Driving off – Mercedes-Benz S-Class 2007 User Manual
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Controls in detail
Driving and parking
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If you are starting the engine with
KEYLESS-GO: Close any doors that
may be open to allow for better detec-
tion of the SmartKey with
KEYLESS-GO.
or
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Remove the KEYLESS-GO* start/stop
button from starter switch.
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Start the engine with the SmartKey as
radio signals from another source may
be interfering with the SmartKey with
KEYLESS-GO.
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Repeat the starting procedure
(
page 359). Remember that extend-
ed starting attempts can drain the bat-
tery.
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Get a jump start (
If the engine does not start after several
starting attempts, there could be a mal-
function in the engine electronics or in the
fuel supply system.
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Call Roadside Assistance.
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Notify an authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center.
Driving off
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Depress the brake pedal.
The gear selector lever can now be
used.
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Shift automatic transmission to D or R.
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Release the brake pedal.
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Carefully depress the accelerator
pedal.
The electric parking brake is automati-
cally released (
The red brake warning
0 (USA only)
or
! (Canada only) in the instru-
ment cluster goes out.
Once the vehicle is in motion, the auto-
matic central locking system engages
and the locking knobs in the doors
move down.
After a cold start, the automatic transmis-
sion shifts at a higher engine revolution.
This allows the catalytic converter to reach
its operating temperature earlier.
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Wait for the gear selection process to com-
plete before setting the vehicle in motion.
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Shifting from gear position P to position R,
N, or D is only possible with the brake pedal de-
pressed. Without the brake pedal depressed, the
gear selector lever can be moved, but the park-
ing pawl remains engaged, not allowing shifting
to occur.
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After driving off the doors and the trunk lock
automatically.
You can open a locked door from the inside.
Open door only when conditions are safe to do
so.
You can deactivate the automatic locking using
the COMAND system (
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