Starting-off and Driving › Auto Hold automatic holding function 165
✓ The ignition is switched on.
✓ Auto Hold is activated.
Auto Hold automatic holding function
Usage
✓
The automatic transmission mode is not selected.
Auto Hold automatically secures the vehicle from rolling away
when stopped.
Settings
Activating and deactivating
The function is activated or deactivated as follows in the Info-
Functionality
tainment system.
WARNING
Risk of an accident!
Auto Hold is not able to stop the vehicle under all circumstances,
such as on slippery ground, or on gradients.
Outside
.
›
›
By moving your finger sideways, choose the screen with the
menu item Brakes
.
Select Brakes menu item and activate or deactivate the function.
›
Secure and release the vehicle
With Stop, the vehicle is automatically secured using Auto Hold.
lights up in the instrument cluster. The brake pedal can
be released.
NOTICE
Disable Auto Hold to allow the vehicle to roll if necessary when
driving through a car wash.
With Start, the vehicle is automatically released using Auto
Hold.
Electronic engine sound (e-sound)
Functionality
Status display in the instrument cluster display
lights up - Auto Hold is activated.
lights up - Vehicle is secured by auto hold
The e-Sound generates an electronic engine noise while driving
at a speed of up to 25 km/h.
Automatic protection from the parking brake
Under certain circumstances, the vehicle can be secured using
It is not possible to switch off the e-Sound.
the parking brake.
lights up in the instrument cluster.
WARNING
Risk of an accident!
Despite the e-sound, the vehicle does not have to be clearly au-
dible to other road users.
Operating conditions
✓ The driver's door is closed.
English 
