Mercedes-Benz GLB Owner's Manual page 225

222 Driving and parking
The electric parking brake is applied if the trans‐
mission is in position j and one of the follow‐
ing conditions is fulfilled:
The engine is switched off.
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The seat belt tongue is not inserted in the
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seat belt buckle of the driver's seat and the
driver's door is opened.
% To prevent application: pull the handle of the
electric parking brake.
In the following situations, the electric parking
brake is also applied:
Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC is bringing
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the vehicle to a standstill.
The HOLD function is keeping the vehicle sta‐
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tionary.
Active Parking Assist is keeping the vehicle
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stationary.
This is the case if one of the following conditions
is also fulfilled:
The engine is switched off.
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The seat belt tongue is not inserted in the
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seat belt buckle of the driver's seat and the
driver's door is opened.
There is a system malfunction.
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The power supply is insufficient.
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The vehicle is stationary for a lengthy period.
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When the electric parking brake is applied, the
red ! indicator lamp appears in the instru‐
ment cluster.
The electric parking brake is not automatically
applied if the engine is switched off by the ECO
start/stop function.
Electric parking brake function (releasing
automatically)
The electric parking brake is released when the
following conditions are fulfilled:
The driver's door is closed.
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The engine is running.
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Vehicles with manual transmission: a gear
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has been selected, you release the clutch
pedal and depress the accelerator pedal.
The driver's door is closed.
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You apply the brakes and shift from neutral
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i into reverse gear k or a forward gear
(1 - 6) when on level ground.
Vehicles with automatic transmission: the
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transmission is in position h or k and you
depress the accelerator pedal or you shift
from transmission position j to h or k
when on level ground with the driver's door
closed.
If the transmission is in position k, the tail‐
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gate must be closed.
The seat belt tongue is inserted into the seat
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belt buckle of the driver's seat.
Vehicles with automatic transmission: if the seat
belt tongue is not inserted into the seat belt
buckle of the driver's seat, the following condi‐
tions must be fulfilled:
You shift from transmission position j.
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You have previously driven at speeds greater
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than 3 km/h
When the electric parking brake is released, the
red ! indicator lamp in the instrument clus‐
ter goes out.