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OPERATING YOUR VEHICLE
80SS5-01E
Automatic stopping/restarting of
the engine
Manual transmission vehicles
1) With the brake pedal depressed, decel-
erate the vehicle.
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2) When decelerating at approximately
15 km/h (9 mph) or less with the clutch
pedal depressed and the gearshift lever
shifted to “N”, and then release the
clutch pedal, the engine will stop auto-
matically.
The ENG A-STOP indicator light
(green) (1) will come on.
• The ENG A-STOP system will not
stop the engine automatically if all the
automatic engine stop conditions are
not met.
For details, refer to the section, “Oper-
ating conditions of ENG A-STOP sys-
tem”.
• 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, “Precau-
tions of when the engine is stopped auto-
matically”.
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.
• If the engine stalled by a rapid clutch
operation, the engine may restart when
the gearshift lever is in “N” (Neutral)
position, the clutch lever is depressed,
and other standby conditions are met.
• 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 light (green) (1) will
go off.
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.
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