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Driving and operation
Winter progr amme
T
In the event of diffic ulties starting off on
slip pery road s, p ress button
T
("A" and
T
appear on the transmission display).
Ea sytronic switches to automatic m od e
and the vehicle sets off in second gea r.
The Winter p rogram me is switched off by:
z
pressing the
T
button again.
z
turning off the ignition.
z
switching to Manual mode.
z
when clutch temp erature is too high.
Kickdown
If the accelerator peda l is pressed pa st the
pressure point, the transmission shifts to a
low er gear depending on engine speed.
During kickdown no manual gear shifting is
possible.
When the engine speed approaches its
up per limit, the transm ission shifts to a
higher gea r during kickdown even in
Manua l mode.
Without kickdown this automatic shift is
not effected in Manual mode.
Engine braking
Automatic mode:
When driving d ow nhill, Ea sytronic does not
shift into higher g ears until a fairly high
eng ine speed has been rea ched. When
brak ing, Easytronic shifts down in good
time.
Manual m od e:
To utilise the engine braking effect, selec t a
lower gear in good time when driving
downhill.
"Rocking the c ar"
The selector lever should only be moved
between
o
(centre position) and
R
repeatedly if it b ecomes necessary to rock
the v ehicle to free it from sand , mud, snow
or a hole. Do not race the engine and avoid
sudden a cceleration.
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