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08 Starting and driving
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Gear positions
Automatic gear positions are
indicated on the right of the
combined instrument panel.
(Only one marker is illumi-
nated at a time - the one
showing the current gear
selector position.)
Symbol "S" for Sport mode is ORANGE when
the mode is active.
P – Parking position
Select P when starting the engine or when
the car is parked.
To be able to move the gear selector from the
P position, the brake pedal must be
depressed and the key position must be II.
The gearbox is mechanically blocked when
the P position is engaged. Also apply the
parking brake when the car is parked, see
Parking brake (p. 290).
NOTE
The gear selector must be in P position to
allow the car to be locked and alarmed.
IMPORTANT
The car must be stationary when posi-
tion P is selected.
WARNING
Always apply the parking brake when
parking on a slope - the automatic trans-
mission in P is not sufficient to hold the car
in all situations.
R – Reverse
The car must be stationary when position R is
selected.
N – Neutral
No gear is engaged and the engine can be
started. Apply the parking brake if the car is
stationary with the gear selector in position N.
In order to be able to move the gear selector
from the N position to another gear position,
the brake pedal must be depressed and the
key position (p. 77) must be II.
D – Drive
D is the normal driving position. Shifting up
and down takes place automatically based on
the level of acceleration and speed. The car
must be stationary when the gear selector is
moved to position D from position R.
Geartronic – Manual gear positions (+/-)
The driver can also change gear manually
using the Geartronic automatic gearbox. The
car engine-brakes when the accelerator pedal
is released.
The manual gear position is reached by mov-
ing the lever to the side from position D to the
end position at "+/-". The combined instru-
ment panel's symbol "+/-" changes colour
from WHITE to ORANGE and the digits
1, 2, 3
etc. are displayed in a box which corre-
sponds to the gear that has just been
selected.
•
Move the lever forwards towards + (plus)
to change up a gear and release the
lever, which returns to its neutral position
between "+" and "–".
or
•
Pull the lever back towards "–" (minus) to
change down a gear and release it.
The manual gearshift mode "+/-" can be
selected at any time while driving.
Geartronic automatically shifts down if the
driver allows the speed to decrease lower
than a level suitable for the selected gear, in
order to avoid jerking and stalling.
To return to automatic driving mode:
•
Move the lever to the side to the end
position at D.
NOTE
f the gearbox has a Sport programme then
the gearbox will only become manual after
the lever has been moved forwards or
backwards in its "+/-" position. The com-
bined instrument panel then shifts the indi-
cation from
S to show which of the gears
1, 2, 3 etc. is engaged.
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