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Hill descent control switches off once the decline
levels
out or you press the accelerator pedal.
On vehicles with
the cruise control
system*
¢
page 81,
hill descent control is also activated
when the speed is set.
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WARNING
Hill
descent control cannot overcome physical
limitations, so
it
may not be able to maintain
a constant speed under all conditions. Always
be ready to apply the brakes.
Manual shift program
Appl
ies
t
o vehicles: with
mul titr
onic/S tronic/t ipt ronic
Using the manual shift program you can man-
ually select gears.
Fig.
99
Center console: shift ing t he
gears manually
Fig. 100
St
eer ing wheel
:
sh ift paddles•
Gear
selection
with
selector
lever
The tiptronic mode can be selected either with
the vehicle stationary or on the move.
•
Push the selector
lever
to the right from 0/5.
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An M appears in the instrument cluster display
as soon as the transmission has shifted
.
•
To
upshift, push the selector lever forward to
the
plus
posit ion
0
¢
fig.
99.
Automatic
transmission
•
To downshift, push the lever
to
the minus posi-
tion
0
.
Gear selection with
shift
paddles*
The
shift paddles
are
activated when the selector
lever is in
D/5
or the
tiptronic
manual sh ift pro-
gram
.
.,.
To
upshift,
touch the shift padd le on the right
0
¢
fig. 100.
•
To downshift
,
touch the shift paddle on
the left
0
-
•
If you do not press a shift
paddle
within a short
time while
in
the 0/5 position, the transmission
will return to automatic mode. To keep shifting
using the shift paddles, move the selector
lever
to the rig
ht out
of the 0/5 position.
The transmission automatically shifts up or down
before critical engine speed is reached.
The transmission
only allows manual shifting
when the engine speed
is
within the permitted
range.
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Tips
-
When you
shift into
the
next lower gear, the
transm ission
will
downshift on ly when there
is no possibility of over-revving the engine.
-
When the kick-down comes on, the trans-
mission will shift down to a lower gear, de-
pending on vehicle and engine speeds.
-
Tiptronic
is inoperative when the transm is-
sion
is
in the
fail-safe
mode.
Kick-down
Applies to vehicles: wit
h
mult itronic/S tro nic/tiptro nic
Kick-down enables maximum
acceleration.
Applies to vehicles with
a
multitronic
transmission
When you depress the
accelerator
peda
l
beyond
the resistance point
,
the
transmission
downshifts
into
a lower gear
ratio
depending on the vehicle
speed and engine speed. As long as the accelera-
tor pedal is depressed, the engine speed
is
auto-
matically regulated for maximum acceleration.
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