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Parallel Parking
Applies to vehicles: with parking system (rear, with rear
view camera)
Use parking mode 2 to help you pork on the
edge of o street.
Fig. 121 MMI Display: blue surface in the parki ng spot
Fig. 122 MMI Display: Blue curve on t he curb
The following steps app ly only when there is
no obstacle (such as a wall) near the parking
spot. Otherwise, please read the "Tips on
Parking Next to Obstacles".
• Activate the turn signal.
• Switch the MMI on and se lect the reverse
gear. The parking aid turns on and park ing
mode 1 appears on the display.
• Position your vehicle parallel to the edge of
the street, approximately 3 ft (1 m) from a
parked vehicle .
• Press the Mode ¢ fig. 121
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control but-
ton on the MMI control console. Parking
mode 2 appears.
• Back up in reverse gear and align your vehi-
cle so that the blue area
@
borders on the
rear end of the vehicle or on the parking
spot line . The blue area represents an exten-
s ion of the vehicle's outline by approximate-
ly 16 ft (5 m) to the rear . The long s ide of
Park assist
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the blue a rea shou ld be on the curb. The en-
tire blue area must fit into the parking spot.
• Wh ile the vehicle is stat ionary, turn the
steer ing whee l to the right as far as it will
go.
• Back into the parking spot . Stop the vehicle
as soon as the blue curve touches the curb
¢ fig . 122 .
• Wh ile the vehicle is stationary, turn the
st eering whee l to the left as fa r as it will go.
• Continue to back up into the parking spot
until the vehicle is parked parallel to the
curb . @ marks the rear bumper. You should
stop driving in reverse as soon as and no lat-
er than when the red orientat ion line @
abuts an object ¢ _& ! Keep an eye on the
front of your vehicle while doing this
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Parking next to obstacles
When there is an obstacle (such as a wall)
next to the parking spot, choose a spot with
more space on the sides. Posit ion the long
s ide of the blue area so that there is suff icient
space from the curb. The area must not be on
the curb . You will also need to start tu rning
the steer ing wheel much earlier. There should
be a sufficient amount of space between the
curb and the blue curve, and the blue curve
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fig. 122 must
not touch the curb.
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WARNING
- The rear view camera does not show the
entire area behind the vehicle
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page 114 , fig. 117. Watch out espe-
cially for small children and animals. The
rear view camera cannot always detect
them, posing risk of an accident!
- Please note that objects not touching the
ground can appear to be further away
than they really are (for example, the
bumper of a parked vehicle, a trailer
hitch, or the rea r of a tr uck). In this cas e,
you should not use t he help lines to help
with parking, which poses danger of an
accident!
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