Mercedes-Benz 2006 E 320 CDI Operator's Manual page 195

Controls in detail
Automatic transmission
The current gear selector lever position
and the selected program mode (
are indicated in the multifunction display
( page 184).
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For information on automatic program
modes C or S, see "Automatic shift
program" ( page 189), "Gear selector
lever one-touch gearshifting"
( page 190), and "Steering wheel
gearshift control one-touch gearshift-
ing" ( page 191).
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Activating manual shift program
M / C / S )
Press program mode selector
switch 1 repeatedly until the
manual program mode M appears in
the multifunction 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 position D. You
can upshift or downshift through the gears
in succession.
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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 transmission will go to
the automatic program mode (C or S)
when the engine is restarted.
Upshifting
!
for the
M
In the manual program mode M, the
transmission will not upshift, even if
the engine has reached its overrevving
range. Shift up to the next gear before
the engine has reached its overrevving
range. Make absolutely certain that the
engine speed does not reach the red
marking on the tachometer
( page 24). Otherwise the engine
could be damaged which is not covered
by the Mercedes-Benz Limited
Warranty.