Dr ivi ng an d parki ng, Driving systems – Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class 2015 Owners Manual User Manual
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X
Stop the vehicle when it is almost exactly in
front of the parking space.
The white lane should be as close to parallel
with the parking space marking as possi-
ble.
Driving to the final position
:
White guide line at current steering wheel
angle
;
Parking space marking
X
Turn the steering wheel to the center posi-
tion while the vehicle is stationary.
:
Red guide line at a distance of approx-
imately 12 in (0.30 m) from the rear of the
vehicle
;
White guide line without turning the steer-
ing wheel
=
End of parking space
X
Back up carefully until you have reached
the final position.
Red guide line : is then at end of parking
space =. The vehicle is almost parallel in
the parking space.
"Coupling up a trailer" function
This function is only available on vehicles with
a trailer tow hitch and COMAND.
!
The following distance specifications
refer to trailer tow hitches with ball cou-
pling that have been approved for this vehi-
cle by Mercedes-Benz. Distances may dif-
fer if you use other ball couplings. In this
case, take into account that actual distan-
ces will not match the following distance
specifications. Otherwise you could dam-
age the trailer and vehicle.
:
Vehicle center point on the yellow guide
line at a distance of approximately 3 ft
(1 m) from the rear of the vehicle
;
Trailer drawbar
=
Ball coupling
This function is only available on vehicles with
a trailer tow hitch.
X
Set the height of trailer drawbar ; so that
it is slightly higher than ball coupling =.
X
Position the vehicle centrally in front of
trailer drawbar ;.
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