DRIVING YOUR HYUNDAI 2- 7
C090A01L-GAT AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE (4A/T, 5A/T)
HXG065In the main gate, selector lever has 4/ 5 positions, and is equipped with abutton to avoid inadvertent wrong se-lection. NOTE:
Depress the brake pedal and push the button when shifting. Push the button when shifting.The selector lever can be shiftedfreely.
The first few shifts on a new ve- hicle, or if the battery has been taken away and reinstalled, may besomewhat abrupt. This is a normalcondition, and the shifting se-quence will become normal aftershifts are cycled a few times by T.C.M (Transaxle Control Module).o Exercise extreme caution when driv- ing on a slippery surface. Be espe- cially careful when braking, acceler-ating or shifting gears. On a slipperysurface, an abrupt change in ve- hicle speed can cause the drive wheels to lose traction and the ve-hicle to go out of control.
WARNING:
o The risk of rollover is greatly in- creased if you lose control of your vehicle at highway speeds.
o Loss of control often occurs if two or more wheels drop off the roadway and the driver oversteersto reenter the roadway.
o In the event your vehicle leaves the roadway, do not steer sharply.Instead, slow down before pull-ing back into the travel lanes.
o In a collision crash, an unbelted person is significantly more likelyto die than a person wearing a seatbelt. The highly efficient Hyundai automatic transaxle has four/five forward speedsand one reverse speed. The individual speeds are selected automatically, depending on the position of the speedselector lever. The selector lever has 2gates; the main gate and the manualgate.
NOTE: For information on manual gate operation, refer to "Sports Mode".
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DRIVING YOUR HYUNDAI 2- 9
C090F01L-GAT Sports mode Whether the vehicle is stationary or in motion, sports mode is selected bypushing the selector lever from the "D"position into the manual gate. To re-
turn to "D" range operation, push the selector lever back into the main gate.In sports mode, moving the selectorlever backwards and forwards canmake gearshifts rapidly simply. In con-trast to a manual transaxle, the sports mode allows gearshifts with the acceleator pedal depressed. HXG200
+ (UP)
- (DOWN) UP (+)
: Push the lever forward
once to shift up one gear.
DOWN (-) : Pull the lever backwards
once to shift down onegear.
SKIP : By rapidly moving the se-
lector forward or backwardtwice, it is possible to skipone gear, i.e. 1st to 3rd or3rd to 1st . NOTE:
o In sports mode, only the four/five
forward gears can be selected. To reverse or park the vehicle,move the selector lever to the "R"or "P" position as required.
o In sports mode, downward shifts are made automatically when thevehicle slows down. When thevehicle stops, 1st gear is auto-matically selected.
o To maintain the required levels
of vehicle performance and safety, the system may not ex- ecute certain gearshifts when theselector lever is operated.
o When driving away on a slippery road, push the selector lever to-ward into the +(UP) position. This cause the transaxle to shift into the 2nd gear which is better forsmooth driving away on a slip-pery road. Push the selector le-ver to the -(DOWN) side to shiftback to the 1st gear.
! CAUTION:
o Upward shifts do not take place automatically in sports mode. The driver must execute upward shifts in accordance with prevailing road conditions, taking care tokeep the engine speed below thered zone.
o By rapidly moving the selector lever backwards (-) twice, it is possible to skip one gear, i.e., 3rd to 1st, 4th to 2nd or 5th to 3rd.Since sudden engine brakingand/or rapid acceleration can
cause a loss of traction, how-ever, downshifts must be made carefully in accordance with the vehicle's speed.
