Owner`s manual

AUTOSTICK®

Steering Wheel Mounted Paddle Shifters Or Console Mounted Shifter

• AutoStick® is a driver-interactive transmis-

sion feature that offers manual gear shifting

to provide you with more control of the

vehicle. AutoStick® allows you to maximize

engine braking, and improve overall vehicle

performance.

• This system can also provide you with more

control during passing, city driving, cold

slippery conditions, mountain driving, trailer

towing, and many other situations.

Operation

• When the shift lever is in the DRIVE position, the transmission will operate automatically,

shifting between the five available gears. To engage AutoStick®, simply move the shift lever to

the right or left (+/-) while in the DRIVE position, or press one of the steering wheel mounted

shift paddles (+/-). When AutoStick® is active, the current transmission gear is displayed in the

Electronic Vehicle Information Center (EVIC) portion of the instrument cluster. In AutoStick®

mode, the transmission will shift when manually selected by the driver (using the shift lever, or

the shift paddles), unless an engine lugging or overspeed condition would result. It will remain

in the selected gear until another upshift or downshift is chosen, except as described below:

• The transmission will automatically downshift as the vehicle slows (to prevent engine

lugging) and will display the current gear.

• The transmission will automatically downshift to first gear when coming to a stop.

• You can start out in first or second gear. Tapping (+) (at a stop) will allow starting in second

gear. Starting out in second gear is helpful in snowy or icy conditions.

• The system will ignore attempts to upshift at too low of a vehicle speed.

• Transmission shifting will be more noticeable when AutoStick® is engaged. To disengage

AutoStick® mode, hold the shift lever to the right or press and hold the (+) shift paddle until

“D” is once again displayed in the instrument cluster. You can shift in or out of the AutoStick®

mode at any time without taking your foot off the accelerator pedal.

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