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Controls in detail
Automatic transmission
Downshifting
̈ Press button 2 located on the left side
of the steering wheel.
or
̈ Briefly press the selector lever to the
left in the D- direction.
The transmission shifts to the next low-
er gear.
Warm up the engine gently. Do not place
full load on the engine until the operating
temperature has been reached. Shift into
reverse gear only when the vehicle is
stopped.
Deactivating steering wheel gearshift
control
̈ Press the program mode selector
switch repeatedly until the
S
or
C
for au-
tomatic shift program appears in the
speedometer display field.
Automatic gear shifting is activated.
Warning! G
On slippery road surfaces, never downshift
in order to obtain braking action. This could
result in drive wheel slip and reduced vehi-
cle control. Your vehicle’s ABS will not pre-
vent this type of loss of control.
i
At each engine start, the transmission
will go into the last automatic shift pro-
gram mode selected (
S
or
C
). Program
mode
M
is not stored and will not be re-
called when the engine is restarted.