Manual Shift Mode; Manually Shifting Up; When Driving- Page 153

Manual Shift Mode

The manual shift mode gives you the feel
of driving a manual transmission vehicle
by allowing you to operate the selector
lever manually. This allows you to control
engine rpm and torque to the drive wheels
much like a manual transmission when
more control is desired.
To change to manual shift mode, shift the
lever from D to M.
 

NOTE

Changing to manual shift mode while
driving will not damage the transmission.

To return to automatic shift mode, shift the
lever from M to D.

NOTE



If you change to manual shift mode
when the vehicle is stopped, the gear
will shift to M1.



If you change to manual shift mode
without depressing the accelerator pedal
when driving in D range, 5th gear/6th
gear, the gear will shift to M4/M5.

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Indicators

Manual shift mode indication

In manual shift mode, the “M” of the shift
position indication in the instrument panel
illuminates.

Gear position indication

The numeral for the selected gear
illuminates.
 

Manual shift mode indication

Gear position indication

NOTE



If the gears cannot be shifted down
when driving at higher speeds, the gear
position indication will flash twice to
signal that the gears cannot be shifted
down (to protect the transmission).

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Manually Shifting Up

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

*

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M1 → M2 → M3 → M4 → M5 → M6

Using selector lever

To shift up to a higher gear, tap the
selector lever back   once.
 

When Driving

Automatic Transmission

*Some models.

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