Mercedes-Benz S 450 4MATIC Operator's Manual page 484

How well your vehicle will be parked af-
ter completion of the Advanced Park-
ing Guidance depends on the position
and shape of the vehicles parked in
front of and behind the parking space
as well as the conditions of the imme-
diate surroundings. In certain cases,
Advanced Parking Guidance may guide
you too far into the parking space or
not far enough. If this is the case, can-
cel the parking procedure with Ad-
vanced Parking Guidance and correct
the vehicle position yourself.
Detecting a parking space
Advanced Parking Guidance is active when
driving forward. The system operates at a
vehicle speed of up to 25 mph (40 km/h)
and automatically scans for and measures
potential parking spaces on both sides of
the vehicle. At a vehicle speed of below
10 mph (16 km/h), you see the white
parking space symbol as a system display
in the instrument cluster. As soon as Ad-
vanced Parking Guidance has detected a
suitable parking space, the parking space
symbol changes to blue.
Controls in detail
Driving systems
Detected parking space
1 Detected parking spaces on the left
2 Parking space symbol
3 Detected parking spaces on the right
In order to be detected by Advanced Park-
ing Guidance, a parking space must be:
closed-in at the rear
parallel to the direction of travel
at least 5 ft (1.5 m) wide
at least 3.5 ft (1.0 m) longer than your
vehicle
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