Mercedes-Benz A Series Owner's Manual page 129

Controls
Driving systems
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In tight parking spaces, you will achieve
the best parking results by reversing as far
as possible. When doing so, also observe
the Parktronic messages.
Stop as soon as Parktronic sounds the con-
X
tinuous warning tone, if not before.
Manoeuvring may be required in tight park-
ing spaces.
Vehicles with manual transmission: the mes-
sage Park Assist active Please shift
to a forward gear appears in the multi-
function display.
Vehicles with AUTOTRONIC*: the message
Park Assist active Please shift to
D appears in the multi-function display.
Vehicles with manual transmission: When
X
the car is stationary, shift to first gear.
Vehicles with AUTOTRONIC*: When the car
is stationary, set the selector lever to posi-
tion R.
Active parking assist immediately steers in
the other direction.
On the multi-function display, the message:
Park Assist active Please acceler-
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ate and brake the vehicle yourself
appears.
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You will achieve the best parking results
by waiting for the steering procedure to
complete before moving forwards.
Drive forwards and be ready to brake at all
X
times.
Stop as soon as Parktronic sounds the con-
X
tinuous warning tone, if not before.
Vehicles with manual transmission: the mes-
sage Park Assist active Please shift
into reverse gear appears in the multi-
function display.
Vehicles with AUTOTRONIC*, the message
Park Assist active Please shift to
R appears in the multi-function display.
Further gear changes* may be necessary.
X
As soon as the parking procedure is com-
plete, the message Parking assistance
finished Please take over appears.
Active parking assist is now deactivated.
Parktronic is still available.
Manoeuvre if necessary.
X
Always observe the warning messages dis-
X
played by Parktronic ( page 121).
Y
Cancelling active parking assist
You can cancel active parking assist at any
time.
Stop the movement of the multi-function
X
steering wheel or steer yourself.
Active parking assist will be cancelled at
once. The multi-function display shows the
message: Park Assist cancelled.
or
Press the Parktronic button on the centre
X
console ( page 122).
Y
Parktronic is switched off and active park-
ing assist is immediately cancelled. The
multi-function display shows the message:
Park Assist cancelled.
Active parking assist is cancelled automati-
cally if:
a gear is changed* too early
R
parking using active parking assist is no
R
longer possible
you are driving faster than 10 km/h
R
a wheel spins, ESP ® is activated or fails. In
R
such cases the v warning lamp lights
up in the instrument cluster.
* optional