Get Driving and parking -> Parking Guide for Mercedes C Class 4 Door Fourth Generation (2014-2021)

176 Driving and parking

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Unscrew and close disposable hose 1 and

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Parking

Parking the vehicle

Park the vehicle so that no flammable

material can come into contact with hot

vehicle components.

In particular, do not park on dry grass‐

land or harvested grain fields.

AdBlue^®refill canister 2 in reverse order.

Replace the AdBlue^®filler cap and turn it

clockwise.

Close the fuel filler flap.

Switch on the ignition for at least 60 sec‐

onds.

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WARNING Risk of accident and injury

caused by an insufficiently secured vehi‐

cle rolling away

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WARNING Risk of accident and injury

due to children left unattended in the

vehicle

If the vehicle is not securely parked suffi‐

ciently, it can roll away in an uncontrolled

way even at a slight downhill gradient.

% If the vehicle could not be started as the

AdBlue^®tank was empty, it can take up to

60 seconds for the refill to be detected.

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On uphill or downhill gradients, turn the

If children are left unsupervised in the vehi‐

cle, they could, in particular:

front wheels so that the vehicle rolls

towards the kerb if it starts moving.

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Start the vehicle.

Avoid storing AdBlue^®refill containers per‐

manently in the vehicle.

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open doors, thereby endangering other

persons or road users.

get out and be struck by oncoming traf‐

fic.

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apply the parking brake.

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Vehicles with automatic transmission:

shift the transmission to position j.

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operate vehicle equipment and become

trapped, for example.

Vehicles with manual transmission:

engage first 1 or reverse gear k.

In addition, the children could also set the

vehicle in motion, for example by:

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WARNING Risk of fire caused by hot

exhaust system parts

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releasing the parking brake.

Flammable materials such as leaves, grass or

twigs may ignite.

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changing the transmission position.

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On gradients, turn the front wheels so that

the vehicle will roll towards the kerb if it

starts moving.

Apply the electric parking brake.

Vehicles with manual transmission:

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starting the vehicle.

When stopping the vehicle and when

driving off, make sure that there are no

obstacles such as curbs under or in the

immediate vicinity of the body.

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Never leave children unattended in the

vehicle.

When leaving the vehicle, always take

the key with you and lock the vehicle.

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engage first 1 or reverse gear k.

Keep the key out of reach of children.

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Vehicles with automatic transmission:

engage transmission position j in a station‐

ary vehicle with the brake pedal applied

(/ page 167).

This also applies to the Digital Vehicle Key

sticker.

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Switch off the engine and the ignition by

pressing the 1 button.

NOTE Damage to the vehicle due to it

rolling away

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Release the service brake slowly.

Get out of the vehicle and lock it.

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Always secure the vehicle against roll‐

ing away.

% When you park the vehicle, you can still

operate the side windows and the panorama

sliding sunroof for approximately five

minutes if the driver's door is closed.

% When you park the vehicle, you can still

operate the side windows and the sliding

sunroof for approximately five minutes if the

driver's door is closed.

NOTE Damage due to the vehicle lower‐

ing

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Vehicles with AIRMATIC or level control:

The vehicle can lower because of tempera‐

ture differences or longer non-operational

times. This can cause damage to parts of the

body.

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Bring the vehicle to a standstill by applying

the brake pedal.

178 Driving and parking

Garage door opener

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Always make sure that nobody is within

the range of movement of the door.

Programming buttons for the garage door

opener

Requirements:

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DANGER Risk of death caused by

exhaust gases

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The vehicle has been parked outside the

garage or outside the range of movement of

the door.

The engine is switched off.

The ignition is switched on.

Combustion engines emit poisonous exhaust

gases such as carbon monoxide. Inhaling

these exhaust gases is hazardous to health

and leads to poisoning.

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% The garage door opener function is always

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Never leave the engine or, if present,

available when the ignition is switched on.

the auxiliary heating running in an

enclosed space without sufficient venti‐

lation.

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Press and hold button 1, 2 or 3 that you

wish to program.

Indicator lamp 4 flashes yellow.

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WARNING Risk of injury when opening

or closing a door with the garage door

opener

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When you operate or program the door with

the integrated garage door opener, persons

in the range of movement of the door may

become trapped or be struck by the door.

cator lamp flashes yellow.

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Release the previously pressed button.

Indicator lamp 4 continues to flash yellow.

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Point remote control 5 from a distance of

1 cm to 8 cm towards button 1, 2 or 3.

The vehicle as well as persons and objects

are located outside the range of movement

of the door.

Hold remote control 5 at the same angles

at various distances in front of the inside rear

view mirror. You should test every position

for at least 25 seconds before trying another

position.

On remote controls that transmit only for a

limited period, press button 6 on remote

control 5 again before transmission ends.

Press and hold button 6 of remote control

5 until one of the following signals appears:

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Press the programming button on the door

drive unit.

Initiate the next step within approximately

30 seconds.

Press previously programmed button 1, 2

or 3 repeatedly until the door closes.

When the door closes, programming is com‐

pleted.

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Indicator lamp 4 lights up green contin‐

uously. Programming is complete.

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Indicator lamp 4 flashes green. Pro‐

gramming was successful. Additionally,

synchronisation of the rolling code with

the door system must also be carried out.

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Align the aerial line of the door opener unit

with the remote control.

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% Support and additional information on pro‐

If indicator lamp 4 does not light up or flash

green: repeat the procedure.

Release all of the buttons.

gramming:

% Please also read the operating instructions

On the HomeLink^®Hotline on (0) 08000

466 354 65 or +49 (0) 6838 907-277

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for the door drive.

% The remote control for the door drive is not

included in the scope of delivery of the

garage door opener.

Troubleshooting when programming the

remote control

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on the Internet at https://

www.homelink.com

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Check if the transmitter frequency of remote

control 5 is supported.

Synchronising the rolling code

Requirements:

Opening or closing the garage door

Requirements:

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Replace the batteries in remote control 5.

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Hold remote control 5 at various angles

The door system uses a rolling code.

The vehicle must be within range of the

garage door or door drive.

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The corresponding button is programmed to

from a distance of 1 cm to 8 cm front of the

inside rearview mirror. You should test every

position for at least 25 seconds before trying

another position.

operate the door.

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Press and hold buttons 1, 2 or 3 until

the door opens or closes.

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If indicator lamp 4 flashes yellow after

If you have previously driven at a speed above

3 km/h and the vehicle then comes to a stand‐

still, the electric parking brake is applied if one

of the following conditions is fulfilled:

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get out and be struck by oncoming traf‐

fic.

operate vehicle equipment and become

trapped, for example.

approximately 20 seconds: press and hold

the previously pressed button again until the

door opens or closes.

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The engine is switched off.

Clearing the garage door opener memory

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In addition, the children could also set the

vehicle in motion, for example by:

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Press and hold buttons 1 and 3.

Indicator lamp 4 lights up yellow.

The driver's door is opened.

The electric parking brake is also applied while

the vehicle is kept stationary by the HOLD func‐

tion if one of the following conditions is fulfilled:

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releasing the parking brake.

changing the transmission position.

starting the vehicle.

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If indicator lamp 4 flashes green: release

buttons 1 and 3.

The entire memory has been deleted.

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The engine is switched off.

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Never leave children unattended in the

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The seat belt tongue is not inserted in the

seat belt buckle of the driver's seat and the

driver's door is opened.

Electric parking brake

vehicle.

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Function of the electric parking brake (apply‐

ing automatically)

When leaving the vehicle, always take

the key with you and lock the vehicle.

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There is a system malfunction.

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Keep the key out of reach of children.

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The power supply is insufficient.

The vehicle is stationary for a lengthy period.

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WARNING Risk of accident and injury

due to children left unattended in the

vehicle

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This also applies to the Digital Vehicle Key

sticker.

Vehicles with manual transmission:

When the electric parking brake is applied, the

red ! indicator lamp lights up in the instru‐

ment cluster.

If children are left unsupervised in the vehi‐

cle, they could, in particular:

The electric parking brake is not automatically

applied if the engine is switched off by the ECO

start/stop function.

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open doors, thereby endangering other

persons or road users.

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% To prevent application: pull the handle of the This is the case if one of the following conditions

Vehicles with manual transmission: a gear

has been selected, you release the clutch

pedal and depress the accelerator pedal.

electric parking brake.

is also fulfilled:

Vehicles with automatic transmission:

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The engine is switched off.

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The driver's door is closed.

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The electric parking brake is applied if the trans‐

mission is in position j and one of the follow‐

ing conditions is fulfilled:

The seat belt tongue is not inserted in the

seat belt buckle of the driver's seat and the

driver's door is opened.

There is a system malfunction.

The power supply is insufficient.

You apply the brakes and shift from neutral

i into reverse gear k or a forward gear

(1 - 6) when on level ground.

Vehicles with automatic transmission: the

transmission is in position h or k and you

depress the accelerator pedal or you shift

from transmission position j to h or k

when on level ground with the driver's door

closed.

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The engine is switched off.

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The seat belt tongue is not inserted in the

seat belt buckle of the driver's seat and the

driver's door is opened.

The vehicle is stationary for a lengthy period.

When the electric parking brake is applied, the

red ! indicator lamp lights up in the instru‐

ment cluster.

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electric parking brake.

In the following situations, the electric parking

brake is also applied:

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If the transmission is in position k, the boot

The electric parking brake is not automatically

applied if the engine is switched off by the ECO

lid must be closed.

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Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC is bringing start/stop function.

the vehicle to a standstill.

The seat belt tongue is inserted into the seat

belt buckle of the driver's seat.

Electric parking brake function (releasing

automatically)

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The HOLD function is keeping the vehicle sta‐

tionary.

Active Parking Assist is keeping the vehicle

stationary.

Vehicles with automatic transmission: if the seat

belt tongue is not inserted into the seat belt

buckle of the driver's seat, one of the following

conditions must be fulfilled:

The electric parking brake is released when the

following conditions are fulfilled:

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The driver's door is closed.

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You shift from transmission position j.

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The engine is running.

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Information on collision detection on a

parked vehicle

You have previously driven at speeds greater

than 3 km/h.

Push handle 1.

The red ! indicator lamp lights up in the

instrument cluster.

If a collision is detected when the tow-away pro‐

tection is primed on a locked vehicle, you will

receive a notification in the multimedia system

when you switch on the ignition.

You will receive information about the following

points:

When the electric parking brake is released, the

red ! indicator lamp in the instrument clus‐

ter goes out.

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applied if the indicator lamp is lit continu‐

ously.

Applying/releasing the electric parking

brake manually

Releasing

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Switch on the ignition.

Pull handle 1.

The red ! indicator lamp in the instru‐

ment cluster goes out.

Applying

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The area of the vehicle that may have been

damaged.

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The force of the impact.

The following situations can lead to inadvertent

activation:

Emergency braking

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Press and hold handle 1.

As long as the vehicle is driving, the Release

parking brake message is displayed and the

red ! indicator lamp flashes.

When the vehicle has been braked to a

standstill, the electric parking brake is

applied. The red ! indicator lamp lights

up in the instrument cluster.

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The parked vehicle is moved, e.g. in a two-

storey garage.

% Deactivate tow-away protection in order to

prevent inadvertent activation. If you deacti‐

vate tow-away protection, collision detection

will also be deactivated.

Driving and parking 183

System limits

Standby mode (extension of the starter bat‐

tery's period out of use)

If the following conditions are fulfilled, standby

mode can be activated or deactivated using the

multimedia system:

Detection may be restricted in the following sit‐

uations:

Standby mode function

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The engine is switched off.

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the vehicle is damaged without impact, e.g. if

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an outside mirror is torn off or the paint is

damaged by a key

The ignition is switched on.

If standby mode is activated, energy loss will be

minimised during extended periods of non-oper‐

ation.

Exceeding the vehicle's displayed non-opera‐

tional time may cause inconvenience, i.e. it can‐

not be guaranteed that the starter battery will

reliably start the engine.

The starter battery must be charged first in the

following situations:

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an impact occurs at low speed

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the electric parking brake is not applied

Standby mode is characterised by the following:

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the starter battery is preserved.

Notes on parking up the vehicle

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the maximum non-operational time appears

in the media display.

If you leave the vehicle parked up for longer than

six weeks, it may suffer damage through disuse.

The 12 V battery may also be impaired or dam‐

aged by heavy discharging.

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The vehicle's non-operational time must be

extended.

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the connection to online services is interrup‐

ted.

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The Battery charge insufficient for standby

mode message appears in the media display.

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the ATA (anti-theft alarm system) is not avail‐

able.

% Further information can be obtained at a

% Standby mode is automatically deactivated

qualified specialist workshop.

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the interior protection and tow-away protec‐

tion functions are not available.

when the ignition is switched on.

NOTE Plug-in hybrid

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the function for detecting collisions on a

parked vehicle is not available.

Activating/deactivating standby mode

Multimedia system:

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Observe the notes about the high-volt‐

age battery in the Supplement. You

could otherwise fail to recognise dan‐

gers.

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Vehicle

î Vehicle settings

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Standby mode

% This function is not available for all models.

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