Mercedes-Benz E-Class 2010 Owner's Manual page 166

Briefly pull the cruise control lever towards
X
you ? or press it up : or down A to the
pressure point.
DISTRONIC PLUS is selected.
Keep the cruise control lever pressed
X
up : or down A until the desired speed
is set.
Remove your foot from the accelerator
X
pedal.
Your vehicle adapts its speed to that of the
vehicle in front, but only up to the desired
stored speed.
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If you do not fully release the accelerator
pedal, the DISTRONIC PLUS suspen‐
ded message appears in the multifunction
display. The set distance to a slower-mov-
ing vehicle in front will then not be main-
tained. You will be driving at the speed you
determine by the position of the accelera-
tor pedal.
Activating when driving towards a sta-
tionary vehicle
If the vehicle in front of you is stationary, you
can only activate DISTRONIC PLUS once your
vehicle is stationary as well.
Briefly pull the cruise control lever towards
X
you ?.
DISTRONIC PLUS is selected.
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DISTRONIC PLUS can only be activated at
under 30 km/h if a vehicle in front has been
detected. Therefore, the DISTRONIC PLUS
distance display in the instrument cluster
should be activated.
Keep the cruise control lever pressed
X
up : or down A until the desired speed
is set.
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You can use the cruise control lever to set
the stored speed and the thumbwheel on
the cruise control lever to set the specified
minimum distance ( page 166).
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Pulling away
If the vehicle in front pulls away: remove
X
your foot from the brake pedal.
Briefly pull the cruise control lever towards
X
you ?.
or
Accelerate briefly.
X
Your vehicle pulls away and adapts its
speed to that of the vehicle in front.
Driving
If there is no vehicle in front, DISTRONIC
PLUS operates in the same way as cruise
control.
If a slower-moving vehicle is detected in front,
DISTRONIC PLUS causes your vehicle to
brake and maintain a preset distance to the
vehicle in front.
If DISTRONIC PLUS detects a faster-moving
vehicle in front, it increases the driving speed,
but only up to the desired speed you have
stored.
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Risk of accident
If you depress the brake, DISTRONIC PLUS is
deactivated unless your vehicle is stationary.
DISTRONIC PLUS then no longer brakes your
vehicle. In such cases, control the distance
from vehicles travelling in front with the brake
alone. You could otherwise cause an accident
and thereby injure yourself and others. The
driver remains fully responsible for the vehi-
cle's distance from other vehicles, the speed
being driven and for braking in good time.
Changing lanes
If you wish to change to the passing lane (in
left-hand-drive vehicles, the passing lane is
the left-hand lane), DISTRONIC PLUS sup-
ports you if:
you are driving faster than 60 km/h
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DISTRONIC PLUS is maintaining the dis-
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tance to a vehicle in front
you switch on the appropriate turn signals
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DISTRONIC PLUS does not detect a danger
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of collision
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