Dodge DURANGO 2017 Quick Reference Manual page 4

Push The Door Handle Button To Lock
• After pushing the door handle lock button, you
must wait two seconds before you can lock or
unlock the vehicle. This will allow you to pull on
the vehicle's door handle to verify that the
vehicle is locked.
For further information and applicable warnings
and cautions, please refer to your Owner's Manual
at www.dodge.com/en/owners/manuals.
S T A R T I N G A N D O P E R A T I N G
Autostick Paddle Shifters
AutoStick Shift Paddles
When the gear selector is in the DRIVE position,
the transmission will operate automatically, shift-
ing between the eight available gears.
To engage AutoStick, tap one of the steering
wheel-mounted AutoStick Paddle Shifters (+/–).
Tapping (–) to enter AutoStick will downshift the
transmission to the next lower gear while using (+)
to enter AutoStick will retain the current gear.
When AutoStick is active, the current transmis-
sion gear is displayed in the instrument cluster.
In AutoStick, the transmission will shift up or
down when (+/–) is selected by the driver (using
the shift paddles) unless an engine lugging or
overspeed condition would result. It will remain in
the selected gear until another upshift or down-
shift is chosen, except as described below:
• In AutoStick, the transmission will remain in
the selected gear even when maximum engine
speed is reached. The transmission will upshift
only when commanded by the driver.
• 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. After a stop,
the driver should upshift (+) the transmission
as the vehicle is accelerated.
• You can start out in first or second gear. Tap-
ping (+) (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 an attempt to upshift at
too low of a vehicle speed.
• Transmission shifting will be more noticeable
when paddle shift mode is engaged.