Dr iv ing
& WARNING
Hill descent control cannot overcome phys ical
limitations, so it may not be able to maintain
a constant speed under all condit ions. Always
be ready to apply the brakes .
Manual shifting (tiptronic mode)
Applies to: vehicles with automatic transmissions
The tiptronic mode allows the driver to shift the
gears manually.
Fig. 93 Center conso le: shifting manually with the selector
lever
Fig. 94 Steering wheel: shifting manual ly wit h the shift
paddles*
Shifting with the selector lever
You can sh ift into tiptro nic mode while stationary
a nd while d riving.
• To s hift into tiptronic mode, push the selector
lever from the "D/S" position to the right in the
t iptr onic sh ift gate . Once the transmission has
swit ched modes, t he se lect or lever posi t ion
M
is shown in the instrumen t clus t er display
¢ page 84, fig. 90. For example, M4 means the
fo urth gear is engaged.
• To shift up a gear, tap the se lector lever for-
ward
0 ¢ fig. 93 .
88
• To shift down a gear, tap the selecto r lever
backward
0 -
Shifting with the shift paddles*
You can operate the s hift paddles in the "D/S" or
"M" (tiptro nic shift ga t e) se lect or lever posi ti ons.
• To shift up one gear, tap the shift paddle
0
¢fig . 94 .
• To shift down a gear, tap the 0 shift paddle.
• Applies to: RS models: to se lect the lowest/
highest possi ble gear, press and hold t he sh ift
paddle
0 10 .
If t he shift paddles a re tapped wh ile in the "D/S"
selector lever position, a utomat ic mode sw itches
off briefly . To swit ch from manually shift ing bac k
to automatic shifting immediate ly, tap t he shift
padd le
0 ¢ fig. 94 for 1 second .
To keep sh ift ing us ing the shift padd les, move
the selec t or lever to t he right out of t he "D/S" po-
sition into the tiptronic shift gate .
The tra nsmission a utomatically sh ifts up or dow n
before crit ical engine speed is reac hed.
Applies to: RS models: when accelerat ing, the
transm iss ion does
not aut omatically shift to the
next gear short ly before the maxim um permitted
engine RPM is reached. Shift t o t he next highest
gear at the right time.
The tra nsmission on ly allows manual shifting
whe n the engine speed is with in the perm itt ed
ra nge.
Kick-down
Applies to: vehicles with automatic transmissions
Kick-down enables maximum acceleration.
When you press the accelerator pedal down be-
yond the res istance point (called kick-down), the
automat ic t ransmission downshifts into a lower
gear, depending on vehicle s peed and engine
RPM.
It sh ifts up into the next higher gear once
t he maximum specified engine RPM is reached .
Applies to: RS models: in t ipt ronic mode, the
transm iss ion does
not automa t ically shift down
into a lower ge ar . If you must accelera t e, for ex-
ample t o pass a vehi cle, you mus t sh ift manually . ..,.
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