Alfa Romeo 147 Benutzeranleitung

system will engage neutral (

N) and the ma-

noeuvre will be repeated.

IMPORTANT Once a gear has been

changed it is necessary to immediately re-
lease the gearshift control lever after mak-
ing the request. A manoeuvre prolonged
(over 10 seconds) makes the system au-
tomatically switch to 

CITY mode; every-

thing stops releasing the gearshift lever.

IMPORTANT If wanting to leave the car

parked on a sloping road with a gear en-
gaged to keep it braked, it is necessary to
check that the display shows the new gear
engaged and then wait for 1 or 2 seconds
before releasing the brake pedal to allow
complete clutch engagement.

fig. 133

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IMPORTANT Before operating the

gearshift control lever, always check the gear
engaged on the display (

N, 1, 2, 3, 4,

5, R).

With the engine off and the car station-

ary it is possible to engage all the gears. 

With the car stationary and with the brake

pedal pressed, requests to shift gear are ac-
cepted both if they are carried out through
the control lever on the central console and
the levers on the steering wheel.

To request gearshifting, in addition to keep-

ing the brake pedal pressed:

– to increase gear (

+) (fig. 131) push

the lever “forwards” (if the car is in first gear
this shifts to second, if it is in second gear
it goes to third and so on up to fifth). If the
system is in neutral (

N) or reverse (R) the

forward movement on the lever causes en-
gagement of first gear (

1).

– to shift down (

–) (fig. 131) push the

lever backwards (if the car is in fifth gear it
moves to fourth, if fourth is engaged it shifts
to third and so on down to first).

To put the gearbox in neutral (

N), starting

from the condition with the car stationary and
the brake pedal pressed, it is necessary to
move the gearshift control lever to the right
(

fig. 132).

From any gear (

N, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and with

the car practically at a standstill, it is possi-
ble to request engagement of reverse gear,
pushing the lever to the right and then back-
wards (

fig. 133). If the car is on the move,

the request is accepted if, within 3 seconds
from the request, the car speed is below 3
Km/h: if the request is not carried out, the

fig. 131

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fig. 132

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