2022 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Starting The Engine
VEHICLE PRECONDITIONING SAFETY
Make sure you have read and fully understood the following warnings before using vehicle preconditioning or any of its features. Failure to observe warnings and cautions may result in vehicle damage, injury, or DEATH in the event of an accident.
Do not adjust the touchscreen controls, or allow the system to distract the driver, while the vehicle is moving. Driver distraction can lead to accidents, potentially causing serious injury or death.
Before attempting to perform any repairs on a vehicle, consult a retailer/authorized repairer.
VEHICLE PRECONDITIONING OVERVIEW
Make sure all relevant safety warnings have been read and understood before driving the vehicle. See VEHICLE PRECONDITIONING SAFETY. The timed climate preconditioning system, when in operation, provides a comfortable temperature inside the cabin, in advance of using the vehicle. It also assists vehicles starting in low temperatures. When leaving the vehicle for a short period of time, using the Precondition now option can also maintain a temperature. Timed departure preconditioning can be controlled via the touchscreen controls. Additionally, it can be operated via a remote climate app. See DEPARTURE TIMES or INCONTROL OVERVIEW. The manual preconditioning can be controlled via the lower touchscreen controls. Additionally, it can be operated via a remote climate app. See PRECONDITIONING SETTINGS or INCONTROL OVERVIEW.
The timed climate system may not operate, or switches off automatically, in the following scenarios:
- If the vehicle’s high-voltage battery charge is low.
- If the coolant temperature is subjected to extreme cold climate conditions. In extreme cold climate conditions, if an engine pre-heater is fitted, it overrides a vehicle preconditioning program.
- If the system has been in operation for 30 minutes.
- If a timed event has been activated within the previous 30 minutes.
DEPARTURE TIMES
Make sure all relevant safety warnings have been read and understood before driving the vehicle. See VEHICLE PRECONDITIONING SAFETY. The touchscreen can be used to either preset activation times or to operate the system manually. When the system is operating, the Maximum defrosts icon’s LED flashes. The choice of operation is automatically determined by the system, depending on the external temperature.
The system ceases operation if the engine is started.
To access the VEHICLE DEPARTURES screen, select Vehicle Departures from the EXTRA FEATURES page. See EXTRA FEATURES.
The vehicle departures screen consists of the following:
- Time.
- Date.
- Current time.
- Departure times: Touch to select a departure time and day within the calendar area.
- Settings icon: Touch to select preconditioning departure settings. See PRECONDITIONING SETTINGS.
- Power icon: Touch to switch on or off.
When the power is switched off, the settings are maintained and will be available again when the power is switched back on.
To access the preconditioning NEW DEPARTURE screen, select a day and time in the VEHICLE DEPARTURES screen. Select the Timed Climate soft key.
To set a single or repeated departure time:
- Hour: Touch to adjust the hour.
- Minute: Touch to adjust the minutes.
- AM or PM: Touch to select the correct clock zone.
- Calendar and day: Touch to adjust the calendar’s date and day.
- OK: Touch OK to confirm departure time and days.
- Day selection: Touch to select the days that require the repeated departure time.
- Repeat: Touch to enable the departure time to be repeated on other days. Touch again to cancel repeated departure times.
- Timed climate soft key: Touch the soft key to select the timed climate option.
- Information icon: For an overview of timed climate preconditioning.
The time format, 12 or 24-hour clock, is determined by the time settings currently selected in the GENERAL SETTINGS menu. See GENERAL SETTINGS.
PRECONDITIONING SETTINGS
Make sure all relevant safety warnings have been read and understood before driving the vehicle. See VEHICLE PRECONDITIONING SAFETY.
To access the DEPARTURE SETTINGS screen, select the settings icon. Select Departure Settings from the SETTINGS menu. See DEPARTURE TIMES.
This screen allows the customization of the departure settings.
Timed climate preconditioning settings may be adjusted as follows:
- Optimize vehicle departures for Select between cabin Comfort or vehicle Range as a preconditioning preference.
Comfort: Select to perform timed climate preconditioning events, even if the vehicle is not connected to a high-voltage battery charging source. The high-voltage battery range is reduced when this option is selected.
Range: Select to save battery charge. Timed climate preconditioning events are not performed if the vehicle is not connected to a high-voltage battery charging source.
- Preferred charging period: Select to set the charge time to benefit from off-peak tariffs when charging. Once selected, touch the up and down arrow keys to manually adjust the time further. For further details on vehicle charging. See MY ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV).
- Delete all departures: Select to delete all saved departures.
The precondition now the screen is available when the ignition is switched off.
To access the Precondition now screen for manual settings. Press the Power button. Touch the Climate icon. Touch the Precondition now soft key to switch the manual preconditioning on or off.
- Precondition now soft key: Touch to switch the manual preconditioning on or off via the lower touchscreen.
- Climate icon: Touch to open or close the Precondition now screen, when the ignition is switched off.
- Power button: Press to switch the lower touchscreen on or off when the ignition is switched off.
- Maximum defrost soft key: The maximum defrosts soft key flashes when the Precondition now option is operating.