Cupra FORMENTOR 2024 - Changing Gear in Tiptronic Mode; Driving with an Automatic Gearbox; Driving Downhill

Driving
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DSG automatic transmission
Note
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If a gear has been selected, the vehicle
does not move forwards or back. Proceed to
the next mode:
–
If the vehicle does not move in the
desired direction, the gear ratio may not
be correctly engaged by the system. De-
press the brake pedal and reselect the gear
range.
–
If the vehicle still does not move in the
desired direction, there is a system failure.
Seek specialist help and have the system
checked.
Changing gear in Tiptronic mode
Fig.124 Steering wheel: automatic
gearbox levers
Tiptronic gives the driver the option to change
gears manually.
When you change to the Tiptronic pro-
gramme, the vehicle remains in the currently
selected gear. This is possible as long as the
system is not changing gear automatically due
to a traic situation.
Using Tiptronic with the steering wheel pad-
dles
The gear shift paddles can be used when the
selector lever is in the D/S position.
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Press the
+
gear shift paddle to change up a
gear ›››Fig.124.
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Press the
–
gear shift paddle to change
down a gear.
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To exit the Tiptronic mode, pull the right-
hand gear shirt paddle towards the steering
wheel for approximately 1 second.
To keep Tiptronic mode permanently switched
on, move the selector lever to the S position.
If the selector lever is in position D and the
gear shift paddles are not operated for some
time, the Tiptronic mode will automatically be
switched o.
NOTICE
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When accelerating, if a higher gear is not
selected, it will automatically change shortly
before reaching the maximum permitted
RPM.
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Also, if a lower gear is selected, the system
will not change until it detects that the en-
gine will not reach its maximum RPM.
Driving with an automatic gearbox
Shifting to a higher or lower gear is automatic.
The engine can only be started with the lever in
the N position and the P button must be lit up
(the parking lock remains active).
Driving downhill
Under certain circumstances it may be advan-
tageous to use the Tiptronic mode to select
the gear manually according to driving condi-
tions ›››
.
Stop/Park
To park on at ground, just press the P
›››Fig.123 button. On slopes the parking
brake should rst be applied and then press
the P button.
If the driver door is opened and the P but-
ton has not been activated, the vehicle could
move. The following warning is displayed on