2007 Mercedes S-Class Owner's Manual - Page 419

Controls in detail Driving systems Use the COMAND controller ( page 82) 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 4 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 4 must just touch the corresponding vertical blue guide line 1. 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. i If you turn the steering wheel too far, the message "Steering wheel turned too far. Please adjust steering wheel" appears on the COMAND display. Turn the steering wheel back until the message disappears and the extended blue guide line 4 intersects with vertical blue guide line 1. If you back up using the wrong wheel angle, the following appears in the COMAND display: "Steering wheel turned too far. Park Assist disabled.". Pull out of the parking space and start the parking procedure over again. G If the respective vertical 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. 418