Driving Your Mazda; Shifting Between 4x4 HIGH; and 4x4 LOW- Page 163

Driving Your Mazda

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Shifting Between 4x4 HIGH
and 4x4 LOW

Stop the vehicle, depress the brake, and
place the automatic transmission in N
(Neutral) or depress the brake pedal and
clutch pedal fully on vehicles with
a manual transmission. Move the four-
wheel drive knob to the 4x4 HIGH or
4x4 LOW position.

CAUTION

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If the four-wheel drive knob is
moved to 4x4 LOW while the
vehicle is moving, the system will
not engage and no damage will
occur to the system.

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Driving on dry, hard surfaces in 4H
or 4L may cause unnecessary noise
and tire wear. Drive in 2-wheel
drive under these conditions.

It is not recommended to operate the
vehicle in the 4WD modes with a tem-
porary spare unless absolutely necessary.
If you must use both 4WD and a tempo-
rary spare, don’t operate at speeds above
10 mph (16 km/h) or for distances over
50 miles (80 km).

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Off-Road Driving

WARNING

4-Wheel Driving Precautions:
All utility-type and 4-wheel drive
vehicles have a special design and
equipment features to make them
capable of performing in a wide vari-
ety of off-road applications. Specific
design characteristics give them
higher centers of gravity than ordi-
nary passenger cars. These vehicles
are not designed for cornering at
speeds as high as passenger cars any
more than low-slung sports cars are
designed to perform satisfactorily
under off-road conditions. If at all

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