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Operation
Gear change with Tiptronic*
Fig. 202 Selector lever in Tiptronic position
(l
ef
t
-hand drive vehicles). The lay-out in right-
hand drive vehicles is symmetrically op-
posed.
Fig. 203 Steering wheel with two paddle
shif
ts
f
or Tiptronic
The Tiptronic system allows you to manually
c
h
an
ge gears in vehicles with an automatic
gearbox. When you change to the Tiptronic
programme, the vehicle remains in the cur-
rently selected gear. This is possible as long
as the system is not changing gear automati-
cally due to a traffic situation.
Using Tiptronic with the selector lever
●
Press the selector lever from position D to
the right into the Tiptronic selector gate ›››
in Automatic gearbox* on page 195.
●
Press the lever forwards
+
or backwards
–
to move up or down a gear ›
›
›
Fig. 202.
Using the Tiptronic with the steering wheel
paddle shifts
●
In D or S, move the steering wheel paddle
shifts ››› Fig. 203.
●
Pull the right-hand side paddle
+
››› Fig. 203 tow
ards the steering wheel to
step up a gear.
●
Pull the left-hand side paddle
–
›
›
› Fig. 203
t
owards the steering wheel step down a gear.
If the paddles are not used for a period of
time, the vehicle leaves Tiptronic mode.
CAUTION
●
When accel
erating, the gearbox automati-
cally shifts up into the next gear shortly be-
fore the maximum engine speed is reached.
●
When reducing speed manually, the gear-
box only shifts gear when the engine can no
longer exceed the maximum engine speed.
Driving with automatic gearbox
The gearbox changes gear ratios automatical-
ly as
the vehicle moves.
Driving down hills
The steeper the gradient, the lower the gear
you will need. The lowest gears increase the
engine braking work. Never go down hills
with the selector lever in neutral N.
●
You should reduce speed accordingly.
●
Press the selector lever from position D to
the right int
o the Tiptronic selector gate
›››
page 196.
●
Gently pull the selector lever back to
change down a gear.
●
OR: reduce using the steering wheel pad-
dles
›››
Fig. 203
›››
page 196.
Back-up mode
If all the selector lever positions on the in-
strument panel display are shown with a
light-coloured background, this means there
is a fault in the system. The automatic gear-
box will operate in back-up mode. When the
backup programme is activated, it is possible
to drive the vehicle, however, at low speeds
and within a selected range of gears.
For the DSG
®
dual clutch gearbox, in some
cases, this may mean that the reverse gear
does not engage. The gearbox should be
196
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