mbx84

my car is c300,when I driving the car,if I push the shift to left,it turns to D1,if I push it right it turns to D2 D3 to D7,what it means?do you guys use this feature?thanks in advance

anwar_m14

do u hold left to put in in D1. My w211 shifts to first gear if i hold and one touch shifts sequentially.

mbx84

yeah,what's D1 mean?

anwar_m14

u referred to it as D1 b4. i mean first gear

mbx84

do you use D1 when there is slow traffic~is that what it for?

anwar_m14

no. i use it for steep climbs

mbx84

that's what it for,thanks a lot,I thought I could use it when the traffic is slow because when you shift it to D1,the car moves really slow,haha

anwar_m14

another use is to drift the car around corners

blanco55

are you guys seriously having this discussion? it's a 7gear triptronic. Dont really need to use D1 for slow traffic, car will jerk way too often. Use D2 or Auto instead and keep D1 for when you really need it (e.g. running away from police)

mbx84

D1 is that fast?

C300Sport

I think you need to work on your basic understanding of how engine and transmissions work together. You can't simply say a particular gear is for fast...do you mean fast acceleration from a start or fast on the expressway...two totally differnt things.
Until you get a better understanding of this, you may want to simply keep you car in drive.

Niti24

D1 will jerk too much in traffic. You use it when you want to get a fast start but in traffic you'll need to have it in D2. Won't jerk and will save you more fuel.

mbx84

thanks a lot,how to change D2 to D?

ldtCapitan

This feature in our transmission is a gear limiter, so if it says D1, the car won't shift out of first. This applies for D2, D3, etc. To go to best gear to pass someone you hold it to the left, then hold it to the right when you want to put it back to normal. Another way of thinking about this is forcing downshifts and ALLOWING upshifts.

This is all in our user's manual, be sure to check it out: http://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/#/servPrtsOwnersManuals/

mr inkredibul

Please read your manual or talk to your dealer on touch shifting cuz it really sounds like you have no clue on what you are talking about! That could be dangerous to your car.

AMGTTV8

False - the car will upshift automatically if you hit the rev limiter...

Unless you have a 2010 with the M-C-S selector switch and in M

Richard2011

Is there a guide around here for using this? I've played around with it a few times, but still do not fully grasp the concept and all the little things you can do and shouldn't do.

Niti24

Thats true. it will shift for you.

ldtCapitan

Oh thanks for the clarification of the rev limiter. I never actually have needed to have that happen but it's good to know.


As for the tricks of it, it's all explained in the manual, link's above ^

Richard2011

Am I looking in the wrong place? 09 C-class manual in Controls in detail>Automatic transmission. Looked through that whole section on automatic transmission and didn't really get much out of it. I have no knowledge of driving a manual, so I don't really understand what all the numbers mean when I'm using the one-touch gearshifting.

mr inkredibul

Well it's definitely in the 2010 manual