Mercedes-Benz C-Class Saloon 2022 Owner's Manual page 225

222 Driving and parking
Engage transmission position j in a station-
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ary vehicle with the brake pedal depressed
( page 192).
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Switch off the vehicle by pressing button 1.
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Release the service brake slowly.
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Get out of the vehicle and lock it.
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When you park the vehicle, you can still oper-
ate the side windows and the sliding sunroof
for approximately four minutes if the driver's
door is closed.
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When you park the vehicle, you can still oper-
ate the side windows and the panoramic slid-
ing sunroof for approximately four minutes if
the driver's door is closed.
Electric parking brake
▌Function of the electric parking brake (applying
automatically)
& WARNING Accident– and risk of injury
with unsupervised children in the vehicle
If you leave children unattended in the vehicle,
they can in particular
Open doors and thereby endanger other
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persons or road users.
get out of the car and are hit by traffic.
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Operate vehicle equipment and become
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trapped, forexample.
In addition, the children could also set the
vehicle in motion, for exampleby:
releasing the parking brake.
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change the gearbox setting.
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start the vehicle.
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Never leave children unattended in the
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vehicle.
When leaving the vehicle, always take the
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SmartKey with you and lock the vehicle.
Keep the key out of reach of children.
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The electric parking brake is applied if the trans-
mission is in position j and one of the following
conditions is fulfilled:
The vehicle is switched off.
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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 223).
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In the following situations, the electric parking
brake 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 the following conditions
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must be fulfilled: