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263
Con
trols
Aut omatic transmission
Th ecu rrent tra nsmi ssionp ositio n and
th ed rive program ( S/ C /M )ap pear inthe
sp eedom eter display.
1 Tran smissi onpositio ndispl ay
2 Driv epr ogra m(S/ C /M)
Wh en the tra nsmi ssion is inposition D
( = page 266),yo uca ninflue nceth ege ar-
sh ifts made by the autom atic transmi ssio n
usin gth este ering wheel gea rshift buttons
by:
! cha nging ge aryou rself
! restric ting theshift ra nge !
Ifth e gearsh ift display hasf ailed, pull away
ca refully to check whetherth e des ired gear is
en gage d. It is bestto sele cttransmiss ion posi-
ti on Dand driv eprogram Sor C.Do not re strict
th esh iftr an ge. Ge
arshift disp lays
P54.32-3398-31 Tr
an smissi onpositions ì Pa
rking lock
Prevents the vehicle from roll-
ing away wh enparked. Only
select Pwh en the vehicle is
sta tiona ry.
If you switchof fthe en gine
using the key andrem ove it,
th eau tom atic tran sm ission
shif tsautom atica llyt o park po-
sition P.
If you switchof fthe en gine us-
ing the KEYLESS GO button*
an do penthe driver’s do or,th e
au tom atic tran sm ission shi fts
au tom atically to park po sition
P . í Rev
erse gear
On lyshi ftthe autom atic tra ns-
missio nto Rwh en the vehicle
is statio nary. ë Ne
utral
No power is trans mitted from
the engine to th edr ive wh eels.
Re leasing the brakes willal low
yo uto mo ve the ve hiclef reely,
e. g. to push it ortowit
( = page 499).
Do not shift the autom atic
tr an smi ssio nto Nwh iletheve-
hi cle is inmo tion .Th e auto mat-
ic tran smi ssio ncould
oth erwise bedama ged.
If ESP ®
ha s been de activated
or hasma lfun ctione d: only
mo ve the autom atic tran smis-
si on toNifthe vehicle is in
da ng er ofskid ding ,e. g. on icy
ro ads. ê Dri
ve
Th eau tom atic tr ansmission
chang esgear au tomat ical ly.
Al lfive for wardgear sare
avai lable. Vehicles with 7G-
TRONIC: al lse ven forward
gears are availa ble. 216_R
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Au tomati ctra nsmi ssion
Yo u can rest rict or extend the shi ftrange
using th est eeri ngwheel gearsh ift bu ttons
or the steerin gwh eelgearsh ift pa ddles
(AM Gve hicl esonl y). Yo uca ncha ngegear
yo urse lf usin g thesteeri ngwheel ge arshift
buttons or steering wh eelge arsh ift pad-
dles inthema nual drive program.
i When in manual dri veprogram M,th efu ll
fu nc tionali tyof the steering wheel gearshif tbut-
to ns is not available until theve hicl eha sreac hed
its normal opera ting temp erature. St
ee ring wheel gea rshift buttons
1 Left-h an d button: restr icts the shift
range or shifts down (in ma nual drive
pr og ram M)
2 Right-h andbutton :extends the shi ft
range or shifts up(inman ualdrive pr o-
gram M) Steeri
ngwheelg earshif tpaddl es(AMG ve-
hi cles onl y)
1 Left-h an d paddle: restric tsthes hift
range or shifts down (in manual dr ive
program M)
2 Right-h andp addle: exten ds the shift
range or shifts up (in manualdrive pro-
gram M) Steering
wheel gear shift button s/
st eering wheel gea rshift pa ddle s*
P27.60 -2840-31 P2
7.60-2841-31 216_R
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Con
trols
Aut omatic transmission Extendi
ngthe shift rang e/ ups hifting
St eerin gwhee lgearshift buttons
6 Press button 2 on the right-hand side
of the stee ring wh eel.
The shift range (
=page 266) is exte nd-
ed .If yo uar e driving inman ual drive
pr og ram M, th eau tom atic tran sm is-
si on shi fts up to th enextg ear.
i Ifth ema ximum engine speed forthe shift
range is reac hed and you continue toacce lerat e,
th ea utom atic tran sm ission shifts up ,even ifthe
sh ift range is restric ted. Th e eng inec ould over-
re v.
St eerin gwhee lgearshift paddles
6 Pull on right- hand paddle 2.
The shift range (
=page 266) is exte nd-
ed .If yo uar e driving inman ual drive
pr og ram M, th eau tom atic tran sm is-
si on shi fts up to th enextg ear.
If yo uhav esele cted the AM Gme nuin
the on-board compu ter(
= page 287),
the upshi ftins truct ion"up" issh own in
the instr ument cluster. !
Inthe manual gearshift progra m, the auto-
ma tic transm ission does notshift up on its own
even atthema xim um permissibl espeed for the
res pective ge ar. Whenthe engin espeed lim itis
reach ed,the fuel supply is int errupted toavoid
overrevv ingthe engine. Make abs olut elyce rtain
th at the engine speed does not clim bto the red
are ainth ere v co unter.Ifth is oc curs, the engine
could be damaged.
Re stricting thes hift ra nge/ downshifting
i
If you press left button 2when the engine
sp ee disto ohigh ,th eau toma tic tr ansm ission
will notshift down. The engine could ov errev.
i Whentheau toma tic tran sm ission isin pos i-
ti on P,Nor Ryo uc annot change gear using the
steering wheel gears hift but tons. Steeri
ngwheel gearshiftbu ttons
6 Pressbutton 1onthe le ft-h an d side of
the steerin gwheel.
The shiftra ng e (
=page 266) is restr ict-
ed . If yo uare dri vinginman ual dr ive
program M, the autom atic tra nsmi s-
si on shifts down tothe next ge ar.
Steerin gwheel gearshift paddl es
6 Pullon le ft-h an dpaddle 1.
The shiftr an ge (= page 266) isrestric ted.
If you are dri ving in manualdrive program
M , th eautom atic tra nsmi ssionsh ifts down
to the next ge ar.
i If manual drive pr ogram Mhasbeen select-
ed and you stop the engine, theau tomatic trans-
mission will swi tch toan automatic drive
program. If automatic dr ive program Sor Chas
bee nse lect ed , th eau toma tic tr ansm ission will
re ma in in there spec tive drive pro gram even if
th e engine is res tarted. G
Risk of accid ent Do
notch an ge dow nfor addition alengi ne
br ak ingon aslip pe ryroad surface .Th is could
ca use thed rive wheels to lo setheir grip and
th eveh icle cou ldskid. 216_R
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Au tomati ctra nsmi ssion Shift ran
ges
Wh en the tra nsmi ssioni sin po sition D,
it is pos sible to restrict or extend the shift
range for the autom atic tr ansmission. Sele
ctingthe most ef fect ive shift range
Steering wheelgearsh ift buttons
6 Press and hold the button on the left of
the steering whe elun tilashi ftrange
ap pears in the display.
Th eau tom atic tran sm ission wil lsh ift to
a ra ng ewh icha llows ideal acce ler ation
an d deceleration. To dothis,the auto-
ma tic tra nsmi ssion wi llsh ift down one
or more gears. Steeri
ngwheel gearshift paddl es
6 Pullon theleft -han dpadd le until a shift
range appears in them ulti-f un ctiondis-
play.
The autom atic tran smissi on willshi ftto
a ra ngew hich allo ws ideal ac celera tion
an ddeceler ation. To do thi s,the auto-
ma tict rans mi ssio n wi ll sh ift down one
or more gears. De
restrict ingthe shiftra nge
Steeri ngwheel gearshift but tons
6 Press and hold the button on the ri ght
of the steerin gwh eel until the digit for
the gear disa pp ears fro mthe multi-
fu nc tion display.
The autom atic tran sm ission shi fts from
the current sh ift range directly toD.
Steeri ngwheel gearshift paddl es
6 Pullon therig ht-han d paddle unt ilthe
digit for the ge ardisa pp ears from the
mult i-fu nc tion display.
The autom atic tran sm ission shi fts from
the current sh ift range directly toD. ï Vehicle
swith 7G-TRO NIC*:
Th eau tom atic tran smissi on
sh ifts onl yas far as sixth gear. î Vehicle
swith 7G-TRO NIC*:
Th eau tom atic tran smissi on
sh ifts onl yas faras fift hge ar. é Th
eau tom atic tran smissi on
sh ifts onl yas faras four th ge ar. è Th
eau tom atic tran smissi on
sh ifts only asfar as th ird ge ar.
The braking effec tof the en-
gi ne canb eut ilised in this po si-
tion. ç Th
eau tom atic tra nsmi ssion
sh ifts only as far as seco nd
gear.
For brak ing on downh illgra di-
ents and for driving:
! onstee p mou ntain ro ads
! inmo untain ous terrain
! inardu ousco nd itio ns æ The
autom atic tra nsmi ssion
work sonly in firs t ge ar.
Fo rbrakin gon extremely steep
do wnh illgradie ntsan dlong
do wnh illstre tches. 216_R
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Con
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Aut omatic transmission
Drive program Cha st he following charac-
te rist ics:
! Comfo rtab leengi neand suspensi on
tuning.
! Theve hicle pulls away mo regently in
fo rward and reverse gears, ex cept
whe ndrivi ng atfullthrottle.
! Fuelme teri ngflexibility isincr ease d.
Th ispr ovides th eve hicl ewith improved
dr ivin gsta bility on slippery road surf ac-
es ,fo rex ample.
! Theau tom atic tr ansmission shifts up
so one r.Th is mean sthat the vehicle
dr ives at lowe r en gine speeds an d the
wh eels are less likely to spi n.
Drive program Sha s the following charac-
te rist ics:
! Sporty engi neand suspe nsiont uning.
! Theve hicle pulls away in first gear.
! Theau tom atic tr ansmission shifts up
la te r. Manu
aldrive prog ram
! Warm upthee ngine quickly. Do not make
use of the engine’ sfull outpu tuntil its normal op-
erating temp erature has been reac hed.
On lysh ift th eau toma tic tr ansm ission toRwhen
th e ve hicle is statio nary.
Wh ere possi ble, avoid allowin ga drive wheelto
spin when pulling away ona slipp ery sur face.
You can cha ngege ars yourse lfwith the
st eering whe elge arshi ftbuttons or the
st eering wh eel ge arsh ift paddles* the
man ualdrive prog ramM. Th eengine,
tr an sm issi onand suspen sion tuning is
then dynami c,as for drive program S.
Wh en the autom atic tr ansmission isin po-
si tion D,yo uca nsh ift up ordown thro ugh
th egear susing the stee ring wh eelgear-
shift bu ttons or thestee ring wh eelgea r-
shift padd les* (
=page 264). The gear
cu rrently selec ted and engaged is sh ownin
the multi-func tion display.
Ac tivating
6 Press program sele ctor button 1re-
pe atedly until th eletter Mfor manual
dr ive pr ogram M appea rsin the multi-
fu nc tio ndisplay. Upshifting
6 Pressthe button on the ri ght-hand side
of thest ee ring wh eel.
or
6 Pullon the right-hand paddle*.
Th eau tom atic tr ansm issi onshif tsup to
the ne xtgear.
Downshi fting
6 Pressthe butt onon the le ft-h an d side
of thest ee ring wh eel.
or
6 Pullon the le ft-h an d paddle*.
Th eau tom atic tran sm ission shi fts
down to the ne xtgear.
i Ifyo u brake thevehicle or come toaha lt
wi tho utshifti ng dow n,theau toma tic tran sm is-
sion shift sdown tothe gear that will allow the
ve hicle toaccelerat eor pull away again. G
Risk of accid ent Do
notch an ge dow nfor addition alengi ne
br akin gon a slip pe ry ro ad surface .Th iscould
ca use the drive wheels to lo setheir grip and
th ev ehic le co uld ski d. 216_
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Con
trols
On-board computer
Th eon-board com puteris ac tivate das
so on asyou turn th ekey to position 2in
the ignition lock. You can use the on-board
computer to look up info rm ation relating to
yo ur vehicle and to make adjust me nts.
1 Line forba sic me nus
2 Text fiel don themult i-funct ion disp lay Se
ttings, functions ,sub menus anda ny
faul tswh ich occurar edi sp layed in the text
fiel d.
Yo uca nco ntrol th emulti-f un ctiond isplay
an d the settings inthe on-board com puter
with th ebuttons on the multi-fun ction
st ee ring wh eel.
Severalfunctions are grouped the matica lly
in the menus.In the "Setting s"me nu, for
ex ampl e,yo uwi llfind functions for making
se tting sfo ryo ur vehicle. You ca nuse a
fu nction to ca llup in form ation or to chan ge
settings for your vehicle.
You can think of th eorder of the basic
menus as a loop: On-bo
ard computer G
Risk of accide nt Only
use the on -board comp uter when road
an dtraf fic co nditio nspermit .Yo uwo uldot h-
er wise be distract edfrom thetraf fic condi-
tions around you and cou ldcause an
acc iden t. Mu
lti-f un ction di sp lay P5
4.32 -3384-31 Multi-
function stee ring wheel
P46.10-2755-31 1 Multi-
func tio ndisplay 2 s
Acceptsa cal l*
t Endsa ca ll*
æ Increases thevol ume
ç Decrea ses the volu me
o Mute 3 !
Switcheson voi ce contro l* 4 L
Back/switches off voice
con trol* 5 $
Scrolls up
% Scrollsdown
& Moves right
( Moves le ft
# Confirm sa selecti on 216_R
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On-board computer
i Theen gine oil temperature displa yis blu eif
th e en gine oiltemp eratur eh asnot yet reached
80° C.Avoid driving at full engin epowerduring
th is time.
% or$ canbe used toselec t thefol-
lo wing functions inthe AMG menu:
! RACE TIMER
! Overall ev alua tion
! Lap eva luat ion RAC
ETIMER
6 Use ( or& to sele ctthe "AMG"
menu.
6 Press %until the RACETIME Rap-
pe ars.
Th eRACE TIMER isas topwatch for
ho urs, minu tesa nd seco nd s. 1
Gear indi ca tor
2 RACE TIMER
3 Second sind icat or
4 Lap
i Youcanst art the RACETIM ERwhen the en-
gine is runnin gor th ekeyis in pos ition 2in the
ignit ion loc k.
i While theRACETIM ERis displayed, thevo l-
ume cannot beregu lat ed with the æand
ç buttons.
6 Sta rtin g: sta rtthe RACET IMER with
æ .
6 Display ing the elap sedtime: call up
the elap sed ti mewith ç .
The elap sed time is disp layed forfive
se co nd s.
6 Tostop: stop the RACET IMER with
æ . 6
Tosele cta di ffer ent display, press
$ ,( or& .
i If you stopthev ehicle an dtu rn theke y to
position 1in the ignition loc k,the RA CETIM ERin-
te rrupt stime meas urem ent.Time measuremen t
is co ntinued if you turn the key toposition 2or 3
and then press æ.
Sa ving thelap time and starting a new
lap
i Amax imum of16 laps can besaved.
6 Call up th eelapsed tim ewith ç dur-
ing ti memeas urem ent.
Th eela psed time isdisplayed fo rfive
se co nd s.
6 Press ç again with infive seconds.
Th eela psed time which is disp layed is
saved asthe lap tim e.
Ti me measurement fora new lap is
sta rted.Time me asure mentfor the
new lapruns from calling upthe
elapsed tim e.
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Driving systems Sw
itch ingon or off
Yo uca n onl ysw itch Night View Assist on if:
! the key isin po sition 2in the ig nition
lock
! it is dark
! thelight switc his set to *orB
or ifthe daytime drivin glights are
sw itche don
! the autom atic tr ansmission is not atR
1 Toswitch Night View Assist on or off
6 Press ro cker sw itch 1upordown.
Th eNight View Assist im ageissh own
in themu lti-fun ction disp lay. i
Theinf rare dhe adlamps only switch on
at speeds above 15 km /h.You do not therefore
ha ve full use of thev iewi ngrange and it is not
possible to checkthatNi gh tView Assist is work-
ing correc tly when theve hicle is stationary. Image in the
multi-f un ction di splay
Wh enyousw itchon Night View Assist, the
sp ee d di splay view cha nges in the multi-
fu nc tio ndispl ay. Th espeed disp lay
is shown as abar at the lower edge of the
mult i-fu nc tion display. Thero w of basic
menu sis no longe rava ilab le.If yo uwi sh to
ch an ge asettingu sing the ste ering wheel
buttons, yo umu stsw itch of fNight View
As sist. 1
Night View Assist im age
2 Speed displ ay
Ad jus ting thebr igh tnes sof themu lti-
fun ction display
1 Control knob
P5
4.00-2546-31 P5
4.32-3396-31 P5
4.25-5104- 31 216_R
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