Hill start assist system; Starting to Drive; Stopping the Engine- Page 441

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When Driving

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Starting the Engine

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Driving

1.

Depress and hold the brake pedal, then press the 

ENGINE START/STOP

 button.

2.

Keeping your right foot on the brake pedal, put the transmission into 

(

D

. Select 

(

R

 when reversing.

3.

With the parking brake applied, release the brake pedal and gently depress the 
accelerator pedal.

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Make sure the parking brake and brake system indicator (red) goes off.

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Parking Brake

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Hill start assist system

Hill start assist keeps the brake engaged briefly to help prevent the vehicle from 
rolling on inclines as you move your foot from the brake pedal to the accelerator.

Put the transmission into 

(

D

, 

(

S

*

, or 

(

L

*

 when facing uphill, or 

(

R

 when facing 

downhill, then release the brake pedal.

You can turn the engine off when the vehicle is completely stopped.

1.

Put the transmission into 

(

P

.

2.

Press the 

ENGINE START/STOP

 button.

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Starting to Drive

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Stopping the Engine

1

Starting to Drive

The engine stops when the transmission is taken out 
of 

(

P

 before the 

ENGINE START/STOP

 button is 

pressed. Follow step 1 when starting to drive.

You can also release the parking brake by pressing 
the electric parking brake switch while depressing the 
brake pedal.
When facing downhill, you can start your vehicle 
more smoothly by manually releasing it with the 
electric parking brake switch than by releasing it with 
the accelerator pedal.

When the engine was started using the 

 button on 

the remote key

When the engine was started using the 

 button on the remote key

When the engine was started in any case

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Hill start assist system

Hill start assist may not prevent the vehicle from 
rolling downhill on a very steep or slippery slope, and 
will not operate on small inclines.

Hill start assist is not a replacement for the parking 
brake.

Hill start assist will operate even when VSA

®

 is 

switched off.

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Stopping the Engine

The power mode will automatically turn to VEHICLE 
OFF about 20 minutes after the following conditions 
have been met:

•

A door has been opened, such as when leaving the 
vehicle.

•

The transmission is in 

(

P

.

•

The driver’s seat belt is not fastened.

* Not available on all models