Mini COUNTRYMAN 2018 Owner's Handbook Manual page 120

CONTROLS
The gear selected appears on the instru-
ment cluster, for example S1.
The sport programme of the gearbox is acti-
vated.
Exiting sport programme
Press the selector lever to the right.
D is shown in the instrument cluster.
Manual operation M/S
Principle
The gears can be changed manually in man-
ual operation.
Activating manual operation
1. Press the selector lever from selector
lever position D to the left, arrow 1.
2. Press the selector lever forwards or pull
it backwards, arrows 2.
Manual operation M/S becomes active and
the gear is shifted.
The gear selected appears on the instru-
ment cluster, for example M1.
Shifting gears
– To shift down: press the selector lever
forwards.
– To shift up: press the selector lever
backwards.
In certain situations, the Steptronic trans-
mission continues to shift automatically, for
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example when certain engine speed limits
are reached.
With a tap-operated selector lever: when
M2 is set manually while the vehicle is sta-
tionary, the transmission will no longer
shift back to M1. This shifting behaviour is
retained until you engage M1 manually or
exit M.
Avoiding automatically changing up
If certain engine speed limits are reached, it
is automatically upshifted as needed in
manual operation M/S.
MINI John Cooper Works: when reaching
certain engine speed limits, up-shifting is
not performed automatically in manual op-
eration M/S.
With the Steptronic sport transmission,
these automatic shift processes are not car-
ried out, if one of the following conditions
is met:
– DSC is deactivated.
– TRACTION is activated.
In addition, there is no down shift for kick-
down.
In the corresponding gearbox version, oper-
ating the kick-down and the left shift paddle
at the same time allows you to change down
to the lowest possible gear. This is not pos-
sible in a brief change from selector lever
position D to manual operation M/S using
the shift paddles.
Exiting manual operation
Press the selector lever to the right.
D is shown in the instrument cluster.