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Vehicles with 16–speed transmission: the
transmission control shifts up or down to the
1st, 4th or 8th gear. When the display shows
1,
4
or 8, the gear change is complete.
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If the service brake is released after the first
time stopping, the vehicle begins to crawl.
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Stopping
Depress the brake pedal.
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The transmission control shifts down to a
suitable start-off gear according to the driving
situation and shortly before standstill.
When the service brake is released again
after stopping, the vehicle crawls forwards
again.
Selecting neutral position
A warning tone sounds if the vehicle is stationary
for about nine minutes with the engine running
and a gear selected.
N
flashes in the display.
After another minute, the transmission control
automatically selects neutral position.
During relatively long stops, e.g. at traffic lights
or before switching off the engine, shift the trans‐
mission to neutral position.
depress the brake pedal or apply the parking
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brake.
Turn the direction of travel selection switch to
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i position (neutral) 1.
When the display shows
change is complete.
Driving in the automatic drive program
Acceleration
The shift timing point can be actively influenced
by the accelerator pedal position:
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When the continuous brake is engaged on an
uphill gradient and a gearshift is performed, the
transmission control limits the gear change
depending on the vehicle weight and the gradi‐
ent.
Use kick-down
The kickdown serves to accelerate the vehicle to
the maximum extent.
If necessary, e.g. on relatively steep uphill gradi‐
ents, the pull-away performance can be
increased using the kickdown function. When
pulling away in 1st gear, the kickdown function
enables an increased pulling-away engine speed.
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Decelerating
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or
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Selecting gear manually
N1
or N2, the gear
Driving mode 221
little throttle: early upshifts.
lots of throttle: later upshifts.
use kickdown: maximum upshift delay or
extremely early downshift.
The kickdown function is limited in the econ‐
omy and fleet shift programs.
Depress the accelerator pedal beyond the
point of resistance as far as it will go.
The transmission control shifts to a lower
gear if required.
Ease off on the accelerator pedal once the
desired speed is reached.
The transmission control shifts up again.
Release the accelerator pedal.
Depress the brake pedal.
activate the continuous brake
The transmission control automatically shifts
down according to the driving situation.
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