NOTICE
ꢀ As soon as you get any of these warnings about transmission overheating, you must either
park the vehicle in a safe place or drive faster than 12 mph (20 km/h).
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If the text message and acoustic warning repeat themselves every 10 seconds or so, you
must park the vehicle in a safe place as soon as you can safely do so and stop the engine. Let
the transmission cool down.
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To help prevent damage to the transmission, do not drive the vehicle again until the
acoustic warning has stopped. As long as the engine is overheated, avoid stop and start
driving and avoid low speeds (“walking pace”).
Gear recommendation
Fig. 133 In the instrument cluster display: Gear recommendation.
ꢀ Please first read and note the introductory information and heed the WARNINGS
Your vehicle may be equipped with a gear recommendation feature. The gear recommendation
displays a gear in the instrument cluster display that can help reduce fuel consumption.
For vehicles with an automatic transmission: The selector lever must be in the Tiptronic position
⇒ Shifting with Tiptronic®.
Key to fig. 133:
(A)
(B)
Current gear.
Recommended gear.
If the optimal gear is already selected, another gear is not recommended . Only the current gear is
displayed.
WARNING
The gear recommendation is only intended to assist the driver to select a gear for optimum
fuel economy. The gear recommendation cannot take road and traffic conditions into
account.
ꢀ The driver is responsible for selecting the correct gear for the current driving conditions,
such as when passing, when driving on hills or when towing a trailer.
Selecting the optimal gear helps to reduce fuel consumption.
The gear recommendation display turns off if you depress the clutch pedal (manual transmission)
or move the selector lever out of the Tiptronic position (automatic transmission).
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