Selecting the gear

Select a gear with the right-hand side steering wheel stalk. The current gear is indicated in the driver information area.
The gear stalk and its possible directions of movement
RReverse
NNeutral
DDrive

In addition to gear selection, the right-hand stalk also controls the parking brake and certain driver support functions.

Changing gears is only possible when the vehicle is stationary or when you are driving at walking pace.

Press the brake pedal1.
Move the stalk up or down to select a gear.
Your selection is indicated in the driver information area.

 Note

When moving the gear selector either up or down, you can feel that it has two positions in each direction. Select R by moving the gear selector all the way up. Move the selector all the way down to select D.

You can select the neutral gear, N, by moving the gear selector to the first position in either direction, and holding it there for a couple of seconds. The stalk always returns to its middle position between gear selections.

  1. 1 only necessary if your vehicle is stationary