Mercedes-Benz 230 1978, Owner'S Manual

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Starting and Shifting Gears
Do not store any objects in the
d river’s footw ell area because they
could become lodged under the
operator’s pedals thus rendering
these controls partially or totally
inoperative.
Test service brake after driving off.
Warm up the engine sm oothly. Do
not place full load on the engine
until the operating tem perature
has been reached.
Automatic transmission
The autom atic transm ission fa c ili­
tates and sim plifies the handling of
the vehicle. The individual gears
are shifted autom atically dependent
upon selector lever position,
vehicle speed and accelerator
position.
Hint
If repairs are carried out on the
vehicle with the engine running,
depress the parking brake pedal
and shift selector lever to position
" P "
Starting
Shift selector lever to the desired
driving position only when the
engine is idling and the service
brake is applied. Do not release the
brake before moving off. The
vehicle may otherwise start creep­
ing when the selector lever is in
a driving position.
A ccelerator position
Partial thro ttle = early upshifting =
normal acceleration
l-ull thro ttle = retarded upshifting
= maximum acceleration
Depressing the accelerator beyond
full thro ttle to kickdow n position
means dow nshifting to the next
lower gear and thus maximum
acceleration. If you ease up on the
a ccelerator after having attained
the desired speed, the transm ission
w ill shift up again.
Selector lever positions
The autom atic gear shifting process
can be adapted to specific operat­
ing conditions by means of the
selector lever.
"P ” Parking lock. The parking
lock is an additional safe­
guard when parking the
vehicle. Engage only when
the car is stationary.
“ Ft” Reverse gear. Shift reverse
gear only w ith the vehicle at
halt.
“ N ” Neutral. No pow er is trans­
m itted from the engine to the
rear axle. When the brakes
are released, the vehicle can
coast freely (to be pushed,
towed or tow -started). Do not
shift to neutral w hile driving.
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