EliG said:

Is there any way that the annoying "shift" display symbol on the instrument panel , telling you to change gear can be disabled or switched off?

It shows up too often on my 500L Easy 1.6 multijet diesel 6 speed and is as distracting as it it is annoying.
If you drive the car obeying the "shift" light you would do nothing else other than change gear all day to the detriment of fuel economy and smooth driving.

Any ideas please?

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milesperhour said:

Nope, it's required by law (an EU directive applying to all new vehicles from 2012).
I tend to do as the lights say, and often it doesn't actually get around to telling me to shift, because I've already changed gear.
It's there to help emissions (independent tests have shown a 5-10% reduction in fuel consumption when vehicles are fitted with the shift lights).

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