Mercedes-Benz E 180, Owner'S Manual

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Manual drive program (AMG vehicles
and vehicles with the AMG Sports
package)
General notes
In this drive program, you can permanently
change gear yourself by using the steering
wheel gearshift paddles. The transmission
must be in position
D.
i As well as this permanent drive program
M, you can also activate temporary drive
program M(
Y
page 191).
Activating the manual drive program
X
Press the (
Y
page 190) program selector
button repeatedly until M appears in the
multifunction display.
X AMG vehicles: turn the drive program
selector (
Y
page 190) until M appears in the
multifunction display.
The indicator
M on the drive program selec-
tor lights up in red.
Manual drive program M can be selected
using the program selector button or the drive
program selector. In manual drive program
M, you can change gear using the steering
wheel gearshift paddles if the transmission is
in position
D.
Upshifting (all vehicles except AMG
vehicles)
X
Pull the right-hand steering wheel gearshift
paddle.
The automatic transmission shifts up to the
next gear.
Upshifting (AMG vehicles)
! In manual gearshift program M, the auto-
matic transmission does not shift up auto-
matically even when the engine limiting
speed for the current gear is reached.
When the engine limiting speed is reached,
the fuel supply is cut to prevent the engine
from overrevving. You must make sure that
the engine speed does not reach the red
area of the rev counter. Otherwise, there is
a risk of engine damage.
:
Gear indicator
;
Upshift indicator
X
If the colour in the speedometer multifunc-
tion display changes to red and the
UP dis-
play message is shown, shift up a gear.
Gearshift recommendation
The gearshift recommendations assist you in
adopting an economical driving style. The rec-
ommended gear is shown in the multifunction
display.
X If relevant gearshift recommendation
:
appears in the multifunction display on the
instrument cluster, pull on the right-hand
steering wheel gearshift paddle
(
Y
page 191).
The automatic transmission shifts to rec-
ommended gear
;
.
Downshifting
X
Pull the left-hand steering wheel gearshift
paddle.
The automatic transmission shifts down to
the next gear.
i For maximum acceleration, pull the left-
hand steering wheel gearshift paddle until
Automatic transmission
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Driving and parking
Z