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Driving
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Emergency braking
In the event of a failure of the main service
brakeorinanexceptionalsituation(e.g.driver
takenill,underinstruction,etc.)acontinuous
pullonthecontrolleverwillbrakethevehicle.
Brakingtakesplacewhilethecontrolleveris
beingpulled.Itisinterruptedifthecontrollever
isreleased.
The ABS and DSC systems provide stability of
thevehicleduringemergencybraking.
Iftheemergencybrakingmalfunctions,the
message"Parkingbrakecontrolfaulty"willbe
displayed.
If a failure of the ABS and DSC systems occurs,
signalledbytheilluminationofoneorboth
warninglampsintheinstrumentpanel,then
stabilityofthevehicleisnolongerguaranteed.
In this event, stability must be assured by the
driverbyrepeatingalternate"pull-release"
actions on the control lever until the vehicle is
immobilised.
Theemergencybrakingshouldonlybe
usedinanexceptionalsituation.
Repeat this procedure to reactivate automatic
operation.
Reactivation of automatic operation is
confirmed by the indicator lamp in the
instrumentpanelgoingoff.
Deactivating automatic operation
In some situations, such as very cold weather
ortowing(caravan,recovery),itmaybe
necessary to deactivate automatic operation of
thesystem.
F Starttheengine.
F Applytheparkingbrakewiththecontrol
lever,ifitisreleased.
F Takeyourfootoffthebrakepedal.
F Push and hold the control lever in the
release direction for at least 10 seconds
andnomorethan15seconds.
F Releasethecontrollever.
F Pressandholdthebrakepedal.
F Pull the control lever in the apply direction
for2seconds.
Deactivation of the automatic functions
is confirmed by illumination of this
indicatorlampintheinstrumentpanel.
F Releasethecontrolleverandthebrake
pedal.
Fromthispointtheparkingbrakecanonly
beappliedandreleasedmanuallyusingthe
controllever.