Going into engine START mode
The "ECO" warning lamp
goes off and the engine
starts with the electronic
gearbox system :
-
gear lever in position A or M , re-
lease the brake pedal,
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or gear lever in position N and the
brake pedal released, move the
gear lever to position A or M ,
-
or engage reverse gear.
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Special cases: START invoked
automatically
START mode is invoked au-
tomatically when:
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the driver's door is open,
-
the driver's seat belt is not fas-
tened,
-
the speed of the vehicle exceeds
7 mph (11 km/h) with the elec-
tronic gearbox system,
-
the electric parking brake is be-
ing applied,
-
some special conditions (battery
charge,
engine
temperature,
braking assistance, ambient tem-
perature...) where the engine is
needed for control of a system.
In this case the "ECO" warning lamp
fl ashes for a few seconds, then goes
off.
This operation is perfectly normal.
Deactivation
At
any
time,
press
the
OFF" switch to deactivate the system.
This is confi rmed by the switch warn-
ing lamp coming on accompanied by
a message in the screen.
If the system has been deactivated
in STOP mode, the engine restarts
immediately.
Reactivation
Press the "ECO OFF" switch again.
The system is active again; this is
confi rmed by the switch warning
lamp going off and a message in the
screen.
The system is reactivated auto-
matically at every new start using
the key.
"ECO