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

1
Steer ing wheel paddle shifter →
13
2 Comb inationswit ch
3 DIRECT SELEC Tleve r
4 PASSENGER AIRBAGindic ator lam ps
5 Disp lay (mult imedia system)
6 Start/ stop butt on
7 Climat econt rolsy stems
8 Glovebox
9 Stow agecom partment
A Cup holde r
B Hazardwa rning light s
C ActivePa rking Assist
D AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsystem with
air suspension (Mercedes‑ AMGS63 4MA TIC+
and S65 Con vertible only) →
19
Hyd ropneumat icsuspension (Mercedes‑ AMG
S 65 Coupe only) →
22 E
AMG Perfor mance exhaus tsy stem
(Mer cedes‑ AMGS63 4MA TIC+ only) →
12
F Control elem ents forth emultimedia system
G Activates /de activatesESP ®
→
15
H Manual gearshif ting(per man entsetting ) →
13
I DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h
J ECOstar t/ stop funct ion
K Contr olpanel forth emultimedia system
L Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel
M Contr olpanel for:
On-boar dcom puter
Oper ates cruise control
Oper ates ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
N Unloc ksthehood
O Elect ric pa rking brak e
P Light switch
Q Cont rolpanel for: At
aglanc e– Coc kpit 5

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
iving andparking 13

#
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 vatedwhen theve hicle rea‐
ch es aspeed ofappr oximat ely31 mp h
(50 km/ h).
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
Gadap tivespo rtsuspension system (air
susp ension) Fu
nction ofAMG adaptive spor tsusp ension
sy stem
AMG adaptiv espor tsusp ension system is
onl yav ailab leforthe Me
rcedes‑ AMGS63 4MA TIC+ Coup eand
Mer cedes‑ AMGS65 Cabr ioletmod els.
AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsystem isan air
suspension system withva riable dampingfo r
im prov ed driving charact eristic s.The all-round
le ve lcon trol system ensur esthebes tpossible
suspension 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 istun edindiv iduall yfo reac hwhee l
and isaffect ed bythefo llo wing fact or s:
R thedr iving style, e.g. spor ty
R thero ad con dition ,e.g .bum ps
R theindividual selectionofthedr ive pr og ram:
A (Comfort), C (Sport)or B (Sport
+) AMG
adaptive spor tsuspen sionsystem com pri‐
ses:
R airsuspension forgr ound clearance irre spec‐
tiv eof load.
R automatic leve lcon trol system.
R speed-depen dentlowe 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 siontuning butt on Dr
ivin gand parking 19

AMG
adaptiv espo rtsuspension system,
selectin gth esusp ension setting #
Toselect theComf ortsusp ension set‐
ting :pr ess butt on1 repeat edly until indica‐
to rlam ps2 and 3goout.
The AMG Suspe nsionSystem COMFOR T
messa geappear sin themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y. In
"Co mfort" mode, thedr iving charact eris‐
tic sof your vehicle arecomf ortable. #
Toselect theSpor tsusp ension setting:
pr ess butt on1 repeat edly until indicat or
lam p3 lights up.
The AMG Suspens ionSystem SPORTmes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
"Spo rt"dr ivin gmod een sur esafirm ersus‐
pension tuning. #
Toselect theSpor tPlus suspension set‐
ting :pr ess butt on1 repeat edly until indica‐
to rlam ps2 and 3light up.
The AMG Suspe nsionSystem SPORT+mes‐
sag eapp earsin themultifunc tiondispla y.
"Spo rtPlus" driving mode ensuresave ry
fi rm suspension tuning.
Se tting theve hicl eleve l &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent because
ve hicle leve lis toohigh
If yo udr ive at ahigh ervehicle leve l,th edr iv‐
ing charact eristic sma ybe impair eddue to
th ehigher vehicle centerofgrav ity . The
vehicle candrift outw ards, forex am ple,
when steer ing orcor ner ing. #
Alw aysch oose ave hicle leve lwhic his
suit edtothedr 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 evicin ityof
th ewheel arch es when youlowe rth e
ve hicle. &
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment from vehi‐
cle 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 Dr
iving and parking 21

ri
ses slightly andthen retur ns tothese tle ve l
shor tly af te rw ards.
Yo uor anyone else inthevicinit yof the
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 thevicinit yof the
wheel arch es ortheunderbody . Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen star ted.
R The vehicle mustno tbe mo ving faster than
50 mph(8 0km/h). Ra
ising theve hicl e #
Press butt on1.
The vehicle issetto thehigh leve l.
Yo ur sele ction issave d.
The vehicle islowe redag ain inthefo llo wing sit‐
uation s:
R When drivin gfa ster than 75 mph
(1 20 km/ h). R
When driving between 50mph(80 km/h)
and 75mph(120 km/h) forapp roxima tely
th re eminut es.
R Aftersele cting adr ive pr ogr am using the
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h.
The vehicle isadjus tedto theheight ofthelas t
activ edr ive pr og ram.
Lo we ring theve hicl e #
Press butt on1.
The vehicle isadjus tedto theheight ofthe
las tact ive dr ive pr og ram. The
AMG adaptivespor tsuspens ionsystem
(electr ohydr aulicsusp ension) Fu
nction ofAMG adaptive spor tsusp ension
sy stem
AMG adaptiv espor tsusp ension system is
onl yav ailab leforthe
Me rcedes‑ AMGS65 Coup e.
AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsystem isan
electr ohydr aulic suspension withva riable damp‐
ing forim prove ddr iving comfort.The all-round 22
Driving andparking

le
ve lcon trol system ensur esthebes tpossible
suspension 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. The
suspen siontuning isadjus teddependin gon the
ro ad sur face, vehicle loadandthedr ive pr ogr am
select ed.The ROAD SUR FACE SCAN function
de tects area sof une venness inthero ad bef ore
yo udr ive ove rth em bymeans ofamultifu nction
camer a.This reduces chassis movements. The
op tion ofmanua llyadju sting theve hicle leve lis
also available. The
dam pingis tun edindividual lyforeac hwhee l
and isaffect ed bythefo 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 thedr ive pr ogr am:
A (Comf ort), C (Sport),B (Sport+)
or N (CURVE)
AMG adaptivespor tsuspension system com pri‐
ses:
R ActiveBod yCo ntr olABC
R ROAD SUR FACE SCAN R
Cur veinc linat ionfunc tion CURVE
R Automatic leve lcon trol system
R Automatic vehicle stabiliz ationin theeve ntof
si de winds
R Spe ed-de pende ntlowe ring toreduce fuel
con sum ption
R Manuall yselec table high-le velse tting for
gr ea tergr ound clearance
R DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc hand leve lbutt on
R Suspen siontuning butt on Dr
ivin gand parking 23

#
Toselect theComf ortsusp ension set‐
ting :pr ess butt on1 repeat edly until indica‐
to rlam ps2 and 3goout.
The AMG Suspe nsionSystem COMFOR T
messa geappear sin themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y.
In "Co mfort" mode, thedr iving charact eris‐
tic sof your vehicle arecomf ortable. #
Toselect theSpor tsusp ension setting:
pr ess butt on1 repeat edly until indicat or
lam p3 lights up.
The AMG Suspens ionSystem SPORTmes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
"Spo rt"dr ivin gmod een sur esafirm ersus‐
pension tuning. #
Toselect theSpor tPlus suspension set‐
ting :pr ess butt on1 repeat edly until indica‐
to rlam ps2 and 3light up.
The AMG Suspe nsionSystem SPORT+mes‐
sag eapp earsin themultifunc tiondispla y.
"Spo rtPlus" driving mode ensuresave ry
fi rm suspension tuning. Selec
tingCurvemode
In "Curve "mod e,thedr iving charact eristic sof
yo ur vehicle aremor ecomf ortable and thecur ve
inc linat ionfunc tion isact ivat ed. Selec tth is
mode ifyo upr efer amor eco mf ortable drivin g
st yle. #
Press butt on1 repeat edly until indicat or
lam ps2 and 3light up.
The AMG Suspens ionSystem CURVEmes‐
sag eappear son themultifunc tiondispla y.
Se tting theve hicl eleve l &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent because
ve hicle leve lis toohigh
If yo udr ive at ahigh ervehicle leve l,th edr iv‐
ing charact eristic sma ybe impair eddue to
th ehigher vehicle centerofgrav ity .
The vehicle candrift outw ards, forex am ple,
when steer ing orcor ner ing. #
Alw aysch oose ave hicle leve lwhic his
suit edtothedr 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 evicin ityof
th ewheel arch es when youlowe rth e
ve hicle. &
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment from vehi‐
cle 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. 26
Driving andparking

Ta
nk cont entand fuel reser ve
The totalcapac ityofthefuel tank mayva ry,
dependin gon theve hicle equipment. Coupe/co
nvertibl eT otal capac ity
All mode ls 21.1ga l(80. 0liter s) Of
whic hre ser ve
All mod els3 .2gal(1 2. 0liter s) Qua
lityand capa cityofengine oil MB
-Fre igabe orMB- Appr oval Co
upe/c onvertible MB-Freig abe orMB -
App rova l
Mer cedes- AMGS65 229.5
Mer cedes- AMGS63
4MA TIC+ 229.
5,229. 51 Onl
yuse SAE0W -40 orSA E5W -40 engineoils.
The follo wing values referto an oilchang e,
inc ludin gth eoil filt er . Capa
city Coupe/con
vertible Capacity
Mer cedes- AMGS65 11.1 US qt
(1 0.5 liter s)
Mer cedes- AMGS63
4MA TIC+ 9.5
USqt(9.0 liter s) Cool
antcapacity Coupe
/con vertible Capacity
Mer cedes- AMGS65 16.1US qt(15.2 l)
Mer cedes- AMGS63
4MA TIC+ 14
.4 US qt(13.6 l) Re
frig er ant filling capacityandPAGoil Coupe
/convertibl eR efriger ant
All model s2 3.3±0.4 oz
(660 ±10 g) Coupe/con
vertible PAGoil
All model s3 .9±0.4 oz
(1 10 ±10 g) Ve
hicl edata Ve
hicl edimens ions The
heightsspeci fied mayva ry as are sult ofthe:
R Tire s
R Load
R Conditio nof thesuspension
R Option aleq uipment Te
ch nica lda ta 41

A
Ac celer ation
see Kickdo wn
AMG Men u(on -boardcom puter) .................... 28
AMG adaptiv espor tsus pens ionsys‐
te m ........... .............................................21,25
Sel ecting Curvemode ........................... 26
Select ingthesuspension setting ..... 21,25
Se tting ............................................ .2 1,26
Sus pens ion <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 19
AMG adaptiv espo rtsuspension sys‐
te m (M erce des ‑AMG S65 )
Sus pensi on ........... ................................. 22
AM Gce ramic high-pe rfor ma nce com‐
posit ebr ak esy stem .................................. 12
AMG high-per form ance brak esy stem .....1 2
AMG Perfor ma nce adjust able exhaus t
sy stem ........................................................ 12
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 12
Oper ating ............ ................................... 12
AMG TRAC KPA CE
Conf iguring ............ ................................ 35 Drag
Race <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011>33
Ge ner alinf ormati on<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> ...32
Te leme try displa y............................ ...... 34
Tr ac kRa ce <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>32
Au thorized Mercedes- BenzCenter
see Qualif iedspec ialistwo rkshop
Au thorized workshop
see Qualif iedspecialis two rkshop
Au tomatic engine star t(E CO star t/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> ..........11
Au tomatic engine sto p(E CO star t/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> ..........11
Au tomatic trans mis sion
Dr ive pr ogr ams............ ........................ ..12
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h......................1 2
Kic kdo wn ...............................................15
Manual gearshif ting...............................1 3
Oil temp eratur e(on- boar dcom puter,
Pe rfor mance menu) ...............................2 8
St eer ing wheel paddle shifters .............. 13 B
Boo stpres sur e(o n-bo ardco mp uter,
Pe rfor ma nce menu ).................................. 28 Br
ak es
AMG ceramic high-perform anc e
com posit ebr ak esy stem ........................ 12
AMG high-p erform anc ebr ak esy stem ....1 2
Ne w/r epla ced brak epad s/brakediscs ..11
No teson breaking-in ane wvehicle .......1 1 C
Cha nging awheel
In stallin g/remo vingth elongitudin al
member panel....................................... 39
Changing gears ....... ................................... 13
Manually ................................................ 13
Choc k.........................................................3 8
St or ag elocation .................................... 38
Choc k
see Choc k
Climat econtr ol
Filling capacity forPA Goil .....................4 1
Re frig er ant filling capac ity.....................4 1
Coc kpit .........................................................4
Ov ervie w .................................................4 46
Index

Comf
ortmod e
see AMGadap tivespor tsuspe nsion system
Coolant (engine)
Filling capacity ....................................... 41 D
Dash board
see Cockpit
Deale rship
see Qualified speci alist wo rkshop
Displa ymessag es
RA CE STAR TCa ncel ed<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> ........44
RA CE STAR TNo tPo ssible SeeOper‐
at or's Manual ........................................4 4
Dr ag Race
Se tting .......... .................................. .......3 3
Dr ive pr og rams
se eDY NA MIC SELE CT
Dr iving safetysy stem
ES P®
(Ele ctro nic Stabilit yPr og ram) .......15
Dr ivin gsy stem
AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsys‐
te m ..... ..... ..............................................1 9 AMG
adaptivespo rtsuspension sys‐
te m (Mer cedes‑AMG S65) .................... 22
Dr ivin gtips
AMG ceramic high-pe rfor mance
com posit ebr ak esy stem .................. ...... 12
AMG high-p erform anc ebr ak esy stem ....1 2
No teson breaking-in ane wvehicle .......1 1
Dyna micda ta
Di spla ying ...................................... ........ 13
DY NA MIC SELECT ......................................12
Dr ive pr ogr ams............. ......................... 12
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011>12 E
E1 0 .............................................................. 40
ECO star t/s topfunc tion<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 11
Au tomatic engine star t.......................... 11
Au tomatic engine stop ........................... 11
Me thod ofoper ation .............................. 11
Engine ECOstar t/ stop funct ion.................. ...... 11
Engine oil
Capacit y.......................................... .......4 1 MB-F
reigabe orMB- Appr oval .................4 1
Qua lity .......... .........................................41
Te mp eratur e(on- boar dcom puter,
Pe rfor mance menu) ...............................2 8
ESP ®
(Electr onicStabil ityProg ram)
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ..............17
Fu nctio n/no tes .....................................1 5
SPOR Tha ndl ing mod e<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 15
St atus displa y(on -boardcom puter,
Pe rfor mance menu) ...............................2 8 F
Fu el
E1 0 ........................................................ 40
Fu elreser ve <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 41
Gasolin e................................................ 40
Qualit y(g asolin e)...................................4 0
sulfur content ........................................4 0
Ta nk cont ent <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011>41 G
G-me ter(o n-b oard comp uter,Pe r‐
fo rm ance menu) ........................................ 28
Gasol ine..................................................... 40 Inde
x 47