Mercedes-Benz 2009 SLK 300, Operator'S Manual

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Automatic transmission
105
Program mode selector switch
C Comfort For comfort driving
S Sport For standard driving
M Manual For manual gearshifting
The current program mode appears in the
multifunction display (
Y
page 103).
For information on automatic program mode
(
C or S), see “Automatic shift pro-
gram” (
Y
page 102) and “One-touch gear-
shifting” (
Y
page 103).
Activating manual shift program
X
Press the program mode selector switch
repeatedly until
M
appears in the multifunc-
tion display.
The automatic transmission switches to
manual program mode
M. Automatic shift-
ing is switched off. The gear range is not
limited.
You can change the gears manually with drive
position
D selected. You can upshift or down-
shift through the gears in succession.
i Manual program mode M will not be
stored. When the engine is turned off with
manual program mode
M selected, the
automatic transmission will go to auto-
matic program mode (
C or S) when the
engine is restarted.
Upshifting
! In manual program mode M, the auto-
matic transmission will not upshift, even if
the engine has reached its overrevving
range. Shift up into the next gear before the
engine has reached its overrevving range.
Make absolutely certain that the engine
speed does not reach the red marking on
the tachometer. Otherwise the engine
could be damaged which is not covered by
the Mercedes-Benz Limited Warranty.
X
Briefly press the gear selector lever to the
right in the
D+ direction.
or
X Briefly pull right gearshift control
2
(
Y
page 103).
The automatic transmission shifts into the
next higher gear.
Upshift indicator
1
Current gear
2
Upshift indicator
In manual program mode M, upshift indicator
2
in the multifunction display advises you to
upshift before the engine reaches the over-
speed range. In addition, symbol
^ may
appear instead of manual program mode
symbol
M
in the multifunction display. Thus
you can drive at the maximum engine speed
for each gear without overrevving the engine.
Controls in detail
Z