Mercedes-Benz R-Class 2006 Owners Manual User Manual

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Controls in detail

Driving systems

Canceling cruise control

There are several ways to cancel the cruise
control:

̈

Step on the brake pedal.

The cruise control is canceled. The last
speed set is stored for later use.

or

̈

Briefly push the cruise control lever in
direction of arrow

3 (

page 265).

The cruise control is canceled. The last
speed set is stored for later use.

i

The last stored speed is canceled when
you turn off the engine.

i

The cruise control switches off auto-
matically when

ț

you step on the brake pedal

ț

you depress the parking brake
pedal

The cruise control also switches off au-
tomatically when

ț

the vehicle speed is below 20 mph
(30 km/h)

ț

the ESP

®

is in operation or switched

off with the ESP

®

switch

(

page 101)

ț

you set the automatic transmission
to N while driving

An acoustic warning sounds and the
message

Cruise control off

appears

in the multifunction display.

!

Setting the automatic transmission
to N while driving cancels the cruise
control. However, the automatic trans-
mission should not be set to N while
driving except to coast when the vehi-
cle is in danger of skidding (e.g. on icy
roads).

i

Depressing the accelerator pedal does
not deactivate the cruise control. After
brief acceleration (e.g. for passing), the
cruise control will resume the last
speed set.

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