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electrica l equipment such as exterior lights
will switch off as well when that happens.
Switching engine off
App lies t o: vehicles with Convenience key
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Bring your vehicle to a complete stop.
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Move the selector lever to the P or N position.
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Press the I STAR T ENGINE ST OPI button
¢ page 84, fig. 101.
Steering lock
The steering locks when you turn the engine off
using the
! START ENGINE STOPI button and
open the dr iver's door. The locked steering helps
prevent vehicle theft.
Emergency off
If necessary, the engine can be switched off with
the selector lever in the R or D/S position. The
engine stops if you press and ho ld the
I START ENGINE STOPI button at speeds below
6 mph (10 km/h) and press the brake pedal.
A WARNING
- Never turn off the engine before the veh icle
has come to a comp lete stop. The fu ll func-
t ion of the brake booster and the power
steering is not gua ranteed. You must use
more fo rce to turn or brake if necessary. Be-
cause you cannot steer and brake as you
usually wou ld, this could lead to crashes
and ser ious injuries.
- For safety reasons, you should a lways park
your vehicle with the selector lever in P.
Otherwise, the vehicle could inadvertently
roll away.
- The radiator fan can continue to run for up
to 10 m inutes even after you have turned
off the engine and removed the ignition key.
The radiator fan can also turn on again if the
engine coolant heats up because of intense
sunlight or heat bui ld-up in the engine com-
partment.
- Always take the key with you whenever you
leave you r vehicle. Othe rwise, the engine
cou ld be started or electrical equ ipme nt
D r iv ing
such as the power windows could be operat-
ed. This can lead to ser ious injury.
- Never leave chi ldren or persons requiring as-
sistance unattended in the vehicle. The
doors can be locked using the remote trans-
mitter, preventing people from escaping
from the vehicle on their own in the event of
a n emergency. Depending on the time of
year, people ins ide the veh icle can be ex-
posed to very high o r very low tempera-
tures.
0 Note
If the engine has been under heavy load for
an extended pe riod, heat bu ilds up in the en-
gine compartment afte r the engine is switch-
ed off - there is a risk of damaging the engine.
Allow the engine to run at idle for about two
minutes before switching it off.
Driver messages
Ignition is on
This message appears and a warning tone sounds
if you open the drive r's door when the ignit ion is
swit ched on.
No key ident ified
This message appears when the
I START ENGINE STOP !* button is pressed if there
is no master key inside the vehicle or if the sys-
tem does not recognize it. For example, the mas-
ter key cannot be recognized if it is covered by an
obje ct (e.g. aluminum brief case) which screens
the radio signal. Electr onic devices such as ce ll
phones can a lso interfere with the radio signal.
Press brake pedal to start engine
This message appears if you do not press the
brake pedal to start the engine.
Shift to N or P to start engine
This message appears when attempting to start
the engine if the se lector lever for the automatic
transm ission is not in the P or N position. The en-
gine can on ly be started with the se lector in
these positions.
Ill-
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