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The system is returned to manual mode
by returning the lever to A/Mposition.
With the vehicle at a standstill and the key
out, the lever may be moved with/without
the brake pedal pressed. The system does
not carry out any action after the lever has
been shifted and remains in the gear
stored before the key was removed.
IMPORTANT With the engine running, a
buzzer sounds to indicate errors between
the lever position and the gear effectively
engaged until the inconsistency is resolved.MANUAL OPERATION
(MANUAL)
In this operating mode, the driver is re-
sponsible for choosing the best gear ra-
tio to engage, depending on vehicle ser-
vice conditions.
Proceed as follows to shift gear:
❒shift the lever to (+) position fig. 1to
engage a higher gear;
or
❒shift the lever to (–) position fig. 1to
engage a lower gear.
The accelerator pedal need not be re-
leased during the gear change.
The system will not allow the gear change
if the gear shift request could impair cor-
rect operation of the engine and gearbox.
In this case, the system will notify the dri-
ver that it is not possible to change gear
by displaying a dedicated message on the
reconfigurable multifunction display (see
“Warning lights and messages” paragraph),
accompanied by a buzzer.
The system will shift down through the
gears automatically when the engine is
idling (e.g. during deceleration).Avoid keeping your hand on
the lever when you are not re-
questing a gear shift or an
Auto/Manual mode change.
AUTOMATIC OPERATION
(AUTO)
to engage/release automatic mode (AU-
TO) press the lever to A/M positionfig.
3; activation is indicated by the message
AUTO fig. 5and the gear engaged ap-
pearing on the reconfigurable multifunc-
tion display.
fig. 5F0N0354m
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