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Start and driving
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With the engine running and a gear range
select
ed, the vehicle will move when the
accelerator is pressed.
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Never engage reverse gear while driving.
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Unintentional movements of the vehicle
could cause serious injury.
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As a driver, you should never leave your
vehicle if the engine is running and a gear
range is engaged. If you have to leave your
vehicle while the engine is running, you
must always apply the handbrake and put
the selector lever in position N.
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Never engage the R gear range when the
vehicle is moving.
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Never leave the vehicle without applying
the handbrake. With the engine running the
vehicle moves downhill regardless of the
gear range selected.
Note
If, while driving, the selector lever is acci-
dentally placed in position N, lift your f
oot
off the accelerator. Wait until the engine is
running at idle speed before selecting a
new gear range.
Engaging gear with Tiptronic
Fig. 164
Lever in the Tiptronic position
With Tiptronic, the gears can be changed up
or do
wn manually with the aut
omatic gear
-
box. When you change to the Tiptronic pro-
gramme, the vehicle remains in the currently
selected gear. This is possible as long as the
system is not changing gear automatically
due to a traffic situation.
Using Tiptronic
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Place the lever in the position D to the left
on the Tiptronic shift gate M
›››
in Auto-
matic gear change on page 160.
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Press the lever forwards
+
or backwards
–
to move up or down a gear
›
›
›
Fig. 164.
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Place the lever back to the position M to the
left on the Tiptronic shift gate, to leave Tip-
tronic mode
›››
in Automatic gear change
on page 160.
With the lever in the position D, and pr
essing
f
orw
ards
+
or backwards
–
the Tiptronic
pr
ogr
amme can be sel
ected M.
CAUTION
●
When accelerating, the gearbo
x auto-
matically shifts up into the next gear short-
ly before the maximum engine speed is
reached.
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When reducing speed manually, the
gearbox only shifts gear when the engine
can no longer exceed the maximum engine
speed.
Driving with automatic gearbox
The gearbox changes gear ratios automati-
cally as the v
ehicl
e mo
ves.
Driving down hills
The steeper the gradient, the lower the gear
you will need to select. The lowest gears in-
crease the engine braking work. Never go
down hills with the selector lever in neutral N.
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You should reduce speed accordingly.
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Place the lever in the position D to the left
on the Tiptronic shift gate M
›››
page 161.
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Gently pull the selector lever back
–
to
change do
wn a gear
.
»
161
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