brake system checked and repaired immedi-
ately at aqualified specialist workshop. Always
pay attention to the warning lamps and mes-
sages in the display.
When the vehicle is stationary and the trans-
mission is in neutral, the enginehas delayed
throttle response.
X
Select ashift range (Y page 114).
X
Release the brake pedal or parkingbrake
and slowly depress the accelerator pedal.
X
When starting ajourney, carry out abrake
test.Observe the road and traffic conditions
when doing so.
Warm up the enginequickly by driving at mod-
erate enginespeeds. After approximately 10
to 20 minutes, the enginewill reach its operat-
ing temperature of between approximately
185 to 212 ‡(85 to 100 †), dependingon
the outside temperature.
You can utilize the full enginepower output
oncethe enginehas reached normal operating
temperature.
Automatic engine shutoff
Important safetynotes
The vehicle is equipped with engineprotection
which reduces engineoutput or switches the
engineoff if acritical operatingstatus is
reached.
In this way, damage to the vehicle enginecan
be prevented.
Critical operatingstatuses include:
R
Coolant temperature is too high
R
Coolant level is too low
R
Oil temperature is too high
R
Oil pressure is too low
R
Malfunction identified in the emissionscon-
trol system
G
WARNING
If the engineisswitched off while the vehi-
cle is in motion,safety-relevant functions
are restricted or not available. This can
affect the power steering, for example. To
steer,you will require considerably more
force. There is arisk of an accident.
Pay attention to the event messages in the
on-board computer.
Carefully, bring the vehicle to ahalt and
park, paying attention to traffic conditions.
Notifyaqualified specialist workshop.
If the on-board computer event message
shows ; CHECK or ; STOP,then a
critical operatingstatus has been identified.
The ; indicator lamp in the instrument
cluster also lights up.
The engineoutput is reduced automatically. If
the malfunction persiststhen engineshutoffis
initiated automatically.
X
Pull over as soon as it is safe to do so.
Pay attention to the countdown event mes-
sage on the on-board computer when doing
so.
X
Notifyaqualified specialist workshop.
If the engine is switched off before the
vehicle has been parked safely:
X
Switchoff the ignition for five seconds.
X
Start the engineagain.
X
Park the vehicle, paying attention to road
and traffic conditions.
X
Notifyaqualified specialist workshop.
Overriding automatic engine shutoff
Shutdown/Override switch
If the vehicle cannot be parked safely within
the time indicated on the on-board computer,
automatic engineshutoffcan be prevented
using the Shutdown/Override switch.
Driving
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Driving mode
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