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Selector lever positions
App
lies
to vehicles: with S tronic/t iptron ic
Fig. 85 Display in the instrument cluste
r:
selector
l ever
in
posit ion P
The selector Lever position engaged appears next
to the selector
L
ever as well as in the instrument
cluster display.
P
-
Park
In th is selector lever pos ition the t ransm iss ion is
mechanically locked
.
Engage P only when the ve-
hicle is
completely stopped¢
&.
in Driving the
automatic transmission on page 85.
To shift in o
r
out of position P, you must
first
press and ho ld the brake pedal
and then
press
the re lease button in the selector lever handle
while moving the se lector lever to or from P. You
can shift out of this position only with the igni-
tion on
.
R - Reverse
Select R only when the vehicle is at a
full stop
and the engine is running at idle speed
¢
&.
in
Driving the automatic transmission on
page 85.
Before you move the selector Lever to R, press
both
the release button in the hand le of these-
lector lever
and
the brake pedal at the same
time
.
When the ignit ion is on, the backup lights illumi-
nate when the se lecto
r
lever is moved into
R.
N · Neutral
The transmission is in neutral in this posit ion
.
Shift to this position for standing with the brakes
appl ied
¢
&.
in Driving the automatic transmis-
sion on page 85.
Aut
o
ma
t
ic tr
a
n
s
m
iss
ion
When the vehicle is stationary or at speeds be low
1 mph (2 km/h), you must a lways apply the foot-
brake before and wh ile moving the Lever out of
N.
D/
S · Normal position fo
r
driving fo rward
In
t
he D/S pos ition, the transmission can be op-
erated eithe
r in
the normal mode Dor in the
sport mode S. To select the sport mode S, pull
the se lector lever back briefly. Pulling the lever
back again will select the normal mode D. The in-
strument cluster display shows the selected driv-
ing mode.
In the
normal mode
D, the transmission auto-
matically selects the suitable gear ratio
.
It de
-
pends on engine Load, vehicle speed and driving
style.
Select the
sport mode
S for sporty driving
.
The
vehicle makes full use of the engine's power
.
Shift ing may become noticeable when accelerat-
ing
.
When the vehicle is stat ionary or at speeds be low
1 mph (2 km/h), you must a lways apply the foot
brake before and while moving the Lever to D/S
out of N.
_&
WARNING
-
Read and follow all WARNINGS¢
&.
in Driv-
ing the automatic transmission on
page 85
.
(D
Note
Coasting downhill with the transmission in N
and the engine not running will result in dam-
age to the automatic transm iss ion and possi-
bly the cata lytic conve rter.
¢j)
Tips
-
On vehicles with dr ive select*, you can ad-
just the sporty shift cha racteristics in the
Dynamic
driving mode. Swill appear in the
ins
t
rument clus
t
er display instead of D.
-
If you acc identally select N wh ile driving,
take your foot off the accelerator pedal im-
media
t
ely and
wait
for the eng ine to s low
dow
n t
o idle befo re sele cting D/S.
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