2011 Mercedes ML-Class Owner's Manual - Page 144

142 X Driving Depress the brake pedal and keep it depressed. X Shift the transmission to position D or R. X Wait until the gear change is completed before pulling away. X Release the parking brake (Y page 159). X Release the brake pedal. X Carefully depress the accelerator pedal. X Take your foot off the brake pedal. i Once you have taken your foot off the brake pedal, the vehicle is held for around one second. X Driving and parking Pull away. Hill start assist will not function if: Ryou ! If a warning tone sounds and the Release Park. Brake message appears in the instrument cluster, the parking brake is still applied. Release the parking brake. i The vehicle locks centrally once you have pulled away. The locking knobs in the doors drop down. You can open the doors from the inside at any time. You can also deactivate the automatic locking feature (Y page 217). i Upshifts take place at higher engine speeds after a cold start. This helps the catalytic converter to reach its operating temperature more quickly. Hill start assist Hill start assist helps you when pulling away forwards or in reverse on an uphill gradient. It holds the vehicle for a short time after you have removed your foot from the brake pedal. This gives you enough time to move your foot from the brake pedal to the accelerator pedal and depress it before the vehicle begins to roll. are pulling away on a level road or a downhill gradient. Rthe transmission is in position N. Rthe parking brake is applied. RESP® is malfunctioning. G Warning Never leave the vehicle when it is held by hill start assist. After approximately one second, hill start assist will no longer brake your vehicle and it could roll away.