Ford Transit Transit Custom 2011-2019 Auto-Start-Stop - Mild Hybrid Electric Vehicle (MHEV) Car Owner Manuals

Auto-Start-Stop - Mild Hybrid Electric Vehicle (MHEV)

The system is designed to help reduce fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions by stopping the engine when it is idling, for example at traffic lights or when your vehicle is coasting at a speed less than the engine stop speed that you have set. See Setting the Engine Stop Speed (page 127). The system is designed to stop the engine when the transmission is in gear or in neutral.

AUTO-START-STOP PRECAUTIONS

WARNING: Apply the parking brake, shift into neutral, switch the ignition off and remove the key before you leave your vehicle. Failure to follow this instruction could result in personal injury or death.

WARNING: Apply the parking brake, shift into neutral, switch the ignition off and remove the key before you open the hood or have any service or repair work completed. If you do not switch the ignition off, the engine could restart at any time. Failure to follow this instruction could result in personal injury or death.

AUTO-START-STOP SETTINGS

Setting the Engine Stop Speed

1. Using the information display controls on the steering wheel, select Settings.
2. Select Vehicle settings.
3. Select Rolling StartStop.
4. Select a setting and press the OK button.

SWITCHING AUTO-START-STOP ON AND OFF

The system turns on when you switch the ignition on.

Press the switch to switch the system off.

Note: OFF illuminates in the switch.

Press the switch again to switch the system back on.

Note: The system is designed to turn off if it detects a malfunction. If the system malfunctions, have your vehicle checked as soon as possible.

STOPPING THE ENGINE

Stopping the Engine in Gear

1. Press the brake pedal and slow your vehicle down to 12 km/h (7 mph) or less.

Note: You can set the speed at which the system stops the engine through the information display.

2. Fully press the clutch pedal.

Note: Power assist steering remains on when the engine stops.

Stopping the Engine in Neutral

1. Press the brake pedal and slow your vehicle down to 12 km/h (7 mph) or less.

Note: You can set the speed at which the system stops the engine through the information display.

2. Press the clutch pedal and shift into neutral.
3. Release the clutch pedal.

Note: Power assist steering remains on when the engine stops.

Auto-Start-Stop - Mild Hybrid Electric Vehicle (MHEV)

RESTARTING THE ENGINE

Restarting the Engine in Gear

Release the brake pedal.

Restarting the Engine in Neutral

1. Fully press the clutch pedal.
2. Select a gear.

AUTO-START-STOP INDICATORS

WARNING: The system may require the engine to automatically restart when the auto-start-stop indicator illuminates green or flashes amber. Failure to follow this instruction could result in personal injury.

The Auto-Start-Stop indicator illuminates green when the engine stops. It flashes amber and a message appears when you need to take action.

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The Auto-Start-Stop indicator illuminates gray with a strikethrough when the system is not available.

Note: You can display the reason why the system is not available in the information display.

AUTO-START-STOP AUDIBLE WARNING

The Auto-Start-Stop audible warning sounds if you open the driver door when the system has stopped the engine.

AUTO-START-STOP – TROUBLESHOOTING

Auto-Start-Stop – Information Messages

• Shift into neutral and restart the engine yourself.
  The system is not functioning.
  Message: Auto StartStop Manual restart required
• Shift into neutral.
  The system cannot restart the engine.
  Message: Auto StartStop Select neutral to start engine
• Fully press the clutch pedal.
  The system cannot restart the engine.
  Message: Auto StartStop Press clutch to start engine