The parking heater is one of two subfunctions of the car's heater. The heater is fitted in the front right-hand wheel housing.
The parking heater starts automatically if the parking climate's preconditioning* is activated and the passenger compartment needs to be heated up.
The heater has different running times. depending on factors such as battery level, passenger compartment temperature, and ambient temperature. If the battery is fully charged, the charger is connected, and the timer is set in good time before departure, enhanced preconditioning can be activated automatically in a cold climate. Enhanced preconditioning may mean a running time of a maximum of 120 minutes. The running time without enhanced preconditioning is up to 30 minutes.
Note
Make sure that there is enough charge in the hybrid battery if the parking heater needs to be used.