Vauxhall VECTRA Owner's Manual page 185

Winter programm e
T
In the event of starting-off diffic ulties on
slip pery roa ds, press button T (can be
opera ted only in D – T lights up). The
vehic le will start off in fourth gear.
The w inter program is switched off by :
z pressing button T a gain,
z switching off the ignition,
z selector lev er in m anual mode.
To protect against d amage, the starting-
off aid automatically cuts out at very hig h
transm ission oil temperatures.
Kickdown
Depress accelerator pedal pa st resistance
point: transmission switches to lower gear
depending on engine speed . Max im um
acceleration is a vailable.
For reasons of safety, K ickdown also
functions in m anual mode.
Engine braking
The autom atic transmission will select the
driving p rogram for optimum eng ine
brak ing effect.
If required, low er gears can also be
ma nually selected to increase the engine
brak ing effect. First gear has the greatest
brak ing effect.
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 from D to R in a
repeat p attern while simultaneously
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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