Japanese to English.

nasaman,

I am not a Japanese gentleman, but I do have a 14yo daughter who can read Japanese.

It was a bit out of her league but that button controls the gears shifting in the automatic transmission.

The hold button will hold the gears for a longer time or a higher rev range before changing up.

The power button will keep the gear box from going to over drive and change down quicker.

If you can let us know what vehicle this is out of, and I would guess a Surf, with the similar type of vehicle in Australia and with the same type of button a more accurate explanation might be able to be found.

Wayne

Mate I reckon I can tell you without knowing Japanese.

The hold button will hold the auto trans in whatever gear you have it in at the time and the power button will hold the auto in gears longer as you acellerate.

This site has a Japanese -english translator, I use it all the time

www.engrish.com/faq.php

Thank you .
However the Japanese I have on the web site is a scan of the manual page .
For this reason I cant cut and past the text because the page is a graphic.jpg
Presents a bit of a problem with text.

I own a Subaru Impreza 4WD here in NZ and it has a similar switch.

Quote from owners handbook:
"With the select lever in the 2,3 & D gearing, with the Snow Hold Mode switch ON should the road surface be slippery from ice, snow, mud etc the transmission will automatically change to help the wheels from free spinning to help give you a much smoother drive and smoother start."
and
"The switch can be pushed in any gear however this system will only be operational in 2,3 & D gearing."

Power - Overdrive switch:
This is useful when driving up hills or passing on motorways when a boost of speed is needed"

The above may be unrelated or perhaps of some use.

Neville

This may not have anything to do with the above described button but it reminds me of when my mate called on uhf and said "I am in low range 1st and foot down but I cant get over this obstacle and the wheels are not slipping"
Anyway he remembered the power/economy button and over he went. (Prado automatic)

I wont bore you with the odyssey of getting my hilux with the trailer over same.

Owen

Nasaman

I have this butten in my terrano. From experience when on "HOLD", it stays in the gear longer before shifting down. I suppose it makes sense snow driving.
"Power" definetely revs more, or stays in the gear longer before shifting up.