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Driving your vehicle
Auto start
To restart the engine in the auto
stop mode
• Release the brake pedal.
- When Auto Hold (if equipped with
EPB (Electronic Parking Brake))
is activated, if you release the
brake pedal, the engine will be in
the auto stop state. However, if
you depress the accelerator
pedal, the engine will start again.
The auto stop indicator ( ) goes
OFF on the instrument cluster, when
the engine is restarted.
The engine is automatically restart-
ed in the following situations.
• The fan speed of the automatic cli-
mate control system is set above
the 6th position, with the air condi-
tion ON.
• A certain period of time has
elapsed with the air condition ON.
• The defroster is activated.
• The brake vacuum pressure is low.
• The battery is weak.
• The vehicle is shifted to P (Park) or
R (Reverse) when the brake pedal
is depressed or the Auto Hold (if
equipped with EPB (Electronic
Parking Brake)) is activated.
• The door is opened or seat belt is
unfastened when the brake pedal
is depressed or Auto Hold (if
equipped with EPB (Electronic
Parking Brake)) is activated.
• The EPB is pressed when the Auto
Hold is activated. (if equipped with
EPB (Electronic Parking Brake))
The auto stop indicator ( ) blinks
in green for 5 seconds on the instru-
ment cluster.
The auto start is temporarily deac-
tivated in the following situations.
• When the shift lever is shifted from
N (Neutral) to R (Reverse), D
(Drive) or Manual shift mode with-
out the brake pedal depressed. A
message "Press brake pedal for
Auto Start" will appear on the LCD
display. To activate auto start,
depress the brake pedal.
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