Mercedes-Benz B-Class 2011, Owner'S Manual

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Activating DISTRONIC PLUS; storing,
maintaining and calling up a speed
Activation conditions
To activate DISTRONIC PLUS, all of the fol-
lowing activation conditions must be fulfilled:
R
the engine must be running. It may take up
to two minutes of driving before DIS-
TRONIC PLUS is ready for use.
R
the electric parking brake must be
released.
R ESP
®
must be switched on, but not inter-
vening.
R
the transmission must be in position D.
R
the driver's door must be closed when you
shift from P to D or your seat belt must be
fastened.
R
the front-passenger door and the rear
doors must be closed.
R
the vehicle must not be skidding.
Switching on
To activate while driving: you can only acti-
vate DISTRONIC PLUS at speeds below
20 km/h if the vehicle in front is detected and
shown in the multifunction display. If the vehi-
cle in front is no longer detected and dis-
played, DISTRONIC PLUS switches off and
you will hear a tone.
X
Briefly pull the cruise control level towards
you ? , or press it up : or down A .
DISTRONIC PLUS is selected.
X
Keep the cruise control lever pressed
up : or down A until the desired speed
is set.
X
Remove your foot from the accelerator
pedal.
Your vehicle adapts its speed to that of the
vehicle in front, but only up to the desired
stored speed.
i
If you do not fully release the accelerator
pedal, the DISTRONIC PLUS inactive
message appears in the multifunction dis-
play. The set distance to a slower-moving
vehicle in front will then not be maintained.
You will be driving at the speed you deter-
mine by the position of the accelerator
pedal.
To activate when driving towards a sta-
tionary vehicle: if the vehicle in front is sta-
tionary, you can only activate DISTRONIC
PLUS if your vehicle is also stationary.
X
Briefly pull the cruise control level towards
you ? , or press it up : or down A .
DISTRONIC PLUS is selected.
i
DISTRONIC PLUS can only be activated at
under 20 km/h if a vehicle in front has been
detected. It is therefore helpful to have the
DISTRONIC PLUS distance display activa-
ted in the multifunction display
(
Y
page 198).
X
Keep the cruise control lever pressed
up : or down A until the desired speed
is set.
i
You can use the cruise control lever to set
the stored speed and the control on the
cruise control lever to set the specified
minimum distance (
Y
page 159).
Displaying DISTRONIC PLUS in the speedometer
When DISTRONIC PLUS is activated, one or
two segments ; in the set speed range light
up.
i
For design reasons, the speed displayed
in the speedometer may differ slightly from
the speed set for DISTRONIC PLUS.
If DISTRONIC PLUS detects a vehicle in front,
segments ; between speed of the vehicle in
front : and stored speed = light up.
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Driving systems
Driving
and
parking