Autostick Operation - Dodge Charger Police 2018 Owner's Manual Supplement

36 STARTING AND OPERATING

AutoStick Operation

When the gear selector is in the DRIVE position, the
transmission will operate automatically, shifting between
the five available gears. To activate AutoStick mode, push
and release the AUTOSTICK ON/OFF switch (on the end
of the gear selector) at any time while in the DRIVE
position. When AutoStick is active, the current transmis-
sion gear is displayed in the instrument cluster.
In AutoStick mode, pushing the AUTOSTICK up (+) or
down (-) switch allows you to select a higher or lower gear.
Pushing the bottom of the switch (-) triggers a downshift
(unless it would cause engine overspeeding), and pushing
the top of the switch (+) triggers an upshift (unless it would
cause engine lugging). The transmission will remain in the
current gear until another upshift or downshift is chosen,
except as described below.
• 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 manually upshift (+) the transmission as the
vehicle is accelerated.
• You can start out, from a stop, in first or second gear.
Tapping (+) (at a stop) will allow starting in second gear.
Starting out in second gear can be helpful in snowy or
icy conditions.
• In models with V6 engine, if the accelerator is fully
depressed, the transmission will downshift when pos-
sible (based on vehicle speed and gear).
• The transmission will automatically upshift near max
engine speed, if the higher gear will provide greater
acceleration.
• The system will ignore attempts to upshift at too low of
a vehicle speed.
• Transmission shifting will be more noticeable when
AutoStick is enabled.
To exit AutoStick mode, push and release the AUTOSTICK
ON/OFF switch. The transmission will now operate auto-
matically; shifting between the five available gears. You
can shift in or out of AutoStick mode at any time without
taking your foot off the accelerator pedal.
Shifting the transmission out of DRIVE will also disable
AutoStick (and it will remain disabled on subsequent
DRIVE engagements).