Vauxhall Vectra, Owner'S Manual

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198 Driving and operation
Continuous Dam ping Control 3 (CDC)
Normal mode
CDC automatically adapts vehicle
dam ping to the current driv ing situation
and road conditions.
The system continually monitors w heel and
vehic le mov ements and immediately
modifies the damping of each shock
absorber. Chassis calibration is optimally
adap ted to the driving situation and road
conditions.
Continuous Damping Control is alwa ys in
normal mode with the ig nition is sw itc hed
on. If d esired, the system c an be switched
to SPORT mode.
In SPORT mode, the damping c ontrol is
adap ted to a sportier driving style, a mong
other things. This ad aptation results in a
"harder" suspension setting.
SPORT mode
When driving in SPORT mode, the
damping, steering 3 (not for engines
Z 28 N EL/NET)
1)
, throttle application and -
for automatic transmissions 3 - the shifting
points are changed.
Damping and steering
3 b ecome more
direct and provide better contac t with the
road surface. The engine reacts more
quic kly to ac celera tor m ovem ents.
With automatic transmission
3 the shift
tim es are reduced and g ear changes occur
at higher eng ine speeds (not w hen cruise
control
3 is a ctive).
Activating SPORT m od e
Press the S PORT button. The LED in the
button illum inates.
In v ehicles with automatic transmission
3
the control indicator 1 also illuminates in
the tra nsmission display.
If the Winter programme
3
has been
switched on (v ehicles with automatic
transmission
3 ) SPORT mode
cannot be activated.
Winter programm e - see p age 180.
1)
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