Operation; General Information - Dodge Avenger Owner's Manual

256 STARTING AND OPERATING
eliminate undesirable upshifts and downshifts, and im-
prove 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

By placing the shift lever one shift-level below the DRIVE
position, it can be moved from side to side. This allows
the driver to select a higher or lower range of gears.
Moving the shift lever to the left (-) triggers a downshift
and to the right (+) an upshift. The gear position will
display in the instrument cluster on the transaxle range
indicator.
NOTE: In AutoStick mode, the transaxle will only shift
up or down when the driver moves the shift lever to the
right (+) or left (-).
AutoStick is deactivated when the shift lever is shifted
from the AutoStick (+/-) position into the DRIVE
position.

General Information

• You can start out, from a stop, in any gear except sixth.
The system will ignore attempts to upshift at too low
of a vehicle speed.
• If a ratio other than first gear is selected, and the
vehicle is brought to a stop, the transaxle control logic
will automatically select the first gear ratio.
• Starting out in second gear is helpful in snowy or icy
conditions.
• Avoid using speed control when AutoStick is en-
gaged.