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Controls in detail
Driving systems
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Setting the speed
Briefly press the cruise control lever
upward 1 to increase the speed or
downward 3 to reduce the speed.
The last speed stored is increased or
decreased in 1 mph increments
(1 km/h increments).
or
Press and hold the cruise control lever
up 1 or down 3 until the desired
speed has been reached.
Release the cruise control lever.
The current speed is stored.
Deactivating cruise control
There are various ways of deactivating
cruise control:
Briefly press cruise control lever
forward 4.
or
Apply the brakes.
The last speed set remains stored.
Warning G
The rate at which you increase the speed in
1 mph increments (1 km/h increments) may
be faster than your vehicle is able to accel-
erate. Your vehicle may then continue to ac-
celerate up to the newly set speed even
after you have released the cruise control le-
ver.
Only increase the speed if the current situa-
tion is appropriate to do so. Sudden acceler-
ation could otherwise endanger you and
others.
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Cruise control is not deactivated if you
depress the accelerator pedal. If you ac-
celerate briefly to overtake, for exam-
ple, cruise control adjusts the vehicle’s
speed to the last speed stored after you
have finished overtaking.
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The last speed stored is cleared when
you switch off the engine.
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Cruise control is automatically deacti-
vated if:
you are braking
you apply the handbrake and
the 7 indicator lamp in the in-
strument cluster is lit
you are driving under 20 mph
(30 km/h)
ESP
®
or ASR is intervening and the
yellow ASR/ESP
®
warning lamp
flashes in the instrument cluster
you move the selector lever to posi-
tion N while driving
ESP
®
, ASR or ABS has malfunc-
tioned
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