How to Drive a Santana Automatic Transmission?

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ChristianLee
07/29/25 9:06am
The operation method of the Volkswagen Santana automatic transmission is as follows: 1. Start the vehicle in P or N gear. Remove the gear lever from P gear while stepping on the brake, turn on the power, step on the brake, shift to N gear, and after ignition, shift to D gear to move forward. 2. When switching between N, D, and L gears, there is no need to press the shift button. When shifting from L gear to lower restricted gears, press the shift button; when shifting from lower gears to higher gears, there is no need to press the shift button. 3. Do not shift into N gear to coast while driving. 4. After driving, turn off the engine and shift into P gear before removing the key. Here is some relevant information: 1. An automatic transmission, as the name suggests, does not require the driver to manually shift gears. The vehicle will automatically select the appropriate gear based on the driving speed and traffic conditions. 2. Driving an automatic transmission car only requires the use of Park (P), Reverse (R), Neutral (N), and Drive (D) gears to meet the needs of general driving. However, if encountering some special driving environments, other functional gears may be needed. Therefore, if the correct control method is chosen, an automatic transmission car can perform better than a manual transmission.
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