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Controls in detail
Driving systems
Deactivating Distronic
There are several ways to deactivate the
Distronic system:
̈ Briefly tip the cruise control lever in the
direction of arrow 3 (
୴ page 175).
or
̈ Step on the brake pedal.
Distronic will be deactivated. The last
speed set will be stored into memory.
Distronic deactivates automatically when
ț you set the parking brake
ț you drive slower than 25 mph
(Canada: 40 km/h)
ț ESP is active (୴ page 70) or you deac-
tivate ESP
ț You move the transmission selector le-
ver into position N.
A signal will sound. The
DTR off
mes-
sage appears in the speedometer dis-
play for approximately five seconds.
Setting the following distance in
Distronic
You can set the specified following for Dis-
tronic by varying the time setting between
1.0 and 2.0 seconds. Using this time set-
ting and the current speed of your vehicle,
Distronic calculates and sets the required
following distance to the vehicle ahead.
The set distance will be shown in the
speedometer display field.
The thumbwheel for making the time set-
ting is located on the lower section of the
center console.
i
The last stored speed is deleted when
you turn off the engine.
Warning! G
Distronic switches off and releases the
brakes when the vehicle decelerates below
the minimum speed of 25 mph ( 40 km/h)
by operation of the system. At that time the
driver must apply the brakes in order to re-
duce vehicle speed further or bring it to a
stop.
Warning! G
It is up to the driver to exercise discretion to
select the appropriate setting given road
conditions, traffic, driver’s preferred driving
style and applicable laws and driving recom-
mendations for safe following distance.