MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS SEDAN 2021 AMG User Guide

Seat
belts Limitations
ofthepr otection prov ided bythe
seat belt The
AMG sportseat andtheAMG Perfor mance
seat aredesigned forth est andar dth re e-point
seat belt. Ifyo uins talla dif fere nt mu ltipo int sea t
be lt, such asafo ur -po int seat belt,th ere stra int
sy stem cann otprov ide theint ended leve lof pro‐
te ction.
Depe nding ontheve hicle equipment, ther ema y
be opening sin theseat backres t.These open‐
ings have no func tion. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor fata linj ury
due tomodif iedseat beltsystems
If yo ufe ed seat belts thro ugh theopening in
th eseat backres t,th eseat backres tma ybe
damag edorma yeve nbr ea kin theeve ntof
an acci dent. #
Only useth est andar dth re e-point seat
belt. #
Nevermodify theseat beltsystem. Airbags
Pr
otection prov ided bytheside airbag Ve
hicl eswith AMG Perfor ma nce seat :
depen dingontheacciden tsituation ,th eside air‐
bag canincrease theleve lof protect ion forth e
ri bcag eof there spectiv epasseng erinaddition
to acor rectl yfa stened seatbelt. Occ
upant safety 9

Dr
ivin g Fu
nction ofEmo tion Start #
Startth eve hicle withth est ar t/ stop butt on
and simult aneousl ypull one ofthesteer ing
wheel gearshif tpaddles 1or2.
The idlespee dis brief lyinc reased upon
st ar tin gth eengine, andinthespor tycharac‐
te rist ic (po werful) theengine soundisrepr o‐
duced.
Fo llowtheins truction sfo rst ar tin gth eve hicle in
th eve hicle operating instructions. AMG
exhaus tsy stem Oper
ating theAMG exhaus tsy stem #
Press butt on1.
The spor tycharact eristic (Powe rful) issele c‐
te dwhen indicat orlam p2 lights up. 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 10
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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 Onlysuit able forgood road con dition s,adr y
ro ad sur face and acle arstre tchof road
I Race
R Racetrac k-or ient eddriving charact eristic s
R Allvehicle systems setfo rmaximu mspor ti‐
ness
R Particular lyfirm suspension tuningofthe
AMG adaptivespo rtsuspension system
R Mus tno tbe used onpublic roads
R Onlysuit able foruse oncor doned offra ce
cir cui ts
% The drive pr ogr am I isavailable onlyfor
th eMer cedes‑AMG A45 S4MA TICmodel
and vehicles withAMG DYNA MIC PLUS
pac kage. Dep
endingonthedr ive pr og ram sele cted, 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.
- When ESP®
is activ ated, agili tyfunction
Pr ois select edindrive pr ogr am I.
The Masterfunction isau tomatical ly
select edwhen ESP®
is deactiv ated.
R Char acteristic oftheex haus tsy stem
R Suspension tuning
R Availabilit yof glide mode
% Youcan chang eth efo llo wing vehicle charac‐
te rist ics using thebutt ons inthecent ercon ‐
sole:
R Char acteristic oftheex haus tsy stem
R Suspension tuningof theAMG adaptive
spor tsuspension system R
ESP® Au
tomatic trans mis sion 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. Dr
iving and parking 11

%
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. #
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 disco nnect edfrom
th edr ivet ra in and theve hicle continues to
ro ll.
R The J symbol appearsin 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 ogram =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 Youar eno longerdepr essing theacceler ator
or brak epedal.
Glide mode isdeactiv ated again ifone ofthe
condi tions isno long erme t. 12
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Dr
ivin gand drivin gsaf etysy 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. R
When brakin g.
R Instro ng side winds when youar edr ivin g
fa ster than 47 mp h(7 5 km/h).
ESP ®
can stabiliz eth eve hicle byinterve ning in
th efo llo wing ways:
R One ormor ewheels arebr ak ed.
R The engine outputisadap tedaccor dingto
th esituation .
ES P®
is activ ated everytime theengine isstar‐
te dre ga rdless ofwhe ther ESP®
wa sin ESP ®
SPOR Tor deactiv ated bef oreth eengine was
switc hedoff.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lam pflashes inthe
ins trumen tclus ter,one orseveralwheels has
re ac hed itsgrip limit :
R Adaptth edr iving style to suit thepr ev ailin g
ro ad and weather condition s.
R Donotdeac tivateES P®
unde ran ycir cum ‐
st anc es.
R Onlydepr esstheaccelera torpeda las faras
is necessar y. Cha
racter istics ofESP ®
SPOR T &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
SPOR Tis us ed incor rectly
Whe nyo uact ivat eES P®
SP OR T,ther eis an
incr eased risk ofskidding andhaving anacci‐
dent. #
ActivateESP ®
SPO RTonlyin thecir‐
cums tances descr ibed below. When
ESP®
SPOR Tis activ ated, the00BB and
Æ warning lam pslight upcon tinuousl yin the
ins trumen tclus ter.
Sel ect ESP ®
SPOR Twh en theve hicle's own
ove rste er ing and under steer ing charact eristic s
ar edesir ed,e.g.on cor don edoffro ads.
Dr ivin gwit hES P®
SPO RTorwit hESP ®
deactiv a‐
te dre qu ires an extreme lyqu alif ied and exper i‐
enc eddriver .
If ES P®
SPOR Tis activ ated and one ormor e
wheels star tto spin, the00E5 ESP®
wa rning
lam pon theins trument clusterflashes .ES P® Dr
ivin gand parking 13

th
en onlyst abiliz estheve hicle toalimit ed
degr ee.
ES P®
SPO RTalso hasthefo llo wing charact eris‐
tic s:
R ESP®
on lyimpr oves driving stabilit yto alimi‐
te ddeg ree.
R ETS/4 ETStraction control isstill act ive.
R The engin e'storq ue ison lyrestrict ed toa
limit eddeg reeand thedr ive wheels canspin.
The spinn ingofthewheels results inacut‐
ting action forbe tter traction onloose surfa‐
ces.
R ESP ®
continu estoprov ide assis tance when
th ebr ak es arefirm lyapplied .
R Cross wind Assis tis no longeractiv e.
Char acteristics when ESP®
is deactiv ated &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
dea ctivated
If yo udeac tivateES P®
,ES P®
can notcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation. #
ESP®
shoul don lybe deactiv ated inthe
fo llo wing situat ions. When
ESP®
is deact ivat ed, the00BB and¤
wa rning lam pslight upcon tinuousl yin the
ins trumen tclus ter.
Dea ctivating ESP ®
ha sth efo llo wing effects:
R Driving stabilit ywill nolongerbe improve d.
R The drive wheels couldspin.
R ETS/4 ETStra ction control isstill act ive.
R Crosswin dAss istis no long eract ive.
% Even when ESP®
is deact ivat ed, youar est ill
assis tedby ESP ®
wh en braki ng hard.
It ma ybe bes tto act ivat eES P®
SPO RTordeacti‐
va te ESP ®
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R When usingsnowch ains .
R Indeep snow .
R Onsand orgrave l.
% Spin ningth ewheels results inacutting
action, whichenhances traction. %
ActivateESP ®
as soo nas thesituation s
descr ibedaboveno long er apply .ESP ®
wi ll
ot her wise notbe able tostabiliz eth eve hicle
if th eve hicle star ts to skid orawheel star ts
to spin.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lam plight sup con tinu‐
ousl yeve nwh en ESP ®
is acti vated, ES P®
is no t
av ailable duetoamalf unction.
Obse rvean yinf ormation whichis displa yedin
th eins trument cluster:
R Indicat orand warning lam ps
R Disp lay mess ages
ET S/4ET S(Electr onicTractio nSy stem)
ET S/ 4ETS tracti oncontr olispa rtof ESP ®
.
ET S/4 ETScan improve theve hicle's traction by
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R The drive wheels arebr ak ed individually if
th ey spin.
R Mor edr ive to rq ue istrans ferred tothewheel
or wheels withtra ction. 14
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Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gES P®
(E lectr onicSta‐
bil ity Prog ram) #
Toactiv ateESP ®
SPORT :br ief lypress but‐
to n1.
The 00BB andÆ warning lam psappear in
th eins trument cluster. #
Todeac tivateES P®
:pr ess and holdbu tton
1 unti lth e00BB and¤ warning lam ps
appear intheins trument cluster.
% When youdeac tivateES P®
in theI drive
pr og ram, AMG Dynamics automatical ly
switc hestotheMas terle ve l. #
Toactiv ateESP ®
:br ief lypress butt on1.
The 00BB, Æand¤ warning lam psgo
out.
Obser vetheinf ormation onwarning lam psand
displa ymess ages whic har esho wnintheins tru‐
ment cluster. RA
CE START Inf
orma tionon RACE STAR T
RA CE STAR Tena bles optima lve hicle acceler a‐
tion from ast ands till.Fo rth is, asuit ablyhigh-
gr ip road sur face isrequ ired, thetir es and vehi‐
cle mus talso beingood condition.
% RACE STAR Tis only available afte rth eve hi‐
cle has been brok en in. %
RACE STAR Tma yno tbe used on nor mal
ro ads. RACE STAR Tmu stonl ybe activ ated
and used ondedicat edrace circui ts, noton
pu blic roads.
Re ad thesaf etyno tesand information on
ESP ®
(/ page13 ). &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding and having
an acci dent from whe elsspi nning
If yo uuse RACE STAR T,dependin gon the
ESP ®
mod esel ect ed,th er eis an incr eased
ri sk ofskidding andhaving anaccident. #
Mak esur eth at no per son sor obs tacle s
ar ein theclose vicinityofyour vehicle. Ac
tiv atin gRA CE STAR T
Re quirement s:
R thedr iver's door isclosed.
R theengine isrunning andthetra nsmiss ion
and engine areat nor mal oper ating temp era‐
tur e.
R thesteer ing wheel isin thest ra ight -ahead
posit ion. Dr
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R
theve hicle ison leve lgr ou nd .
R theve hicle isstatio nary,thebr ak epedal is
depr essed (leftfo ot )and thepar king brak eis
re leased.
R one ofthedr ive pr og rams C, Bor
I issele cted (/ page10 ). #
Rapidl ydepr esstheacceler ator pedal fully.
The engine speedincreases. TheRACE
START Release braketostart messag e
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
If th 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.
% Mer
cede s-AMG A45 4MA TICand
A 45 S4MA TIC:inthis phase youcan adjust
RA CE STAR Tde pendi ng on thero ad con di‐
tio ns:yo ucan vary theengine speedbypull‐
ing onone ofthesteer ing wheel gearshif t
paddles .The segm entsin themultifunc tion
displa yflic ke rra pidl y. %
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 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. DRI
FTMOD E Fu
nctions ofDRIFT MODE
% DRIFT MODE isavailable onlyforth e
Mer cede s‑AMG A45 S4MA TICmodel or fo
rve hicles withAMG DYNA MIC PLUS
pac kage.
DRI FTMODE enables intenti onaluns table move‐
ment (drifting) andoverste er ing oftheve hicle.
All activ ation conditions mustbe fulf illed forth is
(ES P®
deact ivat ed, forex am ple).
% Onlyahigh lyqu alif ied and exper ienced
dr iver should drive in DRIF TMODE .
Re ad thesaf etyno tesand information on
ESP ®
(/ page13 ). &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding and having
an acci dent from whe elsspi nning
Whe nyo uuse DRIFTMOD E,ES P®
is no t
av ailable.
Ther eis an increased risk ofskidding and
ha ving anaccident. #
Donotuse DRIFT MODE onnor mal
ro ads. #
DRI FTMOD Ema yon lybe activ ated and
used onclosed race circui ts, noton
pu blic roads. 16
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#
Mak esur eth at no per son sor obs tacles
ar ein theclose vicinit yof your vehicle. Fr
om aspeed ofappr oximat ely75 mph
(1 20 km/ h)up to100mp h(1 60 km/h) DRIFT
MODE iscontinuou slydea ctivated. From a
speed of100mp h(1 60 km/h) DRIFTMODE is
ful lydea ctivated, but ESP ®
re mains switchedoff.
Belo waspeed of100mp h(1 60 km/h) upto
appr oximat ely75 mph(120 km/h) DRIFTMODE
is cont inuousl yactiv ated.
% DRIFT MODE isonl yav ailable afte rth eve hi‐
cle has been brok en in.
Ac tiv atin gand deac tivatin gDRI FTMOD E
Re quirement s:
R ESP®
is deact ivat ed (/ page15 ).
R Drive pr ogr am I isselect ed(/ page10 ).
R Thedo ors, thehood andthetrunk lid/t ail‐
ga te areclo sed.
R The engineisrunning andthetra nsmiss ion
and engine areat nor mal oper ating temp era‐
tur e. R
The transmiss ionisin manual mode–man‐
ual shif ting isactiv ated (/ page11 ).
Ac tiv atin gDRI FTMOD E
Yo ucan activat eDRI FTMOD Eat aspee dof up
to 60 mph(99 km/h). #
Pull steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles 1and
2 and hold forhal fa second.
If all activ ation conditions arefulf illed, the
multifu nctiondisplay sho wsthemessag e
DRIFT MODE Confirm :Paddle UPCancel:
Paddle DOWNandthewa rning lam pâ
fl ashes . #
Tocancel :pull steer ing wheel gearshif tpad‐
dle 1.
The mult ifunction displa ysho wsthemessag e
DRIFT MODE Canceled andtheâ warning
lam pgoes out. #
Toconf irm: pull steer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 2.
The mult ifunction displa ysho wsthemessag e
DRIFT MODE Active and theâ warning
lam plight sup.
Deactiv ating DRIFT MODE #
Pull steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles 1and
2 and hold forhal fa second.
The messa geDRI FTMODE Activeand the
â warning lam pgo out.
DRIF TMOD Eis aut omat icallydeact ivat ed 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 The drive pr og ram I isswitc hedoff.
R The vehicle isswitc hedoff. Dr
iving andparking 17

%
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
adative spor tsuspension system Fu
nction ofAMG adaptive spor tsusp ension
sy stem
The AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsystem is
an electr onicall ycon trolled damping system for
im prov ed driving comfortand increased driving
saf ety.
The dam ping isadjus tedindividually toeac h
wheel anddepends onthefo llo wing fact or s:
R Driving style, e.g. spor ty
R Road con dition ,e.g .bum ps
R The drive pr ogram selected
R The individual selectionofthe"Spor t","Spor t
Plus" or"Comf ort" suspension setting
The suspension setting isdependent onthe
dr ive pr og ram sele cted via theDY NA MIC SELE CT
switc h. In
addition, youcan selectthemode ineve ry
dr ive pr og ram indivi dually via theAMG adaptive
spor tsuspension system butt oninthecent er
con sole. Aftera dr ive pr ogr am isch ang ed, the
aut omat icsuspe nsion setting ofthedr ive pr o‐
gr am isreact ivat ed.
Select ingtheAMG adaptiv espor tsusp en‐
sion system setting
In "Comf ort" mode, thedr iving charact eristic sof
yo ur vehicle arecomf ortable. Select this suspen ‐
sion setting ifyo upr efer aco mf ortable driving
st yle.
"Spor t"driving mode ensuresafirm ersuspen‐
sion setting. Select this suspen sionmode when
em ploying aspor tydrivin gst yle, e.g. onwinding
count ryroads.
"Spo rtPlus" driving mode ensuresave ry firm
suspension setting. #
Press butt on1 repeat edly until theselect ed
se tting isdispla yed.
Depen dingonthenumber ofindicat orlam ps
2 litup, thefo llo wing suspen sionsetting is
selec ted:
R 0–"Comf ort" suspension setting
R 1–"Spor t"suspension setting
R 2–"Spor tPlus" suspension setting 18
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