2021 MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS SEDAN tires

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agl ance ....................................................4
Coc kpit ....... ..................... ..................... ..........4 Gene
ralno tes... ............................................ 6
Oper ator's Manual ........................... ............... 6
Oper ating safety.............................................6
Qua lified speci alistwo rkshop .........................7
Cor rect useof theve hicle ...............................7
Limit edWarrant y............................................ 8 Occup
antsafety.... .... ................................... 9
Seat belts .................... .................... ............... 9
Airbags ........................................................... 9 Dr
iving andparking ................................... 10
Dr iving ............ ........................ ............ .......... 10
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... ........................... 10
Au tomatic transmiss ion................................ 11
Dr iving and drivi ng safety systems ................1 3 Fu
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trum ent Disp layand on-b oard
com puter............ ......................... ...............20
No teson theIns trument Displayand on-
boar dcom puter.............................. .............. 20
Calling updispla yson thePe rfor mance
menu ................................................ ............ 20
Fu nctio nof theHead-up Display... ................2 2 MBUX
multimedia system ......................... 24
AMG TRAC KPA CE .........................................2 4 Wheel
sand tires ...... .................................. 30
Cha nging awhee l...... ................................... 30
Ins talling/ remo ving thehub cap.................. 30
Tr ac ktir es ........................................ .............3 0 Te
ch nical data............................................ 31
Oper ating fluids .............................. .............. 31
Ve hicle data... ............................................... 32 Displa
ymessag esand warning/indi‐
cat orlam ps................................................ 35
Displa ymessag es.........................................3 5
Wa rning and indic ator lam ps........................ 37 Inde
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Contents

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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

Cha
nging awheel #
Besureto also obse rveth eno teson chang ‐
ing awheel intheOper ator's Manual ofyour
ve hicle. Ins
talling /remo ving thehub cap
Re mo ving #
Remo vesoc ket2 and lug wr enc h3 from
th eve hicle tool kit . #
Position socket2 onhubcap 1. #
Position wheel wrenc h3 onsoc ket2. #
Usingwheelwr enc h3, turnhu bcap 1
cou nter-clo ckwise andremo veit.
Ins talling #
Beforeins talling, checkhub cap1and the
wheel area fordir t,and cleanif necessar y. #
Position hubcap1and turnuntil itis in the
ri ght position. #
Position socket2 onhubcap 1. #
Position lugwrenc h3 onsoc ket2 and
tig hten hubcap 1.
Spe cified tigh tening torq ue: 18lb-f t
(25 Nm). Tr
ac ktir es
Tr ac ktir es arespor tstires, whic hcan bedistin‐
guish edbytheir special tiretread and tirecom‐
pound. Thesecharact eristic scom bineto prov ide
sign ifican tly higher leve ls of grip on adr yro ad
sur face than con ventio naltires. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto the
tir etrea dde pthdiminishing morequ ickl y
Due tothetir ecom pound, thetir etread
dep thcan dimini shmor equ ickl yon these
tir es than on cus tomar ytir es.
Dr iving atlow temp eratur esof50°F (10°C)
and below,rain and bodies ofwa tercan lead
to hydroplaning and,asare sult, lossofcon‐
tr ol of theve hicle. #
When thero ads arewe tand /or inlow
te mp eratur es,replace tires wit hsuit a‐
ble tires ingood time. #
Inthecase ofsudden rain, drive
ex treme lycar efu llyand slowly ,esp e‐
cia llywhe nth ero ads arewe tor inlow
te mp eratur es. 30
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