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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



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 o

ff

. 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 su

ffi

cient

amount of time.

▼

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

fi

ngers.

1. DOWN switch (–)

When Driving

Automatic Transmission

4-40

*Some models.

Mazda3_8JM2-EA

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