Operation Manual

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Driving
ParkAssist
Thissystemprovidesactiveassistancewithparking,detectingaparkingspacethencontrollingthesteeringtoparkinthespace.
Itcontrolsthesteeringwhilethedrivermanagestheaccelerator,brakes,gearsandclutch(manualgearbox).Duringphasesofentryintoandexitfrom
aparkingspace,thesystemprovidesvisualandaudibleinformationtothedriverinordertomakethemanoeuvresafe.Itmaybenecessarytomove
forwardsandbackwardsmorethanonce.
TheParkAssistsystemcannotinany
circumstancesreplacetheneedfor
vigilanceonthepartofthedriver.
Thedrivermustremainincontrolof
theirvehicleensuringthatthespace
remainsclearduringthemanoeuvre.
Insomecircumstances,thesensors
maynotdetectsmallobstacleslocated
intheirblindspots.
Changingtyresizes(out-sizetyres,
wintertyres,...)caninterferewith
thecorrectoperationoftheparking
assistancesystem.
Duringamanoeuvrethesteeringwheel
turnsquickly:donotholdthesteering
wheel,donotplaceyourhandbetween
thespokesofthesteeringwheeland
takecarewithlooseandbulkyclothing,
scarves,handbags...Thereisariskof
injury.
Forentryintoaparkingspace(parallel
parking)thesystemdoesnotdetect
spaceswhichareclearlymuchsmaller
orlargerthanthesizeofthevehicle.
This"parkingassistance"system
isactivatedautomaticallyduring
manoeuvres;itisthereforepossible
thatasymbolcomesoninthescreen,
accompaniedbyanaudiblesignal,
withoutaffectingthemanoeuvre.
Theselectionofthetypeofmanoeuvre
(enteringorexitingaparallelparking
space)preventsachangetoSTOP
modeofStop&Start.
InSTOPmode,thisselectionrestarts
theengine.
Thedrivercantakecontrolatanytimebygrippingthesteeringwheel.
Thesystemprovidesassistanceinenteringand
exitingaparkingspacewhenparallelparking.