Parking The Vehicle; Economical Driving - Renault Clio 2007 Owner's Manual

PROACTIVE AUTOMATIC GEARBOX
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Economical driving

Leave the selector in position D on the
open road, depress the accelerator
pedal slightly to ensure that automatic
gear changes are made at low engine
speeds.
Do not use positions D3, 2, 1 or the
snow position for normal driving
conditions.
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Parking the vehicle

When the vehicle is stopped, move the
lever to position P while keeping your
foot on the brake pedal: the gearbox is
J in neutral and the drive wheels are me-
chanically locked by the driveshaft.
Apply the handbrake.
Operating faults
– If the lever is jammed in the P po-
sition even though you are depress-
ing the brake pedal, the lever can be
released manually.
To do this, unclip cover J and si-
multaneously press lug (located un-
derneath cover J) and unlocking
button A to move the lever out of po-
sition P.
Contact your RENAULT Dealer.
H
– : if this warning light I comes
on while driving, it indicates a fault.
Contact a RENAULT Dealer as soon
as possible.
H Ò
– and : if these warning
lights come on simultaneously while
driving, avoid leaving the lever in
position D (or R) when stopping the
vehicle: always return to N while
the vehicle is stationary. Contact a
RENAULT Dealer as soon as possi-
ble.
– If a vehicle with an automatic gear-
box breaks down, refer to the infor-
mation on "Towing" in Section 5.
An impact to the underside
of the vehicle while revers-
ing (e.g.: striking a post,
raised kerb or other street
furniture) may result in damage to
the vehicle (e.g.: deformation of the
rear axle).
To avoid any risk of accident, have
your vehicle checked by a RENAULT
Dealer.