Fig. 131
Steering wheel with optional Tiptronic shift paddles.
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Please first read and note the introductory information and heed the WARNINGS
Tiptronic lets you upshift and downshift manually with the automatic transmission. When Tiptronic
mode is used, the transmission stays in the current gear and does not upshift or downshift
automatically unless the transmission senses a situation where upshifting or downshifting is necessary
to keep the engine from over- or under-revving.
Using Tiptronic with the selector lever
x
Push the selector lever sideways to the right from Drive
(D)
position into the Tiptronic position
⇒
in
Automatic transmission: Selector lever
on page 289.
x
Briefly push the selector lever forward
(+)
to upshift into a higher gear or backward
(–)
to downshift
into a lower gear
⇒
fig. 130
.
Using Tiptronic with the shift paddles behind the steering wheel
x
The paddles
⇒
fig. 131
(arrows) work when the selector lever is in the Tiptronic position or when
the selector lever is in Drive
(D)
or Sport Drive
(S)
. You do not have to move the selector lever over to
the right into the Tiptronic position.
x
To upshift, pull the paddle on the right +
OFF
toward you.
x
To downshift, pull the paddle on the left – toward you.
x
To switch off Tiptronic mode, pull the paddle on the right +
OFF
toward you and hold it there for
about 1 second.
Tiptronic will switch off automatically if the shift paddles have not been used for a while and the
selector lever is not in the Tiptronic position.
NOTICE
x
During acceleration, the transmission will shift automatically into the next higher gear
before reaching maximum engine speed (rpm).
x
If you use Tiptronic to shift into a lower gear, the transmission will downshift only when
doing so will not over-rev the engine.
Driving with automatic transmission
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Please first read and note the introductory information and heed the WARNINGS
All forward gears shift up and down automatically.
