Mercedes-Benz C-Class Operator's Manual page 159

There is a risk of an accident and injury.
When leaving the vehicle, always take the
SmartKey with you and lock the vehicle. Never
leave children or animals unattended in the
vehicle. Always keep the SmartKey out of
reach of children.
If the transmission is in position D or R: push
X
the DIRECT SELECT lever up or down to the
first point of resistance.
If the transmission is in position P: depress
X
the brake pedal and push the DIRECT SELECT
lever up or down to the first point of resist-
ance.
If you switch the engine off with the transmis-
sion in position R or D, the automatic transmis-
sion shifts to N automatically.
With the SmartKey: if you then open the driv-
er's door or the front-passenger door or remove
the SmartKey from the ignition, the automatic
transmission shifts to P automatically.
With the Start/Stop button: if you then open
the driver's door or the front-passenger door,
the automatic transmission shifts to P automat-
ically.
If you want the automatic transmission to
remain in neutral N, e.g. when having the vehicle
cleaned in an automatic car wash with a towing
system:
Vehicles with the Start-Stop button:
X
remove the Start-Stop button from the igni-
tion lock.
Insert the SmartKey into the ignition lock.
X
All vehicles: switch the ignition on.
X
Depress the brake pedal and keep it
X
depressed.
Shift to neutral N.
X
Release the brake pedal.
X
Release the electric parking brake.
X
Switch off the ignition and leave the SmartKey
X
in the ignition lock.
Engaging drive position D
If the transmission is in position R or N: push
X
the DIRECT SELECT lever down past the first
point of resistance.
If the transmission is in position P: depress
X
the brake pedal and push the DIRECT SELECT
lever down past the first point of resistance.
Automatic transmission
Transmission position and drive pro-
gram display
The current transmission position and drive pro-
gram appear in the multifunction display.
Status symbol drive program
:
Transmission position
;
Gear
=
The arrows in the transmission position display
show how and into which transmission positions
you can shift using the DIRECT SELECT lever.
If the transmission position display in the mul-
tifunction display is not working, you should pull
away carefully to check whether the desired
transmission position is engaged. For this pur-
pose, we recommend selecting transmission
position D and drive program E (drive program C
in Mercedes-AMG vehicles) or S.
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