Mercedes-Benz E-Class 2010 Owner's Manual page 140

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Change gear in good time and avoid spin-
ning the wheels. Otherwise, you could dam-
age the vehicle.
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Follow the shift recommendations in the
multifunction display for an economical
driving style.
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The vehicle locks centrally once you have
pulled away. The locking knobs in the doors
drop down.
You can open the doors from the inside at
any time.
You can also deactivate the automatic lock-
ing feature ( page 208).
Y
Automatic transmission
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It is only possible to shift the transmission
from position P to the desired position if
you depress the brake pedal. Only then is
the selector lever lock released.
Depress the brake pedal and keep it
X
depressed.
Shift the transmission to position D or R.
X
Release the parking brake (
X
Release the brake pedal.
X
Carefully depress the accelerator pedal.
X
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The vehicle locks centrally once you have
pulled away. The locking knobs in the doors
drop down.
You can open the doors from the inside at
any time.
You can also deactivate the automatic lock-
ing feature ( page 208).
Y
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Upshifts take place at higher engine
speeds after a cold start. This helps the
catalytic converter to reach its operating
temperature more quickly.
Hill start assist
G
Risk of accident
Never leave the vehicle when it is held by hill
start assist. After approximately one second,
hill start assist will no longer brake your vehi-
cle and it could roll away.
Hill start assist helps you when pulling away
forwards or in reverse on an uphill gradient.
It holds the vehicle for a short time after you
have removed your foot from the brake pedal.
This gives you enough time to move your foot
from the brake pedal to the accelerator pedal
and depress it before the vehicle begins to
roll.
Take your foot off the brake pedal.
X
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brake pedal, the vehicle is held for around
one second.
Pull away.
X
Hill start assist will not function if:
you are pulling away on a level road or a
R
downhill gradient.
on vehicles with automatic transmission,
R
the transmission is in position N
the vehicle is secured with the parking
R
brake.
page 153).
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ESP
R
Switching off the engine
Important safety instructions
G
If the engine is not running, there is no power
assistance for the steering and brakes. Steer-
ing and braking will then require significantly
greater effort.
As a result, you might lose control of the vehi-
cle, cause an accident and injure yourself and
others.
Therefore, do not switch off the engine while
you are driving.
Once you have taken your foot off the
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is malfunctioning.
Risk of accident
Driving
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