BYD L3 AUTO, Owner'S Manual

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BYD L3
AUTO Owner’s Manual
2-6 Tips on Driving BYD L3
Significance of Checking Engine
Oil Level
One of the key points in vehicle
maintenance is to keep the engine oil
at optimum level, which allows normal
function of the engine oil. In one word,
it is important to check the engine oil
level
regularly. You are
recommended to check the engine oil
level every time you refill gasoline.
NOTE
If the engine oil level is not
checked regularly, insufficient
engine oil may result in severe
engine faults.
For details on checking engine oil
level, please refers to ―
Check Engine
Oil Level
‖ in Section 7-2.
Gear Shift
Manual Transmission
For stable running, the manual
transmission is synchronized on all
forward gears. A lock-up device is
available to prevent gear shift directly
from 5
th
gear to reverse gear. In gear
shift, you shall step the clutch pedal to
the bottom; do not stay your feet on
the clutch pedal when you are not
make gear shift, otherwise the clutch
wear may be speeded up.
WARNING
Shift to R gear only after the car
stops completely, otherwise the
transmission may be damaged.
After stepping on the clutch pedal,
you shall wait for a few seconds
before shift to reverse gear, or shift to
a forward gear and wait for a few
seconds. In this way, the gears will
stop rotating, avoiding milling on each
other.
In deceleration, downshift can provide
additional braking force from the
engine. Such additional braking force
helps to keep the car at safe speed,
especially on downhill road it can
prevent the brake from overheating.
NOTICE
On slippery road surface, high
acceleration
and deceleration
may cause the car out of control.
Once a collision occurs, you may
suffer personal injury.
Take special care when driving
on slippery road.
CVT Transmission
Position of Gear Shift Lever
Gear shift lever has four positions.
When starting the engine the lever
shall be in P (Parking) gear or N
(Neutral) gear. When you park the
car at D, N or R gear, you shall step
on braking pedal forcibly with the feet
away from accelerator pedal.
P gear
– at this position the
transmission is locked up
mechanically. The lever shall be at
this gear when starting/shutting down
the engine. To get out of this gear,
step on the braking pedal with your
feet away from the accelerator pedal.
If the procedure above fails to get
gear shift lever out of P gear, please
refer
to ―
Release Gear Shift Locking
‖.