Lada GRANTA, User Manual

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AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DRIVING SYSTEM FEATURES
Due to installation of four-speed
automatic transmission on your vehi-
cle you can choose comfortable,
fully automatic transmission mode;
or, in extreme driving conditions,
change to the lower (
2-nd or 1-st )
gear.
The left foot is not used when driv-
ing, save for exceptional cases of
starting off on sharp uphill and down-
hill that are mentioned below.
Engine start
With the right hand thumb press
lock button 1 (see Fig. 37c) and shift
the gear change lever to position Р
or N . Switch on the ignition and start
the engine.
Press the brake pedal and, press-
ing lock button, shift the gear change
lever from position
Р to position R or
D (depending on the desired direc-
tion to start driving). Thereupon,
your foot should be on the brake
pedal, the accelerator pedal must be
released.
Warning
If it is necessary to carry out
the work on the vehicle with the
engine running, set the parking
brake and move the gear change
lever to position P.
Starting off and driving in the
automatic mode
Press the brake pedal and, press-
ing lock button 1, shift the gear
change lever to position
D , at the
same time you will feel a little push,
release the brake pedal and slowly
pressing the accelerator pedal, start
driving. In most cases, under normal
driving conditions, you will not have
to use the gear change lever: the
gear change will be carried out auto-
matically at the right time and at the
optimum speed of the engine shaft,
as automation takes into account the
vehicle load, the road cross-section
and the selected style of driving. To
perform overtaking, you need to
press the accelerator pedal. At that,
the gearbox will be automatically
switched to a lower gear depending
on the vehicle current speed. The
vehicle will start to accelerate, using
overall engine power.
Starting off and backing run
Press the brake pedal and, press-
ing lock button, shift the gear change
lever to position
R , at the same time
you will feel a little push, release the
brake pedal and slowly pressing the
accelerator pedal, start driving.
Starting off and driving
on slippery road
On slippery roads and roads,
pavement of which does not provide
firm wheel gripping, to avoid wheel
spin and power loss, you should start
off pressing the accelerator pedal in
a careful, slow manner.
Warning
The accelerator pedal sudden
pressing may result in the loss of
grip and even of the vehicle drift.
ATTENTION!
Long wheel slip, when starting
off or picking up, could cause
serious damage to the trans-
mission and subsequent costly
repairs.
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