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Activating Active Distance Assist
DISTRONIC
Activation conditions
To activate Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC,
the following conditions must be fulfilled:
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the engine must be started. It may take up to
two minutes of driving before Active Distance
Assist DISTRONIC is ready for use.
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the electric parking brake must be released.
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ESP
®
must be activated, but not intervening
at present.
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Parking Pilot must not be activated.
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the transmission must be in position h.
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the driver's door must be closed when you
shift the transmission from position j to h
or your seat belt must be fastened.
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the front-passenger door and rear doors must
be closed.
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the vehicle must not slide.
Activating
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Briefly pull the cruise control lever towards
you ? or push it up : or down ;.
Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC is activa-
ted.
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Remove your foot from the accelerator pedal.
The vehicle adapts its speed to that of the
vehicle in front, but only up to the desired
stored speed.
If you do not fully release the accelerator
pedal, the Active Distance Assist Sus‐Active Distance Assist Sus‐
pendedpended message appears on the multifunc-
tion display. The set distance to a slower-
moving vehicle in front will then not be main-
tained. You will be driving at the speed you
determine by the position of the accelerator
pedal.
You can also activate Active Distance Assist
DISTRONIC when stationary. The lowest speed
that can be set is 20 mph (30 km/h).
X
Briefly pull the cruise control lever towards
you ? or push it up : or down ;.
Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC is activa-
ted.
Activates at the current speed or last
stored speed
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WARNING
If you call up the stored speed and it differs
from the current speed, the vehicle acceler-
ates or decelerates. If you do not know the
stored speed, the vehicle could accelerate or
brake unexpectedly. There is a risk of an acci-
dent.
Pay attention to the road and traffic condi-
tions before calling up the stored speed. If you
do not know the stored speed, store the
desired speed again.
X
Briefly pull the cruise control lever towards
you ?.
X
Remove your foot from the accelerator pedal.
The first time Active Distance Assist
DISTRONIC is activated, it stores the current
speed or regulates the speed of the vehicle to
the previously stored speed.
Driving with Active Distance Assist
DISTRONIC
Pulling away and driving
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To pull away with Active Distance Assist
DISTRONIC: remove your foot from the brake
pedal.
X
Briefly pull the cruise control lever towards
you ?.
or
X
Accelerate briefly.
The vehicle pulls away and adapts its speed to
that of the vehicle in front. If no vehicle is
detected in front, your vehicle accelerates to
the stored speed.
The vehicle can also pull away when it is facing
an unidentified obstacle or is driving on a differ-
ent line from another vehicle. The vehicle then
brakes automatically.
If Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC does not
detect a vehicle in front, the system operates
like cruise control.
If Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC detects
that the vehicle in front has slowed down, it
brakes your vehicle. In this way, the specified
minimum distance you have selected is main-
tained.
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Driving systems
Driving and parking
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