152 Starting and driving

IB3853

Selector-lever indicator on main instru- ment panel

When the car is stationary, the engine must be at idling speed when the selector lever is moved.

You must have your foot on the brake pedal to move the lever out of park.

If the accelerator is depressed while the lever is moved, this will result in abnormal wear in the transmission.

NOTICE

After selecting a drive position, pause briefly to allow the gear to engage (the car starts to pull a little) before you accel- erate.

Detent positions for selector movement

The detent button on the selector lever has to be pressed before the selector can be moved between certain positions.

Three modes for the automatic transmis- sion can be selected: Normal, Manual and Sport.

Normal mode

The Normal mode, which provides the best fuel economy, is the default setting when the engine is started.

Manual mode (Sentronic): see page 156.

Sport mode

When the Sport mode is selected, the trans- mission changes up later than in Normal mode to provide higher performance. In this mode, the SPORT indicator will appear on the main instrument panel (see page 158).

Adaptive gear-change pattern

Adaptive gear-change pattern is a transmis- sion function in the Normal and Sport modes which matches gear changing to current driving conditions. The transmission control module senses the load on the engine and temperature of the transmis- sion. A suitable gear change pattern is then selected automatically to avoid unneces- sary gear changes and undesired tempera- ture increases in the transmission.

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Saab 2007 Selector-lever indicator on main instru- ment panel, Detent positions for selector movement, Normal mode