Shifter A/T: Description and Operation

AutoStick Switch

AutoStick is a driver interactive transmission feature that offers manual gear shifting capability to provide you with more control. The AutoStick allows you to maximize engine braking, eliminate undesirable upshifts and downshifts, and improve overall vehicle performance. This system can also provide you with more control during passing, city driving, cold slippery conditions, mountain driving, trailer towing, and many other situations.

When the shift lever is moved into the AutoStick position, the transaxle remains in whatever gear it was using before AutoStick was activated. Moving the shift lever to the left causes a downshift and moving to the right causes an upshift. The instrument cluster will illuminate the selected gear. The vehicle can be launched in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd gear while in the AutoStick mode. The speed control is operable in 3rd and 4th gear AutoStick mode. Speed control will be deactivated if the transaxle is shifted to 2nd gear. Shifting into the overdrive position cancels the AutoStick mode, and the transaxle resumes the OD shift schedule.