Operation Manual

Hill start assist
Hill start assist will aid you when pulling away
on a hill. It holds the vehicle for a short time
after you have removed your foot from the
brake pedal. This gives you enough time to
move your foot from the brake pedal to the
accelerator pedal and depress it before the
vehicle begins to roll.
G
WARNING
After a short time, hill start assist will no lon-
ger brake your vehicle and it could roll away.
There is a risk of an accident and injury.
Therefore, quickly move your foot from the
brake pedal to the accelerator pedal. Never
leave the vehicle when it is held by hill start
assist.
Hill start assist is not active if:
R
you are pulling away on a level road or on a
downhill gradient.
R
the DIRECT SELECT lever is in position N.
R
the electric parking brake is applied.
R
ESP
®
is malfunctioning.
Further information on holding the vehicle
stationary on uphill gradients (
Y page 137).
Transmission
Important safety notes
Shift the DIRECT SELECT lever to position P
when the drive system is switched off and the
vehicle is stationary. Park position P is
engaged and the electric parking brake is
applied automatically:
If the DIRECT SELECT lever cannot be
engaged in park position P, the parking brake
is engaged automatically.
Observe the important safety notes on
switching ESP
®
on and off (Y page 67).
DIRECT SELECT lever
Overview of transmission positions
j
Park position with parking lock
k
Reverse gear
i
Neutral
h
Drive
The DIRECT SELECT lever is on the right of the
steering column.
The DIRECT SELECT lever always returns to
its original position. The current transmission
position P, R, N or D appears in the transmis-
sion position display in the multifunction dis-
play (
Y page 134).
Transmission position and drive pro-
gram display
The current transmission position and drive
program appear in the multifunction display.
:
Transmission position display
;
Drive program display
The arrows in the transmission position dis-
play show how and into which transmission
positions you can shift using the DIRECT
SELECT lever.
If the transmission position display in the mul-
tifunction display is not working, you should
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Transmission
Driving and parking