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WARNING
Read and follow all WARNINGS ¢
A
in Driv-
ing the automatic transmission on
page 96.
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Note
Coast ing downhil l wit h t he t ransm iss ion in N
and the engine not runn ing will result in dam -
age to the automatic transmission and possi-
bly the catalyt ic converter.
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Tips
- On vehicles with Audi drive select*, you can
adjust the sporty shift characteristics in the
Dynami c driving mode . Sw ill appear in the
instrument cluster display instead of 0 .
- If you accidenta lly select N while driv ing ,
take your foot off the accelerator pedal im-
mediately and wa it for the engine to slow
down to idle before selecting 0/S.
- Hybrid drive*: if the l<=1 •l button ¢
page 103
is pressed wh ile in sport mode S, the trans-
mission switches automatically to the nor-
mal mode 0 .
- If there is a power fa ilure, the selector lever
will not move out of the P posit ion . The
eme rgency release can be used if this hap-
pens
¢ page
99 .
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL)
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The Automatic Shift Lock safeguards you against
accidentally shifting into a forward or the re-
verse gear and causing the vehicle to move unin-
ten tionally.
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Fig. 11 0
Shift gate: se lecto r lever lock positions and re-
lease butto n highlighted
D r ivi ng
The selector lever lock is released as follows :
" Turn the ignition on.
" Step o n t he brake pedal.
At the same time
press a nd ho ld t he release bu tt on on the side of
the gear se lector knob
¢ fig. 110
with yo ur
thumb until you have moved the selecto r lever
to the desired pos ition.
Automatic selector lever lock
The selec t or leve r is locked in t he P and N posi -
t io ns when the ignit ion is tu rned on. You m ust
press the brake peda l and the release button to
select another position . As a reminder to the
driver, the following warn ing appears in the in-
strument cluster d isplay when the se lector is in P
and N:
When stationary appl y brake pedal while select-
ing gear
The Aut omatic Sh ift Lock only fu nct ions when the
veh icle is stationary or at spee d s be low 1 mph
(2 km/h).
At spee ds above abou t 1 mp h (2 km/h) t he Auto-
ma t ic Sh ift Lock is autom atically deact ivated in
the N positio n.
A time de lay e lemen t prevents the se lector lever
from locking whe n it is moved thro ugh the N po-
sition (going from R to D/S) . The locking element
will lock the selector leve r if the lever is left in N
(Neutral) for more than approximately 1 second,
without the brake pedal being pressed.
Release button
The release but t on on t he selector leve r preve nt s
the lever from be ing accidenta lly shifted into cer -
ta in positions. Pressing this button deactivates
the se lector lever lock . Depending on the direc-
t ion of the sh ift, the se lector lever locks at d iffer-
ent positions . The posit ions are highlighted in
the illustration
¢ fig. 110.
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.
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