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Wait briefly until the transmission
has shifted
(you
will
fee
l
a slight movement).
~
Remove your foot from the brake pedal and
ac-
celerate
.
Stopp ing
te mporarily
~
Keep the veh icle stat ionary using t he braking
peda l, for example at traffic lights.
~
Do not press the accelerator pedal when doing
this.
~
To prevent the vehicle from rolling when you
start driving, set the park ing brake when stop-
ping on steep inclines
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&,
.
~
The parking brake w ill release automatically
and the vehicle will start moving once you press
the accelerator pedal.
Stopping
/
parking
If the selector lever is not in the P position when
you open the driver's door, the vehicle could roll.
The message
Tran smission: Car may roll! Shift
to park!
appears.
~
Press and hold the brake pedal unt il the vehicle
has come to a complete stop
.
~
Apply the parking brake
¢
page 78, Parking
.
~
Select the P selector leve
r
pos ition
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,&
.
Stopp ing on an incline
~
Always press the brake pedal to hold the vehi-
cle in place and prevent it from "rolling back"
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&,
. Do
not
try to prevent the vehicle from
"ro lling back
"
when a gear is engaged by in-
creasing the engi ne speed
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.
Starting on an incline
~
Activate the parking brake
.
~
With the driving gear selected, press the accel-
erator peda
l
carefully. The parking brake will
re lease automatically if your seat belt is fas-
tened
.
Unde
r
certain circumstances, such as dr iving in
the mountains, it may be useful to switch tempo-
rari ly to the manua
l
shift program in orde
r
to ad-
just t he gears to the d riving conditions by hand
¢
page 86.
On slopes, activate the parking brake first and
then move the selector lever to the
P
pos it ion.
Autom
a
tic tran
s
m
iss
ion
This prevents too m
uch st
ress from being placed
on the locking mechanism
.
A
WARNING
,-
-
The vehicle can also
roll
when the eng ine is
stopped.
-
Unintended vehicle movement can ca use se
-
rious injury
.
-
Never leave your vehicle with the engine
running while in gear. If you must leave
your veh icle when the engine is running, ac-
tivate the pa rking brake and move the selec-
tor lever to
P.
-
Power is still transmitted
to the wheels
when the engine is runn ing at idle
.
To pre-
vent the vehicle from "creepi ng", you must
keep your foot on the brake when the en-
g ine is
run
ning and
t
he selector lever is in D/
Sor R or "ti pt roni c" mode is selected.
-
Do not press the acce le rator peda
l
when
cha nging t he se lecto
r
lever position while
t
he vehicle is sta
ti
onary and
t
he engine is
running
.
-
Never s hift into R or P wh ile driving.
-
Before d riving down a
st
eep slope, reduce
your speed a nd s hift into a lowe
r
gear w it
h
"t
i
pt ronic".
-
Do not ride the brakes or press the brake
pedal
t
oo often
or
too long when dr iving
down
a
h ill. Const
a
nt brak ing
cau
se
s t
he
brakes to overheat and s ubstant ially re-
duces bra king performance, increases brak-
ing distance or causes comp lete fai lure of
the brake system.
-
To prevent the vehicle from rol ling bac
k
when stopp ing on inclines, always hold it in
place with the brake peda
l
or park ing brake.
-
Never hold the vehicle on an incline with a
slipping clutch. The clutch opens a utomati-
cally when it becomes too hot from the
overload. An ind icator lamp
@]
illuminates
a nd a driver message appears
¢
page 87
when
t
he clu
t
ch is over loaded
.
-
If the engine must rema in running, never
have any d riving position engaged when
checking unde
r
the hood
.
Make sure these-
lecto
r
lever has se cu rely engage
d
and is
locked
in P
w ith
t
he par king
bra
ke set
85
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