Starting the engine in severe conditions

Keep the accelerator pedal depressed to approximately half of its travel in the following cases:

► the engine did not start on the first attempt (for example, if it is too cold or too hot);

► the engine is started at very low temperatures (below –15 °C) and at high altitude (above 1000 m).

Avoid repeated unsuccessful start attempts, as the fuel then burns incompletely, which may lead to overheating and damage to the catalytic converter.◄

Vehicles with diesel engines

With a cold engine and temperatures below 0 °C, the automatic preheating may increase the starting time.

The glow plug indicator lamp illuminates in the instrument cluster.