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Owners Manual_Europe_M52N75_en
4-2. Driving procedures
Driving
parking brake
• Operate the parking brake switch
while depressing the brake pedal.
• Using the parking brake automatic
release function, the parking brake
can be released by depressing the
accelerator pedal. When using this
function, slowly depress the acceler-
ator pedal.
Make sure that the parking brake indi-
cator and parking brake light turn off.
■Turning automatic mode on
While the vehicle is stopped, pull
and hold the parking brake switch
until a message is shown on the
multi-information display
“EPB Shift Interlock Function
Activated”
When the automatic mode is turned
on, the parking brake operates as
follows.
When the shift lever is moved out
of P, the parking brake will be
released, and the parking brake
indicator and parking brake light
will turn off.
When the shift lever is moved
into P, the parking brake will be
set, and the parking brake indi-
cator and parking brake light will
turn on.
Operate the shift lever with the
vehicle stopped and the brake
pedal depressed.
The parking brake may not operate
automatically if the shift lever is moved
quickly.
In this case, it is necessary to operate
the parking brake switch. ( P.200)
■Turning automatic mode off
While the vehicle is stopped and
depressing the brake pedal, press
and hold the parking brake switch
until a message is shown on the
multi-information display
“EPB Shift Interlock Function
Deactivated”
■Parking brake operation
●When the power switch is not in ON, the parking brake cannot be released using the parking brake switch.
●When the power switch is not in ON, automatic mode (automatic brake set-
ting and releasing) is not available.
■Parking brake automatic release function
The parking brake is automatically
released when slowly depress the accel- erator pedal.The parking brake will be released auto-
matically under the following conditions:
