Step Manual transmission Automatic transmission
1. Hold the stopped vehicle on an incline with the foot or parking
brake.
2. The engine must be running “smoothly.”
3. A manual transmission vehicle
must be in 1st gear (1) if
headed up a hill or in Reverse
(R) if backing up a hill; you
must hold the clutch down and
the foot brake must be de-
pressed to keep the vehicle
from moving.
An automatic transmission
vehicle must be in Reverse
(R), Drive (D), or Sport Drive
(S) and the foot brake must be
depressed to keep the vehicle
from moving.
4. To drive off, take your foot off
the brake pedal as you let the
clutch out and gently depress
the accelerator within
2 seconds.
To drive off, take your foot off
the brake pedal and gently
depress the accelerator within
2 seconds.
Hill Hold is immediately deactivated:
If any requirement listed in the table above is no longer met.
If the engine is not running smoothly or the engine malfunctions.
If the engine stalls or is switched off.
Automatic transmission vehicles: If the transmission is in Neutral
(N).
Automatic transmission vehicles: If a tire does not have enough
road contact (such as when the vehicle is tipped or at an angle).
In order to: You must ⇒ fig. 151 Result:
Push and hold the
lever in the 3 0 % % $ – po-
sition (–) to reduce the
set speed until the
lower desired speed is
reached and the lever
is released.
memory.
Switch off cruise
control.
Push the lever to the
/ & & position (2).
Pushing the lever briefly
to the first detent deac-
tivates the cruise control
and saves the stored
speed.
Pushing the lever to the
second detent turns off
the cruise control and
deletes the stored speed.
Driving downhill with cruise control
If cruise control cannot maintain constant speed while driving down-
hill, slow the vehicle with the foot brake and downshift if necessary.
Automatic deactivation
Cruise control speed regulation is automatically deactivated or tempo-
rarily interrupted:
If the system detects an error that could affect the function of the
cruise control.
If the vehicle has accelerated and goes faster than the stored
speed for a longer time.
If the brake or clutch pedal is depressed.
If the vehicle shifts gear (manual transmission).
If an airbag deploys.
