Mini COUNTRYMAN Owner's Manual page 190

CONTROLS
– With accumulations of leaves/snow in
the parking space.
– With a mounted emergency wheel.
– With ditches or edges, for instance an
edge of a port.
Limits of ultrasonic measurement
Ultrasonic measuring might not function
under the following circumstances:
– For small children and animals.
– For persons with certain clothing, for in-
stance coats.
– With external interference of the ultra-
sound, for instance from passing vehi-
cles or loud machines.
– When sensors are dirty, iced over, dam-
aged or out of position.
– If cargo protrudes.
– Under certain weather conditions such
as high relative humidity, wet condi-
tions, snowfall, extreme heat, or strong
wind.
– With tow bars and trailer couplings of
other vehicles.
– With thin or wedge-shaped objects.
– With moving objects.
– With elevated, protruding objects such
as ledges or cargo.
– With objects with corners and sharp
edges.
– With objects with a fine surface struc-
ture such as fences.
– For objects with porous surfaces.
– Low objects already displayed, for in-
stance curbs, can move into the blind
area of the sensors before or after a con-
tinuous tone sounds.
– The parking assistant may identify park-
ing spaces that are not suitable for park-
ing.
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Tire size
The parking position may vary depending
on the tire size.
Malfunction
A Check Control message is displayed.
The parking assistant failed. Have the sys-
tem checked by a dealer's service center or
another qualified service center or repair
shop.