Mercedes-Benz CLA Owner's Manual page 224

The vehicle is secured with the electric park‐
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ing brake.
In the following situations, the vehicle is held by
the transmission position j or by the electric
parking brake:
The seat belt is unfastened and the driver's
R
door is opened.
The vehicle is switched off.
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There is a malfunction in the system or the
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power supply is insufficient.
Start-off assist
Function of the start-off assist
The start-off assist enables optimal vehicle
acceleration from a standstill. For this, a suitably
high-grip road surface is required, the tyres and
vehicle must also be in good condition.
Do not activate the start-off assist on public
roads.
Be sure to observe the safety notes and informa‐
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tion on ESP .
Activating the start-off assist
& WARNING Risk of skidding and having
an accident from wheels spinning
When you use start-off assist, individual
wheels could spin and you could lose control
of the vehicle.
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If ESP is deactivated, there is a risk of skid‐
ding and accident!
Make sure that no persons or obstacles
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are in the close vicinity of your vehicle.
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Deactivating ESP ( page 195).
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Move the steering wheel to the straight-
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ahead position.
Depress the brake pedal firmly with your left
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foot and keep it depressed.
Engage the h drive position (
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Select the sportiest available drive program
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B or C( page 166).
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Rapidly depress the accelerator pedal fully.
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Take your foot off the brake, but keep the
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accelerator pedal depressed.
The vehicle pulls away at maximum accelera‐
tion.
Switch on ESP
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dure is complete. ESP
able to stabilise the vehicle if the vehicle
starts to skid or a wheel starts to spin.
Cancelling the start-off assist
Remove your foot from the accelerator pedal.
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Reactivate the ESP
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Function of adaptive damping adjustment
Suspension with adaptive damping adjustment
continuously adjusts the characteristics of the
suspension dampers to the current operating
and driving conditions.
page 172).
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The damping is tuned individually for each wheel
and is affected by the following factors:
the road surface conditions
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vehicle load
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the drive program selected
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Driving and parking 221
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will otherwise not be
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