gradients. The stored speed is resumed
when the gradient levels out.
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Vehicles with manual transmission:
When selecting another gear, press the
accelerator pedal slightly to increase the
smoothness of the gear change.
When you depress the clutch pedal and
change to another gear, the engine speed
can increase slightly as long as no gear is
selected.
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Always drive at adequate, but not exces-
sive, engine speeds.
R
Change gear in good time.
R
If possible, do not change down several
gears at a time.
Calling up the last speed stored
G
Risk of accident
Only call up a stored speed if you know what
that speed is and if it is suitable for the current
traffic and driving situation. You can other-
wise endanger yourself or others by uninten-
tionally triggering sudden acceleration or
braking.
X
Briefly pull the cruise control lever towards
you =.
X
Remove your foot from the accelerator
pedal.
Cruise control is activated and adjusts the
vehicle's speed to the last speed stored.
Setting aspeed
X
Press the cruise control lever up : for a
higherspeed or down ? for a lower speed.
X
Keep the cruise control lever pressed until
the desired speed is reached.
X
Release the cruise control lever.
The new speed is stored.
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Cruise control is not deactivated if you
depress the accelerator pedal. For exam-
ple, if you accelerate briefly to overtake,
cruise control adjusts the vehicle's speed
to the last speed stored after you have fin-
ished overtaking.
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Vehicles with AUTOTRONIC:
When you decelerate the vehicle using the
cruise control lever, AUTOTRONIC shifts
down if deceleration is insufficient.
Making adjustments in 1 km/h incre-
ments
X
Briefly press the cruise control lever
up : for a higher speed or down ? for a
lower speed.
The last speed stored is increased or
reduced.
Deactivating cruise control
There are several ways to deactivate cruise
control:
X
Briefly press the cruise control lever for-
wards B.
or
X
Brake.
or
X
Briefly press the cruise control lever in the
direction of arrow A.
Variable SPEEDTRONIC is selected. LIM
indicator lamp ; in the cruise controllever
lights up.
Cruise control is automatically deactivated if:
R
aquaplaning is detected, for example.
R
you depress the clutch pedal for more than
four seconds on vehicles with a manual
transmission.
R
on vehicles with AUTOTRONIC, you shift
into position N while driving.
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The last speed stored is cleared when you
switch off the engine.
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