tow bar MERCEDES-BENZ GT R ROADSTER 2020 Owner's Manual

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Unfasten wind screen bag1atfour press
st uds 2onthetrunk partition. #
Remo vethewind screen from wind screen
bag 1. #
Foldtwoloc kin gleve rs 4 onwind screen
3 inwa rdsin thedir ect ion ofthear row . #
Inser twind screen 3intheslo tsbetween
th ero llbar sunt ilit loc ksinposit ion. #
Foldtwoloc kin gleve rs 4 onwind screen
3 outw ards.
Re mo val #
Foldtwoloc kin gleve rs 4 onwind screen
3 inwa rdsin thedir ect ion ofthear row . #
Pull wind screen 3upand out. #
Stow wind screen 3inthewind screen bag
and fasten this to thepar tition inthetrunk . Openin
gand closing 69

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Seatba ckrest inc linat ion
4 Seat fore -and -aftpos ition #
Save these ttings withth ememor yfunc tion
(/ page87 ). Ad
jus tingthe 4-waylum bar support 1
Raise
2 Soften
3 Lowe r
4 Harden #
Usingbuttons 1to4 ,adjus tth econ tour
of thebac kres tindividuall yto suit your bac k. Ad
jus tingthe AMGPe rfor ma nce seat To
adjus tth econ tour oftheseat andfor
im prov ed lateral suppor t,yo ucan adjustth e
fr ont seatsindiv idually .
On thefront passeng erseat, youcan adjuston ly
th eseat sidebolsters of theseat backres t.
The AMG Perfor mance seatisdesigned forth e
st andar dth re e-point seatbelt. Ifyo uins talla dif‐
fe re nt mu ltipo int sea tbe lt, e.g .a spo rtor racing
sea tbel t,th ere stra int system cann otprov ide
th eint ended leve lof protect ion. 80
Seats andstow ing

Sy
stem limita tions
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofthero ad, ifth er ear e
highl yva riable shade condition sor inrain,
sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
th esun orreflect ions.
R Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifunc ‐
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fog‐
ge dup, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth er ear eno lane marking s,or several
unc lear lane markingsarepr esen tfo rone
lane, e.g.around roadw orks .
R Ifth elane marking sar ewo rn,dar kor cov‐
er ed.
R Ifth edis tance totheve hicle infront istoo
shor tand thus thelane marking scann otbe
de tected.
R Ifth elane marking sch ang equ ickl y, e.g.
lanes branc hof f,cr oss one another or
mer ge. R
Ifth ero adw ayisvery nar row and wind ing.
Sensi tivity ofLane Keeping Assist
Wi th theSt andar dor Adaptivese tting ,yo ucan
inf luen cewhen thewa rning vibration ofLane
Ke eping Assistta ke splace.
In both theSt andar dand Adaptivese tting s,no
wa rning vibration occursin thefo llo wing situa‐
tion s:
R Youha ve switc hedonthetur nsignal indica‐
to r.
R Adr ivi ng safety system interve nes, such as
AB S,BA Sor ESP ®
.
In theAd aptivese tting ,th er ewill also beno
wa rning vibration inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R The vehicle isacceler ated orbrak ed consid‐
er ably .
R Yousteer activ ely, e.g. swerve toavo idan
obs tacle orchang elane quickl y.
R Youcut thecor ner onashar pbend. Ve
hicl eto wing instruct ions
The vehicle isno tsuit able forth euse oftow bar
sy stems that areused forflat towing ording hy
to wing, forex am ple. Attach ing and using tow bar
sy stems canlead todamag eon theve hicle.
When youar eto wing ave hicle withto w bar sys‐
te ms, safedr iving charact eristic scan notbe
guar anteed forth eto wing vehicle ortheto we d
ve hicle. Thevehicle-tr ailercombination may
sw erve from side toside. Complywithth eper‐
mitt edtowing methods (/page32 4) and the
ins truct ions forto wing withbo th axle son the
gr ou nd (/ page 325). 16
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Driving and parking

The
multimedia connection unitisfound inthe
st ow agecom partment unde rth ear mr estand
has twoUSB ports.
Depen dingontheve hicle's equipment, addi‐
tional USBportscan befound inthestow age
com partment ofthecent ercon sole. #
Connec tth eUSB device totheUSB port.
Pla yable music files arepla yedbac konl yif
th ecor responding mediadisplayis activ ated.
% Use theUSB portidentif iedbyç touse
Ap ple CarPla y™and Android Auto.
Selec tingatrac kin themed iapla yba ck
Multimedia system:
4 Media
Selecting atrac kby skipping toatrac k #
Toskip backwards orforw ards toa
tr ac k: navig ateup ordown.
Sel ecting atrac kusin gth ecur rent trac klis t #
Select 00D3. #
Select Current TrackList. #
Select atra ck. Selec
tingplaybac kop tions
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
Z Option s
Pla ying backsimilar trac ks #
Select Play Simi larTra cks.
A trac klist wit hsimilar trac ks iscreat edand
pla yedbac k.
Pla ybac kmode #
Select Random Mode-Current Playlist.
The current trac klist ispla yedin rando m
or de r. #
Select Random Mode-Cu rrent Medium.
All trac ks on theactiv edat ast or ag emedium
ar epla yedin rando morde r. #
Select Norm alTra ckSequ ence.
The current trac klist ispla yedin theor der it
appear son thedat ast or ag emedium.
Contr olling media playbac k
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
Y Playback Control
A bar withpla ybac kcon trols issho wn. #
Topause playbac k:sel ect and conf irm
Y with thecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The 00CF symbol isdispla yed. #
Toresume playbac k:select andconf irm
Y again withth ecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The 00D0 symbol isdispla yed.
To fast forw ard/r ewind #
Move00CF onthetimelin e.
To hide theplaybac kco ntr ols #
Press the0038 button. Vi
deo mode Sw
itchin gto video mode
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Select adat ast or ag emedium. #
Sear chforand selectvideo files orpla ylists
wit hvideo files.
Pla yable video files arepla yedbac k. Multimedia
system 27
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Dam
aged tires and atir epr ess ureth at istoo
lo w can significan tly im pair brakin gand han‐
dling charact eristic s. #
Donotcon tinue drivin g. #
Con sult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. If,
afte rte nminut es,atir epr essur eof
200 kPa(29 psi(2.0 bar)) hasbeen attained: #
Switc hof fth etir einf lation compressor . #
Unscr ew thefilling hose from theva lve of the
fa ulty tire. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent from drivi ng
wi th sealed tires
A tir ete mp orarily sealed withtir esealant
im pair sdr iving charact eristic sand isno t
suit able forhighe rspee ds. #
Adaptyo ur drivin gst yle accor dinglyand
dr ive car efull y. #
Donotexc eed themaximum speed
limit withatir eth at has been repair ed
using tiresealant. #
Obser vethemaximum permissible speedfor
a tir esealed withtir esealan t50 mph
(80 km/ h). #
Affix th eupper sectionoftheTIREFI Tst icke r
to theins trument clusterin alocati onwher e
it wil lbe easi lyseen bythedr iver .
* NO
TEStainin gcaus edbyleakin gtir e
sealant Af
teruse, excess tiresealant mayleak out
fr om thefilling hose. #
Ther efor e, place thefilling hose inthe
plas ticbag that con tained theTIREFI T
kit. +
ENVIR
ONMEN TALNO TEEnvironme ntal
po lluti on cau sed byenvironmen tally irre ‐
sponsible disposal Ti
re seala ntcont ains pollu tants. #
Have thetir esealant bottle disposed of
pr ofessionall y,e.g. atan aut hor ized
Mer cedes- BenzCenter. #
Stow thetir esealant bottle and thetir einf la‐
tion compressor . #
Pull away imm ediat ely. #
Stop driving afte rapp roxima tely tenminu tes
and checkth etir epr essur eusing thetir e
inf lation compressor .
The tirepr essur emus tno wbe atleas t
13 0kP a(1 9 psi (1.3 bar)). &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto the
specif iedtirepr essur eno tbeing reac hed
If th especif iedtirepr essur eis no tre ac hed
af te ra br ief drive, thetir eis toobadly dam‐
ag ed. The tiresealant cannotrepair thetir e
in this ins tance.
Dama gedtir es and tirepr essur eth at istoo
lo w can significan tly im pair thebr aking prop‐
er ties and thehandling charact eristic s. #
Donotcon tinue drivin g. #
Con sult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. In
cases suchas theone ment ioned above,con ‐
ta ct an author ized Mercedes-B enzCent er.Or Br
eakdo wnassis tance 317

To
w star ting ortowing away Pe
rm itted towing methods Mer
cede s-Ben zre comme ndstransp orting your
ve hicle inthecase ofabr eakdo wn,rath er than
to wing itaw ay.
Fo rto wing, useato w rope ortow bar withbo th
axle son thegr ound. Donotuse tow bar sys‐
te ms. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whento wing
wit hsteer ing wheel lock
Yo uwill nolongerbe ableto steer theve hicle
if th esteer ing wheel lockis eng aged. #
Alw aysswitc hon theignition whentow‐
ing theve hicle withato w cable orato w
bar . *
NO
TEDama getotheve hicle duetotow‐
ing away inc orrectl y #
Obs erve theins truction sand noteson
to wing away. Pe
rm itted towing methods Bo
th axle son thegr ound Fr
ont axle raised Re
ar axle raised
Ye s,maximum 31mile s(50 km) at31 mp h
(50 km/ h) No
No32
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Breakdo wnassis tance

To
wing theve hicl ewith both axle son the
gr ound #
Obser vetheno teson theper mitt edtowing
me thods (/page32 4). #
Mak esur eth at thebatt eryis con nect edand
ch arge d.
Obser vethefo llo wing pointswhen thebatt eryis
disc harged:
R The engin ecann otbe star ted
R The electr icpar king brak ecann otbe
re leased orapplied
R Vehicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
The automatic transmiss ioncanno tbe shif‐
te dto position 005Cor005D.
% Vehicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:If
th eaut omatic transmiss ioncann otbe shif‐
te dto position 005C,orthemultifunc tiondis‐
pla yin theins trument clusterdoes notsho w
an ything, have theve hicle transpor tedaw ay
( / pag e326). Atowing vehicle withlifting
eq uipment isrequ ired forve hicle transpor ta‐
tio n. *
NO
TEDama gedue totowing away at
exc essiv elyhigh speeds orove rlong dis‐
ta nces The
drivet ra in could bedamag edwhen tow‐
ing atexc essiv elyhigh speeds orover long
dis tances. #
Atowing speed of30 mph(50 km/h)
mus tno tbe exc eeded. #
Atowing distance of30 miles(50 km)
mu stnotbe exc eeded. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whento wing
a ve hicle whichis toohea vy
If th eve hicle being tow- star tedor towe d
aw ay ishea vier than theper missible gross
mass ofyour vehicle, thefo llo wing situat ions
can occur:
R The towing eyema ybecome detach ed.
R The vehicle/tr ailercombination may
sw erve oreve nov ertur n. #
Ifano ther vehicle istow- star tedor
to we daw ay,its weight mustno texc eed th
eper missible gross mass ofyour ow n
ve hicle. If
ave hicle mustbe tow- star tedor towe daw ay,
its per missib legross weight mustno texc eed the
per missible gross weight oftheto wing vehicle. #
Information ontheper missible gross mass of
th eve hicle canbefound ontheve hicle iden‐
tif ication plate(/ page360). #
Vehicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:Do
no topen thedr iver's door orfront passeng er
door ,ot her wise theaut omatic transmiss ion
aut omaticall yshif tsto position 005D. #
Installth eto wing eye(/ page32 7). #
Fasten theto w bar .
* NO
TEDama gedue toinc orrect connec‐
tion oftheto w bar #
Onlyconnect theto w rope ortow bar to
th eto wing eyes. #
Deact ivat eth eaut omatic locking mechanism
(/ page61 ). Br
eakdo wnassis tance 32
5

#
Donotacti vate theHOLD function. #
Deact ivat eAc tiveBr ak eAssi st
( / pag e14 5). #
Vehicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
Shif tth eaut omatic transmiss iontoposition
005C. #
Release theelectr icpar king brak e. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto limi‐
te dsaf ety-re lat ed func tionsdur ing the
to wing proce ss
Saf ety-re lat ed func tionsar elimit edorno lon‐
ge rav ailable inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R theignition isswitc hedoff.
R thebr ak esy stem orpowe rst eer ing sys‐
te m ismalfu nctioning.
R theener gysupply ortheon- boar delectr i‐
cal system ismalfunct ioning.
When your vehicle isthen towe daw ay,signif ‐
icant lymor eef fort ma ybe requ ired tosteer
and brak eth an isno rm allyre qu ired. #
Use ato w bar . #
Mak esur eth at thesteer ing wheel can
mo vefreely ,bef oreto wing theve hicle
aw ay. *
NO
TEDama gedue toexcess ive tracti ve
po we r If
yo upull away shar ply, thetractiv epo we r
ma ybe toohigh andtheve hicles couldbe
damag ed. #
Pull away slo wlyand smoo thly. Lo
adi ng the vehicl efo rtr ans port #
Obser vetheno teson towing away
( / pag e325). #
Connec tth eto w bar totheto wing eyein
or der toload theve hicle. #
Shif tth eaut omatic transmiss iontoposition
005C.
% The automatic transmis sionmaybe locked
in posit ion005Dintheeve ntofdama getothe
electr ics.Toshif tto 005C ,pr ov ide theon- boar
delectr icalsystem withpo we r
( / pag e322). #
Load theve hicle ontoth etra nspor ter. #
Shif tth eaut omatic transmiss iontoposition
005D. #
Use theelectr icpar king brak eto secur eth e
ve hicle agains tro lling away. #
Onlysecur eth eve hicle bythewheels. #
Mak esur eth at thefront and rear axle scom e
to rest on thesame transpor tatio nve hicle. 326
Breakdo wnassis tance

Swi
tching off<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Swi tching on<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Sy stem limit ations ...............................1 45
Cup holde r....... .......................................... 90
Ins talling/ remo ving (cent erconsole) ....90
Cus tomer Assist ance Center (CAC ).........2 5
Cus tomer Relat ions Depar tment .............2 5 D
Dash board
see Cockpit
Dashboar dlighting
see Instrument clusterlig hting
Dat aacq uisiti on
Ve hicle ............................................. ..... 26
Data impor t/expor t................................. 211
Fu nctio n/no tes .................................... 211
Im por ting/e xporting ............................ 212
Data storage
Ele ctroni ccontr oluni ts ............ .............26
Online services ...................................... 28
Ve hicle ............................................. ..... 26 Dat
e
Se ttin gth etime anddateaut omati‐
call y................................................ ..... 206
Deactiv atingtheala rm (ATA ).................... 76
Deale rship
see Qualified speci alist wo rkshop
Dec laration ofconf ormity
Wi reless vehicle component s......... .......2 3
Decor ative fo il(cleaning instructions)
.. .................................................................3 05
De finitions (tiresand loading) ................3 47
Design s
Men u(on -boar dco mp uter) ............ ...... 172
Des tinat ion .............................................. 236
Ed iting intermed iatedes tinat ions........ 226
Ed iting thepr ev ious destination s.... .....2 37
Ext ernal ............. ..................................237
Sa vin g(cu rrent vehicle position) ......... 236
Sa ving asglobal favo rite <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 237
St or ing amap position ........................ 236
Des tinat ionentr y.................................... 222
Ent ering 3wo rdaddr esse s.................. 227
En tering aPOI oraddress <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> 222Ent
ering anintermed iate des tination ..226
En tering geo-coor dinates.................... 227
Select ingacont act............................. 226
Select ingaPOI .................................... 224
Select ingfrom themap ....................... 228
Select ingprev ious destination s...........2 24
De tectin ginat tentiv eness
see ATTENTION ASSIST
Diagnos ticsconnec tion............................2 3
Digita lOp erator' sMa nua l.........................1 8
Digita lsp eedo meter ............. ...................177
Dingh yto wing
see Tow- bar system
Displa y
Car e..................................................... 310
Disp lay(m ult imedi asy stem)
Se ttings ...............................................2 06
Di spla y(on -boar dco mp uter)
Displ ayson themultifunc tiondispla y.. 173
Disp laycont ent
Se tting theadditional value rang e ....... 172 Inde
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Vehicle Ready toDrive Swi tch
th eIgnit ionOffBef oreEx iting .............4 06
0077Wa rning Tire Malfunction ............ 402
0077Wheel Sensor(s)Missing.............4 01
0059 While statio nary,appl yth e
br ak es bef oreoper ating thesof tto p. ...4 12
Dis tance control
see ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
Di stance recor der
see Trip dis tance
DI ST RO NIC
see ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
Do or
Loc king (emerg ency key) ................ .......6 2
Opening (from theinside) ......................5 9
Un loc kin g(emer gency key) ...................6 2
Un loc kin g(fr om theinside) ...................5 9
Door controlpan el.....................................1 4
DO T,Tire Iden tificat ionNumbe r(TI N) ... 343
Do ubl e-clutc hfun ction ........... ................125 Dr
ag Race
Se tting ............................................ .....2 18
Dr aw bar
see Tow- bar system
Dr inking anddriving ................................ 112
Dr ink shold er
see Cup holder
Dr ive pos ition
En gaging ..............................................1 25
Dr ive pr og ram dis pla y........... ............ ......122
Dr ive pr og rams
se eDY NA MIC SELE CT
Dr iver's seat
see Seat
Dr iving lights
see Automatic driving lights
Dr ivin gsaf etysy stem .............................1 38
ABS (Anti-loc kBr aking System) ........... 139
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi st<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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BA S(Br akeAssi stSystem) ............... ... 139
EBD (electr oni cbr ak efo rc edis tribu‐
tion )..................................................... 142
ESP ®
(El ectr onicSt abilit yPr og ram) ..... 140 Ov
ervie w ............................................. 139
Ra dar and ultrasonic sensors.............. 138
Re sponsibili ty...................................... 138
Dr ivin gsy stem
AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsys‐
te m ..... ................................................. 157
Dr ivin gsy stem
see ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
see ATTENTION ASSIST
see Blind SpotAssis t
see Cruise control
see Driving safetysy stem
see HOLD function
see Lane Keeping Assist
see Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C
see Rear vie wcam era
see Traf fic Sign Assist
Dr ivin gtips
AM Gce ramic high-pe rfor mance
com posit ebr ak esy stem ......................1 15
Dr inki ngand drivi ng ............ .................112
Gene raldr ivin gtips .............................. 112
No teson breaking-in ane wvehicle ...... 111 Inde
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