Mercedes-Benz 2009 C350 Sport Automobile User Manual


 
Automatic transmission
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and deceleration automatically. This will
involve shifting down one or more gears.
Manual shift program
The manual shift program is available on
C 63 AMG only.
Manual program mode M differs with regard
to spontaneity, response time, and shifting
smoothness from automatic program mode
S.
In manual program mode M, system-
controlled automatic gearshifting is switched
off. You need to change the gears by manually
upshifting or downshifting using the gear
selector lever or the steering wheel gearshift
control.
Program mode selector switch
C Comfort For standard driving
S Sport For sporty driving
M Manual For manual gearshifting
The current program mode appears in the
multifunction display (Y page 125).
For information on automatic program mode
(C or S), see “Automatic shift
program” (Y page 124) and “One-touch
gearshifting” (Y page 125).
Activating manual shift program
X
Press the program mode selector switch
repeatedly until M appears in the
multifunction display.
The automatic transmission switches to
manual program mode M. Automatic
shifting is switched off. The gear range is
not limited.
You can change the gears manually with drive
position D selected. You can upshift or
downshift through the gears in succession.
i
Manual program mode M will not be
stored. When the engine is turned off with
manual program mode M selected, the
automatic transmission will go to
automatic program mode (C or S) when the
engine is restarted.
Upshifting
!
In manual program mode M, the
automatic transmission will not upshift,
even if the engine has reached its
overrevving range. Shift up into the next
gear before the engine has reached its
overrevving range. Make absolutely certain
that the engine speed does not reach the
red marking on the tachometer. Otherwise
the engine could be damaged which is not
covered by the Mercedes-Benz Limited
Warranty.
X
Briefly press the gear selector lever to the
right in the D+ direction.
or
X
Briefly pull right gearshift control 2
(Y page 126).
The automatic transmission shifts into the
next higher gear.
Controls in detail
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