Mercedes-Benz CLS Owner's Manual page 180

Applying/releasing the electric parking
brake manually
Applying
Push handle 1.
#
The red ! indicator lamp lights up in the
instrument cluster.
% The electric parking brake is only securely
applied if the indicator lamp is lit continu‐
ously.
Releasing
Switch on the ignition.
#
Pull handle 1.
#
The red ! indicator lamp in the instru‐
ment cluster goes out.
Emergency braking
Press and hold handle 1.
#
As long as the vehicle is driving, the
parking brake message is displayed and the
red ! indicator lamp flashes.
When the vehicle has been braked to a
standstill, the electric parking brake is
applied. The red ! indicator lamp lights
up in the instrument cluster.
Information on collision detection on a
parked vehicle
If a collision is detected when the tow-away pro‐
tection is primed on a locked vehicle, you will
receive a notification in the multimedia system
when you switch on the ignition.
You will receive information about the following
points:
The area of the vehicle that may have been
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damaged.
The force of the impact.
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The following situations can lead to inadvertent
activation:
The parked vehicle is moved, e.g. in a two-
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storey garage.
Release
% Deactivate tow-away protection in order to
prevent inadvertent activation. If you deacti‐
vate tow-away protection, collision detection
will also be deactivated.
System limits
Detection may be restricted in the following sit‐
uations:
the vehicle is damaged without impact, e.g. if
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an outside mirror is torn off or the paint is
damaged by a key
an impact occurs at low speed
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