DRI
FTMODE isau tomatical lydeactiv ated inthe
fo llo wing situat ions:
R ESP®
is act ivat ed.
R manual shiftingis deact ivat ed –th ege arbo x
is in posit ion005B.
R thedr ive pr ogr am I (RACE) isswitc hed
of f.
R theve hicle isswitc hedoff.
R automatic switchof fis requ ired bytheve hi‐
cle.
% 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
adaptivespor tsuspension system + Fu
nction ofAMG adaptive spor tsusp ension
sy stem +
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 groun dcle aranc e,
eve nwi th aladen vehicle. When driving at
speed, theve hicle islowe redaut omatic allyto
im prov edr iving safetyand toreduce fuelcon‐
sum ption. Youalso have theop tion ofmanuall y
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 settings andvehicl eleve lper
dr ive pr og ram
Mer cede s-AMG E53 4MA TIC+
Dr ive pr ogr ams o andA:
R The susp ension setting 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.
R 4MA TIC+ isdynamic allysync hroniz ed.
Dr ive pr og rams C, BandI
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.
R 4MA TIC+ ismor edynamic allysync hroniz ed. 22
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