Manually Shifting Down; When Driving; Automatic Transmission- Page 177

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 (+/OFF) is
pulled rearward for a sufficient amount
of time.

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Manually Shifting Down

You can shift gears down by operating the
selector lever or the steering shift
switches

*

.

M6 → M5 → M4 → M3 → M2→ M1

Using selector lever

To shift down to a lower gear, tap the
selector lever forward – once.
 

Using steering shift switch

*

To shift down to a lower gear with the
steering shift switches, pull the DOWN
switch (–) toward you once with your
fingers.
 

1. DOWN switch (–)

When Driving

Automatic Transmission

*Some models.

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