Start / Stop Button

Start/stop button





Press the start/stop button to switch radio readiness or the ignition on and off. Do not depress the brake or clutch while doing so.

When you press the start/stop button and depress the clutch if the car has manual transmission or the brake if the car has automatic transmission, the engine starts.

Radio readiness
Individual electrical consumers can operate. The time and outside temperature are displayed in the tachometer.

Radio readiness is switched off automatically:
When the key is removed from the ignition lock
When using convenient access by pushing the button on the door handle or the button on the remote control

Ignition on
Most indicator and warning lamps in indicator area 1, page 13, light up for varying lengths of time.
When the engine is off, switch off the ignition and any unnecessary electrical consumers in order to preserve the battery.

Radio readiness and ignition off
All indicator and warning lamps in the displays go out.
The ignition automatically turns off* when the driver's door is opened. Pressing the start/stop button again switches the ignition back on.

The ignition is not switched off in situations such as the following:
- The clutch or brake is depressed
- The low beams are switched on