Oper
ator's Manua l
This Supplement prov ides informatio non allthe
im por tant func tions ofyour AM Gve hicle that are
eit her notdesc ribed ordifferfr om thedescr ip‐
tion sin theve hicle Operator's Manual. This
inf ormation supplements orreplaces thecor re‐
sponding sectionsintheve hicle Operator's Man‐
ual. Under nocircums tances does theSupple‐
ment replace theOper ator's Manual.
This Supplement describesallmodels, and
st andar dand optio nal equipme ntforyo ur vehi‐
cle, asavailable atthetime ofgoing topress.
Countr y-specif icdif fere nces arepo ssi ble. Bea r
in mind that your vehicle mayno tfe atur eall
fun ction sdesc ribed here.This isalso thecase
fo rsy stems andfunc tionsre leva nt tosaf ety.
Ther efor e, theeq uipment onyour vehicle may
dif ferfr om that inthedescr iption sand illustra‐
tion s.
The original purchase contract documen tation
fo ryo ur vehicle contains alis tof all ofthesy s‐
te ms inyour vehicle. Should
youha ve anyqu estion scon cerning
eq uipment andoper ation, please consult an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter.
The Oper ator's Manual, theSupplement andthe
Maint enance Bookletar eim por tant docum ents
and should be kept intheve hicle. Oper
ating safety &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto mal‐
functions orsystem failur es
To avo idmalfun ctions orsystem failur es: #
Alw aysha ve thepr escr ibed service and
maint enanc ewo rkas wellan yre qu ired
re pair scar ried out ataqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent orinju rydue
to inc orrect mod ifica tions onelectr onic
com pone ntparts
Modif ication ofelectr oniccomponent s,their
sof twareor wir ing could impair their func tion and/or
thefunc tion ofother networke dcom‐
ponen tpar tsor saf ety-re leva nt systems.
This canendang ertheoper ating safetyof the
ve hicle. #
Neverta mp erwit hth ewir ing and elec‐
tr onic componen tpar tsor their soft‐
wa re. #
Yousho uld have all workon electr ical
and electr oniccomponent scar ried out
at aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Obser
vethe"On-boar delectr onics"sect ionin
"T ec hnical data"intheve hicle Operator's Man‐
ual. &
WARNIN GRisk offire due toflammab le
mat erials onhotpar tsof theex haus t
sy stem
Flammable material suc has lea ves, grass or
twigs mayignit eif th ey come intocont act
wi th hotpar tsof theex haus tsy stem. 6
Gener alno tes
DY
NA MIC SELECT switch Fu
nction oftheDY NA MIC SELECT switch Use
theDY NA MIC SELE CTswitc hto chang e
be tween thefo llo wing drive pr ogr ams.
The drive pr og ram sele cted app earsin themulti‐
func tion displa yof theon- boar dcom puter.
o Slippery
R Optimiz edpulling away and drivin gch aract er‐
is tic sin wint ryand slippe ryroad con dition s
A Comfort
R Comf ortable driving style
R Balance between tracti onand stabilit y
R Recomme ndedforcity driving andstop-and-
go traf fic
= Individu al
R Individu alsettings
C Sport
R Spor tydriving charact eristic s
R Balan cebetween stabilit yand spor tiness 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 Onlysu itable forgood road con dition s,adr y
ro ad sur face and acle arstre tchof road
De pen dingon thedr ive pr ogr am select ed,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.
R Position oftheex haus tga sflaps
R Sus pen sion tuning
R Availabilit yof glide mode
R 4MA TIC+ all-wheel drive %
Youcan chang eth efo llo wing vehicle charac‐
te rist ics using thebutt ons inthecent ercon ‐
sole:
R Position oftheex haus tga sflaps
R Sus pen sion tuning
R ESP® Displ
aying dyna micdata Multime
diasystem:
4 AMG Perform ance5
Vehicle #
Select Dynamic Data.
Dynamic datais displa yed, e.g. :
R G-force values
R Torque dist ribution
R Boos tef fect
R Current powe routpu t
R Variable all-wheel drive 10
Driving and parking
Au
tomatic trans mis sion Ro
cking theve hicl efree Ro
cking theve hicle free ma yhelp tofree the
ve hicle ifit has become stuc kin slush orsnow .
To rock theve hicle free, movetheDIRE CT
SE LECT leve rupw ards and down wardspas tth e
pr essur epoint inorder toswitc hbe tween trans‐
mission positions 005Band 005E.
% The maximum designspeedwhenswitching
be tween 005Band 005Eis6mp h(9 km/h) . 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.
% Toper manen tly shif tth ege arsman uallyin
dr ive pr og ram = using thesteer ing wheel ge
arshif tpaddles ,selec tth eM (Manual) set‐
ting forth etra nsmiss ion.
* NO
TEDama getotheengine duetoshif t‐
ing uptoolat e The
automatic transmission doesnotshif tup
in manual modeeven when theengine' slim‐
iting speed isreac hed.
The fuel suppl yis int erru pte din order topre‐
ve nt theengine from overrev ving. #
Shif tup bef oreth eengine speedrea‐
ch es there dar ea intheta ch ome ter. Dr
iving and parking 11
#
Toshif tup: pull steer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 2. #
Toshif tdo wn: pullsteer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 1. If
th eengine speedistoohigh ortoolow, you
canno tch ang ege ar usin gth esteer ing wheel
ge arshif tpaddles .In this case, segme nts1
light upred. Glide
mode function Wi
th an ant icip ator ydr ivin gst yle, Glide mode
helps youto reduce fuelconsum ption. Glide
mode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R The com bustion engin eis switc hedoff.All of
th eve hicle functionsremain active.
R The J symbo lapp earsin themultifunc ‐
tion displa y.
Glide mode isact ivat ed ifth efo llo wing condi‐
tion sar eme t:
R The ECOstar t/ stop funct ionisswitc hedon.
R Drive pr ogr am = isselect edwithth e
dr ive se tting "Moder ate" or"Reduced".
R The speed iswit hin asuit able rang e.
R The road's courseissuit able, e.g.no steep
uphill ordownhill inclinesortight curves.
R The charge leve lof thebatt eryis suf ficie nt.
R Youar eno longerdepr essing theacceler ator
or brak epedal.
Glide mode isdeactiv ated again ifone ofthe
condi tions isno long erme t. Dr
ivi ng and drivi ng safetysy stems Fu
nctions ofESP ® &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
mal functi oning
If ESP ®
is mal functi oning,ESP ®
canno tcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation.Inaddit ion,ot her
dr iving safetysy stems areswitc hedoff. #
Drive on car efull y. #
Have ESP ®
ch eckedat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. Yo
ucan selectbetween thefo llo wing modes of
th eElect ronic Stabilit yPr ogram (ESP®
):
R ESP®
ON
R ESP®
SPO RT
R ESP ®
OFF
Ch arac terist ics when ESP®
is activ ated
ES P®
mon itor sand improve sdr iving stabilit yand
tracti on,par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R When pulling away on wetor slip pe ry road. 12
Driving and parking
Ta
nk cont entand reser vefuel Model
Total cap acity
Mer cedes -AMG
CL S53 4MA TIC+ 21
.1ga l(80. 0liter s) Model
Ofwhic hre ser ve
Mer cedes- AMG
CL S53 4MA TIC+ 3.2
gal(1 2. 0liter s) Qua
lityand capa cityofengine oil Gasolin
eengines MB-Fre igabe orMB-
Appr oval
Mer cedes -AMG
CL S53 4MA TIC+ 229.
51,229 .52,
229 .61
229 .71* *
Re comme ndedforlo we stpossible fuelcon‐
sum ption (lowe stSA Evis cos ityclassineach
case ;obs erve possible restrictions ofthe
appr ovedSA Evis cos ityclasse s). To
achie vethelowe stpossible fuelconsum ption,
it is recomme ndedtouse theengine oilspecif i‐
cation smar kedin theta ble forth elowe stSA E
viscosi tyclass .Po ssible restrictions ofthe
appr ovedSA Evis cos ityclasse smu stbe
obser ved.
The follo wing values referto an oilchang e,
inc ludin gth eoil filt er . Model
Capacity
Mer cedes -AMG
CL S53 4MA TIC+ 9.0
USqt(8.5 liter s) Cool
antcapacity Model
Capacity
Mer cedes- AMG
CL S53 4MA TIC+ 14
.8 US qt
(1 4.0 lite rs) Fi
lling capacityforre frig er ant and PAGoil Model
Refrig er ant
Mer cedes- AMG
CL S53 4MA TIC+ 20.8
±0.4 oz
(590 ±10 g) Model
PAGoil
Mer cedes- AMG
CL S53 4MA TIC+ 4.2
±0.4 oz
(1 20 ±10 g) Ve
hicl edata Ve
hicl edimens ions The
heightsspeci fied mayva ry as are sult ofthe
fo llo wing fact or s:
R Tire s
R Load
R Conditio nof thesuspension
R Option aleq uipment Te
ch nica lda ta 33