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the vehicle is only lowered when the doors are

closed. Lowering is interrupted if a door is

opened, and it continues once the door has

been closed.
Basic settings (excluding AMG vehicles)
The extent to which the vehicle is raised or

lowered depends on the basic setting selec-

ted. Select raised level for off-road driving or

highway/high-speed level for normal roads.
The individual vehicle levels differ from high-

way level as follows:

R

highway level: +/–0 in (+/–0 mm)

R

high-speed level: –0.6 in (–15 mm)

R

raised level: +2.3 in (+60 mm)

Basic settings for AMG vehicles
The extent to which the vehicle is raised or

lowered depends on the AMG adaptive sport

suspension setting selected. Select the

raised level for off-road driving or highway/

high-speed level for normal roads.
The raised level corresponds to a vehicle level

raised by 50 mm when compared with high-

way level in comfort mode.
Raised level

Only select raised level if this is appropriate

for the road conditions. Otherwise, fuel con-

sumption may increase and handling may be

affected.

X

Start the engine.

If indicator lamp ; is not lit:

X

Press button :.

Indicator lamp ; flashes. The vehicle rises

to raised level.

During the adjustment, the

Vehicle Rising

Vehicle Rising

message, for example, appears in the multi-

function display.
If you press the % or a button on the

multifunction steering wheel, the message

will disappear.
Once the vehicle has reached raised level,

indicator lamp ; remains lit. The

Vehicle

Vehicle

Rising

Rising

message disappears from the multi-

function display.
If you try to select raised level at a speed

above 40 mph (64 km/h), the

Drive More

Drive More

Slowly

Slowly

message appears in the multifunction

display.
Highway/high-speed level

!

Make sure that there is enough ground

clearance when the vehicle is being low-

ered. It could otherwise hit the ground,

damaging the underbody.

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