Vauxhall TIGRA Owner's Manual page 109

Winter progr amme T
In the event of diffic ulties starting off on
slip pery roads, press button T ("A" and T
appear in the tra nsmission display).
Ea sy tronic switches to automatic m od e
and the vehicle sets off in second gea r.
The w inter program is switched off by :
z pressing button T a gain,
z switching to Manual mode,
z turning off the ignition.
In order to protect the Easytronic the winter
programme automatically sw itches itself
off at extremely high clutch temperatures.
Kick down
Accelerator pedal pressed past the pressure
point: below certain speeds, the
transmission shifts down into a lower gear.
Full engine power is available for
acceleration.
During k ic kdown no manual gear shifting
is p ossible.
When the engine speed approaches its
up per limit, the transm ission shifts to
a higher gear during kickd ow n even in
Manua l mode.
Without kickdown this automatic shift is
not effected in Manual mode.
Driving an d Operation
Brak ing assistance from eng ine
Automatic mode:
When driving downhill, Easytronic does
not shift into higher gears until a fairly
high engine speed has been reac hed.
When brak ing, Easytronic shifts down in
good tim e.
Manual m od e:
To utilise the engine brak ing effec t, selec t
a lower gear in good time when d riv ing
downhill.
" Rocking" the car
If it becomes necessary to rock the vehicle
to free it from sand, m ud , snow or a hole,
mov e the selector lever between o (c entre
position) and R in a repeat pattern while
app ly ing light pressure to the a ccelerator
pedal. Do not race the engine and avoid
sudden a cceleration.
This applies only to the ex ceptional
circumstances mentioned above.
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