Toyota 4Runner 3 III N180 owners manual page 70

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Your automatic transmission has a 3. Release shiftthe parking brake and brake Vehicles with cruise control—When the lock system to minimize the possibility ofpedal. Depress the accelerator pedalcruise control is being used, even if you incorrect operation. This means you can slowly for smooth starting.downshift the transmission by turning off only shift out of “P” position when the brake pedal is depressed (with the ignition(b)Using engine brakingthe overdrive switch, engine braking is not switch in “ON” position and the selector le-To use engine braking, you can downshiftapplied because the cruise control is not ver pulled toward you). the transmission as follows:cancelled. (a) Normal Driving Turn off the overdrive switch. The “O/DFor ways to decrease the vehicle speed, see “Cruise control” in this chapter. 1. Start the engine as instructed in “HowOFF” indicator light will come on and to start the engine” in Part 3. The trans-the transmission will downshift to the!CAUTION mission must be in “P” or “N”.third gear. 2. With your foot holding down the brakeShift into the “2” position). The trans-Be careful when downshifting on a pedal, shift the selector lever to “D”.mission will downshift to the second In “D” position, the automatic transmis- slippery surface. Abrupt shifting gear when the vehicle speed drops sion system will select the most suitable could cause the vehicle to spin or down to or lower than the following gear for running conditions such as nor- skid. speed, and more powerful engine mal cruising, hill climbing, hard towing, (c) Using the “2” and “L” positions etc. braking will be obtained. Always turn the overdrive switch on for The “2” and “L” positions are used for better fuel economy and quieter driving. If3RZ-FE engine . . 112 km/h (69 mph)strong engine braking as described pre- the engine coolant temperature is low, the5VZ-FE engine . . 119 km/h (73 mph)viously. Shift into the “L” position. The trans- transmission will not shift into overdrive With the selector lever in “2” or “L”, you gear even with the overdrive switch on.mission will downshift to the first gear.can start the vehicle in motion as with the When the vehicle speed drops down tolever in “D”. CAUTION or lower than the following speed, and ! maximum engine braking will be ap- plied. With the selector lever in “2”, the vehicle 3RZ-FE engine . . . 54 km/h (33 mph)will start in the first gear and automatically Never put your foot on the accelera- shift to the second gear. tor pedal while shifting. 5VZ-FE engine . . . 58 km/h (36 mph)With the selector lever in “L”, the trans- mission is engaged in the first gear. 73

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