# Automatic to manual shift mode

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/automatic-to-manual-shift-mode/42053>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** pontiac, g6, manual-transmissions, shifters\
**Created:** [January 8, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/automatic-to-manual-shift-mode/42053 "2010-01-08T01:15:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![g6oops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ee7513/32.png) [@g6oops](https://community.cartalk.com/u/g6oops)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/automatic-to-manual-shift-mode/42053/1 "2010-01-08T01:15:21Z")

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I HAVE A 2007 PONTIAC G6 GTP THAT HAS THE AUTOMATIC AND MANUAL SHIFTER. I LOVE MY CAR SINCE I REALIZED HOW HELPFUL MANUAL CAN BE IN THE SNOW. AT WHAT SPEED CAN I SHIFT INTO MANUAL? ONLY LESS THAN 5 MPH? AND IS IT POSSIBLE TO SHIFT OUT OF MANUAL BACK INTO DRIVE AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED IF THE ROAD CONDITION IMPROVES?

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**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/automatic-to-manual-shift-mode/42053/2 "2010-01-08T01:22:13Z")

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Any speed, if you are going too fast for that speed it won’t execute the shift. Note , park is not a speed.

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**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/automatic-to-manual-shift-mode/42053/3 "2010-01-08T01:31:35Z")

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I think that if you read your owner’s manual it will answer that question for you, and many more that you didn’t even think to ask.  
Please stop yelling.

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**Author:** ![g6oops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ee7513/32.png) [@g6oops](https://community.cartalk.com/u/g6oops)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/automatic-to-manual-shift-mode/42053/4 "2010-01-08T01:37:08Z")

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the answer could not be found in the owner’s manual nor could my mechanic answer my question

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**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/automatic-to-manual-shift-mode/42053/5 "2010-01-08T03:15:32Z")

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You have an automatic with a ‘requested gear selection’ feature. Your not making the transmission shift the gears, your asking the transmission controller to shift into a particular gear. You can pop in and out of so-called ‘manual’ mode at any speed without damage.

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**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/automatic-to-manual-shift-mode/42053/6 "2010-01-08T03:29:21Z")

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From the owner’s manual, page 133.  
“The transaxle will only allow you to shift into gears  
appropriate for the vehicle speed and engine  
revolutions per minute (RPM):  
? The transaxle will not automatically shift to the  
next higher gear if the engine RPM is too high.  
? The transaxle will not allow shifting to the next  
lower gear if the engine RPM is too high.”