Switching on the manual drive program

The manual drive program is only available for vehicles with the dynamic handling package and for AMG vehicles.

Manual drive program M is different from drive program S (in AMG vehicles, drive programs S and S+) with regard to spontaneity, responsiveness and smoothness of gear changes.

Manual drive program M can be selected using the drive program selector or the program selector button. You can change gears using the steering wheel paddle shifters or the selector lever in manual drive program M if the transmission is in position D.

button repeatedly until M appears in the multifunction display. Press the program selector button repeatedly until M appears in the multifunction display.
program selector until M appears in the multifunction display. AMG vehicles: turn the drive program selector until M appears in the multifunction display.
The indicator M on the drive program selector lights up in red.

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