engine oil MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS CABRIOLET 2020 AMG Owner's Manual

Dr
ivin g 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 eta ch ome 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). This
also app lieswhe nth eengine orpar tsof the
dr ivet ra in have been replaced.
Please alsoobser vethefo llo wing breakin g-in
no tes:
R Incer tain drivin gand drivin gsaf etysy stems,
th esensor sadjus taut omaticall ywhile acer‐
ta in dis tance isbe ing driven afte rth eve hicle
has been delivered orafte rre pair s.Fu llsy s‐
te m effectiv enes sis no tre ac hed untilth e
end ofthis teac h-in proce ss.
R Brak epads ,br ak edisc sand tires that are
eit her newor have been replaced onlyac h‐
ie ve optimum braking effect and grip afte r
se veralhundr edkilom eter sof driving. Com‐
pensat efo rth ere duced braking effect by
appl ying grea terfo rc eto thebr ak epedal. Fu
nction ofEmo tion Start The
Emo tion Startfuncti onisonl yav ailab le
fo rthe Mercedes‑ AMGC63 and C63 Smod ‐
els. #
Startth eve hicle withth est ar t/ stop butt on
and simult aneousl ypull one ofsteer ing
wheel gearshif tpaddles 1or2.
R The idlespee dis inc reased brief lywhen
st ar tin gth eengine.
R The exhaus tga sflaps areopen ed(spo rty
ch aract eristic )(/ page13 ).
Ob serveth eno teson star tin gth eve hicle inthe
ve hicle Operator's Manual. No
teson theloc king differe ntial Af
tera br eaking-i nper iod of2000 miles
(3000 km)theoil on theloc king differe ntia l 12
Driving and parking

should
bechang edinaqu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop. Thisoilchang epr olon gstheser vice life of
th eloc king differe ntia l.
Be sure toobser vetheinf ormation sticke r
re ga rding thebr eaking- inno teson thewind‐
shield. Oper
ation oftheECO star t/s topfunc tion The
engineisswi tched offau tomatical lyin the
fo llo wing situat ionsifall vehicle conditions for
an aut omat iceng inestop areme t:
R Youbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands tillin trans ‐
miss ionposit ion005Bor005C.
If yo uswit chon theHOLD function intransmis‐
sion position 005Bor005C, theengine willautomati‐
call yst op inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R Youstop behind ave hicle that ispullin g
aw ay.
R Youstop atast op sign when ther eis no vehi‐
cle infront ofyou.
R Youtur nth esteer ing wheel hardat alow
speed. %
Intra nsmiss ionposition 005E,theengine is
no tswitc hedoffaut omaticall yeve nwh en
th eHOLD function isswitc hedon.
The engine isrestar tedaut omatic allyif:
R Youre lease thebr ak epedal intra nsmiss ion
position 005Bwhen theHOLD function isno t
activ eand theve hicle does notst ar tto
mo ve.
R Youshif tfr om trans mis sion position005D.
R Youre lease thebr ak epedal andtheve hicle
st ar ts to mo veon age ntle downh ill gr ad ient
at aspe edbelow 3mp h(5 km/h) .
R Youdepr esstheaccelera torpeda l.
R Youper man ently act ivat eman ualgearshif t‐
ing .
R Youpull thelef t-hand steer ing wheel paddle
shif ter.
R Youopen orclo sethesof tto p.
R Anautomatic enginest ar tis nec essar y.
If th eengine wasswitc hedoffby theEC Ostar t/
st op funct ionand youlea vetheve hicle, awa rn‐
ing tone sou nds. TheVehicleRe adyto Driv e Swi
tch the IgnitionOff Befo reExiti ngdispl ay
messa gealso appear sin themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y.Ifyo udo notswit choffth eignition ,th e
ignit ionisaut omat icallyswitc hedoffaf te rone
minut e. AMG
Perfor ma nce exhaus tsy stem Fu
nction oftheAMG Perfor ma nce exhaus t
sy stem
Chang ingtheposition oftheex haus tga sflaps
allo wsyouto select thesound charact eristic sof
th eAMG Perfor mance exhaus tsy stem:
R Closed exhaus tga sflaps: comfort ch aract er‐
is tic (balan ced)
R Open exhaus tga sflaps: sportycharact eristic
(po werful) Dr
ivin gand parking 13

Dis
play son thePerform ancemenu:
R Warm-up
R SETUP
R G-me ter
R Engi nedata
R Vehicl eswithout AMGTRACKPACE: RACE
TIME R(/ page28 ) 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 C43 vehicles (exa mp le)
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 GC63 vehicles (exa mp le)
1 Drive sy stem setting:
Re duced/Moder ate/Spo rt/Dyna mic/Race
2 Susp ensiontuning :
Co mfort/Spor t/Spor t+
3 Exhau stsystem:
Balanced/ Powe rful
4 ESP®
:
On /Spor t/Of f
5 AMGDyn amic s: In
stru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter 27

#
Select ades ired lap.
The analysis isdispla yed. 1
Parame ter1 (e.g. speed)
2 Parame ter2 (e.g. steer ing ang le)
3 Speed trend (Par ame ter1)
4 Steer ing ang letrend (Par ame ter2)
5 Time differe nce betwee nlap A and B(only
wh en twolaps aresel ect ed).
% The follo wing values canbesetfo rpar ame‐
te rs 1and 2,forex am ple:
R Spe ed
R Lon gitudin al/lat eral acc eler ation R
Steer ing ang le
R Engine speed
R Engine oil/tir ete mp eratur e
Based ontheanal ysis yo ucan checkand opti‐
mize driving charact eristic sfo ran yposi tion on
th etra ck.
Expor tingtrac ks orraces (USB ) #
Select Alltrack s.
An ove rview of all stor ed trac ks and races
ap pea rs. #
High light desired trac ks orraces. #
Sele ctÜ Options . #
Sele ctExport .
The select edtrac ks orraces can beexpor ted
to aUS Bstor ag ede vice conn ectedtothe
ve hicle.
Editing trac ks and recor dings #
Select Alltrack s. #
Highligh tth edesir edtrac k. #
Select Ü options . #
Select Rename orDele te. or #
Select atrac k. #
High light thedesir edrecor ding. #
Sele ctÜ options . #
Sele ctWea ther orDele te. Se
tting Drag Race Mult
imed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
TRACK PACE5
Drag Race
Measur ingacceler ation #
Select Acceleration.
Measur ementbegins whentheve hicle accel‐
er ates. Measur ementisincr ement al,insteps
of 30 mph(50 km/h) uptoamax imum of
18 0mp h(300 km/h) orup tothese tmaxi‐
mum speed.
Measur ementcanbestopped earlyby
selecting Stoporby stopping theve hicle. 32
Multimedia system

Ta
nk cont entand fuel reser ve
Cap acity Mod
el Total cap acity
Al lmo dels 17.4 gal(66. 0liter s) Model
ofwhic hre ser ve
fuel
Mer cedes- AMGC43
4MA TIC 1.
8 ga l(7 .0 liter s)
All other models 2.6gal(1 0. 0liter s) Qua
lityand capa cityofengine oil MB
-Fre igabe orMB- Appr oval Gasol
ineeng inesE ngineoilspecif ica‐
tions
Mer cedes- AMGC43
4MA TIC 229.
5
229. 6*
All other models 229.5*
229. 51 *
Re comme ndedforlo we stpossible fuelcon‐
sum ption (lowe stSA Evis cos ityclassineach
case ;obs erve possible restrictions ofthe
appr ovedSA Evis cos ityclasse s).
To achie vethelowe stpossible fuelconsum ption,
it is recomme ndedtouse theengine oilspecif i‐
cation smar kedin theta ble forth elowe stSA E
viscosi tyclass .Po ssible restrictions ofthe
appr ovedSA Evis cos ityclasse smu stbe
obser ved.
Mer cedes- AMGC63 and Mercedes- AMG
C 63 S:onl yuse engin eoils ofviscos ityclass
SA E0W -40 orSA E5W -40.
The follo wing values referto an oilchang e,
inc ludin gth eoil filt er .
Capa city Model
Capacity
Mer cedes -AMG C43
4MA TIC 6.9
USqt(6.5 liter s)
All other models 9.5USqt(9.0 liter s) Cool
antcapacity Capacity
Model
Capacity
Mer cedes- AMGC43
4MA TIC 11
.5 US qt
(1 0.9 lite rs)
All other models 11.7 US qt(11.1 liter s) Re
frig er ant filling capacity Fi
lling capacityforre frig er ant and PAGoil Model
Refrig er ant
Mer cedes- AMGC43
4MA TIC 22.2
±0.4 oz
(630 ±10 g)
All other models 21.5 ±0.4 oz
(6 10 ±10 g) Model
PAGoil
All model s2 .8±0.4 oz
(80 ±10 g) 40
Tech nica lda ta

A
Ac celer ation
see Kickdo wn
AMG Men u(on -boardcom puter) .................... 25
St eer ing wheel control element ...... .......2 4
St eer ing-wheel buttons .......................... 24
AMG adaptiv espo rtsuspension sys‐
te m ........... ..................................................23
Sel ecti ngthesuspension setting ........... 23
Suspension ............................................ 23
AMG ceramic high-p erform ance com‐
posi tebrak esy stem .................................. 14
AMG Perfor ma nce adjust able exhaus t
sy stem ........................................................ 14
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 13
Oper ating ......... ...................................... 14
AMG perform ance seat
Se tting ...................................................11
AMG Perfor ma nce steer ing wheel ...........2 4
AMG TRAC KPA CE
Conf iguring ............................................ 34
Drag Race <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>32Ge
ner alinf ormati on<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> ...31
Te leme try displa y............................ ...... 33
Tr ac kRa ce <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>31
Au thorized Mercedes- BenzCenter
see Qualif iedspec ialistwo rkshop
Au thorized workshop
see Qualif iedspecialis two rkshop
Au tomatic engine star t(E CO star t/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> .........13
Au tomatic engine sto p(E CO star t/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> .........13
Au tomatic trans mis sion
Dr ive pr ogr ams............ ....................14,15
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h................. 14,15
Kic kdo wn ...............................................17
Manual gearshif ting...............................1 6
Oil temp eratur e(on- boar dcom puter,
Pe rfor mance menu) ...............................2 6
St eer ing wheel paddle shifters .............. 16 B
Boo stpres sur e(o n-bo ardco mp uter,
Pe rfor ma nce menu ).................................. 26 Br
ak es
AMG ceramic high-perform anc e
com posit ebr ak esy stem ........................ 14
Ne w/r epla ced brak epad s/brake
discs ...................................................... 12
No teson breaking-in ane wvehicle .......1 2 C
Cha nging awheel
Ra ising theve hicle ................................ 38
Changing gears ....... ................................... 16
Manually ................................................ 16
Choc k.........................................................3 7
St or ag elocation .................................... 37
Choc k
see Choc k
Clim atecontr ol
Fillin gcapac ityforPA Goil .....................4 0
Re frig er ant filling capac ity.....................4 0
Coc kpit .........................................................4
Ov ervie w .................................................4
Comf ortmod e
see AMGadap tivespor tsuspe nsion system Inde
x 47

Com
puter
see On-boar dcom puter
Cool ant(engi ne)
Filling capacity ......... ............................. 40 D
Dashboar d
see Cockpit
Deale rship
see Qualified speci alist wo rkshop
Displa ymessag es
ä Malfunction Drive at Max. 50
mp h.......................................................4 3
Õ Tract ion Con trol Inoperativ e
See Operat or'sMan ual.......................... 44
Ele ctroni cRe ar AxleDif fere ntia lLoc k
Cu rrent lyUn available ............................ 44
Ele ctroni cRe ar AxleDif fere ntia lLoc k
Inop erati ve <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 44
RA CE STAR TCa ncel ed<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> ........43 RA
CE STAR TNo tPo ssible SeeOper‐
at or's Manual ........................................4 3
Dr ag Race
Se tting ............................................ .......3 2
Dr ive pr og rams
se eDY NA MIC SELE CT
Dr iving safetysy stem
ES P®
(Ele ctro nic Stabilit yPr og ram) .......18
Dr ivin gsy stem
AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsys‐
te m ..... ............................................. ......2 3
Dr ivin gtips
AM Gce ramic high-pe rfor mance
com posit ebr ak esy stem .................. ...... 14
No teson breaking-in ane wvehicle .......1 2
DY NA MIC SELECT ................................14,15
Dr ive pr ogr ams............. ...................14,15
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>14,15 E
E1 0 .... .......................................................... 39 ECO
star t/s topfunc tion<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 13
Au tomatic engine star t.......................... 13
Au tomatic engine stop ........................... 13
Me thod ofoper ation .............................. 13
Emo tion Start
St artin gth eve hicle ................................ 12
Engine ECOstar t/ stop funct ion........................ 13
Engine oil
Capacit y................................................ 40
MB- Freig abe orMB- Appr oval .................4 0
Qua lity .......... .........................................40
Te mp eratur e(on- boar dcom puter,
Pe rfor mance menu) ...............................2 6
ESP ®
(Electr onicStabil ityProg ram)
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ..............20
ESP ®
SPO RT<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 18
Fu nctio n/no tes .....................................1 8
St atus displa y(on -boardcom puter,
Pe rfor mance menu) ...............................2 6
ESP ®
SPOR T
Fu nctio n/no tes .....................................1 8 48
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