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Driving
Starting when going up a slope
The st
eeper the gr
adient, the l
ower the gear
you will need.
When stopping on a slope with a gear range
engaged, the vehicle must be prevented from
rolling backwards by always pressing the
brake pedal or pulling the handbrake lever
up. When starting, release the brake pedal or
the handbrake
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.
Kick
-do
wn
The kick
down system provides maximum ac-
celeration when the gear selector lever is in
the position D, or in the Tiptronic position M.
When the accelerator pedal is pressed right
down, the automatic gearbox will shift down
to a lower gear, depending on road speed
and engine speed. This takes advantage of
the maximum acceleration of the vehicle
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.
When the accel
er
at
or is pressed to the floor,
the automatic gearbox shifts to the next gear
only after the engine reaches the specified
maximum engine speed.
WARNING
Rapid acceleration can cause loss of trac-
tion and skidding, especially on slippery
ground. This could cause l
oss of control of
the vehicle resulting in an accident and se-
rious injury.
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Always adapt your driving st
yle to suit
the flow of traffic.
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Only use the kick-down function or rapid
acceleration if visibility, weather, road and
traffic conditions so permit.
●
Never put other road users in danger by
accelerating or with your driving style.
CAUTION
If you stop on a hill with a gear range en-
gaged, do not try t
o pre
vent the vehicle
from rolling back by pressing on the accel-
erator. Otherwise, the automatic gearbox
may overheat causing damage.
Automatic gearbox malfunction
Control lamps
It lights up red
Fault in the automatic gearbox.
Do not drive on!
Seek prof
essional advice. Failure to do so could re-
sult in considerable damage to the transmission.
It lights up yellow
In the automatic gearbox the gears can engage in-
correctly.
Swit
ch the ignition on and off. When the control lamp
does not light up, find the nearest specialised work-
shop and have the automatic gearbox checked.
The automatic gearbox overheats temporarily.
Let the transmission cool with the gearbo
x lever in
the position . When the control lamp does not light
up, find the nearest specialised workshop and have
the automatic gearbox checked.
It lights up
Along with the yellow control lamp for transmission
temperat
ure : the automatic gearbox overheats.
Press the brake pedal and let it cool down. Avoid
pressing the accelerator. When the control lamp
does not light up, find the nearest specialised work-
shop and have the automatic gearbox checked.
Back-up programme
When aut
omatic gearbo
x w
arning and indi-
cation lamps light up on the instrument panel,
there may be a system malfunction
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page 158. In the event of some faults the
automatic gearbox functions using a backup
programme. When the programme is activa-
ted, it is possible to drive the vehicle, however,
at low speeds and within a selected range of
gears.
With the manual gearbox, in some cases it is
not possible to drive with all the gears.
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