Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class 2008 Owners Manual User Manual
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Controls in detail
Automatic transmission
The selected program mode appears in the
multifunction display (
Activating manual shift program
̈
Press program mode selector switch
repeatedly until the
M
for manual pro-
gram mode M appears in the multifunc-
tion display.
The transmission switches to the
manual program mode M. Automatic
shifting is switched off. The gear range
is not limited.
You can change the gears manually when
the gear selector lever is in drive
position D. You can upshift or downshift
through the gears in succession.
Upshifting
̈
Briefly press the gear selector lever to
the right in the D+ direction.
or
̈
Briefly pull right shift paddle
2
The transmission shifts to the next
higher gear.
If, instead of the manual program mode
symbol
M
, the
p symbol appears in the
multifunction display (
page 178), shift to
the next higher gear. The fuel supply will
otherwise be interrupted to prevent the
engine from overrevving.
If you are driving in the manual program
mode M, upshift indicator
2 in the multi-
function display advises you to upshift be-
fore the engine reaches the overspeed
range. Thus you can drive at the maximum
engine speed for each gear without over-
revving the engine.
1 Gear indicator
2 Upshift indicator
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For information on automatic program
modes C or S, see “Automatic shift program”
(
page 178), “Gear selector lever one-touch
gearshifting” (
page 179), and “Steering wheel
gearshift control one-touch gearshifting*”
(
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The manual program mode M will not be
stored. When the engine is turned off with the
manual program mode M selected, the transmis-
sion will go to the automatic program mode
(C or S) when the engine is restarted.
!
In the manual program mode M, the trans-
mission will not upshift, even if the engine has
reached its overrevving range. Shift up to the
next gear before the engine has reached its over-
revving range. Make absolutely certain that the
engine speed does not reach the red marking on
the tachometer (
page 28). Otherwise the
engine could be damaged which is not covered
by the Mercedes-Benz Limited Warranty.
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