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Aut o mated
manual
transmi
ss ion
Manual
operation
Appl ies to vehicles: with R tronic
R tronic allows the driver to shift gears man-
ually.
Startin g f rom a st op
,,. Press and hold the brake pedal.
,,. Move the selector lever to the left.
,,. Tap the se lector lever forward
G).
,,. Release the brake pedal and accelerate
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Shifting
,,. To shift up, tap the selector lever forward
G).
,,. To shift down, tap the selector lever to the
rear Q .
Stopping t emporarily
,,. Prevent the vehicle from moving by using
the foot brake, e.g. at traffic signals .
,,. Do not accelerate. If you do not press either
the brake pedal or the accelerator pedal for
some time when stationary, neutra l position
N
is engaged automatically and a chime
sounds.
Parking
,,. Press and hold the brake pedal
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A .
,,. Apply the hand brake firm ly.
,,. Engage a gear.
,,. Switch the ignition
off.
Stopping on an incline
,,. Always
keep the vehicle stationary using the
foot brake to prevent it from "rolling back"
c:>
A .
Do not try to prevent the vehicle from
"rolling back" when a gear is engaged by in-
creasing engine speed.
,,. Apply the hand brake firmly.
Starting on a hill
,,. With a gear engaged, remove your foot from
the brake, accelerate and slowly release the
hand brake.
When accelerating, R tronic shifts into the
next gear in gears 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 shortly be-
fore the maximum permissible engine speed
is reached. Exception: You have activated the
sport funct ion
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If
you have se lected a lower gear than t he cur-
rent one, R tronic will shift down only when
the engine will not be over-revved.
You can swit ch to automa tic operation at any
t ime
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WARNING
~
- Never leave your vehicle with the engine
running while in gear. If you must leave
your vehicle with the engine running, set
the parking brake firmly and engage neu-
tral N.
- With the engine running and a gear en-
gaged, you have to hold the vehicle with
the foot brake .
- Do not accelerate when you sh ift gears
with the vehicle stationary and the en-
gine runn ing.
- Before driving down a steep slope, re-
duce your speed and shift into a lower
gear with R tronic .
- Do not ride the brakes or apply the brake
pedal too often or too long . Constant
braking causes the brakes to overheat
and substantially reduces braking per-
formance, increases braking distance or
causes complete failure of t he brake sys-
tem .
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Note
If
you must stop on an incline, always hold
the vehicle in place with the foot brake to
prevent it from rolling back. Never hold
the vehicle on an incline with a slipping
clutch. The clutch was overloaded if Clutch
overheat ing! If possible pleas e stop vehi-
cle appears in the Driver Informat ion Sys-
tem display.
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