Suzuki VITARA Series Manual page 223

OPERATING YOUR VEHICLE
NOTICE
• Do not shift the gearshift lever into
"R" while moving forward, or the
transaxle may be damaged. For the
vehicles with 6-Speed automatic
transaxle, if you shift into "R" when
the vehicle speed is over 11 km/h (7
mph), the transaxle will not shift
into reverse.
• Be sure to take the following pre-
cautions to help avoid damage to
the automatic transaxle:
– Make sure that the vehicle is
completely stationary
shifting into "P" or "R".
– Do not shift from "P" or "N" to
"R", "D" or "M" when the engine
is running above idle speed.
– Do not rev the engine with the
transaxle in a drive position ("R",
"D" or "M") and the front wheels
not moving.
– Do not use the accelerator to
hold the vehicle on a hill. Use the
vehicle's brakes.
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NOTE:
• When you shift the gearshift lever into
"P" and stop the engine or the strong
hybrid system before setting the parking
brake lever, if you try to restart the
engine or the strong hybrid system and
shift the gearshift lever into the position
other than "P", it may reduce gearshift
lever capability, or unusual sound and
shock may occur. However, this is not
abnormal.
• Always shift the gearshift lever without
pushing in the knob button except when
you shift from "P" to "R", from "D" to "M",
from "N" to "R" or from "R" to "P". If you
before
always push in the knob button when
shifting the gearshift lever, you could
shift into "P", "R" or "M" by mistake.
• If driver's or passenger's knee hits the
gearshift lever while driving, the lever
could move and the gear could be
changed unexpectedly.
• Without lighting of READY indicator of
Auto Gear Shift model, select lever oper-
ation cannot change the actual gear
position. And, when releasing the brake
at a slope, the vehicle may move to an
unintentional direction.
• In Auto Gear Shift mode, if the following
operations are performed, the opera-
tions are alerted by indication on the
meter and sounding the buzzer:
While the vehicle is running forward, if
the select lever is shifted to "R" from "D",
"M" or "N", or while the vehicle is running
backward, if the lever is shifted to "D" or
"M" from "R" or "N" without applying
brake, Brake Request Indicator on the
meter comes on and the warning buzzer
sounds. It is necessary to operate the
lever after complete stop with the brake
pedal depressed.
If select lever position and actual gear
position disagree, select lever position
indicator blinks and the warning buzzer
sounds. In this case, keep the condition
and wait for a couple of seconds and
then, if the indication does not change,
depress the brake pedal and operate the
select lever again.