Drive program E (Comfort) is characterised
by the following:
R
Comfortable driving style
R
Optimum fuel consumption through early
upshifting
R
Driving at low engine speeds, the wheels
are less likely to spin.
Drive program S (Dynamic) is characterised
by the following:
R
Dynamic, adaptive driving style
R
Late upshifting
R
Possibly higher fuel consumption.
X
Press program selector button :.
The letter of the selected drive program
appears in the display.
Changing gear manually
Useful information
On vehicles with an automatic transmission,
you can
shift gears manually using the selec-
tor lever or shift paddles. If it is permissi-
ble, the automatic transmission shifts to the
next highest or next lowest gear.
When manual shifting is activated, the cur-
rent gear is shown in the display.
Two options are available for manual shift-
ing:
R
permanent manual gearshifting
R
short-term manual gearshifting (vehicles
with Sports package)
Permanent manual gearshifting
Activating
X
Shift the gear selector lever to position D.
X
Push the selector lever to the left.
Shifting up
X
Push the selector lever in the W direc-
tion.
The automatic
transmission shifts up to the
next gear.
Downshifting
X
Push the selector lever in the X direc-
tion.
The automatic transmission shifts down to
the next gear.
When coasting, the automatic transmission
shifts down.
If the engine exceeds the maximum engine
speed when shifting down, the automatic
transmission protects
against engine damage
by not shifting down.
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