Fig. 143 Steering wheel with optional Tiptronic shift paddles.
¤ Please first read and note the introductory information and
heed the WARNINGS
Tiptronic lets you upshift and downshift manually with the automatic
transmission. When Tiptronic mode is used, the transmission stays in
the current gear and does not upshift or downshift automatically un-
less the transmission senses a situation where upshifting or down-
shifting is necessary to keep the engine from over- or under-revving.
Using Tiptronic with the selector lever
Push the selector lever sideways to the right from Drive (D) position
into the Tiptronic position ⇒ꢀ in Automatic transmission: Selector
lever
Briefly push the selector lever forward (+) to upshift into a higher
gear or backward (–) to downshift into a lower gear ⇒ꢀfig. 142.
Using Tiptronic with the shift paddles behind the steering wheel
The paddles ⇒ꢀfig. 143 (arrows) work when the selector lever is in
the Tiptronic position or when the selector lever is in Drive (D) or
Sport Drive (S). You do not have to move the selector lever over to
the right into the Tiptronic position.
To upshift, pull the paddle on the right + /&& toward you.
To downshift, pull the paddle on the left – toward you.
To switch off Tiptronic mode, pull the paddle on the right + /&& to-
ward you and hold it there for about 1 second.
Tiptronic will switch off automatically if the shift paddles have not
been used for a while and the selector lever is not in the Tiptronic
position.
English 
