Starting the diesel engine

To start the diesel engine when the engine is cold, it has to be pre-heated before starting the engine and then have to be warmed up before starting to drive.

  1. Make sure the parking brake is applied.

  2. Manual Transmission - Depress the clutch pedal fully and shift the transmission into Neutral. Keep the clutch pedal and brake pedal depressed while pressing the ENGINE START/STOP button to the START position.

    Intelligent Manual Transmission (iMT) - Depress the clutch pedal fully and shift the transmission into Neutral. Keep the clutch pedal and brake pedal depressed while turning the ignition switch to the start position.

    If you turn the ignition switch to the start position without depressing the brake pedal and clutch pedal, the engine will not start, and it will be displayed on the cluster as in the following pop-up.

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    When the shift lever is not placed in N (Neutral), the following pop-up will be displayed on the cluster.

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    Automatic Transmission/Dual Clutch Transmission - Place the transmission shift lever in P (Park). Depress the brake pedal fully.

    You can also start the engine when the shift lever is in the N (Neutral) position.

    Figure 1. Glow indicator light
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  3. Turn the ignition switch to the ON position to pre-heat the engine. Then the glow indicator light will appear.

  4. If the glow indicator light goes out, turn the ignition switch to the START position and hold it there until the engine starts (a maximum of 10 seconds), then release the key.

NOTE

If the engine does not start within 10 seconds after the preheating is completed, turn the ignition key once more to the LOCK position for 10 seconds, and then to the ON position, in order to preheat again.