Sport Mode Operation

The sport mode was designed to simulate the performance driving of a manual transmission equipped vehicle. This means that, given certain driving conditions, the vehicle will maintain specific gears longer than a traditional automatic transmission would. In addition, if a person is driving in the normal mode in fifth gear, depressing the sport button will cause an immediate 5-4 downshift that will be maintained for ten seconds. If the transmission is in any other gear when sport is engaged, no downshift will take place. No attempt should be made to change or alter these operating characteristics.