BYD L3 AUTO, Owner'S Manual

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BYD L3
AUTO Owner’s Manual
Tips on Driving BYD L3 2-7
To avoid damaging the transmission,
you shall shift to P gear only after the
car stops completely.
R gear
– for gear shift from P gear to
R gear, please refer to description on
P gear. To shift from N gear to R gear,
you shall stop the car completely first.
N gear
– to restart the engine after it
stalls, or to stop the car temporarily
with the engine running idle, you can
use N gear. You shall shift to P gear
whenever you leave the car.
D (driving) gear
– it is used in driving.
The transmission will select proper
gears according to vehicle speed and
acceleration, When the engine is cold,
you can feel that the transmission
upshifts quickly, which is helpful to
warm up the engine.
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 shift lever
upwards to upshift, and downwards to
downshift.
Release Lock by Gear Shift
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 shift lever from P gear
to N gear.
3. Step down braking pedal and
restart the engine.
If you need to release lock by gear
shift, 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.