Seat Ateca Owner's Manual page 51

Gearbox lever
Manual gearbox
Gear shift pattern of a 5 or 6-speed
Fig. 54
manual gearbox.
The position of the gears is indicated on the
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gearbox lever Fig. 54.
Press the clutch pedal and keep your foot
●
right down.
Move the gearbox lever to the required po-
●
sition.
● Release the clutch.
Selecting reverse gear
Press the clutch pedal and keep your foot
●
right down.
With the gearbox lever in neutral, push it
●
downwards, move it to the left as far as it will
go and then forwards to select reverse
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Fig. 54 .
R
The essentials
● Release the clutch.
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in Changing gear on page 192
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page 192
Automatic gearbox*
Fig. 55 Automatic gearbox: selector lever po-
sitions.
P Parking lock
R Reverse gear
N Neutral (idling)
D/S Drive (forward)
+/– Tiptronic mode: pull the lever forwards
(+) to go up a gear or backwards (–) to
go down a gear.
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in Selector lever positions on
page 194
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page 193
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Manual release of the selector lever
Selector lever: manual release from
Fig. 56
position P.
Should the power supply be interrupted,
there is a manual unlocking device located
under the console of the selector lever, on
the right. Releasing the selector lever re-
quires a certain degree of practical skill.
● Unlocking: use the flat part of a screwdriver
blade.
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