Alfa Romeo Tonale, Owner'S Handbook Manual

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positions are unstable: the gear lever
always returns to central position.
The gear lever has a button (1) fig. 147
which must be pressed to move the lever
to P or R.
LEVER POSITIONS
Park (P)
37)
The P position blocks the transmission.
The engine can be started with the gear
lever in P position.
The gear lever movements between
positions P, R, N, D must be made when
the car is stationary.
With the ignition device in the ENGINE
position, press the brake pedal and use
the button (1) located on the gear lever
to shift the selector lever from P to any
other position.
WARNINGS
Never try to select position P when the
car is moving.
Before leaving the car, engage the
electric parking brake and put the gear
lever in P.
Before moving the gear lever to
P, apply the electric parking brake,
otherwise moving the gear lever to P
might be difficult.
When restarting after a stop, the gear
lever must be moved to position P before
releasing the electric parking brake.
To check actual engagement of position
P:
move the gear lever completely
forwards, to end of travel position
make sure that letter P is displayed on
the instrument panel
wait at least 2 seconds before
releasing the brake pedal
Reverse (R)
38)
The engine cannot be started with the
lever in position R.
Neutral (N)
The engine can be started with the lever
in position N. Engage N (or P) in case of
prolonged stops.
To shift from position N to D or R, you
need to press the brake pedal. It is
advisable to not accelerate and make
sure the engine has stabilised at the
minimum engine speed.
WARNING If the car is towed, if the lever
is NOT in N and, if “N” is not shown on the
instrument panel display, the car can be
damaged.
Drive (D) - Automatic forward gear
It is the lever position in standard running
conditions.
You can shift from D to N freely, while
you can only shift from D to R or P by
pressing the button on the gear lever.
Sequential mode (+ / –)
Shifting the lever from position D on side
in stable position, the transmission is
used in sequential mode.
Shifting the lever to unstable position (+
or −) changes the gears.
WARNING Gear lever movements
between positions P, R, N and D may only
be made when the car is stationary and
the engine is idling.
To deactivate the sequential driving
mode, bring the gear lever back in
position D (Drive) ("automatic" driving
mode).
Steering wheel stalks
(where provided)
The gear can be manually shifted also
by using the levers behind the steering
wheel, pull the right gear lever (+)
towards the steering wheel and release
it to engage a higher gear; perform the
same operation with the left lever (–) to
engage a lower gear fig. 148.
To engage N (Neutral): pull
simultaneously both levers.
To activate D (Drive) mode, from N
(Neutral), P (Parking) and R (Reverse):
push the brake pedal and the right lever
(+).