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DRIVETHEVEHICLE
WiththevehicleinDgear,pushtheknobtoright,and
thevehiclewillenterSportmode.
DrivinginSportModewillincreaseenergy
consumption.
T oexitSportmode,pushtheknobtoleft.
•ManualMode
WiththevehicleinSgear,pushtheknobforwardor
backwardtoentermanualmode.Theinstrumentpack
interfacedisplaysthecurrentgearofthevehicle.
Movetheknobtowards"+"directiontoupshifttoan
adjacenthighergear;ormovetheknobtowards"-"to
downshifttoanadjacentlowergear .
Undermanualmode,ifthedrivermakesan
unreasonablegearselection,suchasrequestsanupshift
duringlowenginespeeds,orrequestsadownshift
duringhighenginespeeds,thetransmissionwillnot
respondandwillremaininthecurrentgear.Whenthe
vehicledrivesinacertaingear,andtheenginespeed
islowerthanacertainvalue,thetransmissionwill
automaticallydownshifttoanadjacentlowergearto
avoidengineameout;whenthevehicleaccelerates,
andtheenginespeedrisesupcontinuouslytothe
maximumspeedallowablebythegear,thetransmission
willautomaticallyupshifttoanadjacenthighergearto
protecttheengineifthereisnoupshiftrequest.
Pushtheknobtolefttoexitmanualmode.
•GearShiftIndications
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Forfueleconomyconsiderations,inmanualmode,
whenthesystemdeterminesthatagearchangeis
necessary,thecombinationinstrumentpanelwilldisplay
anupshiftordownshiftarrow,remindingthedriverto
upshiftordownshiftwhenconditionspermit.
IMPORTANT
Donotrelysolelyontheindicated
upshifting/downshiftingsuggestions,asactual
drivingsituationsmayrequiredifferentgearshifting
operationsthanindicated.T oavoidthedangerof
accidents,thedrivermustcorrectlyassesstheroad
andtrafcconditionsbeforeshiftinggears.
Note:Thegearshiftoperationshallbemadeonthe
premisethatyourownsafetyisguaranteedandthe
trafclawsareobserved.
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