Flammable materials such as leaves, grass or twigs may ignite.
Open doors and thereby endanger other persons or road users.
get out of the car and are hit by traffic.
Operate vehicle equipment and become trapped, for example.
releasing the parking brake.
change the gearbox setting.
start the vehicle.
Combustion engines emit poisonous exhaust gases such as carbon monoxide. Breathing in these exhaust gases is hazardous to health and results in poisoning.
Flammable materials may ignite.
If the vehicle is switched off and rolling in neutral position (e.g. when towing), this can damage the drivetrain and lead to transmission damage.
If you park the vehicle with the transmission in park position and the parking brake is not engaged, the vehicle may roll away.
Engaging park position is not a fully adequate replacement for the parking brake.
There is a risk of accident and injury!
Depending on the transmission, the automatic transmission will switch to transmission position (nine-speed automatic transmission) or (seven-speed automatic transmission) when you switch off the vehicle. Power transmission between the engine and transmission will be interrupted in transmission position . In this case, shift the automatic transmission to transmission position before switching off the vehicle when the vehicle is stationary. Observe the messages on the display of the instrument cluster. Apply the parking brake to prevent the vehicle from rolling away.
Observe the following points to ensure that the vehicle is properly secured against rolling away unintentionally.