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HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS
Ignition llock
Electronic eengine bblock
When switching ignition on vehicle and
key automatically compare data. This is
displayed by a pilot light in the dash-
board. See “Warning lamps” chapter.
If the wrong (i.e. false) key is used, the car
will not start and the immobiliser pilot
light will come on.
Petrol eengines
1 –– Ignition aand eengine sswitched ooff:
Steering ccan bbe llocked.
2 –– Ignition oon
3 –– Starting eengine
Diesel eengines
1 –– FFuel ssupply ccut ooff aand eengine
switched ooff:
Steering ccan bbe llocked.
2 –– GGlow pplugs // nnormal rrunning
position
To avoid unnecessary strain on the bat-
tery, do not use any other major electrical
equipment while the glow plugs are pre-
heating.
3 –– SStarting eengine
For aall vvehicles:
Position 11:
To lock the steering wheel withdraw the
key and turn the wheel until you hear the
pin engage.
In vehicles with automatic gearbox the
key can only be turned to position
1
and
withdrawn when the selector lever is in
the “
P
” position.
Warning
On vvehicles wwith mmanual ggearbox,
never rremove tthe kkey ffrom tthe
steering llock wwhile tthe vvehicle iis
moving. OOtherwise tthe ssteering
wheel mmay llock uunexpectedly.
Position 22:
If the key is difficult to turn in the lock,
move the steering wheel until the key
turns freely.
Position 33:
Before the starter can be operated a sec-
ond time the key must be turned back to
position
1
. This prevents the starter motor
from engaging while the engine is run-
ning, as this could damage the starter.
Ignition kkey llock*
On vehicles with an automatic gearbox*
after switching off the ignition the igni-
tion key can only be withdrawn if the
selector lever is in the “
P
” position.
When the ignition key has been with-
drawn the selector lever is locked in this
position.
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