Mercedes-Benz A Series Owner's Manual page 93

Controls
Driving and parking
Hill start assist
Hill start assist helps you when pulling away
on uphill gradients. It holds the vehicle for a
short time after you have removed your foot
from the brake pedal. This gives you enough
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 vehicle and it could roll away.
Remove your foot from the brake pedal.
X
i
Once you have taken your foot off the
brake pedal, the vehicle is held for around
one second.
Pull away.
X
Hill start assist does not function if:
you are pulling away on a level road or a
R
downhill gradient.
on vehicles with AUTOTRONIC*, the selec-
R
tor lever is in the N position.
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the vehicle is secured with the parking
R
brake.
®
R ESP is malfunctioning.
Parking
G Risk of accident
Only remove the key from the ignition lock
when the vehicle is stationary as you can-
not steer the vehicle with the key removed.
Never leave children unsupervised in the
vehicle. 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. The material could
otherwise ignite and set the vehicle on fire.
Parking brake
Parking brake
1
Release button
2
To apply: pull parking brake
X
The 3 warning lamp in the instrument
cluster lights up if the engine is running.
i
On steep slopes, turn the front wheels
towards the kerb.
1 up firmly.
* optional