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& WARNING (cont inu ed)
• For sa fety rea sons , yo u should alwa ys park your vehicle with
the selector lever in P. Otherw ise, the vehicle could inadvertently
roll away.
• After the engine has been switched off, the radiator fan can
continue to run for up to 10 minutes - even with the ign ition
switched off.
It can also switch on again after some time if the
coolant tempe rature rises as the result of a heat buildup or if the
engine is hot and the engine compartment is additionally heated
by the sun 's rays.
0 Note
If the eng ine has been under heavy load for an extended per iod, heat
build s up in the engine comp art ment afte r the engine is swi tc hed off
- there is a risk of damaging t he engine. Allow the engine to run at idle
for about 2 m inutes befo re swit ching it off. •
Electromechanical parking brake
Operation
The electromechanical parking brake rep laces the hand
brake.
Fig. 103 Center
console: Parking brake
- Pull on the sw itc h @ ~ fig . 103 to app ly the parking
brake . The ind icator light in the switc h illu minates.
- St ep on the brake pedal or the accelerator pedal and press
t he swit ch at the same ti me to rele ase t he parking brake.
The indicator light in t he swit ch goes out.
Your vehicle is equ ipped with an e lectromechanical pa rking bra ke.
The parking brake is designed to prevent the vehicle from rol ling
unintentio nally and rep laces t he ha nd b rake.
In addit ion to the normal functions of a traditional hand brake, the
elect romecha nica l par king brake provides various convenience and
safety functions .
When starting from rest
• The integral start ing assist helps you when driving by automat i-
cally re leas ing the parking bra ke =>
page 109, "Starting from rest ".
• When starting on inclines, the sta rting assist prevents the vehicle
from uninten t ionally rolling back. The brak ing forc e of the par king
brake is not released unti l suff icient dr iving force has been built up at
t he whee ls.
Emergency brake function
An emergency brake ens ures t hat t he vehicle can be slowed down
even if the
normal brakes fa il => page 110, "Emergency bra king" .
Indicator lights
• If the park ing brake is closed with the ignit io n switched on the
indic ator lights come on
::'fa (USA models)/ © (Can ada models) in t he
instrument cluster and the switch.
• If the park ing brake is closed with the ignit ion switched off the
indicator lights come on ::':. (USA models)/ © (Canada models) in the
inst rum en t clust er and the swit ch fo r abou t 20 se conds. ._
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