2013 Ford Mustang Owner Manual Printing 3 - Page 165

164 Transmission Position S Moving the gearshift lever to position: • Provides additional grade (engine) braking and extends lower gear operation to enhance performance for uphill climbs, hilly terrain or mountainous areas. This will increase engine RPM during engine braking. • Provides additional lower gear operation through the automatic transmission shift strategy which reacts to vehicle inputs (vehicle acceleration, accelerator pedal, brake pedal and vehicle speed). • Gears are selected more quickly and at higher engine speeds. Note: The system will stay in position S until the gear shift lever is moved into another gear for example position P or position D. SelectShift Automatic® Transmission Your SelectShift automatic transmission gives you the ability to manually change gears if you would like. To use SelectShift, move the gearshift lever into position S. Now you can use the thumb toggle on the side of your gearshift lever to select gears. • Press (+) on the gearshift lever to manually upshift the transmission. • Press (-) on the gearshift lever to manually downshift the transmission. The information display in the instrument cluster will show the selected gear you are currently in. In order to prevent the engine from running at too low an RPM, which may cause it to stall, SelectShift will automatically make some downshifts even if it has determined that you have not downshifted in time. Although the SelectShift will make some downshifts for you, it will still allow you to downshift at any time as long as the SelectShift determines that the engine will not be damaged from over-revving. 2013 05+ Mustang (197) Owners Guide gf, 3rd Printing USA (fus)