MERCEDES-BENZ GLC SUV 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. #
Toactiv ateESP ®
:br ief lypul lro ck er switc h
1.
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 available onlyfor
Mer cede s‑AMG GLC63 4MA TIC+ and
GL C63 S4MA TIC+models.
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 The driver's door isclosed .
R The engin eis running andthetransmission
and engine areat nor mal oper ating temp era‐
tur e.
R The steer ing wheel isin thest ra ight -ahead
posit ion. Dr
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R
The vehicle 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 The transmissio nis in posit ion005B.
R One ofthedr ive pr og rams C, Bor
I issele cted (/ page14 ). #
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 paddle shifters.The seg‐
ments inthemultifunc 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 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. AM
Gadati vespor tsuspension system Fu
nction oftheAMG adaptiv espor tsusp en‐
sion system
The AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsystem is
an air suspension system withva riable damping fo
rim prove ddr iving comfort.The all-round leve l
contr olsystem ensur esthebes tpossible sus‐
pension andconstant groun dcle aranc e,eve n
wit haladen vehicle. When driving atspeed, the
ve hicle islowe redaut omatic allytoimprove driv‐
ing safetyand toreduce fuelconsum ption. You
also have theop tion ofmanuall yadjus tingthe
ve hicle leve l.
The dam ping isadjus tedindividually toeac h
wheel anddepends onthefo llo wing fact or s:
R The drivi ng style, e.g. spor ty
R The road con dition ,e.g .bum ps
R The individual selectionof COMF ORT,
SPOR Tor SPOR T+
The AMGadap tivespor tsuspe nsion system
com prises:
R Airsuspension withva riable spring rate
R Automatic leve lcon trol system
R Speed-depen dentlowe ring toreduce fuel
con sum ption
R Manual leve ladjus tment 20
Drivin gand parking

R
ADS PLUS (Ada ptive Dam ping System with
con stant dam pingfo rc eadjus tment) R
DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc hand leve lbutt on
Av ailab lesuspe nsion settings Mercedes- AMG GLC43 4MA TIC Dr
ive pr og ramC haracteristics
o (Slipper y)
A (Comfort) R
The susp ension setting iscomf ortab le.
R The suspen sionissetto thenor mal leve l.
R When drivin gat speeds above99 mph(1 60 km/h) theve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds below87 mph(1 40 km/h), theve hicle israised again.
C (Spor t) R
The suspen sionsetting isfirm er.
R The suspension issetto thelow leve l.
R The vehicle isno tlo we redan yfur ther ifyo uar etra veling athigher speeds.
B (Spor t+) R
The suspen sionsetting iseven firm er.
R The suspension issetto thelow leve l.
R The vehicle isno tlo we redan yfur ther ifyo uar etra veling athigher speeds. Dr
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Av
ailab lesuspe nsion settings Mercedes- AMG GLC63 and 63S4MA TIC+ Dr
ive pr og ramC haracteristics
o (Slipper y)
A (Comfort) R
The susp ension setting iscomf ortable.
R The suspension issetto thenor mal leve l.
R When drivin gat speeds above112mp h(1 80 km/h) theve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds below75 mph(120 km/h) theve hicle israised again.
R 4MA TIC+ isdynamic allysync hroniz ed.
C (Spor t) R
The suspen sionsetting isfirm er.
R The suspension issetto thelow leve l.
R The vehicle isno tlo we redan yfur ther ifyo uar etra veling athigher speeds.
R 4MA TIC+ ismor edynamic allysync hroniz ed.
B (Spor t+)
I (RACE) R
The suspen sionsetting iseve nfirm er.
R The suspension issetto thelow leve l.
R The vehicle isno tlo we redan yfur ther ifyo uar etra veling athigher speeds.
R 4MA TIC+ ismor edynamic allysync hroniz ed. 22
Drivin gand parking

AMG
adaptiv espo rtsuspension system,
selectin gth esusp ension setting #
COMF ORTsusp ension setting: press but‐
to n1 repeat edly until indicat orlam ps2
and 3goout.
The AMG Suspens ionSystem COMFORT
messag eappear sin themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y. 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 suspension isadap tedto be very firm . 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 sby
pr essing displaybutt ons 2repeat edly.The cur‐
re ntly select edfunc tions aredispl ayed indispla y
butt ons 2.
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R ESP®
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R
AMG adaptivespo rtsuspension system
(/ page20)
R AMG Perfor mance exhaus tsy s‐
te m(/ page12 )
R ECO star t/ stop funct ion(/ page12 )
R Manual gearshif ting(/ page 15)
R AMG Dynamics(/ page 13)
If yo uha ve assig nedafun ction toone ofdispla y
butt ons 2,youcan operat eth is func tion with
cor responding button1.
The assignment ofdispla ybutt ons 2remains
st or ed even afte 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 ogr am appear sin displa ybutt on4. By
pr essing displaybutt on4, youcan direct ly
acc ess thedr ive pr ogr am = (Individua l)
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Driving and 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 ,(/ 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 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(/ page50).
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 uoper ateinf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegratedin theve 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 2 and left-han dbac k/
hom ebut ton1. Ins
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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 Service
R DriveA ssist
R Perf ormance
R Trip
R Navi gation
R Radio
R Media
R Phon e
R Head -upDisp.
Ve hicl eswith anIns trument Display(s tand‐
ar d) onl y:Ifyo usele ctthePerform ancemenu,
th eupshif tbar will appear onthemultifunc tion
displa y.
The menus canbecalled upfrom themenu bar
on themultifunc tiondispla y. #
Tocall upthemenu bar:press backbutt on
on thelef t1 until themenu barisdis‐
pla yed. #
Toscr ollinthemenu bar:swipe leftor
ri ght onleft-h and Touc hCon trol 2. #
Tocall upamen uor conf irm aselect ion:
pr ess left-han dTo uc hCon trol 2. #
Toscr ollthrough displa ysorlists on the
menu :swipe upwards ordown wardson left-
hand Touc hCon trol 2. #
Tocall upasub men uor conf irm aselec‐
tion :pr ess left-han dTo uc hCon trol 2. #
Toexitasubm enu:press backbutt onon
th elef t1.
Selecting theHead -upDispla y #
Ifth eHead -upDispla yhas been switched
of f:swit chtheHead-up Displayon via the
multime diasystem.
or #
Ifth eHead -upDispla yis switc hedon:
swipe upwards on left-hand Touc hCon trol
2.
The Head -upDisplaywill beact ivat ed. #
Toselect whattheHead -upDispla y
sho ws:sw ipe up wa rdsor down wardson left-
hand Touc hCon trol 2. Calli
ngup displa 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. 26
Instru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter

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 GLC43 vehicles (exa m‐
ple)
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 GGL C63 vehicles (exa m‐
ple)
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®
: In
stru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter 27

On/Spor
t/Off
5 AMG Dynamics:
Basic/A dvanced/Pr o/Master
6 Trans miss ionposit ion:
D/ M G-m
eter (exa mp le)
While theve hicle isin mo tion, theG-me ter
sho wsthefo rc es that areexe rted on theve hicle
occupants both laterally and inthedir ect ion of
tr av el. The maximum values appear inredin the
coordinat esy stem. #
Torese tth eG-m eter: press thelef t-hand
To uc hCon trol. #
Select Yes . #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. En
gin edat a(e xa mp le)
1 Current powe routpu t
2 Current torq ue
Wh encur rent powe routpu t1 orcur rent torq ue
2 reac hes themaximum value, thedigit alvalue
will brief lybe statio nary.The bardispla ywill
cont inue. Displa
yingandstar ting RACE TIMER onthe
Pe rfor ma nce menu
On -bo ardcom puter:
4 Performance
The follo wing functionsar epossible inRA CE
TIME R:
R Selec tingdispla ysand star tin g
R Stopping
R Startin gane wlap
R Displaying lapstatis tics
R Resettin g 28
Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter