Important safety notes
Parking Guidance is an electronic parking aid with ultrasound. Ultrasound is used to measure the road on both sides of the vehicle.
A suitable parking space is indicated by the parking symbol. You receive steering instructions when parking. You may also use PARKTRONIC
WARNING
Parking Guidance is merely an aid and may
display parking spaces that are not suitable
for parking, for example:
- no-parking areas
- parking spaces with unsuitable surfaces
(road surface)
- driveways
- entrances and exits
Parking Guidance detects and measures potential parking spaces while driving past.
Changes to the parking space after this point are not taken into account, for example if the vehicle in front of or behind the parking space changes position or objects in the parking space are moved.
Even when using Parking Guidance, you are still responsible for driving carefully. If you rely on Parking Guidance alone, you could cause an accident and injure yourself and others.
Safety always remains your responsibility and you must continue paying careful attention to your immediate surroundings when parking and maneuvering.
WARNING
Objects located above the height range of
Parking Guidance will not be detected when
the parking space is measured. These objects
are not taken into account when the parking
procedure is calculated, e.g. overhanging
loads, tail sections or loading ramps of goods
vehicles. Under some circumstances, Parking
Guidance might therefore issue steering
instructions too soon. This may lead to a
collision. For this reason, you should avoid
using Parking Guidance in such situations.
WARNING
Make sure that no persons or animals are in
the maneuvering range. Otherwise, they
could be injured.
Pay particular attention to low objects or objects with flat surfaces, such as trailer drawbars, posts, cross beams and curbs.
These types of objects cannot be detected by Parking Guidance and may damage the vehicle.
When PARKTRONIC is deactivated, Parking Guidance is also unavailable.
Use Parking Guidance for parking spaces:
- that are parallel to the direction of travel - that are on straight roads, not bends - that are on the same level as the road, i.e.
not on the pavement, for example. Parking Guidance may not detect flat curbs Parking tips:
Ron narrow roads, drive past the parking space as close as possible.
- parking spaces that are littered, overgrown
or partially occupied by trailer drawbars
might be identified incorrectly or not at all.
- snowfall or heavy rain may lead to a parking
space being measured inaccurately.
- pay attention to the PARKTRONIC warning messages during the
parking procedure.
- when transporting a load which protrudes
from your vehicle, you must not use Parking
Guidance.
- never use Parking Guidance with snow
chains or an emergency spare wheel
installed.
- make sure that the tire pressures are
always correct. This has a direct effect on
the steering instructions.
- the way your vehicle is positioned in the
parking space after parking is dependent
on various factors. These include the
position and shape of the vehicles parked
in front and behind it and the conditions of
the location. In some cases, Parking
Guidance may guide you too far or not far
enough into a parking space. In some
cases, it may also lead you across or onto
the curb. If necessary, cancel the parking
procedure with Parking Guidance.
If unavoidable, you should drive over obstacles such as curbs slowly and not at a sharp angle. Otherwise, you may damage the wheels or tires.
See also:
Closing
Replace the fuel filler cap and turn it
clockwise. The fuel filler cap audibly
engages.
Close the fuel filler flap.
If you drive with the fuel filler cap open,
the reserve fuel warning lamp ...
Notes on technical data
The data stated here specifically refers to
a vehicle with standard equipment. Consult
an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center for
the data for all vehicle variants and trim
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