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08 Starting and driving
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Symbol
Message
Transmission hot Brake to
hold
Transmission hot Park
safely Let engine run
Transmission cooling Let
engine run
A
For fastest cooling: run the engine at idling speed with the gear lever in the N or P position, until the message clears.
The table shows three steps with an
increased degree of seriousness should the
transmission become too hot. In parallel with
the text message, the driver is also advised
that the car's electronics are temporarily
changing the driving characteristics. Follow
the instructions in the text message where
appropriate.
NOTE
The examples in the table are no indication
of the car being defective, but show that a
safety function has been activated with a
view to preventing damage to any of the
car's components.
08
*
286
Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
Driving characteristics
Difficulty in maintaining even speed
at constant engine speed.
Significant pulling in the car's trac-
tion.
No drive due to overheated gearbox.
WARNING
If a warning symbol combined with the text
Transmission hot Park safely Let
engine run
is ignored then the heat in the
gearbox may become so high that the
power transmission between engine and
gearbox is temporarily halted in order to
prevent the clutch from malfunctioning -
the car then loses drive and is stationary
until gearbox temperature has cooled to
an acceptable level.
For more possible text messages with their
respective proposals for solutions concerning
automatic gearbox, see Messages (p. 109).
A text message extinguishes automatically
after the action has been carried out or after
one press on the indicator stalk OK button.
Action
Transmission overheated. Keep the car stationary using the
A
foot brake.
Transmission overheated. Park the car immediately in a safe
A
manner.
Transmission overheated. For fastest cooling: Run the
engine at idling speed with the gear lever in the N or P posi-
tion until the message clears.
Related information
•
Automatic gearbox -- Geartronic* (p. 281)
•
Transmission fluid - grade and volume
(p. 424)
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