Mercedes-Benz SL 400, Руководство оператора

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If manual drive program M has been deacti-
vated, the automatic transmission shifts into
the automatic drive program that was last
selected, i.e. E or S.
You can also deactivate manual drive pro-
gram M yourself:
X
Pull on the right-hand steering wheel pad-
dle shifter and hold it in place (
Y
page 164).
or
X
Use the lever to switch the transmission
position.
or
X
Use the program selector button to change
the drive program (
Y
page 163).
Manual drive program M is deactivated.
The automatic transmission switches into
the automatic drive program that was last
selected, i.e. E or S.
Manual drive program
General information
In this drive program, you can permanently
change gear yourself by using the steering
wheel paddle shifters. 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 165).
Switching on the manual drive program
Manual drive program M is different from
drive program S with regard to spontaneity,
responsiveness and smoothness of gear
changes.
You can select manual drive program M with
the program selector button or the drive pro-
gram selector (Mercedes-AMG vehicles). In
manual drive program M, you can change
gear using the steering wheel paddle shifters
if the transmission is in position D. The selec-
ted gear appears in the multifunction display.
X
Press the program selector button
(
Y
page 163) repeatedly until M appears in
the multifunction display.
X
Mercedes-AMG vehicles: turn the drive
program selector until M appears in the
multifunction display (
Y
page 163).
Shifting gears
X
To shift up: pull the right-hand steering
wheel paddle shifter (
Y
page 164).
The automatic transmission shifts up to the
next gear.
X
To shift down: pull on the left-hand steer-
ing wheel paddle shifter (
Y
page 164).
The automatic transmission shifts down to
the next gear.
X
Maximum acceleration: pull the left-hand
steering wheel paddle shifter until the
transmission selects the optimum gear for
the current speed.
i
If you brake the vehicle or stop without
shifting down, the automatic transmission
will shift down to a gear that will allow the
vehicle to accelerate or pull away again.
Shift recommendation
The gearshift recommendations assist you in
adopting an economical driving style. The rec-
ommended gear is shown in the multifunction
display.
X
Shift to recommended gear ; according
to gearshift recommendation : when
shown in the multifunction display of the
instrument cluster.
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Automatic transmission
Drivi
ng
and
parking