Driving
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Allowsupshiftsbymovinggearshiftlever.
Willnotdownshiftinto1(First)athighspeeds;allowsfor1(First)
whenvehiclereachesslowerspeeds.
Forceddownshifts
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AllowedinD(Drive)only.
Depresstheacceleratortothefloor.
Allowstransmissiontoselectanappropriategear.
If your vehicle gets stuck in mud or snow
Ifyourvehiclegetsstuckinmudorsnow,itmayberockedoutby
shiftingbetweenforwardandreversegears,stoppingbetweenshiftsina
steadypattern.Presslightlyontheacceleratorineachgear.
Donotrockthevehicleiftheengineisnotatnormaloperating
temperatureordamagetothetransmissionmayoccur.
Donotrockthevehicleformorethanaminuteordamagetothe
transmissionandtiresmayoccur,ortheenginemayoverheat.
REVERSE SENSING SYSTEM (IF EQUIPPED)
Thereversesensingsystemsoundsatonetowarnthedriverofobstacles
neartherearbumperwhentheR(Reverse)gearisselected.
Tohelpavoidpersonalinjury,pleasereadandunderstandthe
limitationsofthereversesensingsystemascontainedinthis
section.Theparkassistisonlyanaidforsome(generallylargeand
fixed)objectswhenmovinginreverseonaflatsurfaceat“parking
speeds”.InclementweathermayalsoaffectthefunctionoftheRSS;
thismayincludereducedperformanceorafalseactivation.
Tohelpavoidpersonalinjury,alwaysusecautionwheninR
(Reverse)andwhenusingthereversesensingsystem.
Thissystemisnotdesignedtopreventcontactwithsmallor
movingobjects.Thesystemisdesignedtoprovideawarningto
assistthedriverindetectingobjectstoavoiddamagingthevehicle.
Thesystemmaynotdetectsmallerobjects,particularlythosecloseto
theground.
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| Model Year | 2008 |
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