Mercedes-Benz C-Class Saloon 2022 Owner's Manual page 194

& WARNING Accident– and risk of injury
with unsupervised children in the vehicle
If you leave children unattended in the vehicle,
they can in particular
Open doors and thereby endanger other
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persons or road users.
get out of the car and are hit by traffic.
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Operate vehicle equipment and become
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trapped, forexample.
In addition, the children could also set the
vehicle in motion, for exampleby:
releasing the parking brake.
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change the gearbox setting.
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start the vehicle.
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Never leave children unattended in the
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vehicle.
When leaving the vehicle, always take the
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SmartKey with you and lock the vehicle.
Keep the key out of reach of children.
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Use the DIRECT SELECT lever to switch the trans-
mission position. The current transmission posi-
tion will be shown on the driver's display.
Park position
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Reverse gear
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Neutral
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Drive position
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▌Engaging reverse gear R
Depress the brake pedal and push the DIRECT
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SELECT lever upwards past the first point of
resistance.
▌Engaging neutral N
Depress the brake pedal and push the DIRECT
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SELECT lever up or down to the first point of
resistance.
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To shift into neutral i with the vehicle
switched on, push the selector lever up or
down for several seconds to the first point of
resistance.
Subsequently releasing the brake pedal will allow
you to move the vehicle freely, e.g. to push it or
tow it away.
Proceed as follows if you want the automatic
transmission to remain in neutral i, even if the
vehicle is switched off or the driver's door is
opened:
Depress the brake pedal and engage neutral
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i when the vehicle is at a standstill.
Release the brake pedal.
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Switch off the vehicle.
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