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Driving sys tems Crui
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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Drivi ng
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
ve hicle against rolling awa y. 216_R
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Ve hicles with Distro nic Pl us
1 Distro nicP lus activ ated
2 Own vehicle
3 Specifie dminimum distance to theve-
hicle infront
4 Vehi cle in front, if det ected Disp
lay with Distro nicPlus dea ctivat ed
6 Select the"Distance display" function
usin g the on-board compu ter
( = page 284).
If Di stroni cPl us is deactivated, you wil lsee
the follo wing displ ayin the multi-fu nc tion
disp lay.
1 Symb olforac tivated
dista ncewarning function
2 Vehi cle in front, ifde tected
3 Actua ldista nce to the vehi cle in front
4 Specif ied minim umdist an ce to th e ve-
hicle infront
5 Own vehicle Deactivati
ngDis tron icPlus
Th erea revariou swa ysofdeactivating Di s-
tronic Pl us:
6 Pullthe cruise co ntro lle ve r brief lyin
the directi onof arrow 3.
or
6 Brake, un less the vehicle is sta tiona ry.
or 6 Push the cruise co ntro lle ve rin thedi-
re ction of arrow 5.
Distroni c Plusis deactiv ated .Th eLIM
in di ca tor lamp in the cruis ec ont rol le-
ver islit.
Th e last speed st ored remai nsstor ed until
yo us witchof fthe engin e.
i Do not deactiva te Distronic Plus ifyo uac ce l-
erate. Assoon as you release thea ccelerat or
pedal, Dis tronic Plu sadj usts the vehicle’s speed
to thelas tsp ee dstor ed.
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Distr onicPlu sis de activa ted autom atical ly
whe n:
! youapply theelec tricpa rkingbr ak eor
the vehicle is autom atically secured
with th eelectri cparki ngbrake
! ther e is nolong er av ehicle tr avelling in
front be low 25 km /h or th evehicl ein
front isno longe rdetec ted
! ESP ®
(= page 49) inter venesor yo ude-
ac tiv ate ESP ®
! you shift th e automatic tr ansm ission to
N ,P or R
! theve hicle rolls ba ckwa rds
If Distr onicPlus isde activated, yo uwill
he ar asignal. The "DISTRONICP LUSof f"
me ssage is displ ayed in the multi-fun ction
di splay for approx imatelyfive seco nds.
If the vehicle has been held byDistr onic
Pl us andam alfu nc tion oc curs in the sys-
te m, the "Brake im mediately" message ap-
pe arsin themulti -fun ctiond isplay.
Depress the brake pedal immediate lyso
that the vehicle do esnot rol law ay.D is-
tron icPlus isthen de activated and the
me ssage goes out. Ti
ps for driv ingw ithD istr onicPl us
Th efo llowing contains de script ions of cer-
tain ro ad andtra ffic co nd itions inwh ich
yo umust paypartic ularatte nt ion. In such
si tu ations, brakeifne cessary. Distro nic
Plu sis then de activa ted.
Cor nering , going int oand coming out of
a be nd
Di stroni cPl us can onl ydetect other ve hi-
cl es toalimit eddegre ewhen cornering.
Yo ur vehicle co uld brake unexpe ctedly. Dr
iving ona di fferen t line
Di stroni cPl us may not de tect avehi cle
tra vellin go nadif ferent line .Th edistance
to th is vehicle will be too short.
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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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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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Ul trason icsou rces such as a lorry ’scom-
pres sed-air brake s,apneu matic drill oran aut o-
mat iccar was hco uld cau sePar ktronic to
malfun ction.
i The se nsors mustbe freefrom dirt ,ice and
slu sh,ot he rwise they are not abl eto work prop-
erly .Clean thesenso rs regularl y,taking care not
to sc ratch or da mage them.
Mi nimum dist an ce
Al lwa rnin g displays light upandawa rning
tone sound sif th erei san obsta clew ithin
this ra nge.Ifyo ur vehicle’ sdis tanc ef alls
below the minim umdista nce, it sco nti nued
ap proa chwillno longer beshown. Warning
displays
The warnin g displays sh owthedist an ce
between the bump erand the obsta cle. Th e
wa rning display fo rthe fr ontarea is inthe
ins trumen tcl us ter. The warni ngdisplay for
th e rea rareais at the re arin the roof trim. Fr
ont area warni ng display
1 Left-h an dside of the ve hicle
2 Righ t-ha ndside of th evehicle
3 Oper ationa lre adin ess sy mbol
Th ewarn ingdi sp layfo r ea chside of the ve-
hicl eisdivided into five yellow and two red
segments. Parktro nicis op era tion alif yel-
lo w info rm ation displ ays3 under the seg-
ments li ghtu p.
Th etra nsmi ssion pos itio n de termines
whic hwarning displ ayisac tive: One
ormo resegm ents ligh tupas thev ehi-
cl ea pproaches an obstacle, depending on
the vehicle’ sdista nc efrom the obstacle.
Wh en the firs tre dse gm entlight sup,
yo uw illhe ar an inte rmitten twa rnin gsignal
fo ra pproxi mately two se conds. After the
se co nd red segm ent lights up, you wil lhear
a co ntinuo us warning sig nal.Yo uha ve
rea che d th eminim um dista nce. Centre ap
prox. 20 cm Cor
ners ap
prox. 15 cm P54.32-3397-31 Autom
atic
tr an sm is-
si on in Wa
rnin gdi splay D Fr
ont area activated R Fr
ont and rear areas act i-
va ted N Wi
th the el ectric parki ng
brake applied: no areas
ac tiv ated.
Wi th the el ectric parki ng
brake released: front and
re ar ar easact ivat ed P No
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