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Applies to vehicles: with S tronic gearbox/paddle levers
The tiptronic feature allows the driver to also change gears manually.
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- Fig. 83 Centre console: Manual gear selection using selector lever
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- Fig. 84 Steering wheel: Manual gear selection with paddle levers*
Gear selection with selector lever
The tiptronic mode can be selected either with the vehicle stationary or on the move.
From position D/S, push the selector lever to the right into the tiptronic selector gate to activate tiptronic mode. As soon as the automatic gearbox has activated this mode, the letter M will appear on the infotainment display
Fig. ►; e.g. M4 means that the vehicle is in 4th gear.
Briefly push the selector lever forwards -+-
Fig. 83► to change up a gear.
Briefly pull the selector lever back -–- to change down a gear.
Gear selection with paddle levers*
You can use the paddle levers when the selector lever is in position D/S or M (= tiptronic selector gate).
To shift up a gear, briefly pull the paddle lever -+-
Fig. 84►.
To shift down a gear, briefly pull the paddle lever -–-.
If you use the paddle levers when the selector lever is in positions D/S, the gearbox will remain in manual mode for a while. To switch back immediately to automatic mode after changing gears manually, pull the paddle lever -+-
Fig. 84► for approximately 1 second.
If you want to use the paddle levers permanently, push the selector lever from position D/S to the right into the tiptronic selector gate.
The gearbox automatically shifts up or down into the next gear before a critical engine speed is reached.
The gearbox only allows manual gear changes if the engine speed would remain within the permissible range.