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hood!. Otherwise the vehicle will immediately start to move -
sometimes
even
if
the parking brake is firmly applied
-
risk of an
accident!
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Before you or other persons open the hood and work on a
running engine, the selector lever must be moved to P and the
parking brake applied firmly - risk of an accident! Follow the
warning stickers
=>
page 211,
"Engine compartment".
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Tips
If you have inadvertently shifting
into
N while the vehicle is moving,
you should
remove
your
foot
from the accelerator and wait until
the
engine speed has dropped to idle before shifting back to Dor
S.
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Selector
lever lock
The selector lever lock prevents
a
gear from
being
engaged accidentally and unintentionally
setting the
vehicle in motion.
Fig.
88 Selector lever
locks
The selector lever lock is released as follows:
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Switch the ignition on.
Step
on
the brake pedal
and
simultaneously
hold down
the release
button.
Automatic
selector
lever lock
The
selector lever is
locked
in the P and N positions when the igni-
tion
is on. To
move
the
lever
from these positions the driver must
depress the brake pedal. As a reminder to the driver, the following
warning appears in the instrument cluster display when the selector
is in P and
N:
To start engine or select gear apply foot brake when stationary
The selector lever
lock
is effective only when the vehicle
is
stationary and at speeds below 5 km/h
.
At higher speeds, the
lock in
the N
position is automatically
switched
off.
The
selector lever
is
not locked when rapid shifts are made through
the
N
position
(e.g.
from R to DI. This allows you to "rock" the vehicle
if
it becomes stuck. If the lever is in
the N
position for more than
1
second wi
t
h the brake pedal not depressed
,
the selector
lock
engages automatically.
Release
button
The release button in the selector lever
handle prevents
accidental
shifts into certain selector lever positions. When you press the
release button,
the
selector lever lock
is
cancelled. In
the
illustra-
tion
,
the positions in which the release button has to be pressed are
highlighted
in
color
=>
fig. 88.
Ignition
key removal
lock
The
ignition
key can only be remove after the
ignition
is switched off
if the selector lever is in
P.
As long as the ignition key is removed, the
selector lever is locked in
P.
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Tips
If the
selector lever
does not
engage,
there
is a malfunction. The
engine is disabled to prevent the vehicle from driving off uninten-
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