Mercedes-Benz V-Class 2021 Owner's Manual page 177

174 Driving and parking
Switching off
Press the Ô button.
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Drive forwards at a speed above 16 km/h.
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or
Shift the automatic transmission to position
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j.
Activating/deactivating automatic operation
of the reversing camera
The reversing camera is only an aid. It is not a
substitute for you paying attention to the sur‐
roundings. You are always responsible for safe
manoeuvring, parking and exiting a parking
space. Make sure that no persons, animals or
objects etc. are in the path of your vehicle. Pay
attention to your surroundings and be ready to
brake at all times.
Multimedia system:
© Settings
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Camera & parking
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Activate or deactivate
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Active Parking Assist
Function of Active Parking Assist
Active Parking Assist is an electronic parking
assistance system which automatically locates
and measures parking spaces on both sides of
the vehicle when you are driving forwards up to a
speed of approximately 35 km/h.
If all requirements are met, the Ç display
appears in the multifunction display. The system
then independently locates and measures parallel
and perpendicular parking spaces on both sides
of the vehicle.
When Active Parking Assist has detected parking
spaces, the È display appears in the multi‐
function display. The arrows show on which side
of the road free parking spaces are located.
Active Parking Assist displays parking spaces on
the co-driver side as standard. The parking
spaces on the driver's side are only displayed if
you operate the turn signal on the driver's side.
When parking on the driver's side, you must oper‐
ate the turn signal until you have started active
parking assistance by pressing the a steering-
wheel button.
Active Parking Assist can assist you with an
active steering intervention and brake application
during parking and exiting the parking space. The
active brake application is dependent on the
Assistance
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Auto reversing camera.
country-specific version of the vehicle. On vehi‐
cles with manual transmission, active parking
assistance is limited exclusively to power-steering
assistance.
Active Parking Assist is only an aid. It is not a
substitute for your attention to the surroundings.
You are always responsible for safe manoeuvring,
parking and exiting a parking space. Make sure
that no persons, animals or objects etc. are in the
path of your vehicle.
Active Parking Assist is cancelled in the following
cases, among others:
Parking Assist PARKTRONIC is deactivated.
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You steer.
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You apply the parking brake.
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Parking using Active Parking Assist is no lon‐
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ger possible.
You exceed a speed of 10 km/h.
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A wheel spins and ESP
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You engage transmission position j.
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You open the driver's door or a sliding door
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on vehicles with a manual transmission.
You open a door or the tailgate, or unfasten
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your seat belt, on vehicles with an automatic
transmission.
PARKTRONIC is deactivated for the rear area
when you have a trailer coupled up and establish
an electrical connection between your vehicle
and the trailer. Active Parking Assist is then not
available.
System limits
Objects located above or below the detection
range of Active Parking Assist are not detected
when the parking space is being measured. They
are also not taken into account when the parking
manoeuvre is calculated, e.g. overhanging loads,
overhangs or loading ramps of lorries, or the
boundaries of parking spaces. In some circum‐
stances, Active Parking Assist may therefore
guide you into the parking space prematurely.
& WARNING Risk of accident due to
objects located above or below the
detection range of Active Parking Assist
If there are objects above or below the detec‐
tion range, the following situations may arise:
Active Parking Assist may steer too early.
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The vehicle may not stop in front of these
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objects.
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intervenes or fails.