Hey Guys! So to use the cruise control and speed limiter on the stalk (the previous style) here are the movements of the stalk below: Button on the end: No light = Cruise Control With light - Speed Limiter Up/Down: Sets it (as to what you’ve chosen above) Push Away: Cancels it Pull toward you: Resumes the previous set speed Hope that helps!
Nick, see you mentioned unless u have ‘drivers assist pack’ the cruise control will not brake therefore you still have to manually brake yourself However how does brake assist come into play ?? I thought that was standard on most models. Wouldn’t that be the same thing? Thanks
Hey Masato K, Brake Assist & Active Brake Assist are both Assistance systems standard on all modern Mercedes-Benz that can help prevent a crash. These two are the red warning triangle in the dashboard if you get too close to the car in front. If the car has Active Brake Assist then the car can initiate an emergency stop to help prevent a crash. Active Distance Assist Distronic is different though, part of the Driving Assistance Package, this can help maintain the same distance to the car in front. Perfect for motorways!
It will assist you in emergency braking but you’d of course have to go for the brake pedal in the first place. The word active means it’ll actively do something :)
Whenever I am lost with my new Benz, I always head to your channel. You ought to know you are super duper amazing and very helpful Nick. We can all see the hard effort you put in all your videos. We truly appreciate it. I am a fan, massive fan of yours from Australia 🇦🇺 Please take care~ ^^
The speed limit was useful the other week when I had a puncture on the motorway. RAC were able to plug the puncture but advised on not driving more than 40mph.
Omg I realised my hand swiped on the button on the right sight of wheel mid steering. Randomly my car was set at 14 mph in a 30 zone 😂 I had no idea on how to set it back - holding up a massive queue of cars I panicked and just set my hazard light on and pulled over on a double yellow line😂. I reset the engine and luckily it turned back. Thanks to your vid all I wanted was the cancel button❤
Oh my! I was on the highway and apparently instead of indicating I set a limit and couldn’t accelerate. It was quite dangerous. What a shock! All I wanted was to stop and start over😭😭😭
Nick, Once again your timing is impeccable! I’ve been slowly going through my GLB operators manual and was going to start studying that this weekend. Looks like you did my homework for me again. :-) Thank you!
Hi, you can watch my video! Here's a video of me unlocking speed limit changes on a 2020Benz with a Phoenix Elite: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VUEBdsrz7J8.html . There are many other videos on my homepage, you can check them out if you are interested. Of course, your follow is also welcome!
Hi, maybe you can watch my video too! Here's a video of me unlocking speed limit changes on a 2020Benz with a Phoenix Elite: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VUEBdsrz7J8.html . There are many other videos on my homepage, you can check them out if you are interested. Of course, your follow is also welcome!
Hi, you can watch my video! Here's a video of me unlocking speed limit changes on a 2020Benz with a Phoenix Elite: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VUEBdsrz7J8.html . There are many other videos on my homepage, you can check them out if you are interested. Of course, your follow is also welcome!
I would love to but unfortunately at the moment AMG’s are almost at the point of “made to order” so it’s tricky to get my hands on one. If I get the chance though of course! On my list of future videos already 🤓
so the traffic sign post feature .. i must manually double click on "Res", i.e. the car doesn't adopt the new speed limit automatically . that's a lotta clicking, manually !
Hi Nick, thank you for all the info you have provided. My friend n I have faced a problem recently on the voice input navigation, just wonder if you have presentation on this. Thanks a lot
Very helpful - couldn't work out what Limiter did from either driving the car or from the manual! But. "I wouldn't want to use ... Limiter going round a roundabout." Why not? Limiter protects you against drifting over the speed limit, it doesn't stop you slowing down when you take your foot of the accelerator. You would normally leave Limiter on through roundabouts, junctions, traffic etc., unlike Cruise Control. And not having Adaptive Cruise Control on cars of this quality is really naff.
My 2021 GLC 300 will not let me accelerate, or decelerate in 1 MPH increments. It only goes either way in 5 MPH increments. I hate it. Hit the up button and the car takes off up to 5 MPH rapidly. Is that just the way it is ???? Love your videos Nick…..
Hey Greg, ah just move that button slightly. It should have two increments on it. Move the set button lightly for 1 mph and harder for 5 mph. Thank you! Glad you enjoy them!
Question: My speed be 69kmh while the street traffic sign says 50kmh. When i double tap to reset the Limiter to the current traffic sign speed limit, the car gets automatically slowed down to 50kmh within 4 seconds, i.e. without my feet touching the brake pedal. Does the car behind me see my red brake lights lighting up during these 4 seconds or not?
Hey Daryn, Yes sort of, however for modern Mercedes car to automatically adopt a speed limit on the road automatically, you have to opt for the Driving Assistance Package which can only be specified at factory. It's a rare one in the UK!
It's soooo odd to see your driving on the other side of the car. hahahahaha Also, in my 53 coupe, all of those are on the left side of the steering wheel.
Hi Nick, great videos and I’ve learnt lot over recent months. Just thought I’d mention a point you made at the end of your video about the Limiter which might be important if viewers misunderstood. When you flip the button upwards you rightly said the Limiter will adopt the speed limit the car has recognised from speed signs. However, I thinks it’s important to note that this needs to be done every time the speed limit changes, it does not happen automatically when the speed limit changes. If drivers thought it was automatic, they could wrongly assume the car would not exceed the speed limit via the limiter. Hope that makes sense.
Hi Geoff, yes you’re absolutely right it won’t adopt the limit for new speed signs, this will have to be done manually. The Driving Assistance Package offers this but only for Active Distance Assist Distronic (adaptive cruise control) not the limiter.
Hey Paul, there’s an option to enable it in Vehicle Settings on the centre display. On COMAND NTG 5.5, press HOME, then Vehicle then Vehicle Settings or if it’s MBUX it’s HOME then Settings and then Vehicle. (Slightly different layouts for each)
Hi Nick, great video. Just a quick question, I used the cruise control function on my Mercades a few weeks back, and clicked cancel when I was done, but for some reason even though it’s off the cruise control symbol still shows on the instrument cluster, my OCD is killing haha is there any way to remove it from the cluster once I’m done with it? Thanks in advance
Hey Arun, thank you! ah I know what you mean. Yes those grey icons will always stay there once used. Sadly no way to turn it off. They’ll stay there until you turn the car off and then back on.
Actually come to think of it, I think it’s when you first use it. Then it’ll stay there. It basically just lets you know what the set button will do when you toggle it
I never used cruise control, don't have it in any or the cars I owned but always wondered how the controls work. I'm glad I stumbled across this well made video!
Hi Nick thanks so much for your videos. We have just got an A Class a few days ago and neither of us know much about cars and I find the manual a bit of a challenge to get my head around! Your videos are helping us so much with getting to grips with the car! 🙏 ⭐️
The first time I drove a car with cruise control was in Florida. It was a Dodge Ram and when I pressed 'resume' I assumed that the speed would ramp up to the previous set speed. It didn't. It floored it and scared the living cr*p out of me!
Hello Nick, I love your clips. Took delivery of an EQA250. two weeks ago. I am in Australia. One problem I have encountered is that on a main road where limit is say 80 km. There may be a service (parallel) side road. The speed limit on that side road is usually 50 km. My car (sees) the 50 signs and pings me. It is annoying because I am on the middle 80 carriageway. I continue at 80 and it continues to ping me at above 50. Is there a way to overcome this ?
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video! Sadly no as the car is just programmed to recognise speed signs and show them on the instrument cluster. It might not know you’re going down that road. You can however adjust if it flashes / bings at you in Settings so if it is making a sound, you can toggle it off.
@@npoleary thanks for your reply Nick. Yes I will do that. Had hoped that there was a change of default somehow. Nevermind I can live with it. I loved our C 350e which was a glorious sedan. I don’t feel quite the same love for this, partly due to front wheel drive. However it also is a magnificent vehicle. Thank you for all your input over the years. It has helped me tremendously. I am 79 year old female, thus a bit slow to grasp when dealer explains. I reassure myself that I can “check with Nick”………Ha! Ha!
Hej Nick - Thanks for all your fine and informing videos. I'm about to buy a cla45s, and my rims like 40.000 danish kroner (4.000 pound). Ive desidet to go with the 360 camera so i dont hurt my rims. maybe you coult show how it works, so i never ever scratches my rims again :-)
Hi Nikc, loving your videos. Having not driven a car in a few years I have notice that most new cars not longer have a handbreake. Can you possible do a video on how the breaking system works and when to use the emergency brake. Thanks
Thanks for the useful tips. The buttons labels are different on the steering wheel of my GLE 350. I don’t have the (lim) label. I have theses labels: cruise on, cruise off, set +, set -, Res/i and CNCL. How do I set the speed limit in my car? If that can’t be done on my car, is there an option for me to be warned with a beep sound when I exceed the speed limit?
Hey Aqueel! No worries! Ah it can vary round the world from what I’ve heard in terms of specification etc. If you car has anything, I’ve seen stuff before in HOME SETTINGS ASSISTANCE SPEED LIMIT ASSIST or TRAFFIC SIGN ASSIST Toggle one of those on and set alerts to “Audible” Hope that helps!
@Nick O'Leary Thanks for the response. I only have these options in the assistance tab: (Camera & Parking, Active Brake Assist, Attention Assist, Blind Spot Assist [Toggle] and Traffic Light Information [Toggle] ). Any other place to enable the warning when the speed limit is exceeded?
Ah specs go vary round the world, I’ve heard from comments on my channel that cars in other countries don’t have limiters and also don’t have speed limit assist etc
Nick, I drive an old Mercedes A-class 170 W169 yob 2006. A great little car used mainly in the city or short distances. However sometimes we go on the highway and there I would us the cruise control rather than the speed control but I can't find out how to use it on this vehicle. Could you please explain?
Hi! Ah very nice! Really sorry I only started my channel in 2020 so only have had access to cars around that sort of time and a few years before that (basically what my local dealer would have had in). So I’ve not actually seen or been in that particular one. I know that some Mercedes cruise controls have had stalks on the left hand side for adjusting. Although I don’t know what year they introduced it and if it’s the same as ones that I’ve seen.
My wife borrowed my old Merc and mistook Limiter for Indicator stalk coming out of a service station. Traffic queued up behind her as she crawled along at 15mph. Couldn't work out why car would not accelerate!
Hi Nick, suggest about getting in the car with a key fob that has gone flat and more on voice commands, our MBUX doesn't want to tune into radio 5 when we ask..... Others also have noticed it. Maybe one about changing the key fob to only open the drivers door on the first click.... Keep the videos coming mainly.... Enjoy
Hey Nick, thanks for the informative video! Correct me if wrong, I noticed that the modern mercedes with the cruise control located on the steering wheel, increase and decrease speed by 5km/h and not 1km/h. Is that correct?
HI. I really love your content. I am looking for a new Mercedes A-class. Since this will be my first Car, (in the UK) I am considering Second-hand cars. I am wondering what should I do when I get my car the first time? How can I reset all of those settings? Or should I reset them? What do you suggest to me? I will be appreciated it if you make a simple video about this topic! ( I prefer long videos btw) Great videos. Thank you And Cheers!
Ah awesome thanks Baran! Ah well you should check out one of my latest videos 👀 5 Things you MUST DO when buying a Mercedes! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-63OdElWzbOQ.html Got you covered!
When I got my brand new EQB350, I inadvertedly activated the speed limit function which was preset to 20 Km/h. I thought the car had broken down on me the first day! 🤣
its mind blowing that even in a car like this, adaptive cruise control is an option.. many other brands do offer advanced driver assistance system in basic/entry level models..
Hey Rec, it’s all down to the individual manufacturer. Mercedes prioritise comfort & luxury over other things. In other manufacturers, adaptive cruise is kind of just a standalone option but with Mercedes it’s bundled together in a thing called Driving Assistance Package (just under £2k on average). Some models have it as standard, some maybe on the future, we’ll have to see what Mercedes does! 👍🏼
Spot on! I'd mistakenly thought Cruise Control on my 'new' 2021 GLB250 would be similar to my 2006 Lexus 250i - adaptive as standard - but it's not. Disappointed is an understatement.
This tech is more then 30 years old and has not undergone any improvements. As standard, the A8 is fitted with Radar cruise and full lane assist. In this area of function, Mercedes ia sadly lagging behind.
This isn’t Mercedes-Benz’s best! I just popped into my local dealer to film a tutorial on cars that didn’t have adaptive radar cruise control. Mercedes-Benz UK very kindly allowed me use of a car to film a dedicated video on their adaptive cruise here that I filmed more recently: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m3A8H74vMLQ.htmlsi=RaZGqiCdFbHolZgt
Hey Nick, here is a tip for you. Whilst driving and decide to use cruise control, it is a one button activation. That is, simply click the set + (middle button) once the desired speed is reached. No need to select cruise control by using the left button.
Hey John, I mentioned to use the first buttons first because if someone had used the limiter for example it would set that first. It remembers what you’ve last used 🤓
Hi, maybe you can watch my video too! Here's a video of me unlocking speed limit changes on a 2020Benz with a Phoenix Elite: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VUEBdsrz7J8.html . There are many other videos on my homepage, you can check them out if you are interested. Of course, your follow is also welcome!
Hi Nick I am hoping you can answer a question about the distronic cruise with active lane assist in my A250. I have noticed while active on a freeway as I approach the exit indicating that I will be exiting the cruise control symbol in the head up display changes and has a circular arrow anticlockwise around the symbol and also starts to decelerate automatically can provide further explanation on this
I have the 2020 AMG A35. How do I lock the car while the engine running? Sometime, there is a sign saying Stop, let the engine runs. I cant remember the exact words.
Sadly you can’t easily lock the car from the outside while the engine is running. If you need to charge the battery it would be better to plug it in to a trickle charger or something.
How insulting.. he says" if you have a modern Mercedes" .. what he means if you have a brand NEW mercedes. 2018 is obviously a very old car to him. I call not modern a 2006 merc. 🙄All he is interested in is selling a new ( modern ) Mercedes. Which will not be modern to him next year 🤣
Hey Paul, To me modern Mercedes is one of the later ones that feature the new cruise control buttons 🤓 This style first appeared in 2018 on the A-Class and rolled out from there. Also sorry I don’t sell them, for this channel I just dedicate to making tutorials and reviews of Mercedes-Benz cars.
Hi Nick, great video as usual. I was trying both a couple of hours ago and work fantastic! One question regarding speed limit. Does it has also a function to alert (sound) when you pass certain limit ? I uses to own a VW that allows me to select a quick alert 1 or 2 KM/h before the speed camera limit. It is a good feature as you don't have speed limit but at least an alert to stop acceleration. Thanks!!! Cheers from Argentina 🇦🇷
I have just learnt from your video that my A250 4matic 2020 does not have Distronic. I thought every car with cruise control would have some form of Distronic?
Hey Paul, oh no Distronic is only found on the Driving Assistance Package (in the UK anyway, might vary in other countries). Distronic is sometimes also referred to as Active Distance Assist Distronic too.
Hi Nick, Great video as always, but can you get the cruse/ speed limiter symbol to go off the screen / HUD I’ve tried everything and it want disappear when the system is not being used? Many thanks
Thank you for your video. If you cancel the cruise, the speed is still there dimmed in grey, is there a way, i remove the dimmed grey speed used before rather than turning the engine totally off?
No sadly that’ll stay there, be sure to check out my frequently asked questions series I produced at my local Mercedes showroom, I answered that one here plus loads of other useful ones! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dNd2CyH-BIY.htmlsi=7NO3a1ugb7CMyGBc 2nd one in the video 🤓
You may have done a video on this, I'm new to your channel so I don't know. Can you explain all the benefits of having the Mercedes road assist and all the extra things that come with purchasing the vehicle from a Mercedes dealership
Hey Kymberleigh 🤓 I haven’t made a video on it specifically but buying from a main dealership does give you a few extra perks. Things like an Approved Used Check (if you’re buying used) to even things like warranties for extra peace of mind. When it comes to roadside assistance I know what it is for the UK but elsewhere it may vary. In the UK as long as you have had main dealer servicing, you’ll get up to 30 years breakdown cover (roadside assistance) included for free. It basically auto renews itself each year. You can see full extensive list here of the checks that most Mercedes dealerships carry out: www.sandown-group.co.uk/approved-used-check-points/
Is there a way to switch off the assistance services and just use the cruise control as in the good old days? Also: it seems difficult to set the limited by single digits as it is pretty easily jumps by 10, any solution for that?
If you’ve got Driving Assistance Package I don’t believe so. It’s the main feature of it, I’m sure you can switch off other aspects of it though. It depends on the car, but if move the same button / stalk / touch control lightly, you can control 1mph increments
Hi Mercedes E class 2020d does this car have Warning tone or something like if I go over 30 it’s should give alert is was on my Skoda car please let me know thank you
Hi Nick, once the cruise control is used for the first time, it seems the icon is permanently present on the dash, but greyed out. Is there any way to remove the icon from the dash? it's a bit annoying. Thanks!
No that’s it, it stays there I covered that one in my Frequently Asked Questions Series here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dNd2CyH-BIY.html No 2 in the list
Cruise control on, Trouble ahead i accelerate pass and then effin thing brakes and puts me right back amongst it, how do i stop it braking and let it slow back down to the cruise limit?
So if you have the cruise control on at say 50mph, and then accelerate to 70mph, if you haven’t taken cruise control off it’ll brake back down to 50mph. That’s how it works on Mercedes from what I’ve seen
Hi Nick, great video. Just a quick question, I used the cruise control function on my Mercades a few weeks back, and clicked cancel when I was done, but for some reason even though it’s off the cruise control symbol still shows on the instrument cluster, my OCD is killing me haha is there any way to remove it from the cluster once I’m done with it? Thanks in advance
Hello, it is recommended that you use a diagnostic device to diagnose and clear it. Here's a video of me unlocking speed limit changes on a 2020Benz with a Phoenix Elite: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VUEBdsrz7J8.html . There are many other videos on my homepage, you can check them out if you are interested. Of course, your follow is also welcome!
Hey Arun, really sorry I didn’t see this comment, I try and reply to everyone where I can if I can help. Strange as I normally get notified! :( So for Arun & Vito, in answer to your questions no sadly that’s just the way Mercedes instrument clusters are designed. Nothing will be on the screen when you start, but as soon as you select something it will stay greyed out to let you know what will happen if you press the set button. Green is on and active but grey is off but just showing you what is ready to resume in the background
A little correction on the speed limit sign setting mode. You only need to press the button (up) twice if the limiter is off, because the first press will 'resume', and then the second sets it to the speed limit that the car has identified. After that, assuming you've still got the limiter on, and you want to change to a new limit that you've just driven through, you only have to press the button once. The wife and I use it all the time, really helps you to keep your focus on the road, don't need to keep checking your speed and worrying about cameras. It does have a little difficulty understanding our NSL signs, I notice. Maybe a localisation issue translating the system over from Germany? It doesn't always know what speed they should correspond to. Thanks for the video!
Thanks IMelkor42, Glad you liked it! Yes technically you can but I chose to say it like this as a common thing that people can get stuck with is putting the limiter on and get it stuck on 20mph or something. One example, you could press resume but the previous speed may have been 20mph or 30mph and if you're doing 50mph or anything higher, the car would slow down so pressing resume twice will stop that from happening. Hope that helps!
Assuming you last used the limiter, on restarting the car, the first up of the Res(ume) button sets the speed limit to your current speed, and the second press of it sets the traffic sign recognised speed limit. So you don't have to touch the middle or left button at all.
Hi Nick great video as always. I have an issue I am finding really frustrating. Since using the cruise control for the first time the symbol on the instrument cluster always stays on even after turning the car off and on again, I have not found any answers or explanation for this and was hoping you'd be able to help.
Thank you! No sadly that’s just the way Mercedes instrument clusters are designed. Nothing will be on the screen when you start, but as soon as you select something it will stay greyed out to let you know what will happen if you press the set button. Green is on and active but grey is off but just showing you what is ready to resume in the background
Hi Nick , fantastic videos !!! And I learn a lot with all of them during my 13 months waiting for the delivery of my CLA 250e, with lots of extras like driving assist package . My only thing is normally I find very clever the adaptative cruise control and route based speed control , so every time I define a speed for the cruise control the system read the traffic signs and adapt the speed to cruise , but there are some cases, normally in freeways that I prefer to define a speed and that speed doesn’t change with a sign . There is any way to keep the speed and not change because of the readying of a sign ? Thanks in advance and keep the fantastic work
Thank you! Yes I can’t remember menu for menu where it exactly is but it’s called “Adopt Speed” on one the settings. There is also “Route-Based Speed Adaption” which on some cars takes into account turns etc on a slipways on motorways and roundabouts. Both on the centre screen HOME SETTINGS ASSISTANCE TRAFFIC SIGN ASSIST ADOPT SPEED (somewhere in that area) For turns and roundabouts: HOME SETTINGS ASSISTANCE And it should be in there, just toggle “Route-based speed adaption” on/off.
Thanks for all the hard work you put into these videos Nick! The other day I was trying to get the rear wiper to clean the back windscreen with a squirt of washer fluid on my GLB and could not get this to happen. All I managed to do was put the back wiper on intermittently and then was not able to turn it off. Could you do a video explaining the how to use the rear wiper, or point me to a video where you have already dealt with this query? Many thanks Fred
Thank you! 🙏 Ah that’s an easy one, just press the rear wiper button a little harder. It’s a two button switch just like the front wiper 🤓 The left side of the rear wiper button is for a wipe, press hard for a spray and the right hand side is for a timer.
@@npoleary Many thanks for the quick reply on that. will try that out - cheers.. I was out in the GLB recently and it said the 12v battery needed charging. I opened the bonnet it was clear to see the positive terminal accessible under the slider, it was so obvious how to get to the negative terminal. Any tips on that? Thanks in advance!
Ah those are the paddles 🤓 Covered them here in the is video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2yA2_vErg04.html Quite simply, down a gear and up a gear 👍🏼
Hi @Nick O’Leary, I have same steering wheel[@1:30]in my Mercedes A250e model, could you please tell me how to activate “distronic active distance assist”. I don’t see any button in my car to increase or decrease the distance to front vehicle Thanks, Sandeep H
Another great video - thanks! And as of 14 Jun 2021, just two days after the video was posted, it's had 9,625 views. Shows how highly regarded your videos are.
@@npoleary Coincidentally, I bought a new GLC AMG43 a few weeks back and had been struggling with the cruise control / limiter just two days ago - so this video was perfectly timed. Thanks again.
I am switching from BMW to Mercedes. I am wondering what package contains an 'Auto Speed Sign Resume'? My 3series adjusts to the allowed speed limit itself when in cruise control mode (and feature activated in the settings) Does anyone know if this is available in a Mercedes as well? Thank you.
Nick a HUGE question can I set speed limiter at 20mph as I’m from London and all my roads are 20mph limits Second question is Apple car play a standard or do I pay for it I’m buying one second hand Thanks and God bless
