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not met.
For details, refer to the section, “Auto-
matic engine stop conditions”.
• During the automatic engine stop, the
engine may shut down, accompanied
by an interior buzzer or restarted, to
ensure safety.
For details, refer to the section,
“Points to note during the automatic
engine stop”.
NOTE:
• Engine auto stop function during decel-
eration will be ready once the vehicle
runs at a speed exceeding 1km/h (for
automatic transaxle) or 3 km/h (for man-
ual transaxle) after restart of the engine.
• The audio and other electrical compo-
nent can be used during the automatic
engine stop, but the air conditioner will
switch to the fan mode.
• If the vehicle is equipped with an auto-
matic heating air conditioner, the fan
speed will be limited during the auto-
matic engine stop (only in the auto con-
trol mode) to keep the cabin air-
conditioned for a longer time.
79MM03018
1) Regardless of whether the vehicle has
stopped or not, depressing the clutch
pedal will restart the engine and “ENG
A-STOP” indicator (green) (1) will go
off.
For manual transaxle - While the engine is
auto stopping, depressing the clutch pedal
will restart the engine consuming fuel.
Therefore, for better fuel economy, it is rec-
ommended to depress the clutch pedal just
before the vehicle start.
• Without depressing the clutch pedal, the
engine may restart automatically if the
automatic engine restart conditions are
met.
For details, refer to the section, “Auto-
matic engine restart conditions”.
For automatic transaxle - While the engine
is auto stopping, releasing the brake pedal
will restart the engine consuming fuel.
Therefore, for better fuel economy, it is rec-
ommended to release the brake pedal just
before the vehicle start.
• Without releasing the brake pedal, the
engine may restart automatically if the
automatic engine restart conditions are
met.
For details, refer to the section, “Auto-
matic engine restart conditions”.
Points to note during the automatic
engine stop
When the following operations are per-
formed during the automatic engine stop,
the engine may shut down, accompanied
by an interior buzzer or restart, to ensure
safety.
• When the hood is opened, an interior
buzzer will sound intermittently and the
engine will come out of the automatic
engine stop mode and shut down. The
“ENG A-STOP” indicator (green) will go
off.
• When the driver releases the seat belt or
opens the driver’s door, the engine will
restart automatically. The ENG A-STOP
indicator light (green) will blink for
approximately 5 seconds and then go
off.
• During the automatic engine stop, if the
gearshift lever is shifted to a position
other than “N” without depressing the
clutch pedal and open the driver’s door
with the driver’s seat belt unfastened, an
interior buzzer will sound and the engine
will shut down without control of auto-
(1)
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