Key Ignition Park Interlock; Brake/Transmission Shift Interlock System; Five-Speed Automatic Transmission - Jeep 2013 Wrangler Owner's Manual

WARNING! (Continued)
• Never leave children alone in a vehicle, or
with access to an unlocked vehicle. Allow-
ing children to be in a vehicle unattended
is dangerous for a number of reasons. A
child or others could be seriously or fatally
injured. Children should be warned not to
touch the parking brake, brake pedal or the
shift lever.
• Do not leave the key fob in or near the
vehicle, or in a location accessible to chil-
dren. A child could operate power win-
dows, other controls, or move the vehicle.
• It is dangerous to shift out of PARK or
NEUTRAL if the engine speed is higher
than idle speed. If your foot is not firmly
pressing the brake pedal, the vehicle could
accelerate quickly forward or in reverse.
You could lose control of the vehicle and
hit someone or something. Only shift into
gear when the engine is idling normally
and your foot is firmly pressing the brake
pedal.
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Key Ignition Park Interlock

This vehicle is equipped with a Key Ignition Park
Interlock which requires the shift lever to be
placed in PARK before the ignition switch can
be turned to the LOCK/OFF position. The key
can only be removed from the ignition when the
ignition is in the LOCK/OFF position, and the
shift lever is locked in PARK whenever the
ignition switch is in the LOCK/OFF position.
Brake/Transmission Shift Interlock
System
This vehicle is equipped with a Brake Transmis-
sion Shift Interlock System (BTSI) that holds the
shift lever in PARK unless the brakes are ap-
plied. To shift the transmission out of PARK, the
ignition switch must be turned to the ON/RUN
position (engine running or not) and the brake
pedal must be pressed.

Five-Speed Automatic Transmission

The shift lever position display (located in the
instrument cluster) indicates the transmission
gear range. You must press the brake pedal to
move the shift lever out of PARK (refer to
"Brake/Transmission Shift Interlock System" in
this section). To drive, move the shift lever from
PARK or NEUTRAL to the DRIVE position.
The electronically-controlled transmission pro-
vides a precise shift schedule. The transmission
electronics are self-calibrating; therefore, the
first few shifts on a new vehicle may be some-
what abrupt. This is a normal condition, and
precision shifts will develop within a few hun-
dred miles (kilometers).
Only shift from DRIVE to PARK or REVERSE
when the accelerator pedal is released and the
vehicle is stopped. Be sure to keep your foot on
the brake pedal when shifting between these
gears.
The transmission shift lever has only PARK,
REVERSE, NEUTRAL, and DRIVE shift posi-
tions. Manual downshifts can be made using
the Autostick shift control (refer to "AutoStick "
in this section) or (when the transfer case is in
the 4L range) the Electronic Range Select
(ERS) shift control (refer to "Electronic Range
Select (ERS) Operation" in this section). Moving
the shift lever to the left or right (-/+) while in the
DRIVE position will manually select the trans-
mission gear (or, when the transfer case is in