Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class 2015 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 158)

i As well as this permanent drive program
M, you can also activate temporary drive
program M (
Y
page 154).
Switching on the manual drive program
Manual drive program M is different from
drive program S with regard to spontaneity,
responsiveness and smoothness of gear
changes.
Manual drive program M can be selected
using the program selector button. You can
change gear using the steering wheel paddle
shifters or the selector lever in manual drive
program M if the transmission is in position D.
The selected gear appears in the multifunc-
tion display.
X
Press the program selector button
(
Y
page 153) repeatedly until M appears in
the multifunction display.
Upshifting
X
Briefly press the selector lever to the right
towards D+.
or
X
Pull the right-hand steering wheel paddle
shifter (
Y
page 154).
The automatic transmission shifts up to the
next gear.
Shift recommendation
The gearshift recommendations assist you in
adopting an economical driving style. The rec-
ommended gear is shown in the multifunction
display.
X
Shift to recommended gear ; according
to gearshift recommendation : when
shown in the multifunction display of the
instrument cluster.
AMG vehicles
!
In manual drive program M, the automatic
transmission does not shift up automati-
cally even when the engine limiting speed
for the current gear is reached. When the
engine limiting speed is reached, the fuel
supply is cut to prevent the engine from
overrevving. Always make sure that the
engine speed does not reach the red area of
the tachometer. There is otherwise a risk of
engine damage.
: Gear indicator
; Upshift indicator
Before the engine speed reaches the red area,
an upshift indicator will be shown in the mul-
tifunction display.
X
If the color in the speedometer multifunc-
tion display changes to red and the UP UP dis-
play message is shown, shift up a gear.
Downshifting
X Briefly press the selector lever to the left
towards D–.
or
X
Pull the left-hand steering wheel paddle
shifter (
Y
page 154).
The automatic transmission shifts down to
the next gear.
i If you brake the vehicle or stop without
shifting down, the automatic transmission
will shift down to a gear that will allow the
vehicle to accelerate or pull away again.
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