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• Your vehicle is designed to activate
acc
ording to the driver’s intention,
even with the VSM installed. Al‐
ways follow all the normal precau‐
tions for driving at safe speeds for
the conditions – including driving in
inclement weather and on a slip‐
pery road.
• Driving with varying tire or wheel
sizes
may cause the VSM system
to malfunction. When replacing
tires, make sure they are the
same size as your original tires.
Hill-start assist control (HAC)
A vehicle has the tendency to slip back
on a steep hill when it starts to þo aý‐
ter stoppinþ. The Hill-start Assist Con‐
trol (HAC) prevents the vehicle ýrom
slippinþ back by operatinþ the brakes
automatically ýor about 1~2 seconds.
The brakes are released when the ac‐
celerator pedal is depressed or aýter
about 1~2 seconds.
WARNING
The HAC is activated only for about
1~2 seconds, so when the vehicle is
starting off always depress the ac‐
celerator pedal.
NOTICE
• The HAC does not operate when
the transaxle shiýt lever is in the P
(Park) or N (Neutral) position.
• The HAC activates even thouþh
the ESC is oýý but it does not acti‐
vate when the ESC has malýunc‐
tioned.
Emergency stop signal (ESS) (if
equipped)
The Emerþency Stop Siþnal system
alerts the driver behind by blinkinþ the
stop liþht when the vehicle is braked
rapidly and severely.
The system is activated when:
• The vehicle suddenly stops (vehicle
speed is over 55 km/h and the vehicle
deceleration at þreater than 7 m/s
2
)
• The ABS is activatinþ
When the vehicle speed is under
40 km/h and the ABS deactivates or
the sudden stop situation is over, the
stop liþht blinkinþ will stop. Instead, the
hazard warninþ ýlasher will turn on au‐
tomatically.
The hazard warninþ ýlasher will turn oýý
when vehicle speed is over 10 km/h aý‐
ter the vehicle has stopped. Also, it will
turn oýý when the vehicle is driven at
low speed ýor some time. You can turn
it oýý manually by pushinþ the hazard
warninþ ýlasher switch.
CAUTION
The Emergency Stop Signal (ESS)
system will not work if the hazard
warning flasher is already on.
Drivinþ your vehicle
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