2022 MERCEDES-BENZ E CLASS park assist

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andar dse tting :
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ont and sides: ont
and sides: <1.2 T(0.4 m)
R R R
ear ear
:< :
< 3.3 T(1 m)
Wa rnEarl yAll Arou nd:
R Fr Fr
ont ont: :
< 3.3 T(1 m)
R Sides: Sides:
<2.3 T(0.7 m)
R R R
ear ear
:< :
< 3.3 T(1 m)
A contin uouswarning tone sou nds from adis -
ta nce ofapp roximat ely0.7 T(0.2 m),rega rdless
of theselect edsetting . Ve
hicles withsur round viewcamer a Ve
hicles without surround viewcamer a
If an obst acle intheve hicle pathis de tected and
th eCame ra&Parking menuisno topen onthe
media display,pop-up window1 appear s:
R v v
ehicles wit ehicles
without A hout
Activ ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assist king
Assist: :
at
speeds below8mp h(1 2km /h)
R v v
eh icle swi t eh
icle swi th A h
Act iv ct
ive P e
Par ar
king Assist ki
ng Assist : :
at spee ds
be low 11 mph(1 8km /h) Op
tionally, obst acles detected byParking Assist
PA RK TRON ICfrom adist anceof app roximat ely
3.3 T(1.0 m)infront 2and 2.3T(0.7 m)onthe
side 3can also bedispl ayedin theHead-up Dis-
pla y.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICdoe sno tnece ssarily
ta ke intoaccount thefo llo wing obstacles:
R Obst acles belowthede tection rang e, e.g. per-
sons ,anim alsorobje cts.
R Obst acles abo vethede tection rang e, e.g.
ov erhanging loads,overhangs orloading
ra mp sof truc ks. Dr
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Pedest rians oranim alsappr oaching theve hi-
cle from theside.
R Objects placednext to theve hicle.
Obs tacles onthesides areno tsho wninthefo l-
lo wing situations, forex am ple:
R Youpar kth eve hicle andswitc hit o..
R Youopen thedoor s.
ATer anengine star t,obst acles mustbedetected
ag ain bydriving pastthem beforeawa rning can
be issued.
Obser vetheinf ormation onvehicle senso rsand
camer as;thesy stem other wise cannotfunc tion
proper ly(/ pag e170). Pr Pr
oblems wit oblems
withP h
Par ar
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Assist P t
PARK ARK
TR TR
ONIC ONIC
1
Vehicles withsur round viewcamer a
2 Vehicles without surround viewcamer a
If th ePa rking Assist PARK TRON ICdis pla yligh ts
up redfo rappr oximat elyth re eseconds then goes
out, andtheé symbol appearsin theinst ru-
ment cluster,th esy stem mayha ve been deactiv a-
te ddue tosign alint erfere nce. Startth eve hicle
ag ain and checkif Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICis
wo rking atadi.er entlocation. If
th eé symbol appearsin theinst rument
clust erand awa rning tone sou nds, itma ybe due
to one ofthefo llo wing causes :
R The sensor The
sensor sar s
ar edir e
dir ty ty
: :
clean thesensor sand
obser vetheno teson car eof vehicle parts
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R P P
ar ar
king Assis king
Assis tP t
PAR K AR
KTR TR
ONIC hasbeen deact i- ONIC
hasbeen deact i-
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at at
ed due t ed
due to amalf unct ion: o
amalf unct ion:re star tth eve hi-
cle. Ifth epr oblem persists, consult aqu ali/ed
special istwo rkshop.
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TE TE
Risk ofan acciden tfr om objects at
close rang e Pa
rking Assist PARK TRON ICma yno tde tect
cer tain objects atclose rang e. #
Whe npar king orma neuv ering theve hi-
cle, paypar ticu larattent ion toany
obj ects whichar eabo veorbelo wthe
senso rs,e.g .0o we rpo tsor draw bar s.
The vehicle orother objects could other -
wise bedamag ed. 214214
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ehicles wit ehicles
without AIRBOD hout
AIRBOD YC Y
CONTR ONTR
OL: OL:
press
th eé buttoninthecent erconsole.
% V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withAIR BOD h
AIR BOD YC Y
CONTR ONTR
OL: OL:
youcan
activ ateor deactiv atePa rking Assist
PA RK TRON ICinthemultimedia system
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If th eindicat orlam pin theé buttonisno tlit,
Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICisac tive. Ifth eindi-
cat orlam pis lit or theé symbol appearsin
th eInstr ument Display,Pa rking Assist
PA RK TRON ICisno tac tive.
% Parking Assist PARK TRON ICisaut oma tically
ac tivated when theve hicle isstar ted.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating/ deactiv ating/
deactiv atingP ating
Par ar
king Assist king
Assist
P P
ARK ARK
TR TR
ONIC usingt ONIC
usingthe multimedia syst he
multimedia system em
* NO NO
TE TE
Risk ofan accident from objects at
close rang e Pa
rking Assist PARK TRON ICma yno tde tect
cer tain objects atclose rang e. #
Whe npar king orma neuv ering theve hi-
cle, paypar ticu larattent ion toany
obj ects whichar eabo veorbelo wthe senso
rs,e.g .0o we rpo tsor draw bar s.
The vehicle orother objects could other -
wise bedamag ed. RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The camer amen uis open .
R Or:Ac tivePa rking Assist isactiv e.
R Or:th ePA RK TRON ICpop -up wind owappear s. #
Tap= onthemedia display.
If th eindicat orlam pis lit, Parking Assist
PA RK TRON ICisac tive. Ifth eindicat orlam pis no t
lit or theé symbol appearsin theinst rument
clus ter,Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICisno tac tive.
% Parking Assist PARK TRON ICisaut oma tically
ac tivated when theve hicle isstar ted.
Alt ernativ ely, Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICcanbe
ac tivated ordea ctivated inthequ ick acces s
menu. Se Se
tting t tting
the w he
war ar
ning t ning
tones ofP ones
ofPar ar
king Assist king
Assist
P P
ARK ARK
TR TR
ONIC ONIC
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Camera &Parking
A A
djus djust
ingt ting
the v he
volume oft olume
ofthe w he
war ar
ning t ning
tones ones
#
Select Warning ToneVolume. #
Seta va lue.
A A
djus djust
ingt ting
the pitc he
pitc hof t h
of the w he
war ar
ning t ning
tones ones
#
Select Warning TonePitch. #
Seta va lue.
Specifying t Specifying
the st he
star ar
ting point f ting
point for t or
the w he
war ar
ning t ning
tones ones
Yo ucan specify whether thePa rking Assist
PA RK TRON ICwa rning tones should commenc e
wh en theve hicle isfurther awa yfrom anobs tacle. #
Select WarnEarl yAll Arou nd. #
Swit chthefunction onoro..
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating/deactiv ating/deactiv
atingaudio f ating
audio fadeout adeout
Yo ucan specify whether thevo lume ofamedia
sour ceinthemultimedia system isto be reduced Dr
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when
Parking Assist PARK TRON ICsou nds awa rn-
ing tone. #
Selec tAudio Fadeout DuringWarn ingTone s. #
Switc hth efunction onoro.. AA
ctiv ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assist king
Assist FF
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assist king
Assist
Ac tivePa rking Assist isan electr onicparking
assist ancesystem, whic huses ultrasound with
th eassist anceofthere ar vie wcamer aand sur-
ro und viewcamer a.When youar edr iving for-
wa rdsup toappr oximat ely22 mph(3 5km /h),th e
sy stem automati callymeasur espar king spaces on
bo th sides oftheve hicle.
Ac tivePa rking Assist o.ersth efo llo wing func-
tions:
Ve hicles withre ar vie wcamer a
R Parking inpar king space spar allel tothero ad
Ve hicles withsur round viewcamer a
R Parking inpar king space spar allel tothero ad
R Parking inpar king space sper pendicular tothe
ro ad (op tionall yeit her forw ards orreve rse) R
Parking inpar king space sth at can onlybe
de tected assuc hdue tomar kings (for exam-
ple atthero adside )
R Exiti ngpar king spaces ifyo uha ve par ked
using ActivePa rking Assist
As soon asallrequ irements areme tfo rsear ching
fo rpar king spaces ,th eÇ displayappear sin
th eInstr ument Display.
When ActivePa rking Assist hasdetected par king
spaces, theÈ displayappear sin theInstr u-
ment Displa y.The arro ws sho won whic hside of
th ero ad detected par king spaces arelocat ed.
The yar eth en sho wnonthemedia display.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withr h
rear vie ear
viewcamer w
camer a: a:
thepar king space
can beselect edasdesir ed.The vehicle ispar ked
in reve rse.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withsur r h
sur round vie ound
viewcamer w
camer a: a:
thepar king
space canbeselect edasdesir ed.Depending on
th elocation ofthepar king space, thepar king
dir ection (rear wardsor forw ards) can also be
select edasdesir ed. When
ActivePa rking Assist isactiv ated, thetur n
signal indicat orsar eactiv ated based onthecalcu-
lat ed pat hof your vehicle.
The parking procedu reisassist edbyacceler ating,
br aking ,st eer ing and gear chang es.
Ac tivePa rking Assist isonl yan aid. Itis no ta sub-
stitut efo ryo ur att ention tothesur roundings. The
re sponsi bilityforsaf emaneuv ering and parking
re mains withyo u. Mak esur eth at no per sons, ani-
mals orobj ects etc. arein themaneuv ering
ra ng e.
Ac tivePa rking Assist willbecanceled inthefo l-
lo wing situations:
R Parking Assist PARK TRON ICisdea ctivated.
R Youbegin steer ing.
R Youeng agetransmiss ionposition 005D.
R ESP ®
int erve nes.
R Youopen thedr iver's door .
R ATer activating ActivePa rking Assist, you
pr ess thec buttonagain (/ page217). 216216
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st Sy
stem limits em
limits
If th eex terior lightin gis malfunct ioning,Ac tive
Pa rking Assist isno tav ailabl e.
Obj ects locatedabo veorbelo wthede tection
ra ng eof thesensor s,e.g. overhang ingloads,
ove rhang sor loadi ngramp sof truc ks,or thebor -
der sof par king spaces ,ar eno tde tected dur ing
measur ementof thepar king space. Theseare
also then notta ke nint oac cou ntwh en calcu lati ng
th epar king procedur e.Insome circumst ances,
Ac tivePa rking Assist mayth er efor eguide youint o
th epar king space incorrectl y. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent due toobjects
locat edabo veorbelo wthede tection
ra ng eof ActivePa rking Assist
If th er ear eobjects aboveorbelo wthede tec-
tion rang e, thefo llo wing situations mayar ise:
R ActivePa rking Assist mayst eer tooear ly.
R The vehicle mayno tst op infront ofthese
objects.
Ther eis adang erofcollision! #
Inthese situations, donotuse Active
Pa rking Assist. Extr
eme weather cond itions, suchas sno wor
hea vyrain, ma ylead toapar king space being
measur edinacc urately. Pa rking space sth at are
par tiallyoccupied bytraile rdr aw bar smight notbe
identi/ edassuc hor be measur edincor rectl y.
Onl yuse ActivePa rking Assist onleve l,high-g rip
gr ound.
Do notuse ActivePa rking Assist inthefo llo wing
situations:
R Inextreme weather cond itions suchas ice,
pac kedsno wor inhea vyrain.
R When transpor tingaload that protru des
be yond theve hicle.
R Onsteep uphil lor downhil lgr adien tsof mor e
th an appr oximat ely15%.
R When snowch ains areins talled.
R Directl yaTer atir ech ang eor when sparetir es
ar eins talled.
R Ifth etir epr essur eis toolow or toohigh. R
Ifth esuspension isout ofalignment, e.g.aTer
bo ttoming outonacurb.
Ac tivePa rking Assist mayalso displa ypar king
space sth at areno tsuit able forpar king, suchas:
R Parking space swher epar king isprohibit ed.
R Parking space son unsuit ablesurfaces.
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ar ar
king wit king
withA h
Activ ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assis t king
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Press button1. Pa
rking spaces detected bythesy stem aresho wn
in themedia display.When theve hicle isstation -
ar y, indicat edvehicle path2 intocur rentl ysel ec-
te dpar king space 3also appear s. #
Ifapar king space isdispla yed: stop theve hi-
cle. #
Ifnece ssary,select another par king space. #
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withsur r h
sur round vie ound
viewcamer w
camer a: a:
ifneces-
sar y,ch ang eth epar king direction. #
T T
o st o
star ar
tt t
the par he
par king pr king
procedur ocedur
e: e:
con/ rmselec-
te dpar king space 3. The
turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedonautomati-
call ywhen thepar king procedur ebegins. Youar e
re sponsi bleforselecting thetur nsignal indicat or
in accor dance withth etra1c conditions. Ifneces-
sar y,select thetur nsignal indicat oraccor dingly. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent due tovehicle
swing ingout while parking orpull ing out
of apar king space
While parking orexiting apar king space ,th e
ve hicle swing sout and candrive ont oar eas of
th eoncoming lane.
This could cause youto collid ewit hobje ctsor
ot her road user s. #
Payatt entio nto objects andother road
user s. #
Wher enece ssary,stop theve hicle or
cancel thepar king procedur ewit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist. #
If,forex am ple, thePlea seEngage Reverse
Gea rmessag eappear sin themedia display: select
thecor respond ingtransmi ssionposi-
tion .
The vehicle drives intoth eselect edpar king
space.
% Duringthepar king procedur ewit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist, thelane markings aredis-
pla yedin gre eninthecamer aimag e.
On com pletion ofthepar king procedur e,the
Parking AssistFinished, TakeContr olof Vehicle
mess ageappe ars. Fu rther maneu vering maystill
be nece ssary. #
Sec ureth eve hicle agains tro lling away.When
re qu ired bylegalrequ irements orlocal condi-
tions: turnth ewheels towa rdsth ecurb.
% Youcan stop theve hicle andchang eth e
tr ansm ission position during thepar king pro-
cedur e.The system then calculat esane w
ve hicle path.Ifno newvehicle pathis availa-
ble, thetransmission positioncanbechang ed
ag ain, orthepr ocess canbecanceled. 218218
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Exitin
gapar Exitin
gapar king space wit king
space withA h
Activ ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assis t king
Assis t
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ement s: ement
s:
R The vehicle iseq uipp edwithasur round view
camer a.
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedwit hAc tivePa rk-
ing Assist.
Please note that youar ere sponsi bleforth eve hi-
cle and surroundings during theentir epar king
pr ocedur e. #
Startth eve hicle. #
Press button1.
The med iadis pla ysh ow sth evie wof Active
Pa rking Assist. #
Select ExitSpace 2.
or #
Ifth eve hicle hasbeen parkedper pendicular
to thedir ection oftrav el: select direction of
tr av el 3. #
If,forex am ple, thePlea seEngage Forward
Gea rmessag eappear son themedia display:
select thecor respond ingtransmissi onposi-
tion .
The vehicle movesout ofthepar king space
and isbrought toast ands tillby ActivePa rking
Assist (atanangle tothedir ection oftrav el).
The Ø Parking AssistFinished, TakeCon-
trol ofVehicle messageappear s. #
Take cont rolof theve hicle andcom pletethe
par king process.
% The vehicle pathsho wnonthemedia display
ma ydi.er from theactual vehicle path.The
tur nsign alind icat orisswitc hedonautomati -
call ywhen theex iting procedur ebegins.
Yo uar ere sponsi bleforselecting thetur nsignal
indicat orinaccor dance withth etra1c condi-
tions. Ifnecessar y,select thetur nsignal indicat or
accor dingly.
P P
ausin gA ausin
gActiv ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assis t king
Assis t
Yo ucan interrupt thepar king orexiting procedur e
of ActivePa rking Assist byper form ing one ofthe
fo llo wing actions, forex am ple: #
Depr essin gth ebr ak epedal #
Opening thefront passeng erdoor ,a re ar door ,
th etrunk orthehood #
Appl ying theelectr icpar king brak eor activ at-
ing theHOLD function #
T T
o r o
resume t esume
the par he
par king ore king
orexiting pr xiting
procedur ocedur
e: e:
ge ntl ydep ress theacceler ator pedal. Dr
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Ifth eelectr icpar king brak ewa sapplie d
bef oreAc tivePa rking Assist wasactiv ated,
depr esstheacceler ator pedal lightlyto star t
th epar king orexiting procedur e.
Chec kth ear ea around your vehicle again before
re sumin gapaused parking procedur e.Mak esur e
th at per sons, animalsorobj ects areno longerin
th emaneuv ering rang e. Also observe thesy stem
limit ations ofActivePa rking Assist.
A A
ut ut
omatic br omatic
braking function ofA aking
function ofActiv ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king king
Assist Assist
Pe rsons orobjects detected inthemaneuv ering
ra ng ecou ldcause theve hicle tobrak eshar ply
and interru pt thepar king orexiting procedur e.
The vehicle willthen be held atast andstill. Ifyo u
depr esstheacceler ator pedal, thepar king orexit-
ing procedur eis resumed.
Chec kth ear ea around your vehicle again before
re sumin gth epar king orexiting procedur e.Mak e
sur eth at per sons, animalsorobj ects areno lon-
ge rin themaneuv ering rang e. Also observe the
sy stem limitations ofActivePa rking Assist. ManeuvManeuv
er er
ing assist ing
assist ance ance
FF
unction ofDr unction
ofDriv iv
e Aw a e
Aw ayAssi st y
Assi st
Dr ive Aw ayAss istcanre duce these verity of an
im pac twhe npulling away.Ifan obs tacle isde tec-
te din thedir ection oftrav el, theve hicle' sspeed
is brie0y reduced toappr ox.1 mp h(2 km /h).Ifa
cr itica lsi tua tionis de tected, theÉ symbol
appear sin themedia display.
Dr ive Aw ayAss istcanbe dea ctivated oractivated
in theManeuve ringAssistance menu
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% Youcan cancel aninterve ntion byDrive Aw ay
Ass istatanytime bydeactiv atingParking
Assist PARK TRON IC(/ page214). &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent cause dby limi-
te dde tection perform ance ofDrive Aw ay
Ass ist
Dr ive Aw ayAss istcanno talw aysclear lyiden-
tify objects andtra1c situations. #
Alwayspa ycar eful att ent ion tothetra1c
situation; donotre ly on Drive Aw ay
Ass istalone. #
Beprepa redto brak eor swerve as nec-
essar y,prov ided thetra1c situation per-
mits andthat itis saf eto take evasiv e
actio n. Dr
ive Aw ayAss istisonl yan aid.It is no ta sub sti-
tut efo ryo ur att ention tothesur roundings. The
re sponsi bilityforsaf emaneuv ering and parking
re mains withyo u. Mak esur eth at no per sons, ani-
mals orobj ects etc. arein themaneuv ering
ra ng e.
A risk ofcolli sion mayoccur inthefo llo wing situa-
tions, forex am ple:
R Ifth eacceler ator and brak epedals areint er-
ch ang ed.
R Ifan inco rrect transmission positionis
eng aged.
Dr ive Aw ayAss istisac tiveunde rth efo llo wing
conditions:
R IfPa rking Assist PARK TRON ICisac tivated.
R Ifyo ushiT thetransmission positionto005E or
005B when theve hicle isstation ary. 220220
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