Operation Manual

97Driving and o peration
Starting the engine
Briefly operate foot brake when starting
the e ng ine . The engine c an now be starte d
in position N and with the foot brake
opera ted. N appea rs in the gear display. If
the foot brake is not op erated , "N " flas hes
in the g ear display and the engine ca nnot
be sta rted.
If no brake lights are op erational, the
engine will not start.
Operation of Easytronic transmission
using the selector lever
Alw ays move the selector lever all the w ay
in the chosen direction. Observe the gear
or mode indicator in the transmission
display.
Selector lever in N
Neutral.
Selector lever in o (centre position)
Moving the selec tor lever from N to o
(centre position) while depressing the foot
brake time switches Ea sytronic to
automatic m ode a nd engages first gear
(second gear if winter prog ra mme is
ena bled). "A" app ears in the gear display.
W hen the foot brake is rele as ed the ve hic le
starts to "creep". If the foot brake is not
operated, "A" starts to fla sh. Start off by
imm ediately pressing the accelerator
pedal or m ove selector lever back to N and
repeat p rocedure with foot brake
operated.
In automatic m od e, the tra nsmission shifts
into other gears autom atically based on
driving conditions.