Mercedes-Benz V-Class 2021 Owner's Manual page 165

162 Driving and parking
Press button 5.
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LIM indicator lamp
R
is selected.
LIM indicator lamp
R
iter is selected.
Storing and maintaining the current speed
Briefly press the cruise control lever up
#
down 4.
The current speed is stored and the vehicle
maintains this speed (cruise control) or does
not exceed it (variable limiter).
When you activate cruise control, the stored
speed is briefly shown in the text field of the mul‐
tifunction display. The multifunction display also
shows the ¯ symbol and the stored speed.
When you activate the variable limiter, the multi‐
function display briefly shows the stored speed.
The multifunction display also shows the È
symbol and the stored speed.
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For vehicles with Active Distance Assist
DISTRONIC, the segments between the start
of the scale and the stored speed light up in
the speedometer dial instead.
Calling up the stored speed
& WARNING Risk of accident due to stored
speed
If you call up the stored speed and this is
lower than your current speed, the vehicle
decelerates.
Take into account the traffic situation
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before calling up the stored speed.
Briefly pull the cruise control lever in direction
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3.
The last stored speed is called up and the
vehicle maintains this speed (cruise control)
or does not exceed it (variable limiter).
If the last stored speed has previously been
deleted, the currently driven speed is stored.
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When you switch off the vehicle, the last
speed stored is cleared.
Increasing or reducing the speed
Press the cruise control lever up
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4 as far as the 1st pressure point.
The stored speed is increased or reduced by
1 km/h.
or
2 off: cruise control
2 lit: the variable lim‐
1 or
1 or down
Press the cruise control lever up
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4 beyond the 1st pressure point.
The stored speed is increased or reduced by
10 km/h.
If you have set Miles as the unit for the digital
speedometer, you can maintain any speed from
20 mph (cruise control) or set it as the limit
speed (variable limiter). You can then set the limit
speed in increments of 1 mph and 5 mph.
Deactivating cruise control or the variable
limiter
Briefly press the cruise control lever forwards
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6.
or
Press button 5.
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The ¯ or È symbol and the stored
speed in the multifunction display then go
out.
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Cruise control is deactivated in the following
situations:
you apply the brakes.
R
you drive below a speed of 30 km/h.
R
you shift the transmission to position i.
R
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ESP intervenes.
R
In these cases the variable limiter remains
activated.
If you deactivate ESP
malfunctioning, cruise control and the limiter
are deactivated.
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Vehicles with manual transmission: if the
engine speed is very low, cruise control or
the limiter is deactivated. When the transmis‐
sion is in neutral or the clutch pedal is
depressed for longer than six seconds, cruise
control is deactivated.
If cruise control automatically deactivates, a
warning tone sounds and the
message appears briefly in the multifunction dis‐
play.
Information on the permanent limiter
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The permanent limiter is only available in cer‐
tain countries.
If you wish to limit the vehicle speed permanently
to a specific value (e.g. for driving in winter tyre
mode), you can set this speed with the perma‐
nent limiter.
You can permanently limit the speed to a value
between 160 km/h and the maximum permissi‐
ble speed ( page 163).
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1 or down
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, or ABS or ESP is
Cruise control off