Driving and operating 183DeactivationESC and TC can be deactivated:● hold t pressed for a minimum offive seconds: ESC and TC areboth deactivated. k and tilluminate and status messagesappear in the Driver InformationCentre.● To deactivate only Tractioncontrol system press button tbriefly: TC is inactive but ESCremains active, k illuminates. Astatus message appears in theDriver Information Centre whenTC is deactivated.ESC is reactivated by pressing the tbutton again. If the TC system waspreviously disabled, both TC andESC are reactivated. k and textinguishes when TC and ESC arereactivated.ESC is also reactivated the next timethe ignition is switched on.FaultIf there is a fault in the system thecontrol indicator b illuminatescontinuously and a message appearsin the Driver Information Centre. Thesystem is not operational.Have the cause of the fault remediedby a workshop.Interactive driving systemFlex RideFlex Ride driving system allows thedriver to select between three drivingmodes:● SPORT mode: press SPORT,LED illuminates.● TOUR mode: press TOUR, LEDilluminates.● AUTO mode: neither SPORT norTOUR is pressed, no LEDilluminates.Deactivate SPORT mode or TOURmode by pressing correspondingbutton once more.In each driving mode Flex Rideadjusts the following electronicsystems:● electronic damping control● accelerator pedal control● electronic power steering control● automatic transmission