BMW 5 E39 owners manual page 77

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Automatic transmission with Steptronic* 77n Upshifts or downshifts will be carried >According to the situation, for Do not work in the engine com- out by the ATC only at appropriate instance in wintry conditions, the partment when a drive gear (for- engine speeds and road speeds. For vehicle can be started in 2nd or ward or reverse) is engaged. If you do instance, if engine speed is too high, a 3rd gear. this, the vehicle could move.< downshift will not be executed. The Overview gear selected will appear briefly in the Electronic transmission control For jump-starting, towing and tow- instrument cluster followed by the module starting, refer to pages 200 and 201. current gear. If the indicator lamp comes on If you are driving in the manual or the message "TRANS.FAIL- Controls mode and wish to accelerate SAFE PROG" appears in the rapidly from low road speeds (when Check Control*, there is a fault in the passing, for instance), you must shift transmission system. down manually or with the "Kickdown" Bring the vehicle to a stop. Move the Car care function.< transmission selector lever to "P." Set the parking brake and turn the engine You can only change from "M/S" to off (ignition key to position 0). selector lever positions "P," "R," and Wait a few seconds, then start the "N" via the "D" position. engine. Repairs In the following situations, the Step- If the indicator lamp goes out after a tronic "thinks" for you in the manual few seconds, normal transmission mode: performance has been restored. You >In order to prevent engine over- may continue to drive as usual. If the indicator lamp does not go out, you can Technology speeding, the transmission shifts place the selector lever in all positions. automatically to the next higher gear. However, the vehicle will now only drive shortly before the RPM cutoff point forward with limited gear selection. >At low speeds, the transmission If this happens, avoid extreme engine shifts down automatically – you do Data not have to act. loads and consult the nearest BMW >In the "Kickdown" mode, the trans- center. mission shifts down to the lowest gear which is possible, depending on the engine speed. Index Online Edition for Part No. 01 41 0 155 420 - © 01/01 BMW Group

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