!
AMG vehicles: at low engine tempera-
tures (below +20 †), the maximum engine
speed is restricted in order to protect the
engine. Avoid driving at full throttle when
the engine is cold in order to protect the
engine and maintain smooth engine oper-
ation.
i
It is only possible to move the DIRECT
SELECT lever to the desired position from
position P if you depress the brake pedal.
Only then is the parking lock released.
i
The vehicle locks centrally once you have
pulled away. The locking knobs in the doors
drop down.
You can open the doors from the inside at
any time.
You can also deactivate the automatic lock-
ing feature (
Y
page 176).
X
Depress the brake pedal and keep it
depressed.
X
Move the DIRECT SELECT lever to position
D or R.
X
Release the brake pedal.
X
Carefully depress the accelerator pedal.
The electric parking brake is automatically
released (
Y
page 220).
i
Upshifts take place at higher engine
speeds after a cold start. This helps the
catalytic converter to reach its operating
temperature more quickly.
Hill start assist
Hill start assist helps you when pulling away
on uphill gradients. It holds the vehicle for a
short time after you have removed your foot
from the brake pedal. This gives you time to
move your foot from the brake pedal to the
accelerator pedal and depress it before the
vehicle begins to roll.
G
Risk of accident
Never leave the vehicle when it is held by hill
start assist. After approximately one second,
hill start assist will no longer brake your vehi-
cle and it could roll away.
X
Take your foot off the brake pedal.
i
Once you have taken your foot off the
brake pedal, the vehicle is held for around
one second.
X
Pull away.
Hill start assist will not function if:
R
you are pulling away on a level road or a
downhill gradient.
R
the DIRECT SELECT lever is in position N.
R
the vehicle is secured with the electric
parking brake.
R
ESP
®
is malfunctioning.
Parking
G
Risk of accident
Only remove the key from the ignition lock
when the vehicle is stationary, as you cannot
steer the vehicle with the key removed.
Never leave children unsupervised in the vehi-
cle. They might release the electric parking
brake. This could lead to a serious or fatal
accident.
G
Risk of fire
Make sure that the exhaust system does not
under any circumstances come into contact
with flammable materials such as dry grass or
petrol. The material could otherwise ignite
and set the vehicle on fire.
To ensure that the vehicle is secured against
rolling away unintentionally:
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