Mini COOPER Owner's Manual page 87

Activating the sport program
Press the selector lever to the left out of selec‐
tor lever position D.
The engaged gear is displayed in the instru‐
ment cluster, for instance S1.
The sport program of the transmission is acti‐
vated.
Ending the Sport program
Push the selector lever to the right.
D is displayed in the instrument cluster.
Manual mode M/S
Concept
Manual gear-shifting is possible in manual
mode.
Activating manual mode
1. Press the selector lever to the left out of se‐
lector lever position D, arrow 1.
2. Push the selector lever forward or pull it
backward, arrows 2.
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Driving
Manual mode M/S becomes active and the gear
is changed.
The engaged gear is displayed in the instru‐
ment cluster, for instance M1.
Shifting
▷ To shift down: press the selector lever for‐
ward.
▷ To shift up: pull the selector lever rear‐
wards.
The Steptronic transmission continues shifting
automatically in certain situations, for instance
when certain engine speed limits are reached.
With a tap-operated selector lever: when M2 is
set manually while the vehicle is stationary, the
transmission will no longer shift back to M1.
This shifting behavior is retained until you en‐
gage M1 manually or exit M.
Avoiding automatic upshifting
Once a particular engine speed is attained, M/S
manual mode is automatically upshifted as
needed.
MINI John Cooper Works: once particular en‐
gine speeds are attained, upshifting is not auto‐
matically performed in M/S manual mode.
For vehicles with Steptronic Sport transmission,
automatic shift operations are not performed if
one of the following conditions is met:
▷ DSC is deactivated.
▷ TRACTION is activated.
In addition, there is no downshifting for kick‐
down.
With the appropriate transmission version, the
lowest possible gear can be selected by simul‐
taneously activating kickdown and operating
the left shift paddles. This is not possible by
switching briefly via the shift paddles from se‐
lector lever position D to manual mode M/S.
Ending the manual mode
Push the selector lever to the right.
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