Seat Tarraco 2020 Owner's Manual page 258

Changing gear in Tiptronic mode*
Lever in the Tiptronic position
Fig. 246
Steering wheel: automatic transmis-
Fig. 247
sion levers
Tiptronic gives the driver the option to
change gears manually.
When you change to the Tiptronic pro-
gramme, the vehicle remains in the currently
selected gear. This is possible as long as the
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Driving
system is not changing gear automatically
due to a traffic situation.
Using Tiptronic with the selector lever
It is possible to change to Tiptronic mode,
both when the vehicle is stopped and while
driving.
Starting from the D/S position, move the
●
lever to the right. The instrument panel will
show whether the lever is in manual or Tip-
tronic mode (e.g. M4 ).
Push the lever forwards or backwards
●
+
›››
to move up or down a gear Fig.
To exit Tiptronic mode, move the lever to the
●
left.
Using Tiptronic with the steering wheel
paddles*
The gearshift paddles can be used when the
selector lever is in the D/S or M (Tiptronic)
positions.
Press the gearshift paddle
●
+
›››
higher gear Fig. 247.
Press the gearshift paddle
● –
lower gear.
To exit the Tiptronic mode, pull the right-
●
hand lever towards the steering wheel for ap-
proximately 1 second or move the lever to the
left.
If the paddles are not operated for some time
and the lever is not in the Tiptronic selection
position, it will automatically exit from Tip-
tronic mode.
CAUTION
When accelerating, if a higher gear is not
●
selected, it will automatically change
shortly before reaching the maximum per-
mitted RPM.
Also, if a lower gear is selected, the sys-
●
tem will not change until it detects that the
engine will not reach its maximum RPM.
–
246.
Driving with an automatic gearbox
The gearbox changes gear ratios automati-
cally as the vehicle moves.
The engine can only start with the selector
lever in position P or N. At low temperatures,
below -10 °C (+14 °F), the engine can only
start with the selector lever in position P.
to select a
Driving down hills
to select a
Under certain circumstances it may be ad-
vantageous to use the Tiptronic mode to se-
lect the gear manually according to driving
›››
conditions .