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When Driving

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Starting the Engine

Driving

1.

Depress and hold the brake pedal, then press the 

ENGINE START/STOP

 button.

2.

Keeping your right foot on the brake pedal, press the 

 button. 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 goes off.

2

Parking Brake

 P. 638

2

If the Transmission System Indicator Blinks along with the Warning 
Message

 P. 744

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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.

Change the gear position to 

(

D

 or 

(

S

 when facing uphill, or 

(

R

 when facing 

downhill, then release the brake pedal.

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Starting to Drive

1

Starting to Drive

The engine stops when the gear position is changed 
from 

(

P

 before the 

ENGINE START/STOP

 button is 

pressed. Follow the step 1 when starting to drive.

You can also release the parking brake by pulling 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

*

When the engine was started using the 

 button on the remote

*

When the engine was started in any case

D/S

1

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.

* Not available on all models

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