Kickdown
Use kickdown for maximum acceleration.
- Vehicles for USA: fully depress the accelerator pedal. The transmission shifts to a lower gear depending on the engine speed.
- Vehicles for Canada: depress the accelerator pedal beyond the pressure point.
The transmission shifts to a lower gear depending on the engine speed.
See also:
Active bonnet, seven airbags and PRE-SAFE as standard
During the course of its development, the new E-Class was subjected to more than 150 high-speed crash tests and a total of more than 17,000 realistic crash simulations. The crumple zone principle in ...
Activating cruise control
You can adopt the current speed if you are
driving faster than 20 mph (30 km/h).
– Accelerate the vehicle to the desired
speed.
– Briefly press the cruise control lever
up 1 or down 2.
– Remo ...
Important safety notes
WARNING
If you tow the vehicle, you must use a rigid
towing bar if:
• the engine is not running.
• there is a brake system
malfunction.
• there is a malfunction in the power
suppl ...
