warning MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS SEDAN 2020 AMG Owner's Manual

We
lcome tothewo rld of Mer cedes -AMG
Bef oreyo ufirs tdr ive of f,re ad this Oper ator's
Manual carefull yand famili arize yourself with
yo ur vehicle. Foryo ur ow nsa fety and along er
op erati ng life span oftheve hicle, follo wthe
ins truct ions andwarning notic es inthis Opera ‐
to r's Manua l.Disr egarding them maylead to
damag eto theve hicle orinjur yto people.
Damag eto theve hicle resulting from thedisr e‐
ga rd oftheins truction sis no tco veredby the
Mer cedes-Ben zLimit edWarrant y.
The standar deq uipme ntor produc tdesc ript ion
of your vehicle mayva ry and depen dson thefo l‐
lo wing fact or s:
R Mod el
R Order
R National version
R Availabilit y
Mer cedes-AM Greser vesth eright tointroduce
ch ang esinthefo llo wing areas:
R Des ign
R Equipmen t R
Tech nica lfe atur es
The equipme ntinyour vehicle mayth er efor edif‐
fe rfr om that sho wninthedescr iption sand illus‐
tra tion s.
The follo wing docum entsar eint egralpar tsof
th eve hicle:
R Digit alOper ator's Manual
R Print ed Oper ator's Manual
R Maint enance Booklet
R Eq<0058004C00530050004800510057001000470048005300480051004700480051
0057> Supplements
Ke ep these documen tsintheve hicle atall
times. Ifyo usell theve hicle, alwayspass allof
th edocumen tson tothene wow ner .
Mer cedes-Be nzUS A,LLC
Mer cedes-Benz Canada,Inc.
A Daimle rCom pany
2055848124
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Coc kpit ....... ..................... ..................... ..........4 Gene
ralno tes... ............................................ 7
Oper ator's Manual ........................... ............... 7
Oper ating safety.............................................7
Qua lified speci alistwo rkshop .........................8
Cor rect useof theve hicle ...............................9
Limit edWarrant y............................................ 9 Occup
antsafety.... .... ................................. 10
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Ad jus ting theAMG Perfor mance seat........... 11 Dr
ivin gand parking .................................... 12
Dr iving ............ .................................... .......... 12DY
NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... ............... ............ 14
Au tomatic transmiss ion.................... ............ 16
Dr iving and drivi ng safety systems ................1 8
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trum ent Disp layand on-b oard
com puter............ ......................... ...............25
No teson theIns trument Displayand on-
boar dcom puter.............................. .............. 25
Oper ating theon- boar dcom puter................2 5
Callin gup displ ayson thePe rfor mance
menu ................................................ ............ 26
Displa yingandstar tin gRA CE TIM ERon
th ePe rfor mance menu................................. 28
Fu nctio nof theHead-up Display... ................2 9 Multimedia
system .................................... 31
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Ov ervie wof thetir e-c hang eto ol kit .............. 37
Chan gingawheel .........................................3 7
Co verof jac ksupp ortpoints ........................ 38 Te
ch nical data............................................ 39
Oper ating fluids ............................................ 39
Ve hicle data... ............................................... 41 Disp
laymes sagesand warning/indi‐
cat orlam ps................................................ 43
Displa ymessag es.........................................4 3
Wa rning and indic ator lam ps........................ 45 Inde
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Contents

Sel
ect ESP ®
SPOR Twh en theve hicle's own
ov ersteer ing and under steer ing charact eristic s
ar edesir ed,e.g.on desig natedroads.
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®
th en onlyst abiliz estheve hicle toalimit ed
deg ree.
ES P®
SPOR Talso hasthefo llo wing charact eris‐
tic s:
R ESP®
on lyim prove sdr iving stabilit yto alimi‐
te ddegr ee.
R ETS/4 ETStraction control isstill act ive.
R The engin e'storq ue ison lyrestrict ed toa
limit eddegr eeand 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 whenESP ®
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 ESP®
OFF
wa rning lam pand theESP OFF messag elight up
con tinuousl yin theins trument cluster.
Dea ctivating ESP ®
ha sth efo llo wing effects:
R Driving stabilit ywill nolongerbe improv ed.
R The drive wheels couldspin.
R ETS/4 ETStraction 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 whichma ybe displa yed
in theins trument cluster:
R Warning and indic ator lam ps
R Disp lay mess ages Dr
ivin gand parking 19

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. 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®
SPO RT:br iefly pr ess
but ton1.
The 00BB andÆ warning lam psinthe
ins trumen tclus tergo out. #
Todeac tivateES P®
:pr ess and holdbu tton
1 unti lth e00BB warning lam pand the
ESP OFF mess ageappear intheins trument
clus ter. #
Toactiv ateESP ®
:br ief lypress butt on1.
The 00BB warning lam pand theESP OFF
messag ego out intheins trument cluster.
Obser vetheinf ormation onwarning lam psand
displa ymess ages whic hma ybe sho wninthe
ins trumen tclus ter. Tr
actio nco ntr ol Fu
nction oftraction control
Ad jus tabletrac tio nco ntr olison lyavailab le
on theMer cedes- AMGC63 Smod el. 20
Drivin gand parking

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 ,(/ page16 )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 Indi catorand warning lam ps:theve hicle is
also equipped withESP ®
OFF 00BB and
ESP SPOR Twa rning lam ps.
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 left-han dbac k/
hom ebut ton2. Ins
trum ent Disp lay and on-b oard com puter 25

1
Lap
2 Lap time
RA CE TIMER 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: RACE TIMER
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 gte xt
1. #
Torese t:stop RACE TIMER 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 Ins
trumen tDisp lay and on-boar dcom puter 29

Disp
laymes sages Dr
ivin gsy stems Displa
ymess ages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
RACE START NotPossible
See Operator' sManual *P
ossible causesare:
R The activ ation condit ionsareno tme t(/ page22).
RACE START Canceled *P
ossible causesare:
R Youre leased theacceler ator pedal during RACE STAR T.
R Youdepr essedthebr ak epedal during RACE STAR T.
Yo ucan try RA CE STAR Tag ain at thene xt star t.
ä
Malfun ction Drive atMax .
50 mph *T
heAMG adaptivespor tsuspension system ismalfunct ioning.Thevehicle's handling charact eristic sma ybe affec‐
te d. #
Donotdr ive at speeds great erthan 50 mph(80 km/h). #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Displa
ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps 43

Ve
hicl e Dis
playmessag es
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
Elect ronic RearAxleDiffer -
ent ialLock Inoperat ive *T
heelectr onicrear axle lockin gdif fere ntia lis ino perativ e. #
Consu ltaqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Electron icRear AxleDiffer-
ential LockCurrently
Unavaila ble *T
hemo torof theelectr onicrear axle lockin gdif fere ntia lis ove rheating. #
Letth eelectr onicrear axle lockin gdif fere ntia lcool down bydriving defensiv ely.
Õ
Tract ionCont rolInoper a-
tive See Operator 'sManual *T
hetraction controlis malfun ctionin g. #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. 44
Display messa gesand warning/ indic ator lam ps

Wa
rning and indicat orlam ps Saf
etysy stems Wa
rning/indicat orlam p
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
Æ ESP ®
SPOR Twa rning lam p ES
P®
SPO RTisact ivat ed while theengine isrunning .
* Whe nESP ®
SPOR Tis acti vated, ES P®
will stabiliz eth eve hicle onlyto alimit edextent. &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
SPOR Tis us ed incor rectl y
Whe nyo uact ivat eES P®
SP OR T,ther eis an incr eased risk ofskidding andhaving anaccident. #
ActivateESP ®
SPO RTonlyin thecir cums tances descr ibed below. #
Obser vetheno teson activ ating ESP®
SPOR T(/page18 ).
00BB
ES P®
OFF warning lam p The
yello wES P®
OFF warning lam pis lit while theengine isrunning .
* ESP ®
is de acti vated. &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding whe ndr ivi ng with ESP ®
de acti vated
If ESP ®
is deactiv ated, ESP ®
canno tcar ryout vehicle stabiliz ation.The availabilit yof fur ther driving safetysy s‐
te ms isals olimi ted. #
Drive on car efull y. #
Onlydeactiv ateESP ®
foras long asthesituation requ ires. Disp
lay mess ages and warning/ indic ator lam ps 45

Wa
rning/indicat orlam p
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
If ESP ®
cann otbe activ ated, ESP®
is malfunc tioning. #
Have ESP ®
ch eckedimmediat elyat aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. #
Obser vetheno teson deactiv atingESP®
(/ page18 ). Dr
iving systems Wa
rning/indicat orlam p
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
ä Suspension warning lam p The
yello wAMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsystem warning lam pis lit.
*T her eis amalfunction intheAMG adaptivespor tsuspension system. #
Notethemessag eson themultifunc tiondispla y. 46
Displa ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps