Parking aids
Parking aids
General notes
Applies to: vehicles with rear parking aid/parking system
plus/reversing camera/park assist
Various systems are available to help you when
parking or manoeuvring in tight spaces, depend
ing on the equipment fitted on your vehicLe.
The rear parking aid gives an acoustic warning if
there are any obstacles behind the car
cépage
135.
When you are parking, the parking system plus
warns you acoustically and optically about obsta
cles detected in front of and behind the vehicLe
^page
135.
The reversing camera uses the infotainment sys
tem display to show a picture of the area behind
the vehicle captured by the camera. This picture
helps you to park the vehicle parallel or perpen
dicular to the roadside. In addition, you are assis
ted by the functions of the parking system plus
^>page
137.
The park assist helps you to find suitable parking
spaces, to manoeuvre the vehicLe into spaces par
allel or perpendicular to the roadside and to drive
out of spaces parallel to the kerb
^>page
139. It
also includes the functions of the parking system
plus
^page
135 and additionally monitors the
area at the side of the vehicle
(f) ^page
135,
Fig. 124.
A
WARNING
- Always watch the road and the area sur
rounding the vehicLe. The electronic systems
cannot replace the full concentration of the
driver. The driver is always responsible for
safety during parking and all other manoeu
vres.
- Please note that certain surfaces, such as
clothing fabrics, cannot be detected or dis
played by the system - risk of accident!
- The sensors and cameras have bLind spots in
which neither people nor objects are regis
tered.
It is particularly important to ensure
that there are no small children or animals
near the vehicLe - risk of accident!
- Always keep a close watch on the area
around the vehicLe and make full use of the
rear-view mirrors.
- Impacts or damage to the radiator grille,
bumper, wheel arches or underbody can
cause misalignment of the sensors. This can
impair the effectiveness of the parking aids.
Have the systems checked by a qualified
workshop.
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CAUTION
- The system may not always be able to de
tect objects such as the following:
- Chains, trailer draw bars, posts or fences
- Objects above the sensors, such as wall
protrusions, etc.
- Objects with certain surfaces or struc
tures,
such as wire fences or powder snow
- As your car moves closer to low obstacles,
they may disappear from the sensors' field
of vision. Please note
that
you will no longer
be warned about these obstacles.
- Remember to maintain sufficient clearance
from the kerb to avoid damaging the wheel
rims.
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Note
- In certain situations, a warning may be giv
en by the system even if there is no obstacle
within range of the sensors. This can be
caused by the following, for instance:
- Certain road surfaces or long grass
- External ultrasound sources, e.g. from
street cleaning vehicles
- Heavy rain or snow or dense exhaust
fumes
-To familiarise yourself with the system, we
recommend
that
you practise parking in a
quiet location or a car park. The weather
and light conditions should be good.
- You can change the display and adjust the
volume and pitch of the beeps
^>page
143.
- Please refer to the notes on the use of a
towing bracket
^page
144.
- There is a slight delay in the picture dis
played on the infotainment display. •
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Parking aids
© CAUTIO
- Please observe the safety warnings
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in
General notes on page 134.
-The orange orientation lines on the infotain
ment display show the path of the rear end
of the vehicle if
you
were to reverse using
the current steering angle. Please note that
the front end of the vehicle swings out fur
ther than the rear. Please make sure you
keep a sufficient distance between the
vehi
cle and any obstacles to make sure that the
exterior mirror or edge of the vehicle do not
collide with the obstacles.
Switching on/off
Applies to: vehicles with reversing camera
Switching on
•
Engage reverse gear, or
•
Press the
P*A
button in the centre console
^>page
136, Fig. 125. You will hear
a
brief ac
knowledgement tone and the LED in the button
will Light up.
Switching off
•
Drive forwards faster than 10 km/h, or
•
Press the
P-A
button, or
•
Switch off the ignition.
-The graphic on the right of the display helps
identify the critical area of the vehicle.
- You can change the display and adjust the
volume of the beeps
^page
143.
Parking perpendicular to the roadside
Applies to: vehicles with reversing camera
This view can be used when parking your vehicle
in a garage or parking bay.
Fig.
130 Infotainment display: Approaching a parking
space
Fig.
131 Infotainment display: Aligning the vehicle
•
Switch on the infotainment system and select
reverse gear.
•
The orange orientation lines
(Ï)
represent the
path of the vehicle. Turn the steering wheel un
til the orange orientation lines are pointing to
wards the parking space
^>Fig.
130. You can es
timate the distance to an obstacLe by referring
to the markings
(2).
Each marking is equivalent
to approx. 1 metre. The blue marking is an ex
tension of the vehicle outline and reaches
about five metres to the rear of the vehicle.
•
Reverse into the space and adapt the steering
angle to the parking space, using the orange
lines to assist you
^>^in
General notes on
page 137,
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General notes on page 138.
(3) represents the rear bumper. Stop moving, at
the latest, when the red orientation Line (4) is
bordering on an obstacle.
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