2021 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS-Class AMG Owner's Manual

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Todeac tivateES P®
:pr ess and holdbu tton
1 unti lth e00BB and¤ warning lam ps
appear intheins trument cluster. #
Toactiv ateESP ®
:br ief lypress butt on1.
The 00BB, Æand¤ warning lam psgo
out.
Obser vetheinf ormation onwarning lam psand
displa ymess ages whic har esho wnintheins tru‐
ment cluster. AMG
adaptiv espo rtsuspension system + Fu
nction oftheAMG adaptiv espor tsusp en‐
sion system +
The AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsystem +is
an air suspension system withva riable damping
fo rim prove ddr iving charact eristic s.The all-
ro und leve lcon trol system ensur esthebes tpos‐
sible suspension andconstant grou nd clea rance,
eve nwi th aladen vehicle. When driving at
speed, theve hicle islowe redaut omatic allyto
im prove driving safetyand toreduce fuelcon‐
sum ption. Youalso have theop tion ofmanually
adjus tingtheve hicle leve l. The
dam ping issetindiv iduall yfo reac hwhee l
and isaffect ed bythefo llo wing fact or s:
R Driving style, e.g. spor ty
R Road con dition ,e.g .bum ps
R The individual selectionof Spo rt,Spor t+ or
COMF ORT
The AMG adaptivespor tsuspens ionsystem +
includes thefo llo wing compone ntsand func ‐
tion s:
R Airsuspen sionwithva riable spring rate and
aut omat icleve lcon trol
R Speed -dependentlo we ring toreduce fuel
con sum ption
R Manuall yselec table high-le velse tting for
gr eat erground clearance
R ADS PLUS (Adap tiveDam ping System with
con stant dam pingfo rc eadjus tment)
R DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc hand leve lbutt on
R Suspen sionsetting butt on Susp
ension setting and vehicl eleve lper
dr ive pr og ram
Dr ive pr ogr amso andA:
R The susp ens ion se tting iscomf ortable.
R The vehicle issetto thenor mal leve l.
R When drivin gat speeds of100mp h
(1 60 km/ h)or abo ve,th eve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds below87 mph
(1 40 km/ h),theve hicle israised again.
Dr ive pr og ram C andB:
R The susp ension setting isfirm er.
R The vehicle issetto thelow leve l.
R The vehicle isno tlo we redan yfur ther ifyo u
ar etra veling athigher speeds.
% When theengine isstar tedag ain, theCOM‐
FO RT settin gis activ ated aut omatically . Dr
iving andparking 15

Selec
tingtheAMG adaptiv espor tsusp en‐
sion system+ setting #
COMF ORTsusp ension setting: press but‐
to n1 repeat edly until indicat orlam ps2
and 3goout.
The AMG Suspens ionSystem COMFORT
messag eappear sin themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y. The
driving charact eristic sof your vehicle are
comf ortable. #
SPOR Tsuspension setting: press butt on
1 repeat edlyuntil indicat orlam p3 lights
up.
The AMG Suspens ionSystem SPORTmes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
The suspension isadap tedto be firm er. #
SPOR T+suspension setting: press butt on
1 repeat edlyuntil indicat orlam ps2 and
3 light up.
The AMG Suspens ionSystem SPORT+mes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
The vehicle islowe redto low leve land the
suspension issetto very firm .
Se tting theve hicl eleve l &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent because
ve hicle leve lis toohigh
Dr iving charact eristic sma ybe impair ed.
The vehicle candrift outw ards, forex am ple,
when steer ing orcor ner ing. #
Choose ave hicle leve lwhic his suit ed
to thedr iving style and thero ad sur face
condi tions. &
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment from vehi‐
cle lowe ring
Whe nlowe ring theve hicle, people could
become trapped ifth eir limbs arebe tween
th eve hicle body andthetir es orunder neath
th eve hicle. #
Mak esur eno one isunder neathth e
ve hicle orintheimmediat evicin ityof
th ewheel arch es when theve hicle is
being lowe red. &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
du eto theve hicle lowe ring
Ve hicl eswith AIRBO DY CONT ROLor
le ve lcontr olsystem: when youunlo adlug‐
ga ge orlea vetheve hicle, theve hicle firs t
ri ses slightly andthen retur ns tothese tle ve l
shor tly af te rw ards. 16
Driving and parking

Yo
uor anyone else inthevicinit yof the
wheel arch es ortheunderbody couldthus
bec ome trapped.
The vehicle canalso belowe redaf te rbeing
loc ked. #
When leaving theve hicle, makesur e
th at nobody isin thevicinit yof the
wheel arch es ortheunderbody . Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen star ted.
R The vehicle mustno tbe mo ving faster than
40 mph(6 5km/h).
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Quick Access
Ra ising theve hicl e #
Select 00CC.
The vehicle israised tothehigh leve l.
Yo ur sele ction issave d. The
vehicle lowe rsitse lfbac kdo wn totheheight
of themos tre cently activedrive pr ogr am:
R When driving faster than 62 mph
(1 00 km/ h).
R When driving between 50mph(8 0km/h)
and 62mph(1 00 km/h) forapp roxima tely
th re eminut es.
R Aftersele cting adr ive pr ogr am using the
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h.
Lo we ring theve hicl e #
Select 00CC.
The vehicle isadjus tedto theheight ofthe
las tact ive dr ive pr og ram. 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®
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iving and parking 17

R
AMG adaptivespo rtsuspension system +
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R AMG Perfor mance exhaus tsy stem
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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 operat eth is func tion with
cor responding button1.
The assignment ofdispla yswitc h2 remains
st or ed even afte 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 og rams
wit hcontr olknob 3.The drive pr ogr am sele c‐
te dappear sin displa yswitc h4. Press displa y
switc h4 togo directl yto thedr ive pr ogr am
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Driving and parking

No
teson theIns trum ent Displa yand on-
boar dcom puter
Ad dition alno tesre ga rding your Mer cedes-AM G
ve hicle:
R Vehicl eswith anIns trument Display
(s tandar d):ifyo uact ivat eman ualgearshif t‐
ing ,(/ page11 )th eupshif tbar will appear
on themultifunc tionorHead-up Display.In
addi tion, thetransmission position0063(man‐
ual) and thecur rent gear will appear onthe
tr ans missi on positio ndisp lay of themulti‐
func tion displa y.
R Addition alno te rega rding theindicat orand
wa rning lam ps:theve hicle isalso equipped
wit hth eES P®
00E5, ESP®
OFF 00BB and
ES P®
SPOR TÆ indicat orand warning
lam ps(/ page38).
Yo ucan selectthefo llo wing displa ycon tent in
ve hicles withaWi descr eenCockpit:
R Tach ome terwit hge ar displa y
R Dateand time
R Warm-up R
AMG TRAC KPA CE
R G-m eter
R Engine data
R SETUP
R Trip com puter
R Navig ation
R Medi a
R Telephon e
AMG TRACKPACE isdispl ayed on thelef t-hand
sect ionofthedispla y.The warm-up ,engi nedata,
SETUP andG-me termenus aredisp laye don the
ri ght- hand section ofthedispla y. Oper
ating theon-boa rdcom puter &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoperat einf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegrat edintheve hicle
when driving, youwill bedistract edfrom the tr
af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. #
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. Obser
vetheleg alrequ iremen tsforth ecount ry
in whic hyo uar ecur rently drivi ng when operat‐
ing theon- boar dcom puter.
% The on-boar dcom puterdispla yswill appear
on themultifunc tiondispla y. Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 19

The
on-boar dcom puterisoper ated using left-
hand Touc hCon trol 2 and left-han dbac k/
hom ebut ton1.
Whe nth eon- boar dcom puterisbeing operated,
dif fere nt aco ustic signa lswillsou ndasoperati ng
fe edbac k,e.g. when theend ofalis tis reac hed
or when youar esc rolling thro ugh alis t.
The follo wing menusareav ailable:
R Assist anc e R
Phon e
R Navi gation
R Perf ormance
R Trip
R Radio
R Media
R Design s& Dis p.
R Service
The men uscan becalle dup from themenu bar
on themultifunc tiondispla y. #
Tocall upthemenu bar:press thelef t-hand
bac kbutt onuntil themenu barisdispla yed.
% Ve
hicl eswithout Activ eDi stance Assist
DI ST RO NIC :pr ess the00E2 buttontocal l
up themenu baroftheon- boar dcom puter. #
Toscr ollinthemenu bar:swipe leftor
ri ght onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Tocall upamen uor conf irm aselect ion:
pr ess thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toscr ollthrough displa ysorlists on the
menu :swipe upwards ordown wardson the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Tocall upasub men uor conf irm aselec‐
tion :pr ess thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toexitasubm enu:press thelef t-hand back
butt on. 20
Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

Selec
tingtheHead -upDispla y #
Ifth eHead -upDispla yis switc hedoff:
swit chon theHead-up Displayvia themulti‐
media system oractiv ateit in themenu bar
by swiping upwards onthelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol.
The Head -upDisplaymen uwill besele cted
on theHead-up Display. #
Toswitc hto theHead -upDispla y:press
th elef t-hand Touc hCon trol or swipe
upw ards on thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Tosetth eth reedisp layra ng es ofthe
Head -upDispla y:swipe upwards ordown‐
wa rdson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Fu ll-scr eenmenu s
Yo ucan displ aythefo llo wing menusfull-s creen
on theIns trument Display:
R Assist ance
R Trip
R Navigation #
Onthecor responding menu,usethelef t-
hand Touc hCon trol to scr olltotheend ofthe
lis t. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
The selected men uwill bedispl ayedfull-
scr een. Calling
updispla yson thePe rfor ma nce
menu
On -bo ardcom puter:
4 Performance #
Toselect adispla y:swipe upwards ordown‐
wa rdson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Dis playson thePerform ancemenu:
R Warm-up
R Engi nedata
R SETUP
R G-me ter Wa
rm-up (exa mp le)
1 Digit alspeedom eter
2 Engine oiltemp eratur e
3 Trans miss ionoiltemp eratur e
4 Boos tpr essur e
If th eengine ortransmission isno tat nor mal
oper ating temp eratur e,themultifunc tiondispla y
will showtemp eratur e2 or3 inblue. Avoid Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 21

usin
gth efull engine powe routpu tdur ing this
tim e. En
gine data(e xa mp le)
1 Current powe routpu t
2 Current torq ue
Wh enthecur rent powe routpu t1 orthecur‐
re nt torq ue 2 reac hes themaximum value, the
digit alvalue will brief lybe statio naryand will
tur nre d. The bardispla ywill continue. SE
TUP inMer cedes- AMGvehicles (exa mp le)
1 Drive sy stem setting:
Re duced/Moder ate/Spo rt/Dyna mic/Race
2 Trans miss ionposit ion:
D/ M
3 AMGDY NA MICS:
Basic/A dvanced/Pr o/Master
4 Suspens ion tuni ng:
Co mfort/Spor t/Sport+
5 Exhau stsystem:
Balanced/ Powe rful Re
setting theG-m eter
While theve hicle isin mo tion, theG-me ter
sho wsthefo rc es that areex ertedon theve hicle
occupants both laterally and inthedir ect ion of
tra vel.The maxim umvalues arere pr esent edby
re dmar kings. G-me
ter(e xa mp le) #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Select Yes. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. 22
Instru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter