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Tran s mi ss ion
- Do not accelerate when you shift gears
with the vehicle stationary and the en-
gine running.
- Before driving down a steep slope, re-
duce your speed and shift into a lower
gear with S tron ic.
- Do not ride the brakes or press the brake
pedal too often or too long. Constant
braking causes the brakes to overheat
and substantially reduces brak ing per -
formance, increases braking distance or
causes comp lete failure of t he brake sys-
tem.
0
Note
If you must stop on an incline, always hold
t he vehicle in place wit h the foot bra ke to
prevent it from roll ing ba ck. Do not t ry to
preven t the vehicle from rolling bac k when
t he ge a r is engaged by increasing speed,
as t his may damage the clutch .
Automatic mode
Applies to vehicles: with 5 tronic
The transmission shifts up and down auto-
matically when in the driving gears.
Starting from a stop
.. Press and hold the brake peda l.
.. Tap the se lector lever towards A.
.. Release the brake pedal and press the accel-
era t or peda l ¢
A
in Manual mode on
page
79 .
Unde r ce rtain circumstances (driving in t he
mo unt ai ns fo r example), it can be beneficia l
to switch t empo rari ly to the manua l shift pro -
gram ¢
page
79 in order to adjust the gear ra-
tios to driving conditions
manually .
Kick-down
Applies to vehicles: with S tronic
When you depress the acce lerator pedal be -
yond the resistance po int, S tronic downshifts
into a lower gear , depending on vehicle speed
l)
Market-specifi c
and engine rpm . It shifts up into the next
higher g ear once the maximum specified en -
gine RPM is reached. Except ion: you have acti -
vated the sport func t ion .
A
WARNING
Please note that the whee ls cou ld spin on
slick or slippe ry roads when kick-down is
active .
Launch control program
Applies to vehicles: wit h S tronic
The Launch Cont rol Program enables maxi-
mum acceleration .
Requirement: The eng ine must be at operat-
ing temperature
and the steering wheel must
not be turned.
.. With th e engine running, press the (fill
!ESC OFF ! 1
l button one time. The
I
ind ica-
tor light and the message
ESC Sport - Cau-
tion! Limited stabil ity!
appears in the driver
information system display .
.. Press the brake pedal with your left foot a nd
hold it down .
.. Engage a gea r.
.. Press the
I
SPOR T !
button on the selecto r lev-
er cover .
.. Press the accelerator peda l at the same time
with your right foot unti l the engine has
reached a constant speed .
.. Remove your left foot from the brake ¢ ,&. .
A
WARNING
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- Always adapt your dr iving to the traff ic
f low.
- Only use t he Launch contro l program
when road and t raff ic conditions a llow it
a nd other d rivers will not be e ndangered
or both ered by your dr iving and the vehi-
cle 's accelera t ion.
- Please note that the d riving wheels ca n
sp in a nd the vehicle can break away
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