Automatic transmission
Manual shift program
Using the manual shift program you can man-
ually select gears .
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Fig. 117 Center console: shifting the gears manually
Fig. 118 Steer ing whee l: Shift paddles•
Gear selection with selector lever
The tiptronic mode can be selected e ith er with
the vehicle stationary or on the
move.
• Push the selector lever to the right from D/S.
An M appears in the instrument cluster display
as soon as the transmission has shifted.
• To upshift, push the selector lever forward to
the plus position
G) ¢ fig. 117 .
• To downshift, push the lever to the minus posi-
tion
0 .
Gear selection with shift paddles*
The shift paddles are activated when the se lector
lever is in D/S or the tiptronic manual shift pro-
gram.
• To upshift , touch the shift padd le on the right
G) ¢fig. 118 .
• To downshift, touch the shift paddle on the left
0 .
The transmission automatically shifts up or down
before critical engine speed is reached .
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The transmission only allows manual shifting
when the engine speed is within the permitted
range.
(D Tips
- When you shift into the next lower gear, the
transmiss ion will downshift on ly when there
is no possibility of over-rewing the engine .
- When the kick-down comes on, the trans-
mission will shift down to a lower gear, de-
pending on vehicle and engine speeds.
- Tiptronic is inoperative when the transmis-
sion is in the fail-safe mode.
Kick-down
Kick-down enables maximum acceleration.
When you press the accelerator pedal down be-
yond the res istan ce point, the automatic t rans-
mission downshifts into a lower gear, depending
on vehicle 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 could spin on
slick or slippery roads when kick-down is ac-
tive.
Launch control program
Applies to vehicles: with S tronic
The launch control program provides the best
possible acceleration when starting from a stop .
Requirement: The engine must be at operating
temperature and the steering wheel must not be
turned.
• Deactivate the Start-Stop-System *¢
page 81 .
The LED in the !CA.l"'! button turns on.
• With the engine running, press the
~,~-0-FF~I but-
ton briefly¢
page 188. The II indicator light
turns on and the message
Stabilization control
(ESC): Off. Warning! Reduced stability
ap-
pears in the instrument cluster display.
• Pull the selector leve r back out of t he D/S posi-
tion briefly to selec t the S position or se lect the .,..
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