Audi Q5 Owners & Service Manuals

Audi Q5: Manual shift program

Using the manual shift program you can manually select gears.

Automatic transmission
Fig. 137 Center console: shifting the gears manually

Automatic transmission
Fig. 138 Steering wheel: Shift paddles

Gear selection with selector lever

The tiptronic mode can be selected either with the vehicle stationary or on the move.

  • Push the selector lever to the right from D/S.

    An M appears in the instrument cluster display as soon as the transmission has shifted.

  • To upshift, push the selector lever forward to the plus position (+) > fig. 137.
  • To downshift, push the lever to the minus position (-).

Gear selection with shift paddles

The shift paddles are activated when the selector lever is in D/S or the tiptronic manual shift program.

  • To upshift, touch the button on the right (+) > fig. 138.
  • To downshift, touch the button on the left (-).
  • If you do not press a shift paddle within a short time while in the D/S position, the transmission will return to automatic mode. To keep shifting using the shift paddles, move the selector lever to the right out of the D/S position.

The transmission automatically shifts up or down before critical engine speed is reached.

The transmission only allows manual shifting when the engine speed is within the permitted range.

Tips

  • When you shift into the next lower gear, the transmission will downshift only when there is no possibility of over-revving the engine.
  • When the kick-down comes on, the transmission will shift down to a lower gear, depending on vehicle and engine speeds.
  • Tiptronic is inoperative when the transmission is in the fail-safe mode.
  • Hybrid drive: electric driving is not possible in tiptronic mode.

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