Audi A3 Sedan 2015 Owner's Manual page 112

110 Automatic tran s mission
Shifting manually (tiptronic mode)
Applies to vehicles: with S tron ic transmiss ion/ shift pa d-
dles
The tiptronic allow the driver to shift the
gears manually.
Fig. 94
Cente r console : manual shifting with the selec ·
tor lever
Fig. 95
Steering whee l: manual shift ing with the shift
paddles•
Shifting with the selector lever
You can shift into tiptronic mode while sta-
tionary and while driving.
.. To shift into triptronic mode, push the selec-
tor lever from the D/S setting to the right in
the triptronic shift gate. Once the transmis-
sion has switched modes, the selector lever
position M is shown in the instrument clus-
ter display
c:>
page 1 OS, fig. 91. For example
M4 , means the fourth gear is engaged.
.. To shift up a gear, tap the selector lever for-
ward
0
c:> fig. 94.
.. To shift down a gear, tap the selector lever
to back Q .
Shifting with the shift paddles*
You can operate the shift paddles in the D/S or
M (tiptronic shift gate) selector lever posi-
tions.
.. To shift up one gear, tap the shift padd le
0
c:>
fig. 95.
.. To shift down one gear, tap the shift paddle
o.
If the shift padd les are tapped while in the D/
S selector lever position, automatic mode
switches off briefly . To switch from manually
shifting back to automatic shifting immedi-
ately, tap the shift paddle
0
c:>
fig. 95
for 1
second.
To keep shifting using the shift paddles, move
the selector lever to the rig ht out of the D/
S position into the tiptronic shift gate.
The transmission automatically shifts up or
down before critical engine speed is reached.
The transmission only all ows manual shifting
when the engine speed is within the permit-
ted range.
(D
Tips
- When you shift into the next lower gear,
the transmission will downshift only
when there is no possibility of over-rev-
ving the engine.
- When the kick-down comes on, the
transmission w ill shift down to a lower
gear, depending on vehicle and engine
speeds.
- Tiptron ic is inoperative when the trans-
mission is in the fai l-safe mode .
· Kick-down
Applies to vehicles : with S tronic tra nsmissio n
Kick-down enables maximum acceleration.
When you press the accelerator pedal down
beyond the resistance point, the automatic
transmission downsh ifts into a lower gear, de-
pending on vehicle speed and engine RPM. It
shifts up into the next higher gear once the
maximum specified engine RPM is reached.
A
WARNING
Please note that the whee ls could spin on
slick or slippery roads when kick-down is
active.