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Au tomati ctra nsmi ssion En
gagin grev erse gea r R
6 Pus hth esele ctor lever up beyond the
fi rst point of res ista nc e. En
gagin gdriv epo sitio n D
6 Push thesele ctor lever down beyond
the firs t po int of resi stance. En
gaging park positio n P
6 Pressthe button on the selector lever
in thed irec tion of arrow P.
i Ifyo u depress thebrake pedal and push
th es elec torle ve r up or dow n,yo uwi llca nc elthe
park position.
If yo uwi sh to shift directly fr om thepar kposition
in to reve rse gear, depress the bra kepedal and
pu sh the select or leve ru pbe yond th efirs tpoin t
of resistanc e.
If yo uwi sh to shift directly fr om thepar kposition
in to the drive posi tion, depress thebrake pedal
and push the selec tor lev erdow nbeyond the
firs tpoint of resis tanc e.
! Ifthe engine spee d is too high, youc annot
sh ift the automatic tr ansm ission dire ctly from D
to Ror from Rto Dor direc tlyi nto P. The auto-
ma tic tran sm ission coul d otherwis e be dam-
aged. En
gagi ngpark posi tion Pauto matical ly
Pa rk po sition Pis engaged automatically if:
! you sw itchof fth e en gine using th ekey
an d rem oveit, or if you switchof fthe
eng ine usin gthe KEY LESS GO button*
and open th edr iver ’s door
! HOL D (=page 311) or Distronic Plus*
(= page 300) bri ngs you r vehicle to a
ha ltan da tle as t one of thefo llowi ng
co nd itions is fulfilled:
! The engine issw itch ed off.
! The driver’s door isopene dand the
se at belt is notinse rted inthebuck-
le.
In addition to park pos ition P,th eelec tric
parki ngbrake isalso engaged automati cal-
ly. The
autom atic tr ansm issi on shifts into in-
div idua lge arsau tom atical ly. Thi sautom at-
ic ge arshifting be haviour is determ ined by:
! the sele ctor leve r po sition D
( = page 261) with shift ra nges 6*,5 *,
4, 3, 2 and1(
= pa ge 266)
! the dr ive progra mselec ted
( S / C /M ) (
= page 269)
! the po sition of the accele rator pedal
( = page 267)
! the ro adspeed Ge
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Aut omatic transmission
Th ecu rrent tra nsmi ssionp ositio n and
th ed rive program ( S/ C /M )ap pear inthe
sp eedom eter display.
1 Tran smissi onpositio ndispl ay
2 Driv epr ogra m(S/ C /M)
Wh en the tra nsmi ssion is inposition D
( = page 266),yo uca ninflue nceth ege ar-
sh ifts made by the autom atic transmi ssio n
usin gth este ering wheel gea rshift buttons
by:
! cha nging ge aryou rself
! restric ting theshift ra nge !
Ifth e gearsh ift display hasf ailed, pull away
ca refully to check whetherth e des ired gear is
en gage d. It is bestto sele cttransmiss ion posi-
ti on Dand driv eprogram Sor C.Do not re strict
th esh iftr an ge. Ge
arshift disp lays
P54.32-3398-31 Tr
an smissi onpositions ì Pa
rking lock
Prevents the vehicle from roll-
ing away wh enparked. Only
select Pwh en the vehicle is
sta tiona ry.
If you switchof fthe en gine
using the key andrem ove it,
th eau tom atic tran sm ission
shif tsautom atica llyt o park po-
sition P.
If you switchof fthe en gine us-
ing the KEYLESS GO button*
an do penthe driver’s do or,th e
au tom atic tran sm ission shi fts
au tom atically to park po sition
P . í Rev
erse gear
On lyshi ftthe autom atic tra ns-
missio nto Rwh en the vehicle
is statio nary. ë Ne
utral
No power is trans mitted from
the engine to th edr ive wh eels.
Re leasing the brakes willal low
yo uto mo ve the ve hiclef reely,
e. g. to push it ortowit
( = page 499).
Do not shift the autom atic
tr an smi ssio nto Nwh iletheve-
hi cle is inmo tion .Th e auto mat-
ic tran smi ssio ncould
oth erwise bedama ged.
If ESP ®
ha s been de activated
or hasma lfun ctione d: only
mo ve the autom atic tran smis-
si on toNifthe vehicle is in
da ng er ofskid ding ,e. g. on icy
ro ads. ê Dri
ve
Th eau tom atic tr ansmission
chang esgear au tomat ical ly.
Al lfive for wardgear sare
avai lable. Vehicles with 7G-
TRONIC: al lse ven forward
gears are availa ble. 216_R
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Aut omatic transmission Extendi
ngthe shift rang e/ ups hifting
St eerin gwhee lgearshift buttons
6 Press button 2 on the right-hand side
of the stee ring wh eel.
The shift range (
=page 266) is exte nd-
ed .If yo uar e driving inman ual drive
pr og ram M, th eau tom atic tran sm is-
si on shi fts up to th enextg ear.
i Ifth ema ximum engine speed forthe shift
range is reac hed and you continue toacce lerat e,
th ea utom atic tran sm ission shifts up ,even ifthe
sh ift range is restric ted. Th e eng inec ould over-
re v.
St eerin gwhee lgearshift paddles
6 Pull on right- hand paddle 2.
The shift range (
=page 266) is exte nd-
ed .If yo uar e driving inman ual drive
pr og ram M, th eau tom atic tran sm is-
si on shi fts up to th enextg ear.
If yo uhav esele cted the AM Gme nuin
the on-board compu ter(
= page 287),
the upshi ftins truct ion"up" issh own in
the instr ument cluster. !
Inthe manual gearshift progra m, the auto-
ma tic transm ission does notshift up on its own
even atthema xim um permissibl espeed for the
res pective ge ar. Whenthe engin espeed lim itis
reach ed,the fuel supply is int errupted toavoid
overrevv ingthe engine. Make abs olut elyce rtain
th at the engine speed does not clim bto the red
are ainth ere v co unter.Ifth is oc curs, the engine
could be damaged.
Re stricting thes hift ra nge/ downshifting
i
If you press left button 2when the engine
sp ee disto ohigh ,th eau toma tic tr ansm ission
will notshift down. The engine could ov errev.
i Whentheau toma tic tran sm ission isin pos i-
ti on P,Nor Ryo uc annot change gear using the
steering wheel gears hift but tons. Steeri
ngwheel gearshiftbu ttons
6 Pressbutton 1onthe le ft-h an d side of
the steerin gwheel.
The shiftra ng e (
=page 266) is restr ict-
ed . If yo uare dri vinginman ual dr ive
program M, the autom atic tra nsmi s-
si on shifts down tothe next ge ar.
Steerin gwheel gearshift paddl es
6 Pullon le ft-h an dpaddle 1.
The shiftr an ge (= page 266) isrestric ted.
If you are dri ving in manualdrive program
M , th eautom atic tra nsmi ssionsh ifts down
to the next ge ar.
i If manual drive pr ogram Mhasbeen select-
ed and you stop the engine, theau tomatic trans-
mission will swi tch toan automatic drive
program. If automatic dr ive program Sor Chas
bee nse lect ed , th eau toma tic tr ansm ission will
re ma in in there spec tive drive pro gram even if
th e engine is res tarted. G
Risk of accid ent Do
notch an ge dow nfor addition alengi ne
br ak ingon aslip pe ryroad surface .Th is could
ca use thed rive wheels to lo setheir grip and
th eveh icle cou ldskid. 216_R
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Au tomati ctra nsmi ssion Working
onthe vehicle
Using the program select or button you
cha nge:
! the gearshi ftprogram
! theABC suspen sion charact eristics
( = page 314)
! the engine control 1
Program selector button Yo
uca nselect th efollo wing drivep ro-
gr ams:
! Only press program selec tor bu tton 1
when thetrans mission is in position P, NorD.
6 Toselec tthe drive progr am:press
program selector button 1repea tedly
unt ilthe letter ( S/C/M)fo r the drive
pro gram you desire appears in the
speedom eter displ ay (
=page 263). G
Risk of acc ident Wh
en wo rkisbe ing carrie dou ton the vehi-
cl e, always secure you rve hicle with the
elec tricparking brak e and shi ftthe automat-
ic transmission to the Ppa rk position . The
ve hiclec ouldotherw ise roll away. Progr
amselect or butt on P2
7.60- 2791-31 Drive
prog
ram Settin
gs C
Com fort Stan
dard setting with
comfo rtab le en gine ,
tr an smi ssion an dsus-
pe nsion tuni ng S
Spo rt Dy
nam icen gine, tran s-
mi ssionan d suspen sion
tuning M
Manual Ma
nualgears hifting
with shorter shift tim es
with dynam ic engine,
tr an smi ssion an dsus-
pe nsion tuni ng 216_R
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Aut omatic transmission
Drive program Cha st he following charac-
te rist ics:
! Comfo rtab leengi neand suspensi on
tuning.
! Theve hicle pulls away mo regently in
fo rward and reverse gears, ex cept
whe ndrivi ng atfullthrottle.
! Fuelme teri ngflexibility isincr ease d.
Th ispr ovides th eve hicl ewith improved
dr ivin gsta bility on slippery road surf ac-
es ,fo rex ample.
! Theau tom atic tr ansmission shifts up
so one r.Th is mean sthat the vehicle
dr ives at lowe r en gine speeds an d the
wh eels are less likely to spi n.
Drive program Sha s the following charac-
te rist ics:
! Sporty engi neand suspe nsiont uning.
! Theve hicle pulls away in first gear.
! Theau tom atic tr ansmission shifts up
la te r. Manu
aldrive prog ram
! Warm upthee ngine quickly. Do not make
use of the engine’ sfull outpu tuntil its normal op-
erating temp erature has been reac hed.
On lysh ift th eau toma tic tr ansm ission toRwhen
th e ve hicle is statio nary.
Wh ere possi ble, avoid allowin ga drive wheelto
spin when pulling away ona slipp ery sur face.
You can cha ngege ars yourse lfwith the
st eering whe elge arshi ftbuttons or the
st eering wh eel ge arsh ift paddles* the
man ualdrive prog ramM. Th eengine,
tr an sm issi onand suspen sion tuning is
then dynami c,as for drive program S.
Wh en the autom atic tr ansmission isin po-
si tion D,yo uca nsh ift up ordown thro ugh
th egear susing the stee ring wh eelgear-
shift bu ttons or thestee ring wh eelgea r-
shift padd les* (
=page 264). The gear
cu rrently selec ted and engaged is sh ownin
the multi-func tion display.
Ac tivating
6 Press program sele ctor button 1re-
pe atedly until th eletter Mfor manual
dr ive pr ogram M appea rsin the multi-
fu nc tio ndisplay. Upshifting
6 Pressthe button on the ri ght-hand side
of thest ee ring wh eel.
or
6 Pullon the right-hand paddle*.
Th eau tom atic tr ansm issi onshif tsup to
the ne xtgear.
Downshi fting
6 Pressthe butt onon the le ft-h an d side
of thest ee ring wh eel.
or
6 Pullon the le ft-h an d paddle*.
Th eau tom atic tran sm ission shi fts
down to the ne xtgear.
i Ifyo u brake thevehicle or come toaha lt
wi tho utshifti ng dow n,theau toma tic tran sm is-
sion shift sdown tothe gear that will allow the
ve hicle toaccelerat eor pull away again. G
Risk of accid ent Do
notch an ge dow nfor addition alengi ne
br akin gon a slip pe ry ro ad surface .Th iscould
ca use the drive wheels to lo setheir grip and
th ev ehic le co uld ski d. 216_
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Au tomati ctra nsmi ssion
Kickdown
You can also use kick down for maximum
ac ce ler ation in ma nualdrivep rogram M.
! AMGve hicles :ki ck down is not pos sible in
th e manual gearshift progra m.
6 Depress th eac ce lerator pedal beyond
the pressure point.
The tran smissi onshiftst oalo we rgear
depending on the engine spee d.
6 Once the desired sp eedh asbeen
re ac hed, shift up again.
i Ifyo uapply fullth rot tle, the automa tictran s-
mi ssion shifts up tothe nextgear at maximum
engine speed. Th isprevent sth e engine from
overre vving.
! AMGve hicles :In them anual gearshift pro-
gram ,the aut oma tictransmis sion does not shift
up on its own eve natthe ma ximum perm issible
speed forth e respec tive gear. Whenthe engine
speed limi tis reac hed,thef uel supply is int er-
rupted toavoid overrevv ingtheengine. Makeab-
solu tely ce rtain that the engine speed does not
cl imb tothe red area in therevcount er.If thi s oc-
curs, the engine could be damaged. Dea
ctivat ing
6 Press prog ram selec torbutton 1re-
pe atedly until th elett erSor Cappea rs
in the multi-func tio ndisplay.
or
6 Resta rttheengine. 216_
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Instrum entclust er
Th eco olan t tem peratu regauge is inthe in-
strum entcl us ter on the le ft-h an d side.
Th eco olan t te mperatur emay riseto
12 0° C und ernormal operati ngconditions
an difth eco nc entr ation of antifr ee ze /
co rros ion inh ibitor is correct.
Th ered band inthe re vco unt erind icat es
the engi ne’s ove rrev ving rang e.Th e speed
is restr icte dto prote cttheengine when
the red band is rea ched.
! Donot dri veintheov errev ving range. Doing
so will dam ageth e engine. Th
eou tside temper ature disp lay is lo cated
in the lower left-h an dco rner of the instru-
me ntclus ter. There isashort del aybefore
a ch an ge inthe outsid etem per atur e is dis-
played.
Th e fuel gaug eisinth einst ru me ntclus ter
on th eleft-h an d side. Theye llow res erve
fu el segment displ aylights upif th efuel
level drops into the reserve range. Coolant temperat
ure ga uge Rev counter Outside tem
perature dis play G
Risk of accident When
thetem perature display ed isjust
ab ovefreezin gpo int, the roa dsu rface may
be icy, espe cially in wooded areas or on
br idge s.The vehicle cou ldskid if you fail
to ad apty ourd rivi ng styl e. You should
therefo realwa ysada ptyou r driving style
and spe edto suit the weather condi tions. Fuel ga
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On-board computer
6 Press #again if yo uwi sh tochan ge
th ecu rrent stat us.
Sw itchin gon ther ever sing came ra*au- tom
atical ly
i The view from thereversing camera is
sh ow nin theCOMA ND display.
6 Press (or& to sele ctthe
"A ssis tanc e" menu.
6 Press %or$ to sele ctthe
"Rea r-vie wca mera" func tion.
6 Press #. 6
Press #againif yo uwi sh tochan ge
th ecu rre ntstat us.
You swi tchbe tween:
! "Automat icin R gear" : thereversing
came rasw itch es on automa tically
wh en rever segea ris eng aged.
! "Off":th e re versingca mera does
not switch on.
In the"Ser vice" menu, youcan:
! callup messag es
! check* or monitor the tyr epressure
! callup ASS YST PLUS
! check theengine oi l level Calling
upmes sages
i Youw ill find a menuoverview on
(= page 275).
Yo uca ncall up malfun ctions wh ich ha ve
oc curred. The display shown depe nds on
wh ether amalfu nc tion hasoc curre dor
not. 6
Press (or& toselect the
"Se rvice" menu.
If ma lfun ctions have oc curred,the follo w-
ing entry, for ex ample,wil lappear inthe
disp lay: "2 me ssag es".
6 Press %or$ toselect the entry.
6 Press #to conf irm.
Yo u can scrol lthroug hthe messag es with
% or$ .Th epossible malfun ctions
ar e des cribed in the "Pra ctical advic e" sec-
tion ( =page 405).
i Ifyo utu rn thek eytoposition 0in the igni-
ti on loc kand then back to position 2,al lth e mes-
sages are del eted from themalfu nction me mory.
P54.32-3379-31 Service
menu G
Risk of acc ident The on-
boardc om puter only records and
di sp lay sma lfun ctions andwarn ings from
certain syst ems. For thisreason, yous hould
al wa ysma kesure th atyou rveh icle is safe to
use. Youco uldot herw ise ca us e an accident
by dr ivin g an uns afe ve hicle. 216_R
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On-board computer Checkin
gthe ty repres sures
Yo u wil lfi nd info rm ation about the tyre
pres sure monitor in th e"Ch ecking the tyre
pressur e electronically* "se ction
( = page 384).
Rest artin gthe tyre pres su re loss warn- ing syst
em
Yo uwi llfind info rm ation in the "Tyre pres-
su re loss warning syste m"section
( = page 383). Callin
gupASSYST PLUS
Yo uwi llfind info rmati on on ASSYST PLUS
in the"Ser vice"se ction(
=page 393). Checkin
gthe engine oil level
Yo uwi llfind information abo utche cking
the engine oi l levelu sing the on-board
co mpute rin the "Eng ine oil" se ction
( = page 377).
i Youw ill find a menu over view on
(= page 275 ).
In the "Settings" menu, youc an:
! switcht he dayti medriving lights on or
off !
switch the Intel ligent Light System on
or off
! set the li mit speed forw inter tyres
! activate or de activ atet he additional
speedo meter
! activate or deactiva tethe radar sens or
syste m*
Switc hing the daytime driving lights on or off
If
yo uha ve set"Daytime driving lamp s"and
the light sw itch isat 0,the follo wing light
up automatically while the engin eis ru n-
ning:
! Side lamps and dipp ed-be am head-
la mps
! Lice nc e plate lighting
6 Press ( or& to select the
"S ettin gs"menu.
6 Press % or$ to select
"Daytime driving lights" .
6 Press # .
6 Press # againif yo uw ishtocha nge
the current statu s. Th
eda ytime dri vinglights aresw itched
on or off accord ing to th eirp revious
sta te.
i If you turn the lig htswit ch to another posi-
ti on apart from 0,th e appropriate ligh tswi tches
on.
i Make su retha tthe ligh tsw itch is at B or
* when you switch off thed aytime driving
ligh tsin darknes swhile theve hicle is in motion.
Switc hing the Intelligent Light Sy stem on or off
Yo
uca nuse the "Intelligent Light System"
to set whether motorw ay mo de, theAc tive
Ligh t Syste m,corne ring light or the ex-
tende drange fogl ampsareactivated.
6 Press ( or& to sele ctthe
"Settings" menu.
6 Use % or$ tosele ct the
"Intellig entLigh t System".
6 Press # .
6 Press # again if you wis hto cha nge
the current statu s.
The Intel ligent Light Syst em is activ at-
ed ordeac tiva teddepe ndingon its pr e-
viou s sta te. Settings
menu 216_R
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On-board computer Setting per
manent Speedtr onic
Fo rho w to set Spe edtroni c,please ref erto
th e" Drivin gsyste ms"se ction
( = pa ge 311).
Hiding or show ing the ad ditional speed- ome
ter
Yo uca nsh ow anaddit ional di gital speed-
om eter inthem ulti-f un ction disp lay. The
sp eed isdispl ayed inmiles per hour. Vehi-
cle swith a milesspeedom eter: the addi-
tiona l spee dome ter indicates km /h.
6 Press (or& to sele ctthe
"Sett ings" menu.
6 Press %or$ to sele ct
"A ux. speedo meter" .
6 Press #.
6 Press #again if yo uwi sh tochan ge
th ecu rrent stat us.
Th ead dition alspeedom eter isac tiv at-
ed or deactivated acco rding to its pre-
viou s stat e. Ac
tivating anddeactivating the radar se
nsor syst em*
If yo ur vehi cle is equip pedwith a 24GHz
radar sensor system, youca n deactivate or
ac tiva te it.
! Youm ustdeac tivatethe24 GHz rada rs en-
sor sys temi nce rtain coun tries and nearto radio
ast ronomical inst allations (
=page 528) .
6 Press (or& tosele ct the "Set-
ting s"menu.
6 Press %or$ tosele ct"Radar
sensor" .
6 Press #.
6 Press #againif yo uwi sh tochan ge
th ecu rre ntstat us.
If yo u deac tiva te the radar se nsorsystem,
the following systems ared eactivated:
! Distr onic Plus*
! BAS Pl us*
! Park As sist*
! Parkin gGu ida nce*
! Dista nce warning*
! PRE-SAFE ®
Brake*
i The set tings are re tained eve naf te ryo u re-
st art the engine. i
OnlyAMG vehicl eshave this funct ion.
The first disp layintheAM Gme nushows:
! the ge arsele cted
! the engine oil te mperatu re
! theve hicle elec tric al syst emvoltage
6 Use ( or& to sele ctthe "AMG"
menu.
1 Gear indi ca tor
2 Upshift instruc tion
3 Engin eoil te mp erature
4 Vehi cle electri calsystem vol tage
Wh enthe engi nereac hesthe overspe ed
ra ng ein the man ual shift pr ogram, youc an
see the upshift in str uction "up" next to
gear indic ator 1 . AMG
menu*
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