Mercedes-Benz R-Class Owner's Manual page 115

Controls
Driving and parking
Depress the brake pedal and hold it down.
X
Pull the parking brake release handle to
X
release the parking brake.
Move the selector lever to position D or R.
X
i
Wait until the shift process is completed
before pulling away.
Release the brake pedal.
X
Carefully depress the accelerator pedal.
X
i
Upshifts take place at higher engine
speeds after a cold start. This helps the
catalytic converter to reach its operating
temperature more quickly.
Hill start assist
Hill start assist helps you when pulling away
on uphill gradients of more than 5°.
G Risk of accident
Hill start assist is not a parking brake. It
does not prevent the vehicle from rolling
away.
When parking, always depress the parking
brake and set the automatic transmission
to P.
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To pull away on an uphill slope, release the
X
brake and depress the accelerator pedal.
The hill start assist continues to hold the
braking pressure for up to one second. This
allows you to pull away evenly without the
vehicle rolling back.
i
The brake pedal remains in the depressed
position until the hill start assist releases
the braking pressure.
Hill start assist will not function if:
you are pulling away on a downhill gradient
R
the automatic transmission is in neutral N
R
the parking brake is applied
R
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R ESP is deactivated due to a malfunction
Parking
G Risk of accident
Only remove the key from the ignition lock
when the vehicle is stationary as you can-
not steer the vehicle with the key removed.
Never leave children unsupervised in the
vehicle. They could release the parking
brake. This could lead to a serious or fatal
accident.
G Risk of fire
Make sure that the exhaust system does
not under any circumstances come into
contact with easily ignitable material such
as dry grass or petrol. The material could
otherwise ignite and set the vehicle on fire.
Parking brake
Release handle
1
Parking brake
2
To apply: depress parking brake
X
The 3 warning lamp in the instrument
cluster lights up if the engine is running.
i
On steep slopes, turn the front wheels
towards the kerb.
2 firmly.