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Selector lever
Denomination
positions
Standard driving
position
Tiptronic driving
position (manual
shift programme)
WARNING
Placing the selector lever in an incorrect position may cause loss of con-
trol of the vehicle and a serious accident.
● Do not press the accelerator when engaging a range of gears.
● With the engine running and a gear range selected, the vehicle will
move off when the brake pedal is released.
● Never engage reverse gear while driving.
● Unintentional movements of the vehicle could cause serious injury.
● As a driver, you should never leave your vehicle if the engine is run-
ning and a gear range is engaged. If you have to leave your vehicle while
the engine is running, you must always apply the handbrake and put the
selector lever in position N.
● Never engage the R gear range when the vehicle is moving.
● Never leave the vehicle without applying the handbrake. With the en-
gine running the vehicle moves downhill regardless of the gear range se-
lected.
Safety
Meaning ⇒
The gears are changed (up and down)
automatically. The gear shifts are deter-
mined by the engine load, your individ-
ual driving style and the speed of the
vehicle.
All gears can be changed (up and down)
manually ⇒ p age 111. This is possible
as long as the system is not changing
gear automatically due to a traffic situa-
tion.
Operation
Note
If, while driving, the selector lever is accidentally placed in position N, lift
your foot off the accelerator. Wait until the engine is running at idle speed
before selecting a new gear range.
Engaging gear with Tiptronic
With Tiptronic, the gears can be changed up or down manually with the au-
tomatic gearbox. When you change to the Tiptronic programme, the vehicle
remains in the currently selected gear. This is possible as long as the sys-
tem is not changing gear automatically due to a traffic situation.
Using Tiptronic
● Place the lever in the position D to the left on the Tiptronic shift gate M
⇒
in Automatic gearbox: engaging a gear on page 111.
● Press the lever forwards
or backwards
+
⇒ F ig.
89.
● Place the lever back to the position M to the left on the Tiptronic shift
gate, to leave Tiptronic mode ⇒
on page 111.
Advice
Driving
Fig. 89 Lever in the Tip-
tronic position
to move up or down a gear
–
in Automatic gearbox: engaging a gear
Technical specifications
111
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