park assist MERCEDES-BENZ A CLASS 2023 Service Manual

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am ple:ve hicles withsur round viewcamer a
When rear segme nts1 orall- round segments
2 light upredand theé symbol appearsin
th eInstr ument Display,Pa rking Assist
PA RK TRON ICma yha ve been deactiv ated due to
sign alint erfere nce. Startth eve hicle again and
ch eckif Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICiswo rking at
a di.er entlocation. If
awa rning tone alsosou nds forappr oximat ely
tw oseconds everytime theve hicle isstar ted, it
ma ybe due toone 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
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ONIC hasbeen deact i- ONIC
hasbeen deact i-
v v
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.
F F
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe passiv he
passiv eside im e
side impact prot pact
protection ection
Pa ssiv eside impact protection isan additional
Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICfunctio nwh ich wa rns
th edr iver about obstacles attheside oftheve hi-
cle. Awa rning isissued whenobstacles are
de tected between thefront and rear detection
ra ng e. Inorder foran object ontheside tobe
de tected, thesensor sin thefront and rear
bum permus t/r st detect theobject whileyouar e
dr iving pastit.
Dur ingthepar king procedur eor maneuv ering,
objects arede tected astheve hicle drives pas t.If
yo usteer inthedir ection ofade tected obs tacle
and ther eis arisk ofalat eral colli sion ,a wa rning is
issued andthesegments lightupincolor onthe
displa y.
The segm entcolorchang esdepen dingon thedis-
ta nce tothede tected obs tacle:
R Y Y
ello w ello
w: :
appr oximat ely1.0 -2.0 T(30 -60 cm)
R R R
ed: ed:
less than appr oximat ely1.0 T(30 cm)
In order forlat eral, front orrear segme ntsto be
displa yed, theve hicle must/r st trav el adist ance
of atleast halfave hicle' slen gth. Once theve hicle
has trave lled thelengt hof theve hicle, allofthe
lat eral front and rear segme ntscan bedispl ayed. 196196
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Pa
rking Assist PARK TRON ICdis pla y:vehicles
wit hout asur round viewcamer a
1 Oper ational front and rear
2 Oper ationalfront ,re ar and sides
3 Obstacle detected atthefront right (yello w)
and rear (red) Pa
rking Assist PARK TRON ICdis pla y:vehicles
wit hasur round viewcamer a
1 Oper ational front and rear
2 Oper ationalfront ,re ar and sides
3 Obstacles detected atthefront right (red)
Sa vedobst acles onthesides aredele tedin the
fo llo wing situations, forex am ple:
R Youpar kth eve hicle andswitc hit o..
R Youopen thedoor s.
ATer theengine isrestar ted, obst acles onthe
sides mustbe detected again beforeane wwa rn-
ing can beissued. Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system limits forPa rking Assist PARK TRON IC
app lyto passiv eside impact protection.
The follo wing objects areno tde tected, forex am-
ple:
R Pedest rians who approachth eve hicle from
th eside
R Objects placednext to theve hicle
A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gP atin
gPar ar
king Assis t king
Assis t
P P
AR K AR
KTR TR
ONIC usingt ONIC
usingthe mult imedi asy he
mult imedi asy st st
em em
* NO NO
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. Dr
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RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The camer amenu isopen.
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 pin theé buttonisno tlit,
Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICisac tive. Ifth eindi-
cat orlam pis lit or theé symbol appearsin
th einst rument cluster,Pa rking Assist
PA RK 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 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:
R Parking inpar king space spar allel tothero ad
R Parking inpar king spaces perpendicular tothe
roa d(op tional lyeit her forw ards orreve rse)
R Exiting parking spaces ifyo uha ve par ked
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As
soo nas allrequ 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.
The parking spacecanbe select edasdes ired.
Dep endi ngon thelocation ofthepar king space,
th epar king direction (rear wardsor forw ards) can
also beselect edasdesir ed.
When ActivePa rking Assist isactiv ated, thetur n
signal indicat orsar eactiv ated based onthecalcu-
lat ed pat hof your vehicle.
When youar eent ering orexiting apar king space ,
th epr ocedur eis assist edbyacceler ation,braking ,
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 Youappl yth epar king brak e.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
you
eng agetransmission position005D.
R ESP ®
int erve nes.
R Youopen thedoor sor thetrunk lidwhile driv-
ing.
Sy 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,
ov erhangs orloading ramp 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. &
W W
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 spaces that 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. Dr
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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
spaces that areno tsuit able forpar king, suchas:
R Parking spaces wherepar king isprohibit ed.
R Parking spaces onunsuit ablesurfaces.
P P
ar ar
king wit king
withA h
Activ ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assis t king
Assis t
% Depen dingontheve hicle' seq uipme nt,th e
butt onmayalso belocat edatadi.er entposi-
tion inthecent erconsole. #
Press button1. The
media displaysho wsthevie wof ActivePa rk-
ing Assist. Area 2 displa ysdetected par king
spaces 4and vehicle path3.
% Vehicle path3 shownonthemedia display
ma ydi.er from theactual vehicle path. #
Ifapar king space isdispl ayed:stop theve hi-
cle. #
Select desir edpar king space 4and con/r m. #
Ifnece ssary,select thepar king direction (for -
wa rdsor reve rse), and con/ rm.
Ve hicle path3 issho wn, depen dingon
select edpar king space 4and thepar king
dir ection. 200200
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%
The turnsigna lindic ator issw itched onauto-
ma tica lly wh en thepar king 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. &
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 ingtransmissi onposi-
tion .
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit haut h
aut omati ctr omati
ctransmissi on: ansmissi
on:The
ve hicle 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
Ø Parking AssistFinished, TakeContr olof
Vehicle display mess ageappe ars. Fu rther mane u-
ve ring maystill benece ssary. #
ATe rcomple tion ofthepar king procedur e,
saf eguar dth eve hicle agains tro lling away.
When requ ired bylegalrequ irements orlocal
conditions: 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, thesy stem can chang eth etransmission
position again orcancel thepar king proce-
dur e. Exiting
apar Exiting
apar king space wit king
space withA h
Activ ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assist king
Assist
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedwit hAc tivePa rk-
ing Assist.
% Depending ontheve hicle' seq uipme nt,th e
butt onmayalso belocat edatadi.er entposi-
tion inthecent erconsole.
Please note that youar ere sponsi bleforth eve hi-
cle and surroundings during theentir epar king
pr ocedur e. #
Startth eve hicle. Dr
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#
Press button1.
The med iadis pla ysh ow sth evie wof Active
Pa rking Assist. #
Ifth eve hicle hasbeen parkedper pendicular
to thedir ection oftrav el: inarea 2, select
dir ection oftrav el 3 Left orRigh t.
% The vehicle pathsho wnonthemedia display
ma ydi.er from theactual vehicle path. #
Con/r mdir ecti onofexit3 todrive out ofthe
par king space.
% The turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedonauto-
maticall 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. &
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, the
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 Forward
Gea rmessag eappear sin themedia display:
select thecor respond ingtransmi ssionposi-
tion .
The vehicle movesout ofthepar king space.
The turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedo.auto-
maticall y.
ATe rth epar king space hasbeen exited, awa rn-
ing tone and theØ Parking AssistFinished, 202202
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Control ofVehicle messagepr om ptyouto
ta ke cont rolof theve hicle.
The vehicle isno taut omati callybr ak ed and can
ro llawa y.Yo uha ve toacceler ate, brak e, steer and
ch ang ege ar yourself again. 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 npulli ngawa y.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
(/ page204).
% Youcan cancel aninterve ntion byDrive Aw ay
Ass istatanytime bydeactiv atingParking
Assist PARK TRON IC(/ page197). &
W W
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.
R Ifth ede tected obs tacle isless than appr ox.
3.3 T(1.0 m)awa y.
R Ifth emaneuv ering assist ancefunction isacti-
va tedin themultimedia system.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The perform ance ofDrive Aw ayAss istislim ited
on incl ines .
% Also observe thesy stem limits ofParking
Assist PARK TRON IC(/ page194).
F F
uncti onofCr uncti
onofCross oss
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
Alert Aler
t
% Cross Tra1c Alertisonl yav ailabl efo rve hicles
wit hBli nd Spo tAssis tor ActiveBlind Spot
Assi st.
Cr oss Tra1c Alertcan warndriver sof anycr oss-
ing tra1c when backing upand maneuv ering out Dr
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of
apar king space. Theradar sensor sin the
bum peralso monit orthear ea adjacent tothe
ve hicle. Ifacr itical situ ation isde tected, theL
symbol appearsin themedia displayand theve hi-
cle can bebrak ed aut omati cally.
If th era dar sensor sar eobstr uctedbyvehicles or
ot her objects, detection isno tpossible .
Cr oss Tra1c Alertisactiv eunder thefo llo wing
conditions:
R Ifth eve hicle isbac king upatawa lking pace.
R Maneuv ering assist anceisactiv ated
(/ page204).
% Also obser vetheinst ruction son Blind Spo t
Assis tand ActiveBlind SpotAssi st
(/ page184) .
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Cr oss Tra1c Alertisno tav ailabl eon incl ines.
A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gt atin
gthe mane uv he
mane uver er
ing assis t ing
assis tant ant
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Assi stance
5 Camera &Pa rking #
SwitchMa neu veringAssi stance onoro.. %
The mane uvering assis tant must beactivefo r
th efunction ofDrive Aw ayAss ist
(/ page203) andCross Tra1c Alert
( / pag e203). VV
ehicle to ehicle
towing ins wing
instr tr
ucti ons ucti
ons
The vehicle isno tsuit able forth euse oftow bar
sy stems that areused for0at towing ordin ghy
to wing ,fo rex am ple. Attach ing and using tow bar
sy stems canresult indamag eto theve hicle.
When youar eto wing ave hicle withtow bar sys-
te ms, safedr ivin gch aract eristics cann otbe guar -
ant eed forth eto wing vehicle ortheto we dve hicle.
The vehicle- trailer combin ationmaysw erve from
si de toside.
Obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Perm itted towing methods (/page284)
R The noteson towing theve hicle withbo th
axles onthegr ound (/page285) 204204
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OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof displa y w
of displa ys in t s
in the ins he
instr tr
ument display ument
display
Displa yson theinst rument displa y:
u ActivePa rking Assist (/page200)
é Parking Assist PARK TRON ICdea ctivated
(/ page197)
h Cruis econtrol (/page163)
ç ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page165)
00D4 ActiveBr ak eAssi st(/ page175)
à ActiveSt eer ing Assist (/page171)
00B0 ActiveLane Keeping Assist (/page187)
± ActiveLane ChangeAssi st(/ page174)
00D6 ECOstar t/st opfunction (/page136)
00D9 HOLDfunction (/page159)
00CE AdaptiveHig hbeam Assist(/ page115)
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit h h
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
Sign Assis t Si
gn Assis t: :
De tected instruc-
tion sand tra1c signs(/ page180) . Head-
upDispla y Head-
upDispla y FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe Head- upDispla y he
Head- upDispla y *
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGve hicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. The
Head- upDispla ypr oject sth efo llo wing infor-
mation intoth edr iver's /eld ofvision abovethe
coc kpit, forex am ple:
R The vehicle speed
R Informatio nfrom thena vig ation system
R Information from thedr iving systems anddriv-
ing safetysy stem s
R Som ewa rning messa ges
Depending ontheve hicle' seq uipme nt,di.er ent
cont entcan besho wnintheth re ear eas ofthe
Hea d-up Display(/ page 210). Displa Displa
ycont y
cont ent ent
1
Navigatio ninstr uctions
2 Current spe ed
3 Detected instructio nsand tra1c signs
4 Setspeed inthedr iving system (e.g. cruise
contr ol)
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The visibility ofthedispla yswill bea.ect edbythe
fo llo wing conditions:
R Seat position
R Imag eposition setting
R Ambient light Instr
ument displayand on-boar dcom puter
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