C63 AMG (W204) 2008 - 2015

"P" Symbol

Old 01-22-2017, 07:32 PM
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"P" Symbol

Yet another question. Today for the first time a white P on a blue background appeared on the dash, I think just below the C/S/S+ drive mode symbol. It went away after a short bit, but came on after I started the car again. I cannot find any reference to it in the manual. Any thoughts?

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In my wife's car the P usually means that there is a suitable sized parking available (part of parktronic)
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Originally Posted by fkfleischli
Yet another question. Today for the first time a white P on a blue background appeared on the dash, I think just below the C/S/S+ drive mode symbol. It went away after a short bit, but came on after I started the car again. I cannot find any reference to it in the manual. Any thoughts?

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Check around page 183 of your manual for a description of all the systems. The P is telling you the sensors on the side of the car detect a suitable space. There is a switch on the dash with a P on it as I recall. This shuts this feature off.
If you do not have a manual you can get one to download at MBUSa's site.
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The P is the car scanning for suitable parking spots at low speed (I think 11 mph?). The P with a white arrow indicates it found one and you may begin "park assist parking" by putting the car into reverse and using the steering wheel to accept/decline.
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