STARTING AND DRIVING
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Stop the car with the foot brake and then
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keep your foot on the brake pedal - the
engine stops automatically.
In drive mode
Comfort
or
may auto-stop before the car is completely
stationary.
With adaptive cruise control or Pilot Assist
activated, the engine auto-stops approxi-
mately 3 seconds after the car has stopped.
Autostart
The following is required for the engine to
auto-start:
Release the brake pedal - the engine will
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autostart and you can continue driving. On
an uphill gradient hill start assist (HSA
engages, which prevents the car from roll-
ing backwards.
When the Auto Hold function is activated,
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auto-start is delayed until the accelerator
pedal is depressed.
When adaptive cruise control or Pilot
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Assist is activated, the engine will auto-
start when the accelerator pedal is
depressed, or by pressing the
on the left keypad of the steering wheel.
Maintain foot pressure on the brake pedal
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and depress the accelerator pedal - the
engine auto-starts.
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Hill Start Assist
436
On a downhill gradient: Release pressure
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on the brake pedal slightly so that the car
begins to roll - the engine will auto-start
after a slight speed increase.
Eco
, the engine
Symbols in the driver display
The symbol
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ometer when the function is available.
A pointer in the tachometer points to
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the engine is auto-stopped.
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The symbol
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the function is not available.
No symbol is shown when the function is
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deactivated.
button
is shown in the tach-
when the function is active and
is greyed out when
The function is active and the engine is auto-stopped.
For cars with the eight-inch driver display, the
symbol is displayed at the bottom of the
speedometer.
Related information
Deactivating the start/stop function
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(p. 437)
Conditions for the Start/Stop function
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(p. 437)
Start/stop function (p. 435)
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Help when starting on a hill (p. 420)
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Automatic braking when stationary
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(p. 419)