Steering Wheel Gearshift Control (Clk 500/Clk 55 Amg); (Speedshift) - Clk 500 And Clk 55 Amg - Mercedes-Benz 2005 CLK 320 Operator's Manual

Controls in detail
Automatic transmission
Stopping
When you stop briefly, e.g. at traffic lights:
Leave the transmission in gear.
Hold the vehicle with the brake.
When you stop longer with the engine
idling or on an uphill gradient:
Move the gear selector lever to
position P.
Set the parking brake.
Maneuvering
When you maneuver in tight areas,
e.g. when pulling into a parking space:
Control the vehicle speed by gradually
releasing the brakes.
Accelerate gently.
Never abruptly step on the accelerator.
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Working on the vehicle
Warning!
When working on the vehicle, set the
parking brake and move gear selector lever
to position P. Otherwise the vehicle could
roll away.
Steering wheel gearshift control

(Speedshift) - CLK 500 and CLK 55 AMG

G
When driving in the automatic program
modes C or S, or in the manual program
mode M (CLK 55 AMG only), you can
change the gears manually on the steering
wheel or by using the gear selector lever
( page 167).
i
To avoid overrevving the engine when
downshifting with steering wheel
gearshift buttons, the transmission will
not shift to a lower gear if the engine's
max. speed would be exceeded.