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Driving and parking, Automatic transmission – Mercedes-Benz SL-Class 2013 Owners Manual User Manual

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Selecting the ideal shift range

X

Pull and hold left-hand steering wheel

paddle shifter : until the function is

activated.

Depending on the selected drive program,

the automatic transmission shifts to a gear

which allows ideal acceleration and

deceleration. To do this, the automatic

transmission shifts down one or more

gears.

Manual drive program

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.
You can select manual drive program M with

the program selector button or the drive

program selector (AMG vehicles). In manual

drive program M, you can change gear using

the steering wheel paddle shifters if the

transmission is in position D. The selected

gear appears in the multifunction display.

X

Press the program selector button

repeatedly until M(

Y

page 167) appears in

the multifunction display.

X

AMG vehicles: turn the drive program

selector until M(

Y

page 167) appears in the

multifunction display.

Upshifting

X

Pull the right-hand steering wheel paddle

shifter (

Y

page 168).

The automatic transmission shifts up to the

next gear.
Before the engine speed reaches the red

area, an upshift indicator will be shown in

the multifunction display.

:

Upshift indicator

;

Gear indicator

X

Shift up a gear if upshift symbol : appears

in the multifunction display.

AMG vehicles
!

In manual drive program M, the automatic

transmission does not shift up

automatically 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.

X

If the display color of the multifunction

display changes to red and upshift

symbol : appears, shift up a gear.

Downshifting

X

Pull the left-hand steering wheel paddle

shifter (

Y

page 168).

The automatic transmission shifts down to

the next gear.

Maximum acceleration

X

Pull the left-hand steering wheel paddle

shifter until the transmission selects the

optimum gear according to the speed.

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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Automatic transmission

Driving

and

parking