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Whenever stalled or stopped for repair, move the vehicle a safe distance off the road, turn on
the emergency flashers, stop the engine, and use other warning devices to warn approaching
traffic.
NOTE
Even with the selector lever is in Neutral (N), the automatic or DSG transmission will be damaged
if the vehicle is towed (or you let it coast) for an extended period or at high speed with the engine
shut off.
NOTE
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 12mph (20km/h).
If the text message and acoustic warning repeat themselves every 10seconds 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.
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).
Hill Start Assist (Hill Hold)
Some vehicles are equipped with Hill Start Assist (Hill Hold) , a feature that helps keep the vehicle
from rolling backwards when starting out on a hill, for example after stopping at a traffic light. You
don't have to apply and release the parking brake while depressing the accelerator. For Hill Start
Assist to work, the engine must be on and the vehicle must be in Drive or Sport (D/S) or Reverse (R)
and you must use the foot brake to hold the vehicle before starting to move.
Hill Start Assist keeps the brake applied for almost 2seconds with the same force you used to pre‐
vent the vehicle from moving. This gives you time to take your foot off the brake and gently depress
the accelerator to get the vehicle moving again. If you do not depress the accelerator pedal and get
the vehicle moving again within this time, the brakes will release and the vehicle will roll downhill.
Furthermore, if any requirement for engaging Hill Start Assist is no longer met while the vehicle is
stopped, Hill Start Assist disengages and the brakes are automatically released and will no longer
hold the vehicle.
Hill Start Assist is activated automatically when the following points are met at the same time:
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