Mercedes-Benz B-Class 2011 Owner's Manual page 213

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Display messages Possible causes/consequences and M Solutions
The red ! indicator lamp flashes and the yellow ! warning
lamp is lit.
The electric parking brake is malfunctioning.
To release:
Switch off the ignition and turn it back on.
X
Release the electric parking brake manually.
X
To apply:
Switch off the ignition and turn it back on.
X
Engage the electric parking brake manually.
X
If the red ! indicator lamp continues to flash:
Do not drive on.
X
Secure the vehicle against rolling away (
X
Vehicles with manual transmission: engage first gear.
X
Vehicles with automatic transmission: shift the transmission
X
to P.
Turn the front wheels towards the kerb.
X
Consult a qualified specialist workshop.
X
The yellow ! warning lamp lights up. The red ! indicator
lamp flashes for about ten seconds after the electric parking brake
has been applied or released. It then goes out or remains lit.
The electric parking brake is malfunctioning.
Switch off the ignition and turn it back on.
X
Engage the electric parking brake.
X
If it is not possible to apply the electric parking brake:
Vehicles with manual transmission: engage first gear.
X
Vehicles with automatic transmission: shift the transmission
X
to P.
Visit a qualified specialist workshop.
X
If it is not possible to release the electric parking brake:
Vehicles with manual transmission: release the electric park-
X
ing brake using the automatic emergency release
( page 145).
Y
Vehicles with automatic transmission: release the electric
X
parking brake automatically (
If the electric parking brake can still not be released:
Consult a qualified specialist workshop.
X
page 299).
Y
page 145).
Y