Driring Your Mn da
Starting the Engine
1. Occupanls should fasten their
seat
be1ts.
2. Make sure the
parkingbrake
is
on.
3. Depress ihe brake
pedal.
4.
(Manu6l
transaxle)
Depress the clutcb
pedal
all the way
and shifl into neutral.
K€ep $e
pedal
depressed while
cranking the engine.
(Automatic
rransaxle)
Put the vehicle in
park (P).
Ifyou must
resiart the engine whjle ihe v€hicle is
moving,
shifi
into
neutral
(N).
6. After slaning the engine, lel it idle for
about 10 seconds.
NOTE
In
extremely
cold wealhe!
below
18"C
(0'F),
or
after
the
!'ehicle
has
stood
idle
several days, le! lhe engine
warm up without operating the
5. Tum th€ ignition
switch to the START
position
and hold
(up
to l0
seconds
at
a tirne) until ihe engine shns.
NOTE
The starter will nol operate.-.
.
If the
shift
lever
is not in P or N
.
Ifthe clutch
pedal
is not
pushed
down
all lhe
way
(manual).
Ac.turroN
Don't try the slari,er for more ihan 10
seconds at a time.Ifthe engine stalls
or fails to start, wait 10 seconds
before trying again-
Olherwise,
you
may damage the starler and drain the
5.4
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