2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder Owners Manual - Page 93

04 09.01 D When leaving the vehicle, stop the engine and park the vehicle with the gear engaged. In case you need to leave the vehicle with the engine running, apply the parking brakes firmly, and shift the selector lever in the "N" position. When the driver's door is opened with the selector lever in the "S" position while stopping with the engine running, warning buzzer (long pulse sound) will sound. 10 seconds later, the "N" indicator in the instrument cluster will also flash, and the system will automatically shift the transmission gear to the neutral gear position. If this happens on a hill when starting off the vehicle, the vehicle may move unexpectedly and cause an accident. NOTICE z Do not hold or stop the vehicle on a hill with the accelerator pedal applied. Otherwise, the warning buzzer (long pulse sound) will sound, and in some cases the engine will stall. It will also cause excessive damage to the clutch. z If the selector lever is operated more than necessary, the system may not allow operation of the selector lever for a certain period of time, and the gear may not be shifted appropriately. Therefore, do not operate the selector lever if not necessary. (i) Parking Unlike the automatic transmission, the sequential manual transmission does not have a parking position. The vehicle can be parked with the selector lever in any position. Apply the parking brake firmly, and while depressing the brake pedal, shift the selector lever into the "R" position on a level or downhill, and into the "S(1)" position on an uphill. SD16020 1: Uphill 2: Level or downhill To stop the engine: Check the transmission gear position by the gear position indicator, then turn the ignition switch off to stop the engine. Release the brake pedal after a few seconds. The selector lever will be locked in the position just before the ignition switch was turned off. You can check the gear position by the gear position indicator within 5 seconds after turning the ignition switch off. 2005 MR2 from Aug. '04Prod. (OM17527U) 93