VW Touareg II 2 owners manual page 383

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WARNING Rapid acceleration can cause skidding and loss of traction, especially on slippery roads, resulting in a loss of vehicle control, collisions, and serious personal injury. x Only use the kick-down feature or fast accelraetion if visibility, weather, road, and traffic conditions permit and other drivers will not be endangered by your driving and the vehicle's acceleration. x Always adapt your driving to the traffic flow. x Note that the drive wheels can spin and the vehicle can swerve when ASR is switche odff, especially when the road is slippery. x Once you have accelerated, switch ASR back on again. NOTICE x When stopping on hills with te htransmission in a drive gear, do not use the accelerator to help prevent the vehicle from rolling backwards. This can cause the automatic transmission to overheat and be damaged. x Never let the vehicle coast or roll down a hilin l Neutral (N), especially when the engine is not running. The transmission will not be lubricated and will be damaged. Automatic transmission malfunction ¤ Please first read and note the introductory information and heed the WARNINGS Emergency shift program If the automatic gearbox goes to emergency program, it is indicated with a text message along with a yellow indicator lamp on the instrument cluster display. Depending on the current system fault, the selector lever position may continue to be displayed. The text message will go away after a few seconds. The yellow indicator lamp remains lit up while the system fault continues to exist. In any event, have the automatic transmission checked by an authorized Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswagen Service Facility. NOTICE x As soon as you get any of these warnings about transmission overheating, you mus etither park the vehicle in a safe place or drive faster than 12 mph (20 km/h). x If the text message and acoustic warning repeat themselves every 10 seconds or so, you must park the vehicle in a safe place as soon as you can safely do so and stop the engine. Let the transmission cool down. x To help prevent damage to the transmission, do not drive the vehicle again until the acoustic warning has stopped. As long as the engine is overheated, avoid stop and start driving and avoid low speeds (“walking pace”).

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