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Automatic
transmission
Automatic
transmission
Manual
transmission
Gearshift lever
Applies to vehicles: with
manual
transmiss ion
The clutch pedal must be depressed all
the
way
before you can
start
the engine
.
The
manua
l
t
ransmission
in your Audi
is
equip-
ped with an
interlock-feature.
•
Depress the clutch pedal a
ll
the way.
•
Start the
engine
wit
h
the gearshift lever in Neu-
tral and the clutch pedal depressed.
(D
Note
Always depress the clutc
h
pedal fu lly when
chang ing gears. Do not ho ld the vehicle on a
hill with the clutch pedal partially depressed.
This may cause premature clutch wear or
damage.
@
Tips
-
Resting your hand o
n
the
gearshift leve
r
knob while driving will cause premature
wear in the transmiss io
n.
-
The back-up lights go on when you shift into
Reverse w ith the ignition o n.
Gearshift pattern
(6-speed
manual
transmission)
Applies to vehicles: with
man
ual
transmission
Fig.
8
4
Gearshift
pattern:
6-speed manual
t ransmiss
ion
Engaging reverse gear (R)
•
Move
the shift lever
all
the
way
to the left,
press it down,
the
n
push
it forward.
82
Espec ia lly after driving forward, stop the vehicle
completely, shift
into
Neutral
and rest the shift
lever br iefly in Neutra
l
before s hift ing into
Re-
verse.
S tronic.,
tiptronic
Introduction
Applies
to
vehicles: with S
tro
nic/tip
tro
nic
The
aut
oma
t
ic transmission is con
t
rolled ele c-
tronically
.
The transmission upshifts or down-
shifts automatically depending on which drive
program
is
se lected.
When
a moderate driving style
is used, t he
transm ission selects
t
he most economica
l
driving
mode. It will the
n
change up
early
and delay the
downshifts to give better
fuel economy.
The
t
ra nsmission sw itches
t
o
a
sporty mode after
a kick-down or when the driver uses a
sporty
driving style
characterized by quick accelerato
r
pedal movements, heavy acceleration, frequent
changes in speed
and
traveling at the max imum
speed
.
If desired, the d
river
can also select the gears
manually
(tiptronic
mode)
~
page 86.
Various automat ic
tr
a nsmissio ns may be insta
l-
led, depending on the model
:
S tronic transmission
The S tro nic is a dual-clutch transmission
.
Power
is transfer red using two clu
t
ches that wor
k
inde-
pendently from one another. They rep lace
t
he
torque conve rter used
in
conven
ti
ona
l
automatic
transm iss ions and allow the vehicle
t
o accelerate
without a noticeable interruption
in
traction.
tiptronic transmission
In
t
he tiptroni
c
transmission,
power is t ransfe
r-
red by a torq ue conve
rt
er.
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