even if the parking brake is firmly ap
plied.
- Before you or other persons open the en
gine compartment lid and work on a r un
ning eng ine, se lect neutral position
N
and firmly apply the handbrake. Follow
the warning notes .
(D Tips
If you accidentally sh ifted into N whi le
driving, you can engage a gear in the nor
mal way using the selector lever.
Manual operation
App lies to vehicles: with R tron ic
R tronic allows the driver to shift gears man
ually.
Starting from a stop
.. Press and ho ld the brake pedal.
.. Move the selector lever to the left.
.. Tap the se lector lever forward
0 -
.. Re lease the brake pedal and acce lerate
c> _& .
Shifting
.. To shift up, tap the selector lever fo rward
0 -
.. To shift down, tap the selector lever to the
rear
0 .
Stopp ing temporarily
.,. Prevent the ve hicl e from mov ing by using
the foot brake, e.g. at t raffic signa ls.
.. Do not accelerate.
If you do not press either
the brake peda l or the acce lerator pedal for
some time when stat ionary, neutral position
N is engaged automatically and a ch ime
sounds.
P a rking
.. Press and ho ld the brake pedal¢_& .
.. Apply the hand brake f irm ly.
.. Engage a gear.
.. Switc h the ignition
off .
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Stopping on an incline
.. Always keep t he veh icle s tat io nary using
the foot brake to prevent it from "rolling
back" ¢_& . D o
not try to p revent the vehi
cle from "rolling back" when a gear is en
gaged by increasing engine speed.
.. App ly the hand brake firmly.
Sta rting on a hill
.. With a gear engaged, remove your foot
from the brake, acce lerate and slowly re
lease the hand brake .
When accelera ting, R tronic shifts into the
next gear i n gea rs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 short ly be
fore the maxim um permissible engine speed
is reached. Exception: You have activated the
sport funct ion ¢
page 78.
If you have se lected a lower gear tha n the c ur
rent one, R tro nic wi ll shift down only when
the engine will not be over-revved .
You can swi tch to a utomat ic operation at any
time
c> page 80 .
_& WARNING
- Never leave your vehicle with the engine
r u nning while in gear . If you must leave
your veh icle w ith the engine r unning, set
the park ing brake fi rm ly and engage neu
tral N.
- With the engine r unning and a gear en
gaged, you have to hold the ve hicle w ith
the foot brake .
- Do not accelerate when you s hift gears
wit h the vehicle stationary and the en
g ine runni ng .
- Before dr iving dow n a steep slope, re
duce your sp eed and shift i nto a lowe r
gea r with R tronic.
- Do not ride the brakes or apply the bra ke
pedal too ofte n or too long . Constant
b ra ki ng c auses the brakes to ove rheat
a nd substantially redu ce s bra king per
form ance, in cre ases br aking d ist ance or
causes complete fa il ur e of the brake sys
tem .
