Automatic Transmission - SMART EQ forfour 2018 Owner's Manual

X
Pull parking brake ; upwards.
The brake lights do not light up when you
brake the vehicle with the parking brake.
Releasing the parking brake
X
Depress the brake pedal and keep it
depressed.
X
Press release button : on parking
brake ; and move the parking brake
down to the stop.
Hill start assist
G
WARNING
After a while, hill start assist no longer
holds the vehicle and it may roll away.
There is a risk of an accident and injury.
Therefore, quickly move your foot from
the brake pedal to the accelerator pedal.
Never leave the vehicle when it is held by
hill start assist.
Hill start assist keeps the vehicle in place
when driving uphill as soon as the brake
pedal is released.
Hill start assist is only active in the follow-
ing situations:
when pulling away on an uphill slope
R
when the parking brake is released
R
the transmission is not in position i
R
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ESP is functioning correctly.
R
X
Release the brake pedal.
The vehicle is then held for about one
second.
X
Pull away.

Automatic transmission

Please note
G
WARNING
When the engine is switched off, the
automatic transmission shifts into neu-
tral position N. The vehicle may roll
away. There is a risk of an accident.
Automatic transmission
Always shift to parking position P before
switching off the engine. Secure the
parked vehicle against rolling away by
applying the parking brake.
Transmission position display
!
Only shift into transmission positions
B, C or A when the vehicle is
stationary. Otherwise, you may damage
the transmission.
The following transmission positions are
available:
j Park position
R
Position j should not be used to brake
the vehicle when parking. To secure the
vehicle, apply the parking brake in addi-
tion to shifting to transmission position
j.
k Reverse gear
R
i Neutral
R
No power is transmitted from the engine
to the drive wheels.
h Drive
R
Changing the transmission position
Park position with parking lock
j
Reverse gear
k
Neutral
i
Drive
h
The ignition must be switched on in order
to shift the transmission to positions j,
i or k. To shift the transmission from
position j, you must also depress the
brake pedal.
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