STARTING AND DRIVING
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Symbol "S" for Sport mode is ORANGE when the
mode is active.
P – Parking position
Select P when starting the engine or when the
car is parked.
To be able to move the gear selector from the P
position, the brake pedal must be depressed and
the key position (p. 81) must be II.
The gearbox is mechanically blocked when the P
position is engaged. Also apply the parking brake
when the car is parked, see Parking brake
(p. 293).
NOTE
The gear selector must be in P position to
allow the car to be locked and alarmed.
IMPORTANT
The car must be stationary when position P is
selected.
WARNING
Always apply the parking brake when parking
on a slope - the automatic transmission in P
is not sufficient to hold the car in all situa-
tions.
R – Reverse
The car must be stationary when position R is
selected.
N – Neutral
No gear is engaged and the engine can be
started. Apply the parking brake if the car is sta-
tionary with the gear selector in position N.
In order to be able to move the gear selector
from the N position to another gear position, the
brake pedal must be depressed and the key posi-
tion (p. 81) must be II.
D – Drive
D is the normal driving position. Shifting up and
down takes place automatically based on the
level of acceleration and speed. The car must be
stationary when the gear selector is moved to
position D from position R.
Geartronic – Manual gear positions
(+/-)
The driver can also change gear manually using
the Geartronic automatic gearbox. The car
engine-brakes when the accelerator pedal is
released.
The manual gear position is reached by moving
the lever to the side from position D to the end
position at "+/-". The combined instrument pan-
el's symbol "+/-" changes colour from WHITE to
ORANGE and the digits 1, 2, 3 etc. are displayed
in a box which corresponds to the gear that has
just been selected.
•Move the lever forwards towards + (plus) to
change up a gear and release the lever,
which returns to its neutral position between
"+" and "–".
or
•Pull the lever back towards "–" (minus) to
change down a gear and release it.
The manual gearshift mode "+/-" can be
selected at any time while driving.
Geartronic automatically shifts down if the driver
allows the speed to decrease lower than a level
suitable for the selected gear, in order to avoid
jerking and stalling.
To return to automatic driving mode:
•Move the lever to the side to the end position
at D.
NOTE
f the gearbox has a Sport programme then
the gearbox will only become manual after the
lever has been moved forwards or backwards
in its "+/-" position. The combined instrument
panel then shifts the indication from S to
show which of the gears 1, 2, 3 etc. is
engaged.
