jhpmbusa

Does the automatic parking also parallel park? So far I only got it to pull head in or back in....

rbrylaw

If you have Advanced Parking Assist, yes, it's supposed to parallel park as well.

jhpmbusa

lol ok - only time where automatic parking is really necessary.... i have the p2 package 2018 - so it probably means that it wont parallel...great..

rbrylaw

P2 package includes Active Parking Assist, which means it WILL parallel park if you want it to.

G3710

I have yet to get this feature to work properly

jhpmbusa

right, is there anything i have to do differently in order for the car to parallel park instead of "regular" parking?

dudley07726

Egonvdv

as soon as you activate the search radar it will show you the parking spots available (parallel or regular).
you just select which one you want and then let the car park itself.


( then after it has struggled to park properly, you take back the wheel and do it yourself….)

rbrylaw

LOL

CaptainE

The_Judge

I have no idea — who has time to wait for the annoyingly slow feature to accomplish what takes me about one second? Maybe if I were blind or had no arms....

ua549

I'm in Florida and the car parking by itself is often much faster that of many of the parking challenged people here. That said, we have almost no parallel parking except in city centers which I avoid.

TheFranchizeSLB

what is everyone referring to as "regular" parking? mine parallels, but havent tried anything else.. btw i have parktronic w active park assist..

Egonvdv

"regular" is like you'd do in a parking lot. ie all cars next to each other

LAC300

Yes but you have to make sure it's activated about 2 car lengths before you start looking for an open spot in order for it to identify a space.

bellavance

With the 360 Degree Camera, I park way faster than the car can do it by itself.

tonecas

does this work on tight parking spots? like having a wall on one of the sides and another car on the other side?

Egonvdv

No, it only works when there's lots of space. this feature is only handy
for people that really don't know how to park

Sunrose305

I have found this feature 100% useless. Really just a party trick. Rarely identifies a parking spot -- even when plenty are clearly available. And when it does it takes forever to park in it. Also note that this is DIFFERENT than the self-parking feature available outside the U.S. where you can park the car when you are outside of it.

Egonvdv

but outside or inside, the car parks in the same ****ty way. ;-)
and the only way to "remote park" it into a TIGHT spot is to park it right in front of the spot where you want to park, get out and move the car in a straight line for/back-wards.
(handy if you don't have a very wide garage box I guess...)

tonecas

Great... So I've just wasted some money on a useless feature

How can a top brand like MB not have a parking solution that works flawless?? I mean, even entry level brands and models are now shipping auto parking features. Unbelievable...

I selected the parking and remote parking optionals just because it is common where i usually travel to find parking spaces where the car will fit if i am out of the vehicle (otherwise it will be a pain in the a** to get out of the car and later enter again).

The_Judge

"Party Trick!" Excellent description for this and most other semi-automated features currently offered by manufactures, including MB. At least this one is just annoying and not potentially deadly.

Sunrose305

xxx

Sunrose305

Tonecas - If you are outside the U.S. the remote parking feature might be activated and useful. it is not currently available in the U.S. Most or all of the comments here relate to a different feature that parks the car for you while you are still sitting in the driver's seat.

tonecas

yes i'm outside of the U.S. hope you're right. from the comments here about the "regular" parking feature it does not bode well for the remote parking