Mitsubishi Carisma - Page 118

STARTING AND DRIVING
5–18
I04A187a
In the main gate, selector lever has 4 posi-
tions, and is equipped with a lock button (A)
to avoid inadvertent selection of the wrong
gear.
I04A209a
Button must be pushed while the
brake pedal is depressed to move
the lever.
Button must be pushed to move the
lever.
Button need not be pushed to move
the lever.
WARNING
(1) If the button is always depressed
to operate the selector lever, the
lever may be accidentally shifted
into the “P”, “R”, “2”, or “L” posi-
tion. Be sure not to depress the
button (A) when performing the
operations indicated by
b in the
illustration.
(2) Always depress the brake pedal
when shifting the selector lever
into a gear from the “P” (PARK) or
“N” (NEUTRAL) position.
When beginning to drive, do not
shift the selector lever form the
“P” (PARK) or “N” (NEUTRAL)
position while depressing the ac-
celerator pedal, doing so is dan-
gerous because the vehicle will
“jump” forward or backward.
NOTE
If the brake pedal is not depressed and held,
the shift-lock device activates to prevent the
selector lever from being moved from the “P”
(PARK) position to another position.