Parking And Locking; Parking Brake - Mercedes-Benz 2003 SL 500 Operator's Manual

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Parking and locking

You have now completed your first drive.
You have properly stopped and parked
your vehicle. End your drive as follows:
Warning!
Wait until the vehicle is stationary before re-
moving the key from the starter switch. The
vehicle cannot be steered when the key is
removed.
Warning!
With the engine not running, there is no
power assistance for the steering system. In
this case, it is important to keep in mind that
a considerably higher degree of effort is nec-
essary to steer the vehicle.
Warning!
Do not park this vehicle in areas where com-
bustible materials such as grass, hay or
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leaves can come into contact with the hot
exhaust system, as these materials could be
ignited and cause a vehicle fire.
To reduce the risk of personal injury as a re-
sult of vehicle movement, before turning off
the engine and leaving the vehicle always:
Keep right foot on brake pedal.
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Firmly depress parking brake pedal.
Move the selector lever to position P.
Slowly release brake pedal.
When parked on an incline, turn front
wheel against road curb.
Turn the key to starter switch position 0
and remove, or press start/stop button
(vehicles with KEYLESS-GO
Take the key and the KEYLESS-GO
card (vehicles with KEYLESS-GO
lock vehicle when leaving.

Parking brake

G
1 Parking brake
2 Release handle
Step firmly on the parking brake 1.
When the engine is running, the indica-
tor lamp ; (USA only) or 3 (Can-
ada only) in the speedometer dial will
be illuminated
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).
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) and
Getting started
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