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Driving systems and driving safety systems
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vehicles with manual transmission: you
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shift to too high a gear and as a result, the
engine speed is too low.
vehicles with automatic transmission: you
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shift to neutral i while driving.
The variable speed limiter is deactivated auto-
matically in the following cases:
you deactivate ESP
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there is a malfunction in the ESP
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tem.
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The variable speed limiter switches to pas-
sive when you kickdown. After falling below
the stored speed, the variable speed limiter is
active again.
Parking Assist PARKTRONIC
Functions of Parking Assist
PARKTRONIC
Parking Assist PARKTRONIC is an electronic
parking aid with ultrasound. It monitors the area
around your vehicle using four sensors on the
front bumper and four sensors on the rear
bumper. Parking Assist PARKTRONIC shows you
the distance between your vehicle and an obsta-
cle visually and audibly.
Parking Assist PARKTRONIC is only an aid. It is
not a substitute for your attention to the imme-
diate surroundings. You are responsible for safe
manoeuvring, parking and pulling away. Make
sure that there are no persons, animals or
objects in the manoeuvring area while manoeu-
vring and parking in/leaving parking spaces.
In the standard setting, an intermittent warning
tone sounds from a distance of 0.5 m to the
obstacle. From a distance of 0.4 m a continuous
warning tone sounds.
System limitations
Parking Assist PARKTRONIC does not take into
account the following obstacles:
obstacles below the detection range, e.g. ani-
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mals or objects
obstacles above the detection range, e.g.
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overhanging loads, overhangs or loading
ramps of lorries
The sensors must be free of dirt, ice and slush.
Otherwise, they cannot function correctly.
Clean the sensors regularly, taking care not to
scratch or damage them.
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or ABS sys-
Vehicles with a trailer tow hitch: once you
have established an electrical connection
between your vehicle and the trailer, the rear
sensors must be deactivated.
If the sensors are deactivated, the
Parktronic - Activate with OK
Parktronic - Activate with OK
appears in the multifunction display once the
ignition is started.
Activating and deactivating
PARKTRONIC
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Pay particular attention to obstacles above
or below the sensors when parking, such as
flower pots or trailer towbars. PARKTRONIC
does not detect such objects when they are in
the immediate vicinity of the vehicle. You
could damage the vehicle or objects.
PARKTRONIC can suffer interference from:
ultrasonic sources such as a lorry's
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compressed-air brakes, an automatic car
wash or a pneumatic drill
attachments to the vehicle, e.g. rear moun-
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ted racks
number plates (vehicle licence plates) that
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are not affixed flat against the bumper
dirty or icy sensors
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Make sure that there are no persons, animals or
objects in the manoeuvring area while manoeu-
vring and parking in/leaving parking spaces.
Press button :.
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If indicator lamp ; is not lit, Parking Assist
PARKTRONIC is active. If the indicator
lamp ; is lit and the f symbol appears in
the multifunction display, Parking Assist
PARKTRONIC is not active.
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Parking Assist PARKTRONIC is automati-
cally activated when the vehicle is started.
Rear
Rear
message
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