Mazda CX-3: When Driving / Automatic Transaxle

Recommendations for Shifting

Upshifting For normal acceleration, Mazda recommends these shift points: For cruising, Mazda recommends these shift points: Downshifting When you must slow down in heavy traffic or on a steep upgrade, downshift before the engine starts to overwork...

Automatic Transaxle Controls

Various Lockouts: - Indicates that you must depress the brake pedal and hold in the lock-release button to shift (The ignition must be switched ON)...

Other information:

Mazda CX-3 (2015-2026) Owner's Manual: Driving Position Memory (Some models)

The desired driving position can be called up after programming the position. The following driving positions can be programmed. Driver’s seat position (seat slide, height adjustment, front edge of seat bottom, seat recline) Refer to Adjusting the Driver's Seat...

Mazda CX-3 (2015-2026) Owner's Manual: Traffic Sign Recognition System (TSR)(Some models)

The TSR helps prevent the driver from overlooking traffic signs, and provides support for safer driving by displaying traffic signs on the active driving display which are recognized by the Forward Sensing Camera (FSC) or recorded in the navigation system while the vehicle is driven...