Driving your vehicle
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Dual clutch transmission (DCT)
僅 When driving downhill, you may wish
to move the gear shift lever to Manual
Shift mode and downshift to a lower
gear in order to control your speed
without using the brake pedal exces
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sively.
僅 When you turn the engine on and off,
you may hear clicking sounds as the
system goes through a selftest. This is
a normal sound for the dual clutch
transmission.
僅 During the first 1,500 km (1000
miles), you may feel that the vehicle
may not be smooth when accelerating
at low speed. During this break-in
period, the shift quality and perfor
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mance of your new vehicle is continu
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ously optimized.
DCT warning messages
This warning message is displayed when
vehicle is driven slowly on a grade and
the vehicle detects that the brake pedal
is not applied.
A:
Steep grade! Press brake pedal
Steep grade
Driving up hills or on steep grades:
僅 To hold the vehicle on an incline use
the foot brake or the parking brake.
僅 If the vehicle is held on a hill by apply
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ing the accelerator pedal or by creep
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ing with brake pedal disengaged, the
clutch and transmission may overheat
which can result in damage. At this
time, a warning message will appear
on the LCD display.
僅 If the LCD warning is active, the foot
brake must be applied.
僅 Ignoring the warnings can lead to
damage to the transmission.
Transmission high temperature
A:
Transmission temp. is high! Stop
safely
僅 Under certain conditions, such as
repeated stop-and-go launches on
steep grades, sudden take off or
acceleration, or other harsh driving
conditions, the transmission clutch
temperatures will increase exces
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sively. Finally the clutch in transmis
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sion could be overheated.
When driving in stop-and-go traffic, in
stop condition, to reduce the driving
stress and have better transmission
operation move the shift lever to N (Neu
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tral) or P (Parking) position.
僅 When the clutch is overheated, the
safe protection mode engages and
the gear position indicator on the
cluster blinks with a chime. At this
time, "Transmission temp. is high!
Stop safely" warning message will
appear on the LCD display and driving
may not be smooth.
僅 If this occurs, pull over to a safe loca
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tion, stop the vehicle with the engine
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