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AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE
(@):
This position is for normal driving. If you need more
power for passing, and you’re:
-
Going less than about
35
mph
(56
km/h),
push your
-
Going about
35
mph
(56
km/h)
or more, push the
You’ll shift down
to
the next gear and have more power.
DRIVE (D):
This position is also used for normal
driving, however, it offers more power and lower fuel
economy than AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE
(a).
Here are some times you might choose DRIVE
(D)
instead
of AUTOMATIC
OVERDRIVE
(a):
accelerator pedal about halfway down.
accelerator all the way down.
-
When driving on hilly, winding roads.
-
When towing a trailer,
so
there
is
less shifting
between gears.
-
When going down a steep hill.
SECOND
(2):
This position gives you more power but
lower fuel economy.
You
can use
SECOND
(2) on
hills.
It can help control your speed as
you
go down steep
mountain roads, but then you would also want
to
use
your brakes off and on.
NOTICE:
Don’t drive in
SECOND
(2)
for more than
25
miles
(40
km),
or at
speeds
over
55
mph
(88
km/h),
or you can damage your transmission.
Use
AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE
(@)
or
DRIVE (D)
as
much as possible.
Don’t shift into SECOND
(2)
unless you are going
slower than
65
mph
(105
kd),
or you can
damage your engine.
FIRST
(1):
This position gives you even more power
(but lower fuel economy) than
SECOND
(2).
You
can use it on very steep hills, or in deep snow or mud.
If the selector lever
is
put in first gear, the transmission
won’t shift into FIRST
(1)
until the vehicle is going
slowly enough.
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