Driving and Driving Safety
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Shifting gears on the steering wheel
With the rocker switches on the steering wheel,
you can change temporarily from automatic selec-
tion mode
D
to manual mode
M
.
Advantages:
– Shifting down before bends or on entering
built-up areas, when driving downhill (engine
braking effect) or for brief spurts of accelera-
tion.
– Selecting 1st or 2nd gear for moving off.
The manual selection mode remains engaged:
– for cornering (depending on the lateral acceler-
ation) and overrunning,
– when the vehicle is stationary (e.g. at a
junction).
The system leaves manual selection mode:
– automatically after around 8 seconds
(unless vehicle is cornering, overrunning or
stationary),
– if you depress the accelerator to kickdown.
Temporary change-down
Conditions:
– Speed is higher than approx. 54 km/h
(33 mph).
f
Depress accelerator quickly.
The Tiptronic changes temporarily to the sport-
iest gear-changing map, i.e. to the highest
possible gear-changing points. Correspond-
ingly, the transmission shifts down immedi-
ately by one, two or three gears.
Ending the function
f
Release the accelerator markedly
(by approx. 25 %).
Kickdown
The kickdown function is active in selector lever
position
D
.
f
For optimum acceleration, e.g. when
overtaking, depress the accelerator pedal
beyond the full-throttle point (kickdown).
The transmission shifts down depending on the
speed of travel and engine speed.
Upward shifts occur at the highest possible engine
speeds.
These gear-changing speeds remain active until
the accelerator is released to approx. 80 % of the
full-throttle position.
D – Automatic selection mode
(in the off-road driving programme
with reduction)
f
Use selector lever position
D
for “normal”
driving.
The gears are shifted automatically according
to the accelerator position and speed.
The gear-changing points are chosen to achieve
the best possible vehicle control on difficult
terrain.
Depending on the route profile, the gear-changing
points are shifted towards higher or lower engine-
speed ranges. On steep downhill stretches,
upward shifts are prevented until medium engine
speeds are reached (at least 2,500 rpm).
When the vehicle is overrunning, an automatic
upshift does not occur when the engine speed
limit is reached.
Shifting gears on the steering wheel
With the rocker switches on the steering wheel,
you can change temporarily from automatic selec-
tion mode
D
to manual mode
M
.
Advantages:
– Shifting down when driving downhill (engine
braking effect) or for brief spurts of accelera-
tion.
– Selecting 1st, 2nd or 3rd gear for moving off.
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