Land Rover Range Rover - Manual (Page 7)

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On-road and off-road
Transmission
Electric parking brake
Air suspension
Gearshift interlock
The starter switch must be in position II and the
foot brake applied before the gear selector can be
moved from
P to R .
Also, the selector release button must be pressed
when moving between P
P and R R.
Sport Mode
To select sport mode, move the gear selector from
the
D position towards the left hand side of the
vehicle. The word SPORT will appear in the
message centre and the M/S LED on the gear
selector surround will illuminate. To cancel sport
mode, return the gear selector to the
D position.
Manual CommandShift ™ ™ gear selection
With the gear selector in sport mode, a single
forward movement of the gear selector will change
the transmission to a higher gear. A rearward
movement will change down to a lower gear.
Repeated forward and rearward movements of the
lever can be made until the desired gear ratio has
been selected.
To deselect manual mode, move the gear selector
back to the
D position.
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Vehicle height can be manually adjusted via the
raise/lower switch
1 . Height changes may only
be made when the engine is running and the
driver and passenger doors are closed.
Indicators 2 or 7 will illuminate to show the
direction of movement. They extinguish when
the height change movement is completed.
Off-road height 3 , provides improved ground
clearance and approach, departure and break-
over angles.
On-road height 4 , is the normal height for the
vehicle.
Access height 5 , lowers the vehicle to provide
easier entry, exit and loading of the vehicle.
This position may be selected up to 40 seconds
after the starter switch is turned off.
Crawl (locked at Access height) 6 , allows the
vehicle to be driven at low speeds at access
height, to give increased roof clearance.
Vehicle height will be automatically adjusted
according to road speed in order to maintain
driveability and handling.
If Terrain Response is fitted, some of its programs
will automatically adjust the suspension height.
Transfer gearbox
HIGH range should be used for all normal road
driving and also for off-road driving across dry
level terrain.
LOW range should be used in situations where
low speed manoeuvring is necessary, or in
extreme off-road conditions.
Range changing
The recommended method for range changing is with
the vehicle stationary. With the engine running, and the
main gearbox in
N (Neutral), press and release the
front/rear of the transfer gearbox switch to select the
range required. When range changing is complete a
chime will sound and a message will be displayed on
the message centre.
Applying
• With the vehicle stationary, pull up the
parkbrake lever and then release it. The red
warning indicator in the instrument pack will
illuminate.
Releasing
• The starter switch must be in position I or II .
Apply the foot brake and press down on the
parkbrake lever.
• If the vehicle is stationary with the electric
parking brake applied and either D (Drive) or
R (Reverse) selected, pressing the
accelerator will automatically release the
parking brake.
Access height may be selected
directly by the access button on the
driver’s door panel.