Driving And Parking 125; Driving - Mercedes-Benz Vito 2022 Operator's Manual

Driving

Key positions
& 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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& DANGER Risk of fatal injuries due to
exhaust gases
Combustion engines emit poisonous exhaust
gases such as carbon monoxide. Breathing in
these exhaust gases is hazardous to health and
results in poisoning.
Never leave the engine and, if present,
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the stationary heater, running in an
enclosed space without sufficient ventila-
tion.
& WARNING Risk of fire due to flammable
materials in the engine compartment or on
the exhaust system
Flammable materials may ignite.
Therefore, regularly check that there are
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no flammable foreign materials in the
engine compartment or on the exhaust
system.
g Insert/remove the key
1 Switch on the power supply
2 Switch on vehicle
3 Starting the vehicle
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If the key does not belong to the vehicle, it can
still be turned in the ignition lock. The vehicle
will not be switched on and cannot be started.
Insert the key into the ignition lock in position
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g and turn it to the desired position.
Running-in notes
Protect the engine during the first 1500 km:
driving at varying road and engine speeds.
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Shift to the next higher gear at the very latest
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when the needle reaches the last third before
the red area in the rev counter.
avoiding stress on the vehicle such as driving
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at full throttle.
not shifting manually to a lower gear to brake.
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only after 1,500 km, gradually increasing the
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engine speed and accelerating the vehicle up
to full speed.
Vehicles with automatic transmission: Do not
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depress the accelerator pedal past the pres-
sure point (kickdown).
This also applies if the engine or parts of the drive-
train have been replaced.
Also observe the following running-in notes:
In certain driving and driving safety systems,
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the sensors adjust automatically over a speci-
fied distance driven following vehicle delivery
or after repairs. Full system effectiveness is not
reached until the end of this teach-in process.
New or replaced brake pads, brake disks and
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tyres will provide optimal braking and grip only
after several hundred kilometres. Until then,
compensate for the reduced braking effect by
applying greater pressure to the brake pedal.

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