MG 6 - Driving on Hills

Starting&Driving
DrivingonHills
Incaseswhereashortstoponahillis
required,suchasatrafcjam,DONOT
momentarilyapplytheacceleratorto
prevent“rollback”.Thiscouldcause
thetransmissiontooverheatandresultin
damage.
HillStart
Incasesofahillstart,thestartingaidfunctionofthe
electronicparkingbrake(EPB)canbeused.Withtheseat
beltsafelyfastened,pressthefootbrake,applytheEPB,
andselectthedesiredgear(D/R/S),thenreleasethefoot
brake;presstheacceleratorpedaltoengagevehicledrive,
theEPBwillautomaticallybedeactivated.
ModelsttedwithHillHoldControlcanusethisfunction
toassisthillstarts.Fordetailsonhillholdcontrolsystem,
pleasereferto"FootBrake"in"BrakeSystem"section.
Note:Theaidofthesefunctionscannotdefythe
lawsofphysics.DONOTdrivethevehiclebeyondits
physicallimitations,lossofcontrolwillstilloccur.
DownhillDriving
Repeatedlypressingthebrakepedalmay
resultinbrakeoverheat,therebycausingthe
degradationofbrakeperformanceoreven
brakefailure.
Ifdrivingdownahillforlongdistances,itisadvisedtomove
theDgeartotherightandselecttheTiptronicmode.This
allowsmanualgearselection.Usealowergearselection
toaidtheslowingofthevehicleandthusavoidingover-use
ofthebrakes.Forexample,whendrivingdownthehill
withcontinuouscurves,engageinto2gear;whendriving
downthestraighthill,engageinto3gear.Ifthebrakeforce
ofengineisinsufcient,thespeedisincreased,twin-clutch
sportronictransmissionwillshifttohighgearautomatically
toavoidtheoverrunningoftheengine,atthistime,you
needtopressthebrakepedalimmediatelyandmanually
shifttoappropriatelowgearthroughTiptronicmode.
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