i
These height adjustments are so small
that you may not notice any change.
Adjusting vehicle level manually
G
Warning!
To help avoid personal injury, keep hands and
feet away from wheel housing area, and stay
away from under the vehicle when lowering
the vehicle chassis.
Select the normal level for driving on normal
roads. Select the raised level for driving on
rough roads or with snow chains. Select the
raised level only when required by current
driving conditions. Otherwise, the handling
may be impaired and the fuel consumption
may increase.
The selected vehicle level setting remains
stored in memory even if the SmartKey is
removed from the starter switch.
Selecting raised level
X
Start the engine.
When indicator lamp
;
is off:
X
Briefly press vehicle level control
switch
:
.
Indicator lamp
;
comes on. The vehicle
adjusts from normal level to raised level.
The message:
Vehicle Rising
appears in
the multifunction display when adjusting
from normal level to raised level. The
message disappears when the vehicle is
raised. Indicator lamp
;
is then lit.
When the vehicle is in raised level, pressing
vehicle level control switch
:
will return
the vehicle to normal level.
The vehicle is lowered to the normal level
automatically when
R
the vehicle speed is above 75 mph
(120 km/h)
R
the vehicle speed stays between 50 mph
(80 km/h) and 75 mph (120 km/h) for
approximately 3 minutes.
Indicator lamp
;
in
vehicle level control switch
:
goes out.
If you do not drive in this speed range, the
selected vehicle level setting remains stored
in memory even if the SmartKey is removed
from the starter switch.
Selecting normal level
X
Start the engine.
When indicator lamp
;
is on:
X
Briefly press vehicle level control
switch
:
.
Indicator lamp
;
goes out. The vehicle
adjusts from raised level to normal level.
AMG adaptive sport suspension
system (E 63 AMG)
Rear-axle level control
The rear-axle level control adjusts the vehicle
level for the rear axle. The rear-axle level
control is beneficial because it keeps the
vehicle level at the rear axle constant,
independent of the load. Your vehicle adjusts
its ride height automatically to increase
vehicle safety and to reduce fuel
consumption.
Damping system
The damping system is controlled
electronically and operates continuously. It
adjusts the damping characteristics to the
current operating and driving conditions. The
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