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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 09:08 AM
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How does autostick work on the ML350??
Ok so today I traded in my '05 ML350 special edition for an '06 ML350. I feel the buttons behind the steering wheel but I press them and nothing happen. I put the car in Drive and then I can't up or downshift. am I doing something wrong here? I'd be on the freeway and attempt to downshift and nada. wtf?! Is this crap already broken!?
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 12:22 PM
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When you push the buttons, is the gear change being indicated in the centre info screen (i.e. D3, D4, etc...)?
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 02:38 PM
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When you push the buttons, is the gear change being indicated in the centre info screen (i.e. D3, D4, etc...)?
No it doesn't, that's the thing! I just shows D. I tried holding buttons up or down for a couple secs, nothing.
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 04:48 PM
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Ok so today I traded in my '05 ML350 special edition for an '06 ML350. I feel the buttons behind the steering wheel but I press them and nothing happen. I put the car in Drive and then I can't up or downshift. am I doing something wrong here? I'd be on the freeway and attempt to downshift and nada. wtf?! Is this crap already broken!?
Each of those buttons is a rocker switch - either one can upshift or downshift. In order to activate them, you need to downshift first ie: first click has to be _towards the steering column_. WHen you do this, the display shows currently selected gear appropriate to speed (D2/D3 etc). Clicking _away from the steering column_ upshifts.
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 05:24 PM
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yea that was my mistake too at first i was like WTF!!!!! Coming from E55 I was used to left one downshift right up shift! Then BY mistake i felt they both could shift up and down. So just put your finger on one button and press it on both ends it has upshift and downshift.
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 06:26 PM
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They have actually changed this for the 07 models – there is no more rocker – just a button as found on the ML63's – upshift on the right, down on the left. Much much better!
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AH IT WORKS! lol. I ended up reading the manual. I didn't know it was a rocker switch, I thought it was just left for downshift adn right for upshift lol.
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the 2007 is no longer a rocker switch, one side up one side down.
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I was confused as well. Doesn't make much sense as a rocker switch.
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