Suzuki VITARA Series Manual page 249

OPERATING YOUR VEHICLE
Automatic transaxle vehicles
1) Depress the brake pedal to decelerate
while the gearshift lever is in the "D"
position will automatically stop the
engine before the vehicle is stopped
(approximately 9 km/h (6 mph) or less).
At the same time, the ENG A-STOP
indicator light (green) will remain on.
•The engine is not stopped automati-
cally if all of the conditions to stop the
engine automatically are not met,
even if the brake pedal is pressed
down to decelerate. For details on the
conditions for automatically stopping
the engine, refer to "Conditions to stop
the engine automatically" in this sec-
tion.
•To ensure safety when the engine is
stopped automatically, the interior
buzzer may sound and the engine will
stall, or the engine may be restarted.
EXAMPLE
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NOTE:
• The engine is not stopped automatically
when decelerating without depressing
the brake pedal, for example, by using
engine braking.
• The engine may be stopped automati-
cally when the vehicle is stopped, even if
the engine is not stopped automatically
before stopping the vehicle (approxi-
mately 9 km/h (6 mph) or less).
• Electrical components, such as the navi-
gation system or audio system, can be
used while the engine has been stopped
automatically, however, the air condi-
tioner switches to the ventilation posi-
tion.
• For the automatic heating and air condi-
tioning system, airflow is limited (only
under automatic operation) when the
engine is stopped automatically, in order
to improve the cooling and heating per-
formance.
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2) When you remove your foot from the
brake pedal, regardless of whether it is
before or after stopping the vehicle, the
engine is restarted and the ENG A-
STOP indicator light (green) goes off.
•The engine is restarted automatically if
the conditions to restart the engine
automatically are met, even if the
brake pedal is depressed.
For details on the conditions for auto-
matically restarting the engine, refer to
"Conditions to restart the engine auto-
matically" in this section.
EXAMPLE
NOTE:
The hill hold control system is activated
when the engine is restarted automatically.
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