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• When you shi ft into the next lower gear, the transmission wi ll
downshi ft only when there is no poss i bi lity of over -rew ing the
engine.
• When the kick-down com es on, the transmission will shift down
to a lower gear, depending on vehicle and engine speeds .
• The tiptronic® is inoperative when the transmission is in the fail -
safe mode . •
Applies to vehicles : wit h 6-speed aut o mati c t ransm ission
Steering wheel with tiptronic ®
The shift buttons on the steering wheel allow the driver to
shift gears manually.
Fig. 144 Steer ing
w heel: Shift button s
- To downshif t , touch the button on the left Q.
To upshift, touch the button on the right G).
The shift buttons are activated when the selector lever is in D, Sor
in the manual shift program (tiptronic).
Of course, you can continue to use the manual shift program with
the selector lever on the center console . •
Contro ls and equip-
ment
App lies to vehicles: w ith 6-speed automat ic transmission
Fail -safe mode
If tiptronic® suffers a malfunction, the fail-safe mode
maintains minimum drive ability .
In the event of particular system malfunct ions, the automatic trans-
m ission switches to th e fail -saf e mode. This is signalled by all t he
seg ments in the display illuminating or going out .
You can continue to move the select or lever to all positions . The
manual shift program (tiptronic) is switched off in the fail -safe
mode .
In selector lever posi tions D and Sand in the manual shift program,
the transmission remains in 3rd gear if 1st, 2nd or 3rd gear was
engaged previous ly. The transmission remains in 5th gear, if 4th , 5th
or 6t h gear was engaged previous ly.
The next time you drive off or start the engine , 3rd gear is engaged .
You can continu e to use reverse gear . But t he electron ic lockout for
reverse gear is turned off.
0 Note
If the transmission sw itches to fail-saf e mo de, you should take the
vehicle to an authori zed Audi dea lership as soon as possib le to have
the condition corrected . •
multitronic ®
Applies to vehicles: w ith mu ltitr on ic® Conti n uous ly Varia ble Transm ission (CVT)
General information
Your vehicle is equipped with a electron ically controlled continu -
ously variable transmission (mult itronic ®l. Inside the multitronic ®
system, the gear ratios are not shifted in finite steps as in a conven -
tional automatic transm ission, but rath er
contin uously. As a result, ...
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