When Driving; Automatic Transaxle; Using selector lever- Page 167

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When Driving

Automatic Transaxle

*Some models.

 Manually Shifting Up

You can shift gears up by operating 

the selector lever or the steering shift 

switches

*

.

M1 → M2 → M3 → M4 → M5 → M6

Using selector lever

To shift up to a higher gear, tap the 

selector lever back   once.

Using steering shift switch

*

To shift up to a higher gear with the 

steering shift switches, pull the UP switch 

(

) toward you once with your 

fingers.

UP switch

WARNING

Keep your hands on the steering wheel 

rim when using fingers 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



  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 DSC 

is turned off. However, if the vehicle 

is continuously driven at a high rpm, 

the gears may automatically shift up to 

protect the engine.



  The steering shift switch can be used 

temporarily even if the selector lever is 

in the D position while driving. In 

addition, it returns to automatic shift 

mode when the UP switch (

) is 

pulled rearward for a sufficient amount 

of time.

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