Mini 2008 Cooper User Manual

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Activating

1 Resuming cruise control
2 Activating/deactivating cruise control
3 Maintaining, storing and increasing speed
4 Maintaining, storing and decreasing speed
Indicator lamp in the speedometer lights up. The
cruise control system is ready and can be acti-
vated.

Activating/deactivating cruise control

Press button 2.
In addition, the system is automatically deacti-
vated:

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When the brakes are applied

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When the clutch is depressed

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When the automatic transmission is in selec-
tion lever position N

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When the driving stability control system is
active

Cruise control is not deactivated by depressing
the accelerator pedal. Once the accelerator
pedal is released, the stored speed is achieved
again and maintained.
The stored speed is cleared when the ignition is
switched off.

Maintaining current speed

Press button 3.
The system maintains and stores the current
vehicle speed.
If, on a downhill grade, the engine braking effect
is not sufficient, the controlled speed may be
exceeded. On uphill grades vehicle speed may
drop if the engine output is insufficient.

Increasing speed

Press button 3 repeatedly until the desired
speed is reached. Every time you press the but-
ton, the speed increases by approx. 1 mph or
2 km/h.

Accelerating using the button

Press and hold button 3.
The vehicle accelerates without pressure on the
accelerator pedal. After the button is released,
the driving speed is maintained and stored.

Decreasing speed

Press button 4 repeatedly until the desired
speed is reached.
The functions here are the same as for increas-
ing the speed or accelerating, except that the
speed will be decreased.

Resuming a speed stored beforehand

Press button 1.
The last speed stored is achieved again and
maintained.
The stored speed is cleared when the ignition is
switched off.

Display in tachometer*

Selected speed is displayed briefly.

If --- mph or --- km/h is displayed briefly
in the tachometer, the conditions neces-

sary for operation may not be fulfilled.

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Malfunction

The warning lamp in the tachometer
lights up if the system fails.

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