Automatic Transaxle

Manual Shift Mode

Manual Shift Mode

The manual shift mode gives you the feel of driving a manual transaxle vehicle by allowing you to operate the selector lever manually. This allows you to control engine rpm and torque to the drive wheels much like a manual transaxle when more control is desired.

To change to manual shift mode, shift the lever from D to M.

 

 

Changing to manual shift mode while driving will not damage the transaxle.

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To return to automatic shift mode, shift the lever from M to D.

 

  • If you change to manual shift mode when the vehicle is stopped, the gear will shift to M1.

  • If you change to manual shift mode without depressing the accelerator pedal when driving in D range, 5th gear/6th gear, the gear will shift to M4/M5.

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Manually Shifting Up

You can shift gears up by operating the selector lever.

M1 → M2 → M3 → M4 → M5 → M6

To shift up to a higher gear, tap the selector lever back once.

 

 

  • When driving slowly, the gears may not shift up.

  • Do not drive the vehicle with the tachometer needle in the RED ZONE while in manual shift mode. In addition, manual shift mode switches to automatic shift mode while the accelerator pedal is completely depressed.

    This function is canceled while the TCS is turned off. However, if the vehicle is continuously driven at a high rpm, the gears may automatically shift up to protect the engine.

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Shift Gear (Shifting) Speed Limit

For each gear position while in the manual mode, the speed limit is set as follows: When the selector lever is operated within the range of the speed limit, the gear is shifted.

 

Shift up

The gear does not shift up while the vehicle speed is lower than the speed limit.

Shift down

The gear does not shift down while the vehicle speed exceeds the speed limit.

If the vehicle speed exceeds the speed limit and the gear does not shift down, the gear position indication flashes 2 times to notify the driver that the gear cannot be shifted.

Kickdown

When the accelerator pedal is depressed fully while driving, the gear shifts down.

However, the gears do not kickdown while the TCS is turned off.

 

The gear also shifts down using kickdown while in the second gear fixed mode.

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Auto-shift down

The gear shifts down automatically depending on the vehicle speed during deceleration.

 

If the vehicle comes to a stop while in the second gear fixed mode, the gear remains in second.

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