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DrivingYourMazda
StartingandDriving
Shiftingspecification
Shiftingup
WARNING
Donotuseenginebrakingonslippery
roadsurfacesorathighspeeds:
Shiftingdownwhiledrivingonwet,
snowy,orfrozenroads,orwhile
drivingathighspeedscausessudden
enginebraking,whichisdangerous.
Thesuddenchangeintirespeed
couldcausethetirestoskid.This
couldleadtolossofvehiclecontrol
andanaccident.
Ifthevehiclespeedislowerthanthe
speedspecifiedforeachgear,thegear
cannotbeshifteduptoahighergear.
Gear
Vehiclespeed
Between0and18km/h
(0
muchtheacceleratorpedalis
depressed.
and11mph),dependingonhow
M1→M2
Between20and33km/h
(13
muchtheacceleratorpedalis
depressed.
and21mph),dependingonhow
M2→M3
M3→M4
Keepyourhandsonthesteeringwheel
rimwhenusingfingersorthumbson
thesteeringshiftswitches:
Puttingyourhandsinsidetherimof
thesteeringwheelwhenusingthe
steeringshiftswitchesisdangerous.
Ifthedriver'sairbagweretodeploy
inacollision,yourhandscouldbe
impactedcausinginjury.
Between30and33km/h
(19
muchtheacceleratorpedalis
depressed.
and21mph),dependingonhow
M4→M5
M5→M6
43km/h(27mph)
65km/h(41mph)
Shiftingdown
Ifthevehiclespeedishigherthanthe
speedspecifiedforeachgear,thegear
cannotbeshiftedtoalowergearsoasto
protectthetransmission.
NOTE
Whendrivingathighspeeds,thegearmay
l
notshiftdowndependingonvehiclespeed.
Duringdeceleration,thegearmay
l
automaticallyshiftdowndependingon
vehiclespeed.
Gear
Vehiclespeed
210km/h(130mph)
M6→M5
Whendepressingtheacceleratorfully,the
M5→M4
175km/h(108mph)
l
transmissionwillshifttoalowergear,
dependingonvehiclespeed.
Between122and135km/h
(75and83mph),dependingonhow
muchtheacceleratorpedalis
depressed.
M4→M3
M3→M2
Secondgearfixedmode
Between77and90km/h
Whentheshiftleveristappedback(
whilethevehicleisstopped,the
transmissionissetinthesecondgear
)
(47
and59mph),dependingonhow
muchtheacceleratorpedalis
depressed.
fixedmode.Thegearisfixedinsecond
whileinthismodeforeasierstartingand
drivingonslipperyroads.Iftheshiftlever
istappedback( )orforward( )while
inthesecondgearfixedmode,themode
willbecanceled.
M2→M1
30km/h(18mph)
5-18
FormNo.8AT5-EA-09E
| Categories | Mazda Manuals, Mazda RX-8 Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2010 |
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