Driving Your Thunderbird - Ford 1996 Thunderbird Manual

Driving Your Thunderbird

Driving with an Automatic
Overdrive Transmission
The gearshift lever is floor mounted.
The automatic overdrive transmission operates
very much like a regular automatic transmission,
except it offers the extra overdrive feature.
Putting Your Vehicle in Gear
Hold the brake pedal down while you
move the gearshift lever from position to
position. If you do not hold the brake
pedal down, your vehicle may move
unexpectedly and injure someone.
To move the shifter out of P (Park), the ignition
key must be turned to either the OFF or the ON
position and the thumb button must be pushed
in. This vehicle is also equipped with the brake
shift interlock safety feature which prevents
shifting the transmission out of the P (Park)
position without the brake pedal being
depressed if the key is in the ON position.
To operate:
1. Start the engine.
2. Depress and hold the brake pedal.
3. Move the gearshift lever out of P (Park).
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