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Ot her vehi cles chan ging lane
Distroni cPlus has still not detecte dthe ve-
hicle cutt ingin. The dist an ce to th isvehicle
cutting in wi llbe too short. Na
rrow veh icles
Dis tronic Plu sha ssti llnot detecte dthe
ve hicl ein front on the edgeoftheca rriage-
wa y because it isrelativ elyn arro w. The dis-
ta nc et ot hisvehi cle wil lbe too short. Ob
stacl esand statio nary vehic les
Di stro nicPl us does not brak efo rob stacles
or stati onary vehicl es. If the vehicl eyou
are following tur nsaco rner, forexam ple,
an dt here isan obstac leor a st ationa ry ve-
hicl ebeyon dit,Dis troni c Pl uswillno tb ring
yo ur vehicl eto a halt befo rethis obsta cle
or stationary vehicl e.
P54.70-2341-31 P5
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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
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Risk ofaccide nt Sp
eedtro nicis on lyan ai d design edtoassist
dr ivin g. You arere spon sible forth e ve hicle’ s
speed and for br akingin good time. 216_R
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1 To st oreth ecu rre ntspeed orahigher
sp eed
2 To st oreth ecu rre ntspeed oralo wer
sp eed
3 Todeactiv ateSp eedtron ic
4 To resume the last spee dstor ed
5 To swi tchbe twe encruise contr ol,
Distroni c*or Dis troni cPlu s* and
Sp eedtr onic
6 LIM indic ator la mp
6 To activ ate:check ifthe LI Mindi cator
la mp is lit. If it is ,yo uc an acti vate
Sp eedtr onic. If it is not,pr ess the
cr uise co ntro l le verin thed irection of
ar row 5.
Th eLIM in dica tor lamp in the cruise
co ntrol leve rlight sup. 6
Press the cruise contro lle ve rbriefly up
or down in th edirec tion of arrow 1
or 2 .
The road sp eed is sh owninthe disp lay
an d is stored. Speedtron icrou ndsthe
speed up to thene xt highest orlowe st
mult iple of 10 km /h.
The speedo meter ra nge li ghts upfrom
the star t of the scale up to th estored
speed. Sel
ecting astored speed
6 Pullthe cruise co ntro lle ve r brief lyin
the directi onof arrow 4.
Adjust mentin1k m/ h increments
6 Pres st he cruise contr olleve rb riefly up
or down inthe dire ction of arrow 1
or 2 .
Th emo strecen tly st or ed speed in-
cr eases ordecrea ses.
Adjustment in10 km /hincrements
6 Push the cru ise control leve rbe yond
the de tent up 1 fora hi gher speed or
down 2for a lowe rspeed.
De activating variable Speed tron ic
Th ereare variou swa ysof de activating var-
iable Speedtroni c:
6 Pullthe cruise co ntro lle ve r brief lyin
the directi onof arrow 3.
Va riable Spe edtroni cis dea ctivated.
or
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Risk of accident If
there is a chang eofdriver s, ad vise the
ne w driver ofthe limi ts pe ed stor ed.
Only useSpeedtron ic if yo uwill noth aveto
accel eratesu dde nlyto a sp eeda bove that
stor edas the limit spee d. You could ot her-
wi se ca usean ac cide nt.
You can on lyex ce ed thes tore dlimit speed
if you switch off variable Speedtron ic,e .g.
by depr essing theac cel erator peda lbeyond
the pres su re point(ki ckdo wn ).
It is not possi ble to deactivate va riab le
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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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