Driving and pa rking, Driving systems – Mercedes-Benz M-Class 2012 Owners Manual User Manual
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you determine by the position of the
accelerator pedal.
Activating when driving towards a
stationary vehicle
If the vehicle in front of you is stationary, you
can only activate DISTRONIC PLUS once your
vehicle is stationary as well.
X
Briefly pull the cruise control lever towards
you ?, or briefly press up : or down ;.
DISTRONIC PLUS is selected.
i
DISTRONIC PLUS can only be activated at
under 20 mph (30 km/h) if a vehicle in front
has been detected. Therefore, the
DISTRONIC PLUS distance display in the
instrument cluster should be activated
(
Y
page 232).
X
Keep the cruise control lever pressed
up : or down ; until the desired speed
is set.
i
You can use the cruise control lever to set
the stored speed and the control on the
cruise control lever to set the specified
minimum distance (
Y
page 176).
Activating at the current speed/last
stored speed
G
WARNING
The set speed stored in memory should only
be set again if prevailing road conditions and
legal speed limits permit. Possible
acceleration or deceleration differences
arising from returning to the preset speed
could cause an accident and/or serious injury
to you and others.
X
Briefly pull the cruise control lever towards
you ?.
X
Remove your foot from the accelerator
pedal.
DISTRONIC PLUS is activated. The first
time it is activated, the current speed is
stored. Otherwise, it sets the vehicle cruise
speed to the previously stored value.
Display when DISTRONIC PLUS is
activated
DISTRONIC PLUS displays in the speedometer
When DISTRONIC PLUS is activated, one or
two segments ; in the set speed range light
up.
i
For design reasons, the speed displayed
in the speedometer may differ slightly from
the speed set for DISTRONIC PLUS.
If DISTRONIC PLUS detects a vehicle in front,
segments ; between speed of the vehicle in
front : and stored speed = light up.
Distance display with DISTRONIC PLUS activated
in the multifunction display
:
DISTRONIC PLUS activated
;
Own vehicle
=
Specified minimum distance to the
vehicle in front; adjustable
?
Vehicle in front, if detected
You can select the distance display in the
Assistance menu (
Y
page 232) of the on-
board computer.
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