2009 Mercedes SL-Class Owner's Manual - Page 123

Controls in detail Automatic transmission cle control. Your vehicle's ABS will not prevent this type of loss of control. X extends the gear range of the automatic transmission. mal acceleration and deceleration. This will involve shifting down one or more gears. Briefly press the gear selector lever to the left in the D- direction. Briefly pull left gearshift control 1. The automatic transmission will shift into the next lower gear as permitted by the shift program. This action simultaneously limits the gear range of the automatic transmission. or X i If you press on the accelerator pedal when the engine has reached its rpm limit, the automatic transmission will upshift beyond any gear range limit selected. Canceling gear range limit X Manual shift program The manual shift program is available on SL 63 AMG and on SL 65 AMG only. Manual program mode M differs with regard to spontaneity, response time, and shifting smoothness from automatic program modes S or S+ (SL 63 AMG only). In manual program mode M, system-controlled automatic gearshifting is switched off. You need to change the gears by manually upshifting or downshifting using the gear selector lever or the steering wheel gearshift control. Press and hold the gear selector lever to the right in the D+ direction until D reappears in the right multifunction display. Pull and hold right gearshift control 2 until D reappears in the right multifunction display. The automatic transmission will shift from the current gear range directly into drive position D. i To avoid overrevving the engine when downshifting, the automatic transmission will not shift into a lower gear if the engine's max. speed would be exceeded. Extending gear range X or X Briefly press the gear selector lever to the right in the D+ direction. Briefly pull right gearshift control 2. The automatic transmission will shift into the next higher gear as permitted by the shift program. This action simultaneously or X Shifting into optimal gear range X Press and hold the gear selector lever to the left in the D- direction. Pull and hold left gearshift control 1. The automatic transmission will automatically select the gear range suited for opti- or X Program mode selector dial on SL 63 AMG Z 121