Mercedes-Benz C-CLASS Operator's Manual page 148

Automatic transmission
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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 KEYLESS-GO or KEYLESS-
X
GO start function: remove the Start/Stop
button from the ignition 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.
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.