Mazda Not a Manual manual Shift position indicator Gear position indicator

Driving Your Mazda

Starting and Driving

Indicators

Manual shift mode indicator

In manual shift mode, the “M” of the shift position indicator in the instrument panel illuminates.

Gear position indicator

The numeral for the selected gear illuminates.

Shift position indicator

Gear position indicator

NOTE

If the gears cannot be shifted down when driving at higher speeds, the gear position indicator will flash twice to signal that the gears cannot be shifted down (to protect the transmission).

Shifting

You can shift gears up and down by operating the shift lever or the steering shift switches.

NOTE

lIf the steering shift switches on both sides (left and right) are operated simultaneously,

the gear will shift once.

lThe gear will not shift if the UP switch and DOWN switch are operated simultaneously.

Manually Shifting up

(M1 → M2 → M3 → M4 → M5 → M6) To shift up to a higher gear, move the shift lever back ( ) once.

To shift up to a higher gear with the steering shift switches, tap either of the UP switches toward you once with your fingers.

UP switches

WARNING

Keep your hands on the steering wheel rim when using fingers or thumbs on the steering shift switches:

Putting your hands inside the rim of the steering wheel when using the steering shift switches is dangerous. If the driver's air bag were to deploy in a collision, your hands could be impacted causing injury.

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