2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG C197 Owners Manual

AMG SPEEDSHIFT DCT 7-SPEED Transmission
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You can change the gears manually with drive
position D selected. You can upshift or
downshift through the gears in succession.
i Manual program mode M will not be
stored. When the engine is turned off with
manual program mode M selected, the
transmission will go to automatic program
mode C when the engine is restarted.
Upshifting
Program mode selector dial
!
In manual program mode M, the
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.
C Comfort
S Sport
For standard driving
For sporty driving
S+ Sport Plus
For sporty driving with
shorter shift times
M Manual
For manual gearshifting
RS RACE START    For optimum
acceleration from a
X Move the gear selector lever back briefly
standing start
(
Y page 263).
or
X Briefly pull right gearshift control;
Y page 267).
i Program mode RS cannot be selected
while driving. For more information, see
“RACE START” (Y page 292).
(
The transmission shifts into the next higher
gear.
i In addition, the currently selected
program mode is indicated in red on the
program mode selector dial.
Upshift indicator
The current program mode appears in the
multifunction display (Y page 267).
For information on automatic program mode
In manual program mode M, the upshift
indicator in the multifunction display advises
you to upshift before the engine reaches the
overspeed range. Thus you can drive at the
maximum engine speed for each gear without
overrevving the engine.
(
(
(
C, S, or S+), see “Automatic shift program”
Y page 267) and “One-touch gearshifting”
Y page 267).
Activating manual shift program
X Turn the program mode selector dial until
M appears in the multifunction display. In
addition,M  is indicated in red on the
program mode selector dial.
The transmission switches to manual
program mode M. Automatic shifting is
switched off. The gear range is not limited.
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Model Year2011
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