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196 Driving and parking
Depress the brake pedal until the vehicle
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comes to a standstill.
When the vehicle is at a standstill, press the
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j button.
When the transmission position display shows
j, park position is engaged. If transmission
position display j does not appear, apply the
parking brake and secure the vehicle to pre-
vent it from rolling away.
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Depending on the situation, it may take a
short time until j is engaged. Therefore,
always pay attention to the transmission posi-
tion display.
Park position j is engaged automatically if one
of the following conditions is met:
You switch the stationary vehicle off in trans-
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mission position h or k.
You open the driver's door when the vehicle is
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at a standstill in transmission position h or
k.
You switch to transmission position h or k
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while the vehicle is rolling and bring it to a
standstill.
You switch to transmission position i while
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the vehicle is rolling, bring the vehicle to a
standstill and open the driver's door when the
vehicle is stationary.
Engaging park position j automatically is
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required by the vehicle.
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Park position j can be engaged automati-
cally when the vehicle is rolling very slowly.
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To maneuver with an open driver's door, open
the driver's door while at a standstill and
engage transmission position h or k again.
Engaging drive position D
Depress the brake pedal and push the DIRECT
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SELECT lever down past the first point of
resistance.
When the automatic transmission is in transmis-
sion position h, it will shift gears automatically.
This depends, among other things, on the follow-
ing factors:
The selected drive program
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The position of the accelerator pedal
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The driving speed
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Manual gearshifting
Permanent setting (vehicles with Off-road package
or E-ACTIVE BODY CONTROL)
* NOTE Mercedes-AMG vehicles
Observe the notes in the Supplement.
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You could otherwise fail to recognize
dangers.
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