2007 Mercedes CL-Class Owner's Manual - Page 445

Controls in detail Driving systems Stop the vehicle at a distance of approximately three feet (one meter) parallel to the vehicle that is in front of the desired parking space. in such a way that the front of the parked vehicle is parallel to your rear wheel. Switch on COMAND ( page 81). Move gear selector lever to position R (reverse gear). Use the COMAND controller ( page 84) to select "parallel parking" function 2. You will see the guide lines for parallel parking on the COMAND display. Back up carefully parallel to parked car until the respective vertical blue guide line 1 is at the end of the parked vehicle next to you. Stop the vehicle. Warning! 1 Vertical blue guide line 3 Extended blue guide line 4 Blue guide lines for vehicle contour With the vehicle at a standstill, turn steering wheel in parking direction until blue guide lines 3 and 1 appear and the rectangle formed by guide lines 4 shows the desired parking position. If another vehicle is located next to you, the extended blue guide line 3 must just touch the corresponding vertical blue guide line 1. G If the respective vertical blue guide line 1 is not yet located at the end of the parked vehicle and you are already turning into the parking space, you could collide with the parked vehicle. Stop the parking procedure immediately. Pull out of the parking space and start the parking procedure over again. 1 Vertical blue guide line 2 Symbol for "parallel parking" i If an obstacle is inside of or protrudes into the area marked by blue guide lines 4 for the vehicle, the parking space is too small for the vehicle. 444