Detecting Parking Spaces - Mercedes-Benz B-Class Operator's Manual

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Parking tips:
On narrow roads, drive as close to the parking
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space as possible.
Parking spaces that are littered or overgrown
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might be identified or measured incorrectly.
Parking spaces that are partially occupied by
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trailer drawbars might not be identified as
such or be measured incorrectly.
Snowfall or heavy rain may lead to a parking
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space being measured inaccurately.
Pay attention to the warning messages of
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Parking Assist PARKTRONIC during the park-
ing procedure (
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You can intervene to correct the steering pro-
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cedure at any time. Parking Pilot will then be
canceled.
When transporting a load that protrudes from
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your vehicle, you must not use Parking Pilot.
Never use Parking Pilot when snow chains are
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mounted.
Make sure that the tire pressures are always
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correct. This has a direct influence on the
parking characteristics of the vehicle.
Use Parking Pilot for parking spaces that are:
that are parallel or at right-angles to the direc-
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tion of travel
on straight roads, not bends
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on the same level as the road, e.g. not on the
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pavement

Detecting parking spaces

Objects located above the detection range of
Parking Pilot will not be detected when the park-
ing space is measured. These are not taken into
account when the parking procedure is calcula-
ted, e.g. overhanging loads, truck overhangs or
loading ramps. Parking Pilot may therefore
guide you into the parking space too early.
Parking Pilot does not assist you parking in
spaces perpendicular to the direction of travel if:
two parking spaces are located directly next
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to one another
the parking space is directly next to a low
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obstacle such as a low curb
you forward-park
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page 150).
Parking Pilot does not assist you parking in
spaces parallel or perpendicular to the direction
of travel if:
the parking space is on a curb
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the system reads the parking space as being
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blocked, for example by foliage or grass pav-
ing blocks
the area is too small for the vehicle to maneu-
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ver into
the parking space is bordered by an obstacle,
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e.g. a tree, a post or a trailer
For further information on the detection range
( page 149).
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WARNING
If there are objects above the detection range:
Parking Pilot may steer in too early
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the vehicle may not stop in front of these
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objects
You may cause a collision as a result. There is
a risk of an accident.
If objects are located above the detection
range, stop and deactivate Parking Pilot.
: Detected parking space on the left
; Parking symbol
Detected parking space on the right
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Parking Pilot is activated automatically when
driving forward. The system is operational at
speeds of up to approximately 22 mph
(35 km/h). While in operation, the system inde-
pendently locates and measures parking spaces
on both sides of the vehicle.
Parking Pilot will only detect parking spaces:
that are parallel or at right-angles to the direc-
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tion of travel
that are parallel to the direction of travel and
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at least 59 in (1.5 m) wide