
Driving and Driving Safety
165
Automatic braking to a stop
If the vehicle in front stops, your vehicle will slow
down and come to a stop within the control limits
of the system if adaptive cruise control is active.
The indicator light
lights up on the
instrument panel.
The vehicle is actively held at a stop.
For information on the HOLD function:
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Please see the chapter “HOLD FUNCTION:
DRIVE-OFF ASSISTANT, STANDSTILL
MANAGEMENT” on page 192.
Information
– Depending on the traffic flow, e.g. slow
moving traffic, stopping is initiated by a slow
crawling phase, which brings the vehicle to
a standstill.
– When adaptive cruise control is operating
normally or when the HOLD function is active,
the brake pedal may feel different and you may
hear hydraulic noises.
This behavior is normal for the system.
It is not a fault.
Driving off again
The vehicle can be driven off again after being
stopped and speed and distance control will be
resumed, depending on the operating state of the
adaptive cruise control system.
For information on the operating states of the
adaptive cruise control system:
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Please see the chapter “OPERATING STATES
WHEN ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL IS
SWITCHED ON” on page 163.
Adaptive cruise control active
1.
Press the control stalk on the steering wheel
up (position
4
,
RESUME
).
2.
Press the accelerator pedal briefly.
Your vehicle drives off again automatically.
Information
Your vehicle will not drive off if the vehicle
detected in front is stationary.
Adaptive cruise control is ready
Automatic speed and distance control can only be
resumed when your vehicle is moving.
1.
Drive off normally.
2.
Press the control stalk on the steering wheel
up (position
4
,
RESUME
).
or
Set or change the desired speed.
Interrupting and resuming cruise control
and distance control
Interrupting cruise control and distance
control – OFF
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Press the brake pedal.
or
Press the control stalk on the steering wheel
down (position
3
,
OFF
).
Adaptive cruise control is inactive.
The desired speed that was stored and the
desired distance are retained.
Resuming cruise control and distance
control – RESUME
f
Push the control stalk on the steering wheel up
(position
4
,
RESUME
).
The vehicle accelerates to the desired speed
that was stored unless a vehicle traveling in
front is detected as driving slower than the
desired speed and the distance from this
vehicle is less than the desired distance that
was set.
The status display
B
changes from gray to
orange.
or
Press the control stalk on the steering wheel
up and keep it pressed (position
4
,
RESUME
).
The vehicle accelerates in a more sporty
driving style to the desired speed that was
stored.
Information
If cruise control and distance control was
interrupted using the control stalk
3
(
OFF
), it can
only be resumed again when the vehicle is moving
and no stationary objects are detected in front.