Starting The Engine; Start&Stop System - Alfa Romeo ALFA TCT Supplement Manual

STARTING THE ENGINE

The car is fitted with an electronic engine lock device. If the vehicle
fails to start, refer to the "Alfa Romeo CODE system" paragraph, in
the "Knowing your car" chapter, in the Owner Handbook.
Starting is only permitted with gear lever in position P or N (with or
without brake pedal pressed).
On starting, the system is at N or P (the latter means neutral, but
with the car's wheels locked mechanically).
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START&STOP SYSTEM
With the car stationary and the Start&Stop system activated (see the
Owner Handbook), the engine stops if the gear lever is in a position
other than R.
The Start&Stop system does not operate when the gear lever is in R,
in order to make parking manoeuvres easier.
When stopped facing uphill, switching off the engine is deactivated
to make the "HILL HOLDER" function available (active only with
engine running, as described in the "Knowing your car" chapter in
the Owner Manual).
The engine restarts automatically if:
❒ the brake pedal is released and the lever is not at N or P;
❒ the lever is shifted to an unstable position: +, − or R;
❒ the lever is moved from D to the left in sequential mode;
❒ by the + or – levers on the steering wheel (for versions/markets,
where provided)
During the car switching off and on sequence, the system passes
through the automatic engagement of neutral and the display shows
N.
IMPORTANT In some conditions (for example with small gradients and
brake pedal not fully depressed), engine switching off is not
deactivated. In this case, fully depress the brake pedal to make the "HILL
HOLDER" function available and restart the engine, using the gear lever
or the levers on the steering wheel (for versions/markets, where
provided) as described previously.