Just bought an 08 5.6...Any suggestions. Real dissapointed

[Moto]

I have a 05 SE Off Road that doesn't have the manual mode either. I also have the 4.0 V6. I have the option of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and Drive. But, there is a small button under the "t" handle that will take it out of OD and downshift the tranny. I believe this is how you manually put it into 4th gear.

The newer pathfinders must have a slightly different tranny that incorporates a manual shift mode. What year is your pathfinder skinny? Nevermind, answered my own question. But new one, was the manual mode on the auto tranny an option in 08?

[TnLoneWolf]

Skinny2 has an 08 like mine, but 4x4 where mine is a 2 wd version.
My tranny sounds like yours...Moto

[Moto]

That may be the difference then LoneWolf. However, you should still have the button under your "t" handle.

[TnLoneWolf]

Yea Moto, I have the overdrive lockout button, I spoke of
it in my first post

[skinny2]

LoneWolf: I wonder if you have an S and not an SE. From what I understand, the S does not have the manual shift option. The reason I wonder is I recall you posted previously that yours doesn't have the auto latch on the rear hatch either and I believe that also was an SE feature. Do you have OEM running boards? Power pedals? Auto climate control? Large LCD screen? I believe those are standard on SE but not available on S.

The SE also has a chrome emblem on the rear hatch...although that could easily be stuck on there.

[Clay350]

All the 5 speeds are the same on this car wether it has OD lockout or manual mode. They just get fancy with manual mode when it actually is not anything like being a manual. Manual mode will still kick you down out of a gear when you don't intend for the tranny to do so.

[volvite]

Just returned home from my Christmas trip. On your original questions, when I had the cruise set at 80mph, just over 2k rpms, and came up to a situation that I needed to pass, I would step on the gas. If I put my foot into it, it would drop a gear and get up and go. If I just gently pushed on the gas, it would stay in 5th and increase the speed. Not sure if that helps you. To me it functions as it supposed to.

[hfrez]

See, now I'm really confused, I have no manual mode.
Just a "t" shifter with a small button on the left side of the shaft below
the button that unlocks the shifter so it can move that turns off the overdrive.. Did I buy an S that has SE badges on it?

That is becasue you have the base model called "S". anything above an SE has an automatic with a select gear shift transmission.