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Driving
The green indicator light will go on when the retarder is ac-
tive (illustration at bottom of next page).
Retarder in automatic gearboxes:
Retarder hand control is available as an option. The hand
control and foot control (brake pedal) both have three stag-
es up to full retarder effect.
The hand control has 5 stages but stages 4 and 5 have no
effect in combination with automatic gearboxes.
Electromagnetic retarder together with manual gearbox:
This retarder hand control has four active positions, provid-
ing 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of full retarder output. Foot
control via the brake pedal gives 25%, 50% and 75%.
Braking
with retarder.
Braking with
both retarder and
wheel brakes.
Switch to interrupt retarder activation via brake pedal.
Disengage the retarder with the switch on slippery roads
so that it cannot be activated with the brake pedal.
Warning!