Audi R8 2017 Owner's Manual page 62

Dr iv ing
soon as you press the brake dow n harder,
the engine will switch off .
- The ign ition will turn off if you press the
I
STAR T ENGINE STOP !
button dur ing a stop
phase.
- When yo u stop and the st art -stop -syst em
turns the engine off, the ignition remains
on . Make sure the ignition is switched off
before you leave the vehicle or else the bat-
tery could dra in.
General information
The standard Start/Stop mode can be canceled
for different sys tem-related reasons.
Fig. 59 I ns t rum ent cluste r: engine st op temporari ly un-
ava ila ble
Engine does not switch off
Before eac h stop phase, the system checks if cer-
tain conditions have been met. For example, the
engine will not switch off in the following sit ua-
tions.
- The eng ine has not reached the mi nimum re-
quired temperature for Start/Stop mode .
- The interio r temperatu re selected by the A/C
system has not been reached .
- The outs ide temperatu re is ext reme ly high/ low .
- The windshield is defros t ing®.
- The pa rking system* is swi t ched on.
- The battery charge leve l is too low.
- The steer ing wheel is turned at a sharp a ngle or
is mov ing.
- After engaging the reverse gear .
- On sharp inclines.
fjj
a lso a ppea rs in the Infota inment syst em dis-
p lay as a notification .
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Engine automatically restarts
The standard Sta rt/Stop mode will be canceled
dur ing a st op phase in the following situ atio ns .
The eng ine restarts witho ut any action by the
drive r.
- The vehicle rolls, fo r example while on a slope .
- The inte rior t empe rature d iffers from the tem-
pera tu re selecte d in t he A/C syst em.
- The windsh ie ld is defrosting®.
- The brake pedal is pressed several times in a
row.
- The battery cha rge level becomes too low.
- Powe r consumption is hig h.
Ignition is switched off automatically
To prevent t he battery from draining, t he ignition
will switc h off
automatically
under the fo llow ing
cond it ions:
- The vehicle must have already been dr iven.
- The Start -Stop system has stoppe d t he engi ne.
- The d river's doo r must be ope n.
- The driver's safety belt m ust be unbuckled .
- The brake pedal must not be pressed.
- The vehicle must be stationa ry.
In t his case, t he swit ched on low be a m light is re-
placed by the park ing light and the message
Side
marker lights will switch off automatically in
30 minutes. See owner's manual
appears in the
Infotainment system d isplay. The s ide mar ke r
lights w ill switch off afte r approxim ate ly 30 m i-
nutes or when you loc k the vehicle.
If the Start -Stop system has not t urned the en-
gine off or if you have switched the Start-Stop
system off manually, the ign ition w ill not switch
off a utomat ically and t he engine will conti nue to
run ~ &..
A
WARNING
To reduc e t he risk of poiso ning, never a llow
the eng ine to run in co nfined sp aces .
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Tips
On vehicles wit h an automatic t ransm ission, if
you sh ift into t he D, N or S pos it ions after
-
sh ift ing int o reverse , th e vehi cle must be ..,.