Program Selector Button - Mercedes-Benz 2012 A-Class Owner's Manual

Towing a trailer
Trailer towing is not permissible on the fol-
lowing models:
A 45 AMG 4MATIC
R
Vehicles with the AMG Sports package
R
X
Drive in the middle of the engine speed
range on uphill gradients.
X
Depending on the uphill or downhill gradi-
ent, select a lower gear (
if cruise control, DISTRONIC PLUS, or
SPEEDTRONIC are activated.

Program selector button

General notes
The program selector button allows you to
choose between drive programs with differ-
ent driving characteristics.
Example: program selector button
E Economy Comfortable, economical
driving
S Sport
Sporty driving style
M Manual Manual gearshifting
X
Press program selector button : repeat-
edly until the letter for the desired gearshift
program appears in the multifunction dis-
play.
i The automatic transmission switches to
automatic drive program E each time the
engine is started.
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Automatic transmission
i For further information on the automatic
drive program, see (
AMG vehicles
C Controlled Comfortable, economical
Efficiency driving
S Sport Sporty driving style
M Manual Manual gearshifting
X
Press program selector button : repeat-
edly until the letter for the desired gearshift
program appears in the multifunction dis-
play.
i The automatic transmission switches to
automatic drive program C each time the
engine is started.
i For further information on the automatic
drive program, see (
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