Owner`s manual

108 Driving and operating
If in Sport, Mountain or Hold mode,
the mode may become unavailable
and the vehicle will return to Normal
mode. The indicator light goes off and
a DIC message displays.
Driver Information Centre (DIC) 3 67.
Sport mode
Sport mode provides more
responsive acceleration than Normal
mode, but can reduce efficiency. Use
Normal mode whenever possible.
Press DRIVE MODE to select Sport
mode. Press DRIVE MODE again to
return to Normal mode and it
becomes active after three seconds.
Each time the vehicle is started, it will
return to Normal mode.
Control indicator Sport3 64.
Mountain mode
Mountain mode should be selected at
the beginning of a trip before climbing
steep, uphill grades and when
expecting to drive in very hilly or
mountainous terrain. This mode
maintains a reserve electrical charge
of the high voltage battery to provide
better grade climbing performance.
While driving in Mountain mode, the
vehicle will have less responsive
acceleration. Mountain mode will not
change normal vehicle braking
performance for steep downhill
grades.
Press DRIVE MODE to select
Mountain mode. If steep hill driving is
expected, it is recommended to select
Mountain mode at least 20 minutes
before driving on steep grades. This
will allow the vehicle time to build
a sufficient battery charge reserve.
If Mountain mode is not selected for
these conditions, propulsion power
may be reduced and the engine
speed may increase.
The engine may run when Mountain
mode is selected, depending on high
voltage battery charge, to build
reserve battery charge for uphill
climbs. If Mountain mode is entered
with a sufficient battery charge
reserve, the estimated electric range
will adjust accordingly and any
battery charge reserve still unused
upon exiting Mountain mode will be
added back to the electric range
display.
Press DRIVE MODE again to return
to Normal mode and it becomes
active after three seconds.