Mercedes-Benz E-Cabriolet 2015 - Manual (Page 176)

i As well as this permanent drive program
M, you can also activate temporary drive
program M (
Y
page 172).
Switching on the manual drive program
X
Press the program selector button
(
Y
page 171) repeatedly until M appears in
the multifunction display.
The manual drive program is only available on
vehicles with the dynamic handling package
or AMG sports package.
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. In manual
drive program M, you can change gear using
the steering wheel paddle shifters if the trans-
mission is in position D. The gear selected is
shown in the multifunction display.
Upshifting
X Pull the right-hand steering wheel paddle
shifter.
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
If corresponding gearshift recommenda-
tion : appears in the multifunction display
on the instrument cluster, pull on the right-
hand steering wheel paddle shifter
(
Y
page 172).
The automatic transmission shifts to rec-
ommended gear ;.
Downshifting
X
Pull the left-hand steering wheel paddle
shifter.
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 To avoid overrevving the engine when
downshifting, the automatic transmission
does not shift to a lower gear if this would
result in the maximum engine speed being
exceeded.
Kickdown
You can also use kickdown for maximum
acceleration in manual drive program M.
X
Depress the accelerator pedal beyond the
pressure point.
The automatic transmission shifts to a
lower gear depending on the engine speed.
Switching off the manual drive program
X Press the program selector button
(
Y
page 171) repeatedly until E or S
appears in the multifunction display.
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