User's Manual

Automatic gearbox134
the accelerator quickly. Depending on road speed, this makes the
gearbox shift down early into a lower gear ratio for more rapid accel-
eration (for instance to pass another vehicle), without having to
press the accelerator all the way down into the kick-down position.
After the gearbox has shifted back up it returns to the original
programme, depending on your style of driving.
The gearbox continuously adapts the gear ratios on uphill gradi-
ents. If the brake pedal is pressed on a downhill gradient the
gearbox automatically shifts to a lower gear ratio. This increases the
engine braking effect.
Applies to vehicles: with multitronic®
Manual gear selection (tiptronic mode)
With the manual shift programme (tiptronic) the driver
can manually select seven pre-programmed gears.
Switching over to the manual programme
– From position D, push the selector lever to the right. As
soon as the automatic gearbox has changed over to this
programme, the display will show the selected gear.
Shifting up a gear
– Briefly push the selector lever forwards (in the tiptronic
gate) ⇒ fig. 147 .
Shifting down a gear
– Briefly pull the selector lever backwards (in the tiptronic
gate) .
With the tiptronic system the driver can manually choose between
7 different pre-programmed gears. The manual programme can be
selected either when stationary or while driving (by moving the
lever out of position D).
When accelerating, the gearbox automatically shifts up into the next
gear shortly before the maximum engine speed is reached.
If you select a gear which is lower than the gear shown in the instru-
ment display ⇒ fig. 148, the gearbox will only shift down when
there is no longer a risk of overrevving the engine.
Fig. 147 Centre
console: Manual gear
selection (tiptronic
mode)
Fig. 148 Display:
Manual gear selection
(tiptronic mode)
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