Performing emergency braking with thehand‐
brakelever
If, in exceptional cases, theservice brakefails,
youmay use theparking braketoperform emer‐
gency braking.
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Emergency braking: press and hold release
button 2 and carefullypull brakelever 1.
Electric parking brake
Notesonthe electric parking brake
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WARNING Risk of accident and injury
due to children and animals leftunatten‐
dedinthe vehicle
If youleave children and animals unattended
in thevehicle, they maybeabletoset the
vehicle in motion, forexample by:
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Releasing theparking brake.
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Shifting theautomatic transmission out of
parkposition j.
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Startingthe engine.
In addition, they mayoperatevehicle equip‐
ment and become trapped.
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Neverleave children and animals unat‐
tendedinthe vehicle.
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When leaving thevehicle, alwaystake
theSmartKey withyou and lockthe
vehicle.
Forthe automatic functions to work correctly, the
driver mustbeseated in thecorrect seatposition
(/ page 60).
The function of theelectric parking brakeis
dependent on theon-boardelectrical system volt‐
age. If theon-boardelectrical system voltageis
loworthereisamalfunction in thesystem, it
maynot be possible to applythe electric parking
brakeand theyellow ! indicator lamplights
up.
In this case, parkthe vehicle in thefollowing way:
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Park thevehicle on levelgroundand secureit
to prevent it from rolling away.
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Vehicles with automatic transmission:
shiftthe transmission to position j.
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The electric parking brakeisonlyactually
applied when thered F and ! (USA)
or ! (Canada) indicator lamps light up
continuously.
It maynot be possible to release aparkingbrake
if theon-boardelectrical system voltageislow or
if thereisamalfunction in thesystem. Informa
qualified specialistworkshop. When theengine is
switched off, theelectric parking brakecarries
out afunction test at regular intervals. Noisesare
normal in this process.
Automaticallyapplying the electric parking
brake
Vehicles with automatic transmission:
The electric parking brakeisautomatically
applied when thetransmission is in position j.
In addition, at leastone of thefollowing condi‐
tions mustbefulfilled:
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theengine is switched off
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thedriverisnot sitting in thedriver's seat
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thebelt buckle is undone
To prevent theelectric parking brakefromapply‐
ing automatically, pull switch 1.
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