Srt8; Autostick - Dodge charger 2013 User Manual

SRT8

AUTOSTICK®
Steering Wheel Mounted Paddle Shifters Or Console Mounted Shifter
• AutoStick® is a driver-interactive trans-
mission feature that offers manual gear
shifting to provide you with more control
of the vehicle. AutoStick® allows you to
maximize engine braking, and improve
overall vehicle performance.
This system can also provide you with
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more control during passing, city driving,
cold slippery conditions, mountain driving,
trailer towing, and many other situations.
Operation
When the shift lever is in the DRIVE position, the transmission will operate automatically,
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shifting between the five available gears. To engage AutoStick®, simply move the shift
lever to the right or left (+/-) while in the DRIVE position, or press one of the steering wheel
mounted shift paddles (+/-). When AutoStick® is active, the current transmission gear is
displayed in the Electronic Vehicle Information Center (EVIC) portion of the instrument
cluster. In AutoStick® mode, the transmission will shift when manually selected by the
driver (using the shift lever, or the shift paddles), unless an engine lugging or overspeed
condition would result. It will remain in the selected gear until another upshift or down-
shift is chosen, except as described below:
The transmission will automatically downshift as the vehicle slows (to prevent engine
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lugging) and will display the current gear.
The transmission will automatically downshift to first gear when coming to a stop.
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You can start out in first or second gear. Tapping (+) (at a stop) will allow starting in
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second gear. Starting out in second gear is helpful in snowy or icy conditions.
The system will ignore attempts to upshift at too low of a vehicle speed.
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Transmission shifting will be more noticeable when AutoStick® is engaged. To disen-
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gage AutoStick® mode, hold the shift lever to the right or press and hold the (+) shift
paddle until "D" is once again displayed in the instrument cluster. You can shift in or out
of the AutoStick® mode at any time without taking your foot off the accelerator pedal.
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