Mitsubishi Lancer VIII 8 owners manual page 135

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Continuously variable transmission (CVT) (if so equipped) CAUTION NOTE Unlike the manual transaxle, sports mode allows shifting with the accelerator pedal Upward shifts do not take place automati-To maintain good running performance, the depressed. cally in sports mode. The driver must maketransmission may refuse to perform an upward shifts in accordance with prevailingupshift when the selector lever or sportronic NOTE road conditions, making sure the engine rpmsteering wheel paddle shifter is moved to the remains below the red zone on the tachome-“+(SHIFT UP)” position at certain vehicle To return to “D” (DRIVE) operation, pull the ter. speeds. Also, to prevent over-revving of the sportronic steering wheel paddle shifter on engine, the transmission may refuse to per- 5 By rapidly moving the selector lever or spor- the +(UP) side for longer than 2 seconds, or tronic steering wheel paddle shifter to the “-form a downshift when the shift lever or park the vehicle to change the selector lever (SHIFT DOWN)” side twice, it is possible tosportronic steering wheel paddle shifter is position indicator to “D” (DRIVE)and moved to the “- (SHIFT DOWN)” position at skip one shift range (i.e., 3rd to 1st or 4th to return to “D” (DRIVE) operation. certain vehicle speeds. When this happens, a 2nd). Since sudden engine braking or accel- When the sportronic steering wheel paddle buzzer sounds to indicate that a downshift is eration can cause a loss of traction, down- not going to take place. shifter is operated with the selector lever in shifts must be made carefully in accordance the “L” (LOW) position, gear is not shifted with the vehicle’s speed. Move the selector lever gently between the because the selectable shift range is limited. manual and main gates and between posi- On vehicles with a sportronic steering wheel tions in the manual gate. And do not operate paddle shifter, shift ranges may not change sportronic steering wheel paddle shifter vio- when the lateral paddle shifters are operated at the same time. lently. Excessive force could damage the selector lever or sportronic steering wheel paddle shifter. SHIFT DOWN NOTE Except for vehicles with manual Shift ranges can only be selected in a for- SHIFT UP ward direction from 1st to 6th. To reverse or gate park the vehicle, move the selector lever to the “R” or “P” position. While driving with the selector lever in the “D” (DRIVE), sports mode can be selected + (SHIFT UP) by pulling one of the sportronic steering wheel shifters toward you. Transmission shifts up once by each opera- In sports mode, rapid shifting is possible sim-tion. ply by operating the sportronic steering wheel- (SHIFT DOWN) paddle shifter. 5-68 Features and controls

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