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Driving systems
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Pulling away and driving
Cruise control lever
DISTRONIC PLUS is deactivated when you
depress the brake, except when the vehicle is
stationary.
If the vehicle in front pulls away: remove
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your foot from the brake pedal.
Briefly pull the cruise control lever towards
X
you ;, or up : or down = .
or
Accelerate briefly.
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Your vehicle pulls away and adapts its
speed to that of the vehicle in front.
If there is no vehicle in front, DISTRONIC
PLUS operates in the same way as cruise
control.
If DISTRONIC PLUS detects that the vehicle in
front has slowed down, it brakes your vehicle.
It maintains the preset distance to the vehicle
in front.
If DISTRONIC PLUS detects that there is a risk
of a collision, you will be warned visually and
acoustically. Without your intervention, DIS-
TRONIC PLUS cannot prevent a collision. An
intermittent warning tone will then sound and
the distance warning lamp will light up in the
instrument cluster. Brake immediately to
increase the distance to the vehicle driving in
front, or take evasive action, provided it is
safe to do so.
If DISTRONIC PLUS detects a faster-moving
vehicle in front, it increases the driving speed.
However, the vehicle is only accelerated up to
the speed you have stored.
Changing lanes
If you wish to move into the overtaking lane (in
countries where traffic drives on the right, the
passing lane is the left-hand lane), DIS-
TRONIC PLUS assists you if:
you are driving faster than 60 km/h
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DISTRONIC PLUS is maintaining the dis-
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tance to a vehicle in front
you have switched on the corresponding
R
turn signal
DISTRONIC PLUS does not detect a danger
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of collision
If these conditions are met, your vehicle is
accelerated. Acceleration will be interrupted
if changing lanes takes too long or if the dis-
tance between your vehicle and the vehicle in
front becomes too small.
Vehicles with COMAND Online
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The following function is not operational
in all countries.
DISTRONIC PLUS uses additional information
from your navigation system so that it can
react appropriately to certain traffic situa-
tions. This is the case if, while following a
vehicle, DISTRONIC PLUS is active and you:
approach or drive around a roundabout
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approach a T-junction
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turn off at a motorway exit
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Even if the vehicle in front leaves the detec-
tion range, DISTRONIC PLUS temporarily
maintains the current driving speed and does
not accelerate. This is based on the current
map data in the navigation system.
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