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Controls in detail
Automatic transmission
Shifting from D, R, or N to P
If you want to select park position P with
the transmission being in drive position D,
reverse gear R or neutral position N:
왘 With the vehicle at a standstill, depress
the brake pedal and keep it pressed.
왘 Step firmly on parking brake pedal
(
컄 page 65).
왘 Press button on gear selector lever in
direction of arrow (
컄 page 197) to
select park position P.
왘 Release the brake pedal.
Shifting from D or R to N
If you want to select neutral position N
with the transmission being in drive
position D or reverse gear R:
왘 With the vehicle at a standstill, depress
the brake pedal and keep it pressed.
왘 Step firmly on parking brake pedal
(
컄 page 65).
왘 Move gear selector lever up to resis-
tance point when in drive position D or
down to resistance point when in re-
verse gear R to select neutral
position N.
왘 Release the brake pedal.
Shifting procedure
The automatic transmission selects indi-
vidual gears automatically, depending on:
앫 drive position D (컄 page 200) with
gear ranges (
컄 page 202)
앫 the selected program mode (C/S)
(
컄 page 204)
앫 the position of the accelerator pedal
(
컄 page 203)
앫 the vehicle speed
The current gear range/transmission
position and program mode (
C
/
S
) appear
in the multifunction display.
1 Current transmission position
!
Shift the automatic transmission
directly from position D to R, from R
to D or directly to P only when the
vehicle is stopped. Otherwise the
automatic transmission could be
damaged.
When trying to free a vehicle stuck in
mud or snow, see “Rocking the vehicle”
(
컄 page 204).
i
When the vehicle needs to be moved
with the engine switched off and the
transmission set to N (
컄 page 200),
e.g. in an automatic car wash, do not
depress the parking brake pedal.