Pulling Away Automatic Transmission; Hill Start Assist - Mercedes-Benz SLK350 Operator's Manual

Driving
134
Release the brake pedal.
X
Slowly release the clutch pedal and gently
X
depress the accelerator pedal.
! Change gear in good time and avoid
spinning the wheels. You could otherwise
damage the vehicle.
i
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
locking feature (
Automatic transmission
G WARNING
It is dangerous to shift the automatic
transmission out of parking position P or
neutral position N if the engine speed is
higher than idle speed. If your foot is not firmly
on the brake pedal, the vehicle could
accelerate quickly forward or in reverse. You
could lose control of the vehicle and hit
someone or something. Only shift into gear
when the engine is idling normally and when
your right foot is firmly on the brake pedal.
i
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 brake pedal.
X
Carefully depress the accelerator pedal.
X
The electric parking brake (
automatically released.
The red F (USA only) or ! (Canada
only) indicator lamp in the instrument
cluster goes out.
page 193).
Y
page 150) is
Y
i
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
locking feature .
i
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

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 to depress it before the vehicle begins to
roll.
G
WARNING
Never leave the vehicle when it is held by hill
start assist. After approximately one second,
hill start assist will no longer brake your
vehicle and it could roll away.
Take your foot off the brake pedal.
X
i
Once you have taken your foot off the
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 on
R
a downhill gradient.
on vehicles with automatic transmission,
R
the transmission is in position N.
the electric parking brake is applied.
R
®
R ESP is malfunctioning.