Jess McCallum

I have a 2002 c200 Kompresspr and the past couple of weeks I've noticed it at times to be a bit gutless. On both accounts I've noticed it has switched from S to W without me actually choosing to do so. Is this normal? We have had a lot of rain here and at times I have lost traction driving.

shan

My understanding is that S gives you more push because the gear change occurs at higher rpm whereas W gives you a smoother slower take off and gear changes occur at a lower rpm. I don't think it affects traction while you are cruising.
Shan.

Jess McCallum

Maybe I worded that wrong. I know the difference between the 2 but I'm unsure as to why my car is just switching from S to W without me actually choosing the button? It's happened twice. I'm keeping an eye on it now to see if or when it happens again.

insame1

Is there a chance you pushed the button by accident. There is no good reason for it to change by itself.

S is standard mode (starts in first gear) W is weather mode (starts in second gear) Some MB even have 2 revers gears so when in W mode you can back up without spinning the tires.

shan

In my son's W204, the fefault setting is E. So whenever you switch 0ff and on the engine, it goes to E even if you have set it at S for driving.
I don't see any such options in the settings for my W203. It stays at S or C (W in the older models) as set manually.
Shan.