Driving your vehicle
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Key positions
parking brake. Before leaving the
driver䳓s seat, always make sure
the shift lever is engaged in 1st
gear for the Manual Transmis
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sion/Intelligent Manual Transmis
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sion or P (Park) for the Automatic
Transmission/Dual Clutch Trans
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mission, set the parking brake
fully and shut the engine off.
Unexpected and sudden vehicle
movement may occur if these
precautions are not taken.
䳜 Never reach for the ignition
switch, or any other controls
through the steering wheel whilst
the vehicle is in motion. The pres
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ence of your hand or arm in this
area could cause a loss of vehicle
control, an accident and serious
bodily injury or death.
䳜 Do not place any movable objects
around the driver䳓s seat as they
may move whilst driving, interfere
with the driver and lead to an
accident.
Starting the engine
䳜 Always wear appropriate shoes
when operating your vehicle.
Unsuitable shoes (high heels, ski
boots, etc.) may interfere with
your ability to use the brake and
accelerator pedal, and the clutch
(if equipped).
䳜 Do not start the vehicle with the
accelerator pedal depressed. The
vehicle can move and lead to an
accident.
䳜 Wait until the engine rpm is nor
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mal. The vehicle may suddenly
move if the brake pedal is
released when the rpm is high.
Kick down mechanism (if equipped)
If your vehicle is equipped with a
kick down mechanism in the accel
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erator pedal, it prevents you from
driving at full throttle unintention
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ally by making the driver require
increased effort to depress the
accelerator pedal. However, if you
depress the pedal more than
approximately 80%, the vehicle can
be at full throttle and the accelera
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tor pedal will be easier to depress.
This is not a malfunction but a nor
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mal condition.
Starting the petrol engine
1. Make sure the parking brake is
applied.
2. Manual Transmission/Intelligent
Manual Transmission - Depress
the clutch pedal fully and shift the
transmission into Neutral. Keep
the clutch pedal and brake pedal
depressed whilst turning the igni
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tion switch to the start position.
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