ECU MERCEDES-BENZ CLS 2022 Owner's Guide

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Sec ureth ero of lugg agera ck tothefa steni ng
po int sbe nea thcovers 1 . #
Com plywit hth einst allation instruction sof the
ro of lugg agera ck manuf acturer. #
Secur eth eload onthero of lugg agera ck . Soc
ke Soc
kets ts
Usi
ngt Usi
ngthe 12 Vsoc ket he
12 Vsoc ket RR
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uir uir
ements: ements:
R Onlyconnect devices uptoamaximum of
180 W(15 A).
Depen dingon theve hicle equipme nt,th eve hicle
has a12 Vsoc ketin thestor ag ecom partment in
th efront cent erconsole. Inaddition, depending
on theve hicle equipme nt,th eve hicle hasa12 V
soc ketin thestor ag ecom partment inthere ar
passen gercom partment centerconsole. Ex
am ple: 12Vsoc ketin thestor ag ecom partment in
th efront cent erconsole #
Brie0y press thetrim element oftheco veron
th efront.
The coveropens inthedir ection ofthear ro w. #
LiT upcap1 ofthesoc ketand inser tth e
plug ofthede vice.
If yo uha ve conn ectedade vice tothe12 V
soc ket,lea vetheco verof thestor ag ecom part-
ment open. Using
t Using
the 115 Vsoc ke he
115 Vsoc ketin t t
in the r he
rear passeng ear
passeng er er
com com
par par
tment tment
&
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskoffata linjur iesdue toa
damag edconnectin gcable oradamag ed
soc ket
Yo ucould receiv ean elect ric shoc kif th econ-
necting cableorthe115 Vpo we rsoc ketis
pulle dout ofthetrim orisdamag edorwe t. #
Use onlyconnec tingcablesthat aredr y
and free ofdamag e. #
When theve hicle isswitc hedo.,mak e
sur eth at the115 Vpo we rsoc ketis dry. #
Immedi atelyha ve the115 Vpo we r
soc ketch eckedor replaced ataqu ali/ed
special izedwo rkshop ifit is damag edor
has been pulledout ofthetrim. #
Neverplug theconnecting cableintoa
115 Vpo we rsoc ketth at isdamag edor
has been pulledout ofthetrim. 106106
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andstow ing

Ther
eis arisk ofinjury, par ticular lyin the
eve ntofsud den brak ing orasud den chang e
in dir ecti on. #
Alwaysst ow objects sothat they canno t
be thro wn aroun din suc hsitu ation s. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at obj ects donot
pr otru de from stow agespaces, parcel
ne ts or stow agene ts. #
Close theloc kable stow agespaces
bef orestar tin gajou rney . #
Alwaysst ow and secur ehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objects inthetrunk/car gocom part-
ment. Obser
vetheno teson loadin gth eve hicle. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk of/refrom placin gobj ects
in themobile phonestor ag ecom partment
Placing other objects inthemobile phone
st or ag ecom partment couldconstit utea/r e
hazar d. #
Apar tfr om amobile phone, donotplace
an yot her objects inthemobile phone
st or ag ecom partment, especiall yth ose
made ofme tal. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto objects causedbyplac-
ing them inthemobile phonestor ag e
com partment If
objects areplaced inthemobile phonestor -
ag ecom partment, these maybe damag edby
electr omagne tic/elds. #
Donotplace credit cards, stor ag e
media, skipasses orother objects sensi -
tiv eto electr omagne tic/elds inthe
mobile phonestor ag ecom partment . *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto themobile phonestow -
ag ecom partmen tcaused byliquids If
liq uids enterthemobile phonestow age
com partmen t,thecom partment maybe dam-
ag ed. #
Ensur eth at no liquids enterthemobile
phone stow agecom partmen t. The
follo wing noteson wirelessl ych argin gth e
mobile phonemustbeobser ved:
R Dependin gon theve hicle equipme nt,th e
mobile phoneisconnect edtotheve hicle' s
ex terior ant enna viathech argin gmodul e.
R The chargin gfu nct ion and wireless connection
of themobile phonetotheve hicle' sex terior
ant enna areonl yav ailabl eif th eve hicle is
switc hedon.
R Smal lmobil ephone sma yno tbe able tobe
ch arge din everyposition ofthemobile phone
st owa gecom partmen t.
R Largemobile phones whichdo notre st 0at in
th emobile phonestow agecom partmen tma y
no tbe able tobe charge dor connect edwith
th eve hicle' sex terior ant enna.
R The mobile phonemayheat updur ing the
ch argin gpr ocess. Thismaypar ticu larly
depend ontheapplications (apps)cur rentl y
ope nin thebac kground.
R Toensur emor ee1cient chargin gand conn ec-
tio nwit hth eve hicle' sex terior ant enna,
re mo vethepro tectiv eco verfr om themobile 108108
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andstow ing

phone.
Protectiv eco vers whic har enece ssary
fo rwir eless chargin gar ean excep tion .
R When chargin g,themat should beused ifpos-
sible. CharChar
ging amobile phonewir ging
amobile phonewirelessl y elessl
y RR
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uir uir
ements: ements:
R The mobile phoneissuit able forwir eless
ch argin g(Qi- com patiblemobil ephon e).
A lis tof Qi- com patiblemobil ephon escan be
fo und at:https://www .mercedes-benz-
mobile.com. #
Place themobile phoneasclose tothecent er
of mat 1aspossible withth edispla yfa cing
upw ards.
When thech argin gsymbol issho wninthe
multimed iasystem, themobile phoneisbeing
ch arge d.
Malfun ctionsduring thech argin gpr ocess are
sho wninthecentr aldispla y.
% The matca nbe remo vedfo rcleaning, e.g.
using clean, lukewa rmwater. Ins
t Ins
talli ng/r alli
ng/remo emo
vingt vin
gthe he
0oor 0oor
mats mats
&
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofaccide ntdue toobjects
in thedr iver's foot we ll
Objects inthedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal trav el or bloc kadepr essed pedal.
This jeopar dizestheoper ating androad safety
of theve hicle. #
Stow allobj ects intheve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. #
Alwaysins tallth e0oor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur eth at
th er eis alw ayssu1cie ntroom forth e
pedals. #
Donotuse loose 0oormats anddonot
place 0oormats ontopof one another. InstInst
alling alling
0oor 0oor
mats mats Seats
andstow ing
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Itis saf eto star tan dru nth eengine where
yo ur vehicle ispar ked.
R The fuel tank issu1 ciently full .
S S
t t
ar ar
ting t ting
the v he
veh icle (R eh
icle (Rem ot emo
te Online) e
Online) &
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ARNING ARNING
Riskofcrushing orentr apment
due tounint entional star ting oftheengine
Limbs couldbecrushed ortrapped ifth e
engine isstar tedunint ention allydur ing service
or maint enance work. #
Alwayssecur eth eengine against unin-
te ntiona lst ar ting beforeca rryin gout
main tenanc eor repair work. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Park position 005Disselect ed.
R The anti-theT alarmsystem isno tactiv ated.
R The panic alarmisno tactiv ated.
R The hazar dwa rning light system isswitc hed
o..
R The hood isclosed.
R The door sar eclosed andlocked. R
The windo wsand slidingsunr oofareclosed . #
Startth eve hicle usingth esmar tphone.
ATer everyengine star t,theengine runs for
te nminut es.
Yo ucan carryout amaximum oftwoconsecutiv e
st ar ting attem pts. Youmust star tth eengine with
th eSmar tKey bef oretrying tostar tth eve hicle
ag ain withth esmar tphone.
Yo ucan switc ho. theve hicle atanytime asfol-
lo ws :
R Viath esmar tphone app
R Bypressing theÜ orß buttononthe
Sma rtKe y
% Further informatio ncan befound inthe
smar tphon eapp.
Se cur Se
cur ing t ing
the v he
vehicle ag ehicle
agains ains
tst t
st ar ar
tin gbef tin
gbef or or
ecar ry- e
car ry-
ing out maint ing
out maint enance orr enance
orrepair w epair
wor or
k: k:
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Switc hon thehazar dwa rning light system.
or #
Unloc kth edoor s.
or #
Open aside windo wor thesliding sunroof. BrBr
eaking-in not eaking-in
notes es
To
preser vetheengine during the/r st
1,000 miles(1,500 km):
R Drive at varying road speeds andengine
speeds .
R Donotdr ive at speeds great erthan 85 mph
(140 km/h ).
R Drive th eve hicle indrive pr og ram A
or ;.
R ShiT tothene xt highest gear attheve ry latest
when theneedle reac hes thelast third bef ore
th ere dar ea intheta ch ome ter.
R DonotshiT down manuall yin order tobrak e.
R Avoid overstraining theve hicle, e.g.dr ivi ng at
fu llth ro ttle.
R Donotdepress theacceler ator pedal pastthe
pr essur epoint (kickdo wn).
R Onlyincr ease theengine speedgraduall yand
acceler ateth eve hicle tofull speed aTer
1, 000 miles (1,500 km). Dr
iving and parking
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ATe rno mor eth an /vesecon ds,take your leT
fo ot quickl yo. thebr ak e, but keep theaccel-
er ator pedal depressed.
The vehicle pullsawa yat maxim umaccel era-
tio n. #
Switchon ESP®
onc eth eacceler ationproce-
dur eis com plete.
Endin gop Endin
gop timiz edacceler timiz
edacceler ation ation
#
Remo veyour foot from theacceler ator pedal. #
Reactiv ateth eESP ®
.
% ATer youpull away wit hop timi zed acceler a-
tion ,com pone ntsof thedr ivet ra in can
become very hot,whic hmeans that optimi zed
acceler ationva lues maybe reac hed again
onl yaTer afew minut es. NNo o
t t
es on dr es
on drivin g ivin
g &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoobjects
in thedr iver's foot we ll
Objects inthedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal trav el or bloc kadepr essed pedal. This
jeopar dizestheoper ating androad safety
of theve hicle. #
Stow allobj ects intheve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. #
Alwaysins tallth e0oor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur eth at
th er eis alw ayssu1cie ntroom forth e
pedals. #
Donotuse loose 0oormats anddonot
place 0oormats ontopof one another. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoincor -
re ct foot we ar
Incor rect foot we arincl udes, forex ample:
R Shoe swith platform soles
R Shoe swit hhigh heels
R Slipper s
Ther eis arisk ofan acciden t. #
Alwayswe arsuit able foot we arso that
yo ucan oper ateth epedals safely. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent ifth eve hicle is
switc hedo.while drivi ng
If yo uswitc ho. theve hicle while drivi ng ,
saf etyfu nct ionsar ere str icte dor no long er
av ailabl e.
This maya.ect thepo we rst eer ing system and
th ebr ak efo rc eboosting ,fo rex am ple.
Yo uwill need touse consider ablymor efo rc e
to stee ran dbr ak e, forex am ple. #
Donotswitc ho. theve hicle while driv-
ing . &
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskoffata linjur iescaused by
ex haus tga ses
Combu stion enginesemit poison ousexhaus t
ga ses, suchas carbon monoxide.Inhaling
th ese exhaus tga ses ishazar dous tohealt h
and leads topoisoning . #
Neverru nth eve hicle and,ifpr esen t,the
st at iona ry heat erind oor swit hout su1-
cient ventila tion. Dr
iving andparking
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Press button1.
If indi catorlam p2 lights up,theEC Ostar t/
st op function isactiv ated.
% Depending onthemodel andtheve hicle
eq uipme nt,th ebutt onmayalso belocat edat
a di.er entposition inthecent erconsole. ECEC
Odispla O
displa yfunction y
function The
ECOdispla ysummar izesyour driving charac-
te risti cs from thestar tof thejour neyto its com-
ple tion andassists youin achie ving themost eco-
nomical driving style.
Yo ucan in0uence consum ption bydoing thefo l-
lo wing:
R Driving withpar ticular care.
R Following thege arshiT recommen dations. The
letter ing inthesegment willlight upbrightl y,
th eout eredg ewill light upand thesegment will
/ll up when thefo llo wing driving styleisadop ted:
R 1 Steady speed
R 2 Gentle deceler ationandrolling
R 3 Moder ateacceler ation
The letter ing inthesegment willbegray ,th eout er
edg ewill bedar kand thesegment willempty
when thefo llo wing driving styleisadop ted:
R 1 Fluctuation sin speed
R 2 Hea vybraking
R 3 Spor tyacceler ation The
ECOdispla ywill showyo uwhen youha ve
dr iven economicall y:
R The thre esegments will/llup com pletely at
th esame time
R The edgesaround allthre esegments willlight
up
The additional rang eac hie vedas are sult ofyour
dr iving stylein com parison withadr iver wit ha
ve ry spor tydrivi ng style will besho wnonthecen-
te rof displa y4. Therang edis pla yeddoes not
indicat ea/x ed reduction inconsum ption. ECEC
OAssis O
Assist function (v t
function (vehicles wit ehicles
with48 Von-boar d h
48 Von-boar d
electr electr
icalsyst ical
system) em)
EC
OAssist analyzes datafo rth eve hicle' sex pec-
te dro ute. This allowsthesy stem tooptimall y
adjus tth edr iving styleforth ero uteahead ,sa ve
fuel and recuper ate.
EC OAssis tis displa yedon theAssistance
menu(/ page218). 144144
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iving andparking

1
Event ahead
2 Distance displa yfo rth eev ent ahead
3 "Foo to. theacceler ator" prom pt Displa
yable routeev ents 1 The
segments ofdist ance displa y2 showthe
dist ance totheev ent ahead asfollo ws :
R Afew segme ntslig ht up: theev ent ahead is
near .
R Man ysegments lightup:theev ent ahead is
fur ther awa y.
When theve hicle nearsth eeve nt,ECOAss istwill
ca lcu lateth eop timal speed formaximum fuel
econom yand recuper ativeener gybased onthe
dist ance, speed andgradien t.The Foot offthe
Accel erator messag e3 appear sin theInstr u-
ment Displa y.The /rst segm entsinfront ofthe
ve hicle willturngr een. Theremainin gsegment s
will initiallyst ay whit e.Ifyo uta ke your foot o. the
acceler ator pedal ingood time,th ere mainin gseg-
ments onthedispla ywill success ivel ytur ngr een
until theev ent shownisreac hed. Thedrivet ra in
will besetfo rmaximum fueleconom y.Re cuper a-
tion willcharge thebatt ery. Re cuper ationwillbe
adap tedto theselect eddrive pr og ram.
The event willbesho wnfora shor ttime aTer it
has been passed .If th er eis no response tothe
Foot offthe Accele ratorprom pt,th esegments
will remain white. If
th eev ent invo lves ave hicle infront ,all seg-
men tswill immed iatelytur ngr een once ther eis a
re sponse totheFoot offthe Accelerator prom pt.
Fo ractiv eEC OAssist indrive pr og ram ;,
symbol 3will appear ontheinst rument displa y
and onthehead-up displaybeside transmission
position 005B.Symbol 3will also appear whenthe
assis tant dis pla yis no tsel ect ed.
If th esy stem does notint erve ne dur ing theev ent
ahead, nothing will bedispla yed. The system will
be passiv e.
EC OAssist isactiv eonl yin drive pr og rams ;
and A.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
EC OAssis tcan function even mor epr ecisel yif
th ero uteis adher edtowhen routeguida nceis
ac tive. The basicfunctio nis als oav ailabl ewit hout
activ ero uteguidance. Notall information and
tr a1c situations canbefore seen .The qualit y
depen dson themap data.
EC OAssist isonl yan aid. Thedriver isresponsi ble
fo rke eping asaf edist ance from theve hicle in
fr ont ,fo rve hicle speed andforbr aking ingood
time. Thedriver must beready tobrak eat all Dr
iving andparking
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent and injur ydue
to childr enleT unatt ended intheve hicle
If ch ildr enareleT unsuper visedintheve hicle,
th ey could, inpar ticul ar:
R open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R getout and bestruckby oncoming tra1c.
R oper ateve hicle equipme ntand become
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion ,fo rex am ple by:
R releasing thepar king brak e.
R chang ingthetransmission position.
R star ting theve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. Use
theDIRECT SELECT leve rto switc hth etrans-
mission position. Thecurrent trans missionpos i-
tion isdis pla yedin theinst rument displa y. 005D
Park position
005E Reversege ar
005C Neutral
005B Drive position Eng Eng
aging rev agin
gre ver er
se g se
gear R ear
R #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpush theDIRECT
SELECT leve rupw ards past the/r st point of
re sis tance.
Eng Eng
aging neutr aging
neutralN al
N #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal andpush theDIRECT
SELECT leve rup ordown tothe/r st point of
re sis tance.
% ToshiT intoneu tral 005C withth eve hicle
switc hedon,push theselect orleve rup or
do wn forse veralseconds tothe/r st point of
re sis tance.
Subs equentl yre leasing thebr ak epedal willallow
yo uto mo vetheve hicle freel y,e.g. topush itor
to w itawa y.
Pr Pr
oce edasf oce
edasfoll ow ollo
ws if y s
if you w ou
want t ant
the aut he
aut omatic omatic
tr tr
ansmission t ansmission
to r o
remain inneutr emain
inneutr al al
005C 005C
ev ev
en ift en
ifthe he
v v
ehicle isswitc ehicle
isswitc hed hed
o. o.
ort or
the dr he
driv iv
er's door is er's
door is
opened: opened:
#
Depr essthebr ak epedal andengageneutr al
005C when theve hicle isstation ary. #
Release thebr ak epedal. #
Switc ho. theve hicle. Dr
iving and parking
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%
Ifyo uth en exitth eve hicle leavingth eSmar t-
Ke yin theve hicle, theaut omatic transmission
re mains inneut ral005C.
Eng Eng
aging par aging
parkposition P k
position P #
Obser vetheno teson par king theve hicle
(/ page155). #
Depr essthebr ak epedal untiltheve hicle
comes toast ands till. #
When theve hicle isat ast ands till,pr ess but-
to n005D.
Whe nth etransmission positiondisplaysho ws
005D ,th epar kposition iseng aged. Ifno trans-
mission position display005D appear s,secur e
th eve hicle toprev ent itfrom rolling away.
% Depending onthesituation, itma yta ke a
shor ttime until005D iseng aged. Ther efor e,
alw ayspa yatt ent ion tothetransmission posi-
tion displa y.
Pa rk position
005Diseng aged aut omaticall yif one
of thefo llo wing conditions isme t:
R Youswitc hth estationar yve hicle o.intrans-
mission position005Bor005E. R
Youopen thedr iver's door when theve hicle is
at ast ands tillor when drivi ng atave ry low
speed andthetransmission positionis005B or
005E.
% Tomaneuv erwit han open driver's door ,open
th edr iver's door while atast andstill and
eng agetransmission position005Bor005E again.
Eng Eng
aging dr aging
driv iv
e position D e
position D #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpush theDIRECT
SELECT leve rdo wn past the/r st point of
re sis tance.
Whe nth eaut omatic transmission isin transmis-
sion position 005B,itshiTs thege arsaut omati cally.
This depends ,am ong other things, onthefo llo w-
ing fact or s:
R The select eddrive pr og ram
R The positionof theacceler ator pedal
R The driving speed PrPr
oblems wit oblems
witht h
the tr he
transmission ansmission
The
tr The
transmission hasaf ansmission
hasafaulty g aulty
gear ear
shiT shiT
Po ssible cause:
R The transmissi onislosin goil. #
Have thetransmission checkedat aqu ali/ed
special istwo rkshop immed iately.
The accel er The
accel erati on c ati
on cha r ha
rac t ac
ter er
is istics
ge tics
getw t
w or or
se, and se,
and
t t
he tr he
transm ission nolong ansm
ission nolong er er
shi Ts. shi
Ts.
Po ssible cause:
R The transmissi onisin emer gency operation
mode :it is onl ypos sibleto shiT toone gear
and reve rsege ar. #
Stop theve hicle inaccor dance withth etra1c
conditions. #
ShiT thetransmission toposition 005D. #
Switc ho. theve hicle. #
Waitat least tensec onds . #
Startth eve hicle again. 150150
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iving and parking

#
ShiT thetransmission toposition 005Bor005E.
If 005B isselect ed,thetransmission onlyshiTs
to one gear;if 005E isselect ed,thetransmission
shiTs toreve rsege ar. #
Have thetransmission checkedat aqu ali/ed
special istwo rkshop immed iately. Manua
l Manua
lg g
ear ear
shiTin g sh
iTin g Whe
nth eaut omatic transmission isshiTed to
position 005B,youcan manuall yshiT itwit hth e
st ee ring wheel gearshiT paddle .If per mitt ed,the
aut omati ctransmi ssionshiTs toahighe ror lowe r
ge ar depen dingon thesteer ing wheel gearshiT
paddle beingpull ed. Yo
uha ve twoop tions tomanuall yshiT theaut o-
matic transmission:
R Temp oraryse ttin g
R Perm anen tse tting
The gearsshiT automati callywhen manualshiTing
is deact ivat ed.
T T
em em
por por
ar ar
yse y
se tting : tti
ng : #
T T
o activ o
activ at at
e: e:
pull steer ing wheel gearshiT pad-
dle 1 or2.
Man ualshiTing isactiv ated fora shor ttime.
The transmission positiondisplaysho ws0063
and thecur rent gear.
% Howlon gth emanual shiTingst ay sactiv ated
is depen denton various fact or s.
Manu alshiTing canbeaut omatical lydeactiv a-
te din thefo llo wing cases :
R Changing thedr ive pr og ram
R Restar ting theve hicle
R When thetransmission position005Bis
eng aged again
R Driving style #
T T
o o
shiT shiT
up: up:
pull steer ing wheel gearshiT pad-
dle 2. #
T T
o o
shiT shiT
do do
wn: wn:
pull steer ing wheel gearshiT
paddle 1. #
T T
o deact iv o
deact ivat at
e: e:
pull steer ing wheel gearshiT
paddle 2and hold itin place.
The transmi ssionpositiondispl aysho ws005B.
P P
er er
manent se manent
setting : tting
: #
Chang eto drive pr og ram =(/ page147) . #
Sele ctdrive se ttin g0063 (/ page147). GearGear
shiT shiT
r r
ecommendati on ecommendati
on The
gearshiT recommen dationassistsyo uin
adop tinganeconomica ldr iving style. Dr
iving andparking
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