Seat ALTEA Owner's Manual page 160

158 Driving
Changing gear in tiptronic mode*
The Tiptronic system allows the driver to select gears manually.
Changing gear with the selector lever
– Press the selector lever from position D to the right into the tip-
tronic selector gate.
– Lightly press the selector lever forward
up into high gears.
– Lightly press the selector lever backwards
Changing gear with the steering wheel paddle levers*
– Press the right paddle lever
– Press the left paddle
Using the paddle levers on the steering wheel, you can access manual driv-
Fig. 143 Changing gear ing mode regardless of the pre-selected driving mode.
with Tiptronic.
General information about driving in tiptronic mode
When accelerating, the automatic gearbox / DSG automatic gearbox goes
into a higher gear a little before the engine reaches its maximum permitted
revolutions.
If a lower gear is selected, the automatic gearbox / DSG automatic gearbox
will only change down when the engine cannot go over its maximum permit-
ted revolutions.
If "tiptronic" is selected whilst the vehicle is in motion and the automatic
Fig. 144 Steering wheel
gearbox / DSG automatic gearbox is in third gear and selector lever position
with levers for automatic
D, "tiptronic" mode will then also be in third gear.
gearbox.
Changing gears in the normal or sport programme using the steering wheel
paddle levers
If the paddle levers
the system switches temporarily to "tiptronic" mode. To exit "Tiptronic"
mode again, press the right paddle lever
for approximately one second. You will also leave "Tiptronic" mode if the
paddle levers are not moved for a certain time.
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to change
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change down into low gears.
towards the steering wheel to
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change up 144.
towards the steering wheel to change
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down 144.
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are used in the normal or sport programme,
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to
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towards the steering wheel
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