Gearbox lever
Manual gearbox
Gear shift pattern of a 5 or 6-speed
Fig. 43
manual gearbox.
The position of the gears is indicated on the
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gearbox lever
Fig.
43.
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
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The essentials
go and then forwards to select reverse
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Fig. 43
.
R
Release the clutch.
●
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in Changing gears on page 203
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page 203
Automatic gearbox*
Automatic transmission: selector lever
Fig. 44
positions.
P
Parking lock
R
Reverse gear
N
Neutral (idling)
D
Drive (forward)
S
Sports program: 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 Basic information on
page 204
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page 203
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page 36
Manual release of the selector lev-
er
Manual release of the selector lever.
Fig. 45
If there is a fault in the power system to the
electronic selector lever lock system (flat
battery, blown fuse) or the system itself is
faulty, the selector lever cannot be moved
from position P in the normal manner, which
prevents the vehicle from being moved. The