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Parking
Sys
tem
Parallel Parking
Applies to vehicles: with park ing system (rear, with
rear
view
camera)
Use parking mode 2 to help you park on the edge
of a street.
Fig. 116 MMI Display:
bl
ue surface in the park ing spot
Fig. 117 MMI
Display:
Blue curve
on
t he curb
The following steps apply only when there is no
obstacle (such as a wall) near the parking spot
.
Otherw ise, please read the "Tips on Parking Next
to Obstacles
"
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page 110
.
.,.
Activate the turn signal.
.,.
Position your vehicle parallel to the edge of the
street, approx imately 3 ft (1 m) from a parked
vehicle.
.,.
Switc
h
the MMI on and se lect the reverse gear
.
The park ing aid tu rns on and pa rking mode 1
appears on the display.
...
Press the
Mode
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fig. 116
(!)
control button on
the MMI control console. Parking mode 2 ap-
pears.
...
Back up in reverse gear and align your vehicle
so that the blue area
@
borders on the rear end
of the vehicle or on the park ing spot line
.
The
blue area rep resents an extension of the vehi-
cle's outline by approximately 16 ft (S m) to
the rear. The long side of the blue area should
110
be on the curb
.
The ent ire blue area m ust fit
in-
to the parking spot
.
...
Wh ile the vehicle is stationary, turn the steer-
ing wheel 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
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fig
.
117
.
.,.
While the vehicle is stationa ry, tu rn the steer-
ing wheel to the left as fa
r
as it will go .
.,.
Continue to back up into the parking spot u ntil
the vehicle is parked para llel to the curb.
@
ma rks the rear bumper. You should stop driving
in reverse as soon as and no later than when
the red orientation line
@
abuts an object
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,&
! Keep an eye on the front of your vehicle
while doing th is
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Q).
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
.
Position the long side of the blue
area so that there is sufficient space from the
curb
.
The area must not be on the curb
.
You will
also need to start turning the steering 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. 117
must
not
touch the curb.
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WARNING
- The rear view camera does not show the en-
tire area behind the vehicle
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page 107
,
fig. 112
.
Watch out especially for small chil-
dren and animals. The rear view camera can-
not a lways 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 examp le, the bumper of
a parked vehicle, a trailer hitch,
or
the rear
of a tr
uck).
In
this case, you shou ld not use
the help lines to help with parking, which
poses dange
r
of an accident!
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Note
In the M MI d is play, the direction of travel of
the veh icle rea
r
is represented depend ing on
the
st
eer ing whee
l
ang le. The veh icle front
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