Mercedes-Benz 2007 SL 550, Operator'S Manual

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Controls in detail
Automatic transmission
Stopping
When you stop briefly, e.g. at traffic lights:
왘
Leave the transmission in gear.
왘
Hold the vehicle with the brake.
When you stop longer with the engine
idling and/or on a hill:
왘
Set the parking brake.
왘
Move the gear selector lever to
position
P .
Maneuvering
When you maneuver in tight areas,
e.g. when pulling into a parking space:
왘
Control the vehicle speed by gradually
releasing the brakes.
왘
Accelerate gently.
왘
Never abruptly step on the accelerator.
Working on the vehicle
Gear ranges
With the gear selector lever in position D
and driving in the automatic shift
program
C or S (
컄
page 173), you can
select a gear range for the automatic
transmission to operate within:
Gear selector lever (
컄
page 174):
You can limit the gear range by pressing
the gear selector lever to the left (
D- ), and
reverse the gear range limit by pressing
the gear selector lever to the right (
D+ ).
Steering wheel gearshift control*
(
컄
page 175):
You can limit the gear range by pulling the
left gearshift paddle on the steering wheel
gearshift control, and reverse the gear
range limit by pulling the right gearshift
paddle on the steering wheel gearshift
control.
Warning!
G
When working on the vehicle, set the
parking brake and move gear selector lever
to position P . Otherwise the vehicle could
roll away.