MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN 2021 AMG Owner's Guide

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 hma ybe sho wninthe
ins trumen tclus ter. RA
CE START Fu
nction ofRA CE START
% RACE STAR Tis only available for
Mer cede s‑AMG E63 4MA TIC+ and
E 63 S4MA TIC+ model s.
RA CE STAR Tena bles optima lve hicle acceler a‐
tion from ast ands till.Fo rth is, asuit ably high-
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(/ page11 ).
% 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.
Be sureto read thesaf etyno tesand infor‐
mation onESP ®
(/ page16 ). &
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. Dr
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R
thefront wheel isin thest ra ight -ahead posi‐
tion .
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 thetra nsmiss ionisin position 005B.
R theDRIFT MODE isdeactiv ated.
R one ofthedr ive pr og rams C, Bor
I issele cted (/ page13 ). #
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 gearshif tpaddles .The
segm entsin themultifunc 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 STARTActivemessag e
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 E63 S4MA TIC+ model 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 .
Be sureto read thesaf etyno tesand infor‐
mation onESP ®
(/ page16 ). &
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. 20
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#
Donotus eDRI FTMODE onnor mal
ro ads. #
DRI FTMOD Ema yon lybe activ ated and
used onclosed race circui ts, noton
pu blic roads. #
Mak esur eth at no per son sor obs tacles
ar ein theclose vicinit yof your vehicle. When
DRIFT MODE isactiv e,theve hicle drive
occur sonl yat there ar and 4MA TIC+ isdeac tiva‐
te d.
Fr om aspeed ofappr oximat ely70 mph
(1 15 km/h) upto95 mph(1 50 km/h) 4MATIC+
is continuou slyreact ivat ed. From aspeed of
95 mph(1 50 km/h) 4MATIC+ isfully active
ag ain, ESP®
ho we ver,re mains deactivated.
Belo waspeed of95 mph(1 50 km/h) toappr ox‐
imat ely70 mph(115 km/h) 4MATIC+is conti nu‐
ou sly deacti vatedag ain.
% DRIF TMODE isonl yav ailable afte rth eve hi‐
cle has been brok en in(/ page11 ).
Ac tiv atin gand deac tivatin gDRI FTMOD E
Re quirement s: R
ESP®
is deact ivat ed (/ page19 ).
R drive pr og ram I(RA CE)issele cted
(/ page13 ).
R thedoor s,thehood andthetrunk lidare
closed.
R theengine isrunning andthetra nsmiss ion
and engine areat nor mal oper ating temp era‐
tur e.
R thetra nsmiss ionisin manual mode–manual
shif ting isactiv ated (/ page15 ).
Ac tiv atin gDRI FTMOD E #
Pullst eer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles 1and
2 and hold forhal fa second.
If all activ ation conditions arefulf illed, the
multifu nctiondisplay sho wstheDRIFT
MODE Confirm :Paddle UPCancel: Paddle
DOWN messag eand theâ warning lam p
fl ashes . #
Tocancel :pull thesteer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 1.
The mult ifunction displa ysho wstheDRIFT
MODE Canceled messageand theâ
wa rning lam pgoes out. #
Toconf irm: pull thesteer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 2.
The mult ifunction displa ysho wstheDRIFT
MODE Active messag eand theâ warning
lam plight sup.
Deactiv ating DRIFT MODE #
Pull steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles 1and
2 and hold forhal fa second.
The DRIFT MODE Activemessageand the
â warning lam pgo out. Dr
ivin gand parking 21

DRI
FTMODE isau tomatical lydeactiv ated 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 thedr ive pr ogr am I (RACE) isswitc hed
of f.
R theve hicle isswitc hedoff.
R automatic switchof fis requ ired bytheve hi‐
cle.
% 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
adaptivespor tsuspension system + Fu
nction ofAMG adaptive spor tsusp ension
sy stem +
The AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsystem +is
an air suspension system withva riable damping
fo rim prove ddr iving charact eristic s.The all- ro
und leve lcon trol system ensur esthebes tpos‐
sible suspension andconstant groun dcle aranc e,
eve nwi th aladen vehicle. When driving at
speed, theve hicle islowe redaut omatic allyto
im prov edr iving safetyand toreduce fuelcon‐
sum ption. Youalso have theop tion ofmanuall y
adjus tingtheve hicle leve l.
The dam ping issetindiv iduall yfo reac hwhee l
and isaffect ed bythefo llo wing fact or s:
R Driving style, e.g. spor ty
R Road con dition ,e.g .bum ps
R The individual selectionof Spo rt,Spor t+ or
COMF ORT
The AMG adaptivespor tsuspens ionsystem +
includes thefo llo wing compone ntsand func ‐
tion s:
R Airsuspen sionwithva riable spring rate and
aut omat icleve lcon trol
R Speed -dependentlo we ring toreduce fuel
con sum ption
R Manuall yselec table high-le velse tting for
gr eat erground clearance R
ADS PLUS (Adap tiveDam ping System with
con stant dam pingfo rc eadjus tment)
R DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc hand leve lbutt on.
R Suspen sionsetting butt on
Susp ension settings andvehicl eleve lper
dr ive pr og ram
Mer cede s-AMG E53 4MA TIC+
Dr ive pr ogr ams o andA:
R The susp ension setting iscomf ortable.
R The vehicle issetto thenor mal leve l.
R When drivin gat speeds of100mp h
(1 60 km/ h)or abo ve,th eve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds below87 mph
(1 40 km/ h),theve hicle israised again.
R 4MA TIC+ isdynamic allysync hroniz ed.
Dr ive pr og rams C, BandI
R The susp ension setting isfirm er.
R The vehicle issetto thelow leve l.
R The vehicle isno tlo we redan yfur ther ifyo u
ar etra veling athigher speeds.
R 4MA TIC+ ismor edynamic allysync hroniz ed. 22
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%
The setting can also besetusing the
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h.To do this, the
same suspension settin gmus tbe select ed
fo rAMG adaptive spor tsuspen sionsystem
and theDY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h.
% When theve hicle isstar tedag ain, theCOM‐
FO RT settin gis activ ated aut omatically .
Suspension settings andvehicl eleve lper
dr ive pr og ram
Mer cede s-AMG E63 4MA TIC+ andMercede s-
AMG E63 S4MA TIC+
Dr ive pr ogr ams o, AandC:
R The susp ension setting iscomf ortable (o
and A).
R The suspension setting isfirm er(C).
R The vehicle issetto thenor mal leve l.
R When drivin gat speeds of130mp h
(2 10 km/h) orabove ,th eve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds below75 mph
(1 20 km/ h)theve hicle israised again.
R 4MA TIC+ isdynamic allysync hroniz ed. Dr
ive pr ogr ams B andI:
R The suspen sionsetting iseven firm er.
R The vehicle issetto thelow leve l.
R The vehicle isno tlo we redan yfur ther ifyo u
ar etra veling athigher speeds.
R 4MA TIC+ ismor edynamic allysync hroniz ed.
% The setting can also besetusing the
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h.To do this, the
same suspension setting mustbe select ed
fo rAMG adaptive spor tsuspen sionsystem
and theDY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h.
% When theve hicle isstar tedag ain, theCOM‐
FO RT settin gis activ ated aut omatically .Selec
tingtheAMG adaptiv espor tsusp en‐
sion system setting #
COMF ORTsusp ension setting: press but‐
to n1 repeat edly until indicat orlam ps2
and 3goout.
The AMG Suspen sionSyste mCOMFORT
messag eappear sin themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y. Dr
iving and parking 23

The
driving charact eristic sof your vehicle are
comf ortable. #
SPOR Tsuspension setting: press butt on
1 repeat edlyuntil indicat orlam p3 lights
up.
The AMG Suspens ionSystem SPORTmes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
The suspension isadap tedto be firm er. #
SPOR T+suspension setting: press butt on
1 repeat edlyuntil indicat orlam ps2 and
3 light up.
The AMG Suspens ionSystem SPORT+mes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
The vehicle islowe redto low leve land the
suspension issetto very firm .
Se tting theve hicl eleve l &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent because
ve hicle leve lis toohigh
Dr iving charact eristic sma ybe impair ed.
The vehicle candrift outw ards, forex am ple,
when steer ing orcor ner ing. #
Choose ave hicle leve lwhic his suit ed
to thedr iving style and thero ad sur face
condi tions. &
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment from vehi‐
cle lowe ring
Whe nlowe ring theve hicle, people could
become trapped ifth eir limbs arebe tween
th eve hicle body andthetir es orunder neath
th eve hicle. #
Mak esur eno one isunder neathth e
ve hicle orintheimmediat evicinit yof
th ewheel arch es when theve hicle is
being lowe red. &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
du eto theve hicle lowe ring
Ve hicl eswith AIRBO DY CONT ROLor
le ve lcontr olsystem: when youunlo adlug‐
ga ge orlea vetheve hicle, theve hicle firs t
ri ses slightly andthen retur ns tothese tle ve l
shor tly af te rw ards. Yo
uor anyone else inthevicin ityofthe
wheel arch es ortheunderbody couldthus
bec ome trapped.
The vehicle canalso belowe redaf te rbeing
loc ked. #
When leaving theve hicle, makesur e
th at nobody isin thevicin ityofthe
wheel arch es ortheunderbody . Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen star ted.
R The vehicle mustno tbe mo ving faster than
40 mph(6 5km/h).
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Quick Access
Ra ising theve hicl e #
Select 00CC.
The vehicle israised tothehigh leve l.
Yo ur sele ction issave d. 24
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The
vehicle lowe rsitse lfbac kdo wn totheheight
of themos tre cently activedrive pr ogr am:
R Mer cedes‑AMG E63 4MA TIC+ and
E 63 S4MA TIC+:
- When driving faster than 75 mph
(1 20 km/ h).
- When driving between 50mph(8 0km/h)
and 75mph(120 km/h) forapp rox‐
ima tely thre eminut es.
R Mer cedes‑AMG E53 4MA TIC+:
- When driving faster than 62 mph
(1 00 km/ h).
- When driving between 50mph(80 km/h)
and 62mph(1 00 km/h) forapp rox‐
ima tely thre eminut es.
R Aftersele cting adr ive pr ogr am using the
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h.
Lo we ring theve hicl e #
Select 00CC.
The vehicle isadjus tedto theheight ofthe
las tact ive dr ive pr og ram. Fu
nction oftheAMG steer ing-wh eelbut‐
to ns The
AMG steer ing-wheel buttons aretw oaddi‐
tion alcon trol 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 sfo rcor‐
re sponding button1 bypressing displaybutt on
2 ontheupper orlowe rar ea repeat edly.Dis ‐
pl ay switc h2 showseac hfunc tion select ed.
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R ESP®
(/ page16 ) R
AMG adaptivespo rtsuspension system +
(/ page22)
R AMG Perfor mance exhaus tsy stem
(/ page13 )
R ECO star t/ stop funct ion(/ page12 )
R Manual gearshif ting(/ page15 )
R AMG Dynamics(/ page 13)
If yo uha ve assig nedspec ific fun ction sto displa y
butt on2, youcan oper ateth ese func tionswit h
cor responding button1.
The assignment ofdispla ybutt on2 remains
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 og ram app earsin disp lay butt on4. By
pr essing display butt on4, youcan direct ly
acc ess thedr ive pr ogr am = (Individua l)
(/ page13 ). Dr
iving andparking 25

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 ,(/ page15 )th eupshif tbar will appear
on themultifunc tionorHead-up Display.In
addi tion, transmissi onset-up 0063(manua l)
and thecur rent gear will appear onthetra ns‐
mission position displayof themultifunc tion
displa y.
R Ifyo uswit chon theEC Ostar t/ stop funct ion
and select drive pr ogr am A, theengine
electr onics willswitc hfrom eight- cylinder
mode tofour -cylinder mode, ifnec essar y.
The multifunct iondispla ywill showthe/
symbol inthest atus area.
R Addition alno te rega rding theindicat orand
wa rning lam ps:theve hicle isalso equipped
wit hth eES P®
00E5, ESP®
OFF 00BB and
ES P®
SPOR TÆ indicat orand warning
lam ps(/ page46). Yo
ucan selectthefo llo wing displa ycon tent, for
ex am ple:
R Tach ome terwit hge ar displa y
R Dateand time
R Warm-up
R AMG TRAC KPA CE
R G-m eter
R Engine data
R SETUP
R Trip com puter
R Navig ation
R Medi a
R Telephon e
AMG TRACKPACE isdispl ayed on thelef t-hand
sect ionofthedispla y.The warm-up ,engi nedata,
SETUP andG-me termenus aredisp laye don the
ri ght- hand section ofthedispla y. Oper
ating theon-boa rdcom puter &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoper ateinf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegratedin theve hicle
when driving, youwill bedistract ed from 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. 26
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1
Backbu tton
2 Mainmenu
3 Touc hCon trol
The on-bo ardco mp uter isoper ated usin glef t-
han dTo uc hCon trol 3, backbut ton1 and left-
hand home button2.
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 Assist anc e
R Phon e
R Navi gation
R Perf ormance
R Trip
R Radio
R Media
R Design s& Dis p.
R Service
The men uscan becalle dup from themenu bar
on themultifunc tiondispla y. #
Tocall upthemenu bar:press thebac k
butt ononthelef t1 until themenu baris
displa yed. #
Toscr ollinthemenu bar:swipe leftor
ri ght onleft-h and Touc hCon trol 3. #
Tocall upamen uor conf irm aselect ion:
pr ess thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol 3. #
Toscr ollthrough displa ysorlists on the
menu :swipe upwards ordown wardson the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol 3. #
Tocall upasub men uor conf irm aselec‐
tion :pr ess thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol 3. #
Toexitasubm enu:press left-hand back
butt on1. Ins
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Selec
tingtheHead -upDispla y #
Ifth eHead -upDispla yis switc hedoff:
swit chon theHead-up Displayvia themulti‐
media system oractiv ateit in themenu bar
by swiping upwards onthelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol 3.
The Head -upDisplaymen uhas been selec‐
te don theHead-up Display. #
Toswitc hto theHead -upDispla y:press
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol 3 orswipe upwards
on left-han dTo uc hCon trol 3. #
Toselect whattheHead -upDispla y
sho ws:sw ipe up wa rdsor down wardson left-
hand Touc hCon trol 3.
Fu ll-scr eenmenu s
Yo ucan displ aythefo llo wing menusinfull on
th eIns trument Display:
R Assist ance
R Trip
R Navigation #
Onthecor responding menu,useleft-hand
To uc hCon trol 3 toscr olltotheend ofthe
lis t. #
Press left-hand Touc hCon trol 3.
The selected men uwill bedispl ayedin full. Calling
updispla 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.
Dis playson thePerform ancemenu:
R Warm-up
R Engi nedata
R SETUP
R G-me ter Wa
rm-up (exa mp le)
1 Digit alspeedom eter
2 Engine oiltemp eratur e
3 Trans miss ionoiltemp eratur e
4 Boos tpr essur e
If th eengine ortransmission isno tat nor mal
oper ating temp eratur e,themultifunc tiondispla y
will showtemp eratur e2 or3 inblue. Avoid 28
Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter