PARKING BRAKE
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Electronic parking brake
Assisted operation
Applying the electronic parking
brake
With the vehicle stationary, theelec
tronicparkingbrakecanbeusedtoim
mobilise the vehicle:
– by pressing the engine start/stop
button
1
or by turning the ignition
key
2
(key in "Stop and steering
lock applied" position
A
);
or
– when the driver's seat belt is un
fastened;
or
– when the driver's door is opened;
or
– forvehiclesequippedwithanauto
matic gearbox, when position P is en
gaged.
In all other cases, for example when
the engine stalls or goes on standby
due to the Stop and Start 🡺155func
tion, the electronic parking brake is not
applied automatically. Manual mode
must be used.
Forcertaincountryspecificmodelver
sions, the assisted brake application
functionisnotactivated.Seetheinfor
mation on "Manual operation".
To confirm that the electronic parking
brake is applied, the "Parking Brake
ON" message and the " " warning
light appear on the instrument panel
and the indicator light
3
lights up on
the switch
4
.
Aftertheengineisswitchedoff,thein
dicator light
3
goes out a few minutes
after the electronic parking brake has
been applied and the warning
light goes out when the vehicle is
locked.
Beforeleavingthevehi
cle,checkthattheelec
tronic parking brake is
fully applied. Warning
light
3
on switch
4
and warning
light ontheinstrumentpan
el illuminate to show that the
parking brake is applied but
switch off when the doors are
locked.
Note: in some situations (electronic
parking brake failure, manual release
of the parking brake, etc.), to indicate
thattheelectronicparkingbrakeisre
leased a beep sounds and the
"WARNING: Apply Parking Brake"