Calling Up The Stored Speed - Mercedes-Benz V-Class Series 2015 Operating Instructions Manual

what the stored speed is, the vehicle may
accelerate or brake unexpectedly. There is a
risk of an accident.
Take the traffic conditions into account
before calling up the stored speed. If you do
not know what the stored speed is, store the
desired speed again.
X
Briefly pull the cruise control lever towards
you =.
X
Release the accelerator pedal.
Cruise control is activated and adjusts the
vehicle's speed to the last speed stored.
The stored speed is shown briefly in the dis-
play.
i When you pull the cruise control level
towards you for the first time after starting the
engine, cruise control adopts the current
speed.
Setting the speed
It may be a moment before the vehicle starts to
accelerate or brake to the set speed. Take this
delay into account when setting the speed.
X
Briefly push the cruise control lever up : to
increase the speed or down ? to reduce the
speed.
The vehicle will accelerate or decelerate. The
speed is shown in the display.
X
Release the cruise control lever once the
desired speed is reached.
The displayed speed is stored.
or
X
Briefly press the cruise control lever up : or
down ? to the first point of resistance.
The last speed stored is increased/reduced in
increments of 1 km/h.
or
X
Briefly press the cruise control lever up : or
down ? beyond the point of resistance.
The last speed stored is increased/reduced in
increments of 10 km/h.
i Cruise control is not deactivated if you
depress the accelerator pedal. If you acceler-
ate briefly to overtake, for example, cruise
control adjusts the vehicle's speed to the last
speed stored after you have finished overtak-
ing.
To deactivate cruise control
There are various ways to deactivate cruise con-
trol:
X
Briefly press the cruise control lever forwards
B.
or
X
Apply the brakes.
or
X
Briefly push the cruise control lever in the
direction of arrow A.
Variable SPEEDTRONIC is selected. LIM indi-
cator lamp ; in the cruise control lever lights
up.
The last speed set remains stored. The last
speed stored is cleared when you switch off the
engine.
Cruise control is deactivated automatically
when:
you apply the brakes
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you apply the parking brake and the !
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indicator lamp in the instrument cluster lights
up
you are driving slower than 30 km/h
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you depress the clutch pedal for longer than
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six seconds while the vehicle is in motion
you shift the manual transmission to neutral
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while the vehicle is in motion and release the
clutch pedal
on vehicles with manual transmission, you
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shift to a higher gear and as a result the
engine speed is too low.
you shift the automatic transmission to neu-
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tral position N while the vehicle is in motion
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ESP intervenes or you deactivate ESP
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there is a malfunction in the ESP
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tem
If cruise control automatically deactivates, a
warning tone sounds and the
off
message appears briefly in the display.
Problems with cruise control
The speed cannot be set when cruise control is
activated.
The display is showing a message of high priority
and cannot therefore show a change in speed.
X
Proceed as instructed by the message in the
display.
Driving systems
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or ABS sys-
Cruise control
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