Just got AMG C 63S 2020 and it's slow.
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Just got AMG C 63S 2020 and it's slow.
Hi everyone, i hope I'm posting in the right section.
I just bought brand new C AMG 63S 2020 it’s a great car, but! Earlier I was driving C AMG 63 2020 for a month and that car felt so much more responsive and faster. On a new one i tried to do acceleration to 0 to 60 test today via Track Race - Drag Mode and it accelerated in 5:20 second.
Im thinking maybe I should take it to Mercedes Service and check with them? I tried Sport + and Racing mods, same thing. At times it take 1-2 seconds for a car to start accelerating.
any tips?
I just bought brand new C AMG 63S 2020 it’s a great car, but! Earlier I was driving C AMG 63 2020 for a month and that car felt so much more responsive and faster. On a new one i tried to do acceleration to 0 to 60 test today via Track Race - Drag Mode and it accelerated in 5:20 second.
Im thinking maybe I should take it to Mercedes Service and check with them? I tried Sport + and Racing mods, same thing. At times it take 1-2 seconds for a car to start accelerating.
any tips?
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I moved your post to this forum for the C63S. Good luck with your questions.
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Welcome to MBworld!
I moved your post to this forum for the C63S. Good luck with your questions.
Bob
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You need to brake it in first. Race Start is not available for the first 1000 miles for example. It will wake up once it's broken in and continuous to get better for the first few thousand miles. Don't go above 4000 rpm or WOT for the first 1000 miles, and Comfort mode only. These engines do not come broken in from the factory. They are only cold tested.
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i have been driving in C mode for the first 700+ miles. i’ve taken it out of C and gone to sport plus but only VERY briefly and not over 4500 RPM. yesterday, i went on a little drive around my area. i’m at the 800 mile mark and decided to take it out of C and play around a bit in race mode and sports plus. i didn’t abuse the car or redline but it was the first time i went to 5k RPM. i wasn’t babying it. the car is far from slow. be patient. as the miles add on, your car will open up, and will start to adapt to being driven the way it’s supposed to be driven. that’s my 2 cents at least...
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also, probably wouldn’t be a great idea to take it to mercedes and let them know you have not been following break in procedure at all. i’m sure that’ll be noted and if (knock on wood) anything goes wrong, i wouldn’t want to be in your shoes.
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Launch Control would not work, nor should you try it until the car is beyond the 1000 break in period. I wouldn’t tell the dealer at all.
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Oh shoot, I didn’t know that and neither dealership told me about it. Thanks guys. But it still doesn’t explain why it’s slower than my previous AMG C63 that car was brand nee as well, unless they have higher limitations on S model? I guess I’ll need to wait until I hit 1000 miles on it.
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Hi everyone, i hope I'm posting in the right section.
I just bought brand new C AMG 63S 2020 it’s a great car, but! Earlier I was driving C AMG 63 2020 for a month and that car felt so much more responsive and faster. On a new one i tried to do acceleration to 0 to 60 test today via Track Race - Drag Mode and it accelerated in 5:20 second.
Im thinking maybe I should take it to Mercedes Service and check with them? I tried Sport + and Racing mods, same thing. At times it take 1-2 seconds for a car to start accelerating.
any tips?
I just bought brand new C AMG 63S 2020 it’s a great car, but! Earlier I was driving C AMG 63 2020 for a month and that car felt so much more responsive and faster. On a new one i tried to do acceleration to 0 to 60 test today via Track Race - Drag Mode and it accelerated in 5:20 second.
Im thinking maybe I should take it to Mercedes Service and check with them? I tried Sport + and Racing mods, same thing. At times it take 1-2 seconds for a car to start accelerating.
any tips?
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You didn't mention how many miles you have on it. You need to get past the 1k mile mark. Drive hard/aggressive after that and the ECU will adapt to your style and you'll love it. I learned this when the AMG Shop Foreman said you drive this car fast/hard. I asked how he knew and he told me about how the ECU adapts to your style. Keep those RPMs up when you get there.
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Thanks, everyone for the info. Still puzzled by why my previous one - non S model was more responsive and faster? Non S model was brand new as well and was below 500 miles mark, but it was so much more responsive, is the S model have higher limitations maybe if it's still under 1K miles. Just can't sleep well at night because of it you know. Definitely driving on C mode now. Got only 400+ miles.
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Thanks, everyone for the info. Still puzzled by why my previous one - non S model was more responsive and faster? Non S model was brand new as well and was below 500 miles mark, but it was so much more responsive, is the S model have higher limitations maybe if it's still under 1K miles. Just can't sleep well at night because of it you know. Definitely driving on C mode now. Got only 400+ miles.
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At times I also feel my car is slower than it should be, but now that I have owned it for a few months, I believe what you are experiencing is the new traction control system. The S has a completely different traction control system. It's adjustable in 9-stages and it's the same system as in the AMG GT R. It works different from the more traditional traction controls system in the non-S. It doesn't retroactively scramble to gain traction by cutting engine power and using the brakes, instead it's proactive and regulates the engine torque to maintain the right amount of traction/slip, meaning if the rear wheels don't have enough traction it simple reduces engine output to avoid wheel slip, so the car may feel slow because there isn't enough traction to put the full power down. With ESP off you can manually select one of 9 levels using the rotary control on the steering wheel. With ESP on or in sport handling mode, the system chooses the level automatically. I've observed that with ESP on it pretty much doesn't allow any wheel slip and reduces the engine torque accordingly. If I want to drive the car hard, I put it in ESP sport handling mode, and it's very different then. It allows just enough wheel spin to get off the ground with maximum traction. The S has more torque and power and especially with brand new tires they'll loose grip much easier than the non S with less torque. I actually really like this new traction control system, although I wish I could configure the Individual mode to automatically activate sport handling mode. They got rid of that in the FL in favor of the new AMG DYNAMICS setting, which influences ESP and TC depending on what level you have it set to, but you can still get the car to act even more aggressive by setting ESP to sport handling mode or off in addition to the highest AMG DYNAMICS level. The thing is the S has so many ways to adjust it, that you need to spend some time with it once it's broken in and find your preferred modes.
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Also, here's an explanation of the AMG DYNAMICS system. It's new for the FL C63 and AMG GT's. This is not really explained in the owner's manual.
https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaS...l?oid=42956027
https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaS...l?oid=42956027
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I would suggest you thoroughly read the owner's manual. It's all in there. But you control ESP using the dedicated button in the center console or you can put the function on one of the two programmable soft touch buttons on the steering wheel. A short single press activates sport handling mode, and if you press and hold it for a couple of seconds it turns ESP off completely. Once it's off completely you'll notice the display of the drive mode selector on the steering changes and now you can change the TC level by turning the knob left and right. All the way to the left is completely off and all the way to the right is completely on. If I remember correctly it sets itself to level 5 initially.