It took me about a month of driving to figure this out
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2014 CLS 550 & 2004 CL55
It took me about a month of driving to figure this out
Sure, I'm not that bright.
I drive in S, and not all that aggressively, but I hadn't seen any of you mention this: the transmission downshifts while you are braking, and assists the braking. I used to know the name for that when I was a kid and did it myself in a manual shift. In an automatic, it's a little unnerving at first, but once you figure out what it is doing, it feels great. Again, it is reading my mind.
Also, just had a guy hook up the Star diagnostics and go through the car, and he told me it was really clean. He said he usually finds a number of "capital F's" which are faults that need addressing. I only had one, and when we looked it up, it said to ignore it for my model year and thereafter. Pretty spiffy.
I drive in S, and not all that aggressively, but I hadn't seen any of you mention this: the transmission downshifts while you are braking, and assists the braking. I used to know the name for that when I was a kid and did it myself in a manual shift. In an automatic, it's a little unnerving at first, but once you figure out what it is doing, it feels great. Again, it is reading my mind.Also, just had a guy hook up the Star diagnostics and go through the car, and he told me it was really clean. He said he usually finds a number of "capital F's" which are faults that need addressing. I only had one, and when we looked it up, it said to ignore it for my model year and thereafter. Pretty spiffy.
Last edited by JHouse; Sep 18, 2011 at 01:11 AM.
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I did notice that the CL engine brakes a little harder then the other auto trans cars I have, but are you saying that it only does this in S mode? And where I can, I too have always used the auto trans to slow the car.
With the CL, it's not posssible that the TCU uses this manual downshifting to learn your driving style is it? I'm new to this car, so...
With the CL, it's not posssible that the TCU uses this manual downshifting to learn your driving style is it? I'm new to this car, so...
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From: Houston Exburb-Richmond TX
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I'm only guessing that it only does it in S mode ("DS" on the dash) because "C" is supposed to be so smooth, so I wouldn't expect it to be calibrated to "intrude" so much.
