2018 MERCEDES-BENZ CLA COUPE cruise control

To activate Distance Pilot DISTRONIC, the fol-
lowing conditions must be fulfilled:
Rthe engine must be started. It may take up to
two minutes of driving before Distance Pilot
DISTRONIC is ready for use.
Rthe electric parking brake must be released.
RESP®must be active, but not intervening.
RParking Pilot must not be activated.
Rthe transmission must be in positionh.
Rthe driver's door must be closed when you
shift fromjtoh or your seat belt must be
fastened.
Rthe front-passenger door must be closed.
Rthe vehicle must not skid.
Activating
XBriefly pull the cruise control lever towards
you ?,u p: or down ;.
Distance Pilot DISTRONIC is activated.
XKeep the cruise control lever pressed up :or
down ;until the desired speed is set.
XRemove your foot from the accelerator pedal.
Your vehicle adapts its speed to that of the
vehicle in front,b ut only up to the desired
stored speed.
iIf you do not fully release the accelerator
pedal, the DistancePilotSuspendedmes-
sage appears in the multifunction display.T he
set distance to aslower-movingv ehicle in
front will then not be maintained. You will be
driving at the speed you determin ebythe
position of the accelerator pedal.
You can also activate Distance Pilot DISTRONIC
when stationary. The lowest speed that can be
set is 20 mph (3 0km/ h).
Drivin gwithD istance Pilo tDISTRONI C
Activating at th ecurrent speed/last
stored speed
GWARNING
If you cal lupthestored speed and it differs
from th ecurren tspeed, th evehicle acceler -
ates or decelerates. If you do no tknowt he
stored speed, th evehicle could accelerat eor
brake unexpectedly. There is ariskofana cci-
dent.
Pay attention to th eroada nd traffic condi-
tion sbefor ecallin gupt hestored speed. If you
do no tknowt he stored speed, stor ethe
desire dspeed again .
XBriefly pull th ecruise contro llever toward s
you ?.
XRemov eyour foot from th eaccelerator pedal.
The first time Distanc ePilotD ISTR ONIC is
activated, it stores th ecurren tspeed or reg -
ulates th espeed of th evehicle to th eprevi-
ousl ystore dspeed.
Pullin gawaya nd drivin g
XIf you wan ttopulla wa yw ithD istance
Pilo tDISTRONIC: removeyour foot from th e
brake pedal.
XBriefly pull th ecruise contro llever toward s
you ?.
or
XIf Distance Pilo tDISTRONI Cisactivated:
accelerat ebriefly.
Your vehicle pulls away and adapt sits speed
to that of th evehicle in front. If no vehicle is
detecte dinfront,your vehicle accelerates to
th es et speed.
The vehicle can also pull away when it is facin g
an unidentifie dobstacl eorisd rivingonad iffer-
en tlinef roma nother vehicle. The vehicle then
brake sautomatically. Be ready to brake at all
times .
If there is no vehicle in front, Distanc ePilot
DISTRONIC operates in th esam ew ay as cruise
control.
If Distanc ePilotD ISTR ONIC detects aslower -
movin gvehicle in front, it brake syour vehi
cle. In
this way, th edistanc eyou hav eselecte dismain-
tained.
If Distanc ePilotD ISTR ONIC detects afaster-
movin gvehicle in front, it increase sthe drivin g
speed. However, th evehicle is only accelerated
up to th espeed you hav estore d.
iDistanc ePilotD ISTR ONIC is deactivated
when you depress th ebrake ,excep twhen th e
vehicle is stationary.
Selecting th edrive program
Distanc ePilotD ISTR ONIC supports asport y
drivin gstyle when you selec tthe S+ drive pro -
gram (
Ypage 134) or th emanual drive program
(Ypage 136). Acceleration behin dthe vehicle in
fron tortot heset speed is then noticeably more
dynamic .Ifyou hav eselecte dthe E(Mercedes-
AM Gvehicles :C)d rive program, th evehicle
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Driving an dparking
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acceleratesmoreg ently. This settin gisrecom-
mended in stop-and-start traffic.
Changing lanes
If when driving on multilane roads you wish to
chang etotheovertakin glane ,Distance Pilot
DISTRONIC support syou if:
Ryou are driving faster than 45 mph (70 km/h)
RDistance Pilo tDISTRONICi smaintaining the
distance to avehicl einf ront
Ryous witch on the appropriate tur nsignal
RDistance Pilo tDISTRONICd oesn ot currently
detect adangerofc ollision
If these conditions ar efulfilled ,you rv ehicl eis
accelerated .Acceleratio nwillbei nterrupte dif
changing lanes take stoo long or if the distance
between your vehicl eand the vehicl einfront
become stoo small.
Stopping
If Distance Pilo tDISTRONICd etects thatt he
vehicl einfront is stopping, it brakes your vehicle
unti litiss tationary.
Once your vehicl eisstationary, it remains sta-
tionar yand yo udon ot nee dtodepress the
brake.
iAfter atime ,the electri cparkin gb rake
secures the vehicl eand relieves the service
brake.
iDepending on the specifie dminimu mdis-
tance ,you rvehicl ewillc ome to astandstil lat
as ufficient distance behind the vehicl ein
front. The specifie dminimu mdistance is set
using the contro lonthe cruis ec
o
ntro llev er.
When Distance Pilo tDISTRONICi sactivated,
the transmission is shifted automaticall yto
position jif:
Rthe driver's sea tbeltisn ot fastened and the
driver's door is open.
Rthe engine is switched off ,unless it is auto-
maticall yswitched off by the ECO start/stop
function.
The electri cparkin gb rake secures the vehicle
automaticall yifDistance Pilo tDISTRONICi s
activated when the vehicl eisstationar yand:
Ras ystem malfunctio noccurs.
Rthe powe rsuppl yisi nsufficient.
If am alfunctio noccurs, the transmission may
also shift to position jautomatically.
Settin gaspeed
Keepinm indt hatitm aytake abrief moment
unti lthe vehicl ehasaccelerated or braked to
the spee dset.
XPress the cruis econtro llev er up :for a
highe rspeed or down ;for alower speed.
XTo adjustt he setspeed in 1mph incre-
ments (1 km/hi ncrements): brieflypress
the cruis econtro llev er up :or down ;to
the pressure point.
The last stored spee dincreases or decreases
in 1m ph (1 km/h )increments.
XTo adjustt he setspeed in 5mph incre-
ments (10k m/h increments): briefly press
the cruise control lever up :or down ;
beyond the pressure point.
The last stored speed increases or decreases in 5m ph (10 km/h) increments.
iDistance Pilot DISTRONIC is not deactivated
if you depress the accelerator pedal. If you
acceleratetoo vertake, Distance Pilot
DISTRONIC adjusts the vehicle's speed to the
last speed stored after you have finished over- taking.
Setting aspecified minimum distance
You can set the specified minimum distanc efor
Distance Pilot DISTRONIC by varying the time
span between one and two seconds. With this
function you can set the minimum distanc ethat
Distance Pilot DISTRONIC maintains to the vehi-
cle in front, dependen tonvehicle speed. You
can see this distanc einthe multifunction dis-
play (
Ypage 161).
The specified minimum distanc ecan be
changed while Distance Pilot DISTRONIC is
switched on or off.
iMake sure that you maintain the minimum
distanc etothe vehicle in frontasr equired by
law. Adjust the distanc etothe vehicle in front
if necessary.
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Driving and parking

Display when DistancePilot DISTRONIC is
deactivate d
In theAssistance men u(Ypage 184) of th eon-
boar dcom puter, you can select th eassistanc e
display.
:Vehicl einfront,ifd etecte d
;Distanc eind icator, curren tdistanc etothe
vehicl einfront
=Specified minimum distanc etothevehicl e
in front; adjustable
?Your vehicl e
XSelectthe Assistanc eGraphi cfunction
usin gthe on-boar dcom puter (Ypage 185).
Display when Distanc ePilot DISTRONIC is
activate d
You will initially see th estoreds peed fo rabout
fiv es econds when you activat eDistance Pilot
DISTRONIC.
:Vehicl einfront,ifd etecte d
;Specified minimum distanc etothevehicl e
in front; adjustable
=Your vehicl e
?DistancePilotD ISTR ONIC active (tex tonly
appears when th ecruise control lever is
actuated)
XSelec tthe Assistanc eGraphi cfunction
usin gthe on-boar dcom puter (Ypage 185).
Tips for drivin gwithD istanc ePilot
DISTRONIC
General notes
Pay particular attention in th efollowing traffic
situations:
RCornering, enterin gand exitin gabend: th e
abilit yofD istance PilotDISTR ONIC to detec t
vehicles during cornering is limited. Your vehi-
cle may brak eunexpectedly or late.
RDriving on adifferen tline: Distanc ePilot
DISTRONIC may no tdetec tvehicles whic hare
no td rivin gint hemiddle of their lane. The dis-
tance to th evehicl einf rontwill be to oshort .
ROther vehicles changin glanes: Distanc ePilot
DISTRONIC has no tdetecte dthe vehicl ecut-
ting in yet .The distanc etothisv ehicl ewill be
to os hort .
RNarrow vehicles: Distanc ePilotD ISTR ONIC
has no tyet detecte dthe vehicl einfronton
th ee dgeoft heroa dbecause of it snarrow
width. The distanc etothevehicl einfrontwill
be to oshort .
RObstacles and stationary vehicles: Distanc e
Pilo tDISTR ONIC doe snotbrak efor obstacles
or stationary vehicles. If ,for example, th e
detecte dvehicl eturns acorner and an obsta-
cle or stationary vehicl eisthenr evealed ,Dis-
tance Pilo tDISTR ONIC will no tbrak efor
them.
RDistanc ePilotD ISTR ONIC may mistakenly
detec tvehicles th at are crossin gyour lane. If
you activat eDistance PilotDISTR ONIC in th e
following situations, th evehicl ecould pull
away unintentionally:
-At traffic lights wit hcrossin gtraffic, fo r
example.
-Wit hav ehicl eahead on th eother side of an
intersection and th eHOLDf unction active .
In suc hsituations, brak eifnecessary. Distanc e
Pilo tDISTR ONIC will then be deactivated.
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Driving an dparking

XPress the:or9 button to set Off,
Standardor Sensitive.
XPress the abutton to save the setting.
When ATTENTION ASSIST is deactivated, the
é symbol appears in the multifunction dis-
play in the assistanc egraphics display.
For further information about ATTENTION
ASSIST, see (
Ypage 171).
Activating/deactivating Blind Spot
Assist
XPress the =or; button on the steering
wheel to select the DriveAssistmenu.
XPress the9or: button to select
Blind Spot Assist.
XPress ato confirm.
The currents election appears.
XTo activate/deactivate: press theabut-
ton again.
For further information about Blind Spot Assist,
see (
Ypage 172).
Activating/deactivating Lane Keeping
Assist
XPress the =or; button on the steering
wheel to select the DriveAssistmenu.
XPress the9or: button to select
Lane Keeping Assist.
XPress ato confirm.
The currents election appears.
XPressaagain to confirm.
XPress the :or9 button to set Off,
Standardor Adaptive.
XPress the abutton to save the setting.
When Lane Keeping Assist is activated, the
multifunction display shows the lane mark-
ings as bright lines in the assistanc egraphic.
For further information about Lane Keeping
Assist ,see (
Ypage 174).
Service menu
Dependin gonthe equipment installed in the
vehicle, you have the following options in the
Serv.
menu:
RCalling up display messages in message
memory (Ypage 191)
RRestartin gthe tire pressure loss warning sys-
tem (Canada only) (Ypage 294)
RChecking the tire pressure electronically
(USA only) (Ypage 294)
RCalling up the service due date
(Ypage 261)
Settings menu
Introduction
Dependin gonthe equipment installed in the
vehicle, you have the following options in the
Sett.
menu:
RChanging the instrument cluster settings
RChanging the light settings
RChanging the vehicle settings
RChanging the conveniences ettings
RRestoring the factorysettings
Instrument cluster
Selecting the distance unit
The Display Unit Speed-/Odometer:func-
tion allows you to choose whether certain dis-
plays appear in kilometer sormiles in the mul-
tifunction display.
XPress the =or; button on the steering
wheel to select the Sett.menu.
XPress the:or9 button to select the
Instrument Clustersubmenu.
XPress ato confirm.
XPress the :or9 button to select the
Display Unit Speed-/Odometerfunction.
You will see the selected setting: kmormiles.
XPress the abutton to save the setting.
The selected unit of measurement for distance
applies to:
RDigital speedometer in the Tripmenu
ROdometer and the trip odometer
RTrip computer
RCurrent fuel consumption and approximate
range
RNavigation instructionsintheNavimenu
RCruise control
186Menus and submenus
On-board computer and displays

Display messagesPossible causes/consequences andMSolutions
DistancePilotInop‐erativeDistanc ePilotD ISTR ONICism alfunctioning .Situation-dependen t
braking assistanc emay also hav efailed.
Aw arning tone also sounds.
XVisit aqualified specialist workshop .
Distance Pilot Sus‐pendedYou havedepressed th eaccelerato rpedal .Distance PilotDISTR ONIC
is no longer controllin gthe speed of th evehicle.
XRemove your foo tfromt heaccelerato rpedal .
Distance Pilot
---m ph
Aconditi on for activating Distanc ePilotD ISTR ONIChas no tbeen met .
XCheckthe activation condition sfor Distanc ePilotD ISTR ONIC
(Ypage 152).
CruiseContro lInop‐erativeCruisecontro lismalfunctioning .
Aw arning tone also sounds.
XVisit aqualified specialist workshop .
Cruise Control
---mph
RAconditi on for activating cruise control has no tbeen fulfilled .
You hav etried to store aspeed belo w20mph (30 km/h), for exam-
ple.
RES P®is deactivated. The yellow ES P®OFFw arning lamp is lit .
XIf conditionspermit ,drive faste rtha n2 0m ph (30 km/h )and store
th es peed.
or
XChec kthe activation condition sfor cruise control (Ypage 150).
or
XReactivat eESP®(Ypage 185).
210Display messages
On-boardc omputer andd isplays

Warning/
indicator
lampNSignal type
Possiblec auses/consequences and M
Solutions
÷NThe yellow ESP®warning lamp flashes while the vehicleisinm otion.
ESP®or traction control has intervened because there is arisk of skidding or at
least one wheelh as started to spin.
Cruise control or Distance Pilot DISTRONIC is deactivated.
XWhen pulling away, only depress the accelerator pedalasf ar as necessary.
XEase off the accelerator pedalwhile the vehicleisinmotion.
XAdapt yourdriving style to sui tthe road and weather conditions.
XDo not deactivate ESP®.
In rare cases (
Ypage6 6),itm ay be best to deactivate ESP®.
Observe the important safety notes on ESP®(Ypage6 4).
åNThe yellow ESP®OFF warning lamp is lit while the engine is running.
ESP®is deactivated. ESP®wil lnot stabilize the vehicleifits tarts to skid or if a
wheels tarts to spin.
GWARNING
If ESP
®is switched off, ESP®is unable to stabilize the vehicle.
Further driving systems or driving safety systems are thus restricted.
There is an increased risk of skidding and an accident.
XReactivate ESP®.
In rare cases (
Ypage6 6),itm ay be best to deactivate ESP®.
Observe the important safety notes on ESP®(Ypage6 4).
XAdapt you rdriving style to sui tthe road and weather conditions.
If ESP
®cannot be activated:
XDrive on carefully.
XContact aqualified specialist workshopa nd have ESP®checked.
MNMercedes-AMG vehicles only:
The yellow SPORT handling mode warning lamp is lit while the engine is running.
SPORT handling mode is activated.
GWARNING
When SPORT handling mode is switched on, ESP
®is unable to stabilize the vehicle.
There is an increased risk of skidding and an accident.
XOnly switch to SPORT handling mode in accordance with the conditions descri-
bed in the "Activating/deactivating ESP®"s ection (Ypage6 6).
222Warning and indicator lamps in the instrument cluster
On-board computer and displays