Mercedes-Benz 2008 S-Class, Operator'S Manual

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Controls in detail
Automatic transmission
The selected program mode appears in the
multifunction display (
컄
page 410).
Activating manual shift program
왘
Press the program mode selector
switch repeatedly until the “
M ” for
manual program mode M appears in
the multifunction 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 with
drive position
D selected. You can upshift
or downshift through the gears in succes-
sion.
Upshifting
왘
Briefly pull right shift paddle
2
(
컄
page 411).
The transmission shifts to the next
higher gear.
i
For information on automatic program
modes C or S , see “Automatic shift program”
(
컄
page 409) and “Steering wheel gearshift con-
trol” (
컄
page 411).
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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 28). Otherwise the en-
gine could be damaged which is not covered by
the Mercedes-Benz Limited Warranty.