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Cruise control lever
Cruise control lever
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
A
To store the current speed or a lower speed
B
To switch between Distance Pilot
DISTRONIC and variable limiter
To deactivate Distance Pilot DISTRONIC
C
You can operate Distance Pilot DISTRONIC and
the variable limiter with the cruise control lever.
LIM indicator lamp = on the cruise control lever
indicates which system you have selected:
LIM indicator lamp =
R
DISTRONIC is selected.
LIM indicator lamp =
R
selected.
Selecting Distance Pilot DISTRONIC
Check whether LIM indicator lamp = is off.
X
If it is off, Distance Pilot DISTRONIC is already
selected.
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. Distance Pilot DISTRONIC is
selected.
= off: Distance Pilot
= on: variable limiter is
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 away
R
in a car wash
R
To activate Distance Pilot DISTRONIC, the fol-
lowing conditions must be fulfilled:
the engine must be running. 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 switched on, but not interven-
R
ing.
Active Parking Assist must not be activated.
R
the transmission must be in position D.
R
the driver's door must be closed when you
R
shift from P to D or your seat belt must be
fastened.
the front-passenger door must be closed.
R
the vehicle must not be skidding.
R
Activating
Briefly pull the cruise control lever towards
X
you ?, up : or down A.
Distance Pilot DISTRONIC is activated.
Keep the cruise control lever pressed up : or
X
down A until the desired speed is set.
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 passive
Distance Pilot passive
sage appears in the multifunction display. The
set distance to a slower-moving vehicle in
front will then not be maintained. The position
of the accelerator pedal will determine the
speed.
You can also activate Distance Pilot DISTRONIC
when stationary. The lowest speed that can be
set is 30 km/h.
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