Dodge 2014 Challenger SRT, Owner'S Manual

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4. Make sure the steering wheel is pointing straight.
5. Fully depress the clutch pedal and make sure the
vehicle is in first gear.
6. While holding the clutch depressed, rapidly apply the
accelerator pedal to wide open throttle. The engine
speed will hold at the pre-selected launch rpm. The
default engine speed is 3500 rpm.
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Messages will appear in the cluster EVIC display to
inform the driver if one or more of the above
conditions (3 through 6) have not been met.
7. When conditions 3 through 6 have been met, the
cluster EVIC display will read “Launch Ready Release
Clutch”. Release the clutch quickly and continue to
hold wide open throttle to launch Execute shifts as
described in the section: Manual Transmission – Shift-
ing.
8. Keep the vehicle pointed straight.
Launch control will be active until the vehicle reaches
62 mph (100 kph), at which point the ESC system
continues in ESC Partial mode. Activating Launch Con-
trol again from this state will require pressing the “ESC
OFF” button once. Repeat steps 3 through 8.
Launch control will abort before launch completion and
display “Launch Aborted” in the cluster under any the
following conditions:
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The brake is applied during launch.
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The ESC system detects that the vehicle is no longer
moving in a straight line.
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The “ESC OFF” button is pressed to change the ESC
system to another mode. One press puts the ESC
system into ESC Full-On.
NOTE: After launch control has been aborted, the vehicle
will resort back to ESC Full ON.
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