Mitsubishi Outlander: Vehicles with Sports mode
The transmission has 4 forward gears and 1 reverse gear.
The individual gears are selected automatically, depending on the position of the gear selector lever, the speed of the vehicle and the position of the accelerator pedal.
The selector lever has 2 gates; the main gate (1) and the manual gate (2).
NOTE
For information on manual gate operation, please refer to “Sports mode (Vehicles with Sports mode)” on page 5–22.
In the main gate, selector lever has 4 positions, and is equipped with a lock button (A) to avoid inadvertent selection of the wrong gear.
Button must be pushed
while the brake pedal is depressed to move the lever.
Button must be pushed
to move the lever.
Button need not be pushed
to move the lever.
WARNING
(1) If the button is always depressed to operate the selector lever, the
lever may be accidentally shifted into the “P”, “R”, “2”, or “L” position. Be sure
not to depress the button (A) when performing the operations indicated by in the
illustration.
(2) Always depress the brake pedal when shifting the selector lever
into a gear from the “P” (PARK) or “N” (NEUTRAL) position. When beginning to drive,
do not shift the selector lever form the “P” (PARK) or “N” (NEUTRAL) position while
depressing the accelerator pedal, doing so is dangerous because the vehicle will
“jump” forward or backward.
NOTE
If the brake pedal is not depressed and held, the shift-lock device activates to prevent the selector lever from being moved from the “P” (PARK) position to another position.
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Indicator lamps
A- Selector lever position indicator lamp B- “N” indicator lamp
The indication lamps in the instrument panel are for indication the selector
lever position and one of them will be illuminated
Selector positions
P - PARK
This position locks the transmission to prevent the vehicle from moving. The
engine can be started in this position.
R - REVERSE
Move the lever to this position only after the vehicle ha
A/T mode changeover switch (Except for vehicles with Sports mode)
Two drive modes, “AUTO” and “HOLD”, can be selected.
Each time you press the switch, the “AUTO” and “HOLD” modes will switch alternately.
When the “HOLD” mode is selected, the
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To listen to the radio
1. Press the PWR switch (1) or the AM/FM button (2) to turn ON the radio.
Press the PWR switch again to turn OFF the radio.
2. Press the AM/FM button (2) to select the desired band.
3. Turn the TUNE switch (4), or press the SEEK button (5 or 6) or memory select
buttons (3) to tune into a radio
If your vehicle is to be towed by another vehicle
1. Take out the towing hook, wheel nut wrench and jack bar. (Refer to “Tools
and jack”.)
2. Cover the tip of the jack bar with a cloth, then use it to remove the cover
(A) that is located on the front bumper.
3. Use the wheel nut wrench (B) to securely mount the towing hook (C).
4. Se
