ESP MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GT 2020 AMG Owner's Guide

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Toloosen anddetac h:tur nbac khook s1
by 90° anddetach from upperhold er2. #
Detach hook s4 from lowe rhold ers5. Cup
holde r Ins
tall ing thecup hold erinor remo ving it
fr om the center console &
WARNIN G‑Ri sk ofacci dent orinju ry
when usingthecup holder whilethe
ve hicle ismo ving
The cup holder cannotsecur econt ainer s
while theve hicle ismo ving.
If yo uuse acup hold erwhile theve hicle is
mo ving, thecon tainer maybe flung aroun d
and liquids maybe spill ed.The vehicle occu‐
pants maycome intocont actwithth eliq uid
and ifit is ho t,th ey cou ldbe scal ded.Yo u
cou ldbe dist ra cted from traf fic condi tions
and youma ylose contro lof theve hicle. #
Onlyuse thecup holder whentheve hi‐
cle isstatio nary. #
Onlyuse thecup holder forcont ainer s
of theright size. #
Close thecon tainer ,par ticular lyifth e
liq uid isho t. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toobject s
being stowe dincor rectl y
If yo udo notadeq uatelyst ow object sin the
ve hicle interior ,th ey cou ldslipor be tossed
ar ound andther eb yst rike vehicle occupants.
In addition, cupholder s,open stow age
spac esand mobi lephon ebr ac kets cann ot
alw aysre stra in theobjec tsthey cont ain in
th eev ent ofan acciden t.
Ther eis arisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw aysst ow object sin suc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe tossed about inthese or
similar situation s. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at obj ect sdo not
pr oject from stow agespac es,parcel
ne ts or stow agene ts. #
Close theloc kable stow agespac es
bef orest ar tin gajo ur ne y. #
Stow and secureobj ect sth at arehea vy,
har d,poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile or
to olar ge inthecar gocom partmen t. Obser
vetheno teson loadi ngtheve hicle. The
divider incup holder 1can beremo ved,
e.g. toenable usewithsmaller drink scans. #
Toremo ve:pu llth edivider upand remo veit. #
Toins tall: re-ins ertth edivider andpush it
do wn until iteng ages. 84
Seatsand stow ing

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Liftup cap 1ofthesoc ketand insertth e
plug ofthede vice. Ins
talling/r emoving thefloor mats &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
object sin thedr iver's foot we ll
Obj ectsin thedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal trav el or bloc kadepr essed pedal.
This jeopar dizestheoper ating androad
saf etyof theve hicle. #
Stow allobj ect sin theve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. #
Alw aysins tallth efloor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur e
th at ther eis alw ayssuf ficie ntroom for
th epedals. #
Donotuse loose floor mats anddonot
place floor mats ontopof one another. #
Toins tall: slide thecor responding seat
bac kwards and lay th efloor mat inthefo ot ‐
we ll. #
Press press- studs 1onto holder s2. #
Adjus tth ecor responding seat. #
Toremo ve:sl id e th ecor responding seat
bac kwards and pullthefloor mat offholder s
2. Seats
andstow ing 87

Ext
erior light ing Inf
orma tion abou tlight ingsystems andyour
re sponsibility The
various lighting systems oftheve hicle are
onl yaids. Thedriver oftheve hicle isresponsible
fo rcor rect vehicle illumination inaccor dance
wit hth epr eva iling light andvisibilit ycon dition s,
leg alrequ iremen tsand traf fic situ ation. Li
ght switch Ope
ratin gthe light switch 0047
0063 Leftst andi nglight
0048 0064 Rightstandi nglight
0049 0060 Parking light sand licen seplat elam p
004A 0058 Automatic driving lights(pr efer redlight
switc hposition ) 004B
0058 Lowbeam/high beam
6 005E Switchesthere ar foglight onoroff
When low beam isactiv ated, the0060 indicat or
lam pfo rth epar king lights isdeactiv ated and
re placed bythe0058 low beam indicat orlam p. #
Alw ayspar kyo ur vehicle safely using suffi‐
cie ntlighti ng,inacco rdanc ewit hth ere le‐
va nt lega lst ipulation s.
* NO
TEBatt erydi sc ha rging byoper ating
th est andi nglight s Oper
atingth est andi nglight sove ra per iod of
hour sputs ast ra in on thebatt ery. #
Wher epossible, switchon the
ri ght 0064 orleft0063 parking light. In
thecase ofsevere batt erydisc harging, the
st andi nglight sor par kinglight sar eaut omat i‐
call yswit ched offto facil itat eth ene xt engine
st ar t.
The exterior lighting (exc ep tst andi ngand park‐
ing light s)swit ches offaut omatic allywhen the
dr iver's door isopened. Light
andvisibility 89

High-be
amheadlam ps #
Toswitc hon: turnth elight switc hto the
0058 or0058 position. #
Press thecombin ationswitchbe yond the
point ofresis tance inthedir ect ion ofarrow
1 .
When thehigh beam isactiv ated, the0058
indicat orlam pfo rlo w bea misdea ctivated
and replaced bythe0057 indicat orlam pfo r
th ehigh beam. #
Toswitc hof f:mo vethecombin ationswitch
bac kto its star tin gposit ion.
High -beamflash er #
Pull thecombin ationswitchin thedir ect ion
of arrow 3.
Tu rn signal lights #
Toindicat ebr iefl y:press thecombin ation
switc hbr ief lyto thepoint ofresis tance inthe
dir ect ion ofarrow 2or4.
The corresponding turnsignal indicat orwill
fl ash thre etimes. #
Toindicat eper manentl y:press thecombi‐
nation switchbe yond thepoint ofresis tance
in thedir ect ion ofarrow 2or4. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe hazar dwa rning
lam ps #
Press butt on1. The
hazar dwa rning lam pswill switc hon aut o‐
matic allyif:
R theairbag hasbeen deployed. Ad
aptiv eHighb eamAssist Ad
aptiv eHighb eamAssistfunc tion &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis t
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis tdoes notre cog‐
nize thefo llo wing road user s:
R Road user swit hout lights,e.g .pedes ‐
tr ians
R Road user swit hpoor lighting,e.g .
cy clis ts
R Road user swhos elight ingisobs truct ed,
e.g .by abar rier
On very rare occasions, AdaptiveHig hbeam
As sis tma yfa ilto recogni zeother road user s
wit hth eir ownlighti ng,orma yre cogni ze
th em toolat e. Light
andvisibility 91

In
these orsimilar situation s,theaut omatic
high beam isno tdeactiv ated orisactiv ated
despit eth epr esenc eof other road user s. #
Alw aysobser vethetra ffic car efull yand
switc hof fth ehigh beam ingood time. Ad
aptiveHig hbeam Assis tcan notta ke into
acc ount road, weather ortraf fic condi tions.
De tection maybe restrict ed inthefo llo wing
cases :
R Inpoor visibilit y,e.g. fog, hea vyrain or sno w
R Ifth er eis dir ton thesensor sor thesensor s
ar eobscur ed
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis tis on lyan aid. Youar e
re sponsible foradju sting theve hicle's lighting to
th epr eva iling light,visibilit yand traffic condi ‐
tions .
% AdaptiveHig hbeam Assis tis available onlyin
ve hicles withLED high perform anc ehead‐
lam ps. The
AdaptiveHig hbeam Assis taut omat ically
swit ches between thefo llo wing types oflight :
R Low-beam headlam ps
R High- beam headlam ps
At speeds great erthan 19 mp h(3 0km/h):
R Ifno other road user sar ede tected, thehigh
beam willbeswitc hedonaut omaticall y. The
high beam switchesoffaut omaticall yin the
fo llo wing cases :
R Atspeeds below16 mp h(25 km/h).
R Ifot her road user sar ede tected.
R Ifstre et light ingissuf ficie nt.
At speeds great erthan appr oximat ely31 mp h
(50 km/ h):
R The headlam pra ng eof thelow beam isregu‐
lat ed aut omatically basedonthedis tance to
ot her road user s.
The system's optical sensor islocat edbehind
th ewindshield neartheov erhead control panel.
Switc hingAdaptiv eHighb eamAssiston/ off #
Toswitc hon: turnth elight switc hto the
0058 position . #
Switc hon thehigh beam usingthecombin a‐
tion switc h.
When thehigh beam isswitc hedonaut omat‐
icall yin thedar k,the 00CE indicat orlam pon
th emultifunc tiondispla ycomes on. #
Toswitc hof f:switc hof fth ehigh beam
using thecombin ationswitch. 92
Lightandvisibility

Fo
lding theout side mirrors in/out #
Brief lypress butt on2.
Re setting theout side mirrors
% Ifth ebatt eryhas been discon nectedorcom‐
ple tely disc ha rged ,th eoutside mirrors mus t
be rese t.Onl yth en will theaut omatic mirror
fo lding function workproper ly. #
Brief lypress butt on2. Ad
jus tingthe outsi de mir rors #
Press butt on1 or3 toselect theoutside
mir rorto be adjus ted. #
Press butt on4 toadjus tth eposition ofthe
mir rorgl ass.
Eng agin gth eout side mirrors #
Vehicl eswithout electrical lyfolding out‐
side mirrors:ma nua llymo vetheoutside
mir rorint oth ecor rect pos ition. #
Vehicl eswith electrical lyfolding outside
mir rors:pr ess and holdbu tton 2.
Yo uwill hear aclic kand themir rorwil lau di‐
bl yeng agein posi tion. Theoutsi demir rorwil l
no wbe setto thecor rect pos ition. Au
tomatic anti-glar emir rors functio n &
WARNIN GRisk ofaci dbu rnsand poi‐
soning duetotheanti- glar emir rorelec‐
tr olyt e
Electr olytema yescap eif th eglass inan
aut omat icant i-glar emir rorbr eak s. The
electr olyteis hazardous tohealt hand
causes irrita tio n.Itmu stnotcome intocon‐
ta ct with your skin, eye s,respir ator yor ga ns
or clo thing orbe swallo wed. #
Ifyo uco me intoco ntact withelec tro‐
ly te ,obser vethefo llo wing:
R Imm ediat elyrinse theelectr olyte
fr om your skin wit hwa terand seek
medica latt ention.
R Ifelectr olyt ecomes intocont act
wit hyo ur eyes, immediat elyrinse
th em thor oughly withclean water
and seek medicalattent ion.
R Ifth eelectr olyt eis sw allo wed,
immediat elyrinse your mout hout
th or oughl y.Do notind uce vomiting.
Seek medica latt ention immedi ately .
R Immedia tely ch ang eout ofclo thing
whic hhas been contaminat edwith
electr olyt e.
R Ifan allergic react ion occurs, seek
medi calattent ion imm ediat ely. 96
Lightandvisibility

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 .
In thefo llo wing situat ions,th efront -passen ger
outside mirrorwil lswiv eldo wn wardsin the
dir ect ion ofthere ar wheel onthefront passeng‐
er's side:
R The parking position isstor ed (/ page97 )
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 positioninthefo llo wing sit‐
uation s:
R Youshif tth etransmission toano ther tra ns‐
mission position
R Youar etra veling atspeeds grea terth an
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. Light
andvisibility 97

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 (/page10 0)
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 (/page10 0) 9
0072 Switches air-re cir cul ation mod eon/
of f(/ page 101)
A 005A SwitchestheA/C function on/off
(/ page99)
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. Climat
econt rol 99

#
Toswitc hon theignit ion:press butt on1
twic e.
The indic ator lam psintheins trument cluster
light up.
The ignit ionisswitc hedoffag ain ifone ofthe
fo llo wing condition sis me t:
R Youdo notst ar tth eve hicle within
15 minut es.
R The transmiss ionisin posi tion 005Dorthe
electr icpar king brak ehas been applied.
R Youpr ess button1 once .
% Youcan also switchon thepo we rsupp lyor
th eignition withth eSmar tKey intheignition
loc k(/ page10 4). St
arting theve hicl e St
arting theve hicl ewith thest ar t/s topbut‐
to n
Re quirement s
R theSmar tKey islocat edintheve hicle and
th eSmar tKey batt eryis no tdisc harged. #
Shif tth etra nsmiss iontoposition 005Dor005C. #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpress butt on
1 onc e. #
Ifth eve hicle does notst ar t:switc hof fnon-
essential consumer sand press butt on1
once. #
Ifth eve hicle still does notst ar tand theKey
Not Detecteddispla ymessag ealso appear s in
themultifunc tiondispla y:star tth eve hicle
wit hth eSmar tKey (/ pag e10 4).
% Youcan switchoffth eengine whiledriving
by pressing button1 forabo utthre esec‐
onds orby pressing button1 thre etimes
wit hin thre esecon ds.Besureto obser vethe
saf etyno tesunder "Driving tips"
(/ page10 5).
Fu nction ofEmo tion Start #
Startth eve hicle withth est ar t/ stop butt on
(/ page10 3) and simu ltaneou slypullone of
th esteer ing wheel paddle shifters 1 or2.
R The idlespeed isincr eased brief lywhen
st ar tin gth eengine. Dr
iving andparking 10
3

R
The exhaus tga sflaps areopen ed(spo rty
ch aract eristic )(/ page10 9).
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 stow agespac ein thecent ercon sole. 005A
Toremo vetheSmar tKey
0047 Toswitc hon thepo we rsupp ly 0048
Toswitc hon theignition
0049 Tostar tth eengine #
Shif tth 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.
R donotdr ive fa ster than 85 mph(1 40 km/h) .
R allo w theengine toreac hamax imum engine
spee dof 4,5 00 rpm (4,500 rpm) onlybr ief ly.
R drive th eve hicle indrive pr ogr am A.
R chang ege ar bef oreth etac home terneedl eis
00C3 ofthewa yto there dar ea oftheta ch ome‐
te r.
R donotshif tdo wn age ar man uallyin order to
br ak e.
R avoidoverstra inin gth eve hicle, e.g.driving at
full thro ttle .
R donotde pres sth eaccelera torpeda lpas t
th epr essur epoint (kickdo wn).
R onlyincr ease theengine speedgradually and
acceler ateth eve hicle tofull spee daf te r
1, 000 miles(1 ,500 km). 10
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Driving and parking