
no tpr ov ide protect ion asintended.
Ther eis an incr eased risk ofinjur yin the
head andneckar ea, e.g. intheeve ntofan
acci dent or wh en braki ng. 78
Seatsand stow ing

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When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. #
Push release leve r1 down asfaras itwil l
go.
The steer ing column isunloc ked. #
Adjus the ight 2 and dist anc e3 tothe
st eer ing wheel. #
Push release leve r1 upasfaras itwil lgo.
The steer ing column isloc ked. #
Chec kand makesur eth at thesteer ing col‐
umn isloc kedby mo ving thesteer ing wheel. Ad
jus tingthe steer ing wheel electrically The
steer ing wheel canbeadjus tedwhen the
po we rsupp lyis switc hedoff. 1
Adjus tsthedis tance tothesteer ing wheel
2 Adjus tstheheight #
Save these ttings withth ememor yfunc tion
(/ page87 ). Seat
sand stow ing 85

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Chec kth etir es regular lyforsigns of
dama geand replace anydamag edtires
immediat ely. Chec
kth etir es fordama geand thecor rect tire
tr ea ddep thboth bef oreand afte ruse onara ce‐
tr ac k. Onl yth en isitsaf eto drive on ara ce trac k
and onpublic roads.
As are sult ofthedr iving style and athigh ambi‐
ent temp eratur es,when driving onara ce trac kit
ma ybe neces saryto com pens atefo rth e
inc rease inpressur ein wa rm tires by releasing
air .Ev en forwa rm tires ,th especif iedtirepr es‐
sur ema yonl ybe exceed edbymax. 0.5bar.
Af terth etir es have cool eddown again, youmus t
re adjus tth etir epr essur ein accor dance withth e
specif ications inorder todrive on public roads. Sus
pens ion Sus
pens ionsettings
The fact or yse tting prov ides agood compromise
fo rdr iving onpub licroads and onara ce trac k. Ve
hicl emeasur ements
Ev en smal lch ang estothesuspension settings
alt er thedr iving charact eristic sof theve hicle. To
ensur eop timal driving charact eristic s,thespeci‐
fi ed values andtoler anc esoftheindividual sus‐
pension settings mustbe com plied with.The
dr iving charact eristic sof theve hicle mayot her‐
wise beundesir able.
Ve hicle measur ements arere qu ired inthefo llo w‐
ing situat ions:
R The vehicle height haschang edinrelation to
th eop timiz edsetting.
R The vehicle isfreq uentl ysubject edtovery
high loads, e.g.when driving overcurbs.
Ther efor e, checkth eve hicle height atregular
int erva ls and, ifnec essar y,per form vehicle
measur ements. No
teson suspension components
Despit ere gular checks,and rega rdless of
whe ther there leva nt suspe nsion com ponents
ar ein goo dcond ition, thefo llo wing compone nts
mus tbe replaced afte ra cer tain amount ofuse
on thera ce trac k:
R Whe elbol ts(/ page 119)
R Wheelhub sin clu ding thewheel bearings Ae
rodynami cco mp onent s Ac
tiv eaer ody nami csprofile &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whe nyo ure tract theactiv eaer odynam‐
ics profile manually
When youre tract theactiv eaer odynamics
pr ofile manuall y,body partsma ybecome
tra pped. #
Ensur eth at no oneis in themo vement
ra ng eof theactiv eaer odynamics pro‐
fi le when youar ere tracti ngtheactiv e
aer odynamics profile. 12
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Driving and parking

Online
mapupdate
The online mapupdat eser vice from Mer cedes
me conn ectcan beused toupdat emap data.
% The onlinemap updat eser viceis no tav aila‐
ble inall coun tries.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable forth e
updat e:
R theaut omatic mapupdat eupdat esmap data
fo rone region.
Fo rau tomatic mapupdates Automatic
Online Updatemus tbe activ ated inthesy s‐
te m settings (/page21 5).
R themanual mapupdat eupdat esmap data
fo rse veralor all regions.
Fu rther information ontheonline mapupdat eis
av ailable atan aut hor izedMer cedes-Ben zCent er
or athttp :/ /www .merced es.me.
Fu rther information onupdat es:http: //
manuals.daimle r.com/b aix/car s/conne ctme/
en_G B/inde x.html.
Ov ervie wof map data
Yo ur vehicle issuppli edwithmap dataat thefa c‐
to ry.Depe nding on thecount ry,map datafo r yo
ur region iseit her pre-ins talled orthemap
dat ais supplied onadat ast or ag emedium.
If th emap dataon your vehicle hasbeen instal‐
led atthefa ct or yand youwish toreins tallit, you
do notneed toent ertheactiv ation code.
Fo rmap datath at youha ve pur chased inthe
fo rm ofadat ast or ag emedium, youmus ten ter
th eaccom panying activ ation code.
% Ifyo usa ve themap dataon adat ast or ag e
medium withth eonline mapupdat eser vice,
no ent ryisrequ ired. The activation codeis
st or ed on thedat ast or ag emedium during
th edo wnloading process.
Obser vethefo llo wing when entering theactiv a‐
tion code:
R The activ ation codecanbeused forone vehi‐
cle
R The activ ation codeisno ttr ansf erable
R The activ ation codehassixdigits
In theeve ntofthefo llo wing problems ,please
con tact an author ized Mercedes-B enzCent er:
R The multimedia system does notaccep tth e
act ivatio ncod e R
Youha ve lostth eactiv ation code
Displa yingthecom pass
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
À Route andPosition #
Select Compass.
The com pass displa ysho wsthefo llo wing
inf ormatio n:
R thecur rent dire ction oftrave lwit hbear‐
ing (360 °fo rm at) and compass direct ion
R longitude andlatitude coordinat esin
degr ees, minutes and seco nds
R height (rounded )
R numb erofGPS satellit esfrom whic ha
sign alcan berecei ved
Se tting thema pscale automa tically
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
The map scale issetaut omatic allydepending on
yo ur drivin gspee d.
Fo rjour neys incit ies withde tailed citymodels ,a
map viewfrom thedr iver's perspect ive is used. 24
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Multimedia system

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Push handle 1ofthehood catchupw ards
and liftth ehood byappr oximat ely15 in
(40 cm). #
Toclose: lowe rth ehood andletit fallfrom a
height ofappr oximat ely8 in (20 cm). #
Ifth ehood canstill be lifte dslightl y,open
th ehood again and close itwit halittle more
fo rc euntil iteng ages cor rectl y. Engine
oil Chec
kingtheengine oilleve lusing theoil
dip stick &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsfrom hotcom‐
ponent partsintheengine compartmen t
Cer tain com pone ntsin theengine compart‐
ment canbevery hot,e.g. theengine, the
ra diat orand partsof theex haus tsy stem. #
Allo wtheengine tocool down and only
to uc hco mp onent partsdescr ibedin
th efo llo wing. The
waitin gtim ebef orech ecking theoil leve l
when theengine isat nor mal oper ating temp era‐
tur eis tw ominut es. #
Park theve hicle onaleve lsur face. #
Pulloil dips tic k1 outand wipe off. 298
Maintena nce and care

Pr
eceding letter 1 1:
R Without :passeng ervehicle tires accor dingto
Eur opeanma nuf actu ring standar ds.
R "P": passe nger vehicle tires accor dingtoUS
manuf acturingstandar ds.
R "LT": light truc ktir es acc ordin gto US manu‐
fa ctur ingstandar ds.
R "T": com pact emer gency sparewheels with
high tirepr essur eth at areon lyde signe dfo r
te mp orar yuse inan emer gency .
As pec tra tio 3 3:
Ra tio betwee ntir ehe ight and tirewi dthin pe r‐
cent (tire height divided bytirewi dth).
Tir eco de 4 4
(tire type ):
R "R"ra dial tire
R "D": bias plytire
R "B": bias beltedtires
R "ZR": radial tirewit hamaximum speedabove
14 9mp h(2 40 km/h) (optional) Rim
diame ter5 5:
The diam eter ofthebead seat(notth ediame ter
of therim flang e).The rim dia me teris specif ied
in inc hes (in).
Load-be aring inde x6 6:
Numer icalcode that spec ifies themaximum
load-bear ingcapacity ofatir e(e.g. "91" cor re‐
sponds to1356 lbs (615 kg)).
The load-bear ingcapacity ofthetir emus tbe at
leas thalf theper missible axleload ofyour vehi‐
cle. Donotove rload thetir es by exc eeding the
specif iedload limit.
See also:
R Maximum permissible loadontheTire and
Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d(/ page33 8)
R Max imum tireload (/page34 4)
R Load index
Speed ratin g7 7:
Spe cifiesth eappr ovedmaximum speedofthe
tir e. %
Anelectr onicsp ee dlimi terpr eve nts your
ve hicle from exceeding aspeed of130mp h
(2 10 km/h) .
Ma kesur eth at your tires have there qu ired
speed rating .Yo ucan obtain informat iononthe
re qu ired speed rating from anauthor ized
Mer cedes-B enzCent er.
Summ ertires Inde
xS peedra tin g
Qu pto 100mp h(1 60 km/h)
Ru pto 106mp h(170 km/h)
Su pto 112mp h(1 80 km/h)
Tu pto 118mp h(1 90 km/h)
Hu pto 130mp h(210 km/h)
Vu pto 149mp h(2 40 km/h)
Wu pto 168mp h(2 70 km/h)
Yu pto 186mp h(3 00 km/h) 34
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Wheels andtires