Driving – Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class 2006 Owners Manual User Manual
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Getting started
Driving
1 Parking brake lever
2 Release button
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Pull up slightly on parking brake
lever
1 and press release button 2.
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Push parking brake lever
1 down to
its original position.
The brake warning lamp
; (USA
only) or
3 (Canada only) in the
speedometer dial goes out.
Driving
Warning!
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On slippery road surfaces, never downshift
in order to obtain braking action. This could
result in drive wheel slip and reduced vehi-
cle control. Your vehicle’s ABS will not pre-
vent this type of loss of control.
!
If you hear a warning signal and the
message
Release parking brake
ap-
pears in the multifunction display when
driving off, you have forgotten to re-
lease the parking brake.
!
Simultaneously depressing the acceler-
ator pedal and the brake pedal reduces
engine performance and causes pre-
mature brake and drivetrain wear.
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Once the vehicle is in motion, the auto-
matic central locking system engages
and the locking knobs drop down.
For more information, see “Automatic
central locking” (