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Aut o matic
Tran s m iss ion
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WARNING
- The vehicle can also roll when the engine
is stopped .
- Unintended vehicle movement can cause
serious injury.
- Never leave your vehicle with the engine
running whi le in gear. If you must leave
your vehicle when the engine is running,
act ivate the park ing brake and move the
selector lever to P.
- Power is st ill transmitted to the wheels
when the engine is running at idle . To
prevent the vehicle from "creeping", you
must keep your foot on the brake when
the engine is runn ing and the selector
lever is in D/S or R or "tiptronic" mode is
selected .
- Do not press the accelerat or pedal when
changing the selector lever position
whi le the vehicle is stationary and the
engine is running.
- Never shift into R or P whi le driving.
- Bef ore driv ing down a steep slope, re-
duce you r speed and shift into a lower
gear with "tiptronic".
- Do not ride the brakes or press the brake
pedal too often or too long when driving
down a hill. Constant braking causes the
brakes to overheat and substant ially re-
duces braking performance, increases
braking distance or causes comp lete fail-
ure of the brake system.
- To prevent the vehicle from rolling back
when stopping on inclines, always hold it
in place with the brake pedal or parking
brake.
- Never hold the vehicle on an incl ine with
a slipp ing clutch . The clutch opens auto-
matically when it becomes too hot from
the overload. An indicator lamp
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illu-
minates and a dr iver message appears
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when the clutch is overload -
ed.
- If
the engine must remain running, never
have any driving position engaged when
checking under the hood. Make sure the
selector lever has securely engaged and
is locked in P w it h the park ing brake set
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Otherw ise, any increase in
engine speed may set the vehicle in mo-
tion, even with the parking brake ap-
plied.
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Note
- When stopping on an incl ine, do not try
to hold t he vehicle in place by pressing
the accelerator pedal while a driving gear
is selected. This can cause the transmis-
sion to overheat and can damage it . Acti-
vate the parking brake or press the brake
pedal t o prevent the vehicle from roll ing.
- Allowing th e vehicle to roll when the en-
gine is stopped and the selecto r lever is
in N will damage the tr ansmission be-
cause it is not lubricated unde r those cir-
cumstances .
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Tips
For saf et y reasons, the parking brake is re-
leased automatically only when the driv-
er's safety belt is engaged in the buckle.
Hill descent control
Appl ies to vehicles: wit h S t ronic/tiptro nic
The hill descent control system assis ts the
driver when driving down declines.
Hill descent contr ol is activated when these-
lector lever is in D/S and you press t he brake
pedal. The transmission automatica lly selects
a gear that is suitable for the incline . Hill de-
scent contro l tries to maintain the speed ach-
ieved at the time of braking, within physical
and technical lim itations. If may st ill be nec-
essary to adjust the speed with the brakes.
Hill descent cont rol switches off once the de-
cline levels out or you press the accelerator
pedal.
On vehicles with the cruise contro l system*
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hill descent control is also activat-
ed when the speed is set.
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