owners manual KIA Optima

owners manual KIA Optima - year of production: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - Kia Optima Magentis Lotze owners manual EN

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Driving your vehicle Using the shift lever (Continued) E060102AMG Shift lock system (if equipped) Up (+) : Push the lever forward once to• In sports mode, downshifts are made shift up one gear (1). automatically when the vehicle slows down. When the vehicle stops, 1st gearFor your safety, the automatic transaxle Down (-) : Pull the lever backwards onceis automatically selected. has a shift lock system which prevents to shift down one gear (2). shifting the transaxle out of P (Park) • In sports mode, when the engine rpm unless the brake pedal is depressed. approaches the red zone shift points Using the steering wheel shift paddles are varied to upshift automatically. To shift the transaxle out of P (Park): Up (+) : Pull the right-hand shift paddle 1. Depress and hold the brake pedal. • To maintain the required levels of once to shift up one gear (3). 2. Start the engine or turn the ignition vehicle performance and safety, the Down (-) : Pull the left-hand shift paddle switch to the ON position. system may not execute certain once to shift down one gear 3. Move the shift lever. (4). gearshifts when the shift lever is oper-If the brake pedal is repeatedly ated. depressed and released with the shift • When driving on a slippery road, lever in the P (Park) position, a chattering ✽✽ NOTICE push the shift lever forward into the noise near the shift lever may be heard. +(up) position or pull the right-hand When the shift lever is in the P, N or R This is a normal condition. shift paddle. This causes the transmis- position, you can't shift the gearby using the steering wheel shift paddles. sion to shift into the 2nd gear which is better for smooth driving on a slip- In sports mode, if you pull the left and WARNING pery road. Push the shift lever to the - right hand shift paddles at the same (down) side or pull the left-hand shift time, you can't shift the gear. Always fully depress the brake paddle to shift back to the 1st gear. pedal before and while shifting out • By rapidly moving the shift lever ✽✽ NOTICE of the P (Park) position into anoth- backwards (-) twice it is possible to • In sports mode, the driver must exe- er position to avoid inadvertent skip one gear, i.e., 3rd to 1st, 4th to cute upshifts in accordance with road motion of the vehicle which could 2nd or5th to 3rd. Since sudden engineinjure persons in or around the car. conditions, taking care to keep the engine speed below the red zone. braking and/or rapid acceleration can cause a loss of traction, however, • In sports mode, only the 5 forward downshifts must be made carefully in gears can be selected. To reverse or accordance with the vehicle's speed. park the vehicle, move the shift lever to the R (Reverse) or P(Park) position as required. (Continued) 517

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