While in headway control using the MRCC with Stop & Go function system, your vehicle will stop when a vehicle ahead stops. When the vehicle is stopped and the stop hold control operates, the MRCC with Stop & Go function indicator light turns on.
If the MRCC with Stop & Go function system is cancelled during stop hold control, the vehicle is held in its stopped position. The stop hold control can be cancelled by performing one the following actions.
Press the accelerator pedal and resume driving the vehicle.
While forcefully depressing the brake, switch the MRCC with Stop & Go function system off.
The electric parking brake (EPB) is automatically applied and the vehicle is held in its stopped position when 10 minutes have elapsed since the stop hold control operated. At this time, the MRCC with Stop & Go function system is cancelled.
If the i-stop operation conditions are met during stop hold control, the engine stops even though the brake pedal is not depressed.
Refer to i-stop (Search).
The brake lights turn on during stop hold control.
To resume driving
After the vehicle ahead starts moving while your vehicle is stopped under stop hold control, press the RES switch or depress the accelerator pedal to cancel the stop hold control and resume driving.
When you resume driving by pressing the RES switch, your vehicle does not start moving until the distance between your vehicle and the vehicle ahead lengthens to the specified distance or farther.
The engine restarts automatically when any of the actions to resume driving are performed while i-stop is operating.
If the MRCC with Stop & Go function is temporarily cancelled during stop hold control, you cannot resume driving by pressing the RES switch when there are no vehicles in front of your vehicle. Depress the accelerator pedal and resume driving the vehicle.
Resume driving information
If you do not resume driving within a few seconds after the vehicle ahead starts moving, the multi-information display vehicle-ahead indication flashes to urge the driver to resume driving.
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