Mercedes-Benz B-Class Owner's Manual page 223

220 Driving and parking
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The seat belt tongue is not inserted in the seat
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belt buckle of the driver's seat and the driver's
door is opened.
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To prevent application: pull the handle of the
electric parking brake ( page 221).
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In t In the f he follo ollowing situations, t wing situations, the electr he electric par
br brak ake is also applied: e is also applied:
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.
Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC is bringing
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the vehicle to a standstill.
In addition, one of t In addition, one of the f he follo ollowing conditions wing conditions
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must be mus t be ful lled: ful lled:
The vehicle is switched o .
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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 insu cient.
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The vehicle is stationary for a lengthy
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period.
When the electric parking brake is applied, the
red ! indicator lamp lights up in the instru-
ment cluster.
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The electric parking brake is not automatically
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applied if the vehicle is switched o by the
ECO start/stop function.
F F unction of t unction of the electr he electric par
automaticall aut omatically) y)
The electr The electric par ic parking br
f f ollo ollowing conditions ar wing conditions are e ful lled:
The driver's door is closed.
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The vehicle has been started.
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V V ehicles wit ehicles with manual tr
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been selected, you release the clutch pedal
and depress the accelerator pedal.
You apply the brakes and shi from neutral i
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into reverse gear k or a forward gear (1 -
6) when on level ground.
V V ehicles wit ehicles with aut
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transmission is in position h or k and you
ic parking br king brak ake (r e (releasing eleasing
king brak ake is r e is released when t eleased when the he
ful lled:
h manual transmission: ansmission: a gear has
h automatic tr omatic transmission: ansmission: the
depress the accelerator pedal or you shi
from transmission position j to h or k
when on level ground.
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.
If the seat belt tongue is not inserted into the
seat belt buckle of the driver's seat, one of the
following conditions must be ful lled:
You shi from transmission position j.
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or
You have previously driven at speeds
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greater than 3 km/h.
When the electric parking brake is released, the
red ! indicator lamp in the instrument cluster
goes out.