Driving with DISTRONIC PLUS
Pulling away and driving
X
If you want to pull away with DISTRONIC
PLUS: remove your foot from the brake pedal.
X
Briefly pull the cruise control lever towards
you
:
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or
X
Accelerate briefly.
Your vehicle pulls away and adapts its speed
to that of the vehicle in front.
If no vehicle is detected in front, your vehicle
accelerates to the set speed.
The vehicle can also pull away when it is facing
an unidentified obstacle or is driving on a differ-
ent line from another vehicle. The vehicle then
brakes automatically.
If there is no vehicle in front, DISTRONIC PLUS
operates in the same way as cruise control.
If DISTRONIC PLUS detects that the vehicle in
front has slowed down, it brakes your vehicle. In
this way, the distance you have selected is main-
tained.
If DISTRONIC PLUS detects a faster-moving
vehicle in front, it increases the driving speed.
However, the vehicle is only accelerated up to
the speed you have stored.
Selecting the drive program
DISTRONIC PLUS supports a sporty driving style
when you select the S or M drive program
(
Y
page 150). Acceleration behind the vehicle in
front or to the set speed is then noticeably more
dynamic. If you have selected the E drive pro-
gram, the vehicle accelerates more gently. This
setting is recommended in stop-start traffic.
Changing lanes
If you change to the overtaking lane, DISTRONIC
PLUS supports you if:
R
you are driving faster than 70 km/h
R
DISTRONIC PLUS is maintaining the distance
to a vehicle in front
R
you switch on the respective turn signal
R
DISTRONIC PLUS does not detect a danger of
collision
If these conditions are met, your vehicle is accel-
erated. Acceleration will be interrupted if chang-
ing lanes takes too long or if the distance
between your vehicle and the vehicle in front
becomes too small.
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Vehicles with COMAND Online: when you
change lanes, DISTRONIC PLUS monitors the
right lane in the case of left-side traffic or the
left lane in the case of right-side traffic.
Vehicles with Audio 20: when you change
lanes, DISTRONIC PLUS monitors the left lane
on left-hand-drive vehicles or the right lane on
right-hand-drive vehicles.
Vehicles with COMAND Online
Example: roundabout
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The following function is not operational in
all countries.
DISTRONIC PLUS uses additional information
from your navigation system so that it can adapt
to certain traffic situations. This is the case if,
while following a vehicle, DISTRONIC PLUS is
active and you:
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approach or drive around a roundabout
R
approach a T-junction
R
turn off at a motorway exit
Even if the vehicle in front leaves the detection
range, DISTRONIC PLUS temporarily maintains
the current driving speed and does not acceler-
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