Audi Q5: Manual shift program
Using the manual shift program you can manually
select gears.
Fig. 137 Center console: shifting the gears manually
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.
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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When you depress the accelerator pedal beyond
the resistance point, the automatic transmission
downshifts into a lower gear, depending on vehicle
speed and engi
Introduction
Applies to vehicles: with Audi parking system plus with rearview
camera
Fig. 141 Parking mode 1: Backing into a parking space
Fig. 142 Parking mode 2: parallel parking
Vehicles with the
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Note
Centering the steering is meant only for "aligning" the
steering for subsequent work.
The steering wheel center position is determined exactly via
the steering angle with the help of the alignment computer.
If a steering wheel f
Note
For repairing a 0.222 a repair
wire can be used as the intermediate wire with a cross section
of 0.35-mm2 or 0.5-mm2.
Procedure
- Free up the wire to be repaired at two places approximately
20 cm on both sides of the repair point.
Caution
Risk of damaging the electrical