Dacia DUSTER 2024 - Page 164

GEAR CONTROL
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162 - Driving
requiring a number of alternate forward
and reverse movements.
Gear change paddles 4 and 5
Depending on the vehicle, paddles 4
and 5 can be used to change gear
when the selector lever 1 is in Dposi
tion.
4 : change to a lower gear.
5 : change to a higher gear.
The P, N and R positions cannot be
accessed using the paddles.
Driving in manual mode
When driving in D position, you can
switch to manual driving mode using
paddles 4 and 5 on the steering
wheel. Depending on the vehicle, two
manual driving modes are available:
– the "temporary" manual mode
can be used to force gear shifting by
brieflypressingoneofthetwopad
dles. The driving mode D and the gear
engaged appear on the instrument
panel.
Note:thegearboxautomaticallyre
turns to automatic mode D if the gear
engagedisnolongeroptimaltovehi
cle performance or if no action has
been taken on a paddle for a certain
amount of time.
– permanent manual mode is acti
vated by pressing and holding either
of the paddles. The driving mode M
and the gear engaged appear on the
instrument panel.
Note: depending on the vehicle, the
return to automatic mode is carried out
by pressing and holding the right-hand
paddle or by moving the one-touch
lever 1 one or two notches backwards.
In all situations:
– to shift down through the gears,
press the left-hand paddle;
– to move up through the gears, press
the right-hand paddle.
Note: depending on the display, the
"+" and "˗" or and indica
tors will suggest that you shift up or
down a gear.
Special cases
In certain driving conditions (resulting
in,forexample,engineprotection,acti
vation of the electronic stability control
(ESC), etc.), the automatic system
may change the gear automatically.
Likewise,topreventincorrectmanoeu
vres, a gear change may be refused
by the automatic system: in this case
thegeardisplayflashesforafewsec
onds as a warning.
Special circumstances
– If the road type or weather condi
tions (steep uphill slopes, sudden
downhill slopes, deep snow, sand or
mud)makeitdifficulttostayinauto
matic mode, depending on the vehicle,
it is advisable to switch to manual
modeusingthepaddles.Thiswillpre
vent the "automatic gearbox" from
changinggearsrepeatedlywhendri
ving uphill, and permit engine braking
on long descents.
– To avoid the engine stalling in
very cold weather,waitafewsec
onds before disengaging P or Nposi
tion and shifting the lever to D/B or R.