Driving Your Mazda; Automatic Transmission ; Starting and Driving- Page 85

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Driving Your Mazda

Starting and Driving

Form No. 8Q42-EA-01F

Various Lockouts:

•

Keep your foot off the clutch pedal 
except when shifting gears. Also, 
don’t use the clutch to hold the 
vehicle on an upgrade. This will 
avoid needless clutch wear and 
damage.

•

Make sure the vehicle comes to a 
complete stop before shifting to 
reverse.
Shifting to reverse while the vehicle 
is still moving may damage the 
transmission.

NOTE

If shifting to reverse is difficult, shift 
into neutral, release the clutch pedal, 
and try again.

CAUTION

Automatic Transmission 
Controls

Indicates that you must depress the 
brake pedal and hold in the lock-
release button to shift (The ignition 
switch must be in the ON position).

Indicates the shift lever can be 
shifted freely into any position.

Indicates that you must hold in the 
lock-release button to shift.

Lock-release button 
To prevent unsafe 
shifting

Shift pattern 
indicator
Shows shift lever 
position

Overdrive button 
For gear selection with 
either a three-speed or 
four-speed transmission

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