Seat Exeo 2012 Owner's Manual page 184

182 Driving
Manual gear selection (tiptronic mode)
With the manual shift programme (tiptronic) the driver can
manually select pre-programmed gears.
Switching over to the manual programme
– Move the selector lever from the position D to the right-hand
side. As soon as the selector lever has entered the tiptronic rail,
the gear engaged is displayed on the screen.
Shifting up a gear
– Briefly push the selector lever forwards (in the tiptronic gate)
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Shifting down a gear
– Briefly pull the selector lever backwards (in the tiptronic gate)
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With the tiptronic system, the driver can manually choose between eight (in
vehicles with multitronic) or seven (in vehicles with tiptronic) different gear
Fig. 146 Centre console: programmes. The manual programme can be selected either with the vehi-
Manual gear selection
cle stationary or on the move.
(tiptronic mode)
When accelerating, the gearbox automatically shifts up into the next gear
shortly before the maximum engine speed is reached.
If you select a gear which is lower than the gear shown on the instrument
panel display
longer a risk of over-revving the engine.
When the vehicle slows down (for instance when braking), the gearbox au-
tomatically shifts down into the next gear when the minimum engine speed
is reached.
Changing down to a lower gear increases the engine braking effect on
downhill gradients.
Fig. 147 Display: Man-
When the accelerator pedal is pressed right down past the point of resist-
ual gear selection (tip-
ance at full throttle, the gearbox will select a lower gear ratio, depending on
tronic mode)
road speed and engine speed.
.
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147, the gearbox will only shift down when there is no
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