Mercedes-Benz E-Class 2009 Owner's Manual page 103

Driving and parking
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Hill start assist
Hill start assist helps you when pulling away
forwards or in reverse on an uphill gradient.
It holds the vehicle for a short time after you
have removed your foot from the brake pedal.
This gives you time to move your foot from
the brake pedal to the accelerator pedal and
depress it before the vehicle begins to roll.
G
Risk of accident
Never leave the vehicle when it is held by hill
start assist. After approximately one second,
hill start assist will no longer brake your vehi-
cle and it could roll away.
Take your foot off the brake pedal.
X
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Once you have taken your foot off the
brake pedal, the vehicle is held for around
one second.
Pull away.
X
Hill start assist will not function if:
you are pulling away on a level road or a
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downhill gradient.
on vehicles with automatic transmission*,
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the transmission is in position N.
the vehicle is secured with the parking
R
brake.
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ESP is malfunctioning.
R
Parking
G Risk of accident
Only remove the key from the ignition lock
when the vehicle is stationary, as you cannot
steer the vehicle when the key is removed.
Never leave children unsupervised in the vehi-
cle. 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. Otherwise, the flammable material
may ignite and set the vehicle on fire.
To ensure that the vehicle is secured against
rolling away unintentionally:
the parking brake must be applied
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on vehicles with manual transmission,
R
engage first gear or reverse gear
R on vehicles with automatic transmission*,
the transmission must be in position P and
the key must be removed from the ignition
lock
on steep uphill or downhill gradients, turn
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the front wheels towards the kerb
Parking brake
To apply: depress parking brake ; firmly.
X
The J warning lamp in the instrument
cluster lights up if the engine is running.
To release: depress the brake pedal and
X
keep it depressed.
On vehicles with automatic transmission*,
the selector lever lock is released.
Pull release handle :.
X
The J warning lamp in the instrument
cluster goes out.
* optional