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and technical limitations. If may still be
necessary to adjust the speed with the brakes.
Hill descent control switch es off once the de-
cline levels out or you press the accelerator
pedal.
On vehicles with the cruise control system*
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page 82, hill descent con tr ol is also activat-
ed when the speed is set.
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WARNING
-
Hill descent control cannot overcome
physical limitations, so it may not be able
to maintain a constant speed under all
conditions. Always be ready to app ly the
brakes.
Manual shift program
Applies to vehicles: with mul titron ic/S tronic/t iptronic
Using the manual shift program you can
manually select gears.
Fig. 115 Center console: shift ing the gears manually
Fig. 116 Stee ring wheel: Shift buttons*
Gear selection with selector lever
The tiptron ic mode can be selected either with
the vehicle stationary or on the move .
.,. Push the selector lever to the right from D/
5. An M appears in the instrument cluster
Automatic
Transmission
111
disp lay as soon as the transmission has
shifted.
.,. To upshift, push the selector lever forward
to the plus position
0
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fig. 115 .
.,. To downshift, push the lever to the minus
position
0 .
Gear selection with paddle levers*
The shift buttons are activated when the se-
lector lever is in D/S or the tiptronic manual
shift program.
.,. To upshift, touch the button on the right
0
c::>fig. 116.
.,. To downshift, touch the button on the left
0 .
.,. If you do not press a shift button within a
short time while in the D/S posit ion, the
transmission will return to automatic mode.
To keep shifting using the shift buttons,
move the selector lever to the right out of
the D/S position.
The transm iss ion automatically sh ifts up or
down before critical engine speed is reached.
The transmission only allows manual shifting
when the engine speed is with in the permit-
ted range .
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Tips
- When you shift into the next lower gear,
the transmission will downshift only
when the re is no possibility of ove r-rev-
ving the engine.
- When the kick-down comes on, the
transmission will shift down to a lower
gear, depending on vehicle and engine
speeds.
- Tiptron ic is inoperative when the trans-
mission is in the fai l-safe mode.
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