2019 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT 4-DOOR COUPE Owner’s Manual

The 2019 Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe is a dynamic mix of eye-catching style, thrilling performance, and comfortable luxury. This coupe is a strong example of how good Mercedes-AMG is at engineering. It changes what it means to be both sporty and useful. The AMG GT 4-Door Coupe stands out with its strong lines, powerful shapes, and AMG Panamericana grille. It gives off an air of high-performance capability. When you step inside, you’ll find a space where luxury and sportiness blend together perfectly, thanks to high-quality materials, cutting-edge technology, and ergonomic design. The performance of the 2019 AMG GT 4-Door Coupe is driven by a range of powerful engines that give it great speed and precise handling. With its four doors, this coupe offers the convenience of room for passengers in the back without giving up the thrill of driving. The AMG GT 4-Door Coupe blurs the lines between a sports car and a luxury sedan. It lets fans experience an amazing mix of exciting performance and refined comfort.

Seat belts

The protection provided by the seat belt

Always fasten your seat belt correctly before starting a journey. A seat belt can only provide the best level of protection if it is worn correctly.

WARNING Risk of injury or death due to incorrectly fastened seat belt If the seat belt is not worn correctly, it can‐not perform its intended protective function. In addition, an incorrectly fastened seat belt can also cause injuries, for example, in the event of an accident or when braking or changing direction suddenly.

• Always ensure that all vehicle occupants have their seat belts fastened correctly and are sitting properly.
• Always observe the instructions about the cor‐rect driver’s seat position and adjusting the seat (→ page 86).

In order for the correctly worn seat belt to pro‐vide the intended level of protection, each vehi‐cle occupant must observe the following infor‐mation:

• The seat belt must not be twisted and must fit tightly and snugly across the body.
• The seat belt must be routed across the center of the shoulder and as low down across the hips as possible.
• The shoulder section of the seat belt should not touch your neck nor be routed under your arm or behind your back.
• Avoid wearing bulky clothing, e.g. a winter coat.
• Push the lap belt down as far as possible across your hips and pull tight with the shoul‐der section of the belt. Never route the lap belt across your abdomen.
• Never route the seat belt across sharp, pointed, abrasive or fragile objects.
• Only one person should use each seat belt at any one time. Never allow babies and chil‐dren to travel sitting on the lap of another vehicle occupant.
• Never secure objects with a seat belt if the seat belt is also being used by one of the vehicle’s occupants. Always observe the instructions for loading the vehicle when securing objects, luggage or loads
  (→ page 98).
  Also ensure that no objects, e.g. a cushion, are ever placed between a person and the seat.

The seat belts on the following seats are equip‐ped with a special seatbelt retractor:

• Front passenger seat
• Rear seats

Activate or deactivate the special seatbelt retractor (→ page 53). If children are traveling in the vehicle, be sure to observe the instructions and safety notes on “Children in the vehicle” (→ page 49).

Reduced seat belt protection
WARNING Risk of injury or death due to incorrect seat position

The seat belt does not offer the intended level of protection if you have not moved the seat backrest to an almost vertical position. When braking or in the event of an accident, you could slide underneath the seat belt and sustain abdominal or neck injuries, for exam‐ple.

• Adjust the seat properly before beginning your journey.
• Always ensure that the seat backrest is in an almost vertical position and that the shoulder section of your seat belt is routed across the center of your shoul‐der.

In order for the correctly worn seat belt to pro‐vide the intended level of protection, each vehi‐cle occupant must observe the following infor‐mation:

• The seat belt must not be twisted and must fit tightly and snugly across the body.
• The seat belt must be routed across the center of the shoulder and as low down across the hips as possible.

WARNING Risk of injury or death when additional restraint systems are not used for persons with a smaller build

Persons under 5 ft (1.50 m) tall cannot wear the seat belt correctly without a suitable additional restraint system. If the seat belt is not worn correctly, it can‐not perform its intended protective function. In addition, an incorrectly fastened seat belt can also cause injuries, for example, in the event of an accident or when braking or changing direction suddenly.

• Always secure persons under 5 ft (1.50 m) tall in a suitable restraint sys‐tem.

WARNING Danger of injury or death due to blocked seat belt anchorages

The restraint effect of the seat belt is impaired if objects between the front seat and the door are blocking the movable seat belt anchorage on the front seat. The seat belt may not then provide the proper protection.

• Before starting a journey, make sure that there are no objects between the front seat and the door.

WARNING Risk of injury or death due to damaged or modified seat belts

Seat belts cannot provide protection in the following situations:

• If the seat belts are damaged, modified, extremely dirty, bleached or dyed
  If the seat belt buckle is damaged or extremely dirty
• If the Emergency Tensioning Devices, seat belt anchorages or seat belt retrac‐tors have been modified

Seat belts may be damaged in an accident, although the damage may not be visible, e.g. due to splinters of glass. Modified or damaged seat belts may tear or fail, e.g. in an accident.

Modified Emergency Tensioning Devices can accidentally trigger or fail to function as intended.

• Never modify the seat belts, Emergency Tensioning Devices, seat belt ancho‐rages or seat belt retractors.
• Make sure that the seat belts are undamaged, not worn and clean.
• Always have the seat belts checked immediately after an accident at a qualified specialist workshop.

Only use seat belts which have been approved for your vehicle by Mercedes-Benz. The AMG sport seat and the AMG Performance seat are designed for the standard three-point seat belt. If you install a different multipoint seat belt, e.g. sport or racing seat belts, the restraint system cannot provide the intended level of pro‐tection. Depending on the type of seat, there may be openings in the seat backrest. These openings have no function.

WARNING Risk of injury or fatal injury due to modified seat belt systems

If you feed seat belts through the opening in the seat backrest, the seat backrest may be damaged or may even break in the event of an accident.

• Only use the standard three-point seat belt.
• Never modify the seat belt system.

WARNING Risk of injury or death from deployed pyrotechnic Emergency Ten‐sioning Devices

• Pyrotechnic Emergency Tensioning Devices that have been deployed are no longer opera‐tional and are unable to perform their inten‐ded protective function. Emergency Tensioning Devices immedi‐ately replaced at a qualified specialist workshop.
• Therefore, have deployed pyrotechnic

Mercedes-Benz recommends that you have the vehicle towed to a qualified specialist workshop after an accident.

NOTE Damage caused by trapping the seat belt

• If an unused seat belt is not fully retracted, it may become trapped in the door or in the seat mechanism.
• Always ensure that an unused seat belt is fully retracted.

Fastening and adjusting the seat belts
If the seat belt is pulled quickly or sharply, the seat belt retractor locks. The seat belt strap can‐not be pulled out any further.

• • Always engage seat belt tongue 2 of the seat belt into seat belt buckle 1 of the cor‐responding seat.
  • Press and hold the seat belt outlet release and slide seat belt outlet 3 into the desired position.
  • Let go of the seat belt outlet release and ensure that seat belt outlet 3 locks into position.

Vehicles with automatic front passenger front airbag shutoff:
NOTE Deployment of the Emergency Tensioning Device and side air bag when the front passenger seat is unoccupied

If the seat belt tongue is engaged in the seat belt buckle of the unoccupied front passenger seat, the Emergency Tensioning Device and the side air bag may also deploy in the event of an accident along with other systems. Only one person should use each seat belt at any one time.

Vehicles without automatic front passenger front airbag shutoff:

NOTE Deployment of the Emergency Tensioning Device when the front passenger seat is unoccupied If the seat belt tongue is engaged in the seat belt buckle of the unoccupied front passenger seat, the Emergency Tensioning

Device may also deploy in the event of an accident along with other systems.

• Only one person should use each seat belt at any one time.

Seat belt adjustment function

Vehicles with PRE-SAFE®: If the front seat belt is not pulled tight across your body, the seat belt adjustment may automatically apply a certain tightening force. Do not hold the seat belt tightly while it is adjusting.
You can activate and deactivate the seat belt adjustment function using the multimedia sys‐tem (→ page 39).

Releasing seat belts
Press the release button in the seat belt buckle and guide the seat belt back with the seat belt tongue.

FAQ