User's Manual Part 2

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About your Vehicle
Warning
If the UP and DOWN paddles are not working, the message
“Depress brake pedal and press LAUNCH to engage gear” will
appear on the TFT display; you can therefore engage the gear
by pressing the LAUNCH button on the centre console (see
page 180) and the brake pedal.
In these cases, the “Launch Control” function is not available.
If the engaged gear was R, the LAUNCH button must be pressed
twice to engage 1
st
gear.
Important note
When reverse is selected, an acoustic safety signal beeps
intermittently as long as “R” is engaged.
If the system automatically selects 2
nd
gear when attempting to
shift from R to 1
st
gear, this indicates that 1
st
gear has jammed.
Therefore, this is not a malfunction, as it falls within the system
operating logic. For the same reason, when shifting from 1
st
gear
to “R”, the system will automatically engage “N” if the gear has
jammed.
During prolonged stops with the engine running, it is advisable to
keep the gearshift in “N”.
Important note
If you allow the vehicle to move forward in N, when UP or
DOWN is requested, a gear will be engaged that corresponds to
the speed of the vehicle.
UP-shifting
Operate the right-hand UP paddle without releasing the accelerator
pedal.
An UP-shift request is not accepted when engagement of the
requested gear forces the engine to underrev or if an UP-shift is
already in progress because of engine overrevving.
Gearshifting will be much quicker if the request is made with
the accelerator pedal pushed right down and the engine at over
5,500 rpm.
In any event, it is advisable to:
sShift gears without releasing the accelerator pedal if pressed.
sWait until gearshifting has been completed before requesting the
next shift, avoiding a rapid sequence of multiple requests.
UP-shifting due to overrevving
The system “automatically” engages a higher gear if the accelerator
pedal is pressed and the engine approaches the “runaway speed rate”
(overrevving).
Important note
This will not occur when the system is in “SPORT” and “ESC
OFF” driving mode.