Mercedes-Benz GLS Operator's Manual page 198

Driving systems
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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 (
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:
parallel or at right angles to the direction of
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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/exiting procedure is
calculated, e.g. overhanging loads, tail sections
or loading ramps of trucks. Parking Pilot may
therefore guide you into the parking space too
early.
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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.
page 192).
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Further information about the detection range
( page 193).
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Parking Pilot does not assist you parking in
spaces at a right angle 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 park forwards
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Parking Pilot does not assist you parking in
spaces parallel with or at a right angle 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
: Detected parking space on the left
Parking symbol
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Detected parking space on the right
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Parking Pilot is activated automatically when
driving forward. The system is operational up to
a speed of approximately 22 mph (35 km/h).
While in operation, the system independently
locates and measures parking spaces on both
sides of the vehicle.
Parking Pilot will only detect parking spaces
which are:
parallel or at right angles to the direction of
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travel
that are parallel to the direction of travel and
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at least 59 in (1.5 m) wide
that are parallel to the direction of travel and
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at least 39.5 in (1.0 m) longer than your vehi-
cle
that are at right angles to the direction of
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travel and at least 39.5 in (1.0 m) wider than
your vehicle