Audi Q5 2016 Owner's Manual page 125

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brake before and wh ile moving th e lever to D/S
out of N.
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WARNING
Read and follow all WARNINGS ¢
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in Driv-
ing t he automatic transmission on
page 124.
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Note
Coasting downhill with the transmission in N
and the engine not running will result in dam-
age to the automatic transmission and possi-
bly the catalytic converter .
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Tips
- On vehicles with Audi drive select*, you can
adjust the sporty shift characteristics in the
Dynamic driving mode . Swill appear in the
instrument cluster display instead of 0 .
- If you accidentally select N while driving ,
take your foot off the accelerator pedal im-
mediately and wa it for the engine to slow
down to idle before selecting D/S .
- Hybrid drive*: if the
l-,,sv !
button
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is pressed while in sport mode S, the trans-
mission switches automatically to the nor-
mal mode D.
- If there is a power fa ilure, the selector lever
will not move out of the P posit ion. The
eme rgency release can be used if this hap-
pens
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Automatic transmission
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL)
The Automatic Shift Lock safeguards you against
accidentally shifting into a forward or the re-
verse gear and causing the vehicle to move unin-
tentionally .
Fig. 13S Shift gat e : select or
lever
loci< pos ition s and re-
lease butto n highlighted
The selector lever lock is released as follows :
.,. Turn the ignition on.
""Step on the brake pedal.
At the same time
press and hold the release button on the side of
the gear selector knob
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fig. 135 with your
thumb until you have moved the selector lever
to the desired position .
Automatic selector lever lock
The selector lever is locked in the P and N po si-
tions when the ignit ion is turned on . You must
press the brake peda l and the release butto n to
select another position. As a reminder to the
driver , the following warn ing appears in the in-
strument cluster d isplay when the se lector is in P
and N:
When stationary apply brake pedal while select-
ing gear
The Automatic Shift Lock only functions when the
vehicle is stat ionary or at speeds be low 1 mph
(2 km/h) .
At speeds above about 1 mph (2 km/h) the Auto ·
matic Shift Lock is automatically deact ivated in
the N pos it ion .
A time delay element preven t s the selec t or lever
from locking when it is moved through the N po-
sition (going from R to D/S) . The locking element
will lock the selector lever if the lever is left in N .,..
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