Mercedes-Benz A Series 2015 Owner's Manual page 219

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location. It may be the case that Active
Parking Assist guides you too far into a
parking space, or not far enough into it. In
some cases, it may also lead you across or
onto the kerb. If necessary, you should can-
cel the parking procedure with Active Park-
ing Assist.
You can also preselect transmission posi-
R
tion D. The vehicle redirects and does not
drive as far into the parking space. Should
the transmission change take place too
early, the parking procedure will be cancel-
led. A sensible parking position can no lon-
ger be achieved from this position.
Exiting a parking space
In order that Active Parking Assist can sup-
port you when exiting the parking space:
you need to have parked using Active Park-
R
ing Assist.
the border of the parking space must be
R
high enough at the front and the rear. A
kerb stone is too small, for example.
the border of the parking space must not be
R
too wide, as the position of the vehicle must
not exceed an angle of 45° to the starting
position as it is manoeuvred into the park-
ing space.
a manoeuvring distance of at least 1.0 m
R
must be available.
Active Parking Assist can only assist you with
exiting a parking space if you have parked the
vehicle parallel to the direction of travel using
Active Parking Assist.
i
Vehicles with automatic transmission:
If PARKTRONIC detects obstacles, Active
Parking Assist brakes automatically whilst
the vehicle exits the parking space. You are
responsible for braking in good time.
Start the engine.
X
Release the electric parking brake.
X
Switch on the turn signal in the direction
X
you will drive out of the parking space.
Vehicles with automatic transmission:
X
shift the transmission to position D or R.
Vehicles with manual transmission:
shift to forward or reverse gear.
The Start Park Assist? Yes: OK No: Start Park Assist? Yes: OK No:
message appears in the multifunction dis-
play %.
To cancel the procedure: press the %
X
button on the multifunction steering wheel
or pull away.
or
To exit a parking space using Active
X
Parking Assist: press the a button on
the multifunction steering wheel.
The Park Assist active Accelerate Park Assist active Accelerate
and brake and brake Observe Observe surroundings
sage appears in the multifunction display.
Release the multifunction steering wheel.
X
Pull away, being ready to brake at all times.
X
Do not exceed a maximum speed of
approximately 10 km/h when exiting a
parking space. Otherwise, Active Parking
Assist will be cancelled.
Vehicles with manual transmission:
X
stop, at the latest when PARKTRONIC
sounds the continuous warning tone.
Vehicles with automatic transmission:
X
depending on the message or as required,
shift the transmission to position D or R.
Vehicles with manual transmission:
depending on the message or as required,
engage forward or reverse gear.
Active Parking Assist immediately steers in
the other direction. The
active Accelerate and brake active Accelerate and brake
Observe surroundings Observe surroundings
in the multifunction display.
i
You will achieve the best results by wait-
ing 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.
surroundings mes-
Park Assist Park Assist
message appears