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OPERATING YOUR VEHICLE
52RM0-01E
Actuation conditions for ENG
A-STOP system
Standby conditions
When all of the following conditions are
met while the vehicle is traveling, ENG A-
STOP system will be permitted:
• The engine is started with the hood com-
pletely closed.
• The “ENG A-STOP OFF” switch has not
been pressed to deactivate the ENG A-
STOP system.
• The lead-acid battery and the lithium-ion
battery are fully charged and the tem-
perature inside the lead-acid battery or
the lithium-ion battery is within the speci-
fied range (#1).
• The engine has warmed up and the
engine coolant temperature is within the
specified range.
• The driver is wearing seat belts.
• The driver’s door is completely closed.
• The hood is completely closed.
• No electronically controlled system
besides the ENG A-STOP system is
issuing a signal to inhibit stopping of the
engine (#2).
<Vehicle equipped with auto air condi-
tioner>
• The temperatures at air-conditioner out-
lets are sufficiently low in the cooling
mode or sufficiently high in the heating
mode.
• The defroster switch is in “OFF” position.
#1 If the vehicle has not been in use for an
extended period of time or the audio or
other electrical component was used
for an extended period of time while the
engine was stopped, the battery may
have discharged and it may take some
time before the standby mode is
achieved.
#2 If any of the warning and indicator lights
affecting the ENG A-STOP system
come on, the engine will not be stopped
automatically.
Automatic engine stop conditions
When all of the following conditions are
met under the standby conditions, the
engine will stop automatically when the
vehicle is decelerating to a stop or after the
vehicle has stopped:
• The gearshift lever is in “N” (Neutral)
position.
• The clutch pedal is released.
• The vehicle has decelerated to approxi-
mately 15 km/h (9 mph) or below.
• The accelerator pedal is not depressed.
• Neither the ABS nor ESP
®
is in opera-
tion.
• The negative pressure of the brake
booster is normal.
Automatic engine restart conditions
If one of the following operations is per-
formed or the vehicle enters one of the fol-
lowing modes during the automatic engine
stop, the engine will restart automatically
and the “ENG A-STOP” indicator (green)
will go off:
Common
• The clutch pedal is depressed.
• The “ENG A-STOP OFF” switch is
pressed to deactivate the ENG A-STOP
system.
• The lead-acid battery or the lithium-ion
battery has discharged substantially (#).
• A malfunction of the system is detected
(#).
• The negative pressure of the brake
booster has dropped (#).
<Vehicle equipped with auto air condi-
tioner>
• The temperatures at air conditioner out-
lets have changed considerably after the
automatic engine stop to the point of
affecting the cooling/heating perfor-
mance (#).
• The temperature selector has been
turned considerably to the COOL side in
the cooling mode or to the HOT side in
the heating mode (#).
• The defroster switch is turned to “ON”
position (#).
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