Owner`s manual

BYD G3 AUTO Owner’s Manual
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Gear Shift
Manual Transmission
For stable running, the manual
transmission is synchronized on all
forward gears. A lock-up device is
available to prevent gear shift directly
from 5
th
gear to reverse gear. In gear
shift, you shall step the clutch pedal to
the bottom; do not stay your feet on the
clutch pedal when you are not make
gear shift, otherwise the clutch wear
may be speeded up.
Note
Shift to R gear only after the car
stops completely, otherwise the
transmission may be damaged.
After stepping on the clutch pedal, you
shall wait for a few seconds before shift
to reverse gear, or shift to a forward
gear and wait for a few seconds. In this
way, the gears will stop rotating,
avoiding milling on each other.
In deceleration, downshift can provide
additional braking force from the engine.
Such additional braking force helps to
keep the car at safe speed, especially
on downhill road it can prevent the brake
from overheating.
！Warning
On slippery road surface, high
acceleration and deceleration may
cause the car out of control. Once
a collision occurs, you may suffer
personal injury.
Take special care when driving on
slippery road.
CVT Transmission
Position of Gear Shift Lever
Gear shift lever has four positions.
When starting the engine the lever shall
be in P (Parking) gear or N (Neutral)
gear. When you park the car at D, N or
R gear, you shall step on braking pedal
forcibly with the feet away from
accelerator pedal.
P gear – at this position the transmission
is locked up mechanically. The lever
shall be at this gear when
starting/shutting down the engine. To
get out of this gear, step on the braking
pedal with your feet away from the
accelerator pedal.
If the procedure above fails to get gear
shift lever out of P gear, please refer to
―Release Gear Shift Locking‖.
To avoid damaging the transmission,
you shall shift to P gear only after the
car stops completely.
R gear – for gear shift from P gear to R
gear, please refer to description on P
gear. To shift from N gear to R gear, you
shall stop the car completely first.
N gear – to restart the engine after it
stalls, or to stop the car temporarily with
the engine running idle, you can use N
gear. You shall shift to P gear whenever
you leave the car.
D (driving) gear – it is used in driving.
The transmission will select proper
gears according to vehicle speed and
acceleration, When the engine is cold,
you can feel that the transmission
upshifts quickly, which is helpful to warm
up the engine.