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Pa rk a s s ist
Parallel Parking
Applies to vehicles: with park ing system (rear, with rear
view camera)
Use parking mode 2 to help you park on the
edge of a street.
Fig. 129 MMI Display : blue surfa ce in the parking spot
Fig. 130 MMI Display: Blue curve on the curb
The following steps app ly only when there is
no obstacle (such as a wall) near the parking
spot. Otherwise, please read the "Tips on
Parking Next to Obstacles".
.. Activate the turn signal.
.. Switch the MMI on and se lect the reverse
gear. The parking aid turns on and parking
mode 1 appears on the display.
.. Position your vehicle parallel to the edge of
the street, approximately 3 ft (1 m) from a
parked vehicle .
"Press the Mode ¢ fig. 129
©
control button
on the MMI control console . Parking mode 2
appears .
.. Back up in reverse gear and align your vehi-
cle so that the blue area
@
borders on the
rear end of the vehicle or on the parking
spot line. The blue area represents an exten-
sion of the vehicle's outline by approximate-
ly 16 ft (5 m) to the rear . The long s ide of
the blue area shou ld be on the curb. The en-
tire blue area must fit into the parking spot.
.. Wh ile the vehicle is stationary, turn the
steering wheel to the rig ht as far as it will
go.
" Back into the parking spot. Stop the vehicle
as soon as t he blue curve is nea r the curb
r:::;,
fig . 130
¢0.
" W hile the vehicle is stat ionary, turn the
steer ing whee l to the left as fa r as it will go .
.. Continue to back up into the parking spot
until the vehicle is parked parallel to the
curb . @ marks the rear bumper. You should
stop driving in reverse as soon as and no lat-
er than when the red orientation line @
abuts an object ¢ _&.! Keep an eye on the
front of your vehicle while do ing th is
¢ 6) .
Parking next to obstacles
When there is an obstacle (such as a wa ll)
next to the parking spot, choose a spot with
more space on the sides. Posit ion the long
s ide of the blue area so that there is suff icient
space from the curb . The area must not be on
the curb . You will a lso need to start turning
the steer ing wheel much ea rlier. There should
be a sufficient amount of space between the
curb and the blue curve, and t he blue curve
¢ fig. 130 must not touch the curb.
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WARNING
- The rear view camera does not show the
entire area behind the vehicle
¢ page 109 , fig. 12 5. Watch out espe-
cially for small children and anima ls. The
rear view camera cannot always detect
them, posing risk of an acc ident!
- Please note that objects not touching the
ground can appear to be further away
than th ey really are (for example, the
bumper of a parked vehicl e, a trailer
hitch, o r the rea r of a truck). In this case,
you sho uld not use the help lines to help
with parking, which poses dange r of an
accident!
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