2021 MERCEDES-BENZ GT COUPE air suspension

When
driving onara ce trac k, mak esur eth at the
br ak efluid isno tmor eth an 12 mont hsold.
Br ak ecali per,br ak ehose sand brak eline s
Chec kth efo llo wing fordama geeac htime
bef oredr iving theve hicle onara ce trac k:
R The dustboo tson thebr ak ecaliper s
R The brak ehoses andbrak elines
Re place them ifneces sary.
Br ak eco olin g
Spe cialai rdef lect or sand chann elsareins talled
on thefront and rear axle sso that thebr ak es
ar ecooled sufficie ntly.The ysupply thebr ak e
discs withcooling air.Chec kth at they arein per‐
fe ct condi tionandcorrectl yins talled eachtim e
bef oredr ivin gth eve hicle onara ce trac k. Exces ‐
si ve wearcan becaus edbydriving overcurbs,
fo rins tance. Forth is reason ,re gular lych eck
th ey areall com pleteand installed securely.
In addi tion, checkth at theair guide platesare
seat edsecur elyand clean beforeand afte rdr iv‐
ing theve hicle onara ce trac k. Obser
vetheinf ormation onthecooling ofcom‐
ponen tswhic har esubject toloads when drivin g
on ara ce trac k(/ page 102). Whee
lsand tires No
teson wheels
* NO
TERestrictions relatin gto suspension
se ttin gsand driving charact eristic s Dr
ivin gwit hwheels withdif fering dimens ions
of thefo llo wing featur escoul dlead torestric‐
tions relatin gto thesuspension settings and
dr iving charact eristic sof theve hicle:
R Diame ter
R Wheel offset #
Onlyuse thewheels prov ided by
Mer cedes- AMGforuse onara ce trac k. #
Onlyuse wheels withappr ovedge ome‐
tr y. Do
notus eslic k tires. Suspensi on and body
components mayot her wise besubject edto
exc essiv elyhigh loads. Obser
vethefo llo wing noteson chang inga
wheel:
R Chan gethewheels afte r9,320 miles
(1 5,000 km)onara ce trac kat thelat est.
R Toensur econ cent ricity and late ra ltr uenes s,
ch eckth ewheel contact surface fordama ge
when chang ingawheel. Theseshoul dalso
be meas ured intheev ent ofimbalance.
The wheel boltsaresubject edtohigh wearwhen
used onara ce trac k. To ensur eth ewheels are
bolt edsecur elyon aper manen tbasis, replace
th ewheel boltsinthefo llo wing situat ions:
R Afterapp roxima tely 620 miles(1 ,000 km) on
a ra ce trac k.
R Afterte nbo lting proce duresat thelat est.
No teson tires &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rythro ugh dam‐
ag ed tires
Dam aged tires can caus etir epr ess ureloss . 10
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Driving and parking

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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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Some
drivi ng and drivi ng safety systems use
camer asand sensor sto monit orthear ea in
fr ont of,behind ornext to theve hicle.
Ke ep thear eas around thesensor sand camer as
fr ee ofdir t,ice orslush (/page27 1). The cam‐
er as and sensor smus tno tbe covered, forex am‐
ple bybicy clerack s, overhanging loads,sticke rs,
fo ilor foils toprotect agains tst one chipping .
Ad dition allicense platebr ac kets can impai rth e
function oftheultr asonic sensors,in par ticular .
In theeve ntofdamag eor ase vere impact inthe
ar ea ofthesensor s,ha ve thefunc tion ofthe
sensor sch eckedat aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop. Have damag eor stone chipping inthear ea
of thecamer asrepair edataqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop. Ifth esensor sor camer asaredam‐
ag ed, some driving systems anddriving safety
sy stems mayno long erfunc tion proper ly. Ov
ervie wof driving systems anddriving
saf etysy stems R
ABS(Ant i-lockBra king System)
(/ page12 1)
R BAS(Bra keAssis tSys tem) (/ page12 1) R
ESP ®
(Electr onicStability Program)
(/ page12 2)
R EBD (El ectr onicBra keforc eDis tribution)
(/ page12 4)
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st(/ pag e12 4)
R Cruis econtr ol(/ page 127)
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page 128)
R Hill StartAs sis t(/ page13 2)
R HOLD function (/page13 2)
R RACE STAR T(/ page 133)
R AMG adaptivespo rtsuspension system
(/ page13 6)
R Front and rear vie wcam era(/ page14 0)
R ATTENTION ASSIST(/ page14 2)
R Blind Spo tAssi st(/ pag e14 3)
R Lane Keeping Assist(/ page14 4) Fu
nction ofABS The
Anti-loc kBr ak eSy stem (ABS )re gulat esthe
br ak epr essur ein critical driving situation s:
R Dur ing braking, e.g.atfull brak eapplication
or insuf ficie nttiretracti on, thewheels are
pr eve nted from lock ing.
R Vehicle steer ability whilebraking isensur ed.
If ABS interve nes when braki ng, youwill feel a
pulsing inthebr ak epedal. Thepulsating brak e
pedal canbeanindicat ionofhazar dous road
con dition sand canserveas are minder totake
ex tra car ewh ile dr ivi ng. Fu
nction ofBA S The
Brak eAssis tSy stem (BAS )suppor tsyour
eme rgency braking situation withadditional
br ak efo rc e.
If yo udepr essthebr ak epedal quickl y, BA Sis
acti vated:
R BASau tomatical lyboos tsthebr ak epr es‐
sur e.
R BAScan shorten thebr aking distance. Dr
iving and parking 12
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Ad
jus tingtreb le,mid- rang eand bass
se ttings
Bur mes ter®
high-end Surround
soun dsy stem ................................. ..... 260
Bur mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem ...259
Af ter-sales service center
see ASSYSTPL US
Air bag
Re duced protect ion ...............................3 8
Air inle t
see Air-water duct
Air pressu re
see Tire pressur e
Air vents ..................................................... 92
Ad jus ting (front) ............ ........................ 92
Ai rve nts
see Airvents
Ai r-re cir cula tion mode.............................. 91
Air -water duct .......................................... 268
Ke eping free ........................................2 68
Airb ag....... ..................................................35
Ac tivati on ........... ...................................30
Fr ont airbag (driver ,fr ont passeng er)....3 5 Ins
tallation locations ...................... .......3 5
Knee airbag........................................... 35
Ov ervie w ..... ................................... ....... 35
PA SSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam p.....4 0
Pr otect ion ....................................... .......3 7
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Wi ndo wcur tain airbag ...........................3 5
Alar m
see Panic alar m
Al ar m system
see ATA (anti-thef talar msystem)
Alt ernativ ero ut e
see Route
AMG Steer ing wheel control element ...... ..... 135
St eer ing-wheel buttons .................. ...... 135
AMG adaptiv espo rtsuspension sys‐
te m
Sel ecting thesuspension setting ......... 137
AMG adaptiv espo rtsuspension sys‐
te m +
Sus pensi on ............ ........................ ......136 AMG
ceramichigh -per form ance com‐
posi tebrak esy stem ................................ 100
AMG Perfor ma nce adjust able exhaus t
sy stem ...................................................... 101
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Oper ating ............................................. 101
AMG perform ance seat
Se tting ...................................................68
AMG Perfor ma nce steer ing wheel .........1 35
AMG TRACKPACE
Conf iguring .......................................... 185
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Gene ralinf ormatio n.............................1 82
Te leme try displa y.................................1 85
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Andr oidAuto <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Co nnecting amob ile pho ne<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Ov ervie w <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Sou ndsettings <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Tr ans ferred vehicle data......................2 27
Anim als
Pe ts intheve hicle ................................. 49 Inde
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