Audi Q5 2016 Owner's Manual page 126

Automatic transmi ss io n
(Neu t ra l) for more than approx imately 1 second,
without th e brake peda l being pressed.
Release button
The release button on the se lect or lever preven t s
the lever from being accidentally sh ifted into cer-
tain posit ions . Press ing t his but t on deactivates
the selector lever lock . Depending on the direc-
tion of the shift, the selector lever locks at differ -
ent positions. The positions are high lighted in
the illustrat ion ¢ fig. 135 .
Ign ition key safety int erlock
The key cannot be removed from the igni t ion un -
less the selector lever is in the P park pos ition .
When the ignition key is removed, the selector
lever will be locked in the P pos ition.
Driving the automatic transmission
Fig. 136
Shift gat e on the center console : selecto r lever
with release butto n
Starting the engine
~ The selector lever must be in P or N.
Starting off
~ Press and hold the brake pedal.
~ Press and hold the release button in the selec-
tor lever handle, se lect the des ired selector lev-
er posit ion such as D/S and release the button.
~ Wait briefly until the transmission has shifted
(you w ill feel a slight movement) .
~ Remove your foot from the brake pedal and ac-
cele rate .
Stopp ing temporarily
~ Keep the veh icle stationary us ing the braking
pedal, for example at traffic lights .
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~ Do not press the acce lerato r pedal when doing
this.
~ To prevent the veh icle from rolling when you
start driving, set the parking brake when stop-
ping on steep incl ines¢ &_ .
The parking brake will re lease automatically and
the ve hicle w ill start moving once you press the
acce lerator pedal.
Stopping / parking
If t he se lector lever is not in t he P position whe n
you open the driver's door, the vehicle cou ld roll.
The message Transmission: Car may roll! Shift
to park! appears.
~ Press and hold the brake peda l un t il the vehicle
has come to a comp lete stop .
~ App ly the parking brake ¢ page 90, Parking .
~
Select the P se lector lever posit ion ¢ &_ .
Stopping on an incline
~
Always press the brake pedal to ho ld t he vehi -
cle in place and prevent it from "rolling back"
¢ &_ . Do not try to prevent the vehicle from
"rolling back" when a gear is engaged by in-
creas ing the engine speed ¢ (D .
Starting on an incline
~ Act ivate the pa rking brake.
~ With the d riving gear selected, press the accel -
erator pedal carefully. The parking brake will
release a utomatica lly if your seat belt is fas-
tened.
Under certain circumstances, such as driving in
the mounta ins, it may be useful to switch tempo -
rarily to the manual sh ift program in order to ad-
just the gears to the dr iving cond it ions by hand
¢ page 126.
On slopes, activate the parking brake first and
then move the selector lever to the P position.
This prevents too m uch stress from being placed
on the locking mechanism.
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WARNING
- Unintended vehicle movement can cause se-
rious injury .