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92
Transmission
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WARNING
Hill descent control cannot overcome
physical limitations, so it may not be able
to maintain a constant speed under all
conditions. Always be ready to apply the
brakes.
Manual shift program
Applies to vehicles: with S tronic transmission
Using the manual shift program you can
manually select gears .
Fig. 93 Center conso le : shift ing th e mu ltitro nic/t ip-
tron i c manually
Fig. 94 Steering wheel : Shift buttons
Gear selection with selector lever
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The tiptronic mode can be selected either with
the vehicle stationary or on the move.
.. Push the selector lever to the right from 0/
S. As soon as the transmission has switched
over , the selected gear appears in the dis-
play .
.. To upshift, push the selector lever forward
to the plus position
0
o fig. 93 .
.. To downshift, push the lever to the minus
pos it ion
0 -
Gear selection with paddle levers*
The shift buttons are activated when these-
lector lever is in 0/5 or the tiptronic manua l
shift program.
.. To upshift, touch the button on the right ©
o fig. 94 .
.. To downshift, touch the button on the left
0 .
When accelerating, the transmission will au-
tomatically shift into the next gea r before the
engine reaches its maximum RPM.
If you apply a light throttle when accelerat-
ing, tiptronic will automatically shift from 1st
to 2nd gear to save fuel. If you apply a heavy
throttle , the transmission will stay in 1st gear
until near maximum RPM is reached, or until
the drive r shifts into 2nd gear .
If you take you r foot off the acce le rator pedal
when dr iving down a steep incline, tiptronic
will downshift from the selected gear into the
next lowe r gear until it reaches 1st gear,
based on road speed and engine RPM. Auto-
matic downshifting is interrupted as soon as
you apply the throttle again.
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Tips
- When you shift into the next lower gear,
the transmission will downshift only
when there is no possibility of over -rev-
ving the engi ne.
- When the kick-down comes on, the
transmission will shift down to a lower
gear, depending on vehicl e and engine
speeds .
- Tiptronic is inoperative when the trans-
mission is in the fa il-safe mode .
Kick-down
Applies to vehicles: with S tronic transmission
Kick-down enables maximum acceleration .
When you press the accelerator pedal down
beyond the resistance point, the automatic
transmission downshifts into a lower gear, de-
pending on vehicle speed and eng ine RPM. It
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