Skoda Superb 2014 Owner's Manual page 146

If one of the rocker switches /
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gear changing is deactivated. The temporary switch to manual gear changing
can also be deactivated by pulling the right-hand rocker switch
steering wheel for more than 1 second.
When accelerating, the gearbox automatically shifts up into the higher gear
just before the maximum permissible engine speed is reached.
If a lower gear is selected, the gearbox does not shift down until there is no
risk of the engine overrevving.
Note
It may be beneficial, for example, when travelling downhill, to use manual
shifting of gears. Shifting to a lower gear reduces the load on the brakes and
hence the wear of the brakes » page
Starting-off and driving
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Read and observe and
Starting off
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Start the engine.
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Firmly depress and hold the brake pedal.
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Press the lock button in the direction of to arrow
hold.
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Move the selector lever into the desired position
the lock button.
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Release the brake pedal and accelerate.
Stop
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Fully depress and hold the brake pedal and bring the vehicle to a stop.
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Keep holding the brake pedal until driving is resumed.
The selector lever position N does not have to be selected when stopping for a
short time, such as at a cross roads.
Parking
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Fully depress and hold the brake pedal and bring the vehicle to a stop.
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Firmly apply the handbrake.
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Press the lock button in the direction of to arrow
hold.
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This function is only valid for some engines.
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Driving
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140.
on page 142 first.
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» Fig. 139 on page 142 and
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Move the selector lever into the position P and then release the locking but-
ton.
towards the
Launch control
The Launch control function allows the vehicle to reach maximum acceleration
when starting off in mode S or Tiptronic.
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Activate the ASR
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START STOP deactivate
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Fully depress and hold the brake pedal with your left foot.
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Fully depress the accelerator pedal with your right foot.
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Release the brake pedal.
The vehicle starts off with maximum acceleration.
Reactivate the ASR and START-STOP as soon as the desired speed is reached.
Kickdown
The kickdown function allows you to achieve the maximum acceleration of
your vehicle while driving.
When the accelerator pedal is fully depressed, the kickdown function is activa-
ted in any forward driving mode.
The gearbox shifts down one or more gears depending on the vehicle speed
and engine speed, and the vehicle accelerates.
The gearbox does not shift up into the highest gear until the engine has
reached its maximum revolutions for this gear range.
WARNING
Rapid acceleration, particularly on slippery roads, can lead to loss of control
of the vehicle – risk of accident!
Malfunction
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Read and observe
Emergency programme
The transmission switches to the emergency programme, if there is a fault in
system of the automatic gearbox.
1)
» page 151, Brake assist systems.
» page 161.
and on page 142 first.
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