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04 Comfort and driving pleasure
Adaptive cruise control*
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* Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
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Operation
Steering wheel keypad and display.
Standby mode ceases and the stored
speed is resumed.
Cruise control - On/Off or Standby mode.
Time interval - Increase/decrease.
Activate and adjust the speed.
Selected speed (in brackets = Standby
mode).
Time interval
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- On, during adjustment.
Time interval
4
- On, after adjustment.
Activating and setting the speed
Switch on cruise control with one press on the
steering wheel button
- the symbol is
illuminated in the display. The brackets (6) at
(---) mean that cruise control is set in standby
mode.
The cruise control is then activated with
or
, after which the current speed is stored in
the memory - the display text
(---) changes to
show the selected speed, e.g.
100 without
brackets.
When the symbol
changes
to
the radar sensor has
detected a vehicle.
Only when the symbol
(with car) is illuminated, is the
distance to the vehicle in front
regulated by the cruise control.
Changing the speed
In active mode the speed is adjusted 5 km/h
with each press on
or . In active mode
the button
has the same function as but
results in a lower increase in speed. The last
press is stored in the memory.
NOTE
If any cruise control button is held
depressed for more than approx. 1 minute
then cruise control is disengaged. The
engine must be switched off in order to reset
cruise control.
In certain situations, cruise control cannot
be activated. Then the display shows
Cruise control Unavailable, see
page 182.
Set time interval
Different time intervals to the
vehicle in front can be
selected and shown in the
display as 1-5 horizontal lines
- the more lines the longer the
time distance. One line corre-
sponds to approximately
1 second, 5 lines approximately 2.5 seconds.
The time interval is increased or decreased
with the buttons
/ .
At low speed, when the distances are short, the
adaptive cruise control increases the time
interval slightly.
The adaptive cruise control allows the time
interval to vary noticeably in certain situations
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The display shows either "dash" symbol [6] or [7] - they are never shown simultaneously.
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