Honda Jazz 2021 Manual page 400

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Starting to Drive
1. Keeping your right foot on the brake pedal, check that the
then put the transmission into
2. With the electric parking brake applied, release the brake pedal and gently
depress the accelerator pedal.
u Make sure the parking brake and brake system indicator goes off.
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Hill start assist system
Hill start assist keeps the brake engaged briefly to help to prevent the vehicle from
rolling on inclines as you move your foot from the brake pedal to the accelerator.
Put the transmission into ( D ,
then release the brake pedal.
( D . Select ( R when reversing.
when facing uphill, or ( R when facing downhill,
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1Starting to Drive
You can also release the parking brake by pressing
indicator is on,
the electric parking brake switch while depressing the
brake pedal. When facing downhill, you can start
your vehicle more smoothly by manually releasing it
with the electric parking brake switch than by
releasing it with the accelerator pedal.
As a hybrid vehicle, the sounds and vibrations from
the engine may be absent even though the vehicle is
ready for driving. It also makes you fail to recognise
that you can start.
Make sure to check if the
you start to drive.
1Hill start assist system
Hill start assist may not prevent the vehicle from
rolling downhill on a very steep or slippery slope, and
will not operate on small inclines.
Hill start assist will operate even when VSA is
switched off.
Hill start assist is not a replacement for the parking
brake.
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indicator is on before
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