Audi allroad 2001, Owner'S Manual

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Tiptronic®
By using the "liptronic®," you can manu­
ally select gears. Here is how:
in the
"D"
position, push the lever to the
right. You can do this while the vehicle _is
moving or when the vehicle is at a standst11_1.
The display on the instrument cluster w1ll
show
"5",
"4", "3",
"2"
and "
1 "
as soon
as the selector lever is pushed to the right.
The gear you select will also be highlighted.
See illustration.
To upshift, push the selector lever forward
to the "+" plus position. To downshift, push
the lever to the "-" minus position.
When the vehicle is accelerated in gears 1 ,
2, 3 and 4, the transmission will automati­
cally shift to the next higher gear just before
the maximum speed is reached.
When accelerating, if you apply a "light"
throttle, the liptronic® will shift automati­
cally from 1 stto 2nd gear to save fuel. How­
ever, if you use a "heavy" throttle, the trans­
mission will stay in 1 st gear until near
maximum rpm's are reached, or until the
driver shifts into 2nd gear.
CONTROLS AND EQUIPMENT
When you shift into a higher g�ar tO? early,
the transmission will not upshift until a pre­
determined engine rpm has been reached.
When you shift into the next lower gea�. the
engine will downshift only when there
IS
no
possibility of overfeeding.
When the kickdown comes on, the trans­
mission will shift down to a lower gear de­
pending on vehicle and engine speeds.
If you take your foot off the accelerator
pedal to make use of the braking effective­
ness of the transmission
when driving
down a .teep incline,
the liptronic® will
downshift from the selected gear into the
next lower gear until it reaches 1 st gear
based on road speed and engine rpm's. The
automatic downshifting is interrupted as
soon as you apply throttle again.
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