the parking lock released. If you do not
depress the brake pedal, you can move the
DIRECT SELECT lever but the parking lock
remains engaged.
X
Depress the brake pedal and keep it
depressed.
X
Shift the transmission to position D or R.
X
Release the brake pedal.
X
Carefully depress the accelerator pedal.
The electric parking brake (
Y
page 328) is
automatically released.
The red
F
(USA only) or
!
(Canada
only) indicator lamp in the instrument
cluster goes out.
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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
locking feature (
Y
page 269).
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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
forwards or in reverse on an uphill gradient.
It holds the vehicle for a short time after you
have removed your foot from the brake pedal.
This gives you enough time to move your foot
from the brake pedal to the accelerator pedal
and to depress it before the vehicle begins to
roll.
G
WARNING
Never leave the vehicle when it is held by hill
start assist. After approximately one second,
hill start assist will no longer brake your
vehicle and it could roll away.
X
Take your foot off the brake pedal.
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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 on
a downhill gradient.
R
the transmission is in position N.
R
the electric parking brake is applied.
R
ESP
®
is malfunctioning.
ECO start/stop function
General notes
i
Hybrid vehicles: the ECO start/stop
function cannot be deactivated.
The ECO start/stop function is only available
for the S 63 AMG.
The ECO start/stop function is only available
in drive program C.
The ECO start/stop function switches the
engine off automatically when the vehicle
stops moving.
The engine starts automatically when the
driver wants to pull away again. The ECO
start/stop function thereby helps you to
reduce the fuel consumption and emissions
of your vehicle.
The ECO start/stop function is activated each
time the engine is switched on. If all
conditions for automatic engine switch-off
are fulfilled (
Y
page 311), the green
¤
symbol is shown in the multifunction display
and the
Stop/Start active
message
appears. If not all the conditions are fulfilled,
the
¤
symbol is shown in yellow and the
Stop/Start inactive
message is shown.
If the ECO start/stop function is deactivated
(
Y
page 311), the
¤
symbol is not shown.
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Driving
Driving
and
parking
