2007 MERCEDES-BENZ S600 Owner's Manual

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MERCEDES-BENZ S600 2007 W221 Owners Manual 376 Controls in detailAutomatic transmission1Right button: upshift
2Left button: downshift
Downshifting

Briefly press button2 on the back of 
the steering wheel.
The automatic transmission will shif

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MERCEDES-BENZ S600 2007 W221 Owners Manual 377 Controls in detail
Automatic transmission
Emergency operation (Limp-Home Mode)
If vehicle acceleration becomes less re-
sponsive or sluggish or the automatic 
transmission no longer shifts, the au

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MERCEDES-BENZ S600 2007 W221 Owners Manual 378 Controls in detailInstrument clusterA full view illustration of the instrument 
cluster can be found in the “At a glance” 
section of this manual (
page 28).
The instrument cluster is activat

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MERCEDES-BENZ S600 2007 W221 Owners Manual 379 Controls in detail
Instrument cluster
Tachometer
The red marking on the tachometer de-
notes excessive engine speed.
To help protect the engine, the fuel supply 
is interrupted if the engine is op

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MERCEDES-BENZ S600 2007 W221 Owners Manual 380 Controls in detailDriving systemsThe driving systems of your vehicle are de-
scribed on the following pages:
Cruise control and DISTRONIC Plus*, 
with which the vehicle can maintain a 
preset spe

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MERCEDES-BENZ S600 2007 W221 Owners Manual 381 Controls in detail
Driving systems
1Setting current or higher speed
Adjustment in 1 mph increments (to re-
sistance point) or 5 mph increments 
(past resistance point) 
(Canada: 1 km/h or 10 km/h)

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MERCEDES-BENZ S600 2007 W221 Owners Manual 382 Controls in detailDriving systems
Remove your foot from the accelerator 
pedal.
Cruise control is activated.
The last set speed appears in the 
multifunction display for approxi-
mately 5 second

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MERCEDES-BENZ S600 2007 W221 Owners Manual 383 Controls in detail
Driving systems
Setting a higher speed
You can increase the set speed in two 
ways.
Adjustment in 1 mph (Canada: 1 km/h) 
increments
Briefly lift the cruise control lever to th