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

WHAT TO DO IN EMERGENCIES 459

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

460 WHAT TO DO IN EMERGENCIES

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

WHAT TO DO IN EMERGENCIES 461

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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