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Driving
Automatic gearbox/DSG au-
t
omatic gearbo
x*
Intr
oduction
Your vehicle is equipped with an electronical-
ly controlled manual gearbox. Tor
que be-
tween the engine and the gearbox is trans-
mitted via two independent clutches. They
replace the torque converter found on con-
ventional automatic gearboxes and allow for
smooth, uninterrupted acceleration of the ve-
hicle.
The Tiptronic system allows the driver to
change gears manually
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page 254,
Changing gear in Tiptronic mode*.
Control lamps
It lights up green
The brake is not pressed.
To select a gear range, pr
ess the brake pedal.
Flashes green
The selector lever locking button is not engaged.
The vehicle is prev
ented from moving forwards. En-
gage the selector lever lock.
Selector lever positions
Fig. 243
Selector lever lock.
The selector lever position is shown when the
corr
esponding sign lights up
. With the sel
ec-
t
or l
ever in the manual gearbox positions M, D
and S, the engaged gear is also shown on the
display.
– Parking lock
When the lever is put in this position, the drive
wheels are locked. The lever must only be put
in P when the vehicle is stationary
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.
T
o put the l
e
v
er in
P or take it out of P , the
locking button must be pressed and held and
the brake pedal pressed simultaneously.
– Reverse gear
Reverse gear must be engaged only when
the vehicle is stationary and the engine is
idling
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.
To move the lever to position R, the l
ock but
-
t
on must be pr
essed and hel
d while pressing
the brake pedal at the same time. The reverse
lights come on when the lever is in the R posi-
tion with the ignition on.
– Neutral
With the lever in this position, the gear is in
neutral.
Press the brake pedal to move the lever from
N to D/S when the vehicle is stationary or at
speeds below 3 km/h (2 mph)
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.
– P
ermanent f
orw
ar
d driv
e position
The lever in the D/S position enables the
gears to be operated in normal mode (D) or
sport mode (S). To select Sport mode S,
move the lever backwards. Pushing the lever
again will select normal mode D. The selec-
ted driving mode is shown on the instrument
panel display.
In normal mode (D), the gearbox selects the
best gear ratio. This depends on the engine
load, the road speed and the dynamic gear
control programme (DCP).
Sport mode (S) should be selected for a
sporty driving style. This setting makes use of
the engine's maximum power output. When
accelerating the gear shifts will be noticea-
ble.
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