Detecting Parking Spaces - Mercedes-Benz C-Class Operator's Manual

Parking tips:
On narrow roads, drive as close to the park-
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ing space as possible.
Parking spaces that are littered or over-
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grown might be identified or measured
incorrectly.
Parking spaces that are partially occupied
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by trailer drawbars might not be identified
as such or be measured incorrectly.
Snowfall or heavy rain may lead to a parking
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space being measured inaccurately.
Pay attention to the PARKTRONIC
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( page 200) warning messages during the
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parking procedure.
You can intervene in the steering procedure
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to correct it at any time. Active Parking
Assist will then be canceled.
When transporting a load which protrudes
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from your vehicle, you should not use
Active Parking Assist.
Never use Active Parking Assist when snow
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chains are installed.
Make sure that the tire pressures are
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always correct. This has a direct influence
on the parking characteristics of the vehi-
cle.
Use Active Parking Assist for parking spaces:
parallel or at right angles to the direction of
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travel
that are on straight roads, not bends
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that are on the same level as the road, e.g.
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not on the pavement

Detecting parking spaces

Objects located above the height range of
Active Parking Assist will not be detected
when the parking space is measured. These
are not taken into account when the parking
procedure is calculated, e.g. overhanging
loads, tail sections or loading ramps of goods
vehicles.
Driving systems
WARNING
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If there are objects above the detection range:
Active Park Assist may steer too early
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the vehicle may not stop in front of these
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objects.
You may cause a collision as a result. There is
a risk of an accident.
If there are objects above the detection range,
stop and deactivate Active Parking Assist.
For further information on the detection
range ( page 199).
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Active Parking Assist does not assist you
parking in spaces at right angles to the direc-
tion of travel if:
two parking spaces are located directly
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next to one another
the parking space is directly next to a low
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obstacle such as a low curb
you park forwards
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Active Parking Assist does not assist you
parking in spaces that are parallel or at right
angles to the direction of travel if:
the parking space is on a curb
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the system reads the parking space as
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being blocked, for example by foliage or
grass paving blocks
the area is too small for the vehicle to
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maneuver into
the parking space is bordered by an obsta-
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cle, e.g. a tree, a post or a trailer
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