Selector Lever Lock - Seat Arosa 2003 Owner's Manual

The downward shift occurs at a higher
rate of revolutions than in the economy
programmes.
The gear box is self adapting, and contin-
uously selects the most suitable gear pro-
gramme. At the same time, the driver can
also make the gear box switch to a more
"sporty" programme by pressing the
accelerator quickly. Depending on road
speed, this makes the gearbox shift down
early into a lower gear for quicker acceler-
ation (for instance to overtake another
vehicle), without having to press the
accelerator all the way down to the kick-
down position. After the gear box has
shifted back up it returns to the original
programme, depending on your style of
driving.
The gear box adapts the gear shifts for
uphill and downhill gradients. This pre-
vents the gearbox from shifting up and
down unnecessarily on uphill gradients.
On downhill gradients, the gearbox shifts
down into a lower gear when the driver
presses the brake pedal. This makes use
of the braking effect of the engine without
having to change down manually.
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HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS
Note
Depending on road resistance, for exam-
ple when trailer towing or on uphill
stretches, a programme is automatically
selected which provides more power by
shifting into a lower gear. This prevents
frequent gear changes.
Selector l l ever l l ock
In positions "P" and "N" with the ignition
switched on the selector lever is locked.
To move the selector lever out of these
positions the brake pedal must be
depressed and the selector lever button
pushed-in. This prevents a gear from
being engaged inadvertently and the
vehicle from unintentionally moving off.
A delay circuit prevents the selector lever
from locking when it is moved quickly
past the "N" position (for instance from
"R" to "D"). This enables for example the
vehicle to be "rocked" out of a "bogged
down" position. The shift lock only locks
the selector lever if it is left in the "N"
position for more than about 1 second
without the brake pedal being depressed.
At speeds above 5 km/h the selector lever
lock is automatically switched-off in posi-
tion "N".
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