Sport Mode And Manual Shifting - Ford KUGA Owner's Manual

WARNINGS
Apply the parking brake and shift the
gearshift lever to park (P) before
leaving your vehicle. Make sure that
the gearshift lever is latched in position.
In this position, power is not transmitted
to the driven wheels and the transmission
is locked. You can start the engine with the
gearshift lever in this position.
Note: A warning tone sounds if you open
the driver door and you have not shifted the
gearshift lever to park (P).
Reverse (R)
WARNINGS
Shift the gearshift lever to reverse
(R) only when your vehicle is
stationary and the engine is at idle
speed.
Always come to a complete stop
before shifting the gearshift lever out
of reverse (R).
Shift the gearshift lever to reverse (R) to
allow your vehicle to move backward.
Neutral (N)
In this position, power is not transmitted
to the driven wheels but the transmission
is not locked. You can start the engine with
the gearshift lever in this position.
Drive (D)
Shift the gearshift lever to drive (D) to
allow your vehicle to move forward and
shift automatically through the forward
gears.
The transmission will shift to the
appropriate gear for optimum performance
based on ambient temperature, road
gradient, vehicle load and your input.
Kuga (CBS) Vehicles Built From: 08-09-2014 Vehicles Built Up To: 31-05-2015, CG3585en enGBR, Edition date: 08/2014, First Printing
Transmission
Drive (D) mode also provides a kickdown
function. See Kickdown.
Note: A shift will occur only when your
vehicle speed and the engine speed are
appropriate.
Note: You may temporarily override the
current gear selected using the + or -
buttons.

Sport Mode and Manual Shifting

Sport Mode (S)
Switch on sport mode by shifting the
gearshift lever to Sport (S). Sport mode
will remain on until either you shift
manually up or down the gears using the
+ or - buttons or shift the gearshift lever to
drive (D).
Note: In sport mode the transmission
operates as normal but gears are selected
more quickly and at higher engine speeds.
Manual Shifting
Do not hold the + or - buttons
permanently in.
Press the - button to shift down and press
the + button to shift up.
Gears may be skipped by pressing the
buttons repeatedly at short intervals.
Manual mode also provides a kickdown
function. See Kickdown.
Note: The transmission will automatically
downshift when the engine speed is too low.
Hints on Driving with an Automatic
Transmission
Do not idle the engine for long
periods of time in drive (D) with the
brakes applied.
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