Manual Transmission Operation; Function Features Of Hold Mode; To Avoid Busy Shifting; Driving Like Manual Transmission - Suzuki reno 2006 Owner's Manual

Starting and Operating Your Vehicle:
FEATURES AND CONTROLS
Press the HOLD button on the shift lever to
turn on the HOLD mode.
While on, the HOLD indicator light on the
instrument panel will light up. See "Hold
Mode Light" in section 3. Press the button
again to turn off the HOLD mode, and
return to normal automatic transmission
operation.
When the hold mode is activated, the
transmission operates as follows:
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Selector Lever
Position

Function Features of HOLD Mode

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Winter function
When a vehicle is on a slippery road such
as one that is covered with snow, mud etc.,
the vehicle can be easily overcome the
slippery road conditions by activating the
hold mode with the transmission selector
lever in the D, 3 or 2-position.

To avoid busy shifting

Fuzzy logic is applied to avoid busy shift-
ing in most hilly driving conditions. Using
the HOLD button & shifting into the 3-posi-
tion are other ways to avoid busy shifting in
case fuzzy logic is not sufficient.

Driving like manual transmission

When in the hold mode condition, you can
use the automatic transmission as a 4-
speed manual transmission.
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Gear range
nd rd th
↔ 3 ↔ 4
2
D
th
(mainly 4 gear)
nd rd
↔ 3
2
3
rd
(mainly 3 gear)
nd
2 2 (fixed)
st
1 1 (fixed)

Manual Transmission Operation

Five-Speed
R 1 3 5
2 4
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This is your shift pattern.
Here's how to operate your manual trans-
mission:
FIRST (1):
Press the clutch pedal and shift into FIRST
(1). Then, slowly let up on the clutch pedal
as you press the accelerator pedal.
You can shift into FIRST (1) when you're
going less than 20 mph (32 km/h). If you've
come to a complete stop and it's hard to
shift into FIRST (1), put the shift lever in
NEUTRAL and let up on the clutch. Press
the clutch pedal back down. Then shift into
FIRST (1).
SECOND (2):
Press the clutch pedal as you let up on the
accelerator pedal and shift into SECOND
(2). Then, slowly let up on the clutch pedal
as you press the accelerator pedal.
THIRD (3), FOURTH (4) and FIFTH (5):
Shift into THIRD (3), FOURTH (4) and
FIFTH (5), the same way you do for SEC-