Collision Avoidance and Parking Assist Systems: Description and Operation

Parking Aid

• Familiarity with the function and operation of the parking aid is essential when addressing customer complaints.

• For additional information => Operating instructions

The parking aid system, or PDC (Park Distance Control), supports the driver while parking by indicating acoustically the distance to an obstruction behind the vehicle.

The parking aid system consists of:

• the Parking Aid Control Module (J446)

• the warning buzzer for parking aid (H15)

• Left Rear Parking Aid Sensor (G203)

• Left Rear Center Parking Aid Sensor (G204)

• Right Rear Center Parking Aid Sensor (G205)

• Right Rear Parking Aid Sensor (G206)

• Due to different software versions, different sensor names may be displayed in the first Parking Aid Control Module (J446) software version. If this is the case, the follow allocation applies:

• Left Rear Center Parking Aid Sensor (G204) is Left Rear Parking Aid Sensor (G203)

• Left Rear Inner Parking Aid Sensor (G334) is Left Rear Center Parking Aid Sensor (G204)

• Right Rear Inner Parking Aid Sensor (G335) is Right Rear Center Parking Aid Sensor (G205)

• Right Rear Center Parking Aid Sensor (G205) is Right Rear Parking Aid Sensor (G206)

DTC recognition and display:

The parking aid system is equipped with On Board Diagnostic (OBD) capabilities which assists in troubleshooting.

For troubleshooting, use Vehicle Diagnostic, Testing and Information System (VAS 5051A) in operating mode " Guided Fault Finding".

Perform output Diagnostic Test Mode (DTM) to test the entire parking aid system, refer to=> [ Output Diagnostic Test Mode ] Component Tests and General Diagnostics.