MG GT - Driving on Hills

Starting&Driving
DrivingonHills
Incaseswhereashortstoponahillis
required,suchasatrafcjam,DONOT
momentarilyapplytheacceleratorto
prevent“rollback”.Thiscouldcausethe
automatictransmissiontooverheatand
resultindamage.
HillStart
Thehillholdcontrolfunctioncanbeusedforhillstart.For
detailsonhillholdcontrolsystem,pleasereferto"Foot
Brake"in"BrakeSystem"chapter.
Note:Theaidofthesefunctionscannotdefythe
lawsofphysics.DONOTdrivethevehiclebeyondits
physicallimitations,lossofcontrolwillstilloccur.
DownhillDriving
Repeatedlypressingthebrakepedalmay
resultinbrakeoverheat,therebycausingthe
degradationofbrakeperformanceoreven
brakefailure.
Ifdrivingdownahillforlongdistances,slowdownrst,and
thenpushtheshiftleverfromDgeartotherighttoenter
intomanualmodeandthenmanuallyengageinlowgear .
Usealowergearselectiontoaidtheslowingofthevehicle
andthusavoidingover-useofthebrakes.Forexample,
whendrivingdownthehillwithcontinuouscurves,engage
into2gear;whendrivingdownthestraighthill,engageinto
3gear.Ifthebrakeforceofengineisinsufcient,thespeed
isincreased,theautomatictransmissionwillshifttohigh
gearautomaticallytoavoidtheoverrunningoftheengine,
atthistime,youneedtopressthebrakepedalimmediately
andshifttoappropriatelowgearthroughmanualmode.
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