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Parking
systems
Parallel parking
Applies to veh icles: with pa rking system plus with rearv iew
camera
This view may be used when parallel parking
along the side of a street.
Fig. 145
MMI: blue surfaces aligned
in
the parki
ng
space
Fig.
146
MMI:
contact
of the
blue curved
line with the curb
Parking on the
right
is described here
.
It
is
iden-
tical when park ing on the left
.
If there is an obstacle
next
to the parking space
(such as a wall),
refer
to "Information
for
park ing
next to obstacles"
c:.>
page 156
.
.,.
Turn on
the right
turn signal.
.,.
Position your vehicle next to a
parked
vehicle in
front of the desired
parking
space. The
distance
to this veh icle should be approximately 3 ft (1
m)
.
.,.
Turn the
MMI
on and select the reverse gear
.
The
park ing system is
turned
on and
the
cross
parking
view is d isplayed.
.,.
Press the
con
t
rol
button on the MMI-controls
to select
(D
c:.>
fig. 145.
The
parallel parking
view is
displayed
.
.,.
Back
up
and align your vehicle so the blue area
@
borders on the rear end of the vehicle be-
hind you or on the parking space line
c:.>
A
in
156
General information on page 154,
c:.>
( D
in Gen-
eral information on page 154.
The blue area
represents an extension of the veh icle's outline
by approximately 16 ft (5 meters) to the rear.
The long side of the blue area shou ld be on the
curb. The ent ire blue area must
fit
into the
parking space .
.,.
With the
vehicle stopped, t urn the steering
wheel
to the
right
as
far as it will go .
.,. Back
into the pa rking
space
unt
il t
he
blue curve
c:.>
fig.
146
touches
the curb
c:.>
A
in General in-
formation
on page
154,
c:.>
( D
in General infor-
mation on page
154.
Stop the vehicle .
.,.
With the vehicle stopped, turn
the
steering
wheel to the left as far as it will go .
.,.
Continue to back
into
the
parking
space until
the
vehicle is parked parallel to
the
curb
c:>
A
in General information on page 154,
c:.>
(D
in
General information
on
page 154
.
@
marks
the rear bumper
.
Stop
the
veh icle,
at
the latest,
when
the red orientation
line
@)
borders an ob-
ject
.
Keep an
eye on
the front
of your vehicle
while
doing
this.
Parking next to obstacles
If there is an
obstacle (suc
h
as a wall)
next
to
the
parking space, position
the veh icle so
th
ere
is
more
space on
that
side.
Position the
long side
of
the blue
surface
so that
there
is
suff
icient
space
from the obstacle. The surface must not
be
touching
.
You will a lso need to start turning the
steering wheel earlier. The
blue
curve
c:.>
fig. 146
must
not
touch the obstacle and should have suf-
ficient
room
.
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Note
Keep enough
distance
from the curb to avo
id
damage
to the rims.
¢j)
Tips
The left
or
right orientation
lines
and surfaces
will be d isp layed,
depending
on
the
turn s ig-
nal
be ing
used.
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