Warning lamps
CAUTION
CAUTION
CAUTION
The vehicle should be brought to a halt in
the following manner when brake perform-
ance has deteriorated.
When the warning lamp remains on or does
not come on, there is a possibility that the
parking brake cannot be operated or re-
leased. Immediately contact the nearest
MITSUBISHI MOTORS Authorized Serv-
ice Point. When the warning lamp comes on
during driving, immediately stop the vehicle
Prolonged driving with this lamp on may
cause further damage to the emission control
system. It could also affect fuel economy
and drivability.
If the lamp does not illuminate when the op-
eration mode is put in ON, we recommend
you to have the system checked.
If the lamp illuminates while the Plug-in Hy-
brid EV System is operating, avoid driving
at high speeds and have the system inspected
by a MITSUBISHI MOTORS Authorized
Service Point as soon as possible.
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Depress the brake pedal harder than usual.
Even if the brake pedal moves down to
the very end of its possible stroke, keep it
pressed down hard.
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Should the brakes fail, use regenerative
braking to reduce your speed and keep
pulling the Electric parking brake switch.
(Refer to “Electric parking brake” on page
7-03.)
in
a
safe place, and contact your
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MITSUBISHI MOTORS Authorized Serv-
ice Point. If you inevitably have to park,
park the vehicle on level and stable ground,
press the electrical parking switch and place
chocks or blocks.
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Depress the brake pedal to operate the
stop lamp to alert the vehicles behind you.
NOTE
Check engine warning lamp
The engine electronic control module ac-
commodating the onboard diagnostic system
has various fault data (especially about the
exhaust emission) stored.
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Electric parking brake warn-
ing lamp
This lamp is a part of an on-
board diagnostic system
which monitors the emis-
This warning lamp will illu-
minate when there is a fault
in the Electric parking brake
system.
sions, engine control system.
If a problem is detected in
one of these systems, this
This data will be erased if a auxiliary battery
cable is disconnected which will make a rap-
id diagnosis difficult. Do not disconnect a
auxiliary battery cable when the check engine
warning lamp is ON.
lamp illuminates or flashes.
Normally, this warning lamp
illuminates when the opera-
tion mode of the power switch is put in ON,
and goes off in a few seconds.
Although your vehicle will usually be driva-
ble and not need towing, we recommend you
to have the system checked as soon as possi-
ble.
This lamp will also illuminate when the oper-
ation mode of the power switch is put in ON,
and goes off after the Plug-in Hybrid EV Sys-
tem has started. If it does not go off after the
Plug-in Hybrid EV System has started, we
recommend you to have the vehicle checked.
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Instruments and controls
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