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Driving and parking, Automatic transmission – Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class 2012 Owners Manual User Manual

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Gear indicator

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Upshift indicator

Downshifting

X

Pull the left-hand steering wheel paddle
shifter (

Y

page 144).

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.

i

For maximum acceleration, pull the left-

hand steering wheel paddle shifter until the
transmission selects the optimum gear for
the current speed.

Kickdown

i

Kickdown is not possible in manual drive

program

M.

Switching off the manual drive program

X

Turn the drive program selector
(

Y

page 143) until

C, S or S+ appears in the

multifunction display.

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Automatic transmission

Driving and parking

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