Kickdown
Use kickdown for maximum acceleration.
X
Depress the accelerator pedal beyond the
pressure point.
The transmission shifts to a lower gear
depending on the engine speed.
X
Ease off the accelerator pedal once the
desired speed is reached.
The automatic transmission shifts back up.
Towing a trailer
X
Drive in the middle of the engine speed
range on uphill gradients.
X
Shift down to gear 3 or 2 (
Y
page 205)
depending on the uphill or downhill gradi-
ent, even if cruise control, DISTRONIC
PLUS or SPEEDTRONIC is activated.
Program selector button
X
All vehicles (except AMG vehicles):
press program selector button
:
to
change the drive program.
The selected drive program appears in the
multifunction display.
X
AMG vehicles: press program selector
button
:
repeatedly until the letter of the
desired drive program appears in the mul-
tifunction display.
The program selector button influences:
R
the drive program (
Y
page 205)
R
the engine management
On AMG vehicles, drive program E is called
drive program C.
The automatic transmission switches to auto-
matic drive program E (drive program C in
AMG vehicles) each time the engine is star-
ted.
All vehicles (except AMG vehicles)
E Economy
Comfortable, economical
driving
S Sport
Sporty driving style
You can also activate manual drive program
M using the steering wheel gearshift paddles
(
Y
page 205). In manual drive program M,
you can briefly change gear yourself by using
the steering wheel gearshift paddles.
AMG vehicles
C Controlled
Efficiency
Comfortable, economical
driving
S Sport
Sporty driving style
M Manual
Manual gearshifting
Permanent drive program M is only available
for AMG vehicles.
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