Do not use cruise control:
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in road and traffic conditions which do not
allow you to maintain a constant speed, e.g. in
heavy traffic or on winding roads
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on smooth or slippery roads. Braking or accel-
erating can cause the drive wheels to lose
traction and the vehicle could then skid
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when there is poor visibility, e.g. due to fog,
heavy rain or snow
If there is a change of drivers, advise the new
driver of the speed stored.
Cruise control lever
:
To activate or increase speed
;
LIM indicator lamp
=
To activate at the current speed/last stored
speed
?
To activate or reduce speed
A
To switch between cruise control and the
variable speed limiter
B
To deactivate cruise control
You can operate cruise control and the variable
speed limiter with the cruise control lever.
LIM indicator lamp
;
on the cruise control lever
indicates which function you have selected:
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LIM indicator lamp
;
;
off: cruise control is
selected.
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LIM indicator lamp
;
;
on: variable speed lim-
iter is selected.
When you activate cruise control, the stored
speed is shown in the multifunction display for
five seconds. In addition, the
é
symbol
appears in the multifunction display.
Speedometer with segments: when cruise
control is activated, the segments from the
stored speed to the maximum permitted speed
light up.
Selecting cruise control
X
Check whether LIM indicator lamp
;
is off.
If it is off, cruise control is already selected.
If it is not, press the cruise control lever in the
direction of arrow
A
.
LIM indicator lamp
;
in the cruise control
lever goes out. Cruise control is selected.
Activation conditions
To activate cruise control, all of the following
activation conditions must be fulfilled:
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the electric parking brake must be released.
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you are driving faster than 30 km/h.
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ESP
®
must be switched on, but not interven-
ing.
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the transmission must be in position D.
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DSR must be deactivated.
R
the Offroad Plus drive program must be deac-
tivated (vehicles with the Off-Road Engineer-
ing package).
R
the cruise control function must be selected
(
Y
page 181).
Storing, maintaining and calling up a
speed
Storing and maintaining the speed
X
Accelerate the vehicle to the desired speed.
X
Briefly press the cruise control lever up
:
or
down
?
.
X
Remove your foot from the accelerator pedal.
Cruise control is activated. The vehicle auto-
matically maintains the stored speed.
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Cruise control may be unable to maintain
the stored speed on uphill gradients. The
stored speed is resumed when the gradient
evens out. Cruise control maintains the
stored speed on downhill gradients by auto-
matically braking the vehicle.
Storing or calling up the speed
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WARNING
If you call up a stored speed and this is dif-
ferent from the current speed, the vehicle
accelerates or brakes. If you do not know
what the stored speed is, the vehicle may
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