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Enginecompartmentblowerfan
Inaddition,thiswarninglightflashestoindicate
afaultintheenginecompartmentblower
fan.
[>
Havethecauseofthefaultremediedatan
authorizedPorschedealer.
TiptronicS
Indicator
forselectorleverpositionand
selectedgear
Whentheengineisrunning,theselectorlever
positionandengagedgearareindicated.
Iftheselectorleverisbetweentwoposi-
tions:
-Theselectorleverpositionintheinstrument
clusterflashes,and
-thewarning"selectorlevernotengaged"
appearsonthedisplayoftheon-board
computer.
[>Engagetheselectorlevercorrectly.
Ifthereisafaultinthetransmission:
4thgear
flashesonthedisplay.
-Thewarning"Tiptronicemergencyrun"
appearsintheon-boardcomputer.
Alsoreferto"Emergencyprogram".
[>
Toremedythefault,pleaseconsultanauth-
orizedPorschedealerimmediately.
Followtheinstructionsinthechapter"Tiptronic".
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Indicator
forselectorleverpositionand
engagedgear
Whentheengineisrunning,theselectorlever
positionandengagedgearareindicated.
130ShiftingGear
Iftheselectorleverisbetweentwo
positions:
-Theselectorleverpositionintheinstrument
clusterflashes,and
-thewarning"selectorlevernotengaged"
appearsonthedisplayoftheon-boardcom-
puter.
I>Engagetheselectorlevercorrectly.
Ifthereisafaultinthetransmission:
-4thgear
flashesonthedisplay.
-Thewarning"Tiptronicemergencyrun"
appearsintheon-boardcomputer.
Alsoreferto"Emergencyprogram".
I>Toremedythefault,pleaseconsultanauth-
orizedPorschedealerimmediately.
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M-ManualSelectionMode
Thecurrentlyselectedgearisretainedifyou
changefromDtoM.
IfyoushiftfromMtoD,thegear-changingmap
suitableforyourcurrentdrivingstyleisselected
andtheappropriategearisselected.
/?\.Warning!
Thekickdownfunctionisnotactivein
manualselectionmode"M",
t>
Thereforeshiftdownmanuallywhenaccelera-
ting(e.g.toovertake).
Twotoggleswitchesintheuppersteering-wheel
spokesletyoucomfortablyandreliablyselect
thefiveforwardgears.
Shiftingup
t>
Pressupperpart(+)ofatoggleswitch.
Shiftingdown
t>
Presslowerpart(-)ofatoggleswitch.
Dependingondrivingspeedandenginespeed,
youcanshiftupordownatanytime.
Gearchangeswhichwouldexceedtheupperor
lowerengine-speedlimitarenotexecutedbythe
controller.
Youcanshiftdowntwogearsatoncebyquickly
pressingthetoggleswitchestwice.
Iftheengine-speedlimitisreached,anauto-
maticupwardshiftisperformedor,justbefore
idlingspeedisreached,adownwardshiftisper-
formed.
t>
Selectanappropriatelylowgearonupward
anddownwardslopes.
Thiswillensureoptimumuseofenginepower
andenginebraking.
Ifmanualmodefails,thecontrolelectronics
switchtoautomaticmode.Inthisevent,the
instrumentclusterwilldisplayselectorleverposi-
tionD.
t>Toremedythefault,pleaseconsultanauth-
orizedPorschedealer.
t>t>t>
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