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WARNING
- Never turn off the engine before the veh icle
has come to a complete stop . The full func-
tion of the brake booster and the power
steering is not guaranteed. You must use
more force to turn or brake if necessary . Be-
cause you cannot steer and brake as you
us ually wou ld, this could lead to crashes
and ser ious injuries.
- To red uce the risk of injuries, make s ure that
the Start-Stop-System
is turned off when
wor king in the eng ine compartment
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Note
Always sw itch off the Start -Stop-System
when dr iving th rough water
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Starting/stopping the engine
Applies to: veh icles with Start -Stop -System
Fig. 103
Ins t rument clust er: Engin e swit ched off (stop
phase)
.,. Slow the vehicle to a stop using t he brake and
keep pressing the brake pedal. The engine will
switch off . The
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indicator light appears in the
instrument cluste r display and
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a lso
appears in the tr ip computer .
.,. When you take your foot off the brake peda l,
the engine restarts. The ind icator light tu rns
off .
Additional information
The engine will switch off in the P, D/S and N po-
sitions as we ll as in manual mode. In the P pos i-
tion, the engine will also remain off if you take
your foot off the brake pedal. The engine starts
D r ivi ng
again when you select anoth e r se lector lever po -
sition and take your foot off the brak e pedal.
If you se lect t he R posi t ion d uring a Stop ph ase,
the engine will st art ag ain.
Shift from D/S to P q uickly to prevent the eng ine
from st arting un intent ional ly when s hift ing
th rough R.
You can determine for yourse lf if the engine w ill
stop or not by red ucing or increasing the amount
of for ce you use to press the brake pedal. For ex-
amp le, if yo u only light ly press on t he brake ped-
al in st o p-and and-go traffic o r whe n tu rning , the
engine will not switch off when the vehicle is sta -
tionary. As soon as you press th e brake down
harder, the engine w ill switch off .
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Tips
- Press t he brake peda l during a stop phase to
keep the vehicle from rolling.
- The ignitio n will turn off if you press the
! STAR T ENGINE
ST OPI *
button dur ing a
stop phase .
- The image in the d is play is sligh t ly differen t
in some models.
General information
Applies to: vehicles with Start-Stop-System
The standard Start-Stop-mode can be can celled
for different system -related reasons .
Fig. 10 4
Instr ument cluste r: Eng ine-Stop tem por arily un-
availabl e
Engine will not switch off
Befo re each stop phase, t he system checks if cer-
t ain cond itions have been met. For exa mple, t he .,.
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