2011 Mercedes SL-Class Owner's Manual - Page 112
2011 Mercedes SL-Class Manual
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110 Automatic transmission C Comfort S Sport M MANUAL For comfort driving For standard driving For manual gearshifting You can change the gears manually with drive position D selected. You can upshift or downshift through the gears in succession. Controls in detail i Manual program mode M will not be stored. When the engine is turned off with manual program mode M selected, the automatic transmission will go to automatic program mode C when the engine is restarted. Upshifting ! In manual program mode M, the automatic transmission will not upshift, even if the engine has reached its overrevving range. Shift up into the next gear before the engine has reached its overrevving range. Make absolutely certain that the engine speed does not reach the red marking on the tachometer. Otherwise the engine could be damaged which is not covered by the Mercedes-Benz Limited Warranty. X Program mode selector switch on vehicles with AMG Sport Package C Comfort S Sport M Manual For comfort driving For standard driving For manual gearshifting The current program mode appears in the right multifunction display (Y page 107). For information on automatic program mode (C or S), see "Automatic shift program" (Y page 106) and "One-touch gearshifting" (Y page 108). Briefly press the gear selector lever to the right in the D+ direction. Briefly pull right gearshift control ; (Y page 108). The automatic transmission shifts into the next higher gear. or X Activating manual shift program X Upshift indicator All models except SL 63 AMG: Press the program mode selector switch repeatedly until M appears in the right multifunction display. X SL 63 AMG: Turn the program mode selector dial until M appears in the right multifunction display. The automatic transmission switches to manual program mode M. Automatic shifting is switched off. The gear range is not limited. In manual program mode M, upshift indicator ; in the right multifunction display advises you to upshift before the engine reaches the overspeed range. In addition, symbol ^ may appear instead of manual program mode symbol M in the right multifunction display. Thus you can drive at