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Gearboxes
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Reverse (R)
The car must be stationary when position R
is selected.
Neutral position (N)
No gear is engaged and the engine can be
started. Apply the parking brake if the car is
stationary with the gear selector in position
N.
Drive (D)
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 selec-
tor is moved to position D from position R.
Geartronic – manual gear positions
To move from the drive D to a manual posi-
tion, move the gear selector to position M. To
go from position M to the automatic driving
position D, move the selector to position D.
Manual gear position, M, can be selected at
any time during the journey. Then move the
gear selector to – to change down a gear.
The car engine-brakes and the accelerator
pedal is released. Move the gear selector to
+ to change up a gear.
The selected gear is indicated on the com-
bined instrument panel, see page 54.
Safety functions
When kickdown is activated the car can
change one or more gears at a time depend-
ing on engine speed. The car changes up
when the engine reaches its maximum speed
in order to prevent damage to the engine.
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.
Geartronic does not permit downshifting/
kickdown which would result in an engine
speed high enough to damage the engine.
Nothing happens if the driver tries to shift
down in this way at high engine speed. The
original gear remains engaged.
Mechanical gear selector inhibitor
The gear selector can be moved freely be-
tween N and D. Other positions are locked
with a latch that is released with the inhibitor
button on the gear selector. The gear selec-
tor can be moved between R, N and D after
pressing the inhibitor button.
Automatic gear selector inhibitor
The automatic gearbox has special safety
systems:
Keylock
To remove the remote control key from the
ignition switch, the gear selector must be in
the P position. The remote control key is
locked in all other positions.
Parking position (P)
Stationary car with engine running:
Keep your foot on the brake pedal when
moving the gear selector to another position.
Electric gear inhibitor – Shiftlock Park-
ing position (
P)
To be able to move the gear selector from P
to other gear positions, the brake pedal must
be depressed and the ignition must be in po-
sition II, see page 81.
Shiftlock – Neutral (N)
If the gear selector is in the N position and
the car has been stationary for at least
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