Driving Your Mazda; To Increase Cruising Speed; To Decrease Cruising Speed- Page 154

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Driving Your Mazda

Starting and Driving

Form No. 8S06-EA-03H

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To Increase Cruising Speed

Follow either of these procedures.

•

Press the RES/ACCEL button and hold 
it. Your vehicle will accelerate.
Release the button at the speed you 
want.

Your vehicle has a tap-up feature that 
allows you to increase your current 
speed in increments of 1.6 km/h (1 
mph) by a momentary tap of the RES/
ACCEL button. Multiple taps will 
increase your vehicle speed 1.6 km/h 
(1 mph) for each tap.

•

Accelerate to the desired speed.
Press the SET/COAST button and 
release it immediately.

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To Decrease Cruising Speed

Press the SET/COAST button and hold it. 
The vehicle will gradually slow.
Release the button at the speed you want.

NOTE

•

The SET function can’t be activated 
until about 2 seconds after the ON/
OFF switch has been engaged.

•

On a steep grade, the vehicle may 
momentarily slow down going up or 
speed up while going down.

NOTE

Accelerate if you want to speed up 
temporarily when the cruise control is 
on. Greater speed will not interfere 
with it or change the set speed.
Take your foot off the accelerator to 
return to the set speed.

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