HANDBRAKE
Applying
Pull the handbrake to immobilise
your vehicle.
"2 TRONIC" GEARBOX
The five-speed controlled manual
gearbox offers a choice between the
comfort of automatic regulation or the
pleasure of manual gear changing.
Releasing
Pull on the handle and press the
button to release the handbrake.
This gearbox enables you to access
two driving modes:
-
an automated mode for automatic
control of the gears by the gear-
box and therefore without any
action on the part of the driver,
Gear lever positions
N: neutral.
With your foot on the brake, select
this position to start.
R: reverse gear.
With the vehicle stationary, keep your
foot on the brake pedal and push the
gear lever upwards.
Selection of reverse gear is accom-
panied by an audible signal.
A: automated mode.
Move the lever downwards to select
this mode.
M +/-: sequential mode with manual
gear changing.
Move the lever downwards, then to
the left to select this mode, then:
-
a sequential mode for manual
changing of the gears by the
driver using the steering wheel
controls or the gear lever.
When the vehicle is being driven,
illumination of this warning light
and of the STOP warning light,
accompanied by an audible signal
and a message on the multifunction display,
indicates that the handbrake is still on or
has not been properly released.
It consists of the following controls:
-
a gear lever 1 on the centre
console for selecting the driving
mode, reverse gear and neutral
or for changing gear in sequential
mode,
a "ꢀ" steering wheel control2 for se-
quential downward gear changes,
When parking on a slope,
direct your wheels to immo-
bilise them against the pave-
ment, pull the handbrake and
engage a gear.
-
-
a "+" steering wheel control 3 for
sequential upward gear changes.
-
-
push forward to change up,
push rearward to change down.
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