Note
Please exe rcise care whe n yo u your in park ing areas w ith parking barrie rs o r
c u rbs. barri ers an d cu rbs vary in he ig ht
and could damage your bumper and rela ted componen ts as th e front of your moves
over
order to be s ure n o such damage occur. you
Please also exercise except io nal ca re you drive up or down steep ra m ps or drive over
c u rb s o r o th er o bsta cle s, fo r w hi ch th e ve hicle is
n ot d esigned. becau
se compone n ts of th e to the ground s uch a s bumper cove rs,
spoiler s. s u spension and exha ust s ystem
ponents . m ay be damaged.
to
Description of the cruise
co ntrol system 18
the s e lecto r leve r is in either th e Nor R positio n (automati c tran smission).
The ind icator light or in the
comes on when cruise control is switched on. The c ruise comrol s y s tem does not nece ssaril y hav e to b e in control mode.
Using th e cru ise control it is no t p oss ible to drive safe ly a cons tant speed ca n be lead t o acci de nt causi ng serio u s personal inju ry to you and yo ur passengers.
Neve r usc the cruise comrolwhcn d riving
in heavy o r va ry ing traffic, on stee p, w indin g
o r slipp ery roads ( for example snow, icc,
street s covered with sta ndin g wat er or
your speed ahead to take the
To prevent unint ended opera tio n of th e
c ruise contro l, switc h th e sys te m off when it is
n ot b e
ing used.
is dangerou s to usc the resum e feature when th e previously se t speed i s too high fo r the ex is tin g road , traffic or w eather tio ns.
Never use the cruise control w he n driving
off- road.
N ote
Whe n trave ling downhill , the c ruise cont ro l may
not con sta nt speed. T he vehicle will acce lera te beca use of its own we ig ht. Dow nsh ift and/or usc th e foot bra ke to slow the
3.1
Applies to w ith cruise control system and without display in th e instrument cluste r
Using the cruise
Fig.
on
- Pull the le ve r in the fig. 90
until it engages to switch the system on.
The in dicato r light in the
strument cluste r comes on w he n cruise
co ntrol is switche d on.
Switching the cruise
until it
or in
the in strument clu ste r goes out. W hen the
c rui
se control syste m or the ig niti on i s
sw itch
ed off , th e set speed is erased from
t h e syste
m's m em ory.
Setting the speed
- Press bunon once
w hen th e s peed to be se t has been reached .
The current sp ee d is set and h eld co nsta nt.
- Pull the leve r toward the steerin g w heel
and past the fir st d etent The current
speed is set.
directio n until
the desir e d speed is reac hed. The ve hicl e
m ain tain s thi s spee d.
Reducing the set speed
- Press the leve r in the dir ectio n until
th e desired speed is reached. T he ve hicle
m aint a
ins thi s s pee d. Vehicle speed is
duced b y clos in g th e throttle, there is no
acti ve bra king .
Minor speed adjustments
-By briefl y press ing the leve r in the
rection, yo u can increase th e des ired
speed b y about 1-2 mph (km /h ).
- By briefl y
pressing the leve r in the
-Press the brake pedal or
-Depress the clutch pedal (manual
tran smi ssi
on) or
- Press the leve r slightl y in the direction
of the arrow un til it m ee ts resis tance or
- Shift into posit io n N (automatic
mi ssion) (only in an em erge ncy).
Resuming
- Release th e brake or clutc h pedal.
- Pull
the le ve r briefly in direction
ever, the previou sly set speed will not be sumed if that s peed is s ignificantl y exce ed ed fo r
a n extended perio d. The cruise cont rol switc hes off tempo raril y. The set s p ee d i s saved
WARNING
sibl e to drive safe ly at a constant speed i s gerou s=> in "Desc ription of the crui se con-trol
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