Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2019, Operating Instructions Manual

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Electrical step
Function of the electrical step
Your vehicle's sliding door may be equipped with
an electrical step.
Electrical step
1 automatically extends when
the sliding door opens, and retracts after the slid‐
ing door closes. Electrical step 1 is equipped
with obstacle detection at the front. If the step
meets an obstacle while extending, it stops.
When you have removed the obstacle, you must
first close the sliding door then re-open it so that
the step extends completely.
If the electrical step prevents loading, you can
block it via obstacle detection when the sliding
door opens. The electrical step then remains
retracted and a fork-lift truck or other lifting vehi‐
cle can move closer to the load area.
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The display shows the Step Not Extended
See Operator's Manual message or the step
not extended malfunction message.
When the ignition is switched off, a warning
tone sounds if obstacle detection is blocked.
The tone lasts two minutes.
When the ignition is switched on, the warning
tone sounds continuously.
Vehicles with an Instrument Display (color
display): if the display shows the Step Not
Retracted See Operator's Manual message or
Step Not Extended See Operator's Manual mes‐
sage and a warning tone sounds, electrical step
1 is malfunctioning (
→
page 267).
If electrical step 1 is malfunctioning, the step
may not extend or retract, or only partially. After
a malfunction occurs, you must retract and lock
electrical step 1 manually in order to continue
driving (
→
page 52). Before passengers exit the
vehicle, inform them that electrical step 1 may
be missing.
Releasing the electrical step in an emergency
(manual retraction)
If the electrical step does not automatically
retract, you must manually retract the step and
lock it in order to continue driving.
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On the underside of step 2 on both bars 1
remove the spring cotters 3 from the pin.
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Remove the washers 4 and detach both
bars.
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