Lexus es350 Quick Manual page 28

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Selecting gears in the S position
When the shift lever is in S, the shift lever can be operated as follows:
■ Shift ranges and their functions
 Automatically selecting gears between 1 and 6 according to vehicle speed and driving
conditions. However, the gear is limited according to selected shift range.
 You can choose from 6 levels of engine braking force.
 A lower shift range will provide greater engine braking force than a higher shift range,
and the engine speed will also increase.
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Upshifting
1
Downshifting
2
The selected shift range, from S1 to S6,
will be displayed in the meter.
The initial shift range in S mode is set
automatically to S5 or S4 according to
vehicle speed. However, the initial shift
range may be set to S3 if AI-SHIFT has
operated while the shift lever was in D.
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