Mercedes-Benz EQS 2021 Owner's Manual page 229

226 Driving and parking
% The electric parking brake is only securely
applied if the red ! indicator lamp is lit
continuously.
Releasing
Switch on the vehicle.
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Pull handle 1.
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The red ! indicator lamp in the driver's
display goes out.
Emergency braking
Press and hold handle 1.
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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 driver's display.
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 the vehicle on.
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 situation can lead to inadvertent
activation:
The parked vehicle is moved, for example, in
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a two-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.
You can permanently deactivate collision
detection via the multimedia system
( page 226).
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System limits
Detection may be restricted in the following sit‐
uations:
the vehicle is damaged without impact, for
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example, if an outside mirror is torn off or
the paint is damaged by a key
an impact occurs at low speed
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the electric parking brake is not applied
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Setting collision detection on a parked vehi‐
cle
Multimedia system:
© Settings Vehicle
4 5 5
Open/close Vehicle protection
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Activate or deactivate the function at
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sion notification.
% A maximum of three incidents can be regis‐
tered. Up to 15 photos are taken for every
incident. In the event of another incident, the
photos of the first incident will be overwrit‐
ten if they have not been deleted already.
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