Driving
WARNING: Donotdriveyourvehicleuntilyouverifythatthe
brakelampsareworking.Failuretocheckthebrakelightsand
subsequentuseofthebrakesmayresultinarear-endcollision.
WARNING: Alwayssettheparkingbrakefullyandmakesure
thegearshiftislatchedinP(Park).Turntheignitiontothe
LOCKpositionandremovethekeywheneveryouleaveyour
vehicle.
WARNING: Iftheparkingbrakeisfullyreleased,butthebrake
warninglampremainsilluminated,thebrakesmaynotbe
workingproperly.SeeyourauthorizedMazdadealership.
Driving with an automatic overdrive transaxle
Yourautomatictransaxleelectronicallycontrolstheshiftfeelbyusingan
adaptivelearningstrategy.Thisfeatureisdesignedtooptimizeshift
smoothness.NOTE:Itisnormalforyourtransaxletoshiftfirmlyduring
thefirstfewhundredkilometers(miles)ofoperationuntiltheadaptive
strategyhasbeenlearned.Theadaptivelearningstrategyismaintained
bypowerfromthebattery.Whenthebatteryisdisconnectedoranew
batteryisinstalled,thetransaxlemustrelearnitsadaptivestrategy.
Optimalshiftingwillresumewithinafewhundredkilometers(miles)of
operation.
Yourautomaticoverdrivetransaxle
providesfullyautomaticoperationin
OFF/ON
eitherD(Overdrive)orwiththe
O/DOFFswitchdepressed.Driving
withthegearshiftleverinD
(Overdrive)givesthebestfueleconomyfornormaldrivingconditions.
Formanualcontrol,startin1(First)andthenshiftmanually.
Toputyourvehicleingear,startthe
R D 2 1
engine,depressthebrakepedal,
thenmovegearshiftleveroutofP
ODO
(Park).
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| Model Year | 2003 |
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