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

Symbols
........................................................ 3 At
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 ...............................8
Limit edWarrant y............................................ 9 Seat
belts.................................................... 10
Re duced protect ion ...... ................................ 10
Fu nctio nof theseat beltextende r................ 10 Dr
ivin gand parking .................................... 11
Dr iving ............ ............ ........................ .......... 11
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... ........................... 12
Au tomatic transmiss ion................................13
Dr iving and drivi ng safety systems ................1 5 Ins
trum ent Disp layand on-b oard
com puter............ ......................... ...............28
No teson theIns trument Displayand on-
boar dcom puter.............................. .............. 28
Calling updispla yson thePe rfor mance
menu ................................................ ............ 28
Displa yingandstar tin gRA CET IMERin
th ePe rfor mance menu................................. 29
Fu nctio nof theHead-up Display... ................3 1 Multimedia
system .................................... 32
AMG TRACKPACE ........................................ 32 Br
eak down assistance ............................... 37
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sand tires ...... .................................. 38
Ov ervie wof thetir e-c hang eto ol kit .............. 38
Changing awheel ......................................... 38
Ins talling/ remo ving thelongitudin al
member panel..............................................3 9 Te
ch nical data............................................ 40
Oper ating fluids ............................................ 40
Ve hicle data... ............................................... 41 Disp
laymes sagesand warning/indi‐
cat orlam ps................................................ 44
Dis play messa ges... ...................................... 44
Wa rning and indic ator lam ps........................ 44 Inde
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Contents

ESP
®
is int erve ning ifth eES P®
00E5 warning
lam pflashes intheins trument cluster:
R Donotde acti vate ESP ®
.
R Only depress theaccelera torpeda las faras
is necessar y.
R Adaptyo ur drivin gst yle to suit thecur rent
ro ad and weather condition s.
Cha racter istics ofact ivat ed SPOR Tha ndl ing
mod e &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding dueto inc or‐
re ct applica tion ofSPOR Tha ndli ngmod e
Whe nyo uact ivat eSP OR Than dlingmod e,
th er eis an incr eased risk ofskidding and
ha ving anaccident. #
Onlyactiv ateSPOR Thandling modein
th ecir cums tances descr ibed asfollo ws . Sel
ect SPOR Tha ndl ing mod ewh en theve hicle's
ow nov ersteer ing and under steer ing charact eris‐
tic sar edesir ed,forex am ple when drivin gon
spec iallydesig natedroads. On
lyahigh lyqu alif ied and exper ienced driver
should drive in SPOR Thandling modeorwit h
ES P®
deactiv ated.
If SPOR Thandling modeisactiv ated and one or
mor ewheels star tto spin, the00E5 ESP®
wa rn‐
ing lam pin theins trument clusterflashes .ES P®
th en onlyst abiliz estheve hicle toalimit ed
deg ree.
If SPOR Thandling modeisactiv ated:
R ESP®
onl yim prov es driving stabilit yto alimi‐
te ddeg ree.
R ETS/4 ETStra ction control isstill act ive.
R The engin e'storq ue ison lyrestrict ed toa
limit eddegr eeand thedr ive wheels canspin.
The spinn ingofthewheels results inacut‐
ting action forbe tter traction onloose surfa‐
ces.
R ESP ®
continu estoprov ide assis tance when
th ebr ak es arefirm lyapplied . Cha
racter istics when ESP®
is dea ctiv ated &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
dea ctivated
If yo udeac tivateES P®
,ES P®
can notcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation. #
ESP®
shoul don lybe deactiv ated inthe
fo llo wing situat ions. ES
P®
is deact ivat ed ifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn‐
ing lam plight sup con tinuousl yin theins trument
clus ter:
R Driving stabilit ywill nolongerbe improve d.
R Crosswind Assistis no long eractiv e.
R The drive wheels couldspin.
R ETS/4 ETStra ction control isstill act ive.
% Even when ESP®
is deact ivat ed, youar est ill
assis tedby ESP ®
wh en braki ng hard.
In thefo llo wing situat ions,it ma ybe better to
act ivat eSPO RThandling modeordeactiv ate
ESP ®
:
R When usingsnowch ains . 16
Driving and parking

R
Indeep snow.
R Onsand orgra vel.
% Spin ningth ewheels results inacutting
action whichpr ov ides better grip.
% 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 0074 SPORThandling modewarning
lam pin theins trument clusterlig hts up. The
SPORT handlingmode messa geappear son
th emultifunc tiondispla y. #
Todeac tivateSPO RThandl ingmode :
br iefly pr ess button1.
The 0074 SPORTha ndl ing mod ewa rning
lam pin theins trument clustergoes out. #
Todeac tivateES P®
:pr ess button 1 unti l
th e00BB ESP®
OFF warning lam plight sup in
th eins trument cluster.The 00E5 OFFmes‐
sag eappear son themultifunc tiondispla y. #
Toactiv ateESP ®
:br ief lypress butt on1.
The 00BB ESP®
OFF warning lam pin the
ins trumen tclus tergoes out.The00E5 OFF
messa geappear son themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y.
Obser vetheinf ormation onwarning lam psand
displa ymess ages whic hma ybe sho wninthe
ins trumen tclus ter. Dr
iving and parking 17

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

Disp
laymes sages Dr
ivin gsy stems Displa
ymess ages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
RACE START Canceled *P
ossible causesare:
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.
RACE STARTNot Poss ible
See Oper ator'sMan ual *P
ossible causesare:
R The condit ionsforactiv ation areno tme t(→ pag e18 ). Wa
rning and indicat orlam ps Saf
etysy stems Wa
rning/indicat orlam p
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
. SPOR
Thandling modeisactiv ated while theengine isrunning .
Whe nSPOR Tha ndl ing mod eis acti vated, ES P®
onl yst abiliz estheve hicle toalimit edextent. 44
Display messa gesand warning/ indic ator lam ps

Wa
rning/indicat orlam p
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
SPOR Thandling mode
wa rning lam p &
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(→pag e15 ). Displa
ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps 45

Tr
unk lid
Opening dimensions .............................. 41 V
Ve hicl e
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Limi tedWa rrant y.....................................9
Qua lified speci alistwo rkshop .................. 8
Ve hicl edata
Ro ofload ............................................... 42
Tu rning radius ........................................ 41
Ve hicle height ................................. .......4 1
Ve hicle length........................................4 1
Ve hicle width......................................... 41
Wheelbase ............... ........................ ...... 41
Ve hicl edimens ions...... ............................. 41
Ve hicl eto ol kit ...........................................3 7
TIREFIT kit............................................. 37 W
Wa rm-up (on-bo ardco mp uter,Pe r‐
fo rm ance menu) ........................................ 28 Wa
rning/indicat orlam p
.SPO RThandling modewarning
lam p................................................ ...... 44
Wa rranty ...................................................... 9
Whee lch ang e
Mou nting ane wwhe el....... .............. ..... 38
Re mo ving awhee l..... ......................... ... 38
Wheel s
Ins talling ................................................ 38
Re mo ving ..............................................3 8
Wo rkshop
see Qualif iedspecialis two rkshop 50
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