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,&_ WARNING
- Never turn off the engine before the veh icle
has come to a complete stop . The full func-
tion of the brake booster and the power
steering is not guaranteed. You must use
more force to turn or brake if necessary . Be-
cause you cannot steer and brake as you
us ually wou ld, this could lead to crashes
and ser ious injuries.
- To red uce the risk of injuries, make s ure that
the Start-Stop-System is turned off when
wor king in the eng ine compartment
r:::;,page 90.
(D Note
Always sw itch off the Start -Stop-System
when dr iving th rough water c::> page 90.
Starting/stopping the engine
Applies to: veh icles with Start -Stop -System
Fig. 103 Inst rument clust er: Engin e swit ched off (stop
phase)
.,. Slow the vehicle to a stop using t he brake and
keep pressing the brake pedal. The engine will
switch off . The [I] indicator light appears in the
instrument cluste r display and
ft¼• a lso
appears in the tr ip computer .
.,. When you take your foot off the brake peda l,
the engine restarts. The ind icator light tu rns
off .
Additional information
The engine will switch off in the P, D/S and N po-
sitions as we ll as in manual mode. In the P pos i-
tion, the engine will also remain off if you take
your foot off the brake pedal. The engine starts
D r ivi ng
again when you select anoth e r se lector lever po -
sition and take your foot off the brak e pedal.
If you se lect t he R posi t ion during a Stop ph ase,
the engine will st art ag ain.
Shift from D/S to P q uickly to prevent the eng ine
from st arting un intent ional ly when shift ing
th rough R.
You can determine for yourse lf if the engine will
stop or not by red ucing or increasing the amount
of for ce you use to press the brake pedal. For ex-
amp le, if yo u only light ly press on t he brake ped-
al in st o p-and and-go traffic o r whe n tu rning , the
engine will not switch off when the vehicle is sta -
tionary. As soon as you press th e brake down
harder, the engine will switch off .
(D Tips
- Press t he brake peda l during a stop phase to
keep the vehicle from rolling.
- The ignitio n will turn off if you press the
!STAR T ENGINE ST OPI * button dur ing a
stop phase .
- The image in the d is play is sligh t ly differen t
in some models.
General information
Applies to: vehicles with Start-Stop-System
The standard Start-Stop-mode can be cancelled
for different system -related reasons .
Fig. 104 Instr ument cluster: Eng ine-Stop tem porarily un-
availabl e
Engine will not switch off
Befo re each stop phase, t he system checks if cer-
t ain cond itions have been met. For exa mple, t he .,.
89
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