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Automatic
transmission
This prevents too much stress from being placed
on the
locking
mechanism.
Vehicles with multitronic transmission: Your vehi-
cle
is
equipped with
hill hold
assist
allowing you
to start while on an incline. The system is activat-
ed when the brake pedal is pressed down and
held
for a few seconds.
The brake pressure will
hold for
a momen
t
after the brake pedal
loosens
t
o
prevent
the vehicle from rolling backwards
while starting
up.
A
WARNING
- The
vehicle can also roll when the engine is
stopped
.
- Unintended vehicle movement can cause se-
rious
injury
.
-
Never leave your vehicle with the engine
running while in gear.
If
you must leave your
vehicle when
the
engine is running, activate
the parking brake and move
the
selector lev-
er
to
P.
-
Power is still transmitted to the wheels
when the engine
is
running at
idle. To
pre-
vent the vehicle from "creeping", you must
keep
your foot on
the
brake when the engine
is running and the selector
lever is
in 0/5 or
R or "tiptronic" mode is selected.
- Do not press the accelerator pedal when
changing the selector
lever position
while
the vehicle is stationary and the engine is
running
.
-
Never shift into R or P while driving.
-
Before driving
down
a steep slope,
reduce
your speed and shift into a lower gear with
"tiptronic".
-
Do not
ride
the
brakes
or press the brake
pedal too often or too
long
when driving
down a hill. Constant braking causes the
brakes to overheat and substantially re-
duces braking performance,
increases
brak-
ing distance or causes complete failure of
the brake system
.
-
To prevent the vehicle from rolling back
when stopping on inclines, always hold it in
place with the brake pedal or parking brake.
- Never hold the vehicle on an
incline
with a
slipping clutch. The clutch opens automati-
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cally when it becomes too hot from the
overload. An indicator lamo
[O
]
illuminates
and a driver message appears
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when the clutch is overloaded.
-
If the engine must remain running, never
have any driving position engaged when
checking under the hood
.
Make sure these-
lector
lever
has securely engaged and is
locked in P with the parking brake set
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page 195.
Otherwise, any increase in en-
gine speed may set the vehicle
in
motion,
even with the parking brake applied.
(D
Note
-
5 tronic- and tiptronic transmission: When
stopping
on
an incline, do not
try
to
hold
the vehicle in place by
pressing the
accelera-
tor pedal while a driving gear is selected.
This
can cause the transmission to overheat
and can damage
it.
Activate the parking
brake or press the brake pedal to prevent
the vehicle from rolling.
-
5 tronic- and tiptronic transmission: Allow-
ing the vehicle to roll when the engine
is
stopped and the selector lever is
in
N will
damage the transmission because it
is
not
lubricated under those circumstances
.
(D
Tips
For safety reasons, the parking brake
is
re-
leased
automatically only when the driver's
safety belt
is
engaged in the buckle
.
· Hill descent control
Appli
es
to
vehicles: wit
h
mult itronic/S
tronic/tiptronic
The hill descent control system assists the driver
when driving down declines.
Hill descent control is activated when the selec-
tor lever
is
in 0/5 and you press the brake pedal.
The transmission automatically selects a gear
that is suitable for the incline. Hill descent con-
trol tries to maintain the speed achieved at the
time of braking, within physical and technical
limitations.
It
may still be necessary to adjust
the
speed with the
brakes.
.,.
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