Quick question, my dad (like my brother, also a plonka) bought a Mazda Premacy. Does anyone know what the S is? And what the small button does on the stick?

Isn't it winter mode? The little button on the shifter possibly allows you to choose 3,2,1 rather than D,S,L?

S is Second and the small button is 'hold'....

 

Section 5-11:

 

http://dl.mypdfmanuals.com/new/external_light.php?id=2739461&RDM=63148&brand=MAZDA&ref=PREMACY&real_ref=PREMACY&real_ref_top=PREMACY&langueM=&key=1a759daab8b460481a1bdcf22a9f4313&security=fb80b898ac57ccfb1f1334d9629ecadb&host=mypdfmanuals.com&errorURL=http%3A%2F%2Fmypdfmanuals.com%2Fdref%2F2739461&n1=558&n2=3295&res=978&modeSC=M&direct=1

 

Gaz

Is the little button to allow you to get it into neutral if there is a problem?

The little button drops it in and out of Over Drive, & shows that on the Dash if it is the same as my Suzuki Automatics.

 

On mine which are 4 Gears, it drops it to 3rd, 

i use that for Decelerating instead of touching the brakes.

(press in or out, drop a gear.)

 

'L' is Low, & good for Crawling along slowly, towing something on slippy ground etc.  

 

I do not have 'S',

but in the case of that car i take it as being 'Snow',  Winter/Slippy Driving,

Stops it going up to top Gear.

 

Some can think of it as Sport, because its like being in 'D' and having the little button pushed and 'O/D' off.

Or as Snow, Spirited, 

Sometimes lost in Translation.

 

If it is Totally Different from my Suzuki, but i have found the Autoboxes on them to be much the Same Box.

The only Difference is i also have a Transfer box with a Second Lever & Lower Gearing.

 

That is a Similar Gearbox as to on the Mazda Bongo - Ford Freda Camper/ People Carriers,  Mazda-Ford Parts.

Google is your friend:

 

http://mypdfmanuals.com/dref/2739461

 

It is 'Hold' Mode, which seems to hold it in 1, 2 or 3.