Automatic transmission – Mercedes-Benz CLK-Coupe 2006 Owners Manual User Manual

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Controls in detail

Automatic transmission

For more information on driving with an
automatic transmission see “Automatic
transmission” (

page 48).

Your vehicle’s transmission adapts its gear
shifting process to your individual driving
style by continually adjusting the shift
points up or down. These shift point adjust-
ments are performed based on current
operating and driving conditions.

If the operating conditions change, the
automatic transmission reacts by
adjusting its shift program.

Gearshift pattern for automatic
transmission

The automatic transmission selects indi-
vidual gears automatically, depending on:

ț

the gear selector lever
position D (

page 172) with

gear ranges (

page 175)

ț

the selected program mode:

(C/S) (

page 176)

ț

the position of the accelerator pedal
(

page 174)

ț

the vehicle speed

i

During the brief warm-up, transmission
upshifting is delayed. This allows the
catalytic converter to heat up more
quickly to operating temperature.

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