Mercedes-Benz B-Class Owner's Manual page 193

190 Driving and parking
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gear depending on the steering wheel gearshi
paddle being pulled.
You have two options to manually shi the auto-
matic transmission:
Temporary setting
R
Permanent setting
R
The gears shi automatically when manual shi ing
is deactivated.
T T em empor porar ary se y setting: tting:
T T o activ o activat ate: e: Pull steering wheel gearshi pad-
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dle 1 or 2.
Manual shi ing is activated for a short time.
The transmission position display shows p
and the current gear.
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How long the manual shi ing stays activated
is dependant on various factors.
Manual shi ing can be automatically deactiva-
ted in the following cases:
Changing the drive program
R
Restarting the vehicle
R
When the transmission position h is
R
engaged again
Driving style
R
T T o o shi shi up: up: Pull steering wheel gearshi pad-
#
dle 2.
T T o o shi shi do down: wn: Pull steering wheel gearshi
#
paddle 1.
If you pull and hold the steering wheel gear-
shi paddle 1, the transmission shi s to the
lowest possible gear.
T T o deactiv o deactivat ate: e: Pull steering wheel gearshi
#
paddle 2 and hold it in place.
The transmission position display shows h.
P P er ermanent se manent setting: tting:
Change to drive program =(
#
Select drive setting p (
/
#
Gear Gearshi shi r r ecommendation ecommendation
The gearshi recommendation assists you in
adopting an economical driving style.
If the gearshi recommendation
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next to the transmission position display, shi
to the recommended gear.
page 183).
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Using kickdo Using kic kdown
page 184).
Maximum acceler Maximum acceleration:
#
tor pedal beyond the pressure point.
To protect against engine overrev, the automatic
transmission shi s up to the next gear when maxi-
mum engine speed has been reached.
Glide mode function Glide mode function
1 appears
wn
ation: depress the accelera-