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OPERATING YOUR VEHICLE
52RM0-01E
• During the automatic engine stop, the
engine may shut down, accompanied
by an interior buzzer or restarted, to
ensure safety.
For details, refer to the section, “Points to
note during the automatic engine stop”.
NOTE:
• Engine auto stop function during decel-
eration will be ready once the vehicle
runs at a speed exceeding 10 km/h
(6 mph) after restart of the engine.
• Even if the engine did not stop automati-
cally before the vehicle came to a stop
(still traveling at approximately 15 km/h
(9 mph) or less), the engine may stop
automatically once the vehicle stops.
• The audio and other electrical compo-
nent can be used during the automatic
engine stop, but the air conditioner will
switch to the fan mode.
• If the vehicle is equipped with an auto air
conditioner, the fan speed will be limited
during the automatic engine stop (only in
the auto control mode) to keep the cabin
air-conditioned for a longer time.
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3) Regardless of whether the vehicle has
stopped or not, depressing the clutch
pedal will restart the engine and “ENG
A-STOP” indicator (green) (1) will go
off.
While the engine is stopped automatically,
depressing the clutch pedal will restart the
engine consuming fuel. Therefore, for fuel
economy, it is recommended to depress
the clutch pedal just before the vehicle
start.
• Without depressing the clutch pedal, the
engine may restart automatically if the
automatic engine restart conditions are
met.
For details, refer to the section, “Auto-
matic engine restart conditions”.
Points to note during the automatic
engine stop
When the following operations are per-
formed during the automatic engine stop,
the engine may shut down, accompanied
by an interior buzzer or restarted, to
ensure safety.
• When the hood is opened, an interior
buzzer will sound intermittently and the
engine will come out of the automatic
engine stop mode and shut down. The
“ENG A-STOP” indicator (green) will go
off.
• When the driver releases the seat belt or
opens the driver’s door, the engine will
restart automatically. The “ENG A-
STOP” indicator (green) will blink for
approximately 5 seconds and then go
off.
• During the automatic engine stop, if the
gearshift lever is shifted to a position
other than “N” without depressing the
clutch pedal and open the driver’s door
with the driver’s seat belt unfastened, an
interior buzzer will sound and the engine
will shut down without control of auto-
matic engine stop. The “ENG A-STOP”
indicator (green) will go off.
NOTE:
The power steering warning light, oil pres-
sure warning light and charge warning light
on the meter panel do not come on during
the automatic engine stop, but they will
come on once the engine shuts down.
NOTICE
During the automatic engine stop, do
not shift the gearshift lever to a posi-
tion other than “N” without depressing
the clutch pedal. If the gear shift lever
is in a position other than “N”, the
engine will not restart automatically
even if the clutch pedal is depressed.