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Driving comfort
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Driving comfort
Vehicle features and options
Warning
The use of the system can lead to an increased
risk of accidents in the following situations,
for instance:
This chapter describes all standard, country-spe‐
cific and optional features offered with the series.
It also describes features that are not necessarily
available in your vehicle, for instance, due to the
selected options or country versions. This also
applies to safety-related functions and systems.
When using these functions and systems, the
applicable laws and regulations must be ob‐
served.
▷ On winding roads.
▷ In heavy traffic.
▷ On slippery roads, in fog, snow, or wet
conditions, or on a loose road surface.
There may be a risk of accident or risk of dam‐
age to property. Only use the system if driving
at constant speed is possible.
Cruise control
Warning
Concept
The desired speed can be incorrectly adjusted
or called up by mistake. There is a risk of acci‐
dent. Adjust the desired speed to the traffic
conditions. Watch traffic closely and actively in‐
tervene where appropriate.
Using this system, a desired speed can be ad‐
justed using the buttons on the steering wheel.
The system maintains the desired speed. The
system accelerates and brakes automatically as
needed.
General information
Depending on the settings, the cruise control
settings many change under certain conditions.
Overview
Buttons on the steering wheel
Button Function
Safety information
Cruise control on/off, interrupting, re‐
fer to page 153.
Warning
The system cannot serve as a substitute for the
driver’s personal judgment in assessing the
traffic conditions. Based on the limits of the
system, it cannot independently react to all traf‐
fic situations. There is a risk of accident. Adjust
driving style to traffic conditions. Watch traffic
closely and actively intervene where appropri‐
ate.
Store speed, refer to page 153.
Resume speed, continue cruise con‐
trol, refer to page 154.
Rocker switch:
Set speed, refer to page 153.
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Switching on/off and interrupting
cruise control
Setting the speed
Maintaining/storing the speed
Switching on
Press the button on the steering wheel.
The indicator light in the instrument clus‐
ter lights up.
The current speed is adopted as the de‐
sired speed and displayed next to the
symbol in the Info Display.
Press the rocker switch up or down once while
the system is interrupted.
Cruise control can be used.
DSC Dynamic Stability Control is switched on, if
necessary.
When the system is switched on, the current
speed is maintained and stored as the desired
speed.
Switching off
The stored speed is displayed in the instrument
cluster.
Press the button on the steering wheel.
DSC Dynamic Stability Control is switched on, if
necessary.
▷ If active: press twice.
▷ If interrupted: press once.
The speed can also be stored by pressing a but‐
ton.
The displays go out. The stored desired speed is
deleted.
Press the button.
Interrupting manually
Changing the speed
When active, press the button on the
steering wheel.
Interrupting automatically
The system is automatically interrupted in the
following situations:
▷ When the driver applies the brakes.
▷ When selector lever position D is disengaged.
▷ Dynamic Traction Control DTC is activated or
DSC Dynamic Stability Control is deactivated.
Press the rocker switch up or down repeatedly
until the desired speed is set.
▷ If DSC Dynamic Stability Control intervenes.
If active, the displayed speed is stored and the
vehicle reaches the stored speed when the road
is clear.
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▷ Each time the rocker switch is pressed to the
point of resistance, the desired speed in‐
creases or decreases by approx.
1 mph/1 km/h.
Displays in the instrument cluster
Indicator light
Depending on how the vehicle is equip‐
ped, the indicator light in the instrument
cluster indicates whether the system is
switched on.
▷ Each time the rocker switch is pressed past
the point of resistance, the desired speed in‐
creases or decreases by a maximum of
5 mph/10 km/h.
The maximum speed that can be set de‐
pends on the vehicle.
Desired speed and stored speed
The desired speed is displayed next to
the symbol in the Info Display.
▷ Pressing the rocker switch to the resistance
point and holding it accelerates or deceler‐
ates the vehicle without requiring pressure on
the accelerator pedal.
▷ Display lights up green: system is ac‐
tive, the display indicates the desired
speed.
After the rocker switch is released, the vehi‐
cle maintains its final speed. Pressing the
switch beyond the resistance point causes
the vehicle to accelerate more rapidly.
▷ Display lights up orange: system is inter‐
rupted, the display indicates the stored
speed.
▷ No display: system is switched off.
Continuing cruise control
General information
Status display
Selected desired speed.
An interrupted cruise control can be continued
by calling up the stored speed.
Make sure that the difference between current
speed and stored speed is not too large before
calling up the stored speed. Otherwise, uninten‐
tional braking or accelerating may occur.
If no speed is indicated, it is possible that the
conditions necessary for operation are not cur‐
rently fulfilled.
In the following cases, the stored speed value is
deleted and cannot be called up again:
Displays in the Head-up Display
Some system information can also be displayed
in the Head-up Display.
▷ When the system is switched off.
▷ When drive-ready state is switched off.
System limits
Engine power
Calling up the stored speed
Press the button on the steering wheel.
The desired speed is also maintained downhill,
but may not be maintained on uphill grades if en‐
gine power is insufficient.
The stored speed is reached again and main‐
tained.
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