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Start and driving
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If the engine “st
alls” with a manual gear-
box, it can be directly started up again by
immediately pressing the clutch pedal.
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With an automatic gearbox, if the lever is
placed in position D, N or S after engaging
reverse gear, 10 km/h (6 mph) in a forwards
direction must be reached for the system to
be in a status to stop the engine.
Manually connecting and discon-
necting the St
art-Stop system
Fig. 233 Detailed view of the centre console:
St
art-stop operation button.
If you do not wish to use the system, you can
s
witch it off manually.
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To manually switch on/off the Start-Stop
system, press the
button
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Fig. 233.
The button will light up when the Start-Stop
function is switched off.
Note
The system switches on every time the en-
gine is t
urned off voluntarily.
Manual gearbox
Changing gears
Fig. 234 Diagram of a 6-speed manual gear-
bo
x.
Gear positions are indicated on the gear lev-
er
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››
Fig. 234.
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Depress the clutch and keep your foot as
far as it will go.
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Move the gear lever to the desired position.
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Release the clutch.
Engaging reverse gear
Only engage reverse gear when the vehicle is
stopped.
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Depress the clutch and keep your foot as
far as it will go.
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With the gear lever in neutral, push it down,
move it all the way to the left and then for-
wards to select reverse gear
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Fig. 234
R
.
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Release the clutch.
Changing t
o lower gears
When driving, you should always change
down through the gears progressively, i.e. to
the gear immediately below when engine
RPM is not tool high
›››
. Skipping one or
se
veral gears when changing down through
the gears at high speed or high RPM can
cause damage to the clutch and gearbox,
even if the clutch is depressed
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.
WARNING
If the engine is running, the vehicle starts
mo
ving as soon as a gear is engaged and
the clutch pedal is released. This also hap-
pens if the electronic parking brake is
switched on.
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Never engage reverse gear while the ve-
hicle is in motion.
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