70 n
Starting the engine Switching off the engine
D o n ot p re ss th e a c c elera tor p e d al
w hil e startin g th e e ngin e.
D o n ot a ctu a t e th e starter for to o
sh ort a tim e , b ut d o n ot a ctu a t e it
for m ore th a n a p pro x. 2 0 s e c o n d s.
R ele a s e th e ig nitio n k e y im m e diately
w h e n th e e n gin e st arts.
D o n ot allo w th e e n gin e to w arm u p b y
le a vin g it ru nnin g w hile th e v e hicle
re m ains statio n ary. Inst e a d, b e gin
drivin g im m e diately at a m o d erat e
e ngin e s p e e d. <
If th e e ngin e d o es n ot start o n th e first
att e m pt (if it is v e ry h ot or c old, f or
insta n c e):
> Pre s s th e a c c ele rator p e d al h alf w a y
d o w n w hile e n g a gin g th e start er.
C ol d starts a t v ery lo w t e m p era ture s,
startin g at a b out + 5 7 (– 1 5 6) a n d
at hig h altitu d e s o v er 3, 3 0 0 ft
(1, 0 00 m e t ers):
> O n th e first start atte m pt, e n g a g e th e
starter for a lo ng er p erio d (a p prox.
10 s e c on d s).
> Pre s s th e a c c ele rator p e d al h alf w a y
d o w n w hile e n g a gin g th e start er.
E n gin e idl e s p e e d is c o ntrolle d b y th e
e ngin e c o m puter s yst e m . In cr e as e d
s p e e d s at start- u p are n orm al a n d
sh o uld d e cr e as e a s th e e n gin e w arm s
u p . If e n gin e s p e e d d o e s not d e cre a s e,
s e rvic e is re q uir e d.
T o pre v e nt th e b attery fro m
dis c h argin g, al w a y s d e a ctiv a t e ele c -
tric al d e vic e s th at are not in us e . S w itc h
th e ig nitio n off w h e n th e v e hicle is n ot
b ein g driv e n.
Turn th e ig nitio n k e y t o p o sitio n 1 or 0.
D o n ot re m o v e th e ig nitio n k e y
w hil e th e v e hicl e is still m ovin g .
If y ou did so, th e ste erin g lo c k w o uld
e ng a g e w h e n th e ste ering w h e el is
turn e d.
W h e n e v er y o u le a v e th e v e hicl e , al w a y s
re m ov e th e ig nitio n k e y a n d lo c k th e
ste erin g w h e el.
V e hicle s with m a n u al tra ns m is sio n:
Alw ays a p ply th e p arkin g bra k e
w h e n p arking o n slo p e s a n d in clin e d
surf a c es, sin c e p la cin g th e s hift le v er
in 1st g e ar or re v ers e m a y n ot pro vid e
a d e q u a t e re sista n c e to rollin g .
V e hicle s with a uto m a tic tra ns mis sio n :
Pl a c e th e s ele ctor l e v er in " P ark. " <
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