Vauxhall VECTRA Owner's Manual page 193

Winter programm e
T
In the event of starting-off diffic ulties on
slip pery roa ds press button T, which can
be selected either in or out of continuously
variable automatic m od e (T lig hts up).
The v ehicle will start off with a hig h
transm ission ra tio.
The w inter program is switched off by :
z pressing button T a gain,
z switching off the ignition,
z switching to Manual mode.
To protect against d amage, the starting-
off aid automatically cuts out at very hig h
transm ission oil temperatures.
Kickdown
Pushing the accelerator pedal p ast the
resistance point: the tra nsmission selec ts a
low er transm ission ratio depending on the
engine speed. Maxim um acceleration is
available.
For safety reasons Kic kdown is available in
all modes.
Engine braking
The CVTronic transmission automatically
selects the driving program mes with
optimum engine b ra king effec t.
If necessa ry, lower gea rs ca n also b e
selected in manual mode to increase the
am ount of braking assistance. Gear 1 has
the greatest b ra king 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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