engine MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS SEDAN & MAYBACH 2019 AMG Owner's Manual

Dr
ivin g Br
eak ing- inno tes To
preser vetheengine during thefirs t
10 00 mile s(1 500 km):
R drive at varying road spee dsand engine
spee ds.
R donotdr ive fa ster than 87 mph(1 40 km/h).
R onlybr ief lyallo wtheengine toreac hamax i‐
mum enginespee dof 45 00 rpm (450 0rp m).
R drive th eve hicle indrive pr ogr am A.
R chang ege ar bef oreth eta ch ome terneedl eis
00C3 ofthewa yto there dar ea oftheta ch ome‐
te r.
R donotshif tdo wn age ar man uallyin order to
br ak e.
R avoid overstrai ning theve hicle, e.g.driving at
full thro ttle .
R donotde pres sth eacceler ator pedal past
th epr essur epoint (kickdo wn).
R onlyincr ease theengine speedgradually and
acceler ateth eve hicle tofull spee daf te r
10 00 mile s(1 500 km). This
also app lieswhe nth eengine orpar tsof the
dr ivet ra in have been replaced.
Please alsoobser vethefo llo wing breakin g-in
no tes:
R incer tain drivin gand drivin gsaf etysy stems,
th esensor sadjus taut omaticall ywhile acer‐
ta in dis tance isbe ing driven afte rth eve hicle
has been delivered orafte rre pair s.Fu llsy s‐
te m effectiv enes sis no tre ac hed untilth e
end ofthis teac h-in proce ss.
R brak epads, brak edisc sand tires that are
eit her newor have been replaced onlyac h‐
ie ve optimum braking effect and grip afte r
se veralhundr edkilom eter sof driving. Com‐
pensat efo rth ere duced braking effect by
appl ying great erforc eto thebr ak epedal. Oper
ation oftheECO star t/s topfunc tion The
engineisau tomatical lyswitc hedoffif th e
fo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R youbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands tillin trans ‐
miss ionposit ion005Bor005C. R
ifall vehicle conditions foran automatic
engine stop areme t.
The 00D6 symbol appearsin themultifunc tion
displa ywhen theve hicle isstatio nary.
The engine isrestar tedaut omatic allyif:
R youre lease thebr ak epedal intransmission
position 005Bwhen theHOLD function isno t
activ e.
R youshif tfr om transm issionposi tion005D.
R youen gage trans missi on positio n005B or005E.
R youdepr esstheaccelera torpeda l.
R youper man ently act ivat eman ualgearshif t‐
ing .
R youpull thelef t-hand steer ing wheel paddle
shif ter.
R youch ang eth eve hicle leve l.
R anaut omat icengin est ar tis nec essar y.
If th eengine wasswitc hedoffby theEC Ostar t/
st op funct ionand youlea vetheve hicle, awa rn‐
ing tone sou nds. TheVehicleOpe rationa lSwi tch
the IgnitionOff Befo reExiti ngdispl aymessa ge
also appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.Ifyo u Dr
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R
A (Comf ort): com fortable andeconomi‐
cal drivin gst yle
R C (Spor t):spor tydrivin gst yle
R B (Spor tPlus): particular lyspor tydrivin g
st yle
R Mer cede s-AMG S65 Coupe :N
(CU RVE): com fortable drivin gwit hcur ve
inc linat ionfunc tion
R Mer cedes- AMGS63 4MA TIC+: I
(RA CE): drivin glik eon ara ce trac k
% Drive pr ogr am I mayno tbe used on nor‐
mal roads. Drive pr og ram I mayonl ybe
activ ated and used ondedi catedrace cir‐
cui ts, noton public roads.
% Mer cedes-AM Grecomme ndsselecting the
dr ive pr og ram A when incity traf fic or
st op-and-go traf fic.
Depe nding onthedr ive pr og ram sele cted, the
fo llo wing vehicle charact eristic swill chang e:
R Drive (en gineman agemen t)
R Trans miss ionman agemen t
R ESP® R
Sus pen sion
R Mer cedes -AMG S63 4MA TIC+ :posi tion of
th eex haus tga sflaps
R Steer ing
R Availabilit yof theEC Ostar t/ stop funct ion
R Driver assis tance systems
R Mer cedes- AMGS63 4MA TIC+: availabilit y
of glide mode
R Mer cedes- AMGS63 4MA TIC+: 4MATIC+
% Youcan also chang eth efo llo wing vehicle
ch aract eristic susin gth ebutt ons inthecen‐
te rconsole:
R Mer cede s-AMG S63 4MA TIC+ :posi tion
of theex haus tga sflaps
R ECOstar t/ stop funct ion
R ESP ®
R Suspension
R Manual gearshif ting Displ
aying dyna micdata Multime
diasystem:
, Vehicle .
e DYNA MICSELECT #
Select Dyn.Data.
Dynamic datais displa yed, e.g. :
R G-force values
R Torque dist ribution
R Boos t
R Cur rent powe routpu t
R Variable all-wheel drive Au
tomatic trans mis sion Man
ualgearshif ting &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding and ofan
acci dent dueto shif ting down onslipper y
ro ad sur faces
If yo ushif tdo wn onslipp eryro ad sur faces to
inc rease theengine braking effect, thedr ive
wheels maylose traction . Dr
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#
Donotshi ftdo wn onslipper yro ad sur‐
fa ces toinc rease theengine braking
ef fect. #
Toactiv ate/ deacti vate:pr ess button 1.
If ind icatorlam p2 islit, manua lge arshif t‐
ing isact ivat ed. The current gear isdispla yed
in themultifunc tiondispla y. %
Toper manen tly shif tth ege arsman uallyin
dr ive pr og ram = using thesteer ing wheel
paddle shifters,select theM (Manual) set‐
ting forth etra nsmiss ion.
* NO
TEDama getotheengine duetoshif t‐
ing uptoolat e The
automatic transmission doesnotshif tup
in manual modeeven when theengine' slim‐
iting speed isreac hed.
The fuel suppl yis int erru pte din order topre‐
ve nt theengine from overrev ving. #
Shif tup bef oreth eengine speedrea‐
ch es there dar ea intheta ch ome ter. #
Toshif tup: pull steer ing wheel paddle
shif ter2. #
Toshif tdo wn: pullsteer ing wheel paddle
shif ter1. If
th eengine speedbecomes toohigh ortoolow,
yo ucan notch ang ege ar usin gth esteer ing wheel
paddle shifters.In this case, segme nts1 light
up red. Gear
shiftre comm endation The
gearshif tre comme ndation assists youin
adop tingan eco nomic aldrivin gst yle. 14
Driving and parking

#
Ifge arshif tre comme ndation mess age1 is
sho wnonthemultifunc tiondispla y,shif tto
th ere comme ndedgear.
% 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 .
% 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. Dur
ing kickdo wn, youcan notch ang ege arsusin g
th esteer ing wheel paddle shifters.The auto‐
matic transmiss ionshiftsup tothene xt gear
when themaximum enginespeedisreac hed to
pr otect theengine from overrev ving. Dr
ivin gand drivin gsaf etysy 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. Dr
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RA
CE START Fu
nction ofRA CE START
RA CE START isonl yav ailab leforthe
Me rcedes‑ AMGS63 and S63 4MA TIC+ mod‐
els.
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(→ pag e11 ).
% 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 ®
(→ pag e15 ). &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding and having
an acci dent from whe elsspi nning
Whe nyo uuse RACE STAR T,indiv idual wheels
could spinandyouco uld lose contro lof the
ve hicle. Depending
ontheES P®
mode selected,ther e
is an incr eased risk ofskidding andhaving an
accident. #
Mak esur eth at no per son sor obs tacles
ar ein theclose vicinit yof your vehicle. Ac
tiv atin gRA CE STAR T
Re quirement s:
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 thesteer ing wheel isin thest ra ight -ahead
posit ion.
R theve hicle ison leve lgr ound.
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 one ofthedr ive pr og rams C, Bor
I issele cted (→ pag e12 ). #
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. 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 Vehicl eswith anIns trument Display
(s tandar d)onl y:Ifyo usele ctthePerform -
ance menu, theupshif tbar appear son the
multifu nctiondisplay.
R Ifyo uswit chon theEC Ostar t/ stop funct ion
and select drive pr ogram A,theengine
electr onics switchfrom 8-cylinder mode to4-
cy lind ermode ,if necessa ry.The multifunc‐
tion displ aysho wsthe/ symbol inthe
st atus area.
R Addition alno te rega rding thewa rning and
indic ator lam ps:theve hicle isalso equipped
wit hth e. SPORThandling modewarning
and indic ator lam p(→ pag e44 ).
R Youcan selectthefo llo wing displa ycon tent
in Mercede s-AMG vehicles withWi descr een
Coc kpit:
- 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 Call
ingupdispla yson thePe rfor ma nce
menu
On -bo ardcom puter:
, Performance #
Toselect adispla y:swipe upwards ordown‐
wa rdson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Dis playson thePerform ancemenu:
R Warm-up
R SETUP
R G-M eter R
RACETIME R
R Engine data Ex
am ple: warm-up
1 Digital spe edome ter
2 Gear displa y
3 Engin eoil temp eratur e
4 Trans miss ionoiltemp eratur e
5 Boos tpr essur e 28
Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

If
th eengine ortransmission areno tat oper at‐
ing temp eratur e,themultifunc tiondispla ysho ws
te mp eratur e3 or4 inblue. Avoid using the
full engine powe routpu tdur ing this tim e. Ex
am ple: SETUP inMer cedes -AMG vehicles
1 Drive sy stem setting (depending onthe
select eddrive pr ogra mA, CorB)
2 Exhaus tsy stem (depending ontheselect ed
dr ive pr og ram A, orC)
3 ESP®
status (On/Offor SPOR Thandling
mode)
4 Trans miss ionposit ion
5 Suspen sion tuning (depe nding on theselec‐
te ddr ive pr og ram A, CorB) Ex
am ple: G-me ter
While theve hicle isin mo tion, theG-me ter
sho wsthefo rc es that areex ertedon theve hicle
occupants both laterally and inthedir ect ion of
tra vel.The maxim umvalues 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.
If yo upr ess and hold thelef t-hand Touc hCon ‐
tr ol, thefunc tion willberese timmediat ely. Ex
am ple: engine data
1 Current powe routpu t
2 Current torq ue Dis
playin gand star ting RACETIMER inthe
Pe rfor ma nce menu
On -bo ardcom puter:
, Performance
% The RACETI MERfun ction isavailable onlyin
ve hicles without AMG TRACKPACE. In
stru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter 29

#
Display thest atis ticsof thene xt lap byswip‐
ing upordown onthelef t-hand Touc hCon ‐
tr ol.
The fastes tlap isindicat edbyflashin gsym‐
bol 1. #
Torese t:stop RACETIMER 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 ctsinf ormat ionfrom
th ena vig ation system and thedr iver assis tance
sy stem abovethecoc kpit intoth edr iver's field
of vision. Mer
cedes- AMGdispla ycont ent 1
Protect ion from reac hin gth eov errevving
ra ng e
2 Current engine speed
3 Current spe ed
4 Current lyselect edgear,ge arshif top tio ns
wit hman ualshif ting
5 Detected instructi ons and traf fic sig ns
Depe nding ontheve hicle's equipment, youcan
sele ctfur ther AMG displa ysinaddition tothe
st andar ddispla ysintheDisplay Contentmenu.
If yo usele ctRA CET IMER,theHead-up Display
sho wsthelap and laptime. When
youre cei veacall, the0061 Incoming Call
- messag eappear son theHead-up Display.
Sy stem limita tions
The visib ilityisinf luenc edbythefo llo wing condi‐
tion s:
R Seat position
R The posit ioningof thedispla yimag e
R Light conditions
R Wetro ads
R Objectson thedispla yco ver
R Polar izat ion insung lasses Ins
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1
Parame ter1 (e.g. speed)
2 Parame ter2 (e.g. steer ing ang le)
3 Speed trend (Par ame ter1)
4 Steer ing ang letrend (Par ame ter2)
5 Time differe nce betwee nlap A and B(only
wh en twolaps aresel ect ed).
% The follo wing values canbesetfo rpar ame‐
te rs 1and 2,forex am ple:
R Spe ed
R Lon gitudin al/lat eral acc eler ation
R Steer ing ang le
R Engine speed R
Engine oil/tir ete mp eratur e
Based ontheanal ysis yo ucan checkand opti‐
mize driving charact eristic sfo ran yposi tion on
th etra ck.
Expor tingtrac ks orraces (USB ) #
Select Alltrack s.
An ove rview of all stor ed trac ks and races
ap pea rs. #
High light desired trac ks orraces. #
Sele ctÜ Options . #
Sele ctExport .
The select edtrac ks orraces can beexpor ted
to aUS Bstor ag ede vice conn ectedtothe
ve hicle.
Editing trac ks and recor dings #
Select Alltrack s. #
Highligh tth edesir edtrac k. #
Select Ü options . #
Select Rename orDele te.
or #
Select atrac k. #
High light thedesir edrecor ding. #
Sele ctÜ options . #
Sele ctWea ther orDele te. Se
tting Drag Race Mult
imed iasystem:
, Vehicle .
TRACK PACE.
Drag Race
Measur ingacceler ation #
Select Acceleration.
Measur ementbegins whentheve hicle accel‐
er ates. Measur ementisincr ement al,insteps
of 30 mph(50 km/h) uptoamax imum of
18 0mp h(300 km/h) orup tothese tmaxi‐
mum speed.
Measur ementcanbestopped earlyby
selecting Stoporby stopping theve hicle.
Quar ter-mil era ce #
Select Quar terMile.
The timemeas uremen tru ns unti la mil eha s
be en trave led orapr ev iousl yse tdis tance
(e .g. 1/4 mile,1/3 mileor 1/2 mile)has
be en reac hed. Mult
imed iasystem 33

Oper
ating fluids Fu
el No
teson fuel grades forve hicl eswith aga s‐
oline engine
Obser vetheno teson oper ating fluids .
* NO
TEDama gecau sed bythewr ong fuel Ev
en small amounts ofthewr ong fuelcould
re sult indamag eto thefuel system, the
engine andtheemission control system. #
Onlyre fuel withlow- sulfur unleade d
fuel.
This fuelmaycont ainupto10%ethanol by
vo lume. Your vehicle issuit able foruse with
E1 0fuel .
Ne verre fuel withone ofthefo llo wing fuels:
R Dies el
R Gasoline withmor eth an 10%ethanol by
vo lume, e.g.E15, E8 5,E100 R
Gasoline withmor eth an 3% methano lby
vo lume, e.g.M15,M30 ,M85 ,M1 00
R Gasoline withadditiv escon tainin gme tal
If yo uha ve acc iden tally re fuel edwithth e
wr ong fuel: #
Donotswit chon theignition . #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Onl
yre fuel using unle adedpr emiu mgrade gaso‐
line withat leas t91 AKI/95 RON.
If th eav ailable fuelisno tsuf ficie ntly low in sul‐
fur ,th is can produce unpleasant odors.
As ate mp orarymeasur e,ifth ere comme nded
fue lis no tav ailable, youma yalso useunle aded
re gular gasoline whichhas atleas tth eoct ane
number specifiedintheins truction labelinthe
fuel filler flap .This mayre duce engineper form ‐
anc eand increase fuel consum ption.
Ne verre fuel using gasoline withalowe rRO N. *
NO
TEPrema ture wearcaus edbyunle a‐
ded regular gasoline Un
leade dre gular gasoline cancause the
engine towe armor equ ickl yand impair lon‐
ge vity and perform anc e.
If unle aded premium grade gasoline is
una vailable andyouha ve torefuel using
unle adedre gular gasoline: #
Onlyfill th efuel tank tohalf fullwith
unleaded regular gasoline andrefill as
soon aspossible withunleaded pre‐
mium grade gasoline. #
Donotdr ive at themaximum speed. #
Avoid sudden accelerationandengine
speeds over3,000 rpm. Fu
rther information onfuel canbefound:
R ataga sst atio n
R ataqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop
R USAonl y:at http :/ /www .mbusa. com 40
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