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Au
tomatic trans mis sion Man
ualgearshif ting #
Toactiv ate/ deacti vate:pr ess button 1.
If ind icatorlam p2 islit, manua lge arshif t‐
ing isact ivat ed. The current gear isdispla yed
in themultifunc tiondispla y.
% Toper manen tly shif tth ege arsman uallyin
dr ive pr og ram = using thesteer ing wheel ge
arshif tpaddles ,selec tth eM (Manual) set‐
ting forth etra nsmiss ion.
* NO
TEDama getotheengine duetoshif t‐
ing uptoolat e The
automatic transmission doesnotshif tup
in manual modeeven when theengine' slim‐
iting speed isreac hed.
The fuel suppl yis int erru pte din order topre‐
ve nt theengine from overrev ving. #
Shif tup bef oreth eengine speedrea‐
ch es there dar ea intheta ch ome ter. #
Toshif tup: pull steer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 2. #
Toshif tdo wn: pullsteer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 1. If
th eengine speedistoohigh ortoolow, you
canno tch ang ege ar usin gth esteer ing wheel
ge arshif tpaddles .In this case, segme nts1
light upred. Gear
shiftre comm endation The
gearshif tre comme ndation assists youin
adop tingan eco nomic aldrivin gst yle. 12
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MODE
iscont inuously deactivated. From a
speed of100mp h(1 60 km/h) DRIFTMODE is
ful lydea ctivated, but ESP ®
re mains switchedoff.
Belo waspeed of100mp h(1 60 km/h) upto
appr oximat ely75 mph(120 km/h) DRIFTMODE
is cont inuousl yactiv ated.
% DRIFT MODE isonl yav ailable afte rth eve hi‐
cle has been brok en in(/ page10 ).
Ac tiv atin gand deac tivatin gDRI FTMOD E
Re quirement s:
R ESP®
is deact ivat ed (/ page16 ).
R drive pr ogr am I(RA CE)isselect ed.
R thedoor s,thehood andtheta ilg atear e
clos ed.
R theengine isrunning andthetransmission
and engine areat nor mal oper ating temp era‐
tur e.
R thetra nsmiss ionisin manual mode–manual
shif ting isactiv ated (/ page12 ).
Ac tiv atin gDRI FTMOD E
Yo ucan activat eDRI FTMOD Eat aspee dof up
to 60 mph(99 km/h). #
Pull steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles 1and
2 and hold forhal fa second.
If all activ ation conditions arefulf illed, the
multifu nctiondisplay sho wstheDRIFT
MODE Confirm :Paddle UPCancel: Paddle
DOWN messag eand theâ warning lam p
fl ashes . #
Tocancel :pull thesteer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 1.
The mult ifunction displa ysho wstheDRIFT
MODE Canceled messageand theâ
wa rning lam pgoes out. #
Toconf irm: pull thesteer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 2.
The mult ifunction displa ysho wstheDRIFT
MODE Active messag eand theâ warning
lam plight sup.
Deactiv ating DRIFT MODE #
Pull steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles 1and
2 and hold forhal fa second.
The DRIFT MODE Activemessageand the
â warning lam pgo out.
DRIF TMOD Eis aut omat icallydeact ivat ed inthe
fo llo wing situat ions:
R ESP®
is act ivat ed.
R manual shiftingis deact ivat ed –th ege arbo x
is in posit ion005B.
R thedr ive pr ogr am I (RACE) isswitc hed
of f.
R theve hicle isswitc hedoff. 18
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If
th eengine ortransmission isno tat nor mal
oper ating temp eratur e,themultifunc tiondispla y
will showtemp eratur e2 or3 inblue. Avoid
using thefull engine powe routpu tdur ing this
tim e. En
gine data(e xa mp le)
1 Current powe routpu t
2 Current torq ue
Wh enthecur rent powe routpu t1 orthecur‐
re nt torq ue 2 reac hes themaximum value, the
digit alvalue will brief lybe statio nary.The bar
displa ywill cont inue. SETU
Pin Mer cedes- AMGvehicles (exa mp le)
1 Drive sy stem setting:
Re duced/Moder ate/Spo rt/Dyna mic
2 Trans miss ionposit ion:
D/ M
3 AMGDY NA MICS:
Basic/A dvanced
4 Suspension tuning:
Comf ort/S port/S port+ G-me
ter(e xa mp le)
While theve hicle isin mo tion, theG-me ter
sho wsthefo rc es that areexe rted on theve hicle
occupants both laterally and inthedir ect ion of
tr av el. The maximum values arere pr esent edby
re dmar kings. #
Torese tth eG-m eter: press thelef t-hand
To uc hCon trol. #
Select Yes. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. 22
Instru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter