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You will see the stored speed for approximately
five seconds when you activate DISTRONIC
PLUS.
Deactivating DISTRONIC PLUS
There are several ways to deactivate
DISTRONIC PLUS:
Briefly press the cruise control lever forwards
X
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or
Brake, unless the vehicle is stationary.
X
or
Briefly press the cruise control lever in the
X
direction of arrow ;.
Variable SPEEDTRONIC is selected. LIM indi-
cator lamp : in the cruise control lever lights
up.
When you deactivate DISTRONIC PLUS, you will
see the
DISTRONIC PLUS off
DISTRONIC PLUS off
multifunction display for approximately five sec-
onds.
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The last speed stored remains stored until
you switch off the engine.
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DISTRONIC PLUS is not deactivated if you
depress the accelerator pedal.
DISTRONIC PLUS is automatically deactivated
if:
you apply the electric parking brake or if the
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vehicle is automatically secured with the elec-
tric parking brake
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ESP
intervenes or you deactivate ESP
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the transmission is in the P, R or N position
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you pull the cruise control lever towards you
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in order to pull away and the front-passenger
door or one of the rear doors is open
the vehicle is skidding
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you activate Active Parking Assist
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If DISTRONIC PLUS is deactivated, you will hear
a warning tone. You will see the
PLUS off
PLUS off
for approximately five seconds.
Tips for driving with DISTRONIC PLUS
General notes
Pay particular attention in the following traffic
situations:
Cornering, entering and exiting a bend: the
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ability of DISTRONIC PLUS to detect vehicles
when cornering is limited. Your vehicle may
brake unexpectedly or late.
Driving on a different line: DISTRONIC PLUS
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may not detect vehicles which are not driving
in the middle of their lane. The distance to the
vehicle in front will be too short.
Other vehicles changing lane: DISTRONIC
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PLUS has not detected the vehicle cutting in
yet. The distance to this vehicle will be too
short.
Narrow vehicles: DISTRONIC PLUS has not
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yet detected the vehicle in front on the edge
of the carriageway because of its narrow
width. The distance to the vehicle in front will
be too short.
Obstacles and stationary vehicles:
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DISTRONIC PLUS does not brake for obsta-
cles or stationary vehicles. If, for example, the
detected vehicle turns a corner and reveals an
obstacle or stationary vehicle, DISTRONIC
message in the
PLUS will not brake for these.
Crossing vehicles: DISTRONIC PLUS may mis-
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takenly detect vehicles that are crossing your
lane. Activating DISTRONIC PLUS at traffic
lights with crossing traffic, for example, could
cause your vehicle to pull away unintention-
ally.
In such situations, brake if necessary.
DISTRONIC PLUS is then deactivated.
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DISTRONIC
DISTRONIC
message in the multifunction display
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