2003 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT Owners Manual

Automatic transmission (Tiptronic®)*
Your
take
After switching off the ignition, you can re­
move the ignition key
in the P (Park) position.
The transmission
changing speeds with­
out heavy This gives best
efficiency, with
and
This causes the transmission to shift down
into a gear and makes quick
tion (for
into the kick-down range. After the
transmission has upshifted again, the origi­
the auto­
matic transmission
to and
The
transmission
shift down to a on
a gradient. This makes use of the
braking effect of the engine without the
need to
shift down as far as 2nd gear.
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Tiptronic®
By using the you can manu­
with the
ver in position, push the to the
right. the
The
and
be See illustration.
To upshift. push the forward
:o the
1he
automatically shift into gears
or before it reaches the maximum
rpm's.
When you shift into the next
the
engine downshift when there is no of overrevving.
When the kickdown is activated, the trans­
mission
shift down to the next gear and engine
speeds.
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Automatic
tomatic Shift Lock (ASL). The ASL is an
the
can be moved out of either
posit ion . This prevents the
from being unintent ionally moved into a
d riving position,
movement.
positions P (Park) and N (Neutral), the instruction*
as a
A time
from when it is moved through
the (Neutral) position (for to The
the in
being depressed.
theN (Neutral) position, the
ve r
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When the ignition is switched the
in the instrument The
gaged .
The engaged
the other positions appear just the opposite.
is
s tationary. Therefore, when
parking your
and then move the to
position P. To do this depress the
out of the P (Park) position you must first insert the
ign itio n key into the ignition
ver.
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2 -Position for steep
This position is to be used for extremely
steep uphill and downhill gradients or slow
driving. It also provides for maximum
ity of overrevving.
Kick-down device
The kick-down device gives maximum
roads. Rapid ac­
prevent the
eng ine from being started.
AND
a driving position
as soon as a driving position is engaged.
set. Otherwise, any increase in en­
gine speed may set the
ing a driving position. At this time the engine must run at speed
so that no undue stress
a driving position.
is in mo­
tion.
Starting off
a gear. Wait for the transmis­sion to engage the gear (a slight
tor pedal.
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Maneuvering
When
stop and the engine is running at
speed.
Parking
Engage P (Park) when the is
not moving. When parking your
to position P. To do
To move the
When stoppin g for
it is not necessary to move these­to N (Neutral).
The driving positions must never be used
for
the
when the engine is running.
and turn. Emergency starting
Before you move the selector lever from the P (Park) position, you must always apply the brake pedal before
and while depressing the button in the handle of the selector lever.
the parking brake.
When the
is parked on a steep
hard­er. This is due to the weight ex­
erted on the transmission.
Always heed
Your with automatic trans­
mission cannot be started by pushing
or towing.
Refer to
to
start.
Towing
To tow the Booklet 3.2.
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You must depress the
tion is required (when passing, for
to
right and
after driving forward, stop the
AND
Power steering
When the engine is running, never the way to the
right or to the
conds . The power steering pump
is turned
speed drops.
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The parkin g brake
re-
enga­
When the ignition is switched on and the hand br ake is not
up!
engaged
brake
and cause excessive wear.
This
set the parking brake when parking your
Move the
(automatic transmission) or move the gearshift to or
When parking on so that the front
starts to
-parking headed ways turn the front to­ward the curb.
-
parking headed
away from
the curb.
Do not unat­tended in the
the parking brake
and I or move the and the to move causing an accident and per­injury.
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