Start/Stop System Safety Precautions
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There Is a Risk of Injury from the Engine Starting Unexpectedly.
The engine can start unexpectedly for vehicles while the start/stop system is activated. If the Start/Stop System is activated, is recognized by a message in the instrument cluster.
-- Deactivate the Start/Stop System: switch off the ignition.