When Driving - Mazda CX-8 Owner's Manual

When Driving

Starting the Engine
1. Make sure the parking brake is on.
2. Continue to press the brake pedal firmly until
the engine has completely started.
3. Put the vehicle in park (P). If you must restart
the engine while the vehicle is moving, shift
into neutral (N).
4. Press the push button start after the push
button start indicator light (green) turns on.
(SKYACTIV-D 2.2)
• The starter does not rotate until the glow indicator light turns off.
• If the ignition is left switched ON for a long period of time without the engine
running after the glow plugs are warmed up, the glow plugs may warm up again
which will illuminate the glow indicator light.
• When starting the engine, do not release the brake pedal until the glow indicator
light in the instrument cluster turns off and the engine starts, after pressing the
push button start.
• If the brake pedal is released before the engine starts, depress the brake pedal
again and press the push button start to start the engine.
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For details, refer to Section 4, "Start/Stop Engine".
Indicator light
Push button start