Mercedes-Benz S-Sedan 2015 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 187)

X AMG vehicles: press program selector
button : repeatedly until the letter of the
desired drive program appears in the mul-
tifunction display.
The program selector button influences:
R the drive program (
Y
page 185)
R the engine management
In AMG vehicles, drive program E is called
drive program C.
When the engine is started, the automatic
transmission always switches to automatic
drive program E (drive program C in AMG
vehicles).
All vehicles (except AMG vehicles)
E Economy Comfortable, economical
driving
S Sport Sporty driving style
You can also activate manual drive program
M using the steering wheel paddle shifters
(
Y
page 186). In manual drive program M,
you can briefly change gear yourself by using
the steering wheel paddle shifters.
AMG vehicles
C Controlled
Efficiency
Comfortable, economical
driving
S Sport Sporty driving style
M Manual Manual gear shifting
Permanent drive program M is only available
for AMG vehicles.
Further information about permanent drive
program M (
Y
page 187).
You can also activate manual drive program
M using the steering wheel paddle shifters
(
Y
page 186). In manual drive program M,
you can briefly change gear yourself by using
the steering wheel paddle shifters.
For further information on the automatic drive
program, see (
Y
page 185).
Steering wheel paddle shifters
You can activate manual drive program M in
the E and S automatic drive programs using
steering wheel paddle shifters : and ;
(
Y
page 186). In manual drive program M,
you can briefly change gear yourself by using
the steering wheel paddle shifters.
AMG vehicles: you can also activate manual
drive program M with the program selector
button (
Y
page 187). In manual drive pro-
gram M, you can permanently change gear
yourself by using the steering wheel paddle
shifters.
Automatic drive program
Automatic drive programs E and S
Drive program E (drive program C on MAG
vehicles) is characterized by the following:
Automatic transmission
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