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When Driving

Transaxle

    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 

À

 ashes 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.

   NOTE

  The gear also shifts down using kickdown while in the second gear 

¿

 xed mode.

  Auto-shift  down

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

   NOTE

  If the vehicle comes to a stop while in the second gear 

¿

 xed mode, the gear remains in 

second.