Mercedes-Benz SL 2015 Owner's Manual page 189

Driving systems
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parking position can no longer be achieved
from this position.
Exiting a parking space
In order that Active Parking Assist can assist you
when exiting the parking space:
the border of the parking space must be high
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enough at the front and the rear. A kerb stone
is too small, for example.
the border of the parking space must not be
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too wide, as the position of the vehicle must
not exceed an angle of 45° to the starting
position as it is manoeuvred into the parking
space.
a manoeuvring distance of at least 1.0 m must
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be available.
Active Parking Assist can only assist you with
exiting a parking space if you have parked the
vehicle parallel to the direction of travel using
Active Parking Assist.
Start the engine.
X
Release the electric parking brake.
X
Switch on the turn signal in the direction you
X
will drive out of the parking space.
Shift the transmission to position D or R.
X
The Start Park Assist? Yes: OK No: Start Park Assist? Yes: OK No:
message appears in the multifunction display
%.
To cancel the procedure: press the %
X
button on the multifunction steering wheel or
pull away.
or
To exit a parking space using Active Park-
X
ing Assist: press the a button on the mul-
tifunction steering wheel.
The Park Assist active Accelerate Park Assist active Accelerate
and brake Observe surroundings and brake Observe surroundings
sage appears in the multifunction display.
Release the multifunction steering wheel.
X
Pull away, being ready to brake at all times. Do
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not exceed a maximum speed of approx-
imately 10 km/h when exiting a parking
space. Otherwise, Active Parking Assist will
be cancelled.
Shift the transmission to position D or R as
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required or according to the message while
the vehicle is stationary.
Active Parking Assist immediately steers in
the other direction. The
active Accelerate active Accelerate and
mes-
Park Assist Park Assist
and brake brake Observe Observe
surroundings surroundings message appears in the mul-
tifunction display.
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You will achieve the best results by waiting
for the steering procedure to complete before
pulling away.
If you reverse after activation, the steering
wheel is moved to the straight-ahead posi-
tion.
Drive forwards and reverse as prompted by
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the PARKTRONIC warning displays, several
times if necessary.
Once you have exited the parking space com-
pletely, the steering wheel is moved to the
straight-ahead position. You hear a tone and the
Park Park Assist Assist switched switched off
in the multifunction display. You will then have
to steer and merge into traffic on your own.
PARKTRONIC is still available. You can take over
the steering before the vehicle has exited the
parking space completely. This is useful, for
example, when you recognise that it is already
possible to pull out of the parking space.
Cancelling Active Parking Assist
You can cancel Active Parking Assist at any
time.
Stop the movement of the multifunction
X
steering wheel or steer yourself.
Active Parking Assist will be cancelled at
once. The Park Assist cancelled Park Assist cancelled
sage appears in the multifunction display.
or
Press the PARKTRONIC button on the centre
X
console ( page 182).
Y
PARKTRONIC is switched off and Active Park-
ing Assist is immediately cancelled. The
Park Assist cancelled Park Assist cancelled
in the multifunction display.
Active Parking Assist is cancelled automatically
if:
parking using Active Parking Assist is no lon-
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ger possible
you are driving faster than 10 km/h
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a wheel spins and ESP
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The ÷ ESP warning lamp lights up in the
instrument cluster.
A warning tone sounds. The parking symbol
goes out and the Park Assist cancelled Park Assist cancelled
message appears in the multifunction display.
off message appears
mes-
message appears
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intervenes or fails.