5-15
Driving Your Mazda
Starting and Driving
Form No. 8R29-EA-02I
3.0-liter engine model
Shifting up
If the vehicle speed is lower than the
speed specified for each gear, the gear
cannot be shifted up to a higher gear.
At kickdown, shifting up to each gear is
only possible at the following speeds or
higher:
Shifting down
If the vehicle speed is higher than the
speed specified for each gear, the gear
cannot be shifted down to a lower gear.
During deceleration, the gears shift down
automatically when speed is reduced to
the following:
If the vehicle is kicked down at the
following speeds or lower, the gears shift
down automatically:
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Recommendations for Shifting
Upshifting
2.3-liter engine
For normal acceleration and cruising, we
recommend these shift points.
3.0-liter engine
For normal acceleration and cruising, we
recommend these shift points.
Gear Vehicle speed
M1
→
M2
You can shift up to M2
whether the vehicle is
stopped or moving.
M2
→
M3 10 km/h (6 mph)
M3
→
M4
Between 25 and 63
km/h (15 and 39 mph),
depending on how
much the accelerator
pedal is depressed.
M4
→
M5
Between 44 and 86
km/h (27 and 53 mph),
depending on how
much the accelerator
pedal is depressed.
Gear Vehicle speed
M2
→
M3 45 km/h (27 mph)
M3
→
M4 69 km/h (42 mph)
M4
→
M5 177 km/h (109 mph)
Gear Vehicle speed
M5
→
M4 194 km/h (120 mph)
M4
→
M3 133 km/h (82 mph)
M3
→
M2 87 km/h (53 mph)
M2
→
M1 46 km/h (28 mph)
Gear Vehicle speed
M5
→
M4
Between 44 and 86
km/h (27 and 53 mph),
depending on how
much the accelerator
pedal is released.
M4
→
M3
Between 25 and 63
km/h (15 and 39 mph),
depending on how
much the accelerator
pedal is released.
M3 or M2
→
M1 10 km/h (6 mph)
Gear Vehicle speed
M5
→
M4 177 km/h (109 mph)
M5
→
M3 69 km/h (42 mph)
M4
→
M3 69 km/h (42 mph)
M4
→
M2 45 km/h (27 mph)
M3
→
M2 45 km/h (27 mph)
M1 to M2 24 km/h (15 mph)
M2 to M3 40 km/h (25 mph)
M3 to M4 65 km/h (40 mph)
M1 to M2 24 km/h (15 mph)
M2 to M3 40 km/h (25 mph)
M3 to M4 65 km/h (40 mph)
M4 to M5 73 km/h (45 mph)
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