2021 MERCEDES-BENZ GT COUPE ESP

The
inside rear vie wmir rorand theoutside mir‐
ro ron thedr iver's side willautomaticall ygo into
anti- glar emode iflight from aheadlam phit sth e
sensor ontheinside rear vie wmir ror.
Sy stem limit s
The system will notgo intoanti- glar emode if:
R The engineisswit ched off.
R Reversege ar iseng aged.
R The interior light ingisswit ched on. Fr
ont- passeng erout side mirrorpar kingpos i‐
tio nfun ction The
parking posit ionmak espar kingeasier .
The front -pass engerouts idemirrorwil lswiv el
do wn wardsin thedir ect ion ofthere ar wheel on
th efront passeng er'sside when:
R The parking position isstor ed (/ page88).
R The front- passeng ermir roris sele cted.
R Reversege ar iseng aged. The
fron t-passe nger out side mirrorwil lmo ve
bac kto its original positionwhen:
R Youshif tth etra nsmiss iontoano ther tra ns‐
mission position.
R Youar etrav eling ataspeed great erthan
9 mp h(1 5 km/h).
R Youpr ess thebutt onforth eoutside mirror
on thedr iver's side. St
oring thepa rking posit ionofthefront-
pa sseng erout side mirrorusi ng reve rsege ar St
oring #
Sele ctthefront -passen geroutsi demir ror
usin gbut ton2. #
Eng agere ve rsege ar. #
Movethefront -passen geroutsi demir rorint o
th edesir edpar king position usingbutton1. 88
Lightandvisibility

Ov
ervie wof climat econtr olsystems No
teson climat econtr ol An
interior airfilt er incom binat ionwithth epr e‐
fi lt er intheengine compartmen tmus talw aysbe
used sothat theair con ditionin gsy stem, pollu‐
tion leve lmon itor ing and theair filtration work
cor rectl y.Mak esur eth at thefilt er isins talled
cor rectl yand thefilt er housin gin theengine
com partmen tis closed correctl yus ing thecap
and alwaystightl ysealed wheninoper ation. Use
fi lt er sre comme ndedandapprove dby
Mer cedes-Ben z.Alw aysha ve ser vice workcar‐
ri ed out ataqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Ov
ervie wof thecontr olpa nel for3-zo ne
aut omat icclimat eco ntr ol The
indicatorlam psinthe0058, 0064,006C,
0072, 005Aand0 buttons indicat eth at the
cor responding functionisactiv ated. 1
0082 Setsthete mp eratur eon thedr iver's
side
2 008F Setstheair distribution
3 H Setstheair flow
Swi tches climat econtr olon/of f
4 0058 Setsclimat econtr olto aut omat ic
mode (/page91 )
5 0064 Defrosts thewindshield
6 008A Callsuptheair con ditionin gmenu
7 006C Switchesthere ar wind owheat eron or
of f
8 0 Activates ordeacti vatessync hroniza‐
tion (/page91 ) 9
0072 Switches air-re cir cul ation mod eon/
of f(/ page 91)
A 005A Switches theA/C function on/off
(/ page90)
B 0082 Setsthefront passeng erside temp era‐
tur e Oper
ating theclima tecont rolsy stem Switc
hingclima tecont rolon/of f #
Toswitc hon: setth eair flow toleve l1 or
higher usingtheH button. #
Toswitc hof f:se tth eair flow toleve l0 using
th eH button.
% Ifclimat econ trol isswitc hedoff,th ewin‐
do ws mayfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchof f
cli mat econtr olonly briefly. Switc
hingtheA/C function onoroffvia the
cont rolpan el The
A/Cfunc tion heats ,cools anddehumidif ies
th eve hicle's interior air. 90
Climat econt rol

Fu
nction ofEmo tion Start #
Startth eve hicle withth est ar t/ stop butt on
(/ page94 )and simult aneousl ypull one of
st eer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles 1or2.
R The idlespee dis inc reased brief lywh en
st ar tin gth eengine.
R The exhaus tga sflaps areopen ed(spo rty
ch aract eristic )(/ page10 1).
St arting theve hicl eusing theSm artK ey
Yo ucan also star tth eve hicle withth eSmar tKey
in theignition lock.The ignition lockis in the
re ar stor ag espace inthecent ercon sole. 005A
Toremo vetheSmar tKey
0047 Toswitc hon thepo we rsupp ly
0048 Toswitc hon theignition
0049 Tostar teng ine #
Shift th etra nsmiss iontoposition 005Dor005C. #
Depr essthebr ak epedal. #
Inser tth eSmar tKey intoth eignition lockand
tur nto keypos ition 0049. #
Ifth eve hicle does notst ar t:
R Swi tchof fconsu mersth at areno t
re qu ired.
R Remo vetheSmar tKey from theignition
loc k.
R Inser tth eSmar tKey intoth eignition lock
ag ain afte ra shor twa itin gper iod.
R Turn theSmar tKey tokeypos ition 0048.
The indic ator lam psintheins trument
clus terlig ht up.
R Turn theSmar tKey tokeypos ition 0049.
% Youcan also switchon thepo we rsupp lyor
th eignition withth eSmar tKey .Ad dition ally,
tur nth eSmar tKey tokeypos ition 0047or0048 . Br
eak ing- inno tes To
preser vetheengine during thefirs t
1, 000 miles(1 ,500 km):
R drive at varying road spee dsand engine
spee ds. Dr
ivin gand parking 95

#
Neveruse thebr ak epedal asafo ot re st. #
Donotde press thebr ak epedal andthe
acc elerat orpedal atthesame time
while driving. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto inc or‐
re ct gearshif ting
If th eengine speedishigher than theidle
speed andyouen gage thetransmission posi‐
tion 005Bor005E, theve hicle mayacceler ate
shar ply. #
Ifyo uen gage thetransmission position
005B or005E when theve hicle isat a
st ands till,alw aysdepr essthebr ak e
pedal firm lyand donotacc eler ateat
th esame time. *
NO
TEEngi nedama gedue toexcess ively
hig hengi nespe eds The
enginewillbe damag edifyo udr ive wit h
th eengine intheov errevving rang e. #
Donotdr ive wi th theengine intheove r‐
re vving rang e. *
NO
TEWearing out thebr ak elinings by
continu ously dep ressing thebr ak epedal #
Donotdepr essthebr ak epedal contin‐
uousl ywhils tdr iving. #
Touse thebr aking effect of theengine,
shif tto alowe rge ar ingood time. *
NO
TEDama getothedr ivet ra in and
engin ewhen pulling away #
Donotwa rm uptheengine whilethe
ve hicle isstatio nary.Pull away immed i‐
at ely. #
Avoid high engine speeds anddriving at
full thro ttle untilth eengine hasreac hed
its operatin gte mp eratur e. *
NO
TEDama getothecat alytic converter
due tonon-co mbusted fuel The
engine isno tru nning smoothly and is
misf iring.
Non-c ombus tedfuel mayge tint oth ecat a‐
lyt iccon verter . #
Onlydepr esstheaccelera torpeda l
slig htly. #
Have thecause rectif ied imme diat ely at
a qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. No
teson driving onsalt- treat edroads
The braking effect islimit edon salt-tr eated
ro ads.
Ther efor e, obse rveth efo llo wing notes:
R Due tosalt build-up onthebr ak ediscs and
br ak epads, thebr aking distan cecan increase
consi derablyor result inbraking onlyon one
side
R Maint ainamuc hgr eat ersaf edis tance tothe
ve hicle infront 98
Driving andparking

#
Chec kth etir es regular lyforsigns of
dama geand replace anydamag edtires
immediat ely. Chec
kth etir es fordama geand thecor rect tire
tr ea ddep thboth bef oreand afte ruse onara ce‐
tr ac k. Onl yth en isitsaf eto drive on ara ce trac k
and onpublic roads.
As are sult ofthedr iving style and athigh ambi‐
ent temp eratur es,when driving onara ce trac kit
ma ybe neces saryto com pens atefo rth e
inc rease inpressur ein wa rm tires by releasing
air .Ev en forwa rm tires ,th especif iedtirepr es‐
sur ema yonl ybe exceed edbymax. 0.5bar.
Af terth etir es have cool eddown again, youmus t
re adjus tth etir epr essur ein accor dance withth e
specif ications inorder todrive on public roads. Sus
pens ion Sus
pens ionsettings
The fact or yse tting prov ides agood compromise
fo rdr iving onpub licroads and onara ce trac k. Ve
hicl emeasur ements
Ev en smal lch ang estothesuspension settings
alt er thedr iving charact eristic sof theve hicle. To
ensur eop timal driving charact eristic s,thespeci‐
fi ed values andtoler anc esoftheindividual sus‐
pension settings mustbe com plied with.The
dr iving charact eristic sof theve hicle mayot her‐
wise beundesir able.
Ve hicle measur ements arere qu ired inthefo llo w‐
ing situat ions:
R The vehicle height haschang edinrelation to
th eop timiz edsetting.
R The vehicle isfreq uentl ysubject edtovery
high loads, e.g.when driving overcurbs.
Ther efor e, checkth eve hicle height atregular
int erva ls and, ifnec essar y,per form vehicle
measur ements. No
teson suspension components
Despit ere gular checks,and rega rdless of
whe ther there leva nt suspe nsion com ponents
ar ein goo dcond ition, thefo llo wing compone nts
mus tbe replaced afte ra cer tain amount ofuse
on thera ce trac k:
R Whe elbol ts(/ page 104)
R Wheelhub sin clu ding thewheel bearings No
teson engine oil Chec
kth eengine oilleve lbef oreopera tingin
ra ce trac kmod e. 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:
R o (Slipp ery): optim ized pulling away and
dr ivin gch aract eristic sin wint ryand slippe ry
ro ad con dition s
R = (Individual):ind ividual setting s Dr
ivin gand parking10
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R
A (Comf ort): com fortable andeconomi‐
cal drivin gst yle
R C (Spor t):spor tydrivin gst yle
R B (Spor tPlus): particular lyspor tydrivin g
st yle
R I (RACE): drivin glik eon ara ce trac k
The I (RACE)dr ive pr ogr am mayno tbe
us ed on nor mal roads. I (RACE) mus ton ly
be activ ated and used ondedicat edrace cir‐
cui ts, noton public roads.
Mer cedes-AM Grecomme ndsselecting thedr ive
pr og ram A when incity traf fic or stop-and-go
tr af fic.
Depe nding onthedr ive pr og ram sele cted, the
fo llo wing vehicle charact eristic swill chang e:
R Drive:
- Engin eand trans miss ionman agemen t
- ActiveDis tan ceAssi stDIS TRONI C
R AMG Dynamics:
- The four agilit yfun ction sBas ic,
Ad vanced ,Pr oand Master areaut omati‐ cally
select eddepending onthedr ive pr o‐
gr am.
- The steer ing, shifttimin gpoint andstabi‐
lizat ionfunction sar eadap tedto the
select eddrive pr ogr am.
- When ESP®
is activ ated, agili tyfunction
Pr ois select edindrive pr ogr am I
RA CE. The Masterfunction isau tomati‐
cally selected when ESP®
is dea ctivated.
R Position oftheex haus tga sflaps
R Sus pen sion
R Steer ing
R Availabilit yof glide mode
R The I(RA CE)drive pr ogr am has thefo l‐
lo wing proper ties:
- The vehicle exhibits driving charact eris‐
tic ssuit edforth era ce trac k.
- Allvehicle systems arese tfo rmaximu m
spor tiness.
- The automatic transmiss ionshiftsup
lat er. -
The susp ension exhibits particular lyfirm
spr inging anddam ping settin gs.
- Glid emode isno tav ailable.
- The spor tysoun dch aract eristic ofthe
ex haus tsy stem isactiv ated.
% Youcan callupvehicle charact eristic svia
th ePe rfor mance menuintheon- boar dcom‐
put er.
% Youcan adjustth eagility functionsof AMG
Dynamic susing theAMG steer ing-wheel but‐
to ns.
Yo ucan also chang eth efo llo wing vehicle char‐
act eristic susin gth ebutt ons inthecent ercon ‐
sole:
R Position oftheex haus tga sflaps
R Sus pen sion 10
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Driving and parking

Selec
tingthedr ive pr og ram #
Press DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h1 forw ards
or bac kwards.
The selec teddr ive pr ogr am appear sin the
displa y2 and inthemultifunc tiondispla yin
th eins trument cluster. Conf
iguringdrive pr og ram I Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
e DYNA MICSELECT
5 Individual #
Select theindividual setting. Switc
hingtheoper ation feedba ckfordr ive
pr og rams onoroff Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
e DYNA MICSELECT #
Switc hNotif ication forUser on0073 oroff0053.
When this func tion isact ive, acor responding
messag eis sho wninthemedia displaywhen
a dr ive pr og ram issele cted withth e
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h. Displa
yingvehicl edata Mul
timedi asy stem:
4 Vehicle 5
e DYNA MICSELECT #
Select Vehicle Data.
The vehicle datais displa yed. Displa
yingengine data Multimedia
system:
4 Vehicle 5
e DYNA MICSELECT #
Select Engine Data.
% The actual (maximum) values that can be
ac hie vedfo rengine outputand engine tor‐
qu ema yde viat efrom thecer tified values
wit hin thecount ry-spe cificgu ideline sfo r
per missible toler anc es(basis: UN-ECE No.
85 orcount ry-spe cificgu ideline s).
Fa ctor sth at can influen cethis are, forex am‐
ple:
R Sea leve l
R Fuelgrade
R Outside temp eratur e
R Oper ating temp eratur eof theengine
% The values displa yedser veonl yas orient a‐
tion. Thevalues forengine outputand
engine torq ue show nin themedia display
ma yde viat efrom theactual values. Dr
ivin gand parking 10
7

#
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. Gear
shiftre comm endation The
gearshif tre comme ndation assists youin
adop tingan eco nomic aldrivin gst yle. #
Ifge arshif tre comme ndation mess age1 is
sho wnonthemultifunc tiondispla y,shif tto
th ere comme ndedgear.
% Gear shiftre comme ndation isacti veonl yif
yo uha ve act ivat ed man ualgearshif tingwit h
th ebutt ononthecent ercon sole. Using
kickdo wn #
Maxim umacceler ation:depresstheaccel‐
er ator pedal beyond thepr essur epoint .
The automatic transmiss ionshiftsup tothene xt
ge ar when themaximum enginespeedis
re ac hed toprotect theengine from overrev ving. %
Ifyo uha ve act ivat ed man ualgearshif ting
wit hth ebutt oninthecent ercon sole, the
tr ans missi on does notre act tothekic k‐
do wn. 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 thecombus tionengine isdiscon nectedfrom
th edr ivet ra in and theve hicle continues to
ro ll.
R theJ symbol appearsin themultifunc ‐
tion displa y.
Glide mode isact ivat ed ifth efo llo wing condi‐
tion sar eme t:
R theEC Ostar t/ stop funct ionisswitc hedon.
R drive pr ogr am = isselect edwithth edr ive
se tting "Moder ate" or"Reduced".
R thespeed iswit hin asuit able rang e.
R thero ad's courseissuit able, e.g.no steep
uphill ordownhill inclinesortight bends. Dr
iving andparking 111