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Automatic
transmission
Shifting manually (tiptronic mode)
Applies to
vehicles: with
S
tronic
transmission/
shift
padd
les
The
tiptronic
allow the driver to shift the gears
manually
.
Fig.
84
Center conso le
:
manual
shift ing with
the
selector
lever
Fig.
85
Steer ing wheel:
manual
shift ing with
the
s hift pad-
dles•
Shifting
with
the
selector
lever
You
can shift
into
tiptronic mode
while
stationary
and
while driv
ing
.
•
To shift into tiptronic mode, push
the
selector
lever from
the
D/S setting
to
the right
in
the
tiptronic shift
gate.
Once
the
transmission has
switched modes, the selector lever position
M
is shown
in the
instrument cluster display
¢
page 89, fig.
81
.
For example M4, means the
fourth gear is engaged
.
•
To sh ift up a gear, tap the se lector lever for-
ward
0
¢
fig.
84
.
•
To shift down a gear, tap the selector lever to
back
Q
.
Shifting
with
the
shift
paddles*
You can operate the shift paddles in the D/S or
M
(tiptronic shift gate) selector
lever
positions.
94
.,.
To shift up
one gear, tap the
shift paddle
0
¢
fig. 85
.
.,.
To shift down one gear,
tap
the shift paddle
Q
.
If the
shift paddles
are
tapped wh ile in
the
D/S
selector lever position, automatic mode switches
off briefly. To switch from manually shifting
back
to automatic shifting immediately, tap the sh ift
paddle
0
¢
fig. 85
for 1 second.
To keep
shifting
using
the shift
paddles,
move
the selector
lever
to the
right
out of the
D/S
posi-
tion into the
tiptronic
shift
gate.
The transmission automatically
shifts up or down
before
critical engine speed is reached.
The transmission
on ly
allows manual shifting
when
the
engine
speed
is
w ith
in
the
permitted
range.
(j)
Tips
-
If
you shift
to the next lowest gear, the
transmission
will
only shift
if
the
engine will
not be
over-revved.
-
With kick-down, the transmission shifts to a
lower gear,
depending
on vehi cle speed
and
engine
speed.
-
ti ptronic
does
not
work
if the transmission
is
running in
emergency
mode.
. Kick-down
Applies
to
vehicles: with
S tronic
transmission
Kick-down
enables maximum
acceleration.
When you press the accelerator pedal
down be-
yond the res istance point, the automatic trans-
mission
downshifts into
a
lower gear, depending
on veh icle
speed and
engine RPM.
It
shifts up in-
to the next
higher
gear once the
maximum
speci-
fied engine
RPM
is reached.
A
WARNING
Please note that the whee ls cou
ld
spin on
slick or slippery
roads
when
kick-down
is ac-
tive.
-
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