MERCEDES-BENZ GLC COUPE 2020 AMG Owner's Guide

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The door s,thehood andtheta ilg atear e
clos ed.
R The engin eis running andthetra nsmiss ion
and engine areat nor mal oper ating temp era‐
tur e.
R The steer ing wheel isin thest ra ight -ahead
posit ion.
R The vehicle ison leve lgr ound.
R The vehicle isstatio nary,thebr ak epedal is
depr essed (leftfo ot )and thepar king brak eis
re leased.
R The transmissio nis in posit ion005B.
R One ofthedr ive pr og rams C, Bor
I issele cted (/ page12 ). #
Rapidl ydepr esstheacceler ator pedal fully.
The engine speedincreases.
% Ifth eactiv ation conditions areno tfulf illed,
RA CE STAR Tcanno tbe acti vated. The RACE
STA RTNot Possible SeeOperator 'sManual
messag eappear sin themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y. #
The RACE START Release braketostart mes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
% Inthis phase youcan adjustRA CE STAR T
de pendi ng on thero ad con dition s:youcan
va ry theengine speedbypulling onone of
th esteer ing wheel paddle shifters.The seg‐
ments inthemultifunc tiondispla yflic ke r
ra pidly .
% Ifth ebr ak epedal isno tre leased afte ra
shor twhi le,RACE STAR Tis cance led. The
RAC ESTAR TCa ncel edmes sage appear sin
th emultifunc tiondispla y. #
Take your foot offth ebr ak e, but keep the
acc elerat orpedal depresse d.
The vehicle pullsaway atmax imum acceler a‐
tio n.The RACE STARTActivemes sage
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
RA CE STAR Tis de acti vatedwhen theve hicle rea‐
ch es aspeed ofappr oximat ely31 mp h
(50 km/ h).
RA CE STAR Tis de acti vatedimmediat elyif yo u
re lease theacceler ator pedal during RACE
ST AR Tor ifan yof theactiv ation conditions are no
long erfulf illed. TheRACE STARTCanceled
messag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
% Afterusi ng itse veraltim esinshor tsucc es‐
sion ,RA CE STAR Tis una vailable untila cer ‐
ta in dis tance hasbe en driven. AM
Gadap tivespo 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 comfort.The all-round leve l
contr olsystem ensur esthebes tpossible sus‐
pension andconstant groun dcle aranc e,eve n
wit haladen vehicle. When driving atspeed, the
ve hicle islowe redaut omatic allytoimprove driv‐
ing safetyand toreduce fuelconsum ption. You
also have theop tion ofmanuall yadjus tingthe
ve hicle leve l.
The dam ping isadjus tedindividually toeac h
wheel anddepends onthefo llo wing fact or s:
R thedr iving style, e.g. spor ty
R thero ad con dition ,e.g .bum ps Dr
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theindividual selectionofCOMF ORT,SPORT
or SPOR T+
The AMG adaptivespor tsuspension system
com prises:
R airsuspension withva riable spring rate R
automat icleve lcon trol system
R speed-depen dentlowe ring toreduce fuel
con sum ption
R manual leve ladjus tment R
ADSPL US (Adap tiveDam ping System with
con stant dam pingfo rc eadjus tment)
R DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc hand leve lbutt on
Av ailab lesuspe nsion settings Mercedes- AMG GLC43 4MA TIC Dr
ive pr og ramC haracteristics
o (Slipper y)
A (Comfort) R
The susp ension setting iscomf ortab le.
R The suspen sionissetto thenor mal leve l.
R When drivin gat speeds above99 mph(1 60 km/h) theve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds below87 mph(1 40 km/h), theve hicle israised again.
C (Spor t) R
The suspen sionsetting isfirm er.
R The suspension issetto thelow leve l.
R The vehicle isno tlo we redan yfur ther ifyo uar etra veling athigher speeds.
B (Spor tPlus) R
The suspen sionsetting iseven firm er.
R The suspension issetto thelow leve l.
R The vehicle isno tlo we redan yfur ther ifyo uar etra veling athigher speeds. 20
Drivin gand parking

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ailab lesuspe nsion settings Mercedes- AMG GLC63 and 63S4MA TIC+ Dr
ive pr og ramC haracteristics
o (Slipper y)
A (Comfort) R
The susp ension setting iscomf ortab le.
R The suspen sionissetto thenor mal leve l.
R When drivin gat speeds above112mp h(1 80 km/h) theve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds below75 mph(120 km/h) theve hicle israised again.
R 4MA TIC+ isdynamic allysync hroniz ed.
C (Spor t) R
The suspen sionsetting isfirm er.
R The suspension issetto thelow leve l.
R The vehicle isno tlo we redan yfur ther ifyo uar etra veling athigher speeds.
R 4MA TIC+ ismor edynamic allysync hroniz ed.
B (Spor tPlus)
I (RACE) R
The suspen sionsetting iseve nfirm er.
R The suspension issetto thelow leve l.
R The vehicle isno tlo we redan yfur ther ifyo uar etra veling athigher speeds.
R 4MA TIC+ ismor edynamic allysync hroniz ed. Dr
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AMG
adaptiv espo rtsuspension system,
selectin gth esusp ension tuning #
Toselect theComf ortsusp ension tuning:
pr ess butt on1 repeat edly until indicat or
lam ps2 and 3goout.
The AMG Suspens ionSystem COMFORT
messag eappear sin themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y. In
"Co mfort" mode, thedr iving charact eris‐
tic sof your vehicle arecomf ortable. #
Toselect theSpor tsusp ension tuning:
pr ess butt on1 repeat edly until indicat or
lam p3 lights up.
The AMG Suspens ionSystem SPORTmes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
"Spo rt"dr ivin gmod een sur esafirm ersus‐
pension tuning. #
Toselect theSpor tPlus suspension tun‐
ing: press butt on1 repeat edlyuntil indica‐
to rlam ps2 and 3light up.
The AMG Suspe nsionSystem SPORT+mes‐
sag eapp earsin themultifunc tiondispla y.
"Spo rtPlus" driving mode ensuresave ry
fi rm suspension tuning. Fu
nction oftheAMG steer ing-wh eelbut‐
to ns The
AMG steer ing-wheel buttons include two
additional control 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 ybutt ons 2repeat edly.The
cur rentl ysel ect edfunc tions aredispl ayed inthe
displa ybutt ons 2.
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R ESP®
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Driving andparking

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AMG adaptivespo rtsuspension sys‐
te m(/ page19 )
R AMG Perfor mance exhaus tsy stem
(/ page11 )
R ECO star t/ stop funct ion(/ page11 )
R Manual gearshif ting(/ page14 )
If yo uha ve assig nedafun ction toadispla ybut‐
to n2, youcan operat eth is func tion withcor re‐
sponding button1.
The assignment ofdispla ybutt ons 2remains
st or ed eve naf te 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 hstabiliz erbar actuat or3. The selec ted
dr ive pr ogr am appear sin displa ybutt on4. By
pr essing displaybutt on4, youcan direct ly
acc ess thedr ive pr ogr am = (Individua l)
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iving andparking 23

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 ,(/ page14 )th eupshif tbar will appear
on themultifunc tionorHead-up Display.In
addi tion, thetransmission set-up M(manual)
and thecur rent gear will appear onthetra ns‐
mission position displayof themultifunc tion
displa y.
R Warning and indicat orlam ps:theve hicle is
also equipped withESP ®
OFF 00BB and
ESP SPOR Twa rning lam ps(/ page43).
R Youcan selectthefo llo wing displa ycon tent
in vehicles withaWi descr eenCockpit:
- Tach ome ter(cla ssic display se tting)
- Date(pr ogr essiv edisp lay se tting)
- Gea rdisp lay
- Warm-up
- AMG TRAC KPA CE -
G-M eter
- Engine data
- Trip com puter
- Navig ation 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. The
on-boar dcom puterisoper ated using left-
hand Touc hCon trol 3 and thelef t-hand back/
home button2. 24
Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

When
theon- 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 Service
R DriveA ssist
R Perf ormance
R Trip
R Navi gation
R Radio
R Media
R Phon e
R Head -upDisp.
Ve hicl eswith anIns trument Display(s tand‐
ar d) onl y:Ifyo usele ctthePerform ancemenu,
th eupshif tbar will appear onthemultifunc tion
displa y.
The menus canbecalled upfrom themenu bar
on themultifunc tiondispla y. #
Tocall upthemenu bar:press backbutt on
on thelef t2 until themenu barisdis‐
pla yed. #
Toscr ollinthemenu bar:swipe leftor
ri ght onleft-h and Touc hCon trol 3. #
Tocall upamen uor conf irm aselect ion:
pr ess left-han dTo uc hCon trol 3. #
Toscr ollthrough displa ysorlists on the
menu :swipe upwards ordown wardson left-
hand Touc hCon trol 3. #
Tocall upasub men uor conf irm aselec‐
tion :pr ess left-han dTo uc hCon trol 3. #
Toexitasubm enu:press backbutt onon
th elef t2.
Selecting theHead -upDispla y #
Ifth eHead -upDispla yis switc hedoff:
pr ess butt on1.
The Head- upDis playwill beswit ched on.
or #
Ifth eHead -upDispla yis switc hedon:
swipe upwards on left-hand Touc hCon trol
3.
The Head -upDisplaywill beact ivat ed. #
Toselect whattheHead -upDispla y
sho ws:sw ipe up wa rdsor down wardson left-
hand Touc hCon trol 3. Calli
ngup displa 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. In
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Dis
play son thePerform ancemenu:
R Warm-up
R SETUP
R G-M eter
R Engine data
R Vehicl eswithout AMGTRACKPACE: RACE
TIME R(/ page27 ) Wa
rm-up (exa mp le)
1 Boos tpr essur e
2 Engine oiltemp eratur e
3 Trans miss ionoiltemp eratur e If
th eengine ortransmission isno tat nor mal
oper ating temp eratur e,themultifunc tiondispla y
will showtemp eratur e2 or3 inblue. Avoid
using thefull engine powe routpu tdur ing this
tim e. SE
TUP inMer cedes -AMG GLC43 vehicles (exa m‐
ple)
1 Drive sy stem setting:
Re duced/Moder ate/Spo rt/Dyna mic
2 Exhau stsystem:
Balanced/ Powe rful
3 ESP®
:
On /Spor t/Of f 4
Suspen sion tuning:
Comf ort/ Spo rt/Spor t+
5 Trans miss ionposit ion:
D/ M SE
TUP inMer cedes-AM GGL C63 vehicles (exa m‐
ple)
1 Drive sy stem setting:
Re duced/Moder ate/Spo rt/Dyna mic/Race
2 Susp ensiontuning :
Co mfort/Spor t/Sport+
3 Exhau stsystem:
Balanced/ Powe rful
4 ESP®
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Instru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter

On/Spor
t/Off
5 AMG Dynamics:
Basic/A dvanced/Pr o/Master
6 Trans miss ionposit ion
D/ M G-m
eter (exa mp le)
While theve hicle isin mo tion, theG-me ter
sho wsthefo rc es that areexe rted on theve hicle
occupants both laterally and inthedir ect ion of
tr av el. The maximum values appear inredin the
coordinat esy stem. #
Torese tth eG-m eter: press thelef t-hand
To uc hCon trol. #
Select . #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. En
gin edat a(e xa mp le)
1 Current powe routpu t
2 Current torq ue
Wh encur rent powe r1 orcur rent torq ue 2
ac hieve sth emaximum value, thedigit alvalue is
br ief lystatio nary.The bardispla ywill cont inue. Displa
yingandstar ting RACETIMER inthe
Pe rfor ma nce menu
On -bo ardcom puter:
4 Performance
The follo wing functionsar epossible inRA CE‐
TIME R:
R Selec tingand star tin gdispla ys
R Stopping
R Startin gane wlap
R Displaying lapstatis tics
R Resettin g Ins
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1
Lap
2 Lap time
RA CETIMER isint ended onlyfo ruse ondesi gna‐
te dra ce trac ks.Do notus eth efunc tion onpub‐
lic roads. #
Toselect adispla yand star t:swipe upor
do wn onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Select Start and press thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol. #
Tosto p:sel ect Stop andpress thelef t-hand
To uc hCon trol. #
Tostar ta ne wlap: afte rth efirs tst or ed lap,
pr ess thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Select New Lap.
A max imum of32 laps maybe stor ed. Ex
am ple: RACETIMER
1 Lap
2 Elapsed time
3 Averag espeed
4 Distance covered #
Todispl aythelap statis tics:af te rat lea st
tw ostor ed laps, press thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol. #
Select Lap List.
The lapstatis ticswill bedispla yed. #
Displa yth est atis ticsfo rth ene xt lap byswip‐
ing upordown onthelef t-hand Touc hCon ‐
tr ol.
The fastes tlap isindicat edbyflashin gsym‐
bol 1. #
Torese t:stop RACETIMER andpress the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Select Reset andpress thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol.
All laps willbedele ted. Fu
nction oftheHead -upDispla y
The Head- upDis playpr oje ctsth efo llo wing into
th edr iver's field ofvision:
R Information from thena vig ation system
R Information from thedr iver assis tance sys‐
te ms
R Some warning mess ages 28
Instrumen tDisp lay and on-boar dcom puter