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Yo ur vehicle’ sdri ving syste ms ar e de-
scribed on thefo llowi ngpage s:
! Cruise cont rol,Dis tron ic*, Dis tron ic
Pl us *a nd Speedtroni c,with wh ich you
can control your vehicle’s speed
! HOL D,wh ich ma kesst op ping and pull-
ing away easier, particularly on st eep
uphill gradie nts
! ABC, which ca nbe used tocontrol your
ve hic le’s suspen sion
! Parktro nic, wh ich assist syou wi th
parki ngand man oeuvring
! Park As sist*,wh ich assist syo uwi th
parki ngand man oeuvring
! Parking Guidanc e*
! Rever sing came ra*
! Night View Assist*
The ABS, BAS ,BAS PLUS*, ESP®
,EB V,
ADAPT IVE BRAKE, di stan ce warning *and
PRE -SAFE ®
Br ak e dri ving safety syste ms
ar e described in the "S afet y" (
=page 46)
se ction. Cru
isecontrol regu late st he vehicl e’s
speed fo ryou.
Use cruise contro l ifroad and tr affic cond i-
tions makeitap propriate to mainta in a
ste adysp eed for a prolonged period. You
can store any road spee dabove 30km /h. Driving systems Cruis
eco ntr ol G
Risk of accident Cr
uise con trol cannot take acco untof road
an dtraf fic conditions. Alwa yspay attention
to traf fic con ditions even wh encru isec on-
tr ol isac tiva ted. Cr uise con trol isonly anaid
designe dto ass istdri ving. Youar eresponsi-
bl e for the vehicle’ ss peed andf or brak ingin
go od ti me. G
Risk of accident Do not
usecr uise con trol:
! inroad andtraf fic condition swhic h
do not allowyoutomainta inaco nstant
speed (e.g. heavytraf ficorwind ing
ro ad s). You could ot herw isecaus ean
accid ent. !
on sl ipper yroads. Th edrive wheels
co uld lose trac tion when br aking or ma-
no euvring and the vehi clec ouldskid
! when there ispo or visi bility ,e.g. due to
fog, heav yrain or sn ow G
Risk of accident Th
e br akep edalisdepressed when cruise
co ntro l bra kes.The movemen tof thep edals
must not be impa ired inanywa y.
! Do not place any obj ects in th e footwell.
! Makesure thatfloormats an dcarp etare
firmly se cured.
! Donot place you r footunder neatht he
br ak e peda l,ot herw ise it co uld become
trap ped.
Yo ucou ldotherw isecause an accide ntand
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uis econtro lle ver
Th ecr uise control lev er is used toopera te
cr uise control and variable Spe edtronic.
Th e LIM indi cator la mpon the cruis econ-
tr ol leve r in dica teswh ich syste myouc an
select:
! LIM indi cator lamp off:
Crui secontrol
! LIM indi cator lamp lit:
Va riabl eSp eedtron ic
Th ecr uise control le ver is the upper most
le ve ron the left -han d side ofthe stee ring
col um n. 1
Tostore the current speed orahigh er
sp eed
2 Tostore the current speed oralo we r
sp eed
3 Toswitch offcr uise co ntrol
4 Toactiv atec ruise control or to ca ll up
th el astspeed stored
5 Toswitc hbetween cruis eco ntrol and
Spee dtronic
6 LIM indic ator la mp
6 Toswitcho n:check wheth erLIM indi-
cato rla mp 6isoff.Ifit is,yo uca nac-
tivate cruise control .If it is not, pr ess
th ec ruise control lever in the dire ction
of arrow 5.
Th e LIM indi ca tor la mpin the cruise
control lever isno long er lit. Yo ucan
ac tiv ate cruise contr ol. 6
Accel erate the vehicle tothe desired
sp ee d.
6 Press thec ruisec ont rolle ve rbr iefly up
or down inthed irec tion of arrow 1
or 2 .
6 Remov e yourfoot from the acc elerator
pedal.
Th evehicl eau tom atical ly mai ntains the
st or ed spee d.
i Cruise control may be unable tomain tain
th e stored spe edon uphill gradients. The spe ed
is re sume dw henth egr adi entev ens out.
Cru isecontrol isnot availa bl ewhen:
! you are brak ing
! your vehicleis se curedwi th the electric
parki ngbrake
! the autom atic tr ansmission is inpo si-
tion P, R orN
! you de activ ateE SP®
! the ve hicle is moving slowe rthan
30 km /h
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Cr uise co ntrol displa yin the multi-f
unction display
Wh en yo u haveact ivat ed cruise con trol:
! the store dspee dis disp layed for5 se c-
ond sin the multi-fu nc tio ndispl ay
! the stor ed speed is displayed by a tri-
an gle in the speedo meter. Thespeed-
omete rran ge lights up between th eset
sp ee dand themaximum spee d. Selecti
ngast or ed speed
6 Pullthe cruise control le verbr iefly in
the dire ction of arrow 4. 6
Remov e yourfoot from the acce lerator
pedal.
Cr uise co ntro lad justs theve hicle’s
speed to the last speedst or ed. Setting
thespeed
6 Push the cruise contro l le verup 1 for
ah ighe rspee d or down 2foral ower
speed.
6 Pres sa nd holdthe crui secontr ollever
unt ilthe desired speed is set.
6 Release thecr uise contro llev er.
i Donotdeacti vate cr uise contr olifyo ua ccel-
erate. Assoon as you release theaccelerator
pedal, cruise control adj usts the vehicle’s speed
to thelast speed stored. Adj
ustment in1km /hincreme nts
6 Press the cruise contro lle ve rbriefly up
or down in th edirec tion of arrow 1
or 2 .
The mostrece ntly stor ed spee din-
cr ea sesor decreases. Adj
ustm entin 10 km /hincr ements
6 Push the cru ise control leve rbe yond
the de tent up 1 fora hi gher speed or
down 2for a lowe rspeed. Deactivati
ngcruise cont rol
Th erear ean um bero fwa ysofdea ctivat ing
cruise contro l:
6 Pullthe cruise control le ver brief lyto-
wards 3.
or
6 Apply th ebrake s.
or 6 Push the cruise co ntro lle ve rin thedi-
re ction of arrow 5.
Th eLIM indi cator lamp inthecr uise
co ntrol le veris lit.
Th elast speed st ored re mains st ored
until yo usw itch off th eengine. G
Risk of acc ident On
ly select astoredsp ee dif you know what
th at sp eedis and whe ther itis sui tablef or
the current situatio n.Otherwis e,sudde nac-
cel eratio n or br aking could enda nger yo uor
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Cruis eco ntrol is automatically deacti vated
if:
! youap ply the electric parking brake
! youar edr ivi ng under 30 km /h
! ESP ®
(= page 49) inter venesor yo ude-
ac tiv ate ESP ®
! you shift th e automatic tr ansm ission to
N wh ile theve hicle isin mo tion
A warni ngtone .The "Cruise control off"
me ssage isdispl ayed in th emu lti-fu nc-
tion di splayf or approx imate lyfive se c-
ond s.
i The last speed stored is cleared when you
sw itch offth e en gine.
Distr onic1
co ntro ls thesp eed andau to-
mat ically mainta insthe set di stancefrom
ve hicles tra vellin gin front .
Distr onicfunc tion s at spee ds between
30 and200 km /h.
If aslower-mo ving ve hicle is detec tedin
front, Distr oniccauses your vehi cle to
brake andma intain apreset dist anc efrom
the vehicle in front. Dis
tron ic* 1N
otavail ab leinall coun trie s. G
Risk ofaccide nt Dis
tronic isonly an aid design ed to as sist
dr iving. Youar eresponsibl efor yo ur vehi-
cl e’ s distanc efrom other vehicle s, the
speed ofyour vehicle and for br akingin
go od time.
Di stro nicdo es not react to:
! pedest rians
! stationary obstacl esin th eroad, e.g.
station aryor par kedveh icles
! oncomi ng veh iclesan dcr oss traffic
Dis tronic may no tde tect nar rowvehicles
trav elling in fr ont,e.g. motorc yclesan dvehi-
cl es travelling on a parallel butof fset
co urs e.The refore ,a lway spa ya tten tion to
the traf ficc ondition s,even when Distro nicis
activat ed.You may otherwise fail to recog-
nise dangersin ti me,ca us e an accid entand
injure yo ursel fan do thers. G
Risk of acc ident Di
stro nic ca nnot detect road an dtraf fic co n-
di tion s.De activate Distro nicin driving situ a-
ti ons in wh ich it ma intain sthe speed or
ac ce lerates to these tsp ee db ecau se ithas
lost thev ehic le travelling infront, in particu-
lar:
! befor ebe nds
! infilt er lan es
! when chan gin ginto a la newith fast traf-
fic
! on rerouted lanes ,e. g. mo torw ay works
Distronic canno ttake weathe rconditions
into acco un t.De activate Distro nicor do not
activate it:
! on slippery road surface s,snow or ice.
Th ewheels ma ylo se theirgri pwhen the
dr iver brak es oraccelerate sthe vehicle.
Th ev ehicle co uld be gin to skid.
! when the sensors aredi rtyor visibi lity is
poor, e.g. du eto fog, rain or sn ow. The
di st an ce con trol ma y be impa ired. 216_
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If there is novehicle in front ,Distro nicop-
erat es in thesa me wayas cruise contro l
(= page 290). Cruis
eco ntr ollever
Th e cr uise contr olleve ris used to operate
Distroni can d vari able Spe edtroni c.
Th eLIM indi cator lamp on the cruise con-
trol lever indi cates whic hsyste myouca n
select:
! LIM indic ator la mpoff:
Distronic
! LIM indic ator la mplit:
Va riab le Speedtr onic Th
ec ruise control lever istheu ppermost
le ve ron the left ofthe steeri ng wheel.
1 Tostor eth e cur rent spee dor a hi gher
speed
2 Tostor eth e cur rent spee dor alower
speed
3 Toswitch offDi stro nic
4 Toactiv ate Distroni cor to ca ll upthe
la st spee dstor ed
5 Toswitch betwe enDistro nic and
Speedtro nic
6 LIM indi ca tor lamp
7 Toset th especified min imum distan ce Al
wa yspaya tten tion to traf fic co nditio ns
even when Distro nici sa ctivat ed. Youmay
ot herw ise fail to recognise dangers intime,
ca us ean ac cidentand injure yo urself and
others. G
Risk of acc ident Dist
ronic br akes your veh icle , dependi ng on
it s sp ee d, at a maximum of2m /s2
. Th is
cor responds to approxi mately 20% ofyour
vehi cle’ smaximum bra king power. You
mu stalso apply the br akes your selfif this
br ak ing power is not su ffic ient to av oid a
co llis ion. P5
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6 Toactivate: checkwheth erLIM indic a-
tor lamp 6isoff. If it is,yo uca nacti-
vate Distr onic. If it is not, press the
cruise contr olleve rin the dire cti on of
ar row 5.
Th eLIM indic ator la mpin the cruise
co ntro l le veris no long er lit. Yo ucan
ac tiv ate Distroni c.
6 Accel eratet he vehicl eto th edesir ed
spee d.
6 Press thecruise control leve rbr iefly up
or down inthedire ction of arro w 1
or 2 .
6 Remo veyour foot from th eacc elerator
pe dal.
Th eve hicl emai ntains thest or ed speed
un til the di stan ce from the vehicle tra v-
elli ng infront decreases to less than
th esp eci fied minimum dist ance.
Di stron icis not availab le:
! forup to two minutes after the eng ine
is st arted
! whe nbr aki ng
! ifyo ur vehicl e is se cured with the elec-
tric parking brake !
whe nthe autom atic tra nsmi ssio n is in
po sition P,R or N
! whe nyo u de activate ESP®
i Ifyo u do not fully release the ac celerator
pedal, the"D ISTRO NICpassiv e"message ap-
pear sin themu lti-fu nc tion display. The dist ance
to aslower-moving vehicle wi llno tth en be ad-
ju sted. You wil lbedriving at thes peed deter-
mined by the posi tion of thea ccelerat or pedal.Setting
thesp ecified minim um dis- ta
nc efor Distronic
Yo u can set the specified minimu mdis-
tanc efo r Di stro nic byvary ing the time
span be tween1.0 and 2.0se co nd s. This
tim espa ndet ermi ne sthe dist an ce that
Di stro nicis to maintain fr omtheve hic le
in front, depen ding on your speed. If you
sele ct the distance disp lay usin gthe on-
boa rdcomp uter (
=page 284),yo uwi ll be
ab le to see the dist ance in the multi-fu nc-
tio ndisplay.
6 To in crea se the specified min imum
distanc e:turn thum bwheel 3inthe
dire ction of arrow 2.
6 Toredu ce the specifie dmi nim um
dista nce:turn thum bwheel 3inthe
dire ction of arrow 1. G
Risk ofaccide nt Th
ebr ak epeda lis depr essed when Dist ron-
ic brak es. The movemen tof the peda lsmust
not be impaire din an ywa y.
! Donot place any objec tsin the footwell.
! Mak esurethat floo rmats and car petare
fi rm lysecure d.
! Donot plac eyou rfo ot unde rneath the
br ak ep edal,ot he rwis eitcou ldbecome
trap ped.
You couldothe rwise ca usean ac cidentand
injure you rselfan do thers.
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i Makesure tha tyo uadh ere to the mini mum
distanc erequire dbylaw from theve hicle in
fron t.Adju st the distan cefrom theve hiclein
fron tif ne cessary.
i Distroni cdoes not alwa ysclearl yrecognise
co mp lex road and traffic conditions. You will
th en rec eive afa lse distanc ewarning signal or
none at all. Setting
ast ored speed
6 Push the cruise co ntro l le verup 1 for
a high er spee dor down 2foral ower
sp ee d.
6 Press an dhold the cruise contro l le ver
un til th edesire d speed is set.
6 Release thecr uise contro lle ve r.
The new spee dis stor ed .Di stro nic
is ac tivated andad justs the vehi cle’s
sp eed to the new stored spe ed. Adj
ustment in1km /hincreme nts
6 Press the cruise contro lle ve rbriefly up
or down in th edirec tion of arrow 1
or 2 .
The mostrece ntly stor ed spee din-
cr ea sesor decreases. Adj
ustment in10 km /hincr eme nts
6 Push the cruise control lever be yond
the detent up 1fora higher speed or
down 2fora lower spe ed. Sele
cting a stor ed speed 6
Pullthe cruise co ntro lle ve r brief lyin
the directi onof arrow 4.
6 Remov e yourfoot from the acce lera tor
pedal.
Distronic is activa ted anda djust sthe
vehicle’s speed to the last spe ed
sto red. Di
stro nic di splay sin thesp eedometer
1 Speedof theve hicle in front
2 Storedspeed
Wh en yo uac tiv ate Distroni c,triangle 2in-
dicates the stored spee d. G
Risk of acc ident Pa
yeve nmo reattentio nto thetraf fic situ a-
ti on ifthe l distance warning system
lamp in the instr ument clu ster ligh ts up or
an intermit tent warn ing tone sou nds.
Br ak e or swe rveto avoid any obstacles if
necessa ry. G
Risk of accident Only sele
ctast ored speed if youknow what
th at sp eedis and whether it is suitable for
the current situatio n.Otherwise, sudde nac-
cel eration or br aking could enda nger youor
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The speed displ ayed in the speedometer
ma y dif fer sligh tly from thespeed stored with
Di stronic.
If Distr onicde tectsa ve hicle infront, the
sp eedom eter range ligh ts up betwe enthe
sp eed ofthe vehicle in front 1and st ored
sp eed 2.
The l dist an ce warning syst em lampin
the instr umen t cluster lights up if thedis-
tance to the vehi cle in front is toosm all.
Di stro nicP lusin the on-board comp
uter
Yo uca nse lect the dista ncedispl ayand
swi tch the Distr onicdist anc ewar ning on
or off inthe "Assistan ce"menu
( = page 284)of the on-board compu ter. Displa
ywi th Distro nic activat ed
6 Select the"Distanc edisp lay" func tion
usin gth eon- boardco mp uter
( = page 284).
If Di stro nicis ac tiva ted, yo uwi ll see thefo l-
lo wi ng display inthe multi-fu nc tio ndisplay.
When activating Di stroni c,yo uwi ll see the
se t speed fo rapp roximat elyfive seco nd s.
Vehi cles with Distr onic
1 Distr onicac tiv ated
2 Own vehicle
3 Specified min imum dist an ce to th eve-
hicle infront
4 Vehicle in front ,if detec ted Di
sp lay wi thDist ronic deactivated
6 Select the"Distanc edisplay" function
us ingt he on-board compu ter
( = page 284).
If Distron ic isdeacti vated, yo uwil lsee the
fo llo wing displayin the multi-fu nc tio ndis-
play.
1 Symb olforac tiv ated
dista ncewarning function
2 Vehi cle in front, if det ected
3 Actualdi st an ce to the ve hicle infront
4 Specifie dmi nimum distance to theve-
hicle infront
5 Own vehicle G
Risk of accide nt If
Di stro nicid en tifies arisk of col lision, anin-
term ittentwarnin gtone sounds in addition
to the l dist an ce warning lamp .Bra keto
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acti vatin gDi stro nic
Th ere arevariou swayso fde act ivating Di s-
troni c:
6 Pullthe cruise control le verbr iefly in
the dire ction of arrow 3.
or
6 App lytheb rakes.
or 6 Push thecr uise control lever in the di-
re ction of arrow 5.
Distroni cis deactivated. TheLIM ind i-
ca tor la mp in th ecruise co ntro lle ve ris
li t.
The las tspe ed stor ed remai nsstor ed until
yo usw itch offth e en gine.
i Donot deac tivateDistronic if youa cceler-
ate. Assoon as you release the accelerator ped-
al, Dis tron icadjusts the veh icle’sspeed tothe
last speed stored. Dis
troni cswitche sof fau tomatically when:
! you apply the electr icpa rking brake
! ESP ®
(= pa ge 49) inte rven es oryou de-
ac tivate ESP®
! you shift the autom atic tra nsmi ssio n to
N wh ile theve hicle is inmo tion
! youar edriving under25km /h
If Di stro nic sw itche sof f, yo uwillhea ra si g-
na l.The "DIST RONIC Of f"message isdis-
played inthemulti -fun ction di splayf or
ap prox imate lyfive seconds. Tips fo
rdriving with Di stronic
Th ef ollo wing conta ins descripti onsof cer-
ta in road an dtraf fic co nditio ns inwh ich
yo umu st pa ypart icular atte nt ion. Insuch
si tuations, br ake if nece ssary. Distronic is
then de activ ated.
Co rnering, goi nginto and coming ou tof
a be nd
Distronic ca nonly detec tother veh icles to
a limi ted degre ewhen cornering. Your ve-
hicle may brak eun expect edlyorlate.
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Drivi ngon adi fferen tline
Dis tron icmay not detect a veh icletrav el-
li ng on adi ffer ent line .Th edi sta nce to this
ve hicle wi llbe too short. Ot
he rveh iclesch anging lane
Distro nicha s still notdetec tedthe vehicle
cutting in. The dista nce to thi sve hicle cut-
ti ng in wil lbe too short. Narr
owveh icles
Distroni cha sstill not detected the vehicle
in front on the edge of the carri agew ay be-
ca us eit is rel atively narrow. Thedis tance
to thi svehicle will be too short.
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