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may be useful to switch temporarily to the
manual shift program in order to adjust the
gears to the driving conditions by hand
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On slopes, activate the parking brake first and
then move the selector lever to the P position.
This prevents the locking mechanism from be-
ing loaded too heavily and will make it easier
to move the selector lever out of P.
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WARNING
- Never leave your vehicle with the engine
running while in gear. If you must leave
your vehicle when the engine is running,
activate the parking brake and move the
selector lever to P.
- Power is still 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 running and the selector
lever is in D/S or R or "tiptronic" mode is
selected.
- Do not press the accelerator pedal when
changing the selector lever position
while the vehicle is stationary and the
engine is running.
- Never shift into R or P while driving.
- Before driving down a steep slope, re-
duce your speed and shift into a lower
gear with "tiptronic".
- Do not ride the brakes or press the brake
pedal too often or too long. Constant
braking causes the brakes to overheat
and substantially reduces braking per-
formance, increases braking distance or
causes complete failure of the brake sys-
tem .
- 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 incline with
a slipping 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 driver message appears
Transmission
91
Q
page 93
when the clutch is overload-
ed.
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Note
- When stopping on an incline, do not try
to hold the vehicle in place by pressing
the accelerator pedal while a driving gear
is selected. This can cause the S tronic
transmission to overheat and can dam-
age it . Activate the parking brake or
press the brake pedal to prevent the ve-
hicle from rolling .
- Allowing the vehicle to roll when the en -
gine is stopped and the selector lever is
in N will damage the S tronic transmis-
sion because it is not lubricated under
those circumstances.
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Tips
For safety reasons, the parking brake is re-
leased automatically only when the driv-
er's safety belt is engaged in the buckle.
Hill descent control
Appli es t o vehicles : wi th S tr onic t ransmi ssion and hill de·
scent contro l
The hill descent control system assists the
driver when driving down declines .
Hill descent control is activated when these-
lector lever is in D/S and you press the brake
pedal. The S tronic transmission automatically
shifts down into a gear suitable for the de-
cline. Hill descent control tries to maintain
the speed achieved at the time of braking,
within physical and technical limitations. If
may still be necessary to adjust the speed
with the brakes.
Hill descent control switches off once the de-
cline levels out or you press the accelerator
pedal.
On vehicles with the cruise control system*
Q
page 80,
hill descent control is also activat-
ed when the speed is set.
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