Kickdown
Use kickdown for maximum acceleration.
- Vehicles for USA: fully depress the accelerator pedal. The transmission shifts to a lower gear depending on the engine speed.
- Vehicles for Canada: depress the accelerator pedal beyond the pressure point.
The transmission shifts to a lower gear depending on the engine speed.
See also:
Important safety notes
Cruise control maintains a constant road speed for you. It brakes automatically
in order to avoid exceeding the set speed. On long and steep downhill gradients,
especially if the vehicle is laden ...
Seat belt adjustment
The seat-belt adjustment function adjusts the
driver's and front-passenger seat belt to the
upper body of the occupants.
The belt strap is tightened slightly when:
• you engage the belt tongue i ...
Slippery road surfaces
WARNING
The outside temperature indicator is not
designed to serve as an ice-warning device
and is therefore unsuitable for that purpose.
Indicated temperatures just above the
freezing point ...