Owner’s Manual

STARTING AND DRIVING
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* Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
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While driving
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If you select the manual shifting position
while driving, the gear that was being used in
the Drive position will also initially be
selected in the manual shifting position.
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Move the gear selector forward (toward +) to
shift to a higher gear or rearward (toward –)
to shift to a lower gear.
•
If you hold the gear selector toward "–", the
transmission will downshift one gear at a
time and will utilize the braking power of the
engine. If the current speed is too high for
using a lower gear, the downshift will not
occur until the speed has decreased enough
to allow the lower gear to be used.
•
If you slow to a very low speed, the transmis-
sion will automatically shift down.
Shiftlock: Neutral (N)
If the gear selector is in the N position and the
vehicle has been stationary for at least 3 seconds
(irrespective of whether the engine is running)
then the gear selector is locked.
In order to move the gear selector from N to
another gear position, the brake pedal must be
depressed and the ignition must be in at least
position II, see Ignition modes (p. 74).
Geartronic: steering wheel paddles*
In addition to the manual gearshift function using
the gear selector, this option makes it possible to
manually shift gears from the steering wheel.
Steering-wheel mounted gear shift paddles
"–": Shift down to a lower gear.
"+": Shift up to a higher gear.
In order to shift gears with the paddles, they have
to first be activated. The gear selector can be
in either the D or S position.
Activating the paddles:
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Pull either paddle toward the steering wheel
and release it; the D in the instrument panel
will change to the number of the gear cur-
rently being used.
Shifting gears:
•
Pull the paddle toward the steering wheel
and release it.
Deactivating the paddles:
•
Hold the "+" paddle for approximately
3 seconds.
NOTE
If the gear selector was in D when paddle
shifting was activated (D changed to the
number of the gear being used), the transmis-
sion will automatically revert to D after
approximately 5 seconds if the paddles are
not used to shift gears.
This will not occur: