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STARTING AND OPERATING
You can shift in or out of the autostick mode at any time
withou t taking you r foot off the accelerator pedal. If you
choose the Overd rive mode, the transm ission will oper-
ate autom atically; shifting betw een the four available
gears. When you wish to engage autostick, simply move
the shift lever to the AUTOSTICK position. The transm is-
sion will rem ain in the current gear until an upshift or
downshift is chosen.
• intoYou canfourthstartgearout incanfirst,occusecondr only, orafterthirdvehiclegear. Shiftingspeed
reaches 15 mph (24 km/ h).
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The transm ission will autom atically downshift to first
gear when coming to a stop .
Starting out in third gear is help ful in snow y or icy
cond itions.
While in the Autostick mode, Speed Control will only
function in third or fourth gear.
Move the lever back to the Overd rive position to shift out
of the Autostick mode.
Dow nshifting out of third gear will turn off the speed
control.
Autostick General Information
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The transm ission will autom atically upshift from first
to second gear and from second to third gear when
engine speed reaches abou t 6300 RPM.
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If the system detects powertrain overheating, the
transm ission will revert to the autom atic shift mode
and rem ain in that mode until the powertrain cools off.
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Dow nshifts from third to second gear above 74 mph
If the system detects a problem it will disable the
Autostick mode and the transm ission will retu rn to the
autom atic mode until the problem is corrected .
(119
km/ h) and from second to first gear above 41
mph (66 km/ h) will be ignored .
| Categories | Chrysler Manuals, Chrysler PT Cruiser Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2004 |
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