Lada GRANTA, User Manual

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Stopping the vehicle
After complete stop of the vehicle,
keeping your foot on the brake
pedal, shift the gear change lever to
position
Р , thereupon, the gearbox is
switched to neutral gear, and the
traction wheels are mechanically
locked by the transmission.
ATTENTION!
Never attempt to move the
gear change lever to position P
while driving the vehicle. This will
lead to serious mechanical dam-
age and loss of vehicle drivability.
Driving in economy mode
Button «Overdrive» O/D (ON-
OFF) is located on the decorated the
lever board.
ON – economy driving mode on-
position (overdrive gear). It is
switched on with button
O/D , when
the gear change lever is in position
D , if it is necessary to drive in econo-
my mode in the country conditions.
Overdrive gear will not be turned on if
the engine has not been warmed up
to operating temperature.
OFF – economy driving mode off-
position. Overdrive off indicator is
located in the instrument cluster.
This position is used when driving on
long and flat grades where the
engine braking, as well as sportive
and dynamic driving are necessary.
For example, when driving at low
speed or overcoming low grades
the gearbox can periodically be
switched to overdrive and back. You
can feel little bumps when the gear-
box changes the gears. In this case,
press button
O/D to switch off the
overdrive gear (position – OFF ).
When the driving conditions are
changed, press button O/D to switch
on the overdrive gear ON . The over-
drive off indicator in the instrument
cluster will go off.
ATTENTION!
It is not recommended to drive
at high speed on roads in subur-
ban areas for a long time with the
overdrive gear off (position –
OFF), as this increases fuel con-
sumption.
Short-term stops
During short-term stop, for exam-
ple, at the traffic lights, it is not neces-
sary to shift to position
N and, more-
over, to Р . It is enough to hold on the
vehicle by means of the brake pedal.
Thereupon, the engine will run at idle.
Parking
The vehicle should be fully
stopped. Actuate the parking brake
and then put the gear change lever
to parking position
Р . Due to this
procedure, especially on grades, the
locking mechanism will not be too
loaded and then it will be easily to
change the lever from this position.
Starting upgrading
Actuate the parking brake on the
vehicle and shift the gear change
lever to position
Р .
Press the brake pedal, start up the
engine. Shift the gear change lever
to position
D , after a while transmis-
sion will come to operation, and the
vehicle will be retained on the grade,
releasing the parking brake, press
the accelerator pedal, start driving.
The vehicle should start moving
smoothly, without rolling. If short-
term stop on the grade is necessary
(drive control in position
D ), control
the vehicle and hold it down with the
engine torque or apply the parking
brake.
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