Mercedes-Benz V-Class Series 2015 Operating Instructions Manual page 218

Driving systems
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the parking space. You are responsible for brak-
ing in good time.
X
Start the engine.
X
Switch on the turn signal in the direction in
which you are pulling away.
X
Vehicles with manual transmission:
engage 1st gear or reverse gear.
Vehicles with automatic transmission:
shift the transmission to position D or R.
Start Park Assist? Yes: OK No:
The
% message appears in the display.
X
To cancel the process: press the % but-
ton on the steering wheel or drive off.
or
X
To exit the parking space using active
parking assistance: press the a button
on the steering wheel.
Park Assist active Accelerate
The
and brake Observe surroundings
sage appears in the display.
X
Let go of the steering wheel.
X
Pull away, being ready to brake at all times.
Exit the parking space slowly, do not drive
faster than 10 km/h. Otherwise parking
assistance is cancelled and Active Parking
Assist is stopped.
On vehicles with automatic transmission,
Active Parking Assist brakes the vehicle to a
standstill when the vehicle approaches a bor-
der of the parking space.
X
Vehicles with manual transmission: stop
at a border of the parking space. Stop when
PARKTRONIC sounds the continuous warning
tone, if not before.
X
While the vehicle is stationary, shift the trans-
mission to position D or R or engage 1st gear
or reverse gear as required or according to
the message.
Active Parking Assist immediately steers in
the other direction. The
active Accelerate and brake Observe
surroundings
play.
i You will achieve the best results by waiting
for the steering procedure to complete before
pulling away.
If you reverse after activation, the steering
wheel is moved to the straight-ahead posi-
tion.
X
Drive forwards and reverse as prompted by
the PARKTRONIC warning displays, several
times if necessary.
Park Assist
message appears in the dis-
Vehicles with manual transmission: stop,
at the latest when PARKTRONIC sounds the
continuous warning tone.
Once you have exited the parking space com-
pletely:
Park Assist switched off
the
R
shown in the display.
a tone sounds.
R
the steering wheel is moved to the straight-
R
ahead position.
The parking assistance function of Active Park-
ing Assist is stopped. You will then have to steer
and merge into traffic on your own.
PARKTRONIC is still available.
You can take over the steering before the vehi-
cle has exited the parking space completely.
This is useful, for example when you recognise
that it is already possible to pull out of the park-
mes- ing space.
Cancelling active parking assistance
X
Stop the movement of the steering wheel or
steer yourself.
or
X
Press the f button and deactivate
PARKTRONIC (
Parking assistance is cancelled immediately
and Active Parking Assist is stopped. The
Park Assist cancelled
in the display.
Active parking assistance is cancelled automat-
ically if:
you engage the electric parking brake.
R
parking using Active Parking Assist is no lon-
R
ger possible
you are driving faster than 10 km/h.
R
a wheel spins and ESP
R
The ÷ warning lamp in the instrument
cluster then lights up.
you open the driver's door or a sliding door on
R
vehicles with a manual transmission
on vehicles with automatic transmission:
R
you unfasten your seat belt
-
you open a door or the tailgate
-
you shift the automatic transmission to
-
position P
A warning tone sounds, the parking symbol in
the display goes out and the
cancelled message appears.
message is
Y
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message is shown
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intervenes or fails.
Park Assist