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document_0900452a81b1b9de.book Seite 166 Donnerstag, 26. Juli 2007 9:16 09 166 Automatic gearbox Vehicles with tiptronic gearbox: The gearbox adapts the gearshifts WARNING for uphill and downhill gradients. This prevents the gearbox from Please note that if the road surface is slippery or wet, the kick-shifting up and down unnecessarily on uphill gradients. down feature could cause the driving wheels to spin, which could result in skidding. Applies to vehicles: with multitronic® or tiptronic Manual gear selection (tiptronic mode) Applies to vehicles: with multitronic® or tiptronic With the manual shift programme (tiptronic) the driver Dynamic gear control program (DCP) can manually select pre-programmed gears. The automatic gearbox is controlled electronically. The vehicle is equipped with an electronically controlled gearbox. The gear ratios are selected automatically according to preset gear- shift programmes. When you drive at moderate speeds the gearbox will select the most economical shift programme. It will then change up early and delay the downshifts to give better fuel economy. Fig. 180 Centre If you drive at higher speeds with heavy acceleration, if you open the console: Manual gear throttle quickly, or if you use the kick-down or the car's maximum selection (tiptronic mode) speed, the gearbox will automatically select the more “sporty” shift programmes. The gearbox is self-adapting, and continuously selects the most suitable shift programme. At the same time, the driver can also make the gearbox switch to a more "sporty" programme by pressing the accelerator quickly. Depending on road speed, this makes the gearbox shift down early into a lower gear ratio for more rapid accel- eration (for instance to pass another vehicle), without having to press the accelerator all the way down into the kick-down position. Fig. 181 Display: After the gearbox has shifted back up it returns to the original Manual gear selection programme, depending on your style of driving. (tiptronic mode) Vehicles with multitronic® gearbox: The gearbox continuously Switching over to the manual programme adapts the gear ratios on uphill gradients. If the brake pedal is pressed on a downhill gradient the gearbox automatically shifts to – From position D, push the selector lever to the right. As a lower gear ratio. This increases the engine braking effect. soon as the automatic gearbox has changed over to this programme, the display will show the selected gear.

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