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1) Make sure the parking brake is set fully.
2) Shift to "N" (Neutral) and fully depress
the clutch pedal. Hold the clutch and
brake pedals fully depressed.
(1)
3) The "PUSH START SWITCH" message
will appear on the information display in
the instrument cluster. Push the engine
switch (1). When the engine is started,
the starter motor will automatically stop.
NOTICE
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NOTE:
• You do not need to keep the engine
switch pressed to start the engine.
• The engine of a manual transaxle vehi-
cle will not start unless the clutch pedal
is depressed.
• During the engine starting procedure,
messages on the information display will
help you. Refer to "Information Display"
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in the "BEFORE DRIVING" section for
details.
• You should turn off such loads as the
headlights and air conditioning system to
facilitate starting of the engine.
• Even if you fail to start the engine, the
starter motor will stop operating auto-
matically after a short time. After the
starter motor has stopped or if there is
some problem with the system, the
starter motor will rotate only while the
engine switch is being pressed.
• Depress the engine switch to stop the
engine after the vehicle stopped com-
pletely.
• In case of emergency, you can stop the
engine by quickly pushing the engine
switch more than 3 times, or pushing
and holding the engine switch more than
2 seconds while the vehicle in motion.
NOTE:
Except in emergency, do not stop the
engine while the vehicle in motion.
The steering and braking operation will
require more efforts when the engine
stopped.
Refer to "Braking" in this section.
• If the engine has been stopped and
stayed as it as for while after the engine
was stopped unexpectedly or was raced
before stopped, a clicking sound may be
heard from around the engine when
engine restarted. This is not a malfunc-
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