Driving and parking, Driving – Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class 2014 Owners Manual User Manual

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Pulling away

Automatic transmission

G

WARNING

If the engine speed is above the idling speed

and you engage transmission position D or

R, the vehicle could pull away suddenly. There

is a risk of an accident.
When engaging transmission position D or R,

always firmly depress the brake pedal and do

not simultaneously accelerate.

!

If a warning tone sounds and the

Release Park. Brake

message appears

in the multifunction display, the parking

brake is still applied. Release the parking

brake.

X

Depress the brake pedal and keep it

depressed.

X

Shift the transmission to position D or R.

X

Release the parking brake (

Y

page 169).

X

Release the brake pedal.

X

Carefully depress the accelerator pedal.

i

It is only possible to shift the transmission

from position P to the desired position if

you depress the brake pedal. Only then is

the parking lock released. If you do not

depress the brake pedal, you can move the

DIRECT SELECT lever but the parking lock

remains engaged.

i

The vehicle locks centrally once you have

pulled away. The locking knobs in the doors

drop down.
You can open the doors from the inside at

any time.
You can also deactivate the automatic

locking feature (

Y

page 232).

i

Upshifts take place at higher engine

speeds after a cold start. This helps the

catalytic converter to reach its operating

temperature more quickly.

Hill start assist

G

WARNING

After a short time, hill start assist will no

longer brake your vehicle and it could roll

away. There is a risk of an accident and injury.
Therefore, quickly move your foot from the

brake pedal to the accelerator pedal. Never

leave the vehicle when it is held by hill start

assist.

Hill start assist helps you when pulling away

forwards or in reverse on an uphill gradient.

It holds the vehicle for a short time after you

have removed your foot from the brake pedal.

This gives you enough time to move your foot

from the brake pedal to the accelerator pedal

and to depress it before the vehicle begins to

roll.

X

Take your foot off the brake pedal.

The vehicle is then held for about a second.

X

Pull away.

Hill start assist will not function if:

R

you are pulling away on a level road or on

a downhill gradient.

R

the transmission is in position N.

R

the parking brake is applied.

R

ESP

®

is malfunctioning.

ECO start/stop function

Introduction

The ECO start/stop function switches the

engine off automatically if the vehicle is

stopped under certain conditions.
The engine starts automatically when the

driver wants to pull away again. The ECO

start/stop function thereby helps you to

reduce the fuel consumption and emissions

of your vehicle.

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