Seat Leon 2010 Owner's Manual page 174

172 Driving
General information about driving in tiptronic mode
Changing gear with the gear lever
– Put the lever in position D and press towards the right to enter
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the tiptronic gate
– Press the gear lever forwards
a higher gear.
– Press the gear lever back
lower gear.
Changing gear with the steering wheel levers
– Press the right paddle lever
wheel to change up
– Press the left paddle
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down
Using the paddle levers on the steering wheel, you can access manual driving
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
permitted revolutions.
If tiptronic is selected whilst the vehicle is in motion and the automatic
gearbox / DSG automatic gearbox is in 3rd gear in gear lever position D,
tiptronic mode will then also be in 3rd gear.
126.
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to select a
–
A
(+OFF) towards the steering
+
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127.
A
towards the steering wheel to change
–
127.
Changing gears in the normal or sport programme using the steering wheel
paddle levers
If the paddle levers
programme, the system switches temporarily to tiptronic mode. To exit
tiptronic mode again, press the right paddle lever
wheel for approximately one second. You will also leave tiptronic mode if the
paddle levers are not moved for a certain time.
to select
Note
•
The gearbox controls on the steering wheel can operate with the gear
lever in any position and with the vehicle in motion.
Kickdown feature
The kickdown feature is designed to give maximum accelera-
tion.
If you press the accelerator down thoroughly, the gearbox automatically
changes down, depending on speed and engine speed, into a lower gear to
take full advantage of give the vehicle maximum acceleration.
The gearbox does not change gear until the engine reaches the maximum
determined engine speed for the gear.
WARNING
You could lose control of the vehicle if you accelerate on slippery road
surfaces. Risk of serious injury.
•
Be particularly careful when using the kickdown features on slippery
road surfaces. With a fast acceleration, the vehicle could lose traction and
skid.
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are used in the normal or sport
+ OFF towards the steering