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DrivingYourMazda
StartingandDriving
NOTE
WARNING
Whendrivingslowly,thegearsmay
l
notshiftupdependingonvehicle
speed.
Donotusesuddenenginebrakingon
slipperyroadsurfacesorathigh
speeds:
Inmanualshiftmode,gearsdonot
l
Shiftingdownwhiledrivingonwet,
snowy,orfrozenroads,orwhile
drivingathighspeedscausessudden
enginebraking,whichisdangerous.
Thesuddenchangeintirespeedcould
causethetirestoskid.Thiscouldlead
tolossofvehiclecontrolandan
accident.
shiftupautomatically.Don'trunthe
enginewiththetachometerneedlein
theREDZONE.Ifthetachometer
needleenterstheREDZONE,you
mayfeelengine-brakingbecausethe
fueldeliverywillbestoppedto
protecttheengine.However,this
doesnotindicateanabnormality.
Whendepressingtheaccelerator
Besuretoleavetheshiftleverin1or
Rpositionandsettheparkingbrake
whenleavingthevehicleunattended:
Otherwisethevehiclecouldmoveand
causeanaccident.
l
fully,thetransaxlewillshifttoa
lowergear,dependingonvehicle
speed.
ManuallyShiftingdown
(M5*→M4→M3→M2→M1)
Toshiftdowntoalowergear,taptheshift
leverforward( )once.
NOTE
Whendrivingathighspeeds,the
gearmaynotshiftdowndepending
onvehiclespeed.
l
l
l
*
2.3-literenginemodel
Duringdeceleration,thegearmay
automaticallyshiftdowndepending
onvehiclespeed.
Whendepressingtheaccelerator
fully,thetransaxlewillshifttoa
lowergear,dependingonvehicle
speed.
Secondgearfixedmode
Whentheshiftleveristappedback(
)
whilethevehicleisstoppedordrivenat
thefollowingspeeds,thetransaxleisset
inthesecondgearfixedmode.
2.0-liter
enginemodel:
14
km/h(8mph)orless
5-15
FormNo.8V66-EA-06F
| Categories | Mazda 3 Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2007 |
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