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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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secontro lle ver
Th ecr uise control lev er is used toopera te
Distr onicPlus and variabl eSpeedtroni c.
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:
Distr onicPlus
! LIM indi cator lamp lit:
Va riabl eSp eedtron ic The cr
uise contr ollev eristhe upperm ost
le ve ron theleft ofthe st eering wheel.
1 Tostore the current speed orahigh er
sp eed
2 Tostore the current speed oralo we r
sp eed
3 Toswitch off Distro nicP lus
4 Toactiv ateD istron icPlus orto call up
th el astspeed stored
5 Toswitc hbetween Distronic Plus and
Spee dtronic
6 LIM indic ator la mp
7 Toset the spe cified minim um dista nce Di
stroni cPl us is notavaila bl e:
! when th eengine isnot running
! for up to two minutes after th eengine
is st arted
! if you depress th ebrakes wh iletheve-
hicle isin mo tion
! if yo urvehicle is secu redwi th the elec-
tri cpark ing br ake
! when th eautom atic tr ansm ission is in
pos itio n P, Ror N
! when you de activa te ESP ®
! when the bo nnet isop en
! when the driver ’sdo or isop en an dthe
dr iver has not faste nedhis/ herseat
belt G
Risk of accide nt Di
stro nic Plus br akes yo urvehicle, depend-
in go nits spe ed, at a maximu mof 4m /s2
.
Th isco rres ponds to approx im ately 40% of
yo ur vehicle’ sm axim um brak ing power. You
mu st also apply th ebrake syo urself ifthis
br ak ing power is notsuff icient toavoi da
co llis ion. P5
4.25-5016- 31 G
Risk of acc ident Th
e ve hicle ma ybe br aked when Distro nic
Plus is ac tivated.Fo r this reas on,deactivate
Distronic Plus ifth e ve hicle is to besetin
mo tion by othe rme ans (e.g .byto wing). 216_R
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If there is novehicle in front, Distroni c Pl us
op era tesin the same wayas cruise control
(= page 290).
If Di stronic Plus detec tsthat theveh icle in
fr ont is mo vingmoreslowl y,itwi llca use
yo ur ve hicle to br akean d thu sma inta in the
pr eset dista ncefrom theve hicl ein fr ont.
If Di stronic Plus detec tsthat theveh icle in
fr ont is mo vingmorequickly ,it wi llca use
yo ur vehicle to accelerate up tono mo re
th an the stor ed sp eed. Stopping
If DistronicPlus detects th atthe vehicl ein
fr ont has st opped, itwil lca use your veh icle
to brake andco me to a halt.
On ce yo urvehicl eis stat iona ry, itwi ll re-
ma inso without you ha ving to depress the
brake ped al.
i Your vehiclew ill be secur edwith th e elec tric
park ing br ak eaf te ra sh ort time to relieve the
load on the service brake.
i Depending on the specified minimum dis-
ta nc e se tusi ng theth um bwheel on thecruise
co ntrol lev er, your vehiclew illco me toah alt
wit hin a distance of approximately 4 mfro mthe
vehi cle in fron t. G
Risk of accide nt Depressi
ngthebr ak e peda ldea ctivat es Dis-
tr oni cPl us ,u nles st he vehicle is stat ionary.
Di stro nicP lus will then no longer caus e your
vehi cle to brak e.You are re spon sibl e at all
ti me sfo ryou rvehicle ’s distance fr om other
vehi cles ,the spee dof your veh icle an dfo r
br ak ing in go odtime. G
Risk ofaccide nt Th
eD istronic Plus bra king effect iscan-
cell edandth e ve hicle cou ldrol laway if:
! Distro nicP lusis de activated with the
cru ise cont rolle ver
! you accelerate
! thes yst em orthepow ersupply is dis-
ru pted , e.g. due tobatter y fa ilure
! theelectric alsyst em in the engine com-
partment orthefuses have been tam-
pe redwith
! thebatter y is disc on nected G
Risk of acc ident Ne
ver getout of the vehiclew hen Di stro nic
Pl us is ac tivate d.
Distronic Plus mus t neverbe ope ratedo rde-
activate d byapa ssenger or from outsi dethe
vehi cle.
Di stro nicPlus does not repla cethe elec tric
pa rkingb rak ean d must not be used for
pa rking.
If you wish to leav ethe vehi cle fo ra short
ti me or pa rk it, deactiva te Dist ronicP lusan d
us ethe elec tricpa rkingbr ake to securethe
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Cross traffic
Dis tron icPlu sm ay inco rrec tly evaluate a
si gnal from avehi cle cros singy ouro wn
pa th. Ifyo uac tivate Distronic Plus while
st opped attra ffic lights wi thtra ffic cross-
in g, forex am ple, you r vehicle ma yina d-
vertently pull away. Sp
eedtro nicis used toma kesure that you
do not exceed a set spee d.You can set a
variabl eor permane ntlim itspe ed:
Va riab le for speed limits, e.g. in built-
up areas
Pe rm anent for long -term speed restric-
tions, e.g. for driving on win-
ter tyres i
The sp eed displa yed in thespeedometer
may dif fer sligh tlyf rom thel im it speed stored
wi th Speedtronic. Va
riable Spee dtro nic
The cruise contro l le veris used tooperat e:
! Cru isecontrol, Di stro nic* or
Distro nicP lus*
! Variab leSp eedtro nic
Th eLIM ind icatorlamp on the cru isecon-
tro llev er indi cates which syste myoucan
sele ct:
! LIMi ndicat or la mpoff:
Cru isecontrol, Di stro nic* or
Distro nicP lus*
! LIMi ndicat or la mplit:
Variab leSp eedtro nic
Yo uca nset an ylim itspeed above
30 km/h usin g thecr uise control lever
wh en the engine isrunning.
The cruise contro l le veris the upperm ost
le ve ron the left of the steerin gwheel.
P54.70-2339-31 Speedtronic
G
Risk ofaccide nt Sp
eedtro nicis on lyan ai d design edtoassist
dr ivin g. You arere spon sible forth e ve hicle’ s
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6 Push the cruise co ntro lle ve r in the di-
re ction of arrow 5.
Th eLIM indic ator la mpgoes out.
Cr uise contr olor Distr onic* is se lect-
ed.
Va riabl eSpeedtroni cis deacti vated auto-
mat ical ly if you depress the acce lerat or
pe dal beyond thepressure point (kick-
do wn )an d yo urcurre ntdriven spee ddif-
fe rs from thest ored spee d by lessthan
20 km /h.
i The last speed saved is deleted when you
sw itch offth e en gine. Per
manent Speedt ronic 1
Yo uca nuse the on-board comp ute r to per-
man ently li mit the speed to avalue of
16 0 km /hor mor e,e.g. for driving on win-
ter tyr es.
Pe rmane ntSp eedtronic rem ains activ e,
ev en if variabl eSpeedtroni cis de activated.
Yo uca nn ot even ex ceed the set limit
sp eed by depressing th eac celerator pedal
be yond the pressur epoint (kickdo wn). 6
Makesure the key is inpos ition 2in the
ig ni tion lock.
6 Press (or& tosele ct the
"Settings" menu (
=pa ge 286).
6 Press %or$ tosele ct
"SP EEDT RO NIC" .
6 Press #.
6 Press #again.
6 Press %or$ toadjust perma-
ne nt Speedt ronic in in cremen tsof
10 km /h (240km/ hto 160k m/ h).
Pe rmane ntSpeedtronic is deactiv ated
with the "Off" setting.
6 Press #again. HOL
D relieves the stra inon thed river:
! when pullin gaw ay,e specially onsteep
sl op es
! when man oeuvring on stee pslop es
! when wai ting intra ffic
Th evehicl eis kept stat iona ry without the
driver having to depress th ebrake pedal.
The braking effec tis ca ncelle dan d HOLD
deactivated wh enyou depress the ac celer-
at or pedal to pul law ay. Ge
neral activatio nco nd itions
You can activate HOLD whe n:
! the vehicle is stati onary
! the engine isrunning
! theelec tric park ing br ak eis released
! the autom atic tr ansmission is inpo si-
tion R, N orD.Th e boot lid mustbe
clo sedifthe automa tic tra nsmi ssion
is in po sition R.
! thebo nnet isclo sed
! your seat belt is fast ened or, if yo uare
driving faster th an3 km /h,the driver ’s
door isno longe ropen 1N
otavail ab leinall coun trie s. P54.32-3380-31 HOLD
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! you shi ftthe sele ctor lever out of pos i-
tion Pwhen th edrive r’s door isclosed Ac
tivatin gHOLD
6 Make sure that the general activation
co nd itio ns arefulfille d.
6 Depr essthebrake pedal.
6 Depress th ebrakes again quickly until
the "HO LD" message appears in the
mu lti-fu nc tio ndisplay.
HOLD isac tiv ated .Yo u can rel easethe
brake ped al.
i Youc annot activ ateHO LD when Dis tronic
Pl us *is ac tive.
i Thebrake pedal doe snot re turn comple tely
to its res tposi tion while HOLD is ac tiva ted.
i Ifyo u are unable toactiva te HO LDwhen you
firs tdepress the bra kepedal, wait a short time,
th en try again. Dea
ctivating HOLD
HO LD is dea ctivated autom atical ly if yo u:
! depress th eac cel erator whe nthe
tra nsmi ssi on isin po sition Dor R
! shiftthe autom atic tr ansm ission to po-
sition P
! release th ebrake pedal comp letely and
depress it agai nwith ace rtain pressure
unt ilthe "HO LD" messag ego es ou tin
the multi-f un ction display
! secure the vehicle with theelectric
parkin g brake
! activate Distronic Pl us*
i Your vehiclew ill be secured with th e elec tric
parking brakeafter a short time toreliev ethe
load on the servic ebrake. If
HO LD isac tiv ated andama lfun ction oc-
cu rs inthesyst em, the"Br ake im mediate-
ly" messag eap pe arsin the mul ti-f un ction
displ ay. Dep resstheb rake pedal im medi-
at elyso that the vehi cle doe snot rol lawa y.
HO LD willbe deactivated and th ewarning
in the multi-fu nc tio ndispl aywillgo out. G
Risk of accident If
HOLD isac tivate d,thev ehic leisbrak ed .
Fo r this reason, deactivate HOLD if the vehi-
cl ei stob eset in moti onbyother me ans
(e .g. in a car wash orby towing ). G
Risk of accident Nev
er ge tou tof the vehi clew henH OLDis
ac tiva ted.
HOLD must ne ver be operated ordeacti vat-
ed by apa ssen geror from outsid eth e veh i-
cl e.
HOLD does notreplac ethe electric parking
br ak ean dmu stno tb eused for pa rking.
Th eHOLD brak ing effect iscancel led an d
th ev ehicle cou ldrol laway if:
! HOLD isdeact ivat ed byan occ upantin
th ev ehicle depr essing thea ccelera tor
peda lor thebr ak e pedal
! there isa malfunction in the system or
an in terrup tion in the power su pply,e .g.
batter yfailure
! theelec tricalsyst emin th e engine com-
par tmentor the fu ses have been tam-
per ed wi th
! the battery isdiscon nected 216_R
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level
Yo ur vehicle autom atical ly ad justs its
he igh tto reduc efuelco nsumpt ion an d im-
pr ove road safety.
Accord ing to thevehicl eheig htset, the
ve hicle auto matically adjusts its height de-
pe ndi ng on th ecurrent spee d. As the
sp eed incr eas es,the vehicle lo wersby up
to 10 mm. Asthe sp eedd ecreas es ,it rises
to the set he ight. !
When you switch offthe engine, theve hicle
low ers by approximately 5mm. Wh enparking,
ma ke sure that you stop your vehic lein a posi-
ti on where it willno trest on any thing, e.g. the
ke rb, when it islow ered .There isothe rwise a risk
of damage tothev ehicle.
Se ttin g th evehi cle le velm anua lly
Se lect the "Norm al"settingf ornorm al
ro ad cond itions and "Raise d" when using
sn ow chains or invery poor surface cond i-
tion s.
1To se t the vehicle level
2 Indicat orlamp
Settin gthe raised level
6 Startthe engine.
If in dica torlamp 2isno tlit:
6 Pressbutton 1.
Indicat orlamp 2comes on. The vehi-
cle isad justed to th era ised leve l.
Settin gthe norm allev el
6 Startthe engine.
If in dica torlamp 2is lit:
6 Pressbutton 1.
Indicat orlamp 2goes out.The vehicle
is ad justed to the norm allevel. G
Risk of accide nt If
yo u wish to leave the vehicle or park it ,
de activa te HOLD an dse cu re the ve hicle
agains t rollinga way. Ac
tive Bo dyContro l* G
Risk of inju ry When you
switch offth eengi ne,th eve hicle
lo wer s.Th erefor e, ma kesure th atnob odyis
in the vicini tyof the wh eelhousingor under
th ev ehicle when you stoptheengine .
Somebod ycou ldotherw ise become
trap ped. G
Risk ofinju ry Make su
re thatnobod yis in the vicin ity of
th ew heelhous ingo rund erthe vehic lewhile
loweri ngthe vehi cle. There is otherw isea
risk ofinjury. P32.22-2422-31216_R
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i Theve hicle lev elsetting is also stored aft er
th e engine is res tarted. Su
spens ion tuning
Adju stthesusp ension tuning using the
prog ram select or button (S/C /M )
( = page 268).
Th esuspension prop erties inallthree dri ve
program s(S /C /M )also depend on:
! your driving style
! thero ad -sur face co nditio ns
! the load
Parktronic is an electronicparking aid with
ultr asoni cse nsor san da ssists youwh en
parkin g by:
! giving youa disp layof the dist an ce be-
twe enyour vehicl ean da n ob stac le
! emitting awarning tone when yo uap-
proach an obs tacle Drive progr
am Sus
pensiontun ing C
Com fort Co
mfortable
(s tandard setting) S
Sport or
M Manual Spor
ty
fo r dynam icdri ving Par
ktro nicsyst em* G
Risk of accident Pa
rktroni cis on ly an ai dan dma y no tde tect
all obst acles. Itdo es not relieveyou ofthe
re sp onsibil ity to pay attention.
Yo uar ealways responsible for saf ety and
mus tcont inue topayat tentio nto your im-
med iatesurroundings when parking and
mano euvring. Otherwise, youcould en da n-
ger yoursel fan dot he rs. G
Risk of inju ry Make su
rethat no pe rsons or animals are
in the ma noeuvring ra nge. Ot herwis e,they
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Parktroni cis ac tiva tedau tom atically when
yo u switch on the ignition, releas et he
elec tric park ing br ak eor star t th een gine
an d shi ftthe autom atic tr ansmission to D,
R or N.
Pa rktro nicsw itcheso ffat speeds exceed-
in g 18 km /h.Par ktro nicis reac tiva ted at
lo wer speeds. Pa rktronic is deactiv ated
whe nyou shift th e automatic tr ansm ission
to Por secur eth eve hicle with th e elect ric
pa rki ng brake andsw itcho fftheengine.
Parktroni cdetects th ear ea around your
ve hicleu sing six sens ors in the fr ont bump-
er and four sens ors in there ar bumper. 1
Parktroni cse nsors Range of the
sensors
Side view Vi
ew from above
Fro ntsen sors
Rear se nsors
! Pay par ticular at tent ion toobj ects above or
be low thesensors when parking ,suc has flower
pot sor trail er towb ars.Pa rktronic does not
det ectsu ch obj ects when they are in the im me-
diate vic inity of theve hicle. Yo ucould dam age
th eve hicle or theo bjec ts.
P54.65-3122-31
P54.65-3123-31 Centre approx.
100cm Cor
ners ap
prox. 60 cm Centre app
rox. 120 cm Cor
ners ap
prox. 80 cm P5
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Auto matic air conditioning Ge
nera lno tes
Th eautoma tic air condi tioning isonl yope r-
ational when th eengine isrunning. Op ti-
mu mop eration is onl yac hiev ed when you
ar ed riving with the windows and slidi ng /
ti ltin g su nroo fclos ed.
i Ifth e air distribution is controlled au tomati-
ca lly,you can adj ustthe temp erature, footwell
te mperature and airflow .It is bes tto start with
th ef ollowi ngbasic se tting:
! Setth eair dis trib ut ion to automati cco ntrol
(= page 338)
! Tem perature: 22 °C ( =page 338)
! Footwell temperature: 0 (= page 213)
! Airflo w:me dium( =page 213)
In autom atic mo de, theau tom atic airc on-
di tioni ng cool sor heats the vehicl ein terior
de pend ing on the:
! select edtemperat ure
! outside temper ature
! sunlight Th
eintegra tedco mbin ationfilter larg ely fil-
ters out pa rticles of dust and comp letely
filt ersou t po llen.
i Theinte rval for replacing thefilter depends
on envir onme ntal influences su chasheavy air
pollu tion . Th einte rval may beshort erthan that
indica tedin theS ervice Booklet .Ad amaged fil-
te r redu cesth eam ount ofair sup plied to theve-
hicl einte rior.
Ve ntilat e the vehicle fo r a brief peri oddur-
in gw arm weath er, e.g .using the summe r
opening featu re (
=page 351). This helps
yo u to achie vethe desired interior te mper-
at ure more quickly. 6
Toswitcho ff:press the ,rocker
sw itch up ordown.
Th eindi catorlamp in the ro cker sw itch
come son. Youwi ll see "Climate control
of f" in the centr alme nu.
6 Toswitcho n:press the ,rocker
sw itch up ordown.
Th eindi catorlamp in the ro cker sw itch
goe sout. You wil lsee the previous set-
ti ng s in the ce ntralme nu. G
Risk ofaccide nt Follow the
settin gsrecom mended on the
fo llow ing pages forheat ingorcooling. The
wi ndo wscould otherwise mist up .Th isma y
preve ntyou from obse rving the tr afficc ondi-
ti ons, thereb y causing an ac cident. Switc
hing the automatic
ai rc ondit ioningon andoff G
Risk of acc ident When the automati
cairco nd itio ning is
sw itch ed off,airs upplyan dair circ ulation
ar ea lso switch edoff.Only select this set-
ti ng briefly when th eslidi ng /tilting sunroof
is closed .The windows cou ldothe rwise mist
up. Thisma yprevent youf rom obs erving the
tr af fic con ditions, thereb y causing an ac ci-
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