Seat Ibiza Owner's Manual page 145

Changing gear in tiptronic mode*
The Tiptronic system allows the driver to select gears manually.
General information about driving in tiptronic mode
Changing gear with the selector lever
– Press the selector lever from position D to the right into the tip-
tronic selector gate.
Safety
Fig. 121 Changing gear
with Tiptronic.
Fig. 122 Steering wheel
with paddle levers for au-
tomatic gearbox.
Operation
– Lightly press the selector lever forward
up into high gears.
– Lightly press the selector lever backwards
change down into low gears.
Changing gear with the steering wheel paddle levers*
– Press the right paddle lever
⇒ F ig.
change up 122.
– Press the left paddle lever
⇒ F ig.
change down 122.
Using the paddle levers on the steering wheel, you can access manual driv-
ing mode regardless of the pre-selected driving mode.
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
gearbox / DSG automatic gearbox is in third gear and selector lever position
D, "tiptronic" mode will then also be in third gear.
Changing gears in the normal or sport programme using the steering wheel
paddle levers
⇒ F ig. 122
If the paddle levers are used in the normal or sport programme,
the system switches temporarily to "tiptronic" mode. To exit "Tiptronic"
mode again, mode again, press the right paddle lever
ing wheel for approximately one second. You will also leave "tiptronic"
mode if the paddle levers are not moved for a certain time.
Advice
Driving
⇒ F ig. 121
to change
+
⇒ F ig. 121
to
-
towards the steering wheel to
+
towards the steering wheel to
-
towards the steer-
+
Technical specifications
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