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Manual shift program
Using the manual shift program you can man-
ually select gears .
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Fig. 118 Center console: shifting t he gears manually
Fig. 119
Steering whee l: Shift paddles•
Gear selection with selector lever
The tiptronic mode can be selected eithe r with
the vehicle stationary or on the move.
• Push the selector lever to the right from D/S.
An M appears in the instrument cluster display
as soon as the transm ission has shifted.
• To upshift, push the selector lever forward to
the plus position
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fig. 118 .
• To downshift, push the lever to the minus posi-
tion
0 .
Gear selection with shift paddles*
The shift padd les are act ivated when the se lector
lever is in D/S or the tiptronic manual shift pro-
gram.
• To upshift , touch the shift paddle on the right
(v ¢ fig.119 .
• To downshift, touch the shift paddle on the left
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The transmission automatically shifts up or down
before critica l engine speed is reached.
Automatic
transmission
The transmission only allows manual shifting
when the engine speed is within the permitted
range .
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Tips
- When you shift into the next lower gear, the
transmission will downshift on ly when there
is no possibility of over-revving the engine.
- When the kick-down comes on, the trans-
mission will shift down to a lower gear, de-
pending on vehicle and engine speeds.
- Tiptronic is inoperative when the transmis-
sion is in the fail-safe mode.
Kick-down
Kick-down enables maximum acceleration.
When you press the accelerator pedal down be-
yond the resistance point, the automatic trans-
mission downshifts into a lower gear, depending
on vehicle speed and engine RPM. It shifts up in-
to the next higher gear once the maximum speci-
fied engine RPM is reached.
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WARNING
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Please note that the whee ls could spin on
slick or slippery roads when kick-down is ac-
tive .
Launch control program
Applies to vehicles: with S tronic
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The launch control program provides the best
possible accelera tion when st arting from a st op.
Requirement: The engine must be at operating
temperature
and the steering wheel must not be
turned.
• Deactivate the Start-Stop-System* ¢ page 82.
The LED in the
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button turns on .
• With the engine running, press the
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ton briefly¢ page 189 . The
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indicator light
turns on and the message Stabilization control
(ESC): Off. Warning! Reduced stability ap-
pears in the instrument cluster display .
• Pull the selector lever back out of the D/S posi-
tion briefly t o select the S position or se lect the .,.
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