Starting And Stopping The Engine - Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Owner's Manual

Starting and Stopping the
Engine
Ignition lock
The vehicle key is inserted into the ignition lock on
the left of the steering wheel.
NOTICE
Risk of damage due to extra weight. If extra weight
has been added to the inserted driver's key such as a
heavy bunch of keys and/or a key fob, the ignition
lock may be damaged.
e Do not attach any extra weight to the inserted
driver's key.
Fig. 178: Inserting the vehicle key in the ignition lock
Information
The vehicle battery is discharged while the vehicle
key is inserted.
If the vehicle battery is empty, the vehicle key can
only be removed from the ignition lock using the
emergency release.
f Please see chapter „Emergency release of the
vehicle key" on page 238.
The ignition lock has three key ignition lock positions:
Fig. 179: Ignition lock settings
0 Initial position
1 Ignition on
2 Starting the engine

Starting and Stopping the Engine

0 – Ignition off (initial position)
In ignition lock setting 0 the engine and ignition are
off. The vehicle key can be inserted and removed in
this position.
1 – Ignition on
Most of the electrical equipment can be switched on.
The warning lights in the instrument panel light up as
a lamp check.
Information
If no consumers are switched on for 10 minutes after
the ignition has been switched on, the ignition has to
be switched on again.
The vehicle key must first be turned to ignition lock
position 0 (initial position).
The vehicle key cannot be removed while the ignition
is switched on or the engine is running.
2 – Start engine
After the engine is started, the vehicle key is
automatically turned back from position 2 to
position 1.
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