Parking Assist PARKTRONIC is an electronic parking assistance system with ultrasound. It monitors the area around your vehicle using multiple sensors 
on the front bumper and on the rear bumper. Parking Assist PARKTRONIC shows you the distance between your vehicle and a detected obstacle visually and audibly.
Parking Assist PARKTRONIC is only an aid. It is not a substitute for your attention to the surroundings. The responsibility for safe manoeuvring and parking remains with you. Make sure that there are no persons, animals or objects in the manoeuvring area while manoeuvring and parking in/exiting parking spaces.
If Parking Assist PARKTRONIC detects an obstacle in the path of the vehicle, a pop-up window with the appropriate warning display appears in the media display at speeds below approximately 10 km/h.
- Yellow warning display: obstacles at a distance of between approx. 0.6 m and 1.0 m
Orange warning display: obstacles at a medium distance between approx. 0.3 m and 0.6 m
Red warning display: obstacles at a very short distance of approx. 0.3 m or less
When Parking Assist PARKTRONIC is operational and no object is detected, no segments are shown in the warning display.
If the entire system fails, the internal segments of the warning display are shown in red and the 
symbol appears in the multifunction display in the instrument cluster.
If Parking Assist PARKTRONIC is deactivated, the warning display fades out.
In the standard setting, an intermittent warning tone sounds from a distance of approximately 0.3 m to an obstacle in front and approximately 1.0 m to an obstacle behind. A continuous warning tone sounds from a distance of approximately 0.2 m. Using the Warn early setting, you can set the warning tone in the multimedia system so that it will sound earlier at a greater distance of approximately 1.0 mMore.
The Warn early setting is always active in the rear of the vehicle.
Obstacles below the detection range, e.g. persons, animals or objects.
Obstacles above the detection range, e.g. overhanging loads, overhangs or loading ramps of lorries.
As a result of additional accessories (e.g. licence plate bracket or bicycle rack) the actual distance to an obstacle may not correspond to the distance measured by Parking Assist PARKTRONIC under certain conditions.
The sensors must be free of dirt, ice and slush. Otherwise, they may not function correctly. Clean the sensors regularly, taking care not to scratch or damage them.