Mercedes-Benz 2008 CLS 550, Operator'S Manual

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Controls in detail
Automatic transmission
The program mode selector switch is
located on the lower part of the center
console.
Program mode selector switch
M Manual For manual gear shifting
C Comfort For standard driving
S Sport For sporty driving
The selected program mode appears in the
multifunction display (
컄
page 175).
Activating manual shift program
왘
Press program mode selector switch
repeatedly until the
M for manual pro-
gram mode M appears in the multifunc-
tion display.
The transmission switches to the
manual program mode
M . Automatic
shifting is switched off. The gear range
is not limited.
You can change the gears manually when
the gear selector lever is in drive
position
D . You can upshift or downshift
through the gears in succession.
Upshifting
왘
Briefly press the gear selector lever to
the right in the
D+ direction.
or
왘
Briefly pull right shift paddle
2
(
컄
page 178).
The transmission shifts to the next
higher gear.
If, instead of the manual program mode
symbol
M , the
p
symbol appears in the
multifunction display (
컄
page 175), shift to
the next higher gear. The fuel supply will
otherwise be interrupted to prevent the
engine from overrevving.
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For information on automatic program
modes C or S , see “Automatic shift program”
(
컄
page 175), “Gear selector lever one-touch
gearshifting” (
컄
page 176), and “Steering wheel
gearshift control one-touch gearshifting*”
(
컄
page 177).
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The manual program mode M will not be
stored. When the engine is turned off with the
manual program mode
M selected, the transmis-
sion will go to the automatic program mode
(
C or S ) when the engine is restarted.
!
In the manual program mode M , the trans-
mission will not upshift, even if the engine has
reached its overrevving range. Shift up to the
next gear before the engine has reached its over-
revving range. Make absolutely certain that the
engine speed does not reach the red marking on
the tachometer (
컄
page 26). Otherwise the
engine could be damaged which is not covered
by the Mercedes-Benz Limited Warranty.