Driving - Mini COUNTRYMAN 2018 Owner's Handbook Manual

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Driving

Vehicle equipment
This chapter describes all standard, country-
specific and special equipment available for
the model series. Therefore equipment
which is not installed in your vehicle, for
example on account of the optional equip-
ment selected or the country specification,
may also be described here. This also ap-
plies to safety-relevant functions and sys-
tems. Comply with the relevant laws and
regulations when using the corresponding
functions and systems.
Start/stop button
Principle
The ignition is switched on or
off and the engine is started
by pressing the start/stop but-
ton.
Steptronic transmission: the
engine starts in selector lever position P or
N if the brakes are applied when the start/
stop button is pressed.
Manual gearbox: the engine starts if the
clutch pedal is pressed when pressing the
start/stop button.
Ignition on
Manual gearbox: press the start/stop but-
ton, do not press the clutch pedal.
Steptronic transmission: press the start/
stop button, do not apply the brake.
All systems are operational.
Most of the indicator and warning lamps in
the instrument cluster are illuminated for
different lengths of time.
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To save battery power when the engine is
off, switch off the ignition and any unneces-
sary power consumers.
Ignition off
Manual gearbox: press the start/stop button
again, do not press the clutch pedal.
Steptronic transmission: press the start/
stop button again, do not apply the brake.
All indicator lamps in the instrument cluster
extinguish.
To save battery power when the engine is
off, switch off the ignition and any unneces-
sary power consumers.
Safety measures
With the vehicle stationary and the engine
shut down, the ignition is switched off auto-
matically under the following circumstan-
ces:
– When locking, even with the low-beam
headlights switched on.
– Shortly before the battery is discharged
so that an engine start remains possible.
This function is only available with the
low-beam headlights switched off.
– When opening or closing the driver's
door, if the driver's seat belt is unfas-
tened and the low-beam headlights are
switched off.
– When the driver's seat belt is unfas-
tened, if the driver's door is opened and
the low-beam headlights switched off.
– When opening the front doors, if there
is no other person on the front seats.
– After some minutes without further op-
eration, the low-beam headlights are
changed over to side lights.