Mercedes-Benz 2001 M-Class, Operator'S Manual

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Program selector button
General notes
Vehicles with the ON&OFFROAD package
X
Press program selector button : .
The letter M appears in the multifunction
display. The manual drive program M is
activated.
AMG vehicles
X
Press program selector button : repeat-
edly until the letter for the desired gearshift
program appears in the multifunction dis-
play.
The program selector button allows you to
choose between different driving character-
istics.
In AMG vehicles, drive program E is called
drive program C.
i
The permanent drive program M is avail-
able on the following vehicles:
R
Vehicles with the
ON&OFFROAD package
R
AMG vehicles
Further information about permanent drive
program M (
Y
page 174).
As well as this permanent drive program M,
you can also activate temporary drive pro-
gram M (
Y
page 173).
i AMG vehicles: the automatic transmis-
sion switches to automatic drive program C
each time the engine is started.
Drive program on vehicles with the
ON&OFFROAD package
M Manual Permanent manual gear-
shifting
Drive programs on AMG vehicles
C Controlled
Efficiency
Comfortable, economical
driving
S Sport Sporty driving style
M Manual Permanent manual gear-
shifting
i
For further information on the automatic
drive program, see (
Y
page 173).
Steering wheel paddle shifters
In the manual drive program, you can change
gears manually using steering wheel paddle
shifters : and ; .
Further information about permanent drive
program M (
Y
page 174).
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Automatic transmission
Driving
and
parking