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 pressing the ENGINE START/STOP button to the START position.

    If you press the ENGINE START/STOP button 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. Press the ENGINE START/STOP button while depressing the brake pedal.

  4. Continue depressing the brake pedal until the illuminated glow indicator goes off. (approximately 5 seconds)

  5. The engine starts running when the glow indicator goes off.

CAUTION

  • Recommend to wait for the diesel engine to warm up while the vehicle remains stationary in winter for a while and drive.

  • Recommend to use diesel fuel in a high altitude mountain or country where you visit in winter.

NOTE

If the ENGINE START/STOP button is pressed once more while the engine is pre-heating, the engine may start.