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Manual shift program
Applies to vehicles: with mult itro nic/S tronic/t iptronic
Using the manual shift program you can
manually select gears .
Fig. 10 6
Center console: s hifting the gears ma nually
Fig. 10 7
Steer ing whee l: Shift buttons•
Gear selection with selector lever
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The tiptron ic mode can be selected either with
the vehicle stationa ry or on the move.
• Push the selector lever to the right from 0/
S. An M appears in the instrument cluster
display as soon as t he transmission has
shifted.
• To upshift, push the selector lever fo rward
to t he pl us posit ion
0
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• To downshift , push the lever to the minus
position
0 -
Gear selection with paddle levers*
The shift buttons are act ivated when t he se-
lect or lever is in D/S or the t iptr onic manu al
shift program .
• To upsh ift, touch the button on th e right
0
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• To downshift, touch t he but ton on the left
0 -
• If you do not press a shift button wit hin a
short time whi le in the D/S position, t he
transmission will return to automatic mode .
To keep shifting using t he shift buttons,
move the selector lever to the right out of
the 0/S position.
The t ransm ission automatically shifts up or
down before critical engine speed is reached.
The t ransm ission only all ows manual shift ing
when the engine speed is w it hin the permit -
ted range .
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Tips
- Whe n you shift int o the next lower gear,
the transmission will downshift only
w hen the re is no possibility of over-rev-
ving the engine .
- W hen the kick-down comes on, t he
transm ission w ill shift dow n to a lower
gear, depending on vehicle and engine
speeds.
- Tiptro nic is inoperative when the trans -
m ission is in the fai l-safe mode.
Kick-down
Applies to vehicles : wit h mult itronic/S tronic/tip tro nic
Kick-down enables maximum acceleration.
Applies to vehicles with a multitronic ®
transmission
W hen you depress the accelerator pedal be-
yond the resistance point, the transm ission
downsh ifts into a lower gear ratio depend ing
on the vehicle speed and engine speed. As
lo ng as the accelerator pedal is depressed, the
engine speed is automatically regulated for
maximum acceleration .
Applies to vehicles with a S tronic ®-/,
tiptronic transmission
When you depress the accelerator pedal be-
yond the resistance point, the automatic
t ransmission downsh ifts into a lower gear, de-
pend ing on veh icle speed and eng ine speed .
The upsh ift int o t he next higher gear t akes
place once the maximum specifi ed engine
speed is reached .
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