Driving your vehicle
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Intelligent Manual transmission
A:
Please shift down
A:
Transmission Hot! Park with engine
on
The following extreme cases may dam
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age the clutch due to overheating whilst
driving. Vehicle’s own protection system
sounds alarm and displays warning
messages. Please shift into lower gear or
stop the vehicle according to the instruc
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tion.
Shift into second gear and start to drive
on a hill/drive at low speed. Stop the
vehicle on a hill with the accelerator/
maintain low speed status. Repetitive
sudden accelerations and repetitive
starts on a hill.
僅 Do not press the brake pedal by mis
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take during gear shift.
僅 The vehicle may not move or move
jerkily, if proper gear is not selected
according to the speed.
僅 Use the 1st gear and the parking
brake to avoid roll-back during hill
start.
Intelligent Manual Transmission
(iMT) operation
The shift lever can be moved with
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out pulling the button (1).
The button (1) should be pressed
when moving the shift lever into reverse.
The Intelligent manual transmission
(iMT) has 6 forward gears and 1 reverse
gear.
This shift pattern is imprinted on the
shift knob. The transmission is fully syn
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chronized in all forward gears so shifting
to either a higher or a lower gear is eas
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ily accomplished.
The shift lever must be returned to the
neutral position before shifting into R
(Reverse).
Push the button located immediately
below the shift knob and pull the gear
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shift lever to the left sufficiently, and
then shift into reverse (R) gear position.
Make sure the vehicle is completely
stopped before shifting into R (Reverse).
Never operate the engine with the
tachometer (rpm) in the red zone.
僅 When downshifting from fifth gear to
fourth gear, caution should be taken
not to inadvertently press the shift