Ford Focus Owners Manual: Manual transmission
All vehicles
CAUTIONS:
Do not engage reverse gear when the vehicle is moving. This can cause damage to the transmission.
Do not apply any undue lateral force to the gear lever when changing from 5th to 4th gear. This could lead to the inadvertent selection of 2nd gear and can cause damage to the transmission.
Selecting reverse gear
On some vehicles it is necessary to raise the collar whilst selecting reverse gear.
Transmission
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Automatic transmission
WARNING:
It is not possible to tow-start or
push-start a vehicle fitted with an
automatic transmission. See Using
booster cables.
Selector lever positions
Park P
Reverse R
Neutral N
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Ford Focus Range Selection
The transaxle range selector has 5 positions: P, R, N, D, L.
Park
In selector lever position P, no gear is selected. The parking pawl is engaged
manually by the selector lever cable and the manual control lever shaft.
For safety reasons, always apply the parking brake whenever the vehicle ...
