prevent the vehicle from "creeping", you
must keep your foot on the brake in all
selector lever positions except P and N
when the eng ine is running . Do not inad-
vertently press the accelerator pedal
when the veh icle is stationary . Otherwise
the vehi cle will start t o move immediate-
ly, even if the park ing brake is set. This
cou ld result in a crash.
- Do not ride the brakes or p ress the brake
peda l too often or too long when dr iving
down a hill. Constant braking causes the
brakes to overheat and substant ially re-
duces braking performance, increases
braking distance or causes comp lete fail-
ure of the brake system.
Hill descent control
The hill descent control system assists the
driver when driving down declines.
Hill descent control is activated when these-
lector lever is in D/S and you press the brake
pedal. The transmission automatically se lects
a gear that is suitab le for the incline . Hill de-
scent control tries to maintain the speed ach-
ieved at the time of brak ing, within physical
a nd techn ical limitations.
It may st ill be nec-
essary to adjust the speed with the brakes.
Hill descent control switches off once the de-
cline levels out or you press the accelerator
pedal.
Hill descent control is also activated when the
speed is set by starting the cru ise contro l sys-
tem
r:::;, page 91.
A WARNING
Hill descent control can not overcome
phys ical limitations, so it may not be able
to main t ain a constant speed under all
condi t ions. Always be ready t o app ly t he
bra kes.
Automatic Tra ns mi ssi on 119
Shifting manually
The shift paddles allow the driver to shift the
gears manually .
Fig. 12 5 Steer ing whee l: shift ing manually
.,.. To shift to a higher or lowe r gear t empo rari-
ly, tap the
0 or 0 shift padd ler:::;, fig. 125 .
.. To switch manua l mode on, press the ~
button . An Mand the gear that is currently
engaged appear in the inst rument cluster
disp lay @ ¢
page 116, fig. 122.
.. To shift up one gear, t ap the righ t shift pad-
dle 0 r:::;, fig. 125 .
.. To sh ift down one gear, tap the left shift
paddle Q .
.. To switc h manua l mode off, press the~
button aga in, or
.. Move the selector lever back and release it .
The t ransm iss ion automatically sh ifts up or
down before critical engine speed is reached.
The transm iss ion only allows manual sh ifting
whe n the eng ine speed is with in the pe rmit-
ted range .
The eng ine braking effect increases when you
downshift when going downhill .
Kick-down
Kick-down enables maximum acceleration .
When you press the accelerator pedal down
beyond the resistance point, the automatic
transmission downsh ifts into a lower gear, de-
pending on veh icle speed and eng ine RPM.
It
shifts up into the next higher gear once the
maximum specified engine RPM is reached . ..,.
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