Volkswagen Polo Owners Manual: Changing gear using Tiptronic
Fig. 113 Selector lever in Tiptronic position (left-hand drive) The controls are mirrored for right-hand drive vehicles
Fig. 114 Steering wheel with paddles for Tiptronic
First read and observe the introductory information
and safety warnings Using Tiptronic, the gears can be shifted up and down manually in an automatic gearbox. The gear that is currently selected will be maintained when the Tiptronic programme is selected. This remains the case until the system does not perform a gear change due to the current driving situation.
Operating Tiptronic with the selector lever
- Push the selector lever in position D to the right into the Tiptronic gate .
- Gently push the selector lever forwards ⊕ or back ㊀ to shift gear up or down .
Operating Tiptronic with the paddles
- With driving programme D or S selected, use the paddles on the steering wheel .
- Pull the right paddle
towards the steering wheel to
change up a gear.
- Pull the left paddle – towards the steering wheel to change down a gear.
- To leave Tiptronic mode, pull the right paddle
towards the steering wheel for
approximately one second.
The Tiptronic mode will automatically be closed if the paddles are not used for some time.
NOTICE
- When accelerating, the gearbox automatically shifts up to the next gear shortly before the maximum permitted engine speed is reached.
- When shifting down a gear manually, the gearbox will not change gear until the engine can no longer be overrevved.
Automatic gearbox: selecting a gear
Fig. 111 Left-hand drive vehicles: selector
lever for automatic gearbox with lock button (arrow)
Fig. 112 Right-hand drive vehicles: selector
lever for automatic gearbox with lock button (arrow) ...
Driving with an automatic gearbox
First read and observe the introductory information
and safety warnings The gearbox changes the forward gears up
and down automatically.
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