a:,
a:,
......
N
r--.
N
....
0
0
::,
a:,
technical limitations . If may st ill be necessary to
adjust the speed with the brake pedal.
Hill descent contro l sw itches off once t he hill lev-
e ls out or yo u press the accelerator pedal.
& WARNING
Hill descent contro l cannot overcome physical
limitations, so it may not be able to maintain
a constant speed under a ll conditions. Always
be ready to apply the brakes.
Manual shifting (tiptronic mode)
The tiptronic mode allows the driver to shift the
gears manually .
Fig. 75 Cente r console: shifting ma nually with the selector
lever
Fig. 76 Steering whee l: man ua l sh ifting with the shift pad -
dles *
Shifting with the selector lever
You can s hift into tiptronic mode while stationary
and while driving.
• To sh ift into t iptronic mode, push the selector
lever from the 0/5 setting to the right in the
tiptronic sh ift gate. Once the transmission has
switched modes, the se lecto r lever position
M
is shown in the instrument cluster display
D r ivi ng
c::> page 68, fig . 73 . For examp le M4 , means the
fourth gear is engaged .
.. To shift up a gear, tap the selector lever for -
ward
0 c::>fig. 75.
• To shift down a gear, tap the se lector lever to
back Q .
Shifting with the shift paddles*
You can operate the shift paddles in the 0/5 or M
(tiptronic shift gate) selector lever positions .
• To shift up one gear, t a p the shift paddle
0
c::>fig. 76.
• To shift down one gear, tap the shift paddle Q .
If t he shi ft paddles are tapped wh ile in t he D/S
se lector lever position, a utomat ic mode sw itches
off briefly . To switch from manually shifting back
to automatic shifting immediately, tap the shift
paddle
0 c::> fig. 76 for l second.
To kee p sh ift ing us ing the shift padd les, move
the selector lever to the rig ht out of the 0/5 posi -
t ion into the tiptron ic shift gate .
The transmission automatically shif t s up or down
before critica l engi ne speed is reached.
The t ransmission on ly allows manua l shift ing
whe n the eng ine speed is wit hin the pe rmitted
range.
Kick-down
Kick-down enables maximum acceleration.
When you press the accelerator pedal down be-
yond the resistance point (ca lled kick-down), t he
automa tic t ra nsmission downshifts int o a lower
gear, depending on vehicle speed and eng ine
RPM. It s hifts up into the next h igher gear o nce
the maximum specifie d e ngine RPM is reached .
,&_ WARNING
-=
-
Please note that the whee ls cou ld spin on
slick or slippery roads when kick-down is ac-
tive.
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