Mercedes-Benz C-Clas 2016 Owner's Manual page 180

Deactivating DISTRONIC PLUS
DISTRONIC PLUS can be deactivated in a num-
ber of ways:
Briefly press the cruise control lever forwards
X
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or
Brake, unless the vehicle is stationary.
X
or
Briefly push the cruise control lever in the
X
direction of arrow ;.
Variable SPEEDTRONIC is selected. LIM indi-
cator lamp : in the cruise control lever lights
up.
When you deactivate DISTRONIC PLUS, the
DISTRONIC PLUS off DISTRONIC PLUS off
the multifunction display for approximately five
seconds.
The last speed stored remains stored until you
switch off the engine.
DISTRONIC PLUS is not deactivated if you
depress the accelerator pedal.
DISTRONIC PLUS is automatically deactivated
in the following situations:
You apply the electric parking brake or if the
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vehicle is automatically secured with the elec-
tric parking brake
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ESP is engaged or you deactivate ESP
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You shift the transmission to position P, R or
R
N
You pull the cruise control lever towards you
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in order to pull away and the front-passenger
door or one of the rear doors is open
The vehicle skids
R
You activate Active Parking Assist
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If, under these circumstances, DISTRONIC
PLUS is deactivated, a warning tone sounds. The
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message will appear on
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message then appears
on the multifunction display for approximately
five seconds.
Tips for driving with DISTRONIC PLUS
General notes
Pay particular attention in the following traffic
situations:
Cornering, entering and exiting a bend: the
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ability of DISTRONIC PLUS to detect vehicles
when cornering is limited. Your vehicle may
brake unexpectedly or late.
Driving on a different line: DISTRONIC PLUS
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may not detect vehicles that are not driving in
the middle of their lane. The distance to the
vehicle in front will be too short.
Other vehicles changing lane: DISTRONIC
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PLUS has not detected the vehicle cutting in
yet. The distance to this vehicle will be too
short.
Narrow vehicles: DISTRONIC PLUS has not
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yet detected the vehicle in front on the edge
of the carriageway because of its narrow
width. The distance to the vehicle in front will
be too short.
Obstacles and stationary vehicles:
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DISTRONIC PLUS does not brake for obsta-
cles or stationary vehicles. If, for example, the
detected vehicle turns a corner and reveals an
obstacle or stationary vehicle, DISTRONIC
PLUS will not brake for these.
Crossing vehicles: DISTRONIC PLUS may mis-
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takenly detect vehicles that are crossing your
lane. Activating DISTRONIC PLUS at traffic
lights with crossing traffic, for example, could
cause your vehicle to pull away unintention-
ally.
In such situations, brake if necessary.
DISTRONIC PLUS is then deactivated.
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