Dodge Durango 2018 Supplement Manual page 29

Launch Control is only available when the following procedure is followed:
Activate Launch Control
1. Press the "Race Options" button on the touchscreen to set RPM, or push
the LAUNCH button on the console to activate Launch Control.
2. Press the "Launch RPM Set-Up" button on the touchscreen. This
screen will allow you to adjust your launch RPM's for optimum
launch/traction.
3. Press the "Activate Launch Control" button on the touchscreen, follow
instructions in the instrument cluster display.
• Make sure the vehicle is not moving.
S R T D R I V E M O D E S
• Put vehicle in first gear.
• Steering wheel must be pointing straight.
• Vehicle must be on level ground.
• Apply Brake Pressure.
• While holding the brake, rapidly apply and hold the accelerator pedal
to wide open throttle. The engine speed will hold at the RPM that was
set in the "Launch RPM Set-up" screen.
NOTE: Messages will appear in the instrument cluster display to inform the
driver if one or more of the above conditions have not been met.
4. When the above conditions have been met, the instrument cluster
display will read "Release Brake".
5. Keep the vehicle pointed straight.
Launch control will be active until the vehicle reaches 62 mph (100 km/h),
at which point the Electronic Stability Control (ESC) system will return to its
current ESC mode.
Launch control will abort before launch completion, display "Launch
Aborted" in the cluster under any the following conditions:
• The accelerator pedal is released during launch.
• The ESC system detects that the vehicle is no longer moving in a straight
line.
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