Chrysler 300 2012 User manual

2012 LX 300
Manual Park Release Operation
Owner’s Manual Extract
For Reference Only

6. Move the shift lever to the NEUTRAL position.
7. The vehicle may then be started in NEUTRAL.
8. Reinstall the rubber tray in the storage bin.
MANUAL PARK RELEASE — 8 SPEED
TRANSMISSION (3.6L Engine)
WARNING!
Always secure your vehicle by fully applying the
parking brake, before activating the Manual Park
Release. Activating the Manual Park Release will
allow your vehicle to roll away if it is not secured by
the parking brake or by proper connection to a tow
vehicle. Activating the Manual Park Release on an
unsecured vehicle could lead to serious injury or
death for those in or around the vehicle.
In order to push or tow the vehicle in cases where the
transmission will not shift out of PARK (such as a dead
battery), a Manual Park Release is available.
Shift Lever Override
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Follow these steps to use the Manual Park Release:
NOTE: To prevent the vehicle from rolling unintention-
ally, firmly apply the parking brake.
1. Remove the console storage bin to access the Manual
Park Release lever.
2. Using a small screwdriver or similar tool, fish the
tether strap up through the opening in the console base.
3. Insert the screwdriver into the slot in the center of the
lever, and disengage the spring steel lever locking tab by
pushing it to the right.
Console Storage Bin Locking Tab
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4. While holding the locking tab in the disengaged
position, pull the tether strap to rotate the lever up and
rearward, until it locks in place in the vertical position.
The vehicle is now out of PARK and can be towed.
Release the parking brake only when the vehicle is
securely connected to a tow vehicle.
To Reset The Manual Park Release:
1. Push the latch (at the base of the lever, on the rear side)
rearward (away from the lever) to unlatch the lever.
2. Rotate the Manual Park Release lever forward and
down, to its original position, until the locking tab snaps
into place to secure the lever.
3. Pull up gently on the tether strap to confirm that the
lever is locked in its stowed position.
4. Tuck the tether strap into the base of the console.
Reinstall the console storage bin.
Tether Strap
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2013 DS 1500
Manual Park Release Operation
Owner’s Manual Extract
For Reference Only

ManualParkRelease‐MPR

InordertopushortowthevehicleincaseswherethetransmissionwillnotshiftoutofPARK
(suchasadeadbattery),aManualParkReleaseisavailable.Followthesestepstoactivatethe
ManualParkRelease:
1.Firmlyapplytheparkingbrake.
2.Usingatrimstickorsimilartool,removetheManualParkReleaseaccesscover,which
isjustabovetheparkingbrakereleasehandle,belowandtotheleftofthesteering
column.
3.Usingasmallscrewdriverorsimilartool,presstheManualParkReleaseleverlocking
tab(justbelowthemiddleofthelever)totheright.
4.Whileholdingthelockingtabinthedisengagedposition,pullthetetherstrapto
rotatetheleverrearward,untilitlocksinplacepointingtowardsthedriver'sseat.
ReleasethelockingtabandverifythattheMPRleverislockedinthereleasedposition.
5.ThevehicleisnowoutofPARKandcanbetowed.Releasetheparkingbrakeonly
whenthevehicleissecurelyconnectedtoatowvehicle.
ToresettheManualParkRelease:
1.Pushthelockingtabtotheright,tounlockthelever.
2.RotatetheManualParkReleaseleverforwardtoitsoriginalposition,untilthelocking
tabsnapsintoplacetosecurethelever.
3.Pullgentlyonthetetherstraptoconfirmthattheleverislockedinitsstowed
position.
4.Re‐installtheaccesscover.
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