User Manual - Page 346

For 2014 XV CROSSTREK HYBRID TOURING.

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Black plate (357,1)
Model "A1160BE-C" EDITED: 2014/ 3/ 17
& Vehicle Dynamics Control
OFF switch
Vehicle Dynamics Control OFF switch
Indicator light
Pressingtheswitchtodeactivatethe
Vehicle Dynamics Control system can
facilitate the following operations.
. a standing start on a steeply sloping
road with a snowy, gravel-covered, or
otherwise slippery surface
. extrication of the vehicle when i ts
wheels are stuck in mud or deep snow
When the switch is pressed during hybrid
system operation, the Vehicle Dynamics
Control OFF indicator light
on the
combination meter illuminates. The Vehi-
cle Dynamics Control system will be
deactivated and the vehicle will behave
like a model not equipped with the Vehicle
Dynamics Control system . Whe n the
switch is pressed again to reactivate the
Vehicle Dynamics Control system, the
Vehicle Dynamics Control OFF indicator
light turns off.
With the Vehicle Dynamics Control system
deactivated, traction and stability en-
hancement offered by Vehicle Dynamics
Control system is unavailable. Therefore
you should not deactivate the Vehicle
Dynamics Control system except under
above-mentioned situations.
NOTE
. The Vehicle Dynamics Control sys-
tem will be activated automatically
when the hybrid system is started.
. If the switch is held down for 30
seconds or longer, the indicator light
turns off, the Vehicle Dynamics Control
system is activated, and the system
ignores any further pressing of the
switch. To ma ke the switch usable
again, turn the ignition switch to the
LOCK (off) position and restart the
hybrid system.
. Whentheswitchispressedto
deactivate the Vehicle Dynamics Con-
trol system, the vehicles running per-
formance is comparable with that of a
vehicle that does not have a Vehicle
Dynamics Control system. Do not de-
activate the Vehicle Dynamics Control
system except when absolutely neces-
sary.
. Even when the Vehicle Dynamics
Control system is deactivated, compo-
nents of the brake control system may
still activate. When the brake control
system is activated, the Vehicle Dy-
namics Control operation indicator
light flashes.
Starting and operating/Vehicle Dynamics Control system
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