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Driving and Operation
Driving hints
The first 600 miles / 1000 km
Drive your vehicle at v arious speeds.
Do not use full throttle. Never allow
the engine to lab our at low revs.
Make good use of all gea rs. Depress
the a ccelerator peda l a maximum of
about
3
/
4
of the available pedal travel
in all gears.
Do not drive faster than three quarters
of maximum speed.
Do not brake unnecessarily hard for the
first 125 miles (200 km ).
Never coa st with engine not running
Many units will not function in this situation
(e.g. brak e serv o unit, elec tric power
steering). Driving in this manner is a danger
to yourself and others.
Brake servo unit
When the engine is not running, the brake
servo unit is no longer effective once the
brake peda l has been depressed once or
twice. Braking effect is not reduced , but
significantly greater force is required for
braking.
Electric power steering
If the power-assisted steering fails when
being towed with the engine switched off,
the vehicle can still be steered, but
considera bly more forc e is req uired.
Dr iving in mountainous terrain
The cooling fan is electrically operated. Its
cooling p ow er is therefore independent of
the engine speed.
Since a considerable amount of heat is
genera ted at high engine speeds and less
at slower speeds, do not shift d ow n when
climbing hills whilst the v ehicle is still coping
with the gradient in the higher g ear.
Sw itching off the engine
When you switch off, fans in the eng ine
compa rtm ent may continue running for
a tim e to c ool the engine.
If the engine temperature is very high, e.g.
after driving in mountainous terrain: Allow
the engine to id le for approxim ately two
minutes in order to prevent heat
acc um ulation.
Vehicles with turbocharged engine
After running at high eng ine speeds or high
eng ine loads, op erate the engine briefly at
a low load or run in neutral for approx.
30 seconds before switching off in order
to protec t the turbocharger.
Sa ve energy – m ore miles
Plea se observe the running-in hints on the
this pa ge and the tips for sav ing energy on
the following pa ges.
Good, technically correc t and ec onomical
driving ensures m aximum d urab ility and
performa nc e for your vehicle.
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