Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2018 Operating Instructions Manual page 117

Starting the engine
Starting the vehicle with the start/stop but‐
ton
& WARNING Risk of accident and injury
due to children left unattended in the
vehicle
If children are left unattended in the vehicle,
they could:
open doors, thereby endangering other
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persons or road users.
get out of the vehicle and be hit by
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oncoming traffic.
operate vehicle equipment and become
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trapped, for example.
In addition, children could also set the vehicle
in motion, for example, by:
releasing the parking brake.
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shifting the automatic transmission out of
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park position j or shifting manual trans‐
mission into neutral.
starting the engine.
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When leaving the vehicle, always take
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the key with you and lock the vehicle.
Never leave children and animals unat‐
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tended in the vehicle.
Keep the vehicle key out of reach of
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children.
Requirements:
the key is in detection range of the aerial
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( page 45) and the key battery is not dis‐
/
charged.
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Vehicles with manual transmission:
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depress the clutch pedal.
Vehicles with automatic transmission:
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shift the transmission to position j or i.
Depress the brake pedal and press button
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once.
If the vehicle does not start: switch off unnec‐
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essary consumers and press button
If the vehicle still does not start and the dis‐
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play message Place the key in the marked
space See Owner's Manual
multifunction display: start the vehicle in
emergency operation mode.
Starting the vehicle in emergency operation
mode
& WARNING Risk of accident and injury
due to children left unattended in the
vehicle
If children are left unattended in the vehicle,
they could:
open doors, thereby endangering other
R
persons or road users.
get out of the vehicle and be hit by
R
oncoming traffic.
operate vehicle equipment and become
R
trapped, for example.
In addition, children could also set the vehicle
in motion, for example, by:
releasing the parking brake.
R
shifting the automatic transmission out of
R
park position j or shifting manual trans‐
mission into neutral.
starting the engine.
R
When leaving the vehicle, always take
#
the key with you and lock the vehicle.
Never leave children and animals unat‐
#
tended in the vehicle.
Keep the vehicle key out of reach of
#
children.
If the vehicle does not start and the display mes‐
sage Place the key in the marked space See
Owner's Manual appears in the multifunction dis‐
play, you can start the vehicle in emergency oper‐
ation mode.
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1 once.
appears in the