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Driving your vehicle
D D U U A A L L C C L L U U T T C C H H T T R R A A N N S S M M I I S S S S I I O O N N ( ( I I F F E E Q Q U U I I P P P P E E D D ) )
Press the shift button, then move shift lever.
Depress the brake pedal, press the shift button, and then move shift lever.
Move shift lever.
Dual clutch transmission operation
The dual clutch transmission has seven forward speeds and one reverse speed.
The individual speeds are selected automatically when the shift lever is in the D
(Drive) position.
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• The dual clutch transmission can be
thought of as an automatically shifting
manual transmission. It gives the driv-
ing feel of a manual transmission, yet
provides the ease of a fully automatic
transmission.
• When D (Drive) is selected, the trans-
mission will automatically shift through
the gears similar to a conventional
automatic transmission. Unlike a tradi-
tional automatic transmission, the gear
shifting can sometimes be felt and
heard as the actuators engage the
clutches and the gears are selected.
• The dual clutch transmission incorpo-
rates a dry-type dual clutch mecha-
nism, which allows for better accelera-
tion performance and increased fuel
efficiency while driving. But it differs
from a conventional automatic trans-
mission because it does not incorpo-
rate a torque converter. Instead, the
transition from one gear to the next is
managed by clutch slip, especially at
lower speeds. As a result, shifts are
sometimes more noticeable, and a
light vibration can be felt as the trans-
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mission shaft speed is matched with
the engine shaft speed. This is a nor-
mal condition of the dual clutch trans-
mission.
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