Automatic Transmission (AT), Selector Lever Positions (Transmission 722.6 In Model 211 Except 211.076/05/25/276 As Of 01/09/03 Except Code (428a) Steering Wheel Shift Buttons)

Fig 1: Locating Automatic Transmission Selector Lever Positions

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The selector lever can be moved into 6 different positions. The driver can select 2 different transmission modes using the transmission mode switch (S16/5).

The selector lever positions have the following meanings:

P

Park Lock And Start Position

R

Reverse Gear

N

Neutral and start position. No power is transmitted. The vehicle is not in gear.

D

All 5 forward gears are available.

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Touch: upshift by shift range in each case. Press and hold down: change from the current shift range direct to "D".

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Touch: downshift by one shift range in each case. The selected gear is only engaged at the permitted rotational speed. Press and hold down: The transmission is shifted into a gear from which the vehicle can be accelerated or decelerated (shift range displayed in instrument cluster (A1).

NOTE: If the shift range is limited, the transmission shifts up gears when the engine speed is close to the engine breakaway speed.

Transmission mode switch programs (S16/5):

Sport Program "S"

Starting off in first gear for all driving situations.

Comfort Program "C"

Starting off always in 2nd gear (except in first gear range). The maximum speed is not utilized in any one gear.
NOTE: When kickdown is operated the upshifts and downshifts take place as in the sport program "S".