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Cruise control lever
Cruise control lever
:
Stores the current speed or a higher speed
Setting a specified minimum distance
;
Storing the current speed or calling up the
=
last stored speed
?
Stores the current speed or a lower speed
Switching off Distance Pilot DISTRONIC
A
Activating Distance Pilot DISTRONIC
and storing, maintaining and calling up
a speed
Important safety notes
!
When Distance Pilot DISTRONIC or the
HOLD function is activated, the vehicle
brakes automatically in certain situations.
To avoid damage to the vehicle, deactivate
Distance Pilot DISTRONIC and the HOLD
function in the following or similar situations:
when towing the vehicle
R
in the car wash
R
To activate Distance Pilot DISTRONIC, the fol-
lowing conditions must be fulfilled:
the engine must be started. It may take up to
R
two minutes of driving before Distance Pilot
DISTRONIC is ready for use.
the electric parking brake must be released.
R
®
ESP
must be active, but not intervening.
R
Parking Pilot must not be activated.
R
the transmission must be in position h.
R
the driver's door must be closed when you
R
shift from j to h or your seat belt must be
fastened.
the front-passenger door must be closed.
R
the vehicle must not skid.
R
Driving systems
Activating
Briefly pull the cruise control lever towards
X
you ?, up : or down ; .
Distance Pilot DISTRONIC is activated.
To adjust the set speed in 1 mph incre-
X
ments (1 km/h increments): briefly press
the cruise control lever up : to the pressure
point for a higher speed, or down ; to the
pressure point for a lower speed.
Every time the cruise control lever is pressed
up or down, the last speed stored is increased
or reduced.
or
To adjust the set speed in 5 mph incre-
X
ments (10 km/h increments): briefly press
the cruise control lever up : past the pres-
sure point for a higher speed, or down ; past
the pressure point for a lower speed.
Every time the cruise control lever is pressed
up or down, the last speed stored is increased
or reduced.
Remove your foot from the accelerator pedal.
X
Your vehicle adapts its speed to that of the
vehicle in front, but only up to the desired
stored speed.
i
If you do not fully release the accelerator
pedal, the
Distance Pilot Suspended
sage appears in the multifunction display. The
set distance to a slower-moving vehicle in
front will then not be maintained. You will be
driving at the speed you determine by the
position of the accelerator pedal.
You can also activate Distance Pilot DISTRONIC
when stationary. The lowest speed that can be
set is 20 mph (30 km/h).
Activating at the current speed/last
stored speed
G
WARNING
If you call up the stored speed and it differs
from the current speed, the vehicle acceler-
ates or decelerates. If you do not know the
stored speed, the vehicle could accelerate or
brake unexpectedly. There is a risk of an acci-
dent.
Pay attention to the road and traffic condi-
tions before calling up the stored speed. If you
do not know the stored speed, store the
desired speed again.
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