Table of Contents
Advertisement
Controls in detail
Driving systems
Setting the current speed
Accelerate or decelerate to the desired
speed.
Briefly lift or depress the cruise control
lever.
Distronic is activated and the current
speed is set.
Remove your foot from the accelerator
pedal.
i
If you do not take your foot off the
accelerator completely, the following
message will appear in the multifunc-
tion display:
Distronic override
.
The distance to a slower moving vehi-
cles in front of you will not be set. Your
vehicle speed will then be determined
only by the accelerator pedal position.
232
Setting a higher speed
Briefly tip the cruise control lever in the
direction of arrow 1 ( page 231) to
increase vehicle speed in increments
of 5 mph (Canada: 10 km/h).
The new speed is set.
The stored speed is displayed in the
multifunction display for approximately
5 seconds ( page 231), and one or
two segments around the stored speed
come on, on the speedometer
( page 228).
i
Depressing the accelerator pedal does
not deactivate Distronic. After brief
acceleration (e.g. for passing), the
cruise control will resume the last
speed set.
Setting a lower speed
Briefly tip the cruise control lever in the
direction of arrow 2 ( page 231) to
decrease vehicle speed in increments
of 5 mph (Canada: 10 km/h).
The new speed is set.
The stored speed is displayed in the
multifunction display for approximately
5 seconds ( page 231), and one or
two segments around the stored speed
come on, on the speedometer
( page 228).
i
When you use the cruise control lever
to decelerate, the brakes will be ap-
plied to support deceleration.
In addition, the transmission will
automatically downshift on long down-
hill grades.
Advertisement
Table of Contents
