Mercedes-Benz B-Class 2011 Owner's Manual page 214

Display messages
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Pkg brake inopera‐
tive
Possible causes/consequences and M Solutions
The yellow ! warning lamp lights up. If you manually apply or
release the electric parking brake, the red ! indicator lamp
flashes.
The electric parking brake is malfunctioning. It is not possible to
apply the electric parking brake manually.
Vehicles with manual transmission: switch off the ignition.
X
The electric parking brake is applied automatically.
You can release the electric parking brake using the automatic
emergency release (
Vehicles with automatic transmission: shift the transmission
X
to P as the electric parking brake is not applied automatically.
Visit a qualified specialist workshop.
X
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If you do not wish the electric parking brake to be applied,
leave the ignition switched on, e.g. when washing the vehicle in
an automatic car wash or when having the vehicle towed. Excep-
tion: when having the vehicle towed with the front axle raised
( page 284).
Y
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, e.g. because of over-
voltage or undervoltage.
Remove the cause for the overvoltage or undervoltage, e.g. by
X
charging the battery or restarting the engine.
Apply or release the electric parking brake.
X
If it remains impossible to apply or release the electric parking
brake:
Switch off the ignition and turn it back on.
X
Apply or release the electric parking brake.
X
If the electric parking brake can still not be released:
Consult a qualified specialist workshop.
X
The display message is only shown while the vehicle is in motion.
The red ! indicator lamp flashes and the yellow ! warning
lamp is lit.
It is not possible to apply the electric parking brake manually.
Vehicles with manual transmission: engage first gear.
X
Vehicles with automatic transmission: shift the transmission
X
to P.
Visit a qualified specialist workshop.
X
Display messages
page 145).
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