NOTICE
If the electronic parking brake is not switched on while the vehicle is stationary and the brake pedal is released while the parking lock
may move forward or backward a few centimeters.
is engaged, the vehicle
If is engaged by mistake while driving, take your foot off the accelerator pedal. Wait until the engine is at idle speed in neutral before shifting into a drive
gear.
If the selector lever is left for a long period of time in any position other than in the parking lock
when the engine is switched off, the 12 V vehicle battery wil
drain.
Shifting using tiptronic
The tiptronic mode allows you to shift
gears manually on an automatic
transmission.
Fig. 116 Selector lever in Tiptronic position.
When shifting in the tiptronic program, the gear currently engaged is maintained. This applies until the system shifts gears automatically due to the current driving
situation.
Using tiptronic with the selector lever
1. Push the selector lever to the right out of the
selector lever position and into the tiptronic shift gate.
2. Tap the selector lever forward or to the rear
to upshift or downshift fig. 116.
The lock button on the selector lever must not be pressed when tapping the selector lever within the tiptronic shift gate.
NOTICE
When accelerating, the transmission automatically upshifts to the next gear shortly before the maximum permissible engine RPM is reached.
NOTICE
When downshifting manually, the transmission only shifts if it is no longer possible to over-rev the engine.
Driving with an automatic transmission
The transmission shifts up and down
automatically when in the forward
driving gears.
Driving on an incline
The steeper the incline, the lower the gear that you should select. Lower gears increase the engine braking effect. Never let the vehicle roll down mountains or hills
in the neutral setting.
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