Towing a trailer
Trailer towing is not permissible on the fol-
lowing models:
R
A 45 AMG 4MATIC
R
Vehicles with the AMG Sports package
X
Drive in the middle of the engine speed
range on uphill gradients.
X
Depending on the uphill or downhill gradi-
ent, select a lower gear (
Y
page 166), even
if cruise control, DISTRONIC PLUS, or
SPEEDTRONIC are activated.
Program selector button
General notes
The program selector button allows you to
choose between drive programs with differ-
ent driving characteristics.
Example: program selector button
E Economy
Comfortable, economical
driving
S Sport
Sporty driving style
M Manual
Manual gearshifting
X
Press program selector button
:
repeat-
edly until the letter for the desired gearshift
program appears in the multifunction dis-
play.
i
The automatic transmission switches to
automatic drive program
E each time the
engine is started.
i
For further information on the automatic
drive program, see (
Y
page 156).
AMG vehicles
C Controlled
Efficiency
Comfortable, economical
driving
S Sport
Sporty driving style
M Manual
Manual gearshifting
X
Press program selector button
:
repeat-
edly until the letter for the desired gearshift
program appears in the multifunction dis-
play.
i
The automatic transmission switches to
automatic drive program
C each time the
engine is started.
i
For further information on the automatic
drive program, see (
Y
page 156).
Automatic transmission
155
Driving and parking
Z
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