Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Operating Instructions Manual page 53

ing door closes. Electrical step
with obstacle detection at the front. If the step
meets an obstacle while extending, it stops.
When you have removed the obstacle, you must
first close the sliding door then re-open it so that
the step extends completely.
If the electrical step prevents loading, you can
block it via obstacle detection when the sliding
door opens. The electrical step then remains
retracted and a fork-lift truck or other lifting vehi‐
cle can move closer to the load area.
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The display shows the
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not extended malfunction.
When the ignition is switched off, a warning
tone sounds if obstacle detection is blocked.
The tone lasts two minutes.
When the ignition is switched on, the warning
tone sounds continuously.
Vehicles with an instrument display (colour
display): if the display shows the
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sounds, electrical step 1
( page 284).
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Vehicles with an instrument display (black
and white display): if the display shows the
step not retracted malfunction
ded malfunction message and a warning tone
sounds, electrical step 1
( page 284).
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If electrical step 1 is malfunctioning, the step
may not extend or retract, or only partially. After
a malfunction occurs, you must retract and lock
electrical step 1 manually in order to continue
driving ( page 51). Before passengers exit the
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vehicle, inform them that electrical step
be missing.
1 is equipped
Step not extended
message or the step
Step not retrac-
or Step not extended
is malfunctioning
or step not exten-
is malfunctioning
1 may
Releasing the electrical step in an emergency
(manual retraction)
If the electrical step does not automatically
retract, you must manually retract the step and
lock it in order to continue driving.
On the underside of step
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remove the spring cotters
Remove the washers
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bars.
Opening and closing
2 on both bars 1
3 from the pin.
4 and detach both
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