Dr iv in g
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Brake the vehicle to a stop . The engine stops
shortly before the vehicle comes to a stop or if
the vehicle is stationary
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the brake pedal. The
D]; D] ind icator light ap -
pears in the display. The need le in the tachome-
ter also moves into the
READY position .
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The eng ine starts again when you take your
foot off the brake pedal. The ind icator light
tu rns off.
Addition al informa tion
The engine stops in the "P", "N" and "D" selector
lever positions .
If you select the "R" selector lever position during
a Stop phase, the engine will start again.
Shift to "P" quickly to prevent the engine from
starting unintentiona lly when shifting t hrough
IIRII.
You can determ ine for you rself if the engine will
stop or not by reducing or increasing the amount
of force you use to press the brake pedal. For ex-
ample, if you only light ly press on the brake ped-
al in stop-and-go traff ic or when turning, the en-
g ine will not switch off when the vehicle is sta-
tionary . As soon as you press the brake down
harder, the eng ine will switch off .
(D Tips
- Press the brake pedal during a Stop phase
to keep the veh icle from roll ing.
- The ignition will turn off if you press the
I STAR T ENGINE S T OP ! button* during a
stop phase . The needle in the tachometer
moves into the
OFF pos it ion .
General information
App lies to: vehicles with Sta rt/Stop system
Engine does not switch off
Before and during each stop phase, the system
checks if certa in cond itions have been met. If the
fjj indicato r light appears in the instr ument clus-
t er d isp lay, t he engine will no t be st opped, for
examp le in the fo llowing situations:
1) Market -spe cific
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- The engine has not reached the minim um re-
quired temperature for Start/Stop mode.
- The interior temperature selected by the cli-
mate control system* has not been reached.
- The ou t side tempe rat ure is extremely high/low.
- The windsh ield is being defrosted® .
- The parking system* is switched on .
- The vehicle battery charge level is too low .
- The steering wheel is turned at a sharp angle or
is moving.
- After engaging the reverse gear.
- On sharp inclines .
- At high altitudes .
Engine automaticall y restarts
The standard Start/Stop mode will be canceled
during a stop phase in the following situat ions.
The eng ine res t arts witho ut any act ion by the
drive r.
- The vehicle rolls, for example while on a slope .
- The interior temperature differs from the tem -
peratu re selected in the A/C system .
- The windsh ield is being defrosted® .
- The brake pedal is pressed several times in a
row.
- The vehicle battery charge level is too low.
- Power consumption is hig h.
The eng ine ca n tur n off aga in when the cond i-
t ions for Sta rt/S t op mode a re met
l ) .
Ignition is switched off automaticall y
To preve nt the vehicle battery from dra ining, the
ignition will sw itch off
automatically under the
fo llow ing cond it ions:
- The Start/Stop system has stopped the engine .
- The vehicle is stationary.
- You exited the vehicle .
In this case, the activated low beam is rep laced
by the pa rking light . The parking lights will
switch off after approximately 30 minutes or
when you lock the veh icle. .,.
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