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166 Driving and parking
distance to the vehicle in front, for vehicle speed,
braking in good time and for staying in your lane.
If you change wheel size on your vehicle, check it
is assigned to the correct wheel size category
(
page 324). If the category is changed without
/
recoding the control units in the vehicle, the func‐
tioning of the limiter may be impaired.
Kickdown
If you depress the accelerator pedal beyond the
pressure point (kickdown), the limiter switches to
passive mode. The multifunction display then
shows a message and you are able to exceed the
stored speed.
After completion of kickdown, the variable limiter
is activated again in the following situations:
If the driven speed drops below the stored
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speed.
If the stored speed is called up.
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If you store a new speed.
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Operating cruise control or the variable lim‐
iter
Requirements:
Cruise control
Cruise control is selected.
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The parking brake has been released.
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ESP
is activated, but may not intervene.
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The driving speed is at least 30 km/h.
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The clutch pedal is not depressed.
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The brake pedal is not depressed.
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Requirements:
Variable limiter
The vehicle has been started.
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The variable limiter is selected.
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Switching between cruise control and the var‐
iable limiter
Push the cruise control lever in the direction
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of arrow 5.
LIM indicator lamp
tion you have selected:
LIM indicator lamp off: cruise control is
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selected.
LIM indicator lamp lit: the variable lim‐
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iter is selected.
Storing and maintaining the current speed
Briefly press the cruise control lever up
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down 4.
Remove your foot from the accelerator pedal.
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The current speed is stored and the vehicle
maintains this speed (cruise control) or does
not exceed it (variable limiter).
When you activate cruise control, the stored
speed is briefly shown in the text field of the mul‐
tifunction display. The multifunction display also
shows the ¯ symbol and the stored speed.
When you activate the variable limiter, the multi‐
function display briefly shows the stored speed.
The multifunction display also shows the È
symbol and the stored speed.
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For vehicles with Active Distance Assist
DISTRONIC, the segments between the start
of the scale and the stored speed also light
up in the speedometer dial.
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shows you which func‐
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or
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