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Engag eparkp osition j. #
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heyellow ! indicator lam pislit. The electric parking brak eismalfunctioning.
T T oa pply:
oa pply: #
Switc hthe vehicle o. and switc hitbackon #
App lythee lectric parking brak emanuall y(/ pag e195).
If it is no tpossible toappl ythe electric parking brake: #
Consult aquali/ed specialist workshop. #
Wher enecessar y,also secur ethe par kedv ehiclea gains trolling away.
*T heyellow ! indicator lam pand ther ed ! indicator lam parelit. The electric parking brak eismalfunctioning.
T T or or elease:
elease: #
Switc hthe vehicle o. and switc hitbackon #
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Release thee lectric parking brak eautomaticall y(/ pag e194).
If it is still no tpossible torelease thee lectric parking brake: #
Do no tcontinue driving. Consult aquali/ed specialist workshop.
*T heyellow ! indicator lam pislit and ther ed ! indicator lam pis0ashing. The electric parking brak eismalfunc-
tioning.
The electric parking brak ecould no tbeapplied or released. #
Switc hthe vehicle o. and switc hitbackon
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T oa pply:
oa pply: #
Release and then appl ythe electric parking brak emanuall y(/ pag e195).
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Appl yand then release thee lectric parking brak emanuall y.
If it is no tpossible toappl ythe electric parking brak eorthered ! indicator lam pcontinues to0ash: #
Do no tcontinu edriving .Consul taquali/ed specialist workshop. #
Wher enecessar y,also secur ethe par kedv ehiclea gains trolling away.
*T heyellow ! indicator lam pislit and ther ed ! indicator lam p0ashes fora ppr oximatel yten seconds aTer the
electric parking brak ehas been applied or released. It then remains lit or goes out. The electric parking brak eismal-
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to we d, lea vethev ehicles witched on. This does no tinclude havin gthe vehicle towe dw itht he rear axle raised.
If th ee lectric parking brak eisnotapplied automaticall y: #
Switcht he vehicle o. and switc hitbackon #
Release and then appl ythe electric parking brak emanuall y(/ pag e195).
If it is still no tpossible toappl ythe electric parking brake: #
Consult aquali/ed specialist workshop. #
Wher enecessar y,also secur ethe par kedv ehiclea gains trolling away.
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or elease:
elease: #
Ifth ec onditions fora utomatic release ar eful/lled and thee lectric parking brak eisnotreleased automaticall y,
re lease thee lectric parking brak emanuall y(/ pag e195).
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hered ! indicator lam pis0 ashing.
The electric parking brak eisapplied while youa redriving:
R Acondition fora utomatic release of thee lectric parking brak ehas no tbeen ful/lled (/ page194).
R Youa reper form ing emer gency braking using thee lectric parking brak e(/ pag e195). #
Chec kthe conditions fora utomatic release of thee lectric parking brake. #
Release thee lectric parking brak emanuall y.
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hered ! indicator lam pislit.
Yo uh ave attem pted torelease thee lectric parking brak ewitht he vehicle switched o.. #
Switc hont hevehicle.
J Check brake fluid level *T
her eisi nsu1cient brak e0uid in theb rake 0uid reser voir. &
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ARNING Risk of an accident due tolowb rake 0uid le vel
If th eb rake 0uid le velist oo lo w,theb raking e.ect and theb raking characteristics ma ybeimpaired. #
Stop thev ehicleass oon as possible, paying attention toroad and tra1c conditions. Do no tcontinu edriving. #
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Do no ttop up theb rake 0uid. Check brake pads See
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he brakepads ha vereached thew ear limit. #
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he HOL Dfunction is deactivated because thev ehicleiss lipping or acondition fora ctivation is no tful/lled. #
Reactivat ethe HOLD function later or checkt he acti vation conditions fort he HOLD function (/ page200).
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TTENTIO NASSIS Thasdetected fatigue or an increasing lac kofconcentration on thep artoft he driver
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ruise control canno tbeactivated as no tall activation conditions ar eful/lled. #
Obser vethea ctivation conditions forc ruise control (/ page205).
Cruise control inoperative *Cruise control is malfunctioning. #
Consult aquali/ed specialist workshop.
Cruise control and Limiter
inoperative *C
ruise control and thel imiter ar emalfunctioning. #
Consult aquali/ed specialist workshop.
Cruise control off *Cruise control has been deactivated.
If th er eisana dditional warning tone, cruis econt rolh as been deactivated automaticall y(/ pag e204). Displa
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he limi terc an temp oraril ynotbe engaged. Once thec ause of thep roblem is no longer present, thes ystemw ill be
av ailabl eagain.
Limite rpassive
*Ifyou depress thea ccelerator pedal be yond thep ressur epoint (kickdown), thel imiter is switched topassiv emode
(/ page205).
Limiter inoperative *The limi terism alfunctioning. #
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ctiveDista nce Assist DISTRONIC canno tbeactivated as no tall activatio nconditions ar eful/ll ed. #
Compl ywitht he acti vation conditions of ActiveD istance Assist DISTRONI C(/ pag e209).
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ctiv eDista nce Assist DISTRONIC wasd eacti vated. If awarnin gtone also sounds ,Activ eDistance Assist DISTRONIC
has deactivated automaticall y(/ pag e209).
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ctiv eDista nce Assist DISTRONIC is temp oraril yunavailable.
The ambient conditions ar eoutside thes ysteml imits (/ page207).
As soon as thea mbient conditions ar ewithin thes ysteml imits, thes ystemw ill become availabl eagain. #
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th ev ehicle.
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ctiveDista nce Assist DISTRONIC is malfunctioning.
Other driving systems and driving sa fety systems ma yalsobem alfunctioning. #
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