2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE manual transmission

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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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268 Con
trols
Au tomati ctra nsmi ssion Working
onthe vehicle
Using the program select or button you
cha nge:
! the gearshi ftprogram
! theABC suspen sion charact eristics
( = page 314)
! the engine control 1
Program selector button Yo
uca nselect th efollo wing drivep ro-
gr ams:
! Only press program selec tor bu tton 1
when thetrans mission is in position P, NorD.
6 Toselec tthe drive progr am:press
program selector button 1repea tedly
unt ilthe letter ( S/C/M)fo r the drive
pro gram you desire appears in the
speedom eter displ ay (
=page 263). G
Risk of acc ident Wh
en wo rkisbe ing carrie dou ton the vehi-
cl e, always secure you rve hicle with the
elec tricparking brak e and shi ftthe automat-
ic transmission to the Ppa rk position . The
ve hiclec ouldotherw ise roll away. Progr
amselect or butt on P2
7.60- 2791-31 Drive
prog
ram Settin
gs C
Com fort Stan
dard setting with
comfo rtab le en gine ,
tr an smi ssion an dsus-
pe nsion tuni ng S
Spo rt Dy
nam icen gine, tran s-
mi ssionan d suspen sion
tuning M
Manual Ma
nualgears hifting
with shorter shift tim es
with dynam ic engine,
tr an smi ssion an dsus-
pe nsion tuni ng 216_R
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Con
trols
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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Practical advice
Towing
Observe the le galrequ iremen tsfor the
countr yconc erne dw hentow ing.
Having th evehicl eca rried away on a tran s-
po rter ortrailer is prefer able totowing it.
We reco mm end the use of a rigid towing
ba rif tow ing is ne cessar y. !
Makesure that theelec tric parkin gbr ak eis
released. If the ele ctric parking brake is fault y,
release the elec tric parking brake manually
(= page 472).
! Whentowing, pull away slowly and smoot h-
ly .Too much trac tive force could dam age eit her
of theve hicles. Donot use theto wi ng eye for re-
co very purposes.
! Youm ayonly to wthev ehicle a max imum
dis tance of50 km.A max imum towing speed of
50 km /hmustnotbe ex ceede d.
Th e propeller shaft sto the driven axles mustbe
remov edifto wi ng for more than 50 km.
! Inserttheke yin to thei gn ition loc k under-
neat hth eK EYLESS GObutton on vehic leswi th
KEYLESS GO. Tu rnthe key toposition 2in the
ignition lo ckand shift the au tomatic trans mis-
sio nto N.The nturnth e ke yto pos ition 0again
and leave itin the ignitio n. Befo
re towing the vehi cle, ma kesure that
the ba ttery is conne cted andch arge d.Oth-
er wi se:
! you cannot swi tchon the ignition
! you cannot shift the tr ansm issi on to N
us ingt he selec torle ver
Yo u wil lhave to use the ignition lock under-
neath the KEYLESS GO* buttonon ve hicles
with KEYLE SSGO* (
=page 229).
To w-star ting the vehicle isnot permitted.
If the en gine does not star t, tr yjum p-star t-
ing it (
=page 497).
If it isnot possible to ju mp-start the veh i-
cle ,have it towed to the ne ares tqu alifie d
specialist worksho p,e.g. a Me rced es-Benz
Se rvice Centre.
If the vehicle has su ffer ed tran smission
dama ge, onl ytow itwith th eprope ller
sh aft disc onnec ted.
Th e ig nition mu stbe switche doff ifyo uare
towing the ve hicle with the front /reara xle
raised. Interventi onbyESP ®
cou ldoth er-
wi se damag eth e brak e system. To
wing G
Risk of accide nt Ha
ve the vehicle to wedus inga rigi dtowi ng
ba rif:
! theengine is not runn ing
! there is a brak esyst em ma lfun ction
! there is a malfun ction in the power sup-
pl yo rthe veh icle ’s electric alsyst em
The re is nopow erassista ncefor th esteer-
in ga nd theb rake syst emwhen the engine is
not running. Youwill then re quire consi dera-
bly morefor ce tostee ran dto brak e.
When to wing or tow- starti nganother vehi-
cl e, its weig htshou ldnot begrea ter than the
pe rmis sible gross weight of yo urvehicle
( = pa ge 518).
The transmission isin position Pwhen the
co nsum erbattery isno tco nnecte d. Poi
ntsto remember 216_R
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