warning MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS 2020 AMG Owner's Manual

Thank
youfo rpur chasin gaMer 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 Mer cedes-Benz Company
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agl ance ....................................................4
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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ivin gand parking .................................... 11
Dr iving ............ ........................ ............ .......... 11
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... ........................... 13
Au tomatic transmiss ion................................14
Dr iving and drivi ng safety systems ................1 6
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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
AMG TRAC KPA CE .........................................3 1 Br
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Ov ervie wof thetir e-c hang eto ol kit .............. 37
Chan gingawheel .........................................3 7
Ins talling/ remo ving thelongitudin al
member panel..............................................3 8 Te
ch nical data............................................ 39
Oper ating fluids ............................................ 39
Ve hicle data... ............................................... 40 Displa
ymessag esand warning/indi‐
cat orlam ps................................................ 42
Displa ymessag es.........................................4 2
Wa rning and indic ator lam ps........................ 43 Inde
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Contents

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Gear shiftre comme ndation isacti veonl yif
yo uha ve act ivat ed man ualgearshif tingwit h
th ebutt ononthecent ercon sole. Using
kickdo wn #
Maxim umacceler ation:depresstheaccel‐
er ator pedal beyond thepr essur epoint .
The automatic transmiss ionshiftsup tothene xt
ge ar when themaximum enginespeedis
re ac hed toprotect theengine from overrev ving.
% Ifyo uha ve act ivat ed man ualgearshif ting
wit hth ebutt oninthecent ercon sole, the
tr ans missi on does notre act tothekic k‐
do wn. Dr
iving anddriving safetysy stems Fu
nction ofESP ®
(Electr onicStabil ityPro‐
gr am) &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
mal functi oning
If ESP ®
is mal functi oning,ESP ®
canno tcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation.Inaddit ion,ot her
dr iving safetysy stems areswitc hedoff. #
Drive on car efull y. #
Have ESP ®
ch eckedat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. Yo
ucan selectbetween thefo llo wing modes of
ES P®
:
R ESP®
on
R SPO RThandling modeon
R ESP ®
of f Char
acteristics when ESP®
is activ ated
ESP ®
monit orsand improv es driving stabilit yand
tr act ion,par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R When pulling away on wetor slip pe ry road‐
wa y.
R When braking.
R Instro ng side winds when youar edr ivin g
fa ster than 43 mph(7 0km/h).
ESP ®
can stabiliz eth eve hicle byinterve ning in
th efo llo wing ways:
R One ormor ewheels arebr ak ed.
R The engine outputisadap tedaccor dingto
th esituation .
ES P®
is activ ated everytime theengine isstar‐
te d, rega rdless ofwhe ther ESP®
wa sin SPOR T
handling modeorwa sdeactiv ated bef oreth e
engine wasswitc hedoff.
ESP ®
is int erve ning ifth eES P®
00E5 warning
lam pflashes intheins trument cluster:
R Donotde acti vate ESP ®
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Driving and parking

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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 y,ESP ®
is no tav 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
ET S/4ET S(Electr onicTractio nSy stem)
ET S/ 4ETS tracti oncontr olispa rtof ESP ®
.
ET S/4 ETScan improv eth eve 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 withtraction . Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gES P®
(E lectr onicSta‐
bil ity Prog ram) #
Toactiv ateSPORT handlingmode: brief ly
pr ess butt on1.
The . SPORThandling modewarning
lam pin theins trument clusterlig hts up. The
SPORT handlingmode messa geappear sin
th emultifunc tiondispla y. #
Todeac tivateSPO RThandl ingmode :
br iefly pr ess button1.
The . SPORTha ndl ing mod ewa rning
lam pin theins trument clustergoes out. #
Todeac tivateES P®
:pr ess and holdbu tton
1 unti lth e00BB warning lam plight sup.
The 00E5 OFFmes sageappear sin themulti‐
func tion displa y. #
Toactiv ateESP ®
:br ief lypress butt on1.
The 00BB warning lam pin theins trument
clus tergoes 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
RA CE STAR Tena bles optima lve hicle acceler a‐
tion from ast ands till.Fo rth is, asuit ablyhigh-
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 ). 18
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 Ifyo usele ctthePerform ancemenu, the
upshi ftbar will appear onthemultifunc 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,ifne ces sary.
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 e. SPORThandling modeindica‐
to rand warning lam p(/ page43).
R Youcan selectthefo llo wing displa ycon tent
in Mercede s-AMG vehicles withaWi de‐
scr een Cockpit:
- Tach ome ter(cla ssic display se tting)
- Tach ome terand gear displa y(clas sicdis‐
pla yse tting ) -
Date(pr ogr essi vedispla yse tting)
- Dateand gear displa y
- Warm-up
- Engi nedata
- G-me ter
- 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. Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 25

Disp
laymes sages Dr
ivin gsy stems Displa
ymess ages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
RACE START NotPossible
See Operator' sManual *P
ossible causes:
R The activ ation condit ionshave notbe en fulfilled (/page19 ).
RACE STARTCanceled *P
ossible causes:
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. 42
Displa ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps

Wa
rning and indicat orlam ps Dr
iving safetysy stems Wa
rning/indicat orlam p
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
. SPOR Thandling mode
wa rning lam p SPO
RThandling modeisactiv ated while theengine isrunning .
* Whe nSPOR Tha ndl ing mod eis acti vated, ES P®
will stabiliz eth eve hicle onlyto alimit edextent. &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding dueto inc orrect applica tion ofSPOR Tha ndli ngmod e
Whe nyo uact ivat eSP OR Than dlingmod e,ther eis an incr eased risk ofskidding andhaving anaccident. #
Onlyactiv ateSPOR Thandling modeinthecir cums tances descr ibed asfollo ws . #
Obser vetheno teson activ ating SPOR Thandling mode(/page16 ).
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 43

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®
(/ page16 ). Dr
ivin gsy stems 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. 44
Display messa gesand warning/ indic ator lam ps

To
rque (on-b oard comp uter,Pe rfor m‐
ance menu )................................................ 26
To uc hCon trol
On-board computer ...... .........................2 5
Tr ac kRa ce
Se tting ........ .................................... .......3 1
Tr unk lid
Opening dimensions .............................. 40 V
Ve hicl e
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Limi tedWa rrant y.....................................9
Qua lified speci alistwo rkshop .................. 8
St artin g(Em otion Start) .........................1 1
Ve hicl edata
Ro ofload ............................................... 41
Tu rning radius ........................................ 40
Ve hicle height ........................................4 0
Ve hicle length........................................4 0
Ve hicle width................................. ........ 40
Wheelbase ....................................... ...... 40
Ve hicl edimens ions...... ............................. 40 Ve
hicl eto ol kit ...........................................3 6
TIREFIT kit............................................. 36 W
Wa rm-up (on-bo ardco mp uter,Pe r‐
fo rm ance menu) ........................................ 26
Wa rning/indicat orlam p
00BB ESP®
OFF warning lam p...............4 3
. SPORTha ndl ing mod ewa rning
lam p................................................ ...... 43
ä Suspen sionwarning lam p............ 44
Wa rranty ...................................................... 9
Whee lch ang e
Mou nting ane wwhe el....... .................... 37
Wheel s
Ins talling ................................................ 37
Re mo ving ........................................ .......37
Wo rkshop
see Qualif iedspecialis two rkshop Inde
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