On the road
Driving
Drive-ready state
Turning on the drive-ready state
1. Close the driver's door.
2. Depress the brake pedal.
3. Press the Start/Stop button.
Drive-ready state is activated:
▷ Starting of combustion engine.
▷ Drive-ready state for electric driving without
starting the engine.
Turning off drive-ready state
1.
Engage selector lever position P with the
vehicle stopped.
2. Set the parking brake.
3. Press the Start/Stop button.
The engine is switched off.
Auto Start/Stop function
The Auto Start/Stop function helps save fuel.
The system switches off the combustion en-
gine when conditions for electric driving have
been met. The standby state remains on.
READY is displayed in the instrument cluster.
If necessary, the combustion engine starts au-
tomatically.
Parking brake
Setting
Pull the switch.
The LED on the switch and the indicator
light in the instrument cluster are illuminated.
Releasing
With drive-ready state switched on:
Press the switch while stepping on the
brake pedal or selector lever position P is set.
The LED and the indicator light go out.
The parking brake is released.
Parking
Make sure the parking brake is engaged.
Steptronic transmission
Engaging selector lever position D, N,
R
▷
Gear position D.
▷ Neutral N.
▷ Reverse R.
To prevent the vehicle from creeping after
you select a gear position or reverse, main-
tain pressure on the brake pedal until you are
ready to drive off.
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