Manual Drive Program - Mercedes-Benz CLA Operator's Manual

Automatic transmission
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Kickdown
AMG vehicles: it is only possible to use kick-
down in temporary manual drive program M.
You can also use kickdown for maximum
acceleration in manual drive program M.
Depress the accelerator pedal beyond the
X
pressure point.
The automatic transmission shifts to a
lower gear depending on the engine speed.
Shift back up once the desired speed is
X
reached.
i
During kickdown, you cannot shift gears
using the steering wheel paddle shifters.
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If you apply full throttle, the automatic
transmission shifts up to the next gear
when the maximum engine speed is
reached. This prevents the engine from
overrevving.
Switching off the manual drive program
Press the program selector button
X
( page 150) repeatedly until E (drive pro-
Y
gram C in AMG vehicles) or S appears in the
multifunction display.
Deactivating the temporary manual drive
program
Pull and hold the right steering wheel pad-
X
dle shifter until the automatic transmission
shifts into the last active automatic drive
program E (drive program C on AMG vehi-
cles) or S.
i When manual drive program M is deacti-
vated, the automatic transmission in auto-
matic drive program E (drive program C on
AMG vehicles) or S may shift from the cur-
rent gear into a higher or lower gear. This is
dependent on the position of the accelera-
tor pedal, speed and load.