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Automatic Shift Lock (ASL)
Applies to: vehicles with S tronic/tiptronic
The Automatic Shifr Lock safeguards you against
accidentally shifring into a forward or the re-
verse gear and causing the vehicle to move unin-
tentionally.
Fig. 86
Shift gate: se lector lever lock posit ions and release
button highlighted
The selector lever lock is released as follows:
• Turn the ignition on.
• Step on the brake pedal.
At the same time
press and hold the release button on the side of
the gear selector knob
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fig. 86
with your
thumb until you have moved the selector lever
to the desired position .
Automatic selector lever lock
The selector lever is locked in the P and N posi-
tions when the ignition is turned on. You must
press the brake pedal and the release button to
select another position . As a reminder to the
driver, the following warning appears in the in-
strument cluster display when the selector is in P
and N:
When stationary apply brake pedal while select-
ing gear
The Automat ic Shift Lock only functions when the
vehicle is stationary or at speeds below 1 mph
(2 km/h).
Automatic
transmission
At speeds above about 1 mph (2 km/h) the Auto-
matic Shift Lock is automatically deactivated in
the
N
pos it ion.
A time delay e lement prevents the se lecto r lever
from locking when it is moved through the
N
po-
sition (going from R to D/S). The locking element
will lock the selector lever if the lever is left in
N
(Neutral) for more than approximately
2
sec-
onds, without the brake pedal being pressed.
Release button
The re lease but t on on the selector lever prevents
the lever from being accidenta lly shifted into cer-
tain positions. Depending on the direction of the
shift, the selector lever locks at different posi-
tions. The positions are highlighted in the illus-
tration
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fig. 86.
Ignition key safety interlock
The key cannot be removed from the ignition un-
less the selector lever is in the P park position .
When the ignition key is removed, the selector
lever will be locked in the P position.
Driving the automatic transmission
Applies to: vehicles with S tronic/tiptronic
Fig. 87
Shift gate on the center conso le: selector lever with
release button
Starting the engine
• The selector lever must be in P or N.
Starting off
• Press and hold the brake pedal.
• Press and hold the release button in the selec-
tor lever handle, select the desired selector lev-
er position such as D/S and release the button.
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