Mazda 6 Owners Manual: Recommendations for Shifting
Upshifting
For normal acceleration, Mazda recommends these shift points:
For cruising, Mazda recommends these shift points:
Downshifting
When you must slow down in heavy traffic or on a steep upgrade
, downshift before the engine starts to overwork. This reduces the chance of stalling and gives better acceleration when you need more speed. On a steep downgrade
, downshifting helps maintain safe speed and prolongs brake life.
Gear Shift Indicator (GSI)
The Gear Shift Indicator (GSI) supports you to obtain optimum fuel economy and
smooth driving. It displays the selected gear position in the instrument cluster
as well as notifies the driver to ch ...
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Mazda 6 Owners Manual: Essential Information
Introduction
Be careful not to hurt yourself when inspecting your vehicle, replacing a tire,
or doing some kind of maintenance such as car washing.
In particular, wear thick work gloves such as cotton gloves when touching areas
that are difficult to see while inspecting or working on your vehi ...
Mazda 6 Owners Manual: Distance-to-empty
This displays the approximate distance you can travel on the remaining fuel based
on the fuel economy.
The distance-to-empty will be calculated and displayed every second.
NOTE
Even though the distance-to-empty display may indicate a sufficient amount
of remaining driving distance befor ...