After fording through pages of the manual I found that there is a kickdown button behind the gas pedal. When you press accelerator to the floor it engages the feature, kicks down transmission and changes engine rpm.

Excuse me if I am late on this one! I had been doing it manually.

 

One other thing, using the button doesn't switch you over to manual shifting, which has the 8 second delay before going back into auto.

 

This is the button you DON'T want to push, if you're towing a good load.....

 

I think this is pretty standard on all automatic cars. You floor it and it kicks down for presumed passing acceleration.

JohnH

 

This is my first time owning an automatic.