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Automatic
tran
s
mission
When the vehicle is stationary or at speeds below
1 mph (2 km/h), you must always apply the foot-
brake before and while moving the lever out of
N.
DIS
-
Normal position for driving forward
In the
D/S
position, the
transmission
can be oper
-
ated
either
in
the normal mode
Dor
in the sport
mode
S.
To select the sport mode S,
pull
these-
lector lever back brief ly. Pulling the
lever back
again will se lect the normal mode
D.
The inst
ru-
ment cluster display shows the selected driving
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
.
Shifting may become noticeable when accelerat-
ing.
When the vehicle is stationary or at speeds below
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.
A
WARNING
Read and follow all
WARNINGS¢
.&.
in Driv-
ing the automatic transmission on
page 86.
(D
Note
Coast ing downh
ill
with the transmission in
N
and the engine
not running
will
result
in
dam-
age
to
the automatic transmission and
possi-
bly the catalytic converter.
@
Tips
-
On vehicles with drive select*
,
you can ad-
just
the sporty sh ift characteristics in
the
Dynamic
driv ing mode
.
Swill
appear in the
instrument cluster display
instead
of D.
-
If you accidentally select N while driving,
take you
r
foot
off
the
accelerator
pedal im-
mediately
and
wa
it
for the
engine
t
o
slow
down to
idle
before selecting D/S.
84
-
If
there is a power fai lure,
the
selector lever
will
not
move
out
of
the
P
position.
The
emergency release can be used if this
hap-
pens
¢
page
89
.
Automatic Shift
Lock
(ASL)
Applies
to
vehicles: with mult itronic/5
tron
ic/tiptron ic
The Automatic Shift Lock safeguards you against
occidentally shifting into a forward or the re-
verse gear and causing the vehicle to move unin-
tentionally.
Fig. 97
Sh ift gate: se lector
lever lock
posit ions and release
button highlighted
The selector
lever lock is
released as follows:
.,.
Turn
the ignition on.
.,.
Step on the brake pedal.
At the some time
press and hold the release button on the side of
the gear selector knob¢
fig.
97 with your
thumb until you have moved the selector lever
to the desired position
.
Automatic selector
lever
lo
ck
The selector
lever
is locked in the P and
N
posi-
tions when the ignition is turned on
.
You must
press the brake pedal and the release button to
select another posit ion. As a
reminder
to the
driver, the following warning appears in
the
in-
strument cluster
display
when the selector is in P
and N:
When
stationary apply brake pedal while
select-
ing gear
The Automatic Shift Lock only functions when the
vehicle
is
stat ionary or at speeds below 1 mph
(2 km/h).
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