BYD G3 AUTO Owner’s Manual
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When using D gear, to speed up
acceleration, please step the accelerator
pedal to the bottom to upshift the gear.
The transmission will upshift by one
grade or two grades according to the
speed you step on the accelerator
pedal.
S (sport) mode – when using sport
mode, push the gear shifting lever
upwards to upshift, and downwards to
downshift.
Release Lock by Gear Shifting
When you cannot get the lever out of P
gear by regular way (step down the
braking pedal), please use this device.
1. Shut down the engine and pull up the
hand brake.
2. Press P gear releasing button, and
switch the gear shifting lever from P
gear to N gear.
3. Step down braking pedal and restart
the engine.
If you need to release lock by gear
shifting, it means the car has fault. You
shall have your car checked by BYD
service station.
Hill Start
To protect CVT transmission, when
starting the car on steep slope, you shall
make hill starting assisted by parking
lever. Or the car may slide downwards,
which may result in damage to the
transmission.
Self-adaptive Update of Transmission
Clutch
You shall make self-adaptive update of
transmission clutch in the following
cases:
1. TCU program is updated.
2. A new TCU is installed.
3. A new gearbox is replaced.
The self-adaptive procedure of the
clutch is as follows:
1 Stop the car completely.
2 Run the engine.
3 Set throttle valve opening to 0%
(do not step the accelerator pedal).
4 Make the engine run at stable idle
speed.
5 Make the engine run with stable
torque.
6 Press footbrake.
7 Make the following gear shifting.
z
Shift from N gear to D gear for 4
times, staying at each position of N
gear and D gear for at least 6
seconds.
z
Shift from N gear to R gear for 4
times, staying at each position of N
gear and R gear for at least 6
seconds.
Parking Brake
When parking the car, apply the parking
brake firmly to prevent random move of
the car. To prevent the car from
unwanted move, when parking on flat
ground and uphill slope, it is
recommended to shift the gear lever to 1
position; when parking on downhill slope,
it is recommended to shift the gear lever
to R gear.
Before driving, make sure that parking
brake is released fully and the parking
brake indicator goes out.
To prevent the car from unwanted move,
after the car is stopped completely, you
shall apply the parking brake firmly. In
addition, it is recommended to shift the
gear shifting lever out of N gear,
specifically, to 1 gear on flat ground or
uphill slope or R gear on downhill slope.
Apply parking brake and shift the
transmission to non-N gear (1 gear is
recommended).
Park the car on flat and solid ground,
pull up parking brake firmly and shift the
transmission to non-N gear (1 gear is
recommended).
