2021 MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS SEDAN suspension

1
Steer ing wheel paddle shifters →
11
DRI FTMODE →
17
2 Instrument Display →
20
3 Start/ stop butt on →
10
4 ö AMGexhaus tsy stem →
10 5
ä AMGadaptivespo rtsuspension system →
18
6 00BB ESP®
→
15
7 B Manual gearshif ting →
11
8 DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
10
9 AMG steer ing-wheel buttons →
19 At
aglanc e– Coc kpit 5

R
Onlysuit able forgood road con dition s,adr y
ro ad sur face and acle arstre tchof road
B Sport+
R Particular lyspor tydriving charact eristic s
R Accentua testh eve hicle's ownund ersteer ing
and oversteer ing charact eristic s
R Onlysuit able forgood road con dition s,adr y
ro ad sur face and acle arstre tchof road
I Race
R Racetrac k-or ient eddriving charact eristic s
R Allvehicle systems setfo rmaximu mspor ti‐
ness
R Particular lyfirm suspension tuningofthe
AMG adaptivespo rtsuspension system
R Mus tno tbe used onpublic roads
R Onlysuit able foruse oncor doned offra ce
cir cui ts
% The drive pr ogr am I isavailable onlyfor
th eMer cedes‑AMG A45 S4MA TICmodel
and vehicles withAMG DYNA MIC PLUS
pac kage. Dep
endingonthedr ive pr og ram sele cted, the
fo llo wing vehicle charact eristic swill chang e:
R Drive
R AMGDyn amic s
- The agilit yfun ction sar eaut omat ically
selec teddependin gon thedr ive pr og ram.
- The steer ing, shifttimin gpoint ,dr ive and
st abiliz ationfun ction sar eadap tedto the
select eddrive pr ogr am.
- When ESP®
is activ ated, agili tyfunction
Pr ois select edindrive pr ogr am I.
The Masterfunction isau tomatical ly
select edwhen ESP®
is deactiv ated.
R Char acteristic oftheex haus tsy stem
R Suspension tuning
R Availabilit yof glide mode
% Youcan chang eth efo llo wing vehicle charac‐
te rist ics using thebutt ons inthecent ercon ‐
sole:
R Char acteristic oftheex haus tsy stem
R Suspension tuningof theAMG adaptive
spor tsuspension system R
ESP® 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. Dr
iving and parking 11

%
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
adative spor tsuspension system Fu
nction ofAMG adaptive spor tsusp ension
sy stem
The AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsystem is
an electr onicall ycon trolled damping system for
im prov ed driving comfortand increased driving
saf ety.
The dam ping isadjus tedindividually toeac h
wheel anddepends onthefo llo wing fact or s:
R Driving style, e.g. spor ty
R Road con dition ,e.g .bum ps
R The drive pr ogram selected
R The individual selectionofthe"Spor t","Spor t
Plus" or"Comf ort" suspension setting
The suspension setting isdependent onthe
dr ive pr og ram sele cted via theDY NA MIC SELE CT
switc h. In
addition, youcan selectthemode ineve ry
dr ive pr og ram indivi dually via theAMG adaptive
spor tsuspension system butt oninthecent er
con sole. Aftera dr ive pr ogr am isch ang ed, the
aut omat icsuspe nsion setting ofthedr ive pr o‐
gr am isreact ivat ed.
Select ingtheAMG adaptiv espor tsusp en‐
sion system setting
In "Comf ort" mode, thedr iving charact eristic sof
yo ur vehicle arecomf ortable. Select this suspen ‐
sion setting ifyo upr efer aco mf ortable driving
st yle.
"Spor t"driving mode ensuresafirm ersuspen‐
sion setting. Select this suspen sionmode when
em ploying aspor tydrivin gst yle, e.g. onwinding
count ryroads.
"Spo rtPlus" driving mode ensuresave ry firm
suspension setting. #
Press butt on1 repeat edly until theselect ed
se tting isdispla yed.
Depen dingonthenumber ofindicat orlam ps
2 litup, thefo llo wing suspen sionsetting is
selec ted:
R 0–"Comf ort" suspension setting
R 1–"Spor t"suspension setting
R 2–"Spor tPlus" suspension setting 18
Driving and parking

The
currentl ysel ect edsuspe nsion setting is
sho wnasadi spl aymessa geinthemedia dis‐
pla y. Fu
nction oftheAMG steer ing-wh eelbut‐
to ns The
AMG steer ing-wheel buttons aretw oaddi‐
tion alcon trol 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 yswitc hes2repeat edly.
Dis play switc h2 showsthecur rentl ysel ect ed
func tions. The
follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R ESP®
(/ page13 )
R AMG adaptivespo rtsuspension system
(/ page18 )
R AMG exhaus tsy stem (/ page10 )
R Manual gearshif ting(/ page11 )
R AMG Dynamics(/ page 10)
R ECO star t/ stop funct ion(see theve hicle
Oper ator's Manual)
If yo uha ve assig nedafun ction toone ofdispla y
switc hes2, youcan oper ateth is func tion with
cor responding button1.
The assignment ofdispla yswitc h2 remains
st or ed eve naf te ra ne wengine star t,but the
oper ating status ofthere spectiv efunction is
re se tto thebasic setting.
Yo ucan chang ebe tween thedr ive pr ogr ams
wit hcon trol kn ob 3. The drive pr ogr am selec‐
te dappear sin displa yswitc h4. Press displa y
switc h4 togo directl yto thedr ive pr og ram
= (/ pag e10 ). Dr
iving andparking 19

R
Con dition ofthesuspension
R Option aleq uipment Height
whenopened andheadr oom Model
1 1
Height
when
opened 2 2
Head‐
ro om
Mer cede s-AMG A35
4MA TIC(Sed an) 77
.1 in
(1 95 7mm) 71
.2 in
(1 808 mm) Hei
ght whe nope ned Mode
l
1 1
Hei ght whe n
ope ned
Mercedes -AMG A35
4MA TIC(Com pact
Sedan) Ve
hicl edimens ions Mer
cedes- AMG A35
4MA TIC(Sedan)
Ve hicle length1 74.7 in
(4 436 mm)
Ve hicle widthincluding out‐
side mirrors 78
.4 in
(1 992 mm)
Ve hicle height 55.3in
(1 405 mm)
Wheelbase 107.4 in
(2 72 9mm)
Tu rning radius 37.86 ft
(1 1. 54 m) Mer
cede s-AMG A35
4MA TIC(Compact Sedan)
Ve hicle length1 79.5in
(4558 mm)
Ve hicle widthincluding out‐
side mirrors 78
.4 in
(1 992 mm)
Ve hicle height 55.6in
(1 41 1mm)
Whee lbase 107.4 in
(2 72 9mm)
Tu rning radius 37.86 ft
(1 1. 54 m) We
ight sand loads Please
observethefo llo wing notesfo rth especi‐
fi ed vehicle data:
R Items ofoptional equipment increase the
curb weight andreduce thepa yload. Te
ch nica lda ta 33

Disp
laymes sages Dr
ivin gsy stems Displa
ymess ages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
RACE START NotPossible
See Operator' sManual *P
ossible causes:
R The condit ionsforactiv ation areno tme t(/ page15 ).
RACE STARTCanceled *P
ossible causes:
R Youre leased theacceler ator pedal during RACE STAR T.
R Youdepr essedthebr ak epedal during RACE STAR T.
Yo ucan try RA CE STAR Tag ain at thene xt star t.
DRI FTMOD ECurre ntly
Un availabl eSee Oper ator's
Man ual *P
ossible causes:
R The activ ation condit ionshave notbe en fulfilled (/page17 ).
ä Malfunc tionDriveat Max.
50 mph *A
MG adap tivespor tsuspension system ismalfunct ioning.Thevehicle's handling charact eristic sma ybe affect ed. #
Donotdr ive at spe eds grea terth an 50 mph(80 km/h). #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Displa
ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps 35

Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
AMG Suspension System
Func tionLimited SeeOper-
ator's Manual *O
neormor emai nfunc tions oftheAMG adaptivespor tsuspension system ismalfunct ioning.
The system isoutside theoper ating temp eratur era ng eor theon- boar delectr icalsystem voltag eis toolow.
Once thecause ofthepr oblem isno long erpresent ,th esy stem will beavailable again.
* NO
TEThe vehicle's suspension anddam ping behaviorisrestrict ed. The vehicle body maytilt hea vilyto the
side during corner ing. #
Drive on car efully . #
Reduce speed consider ablybef oreta king abe nd. #
Avoid sudden steer ing movements. #
Drive on car eful ly. #
Reduce speed consider ablybef oreta king abe nd. #
Avoid sudden steer ing movements. 36
Displa ymessa gesand warning/ indic ator lam ps

Wa
rning and indicat orlam ps Dr
iving systems Wa
rning/indicat orlam p
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
ä Suspension warning lam p
(y ello w) *T
he yello wAMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsystem warning lam pis lit.
Ther eis amalfun ction intheAMG adaptivespor tsuspension system. #
Notethemessag eson themultifunc tiondispla y. Dr
ivin gsaf etysy stems Wa
rning/indicat orlam p
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
00BB
¤ *
The yello wES P®
OFF warning lam psarelit while theengine isrunning .
ESP ®
is de acti vated.
Ot her driving systems anddriving safetysy stems mayalso beinoper ative. &
WA RNIN GRisk ofskid ding whe ndr ivi ng with ESP ®
de acti vated
ESP ®
do es notact tostabiliz eth eve hicle. Theavailabilit yof fur ther driving safetysy stems isalso limited. #
Drive on car efull y. Dis
play messa gesand warning/ indic ator lam ps 37