General Information: Activation
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The following conditions must be fulfilled to switch the "stand by" function on:
- Driver wearing seat belt
- Engine running
- Driver door closed
- ESP and electromechanical parking brake without malfunction.
The -AUTO HOLD- Button -E540- -B- in the center console activates this function.
The switch indicates the operating conditions.
- Deactivated - the LED in the switch is off.
- Stand by - the LED inside the switch is on.
- Active - the LED in the switch is on and the instrument cluster display shows a green "P".
Braking function is only transferred from ESP to the electromechanical parking brake if the "green P" in the instrument cluster is visible and if:
- the solenoid valves in ESP have reached a temperature of 200°C
- the driver door is opened
- the driver seat belt is unlatched
- the engine is stopped
- the ignition is switched off
- the brake pedal or gas pedal are pressed.
- The -AUTO HOLD- Button -E540- is operating without pressing the brake pedal.
NOTE:
When braking function is transferred from the ESP to the electromechanical parking brake, the instrument cluster display changes from a "green P" to a "red P".