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When Driving

Transaxle

  To shift up to a higher gear with the 
steering shift switches, pull the UP switch 
toward you once with your fi ngers.

UP switch

WARNING

  Keep your hands on the steering wheel 
rim when using fi ngers on the steering 
shift switches:

  Putting your hands inside the rim of 
the steering wheel when using the 
steering shift switches is dangerous. 
If the driver's air bag were to deploy 
in a collision, your hands could be 
impacted causing injury.

   NOTE

y

  When driving slowly, the gears may not 

shift up.

y

  In manual shift mode, do not run the 

engine with the tachometer needle 
in the RED ZONE. When the engine 
rpm is high, a gear may shift up 
automatically to protect the engine.

y

  When depressing the accelerator fully, 

the transaxle will shift to a lower gear, 
depending on vehicle speed.

  Manually  Shifting  down

(M6

ĺ

 M5 

ĺ

 M4 

ĺ

 M3 

ĺ

 M2 

ĺ

 M1)

  To shift down to a lower gear, move the 
selector lever forward ( ) once. 

  To shift down to a lower gear with the 
steering shift switches, pull the DOWN 
switch toward you once with your fi ngers.

DOWN switch

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