Mercedes-Benz B-Class 2011 Owner's Manual page 158

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WARNING
The vehicle can be braked when DISTRONIC
PLUS is activated. For this reason, deactivate
DISTRONIC PLUS if the vehicle is to be set in
motion by other means (e.g. in a car wash or
by towing).
General notes
DISTRONIC PLUS regulates the speed and
automatically helps you maintain the dis-
tance to the vehicle detected in front. DIS-
TRONIC PLUS brakes automatically so that
the set speed is not exceeded.
You must select a lower gear in good time on
long and steep downhill gradients, especially
if the vehicle is laden or towing a trailer. For
this, you need to have selected manual drive
program M( page 147). By doing so, you will
Y
make use of the braking effect of the engine.
This relieves the load on the brake system and
prevents the brakes from overheating and
wearing too quickly.
If DISTRONIC PLUS detects a slower-moving
vehicle in front, your vehicle is braked in order
to maintain the preset distance to the vehicle
in front.
If there is no vehicle in front, DISTRONIC
PLUS operates in the same way as cruise
control in the speed range between
30 km/h and 200 km/h. If a vehicle is driving
in front of you, DISTRONIC operates in the
speed range between 0 km/h and
200 km/h.
Do not use DISTRONIC PLUS on roads with
steep gradients.
Cruise control lever
With the cruise control lever, you can operate
DISTRONIC PLUS and variable SPEED-
TRONIC.
The LIM indicator lamp on the cruise control
lever indicates which system you have selec-
ted:
LIM indicator lamp off: DISTRONIC PLUS
R
is selected.
LIM indicator lamp on: variable SPEED-
R
TRONIC is selected.
To store the current speed or a higher
:
speed
To set the specified minimum distance
;
LIM indicator lamp
=
To store the current speed or call up the
?
last stored speed
To store the current speed or a lower
A
speed
To switch between DISTRONIC PLUS and
B
variable SPEEDTRONIC
To deactivate DISTRONIC PLUS
C
Selecting DISTRONIC PLUS
Check whether LIM indicator lamp = is off.
X
If it is off, DISTRONIC PLUS is already selec-
ted.
If it is not, press the cruise control lever in
the direction of arrow B.
LIM indicator lamp = in the cruise control
lever goes out. DISTRONIC PLUS is selec-
ted.
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