Driving Your Mazda; 2 = 2nd; 1 = 1st- Page 159

Driving Your Mazda

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Shift patterns with overdrive:

f

D = 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th (4R44E)

f

D = 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th (5R55E)

2 = 2nd

1 = 1st

Shift patterns without overdrive:

D = 1st, 2nd, 3rd (4R44E)

D = 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th (5R55E)

2 = 2nd

1 = 1st

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Driving Tips

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Passing

For extra power when passing another
vehicle or climbing steep grades, depress
the accelerator fully. The 4R44E trans-
mission will automatically downshift
to the appropriate gear; third, second, or
first. The 5R55E transmission will auto-
matically downshift to the appropriate
gear; fourth, third, second or first.

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Climbing steep grades from a stop

To climb a steep grade from a stopped
position:

1. Depress the brake pedal.

2. Shift to 

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D  or 1 (First) depending on

load weight and grade steepness.

3. Release all brakes while gradually

accelerating.

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Power braking

Increasing the engine speed above idle
without vehicle movement (such as hold-
ing the brake) in a forward gear causes
transmission stall.

NOTE

Continued operation in the stall con-
dition can result in transmission over-
heat, malfunction or fluid expulsion.